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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
3
Isthmian Canal bill discussed by Mr Harris of Kansas who backed the Nicaraguan route. Naval Appropriation bill considered. House passes anti anarchy bill by 175 to 38 in overwhelming vote.
In Washington June a Kansas senator urges Nicaragua as the canal path. He cites no recorded opposition to Nicaragua feasibility and questions Panama Company issues. Other senators probe land rights and dam strengths while McKinley era diplomacy is praised for securing rights to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The naval bill advances with building funds for Charleston yard.
The House passed a bill shielding the President and other officials while punishing the killing or harm of foreign ambassadors and officials. The measure imposes death for killing top officers, long prison terms for attacks, and severe penalties for aiding or harboring offenders. A separate resolution on South Africa sewers was adopted. The day also covered forest reserves transfer and related debate.
The Tac Pan edition of the Adephiha Times reports a Pennsylvania court or authority rendered a decision forbidding the distribution or circulation action. Details remain unclear in the fragment but indicate an official veto or restriction affecting the paper's distribution plans.
The Senate agreed to amendments funding two first class battleships two first class armored cruisers and two gunboats at the request of Mr Hale. It also appropriated 185000 for a New York Navy Yard building and 400000 for an Annapolis Academy lab and a 200000 start for the work. An Indian affairs report cleared W A Jones in leasing Standing Rock lands. Senator Simmons urged a Southern Appalachian national forest reserve, denying any job concerns and calling the measure national in character.
A June Washington dispatch reports Republican beet sugar senators accusing President Roosevelt of delaying Cuban relief. They advocate a rebate bill as the quickest route, asserting the President has signaled willingness to accept rebates and urging Congress to pass a rebate measure within twenty four hours. They dismiss reciprocity as impractical.
Washington June 9 Truman G Palmer testified before the Senate Committee on Relations with Cuba. Senator Platt pressed him to admit overestimation of cane output on American owned Cuban lands. Palmer said he only indicated capacity and did not claim current cultivation data. Heyward Leavitt argued American refiners may not lose countervailing duties if the reduction goes ahead.
Washington June records of General Jacob H. Smith’s court martial in the Philippines reached the War Department. Papers were placed directly with Secretary Root who will take the case to the President for consideration. no War Department statement is available.
President Roosevelt greeted General J. M. Bell and Charles E. Price of Edinburgh as he praised the end of the Boer War in South Africa. He expressed hope that Britain and the Boers would soon reconcile and resume normal daily life.
Washington announces the appointment of fourth class postmasters in Pennsylvania including Aiken T C Lamagai Beacom J N Moore Harlington Gehman Luxor J A Rodgers Gien E W Simmers Maytown Eli Bell Rink A BR Glossenger Rawlinsville J N Kauffman Rogersville H F Scott Spring Grove J Garent Stanton R E Reitz Tonnellville L B Campbell White Cottage M D Grimes.
Rear Admiral G H Wadleigh and Captain Houston retire with Houston holding the rank of rear admiral. United States Minister Hart tolay met Secretary Hay and is returning to Bogotá after addressing complaints. Mrs Roosevelt and children sail to Oyster Bay aboard the Dolphin for the summer. She plans to stay there until after July 4 then return to Washington to join the President. Father Pitolive of Colorado diocese is appointed to a new post.
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the 5 year state prison sentence of Thomas G. Barker for the shooting of Rev. John Keller of Arlington. The court ruled trial errors did not include the exclusion of Barker and his wife conversations offered to justify the act. Barker, a telegraph operator, lay in wait and fired after Keller allegedly assaulted his wife. Keller was left nearly blind.
Three Liberty Boat Club members aboard a small sailboat capsized in the Delaware river near Marcus Hook. They clung to the hull and were saved by Captain Edward Heacock, who rowed to shore to aid the exhausted men. In a separate case, Anna Miller sought $5,000 from Adolph Jacobs for breach of promise. the jury awarded $200. Jacobs, 30, and Mrs Miller, 40, are prominent Lansdale residents.
