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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1902
Page
1
Roosevelt urges cautious reform of trusts and warns against sweeping tariffs. He argues for government supervision of large corporations, balancing growth with protection for all citizens while avoiding hysteria and rash, destructive measures.
President Theodore Roosevelt lands in Detroit at 8 o clock on a sunny gala day. Crowds fill Woodward Avenue and Jefferson as he tours the city, meets dying Spanish War veteran Thomas Doherty, and enjoys a luncheon with General Alger. A near tragedy as two children escape runaway horses prompts a street reroute.
Five or more climbers including two French tourists, two guides, and three porters fell from Mont Blanc during an ascent. It is feared all were killed, with rescue teams responding to the incident in Geneva.
The search for William Hooper Young, accused of killing Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, intensified as Captain Titus and detectives traced clues to Canarsie. A man matching Young’s description was seen in a lodging house in Brooklyn and later arrested in Derby, Connecticut awaiting guidance from Captain Titus.
In Birmingham, Sept 21, funerals marked a day of mourning as 105 victims of the Shiloh church panic were interred across city cemeteries. Most identified. five bodies unreported, raising potential total to 110. White churches and citizens raised a burial fund of $100 for unburied negro dead.
United Mine Workers president John Mitchell attended a miners relief benefit in New York. The event, organized by the American Federation of Labor relief committee and Actors National Protective Union, featured vaudeville acts and a donated theater, with Mitchell welcomed amid a large crowd. The actors' union contributed 100 for a gallery seat and offered its members for future miner benefits in any city.
In Johnstown on September 21, David M. Goughnor shot 17 year old Miss Lee rena Winnebrenner near her home in Connemaugh then fatally shot himself. Miss Winnebrenner suffered serious wounds but may recover. Edward Kaylor witnessed the attack and escaped unharmed.
King Leopold refuses to speak to Princess Stephanie and orders her to leave the Spa palace. She rides to the station in a hired carriage, receives sympathetic crowds, and travels by train to Brussels amid royal family tensions. Stephanie, widow of the Austrian emperor's son, has a disputed marriage history with the count of Monlah Sonyah.
A Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Conemaugh, Johnstown, Pa, leaves Fireman George Freeman of Pitcairn dead after being dragged under an engine. An extra westbound freight rammed the rear of a stopped train. four tracks blocked for hours and wreckage still burning late tonight.
The Rev. P. J. Henness, after declaring the trial unfair, resigns from his church and ministry. He cites his wife’s nagging as the cause of his health decline. He pledges support for his wife and leaves for North Dakota to enter mining. Friends urge action against a prominent bishop who separated from his wife.
The British steamer La Plata arrives from Colon with many Isthmian refugees amid fears of rebel attacks. Colombian government reinforcements totaling 1,000 soldiers sail from Cayanilla to Colon while revolutionists mass near the railroad. Colon and Panama report extreme tension and suspended business as liberal sympathizers are said jailed.
At Vailsburg track under threatening skies Joe Nelson won the motorcycle five mile heat race and swept both heats with times 7.01 and 6.502-68. Butler and Maya followed in order. Intermediate records fell for one to four miles with top times in the events. Hurley won the two mile open for amateurs while Hurley and Root tied for first in the one mile handicap, judged a dead heat.
A requiem mass for the life Queen of the Helens is to be celebrated with the Bishop of Liege officiating. Special trains from Brussels will carry royal family members to Spa for the service and escort the remains of the interior board to the capital. King Leopold arrived in Spa today.
The International Union of Commercial Telegraphers was formed in Chicago by forty delegates from cities nationwide. A constitution modeled after the Typographical union was adopted, providing for issuing a working card to each member every three months.
An inmate of Port Mott near the Delaware River reports that a quarrel between a Private In the Porty-second coast artillery and two locals led to John Ryan stabbing Weddle with a pocket knife. Ryan and Lakey were arrested. Weddle resided in Paubush Kentucky.
A. D. Strickler, a wealthy farmer from Strickler's Station, was struck and killed instantly while walking on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Wrightaville this afternoon. The train was conveying New York troops home from Gettysburg.
Exclusive wire from Rome reports the consecration of Monsignor Guidi apostolic delegate in the Philippines as archbishop. The ceremony took place at Santa Maria in Aquiro, run by the Somascha fathers and was led by Cardinal Rampolla, second to the pope in Vatican hierarchy.
Senator Hanna said the President requests no public demonstration during his visit to Cleveland as guest of Benutoy Hann next weekend. The visit is to be private and spent quietly at Lake Avenue home. Hanna declined to discuss Roosevelt's Cincinnati speech or the Oyster Bay conference.
Movements of steamships listed for New York dated Sept 21 show arrivals including Zeeland from Antwerp. The Vaderland passed New York for Antwerp with Friesland also bound for New York. Queenstown departure notes Fitrula from Liverpool to New York. Southampton departures include Frederich der Grosse from Bremen, Blucher from Hamburg and Boulogne, and Boulogne Bur ger bound for New York.
In Wilkes-Barre and Edwardsville crowds driven by mine tensions fire on houses and deputies at the Woodward mine. A repair house at the Empire mine burned, and three ringleaders John Sherbemah George Strelker and Michael Mone were arrested in default of $1,000 bail. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen discussed action on coal hauling by nonunion workers.
Shenandoah Pa Sept 21 General Gobin says the eighth regiment may be sent to Mahanoy City if disturbances persist. He warns a battalion and possibly a gun will be used to restore order as strikers block trains and trams and soldiers face insults.
Reading Pennsylvania reports three trains with 150 cars of coal, about 4500 tons, passing through. A third is newly mined from western Schuylkill County, while the rest is washery coal held at Cressona. Feading company officials expect higher washery coal shipments to ease market shortages and anticipate more men returning to work next week.
Valetta Malta Sept 21 news arrives of Rear Admiral Burges Watson Royal Navy death aboard the battleship Ramillies.
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday in eastern Pennsylvania. Mostly cloudy with showers in the southeast, fresh north winds Monday. Tuesday expected to be fair.
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