A discussion of actresses famed for stage allure despite unglamorous looks, and their complex marriages. It lists examples of actresses who divorced or separated from husbands over fidelity, infidelity, or wandering affections, noting the tension between theatrical freedom and home life.
The Burlington Railroad dedicated a six foot monument near Scott's Bluffs to Mrs Rebecca Winter who died fifty years ago while crossing the plains with a Mormon party in 1852. Her grave was marked by a wagon wheel rim by her husband. Railroad workers later uncovered the grave and placed the shaft.
In Frankfort Kansas Mr. Taylor’s wife runs the drugstore briefly when a Norwegian man asks for ten cents using a mispronounced phrase. The man refuses to pay, returns with a companion who explains he wants ten cents worth of food for him.
Wilkesbarre dispatch says President Mitchell left for New York to meet Carroll D. Wright United States Commissioner of Labor at the Manhattan Hotel tonight. Mitchell expects to return tomorrow morning and did not know the purpose of Wrights visit.
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports near-riot conditions in Hazleton as 1 000 locals along Jeddo tracks tried to block 50 non-union workers en route to a colliery. A gray-haired miners wife leads a crowd at Drifton driving off a commander attempting to identify strikers. Deputies force through a mob while police halt clashes. Coxe Brothers suspends operations. Sheriff appeals for protection for non-union men.
The Erie Company plans to run a Dunmore washery tomorrow while Delaware and Hudson mobilizes imports at Olyphant and Carbondale to start washery work there. Ontario and Western brings fifty imports to Briggs washery in Hyde Park and will begin washing coal soon. Leaders deny plans to pool resources for new collieries this week.
Delegates from all locals in Panther Creek Valley meet at Coaldale and vow peaceful efforts to employ workers including foremen and fire bosses. Today hundreds of strikers patrol the valley and about fifty foreigners quit work as pumps and fremen are said to be taken from ranks. Fire bosses inside No 8 promise to quit tonight. SHAMOKIN reports sheriff asked by coal companies to protect property as demonstrations force six bosses to quit at Union and Minerals. miners expect trouble keeping water out of mines.
Workers in two hundred Philadelphia shops walked off the job yesterday demanding shorter hours. The strike affected retail and service venues across the city as union members demonstrated for shorter shifts and overtime limits.
A 750-strong marching miners column roamed the valley forcing workers off duty. Pumps halted. New Philadelphia saw over 100 strikers persuade fire bosses and a carpenter to quit. Coal pits in the Heckschesville Valley shut for three years. Arrests issued for assaults on night boss Patrick McCullough and clerk Jacob Shugar. defendants arraigned for dragging Fabien Ambrosovitch to his home with a rope and threats of lynching.
About 25,000 coal workers in West Virginia and nearby Virginia operate under armed guards with only six of forty five Pocahontas district mines active. Reports of clashes are unconfirmed while 5,000 workers in Buchanan Wise and Scott counties remain at work against strike orders.
An Arkansan recalls a 1970s negro revival near the St. Francis river in the Crowley’s Ridge area. A convert’s swoon ended with him fleeing a small blaze caused by dry leaves, then recounting a hellish dream that hardened his Christian faith.
A British and American mining note discusses very deep coal seams in Britain and Virginia and West Virginia drift mining. It notes 200 feet shafts in America, 200 yards in England as shallow, with some depths near 4000 feet, and cites high costs from hauling and water pumping and safety losses from mine collapses or gas.
An item from the Minneapolis Journal recounts anecdotes from Federation of Women's Clubs delegates arriving in Los Angeles. A color question prompts a humorous incident as Mrs Lowe, escorted by a comely colored maid, sits with the state official and voices views on admitting colored clubs.
Dr. Roger Tracy argues longevity stems from long disciplined lives and sanitary practices. He cites crowded Jewish quarters and Moses sanitary codes as shaping hardier constitutions, notes centenarians as temperate, and speculates race-wide effects may take generations to show.
Highland Kansas article reports a farmer touting a calf pedigree with far-fetched feats. The buyer asks for proof while the farmer spins wild tales of violent ancestors and dramatic escapes.
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