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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
4
A chaotic jumble reports on public figures, inventions, and social quirks. Mentions Roosevelt beer policy, Kubelik listening, and a Paterson flood aftermath. Includes European rulers, Marconi flaws, diamond heists, Doer War images, and a French court swearing case.
A cryptic note describes a troubled figure known as The Pitise and a singer named He who moves with a cool ease through awkward exchanges. The fragment hints at tension between music and personal calm amid unclear events.
Madrid reports no sign of progress in Spanish politics as military insubordination grows. Officers at a railway station showed support for a captain Weyler disciplined, while the war minister faces public condemnation. Decree on religious associations remains unenforced after six months, risking cabinet clash and a destabilizing path to Alfonso's throne.
A Kansan named Hawkins, who vanished several weeks ago while heading toward Spokane, was found by hunters under a crude bark shelter near Peck's ranch. He carried $46, a note claiming he died of starvation and cold, and a pocketbook with baggage vouchers for Spokane. He left a wife and nine children near Oketa, Kansas.
Alexander Sullivan of Aronia Cass Noto ety Stl In Troubie Chicago was fined 2000 by Judge Smith after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to keep former Bailiff J J Lynch from the city and making him a fugitive. The case followed one of the most dramatic trials in the criminal court with claims of jury tampering to aid the West Chicago street railway company. In Hot Springs Ark March 31 J C Tarrett of Lodge Cal was found dead in his hotel room with his throat cut The note near his body asked that a draft for 1300 be sent to his sister in Alabama.
Topeka Kansas March 31 report from nearly all counties in the wheat belt says the wheat crop in Kansas this year is in good condition and will yield a large harvest. Weather in past week was especially favorable. Cold days did not harm the crop as much as previously reported. There is no occasion for alarm about the prospects.
A tangle of early budget talk shows Maryland seeking a 25,000 appropriation to aid the Septe eistiat at the St Louis exposition. The governor favored the bailout but opposed a larger sum, after initial requests of 50,000 were pared down to 25,000.
Canton New York March 31 Miss Sybtt Tuttle has married a young man from New England who found a note she had tucked under a turkey wing. The note led him to an Eastern market from her father's farm.
Kilpatrick transport arrived from Manila with nearly 1000 infantry and discharged soldiers. Five sailors died on voyage including Jervis Mawla Sire and Pope widow of Lieut Gol BF Pope. Other deaths include V Thompson, Willy do Lethe, Pitesti Mo, and J Styey a civilian.
London dispatch reports strong government interest in ending the war with Boer leaders as Milner Farnell terms and ministerial letters circulate. Terms reportedly include transition guarantees, banishment decree changes, and aid for rebuilt homesteads, with optimism that Kitchener and Milner may persuade Chamberlain to concede. Cecil Rhodes’ death sparks varied opinion on impact to peace efforts.
Rome reports no word for nearly a year from Italian Geographical Society explorer Boggiani who vanished during a Paraguay expedition. The society plans new effort to determine his fate amid lack of government assistance.
March 3 in SLEW HIS PRODIGAL SON. Ed Moguin was killed by his father in his home on South Washington Street after he tried to enter. The coroner's jury ruled death by a plate in the father's hand. Moguin said he mistook his son for a burglar due to broken door glass and drug effects. He had just returned from New Orleans and was described as roving in years past.
The War Department plans a further Philippines force reduction. Troops under orders to return to the United States include the 4th Infantry, 21st, 12th, and a battalion of the 11th Infantry, sent back in that order as transport becomes available. Four transports will leave Manila in April with returning regiments, while additional units 6th, 16th, 18th, 25th Infantry and 3d Cavalry are to follow in sequence, lowering total force to about 25 000 men.
The Royal Veterinary Institute Stockholm announces Dr Koch is wrong that humans cannot pass tuberculosis to animals and says cows exposed to consumptives risk infection. The institute appeals to dairymen to avoid employing consumptives around cattle while a separate Nevada report details a Virgil City burglary where $1009 in gold vanished from a general store. bloodhounds traced scent to D Beach and John Beach, but the money was not recovered.
Con rad S Bitzer, 45, of Tonnet Indianapolis, shot himself in the chest near the Minois street tunnel entrance and was placed in City Hospital in a critical state. English poet Thos Donn, ill at his home, remained alive at midnight with uncertain prospects for daylight. In Boonville, Cooper County, Charles Spinner Reaves was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his wife at a local dance on the night of February (text cut)
President Roosevelt plans a trip to Charleston for the exposition on Wednesday April and will depart Washington Monday afternoon April 7. The schedule lists teaching Charleston Tuesday morning as part of the Southern trip. A separate report from Leavenworth, Kansas notes Toby Tidwell, a noted porter at the federal penitentiary, attempted suicide by hanging while working in the shoeshop. He was discovered unconscious and cut down. Tidwell, serving a five year sentence for stealing, has had prior penitentiary terms and faces extended punishment for the offense.
Dispatches from Pretoria report nearly 2000 Boers dashing the British lines and escaping from Lord Kitchener's cordon. General De La Rey and commanders Kemp and Wollaran remain inside the British net as 179 prisoners are captured, with heroic Canadian troops noted amid gun captures and evasive Boer tactics.
Our correspondent reports Prince Henry's squadron will depart Kiel on April 28 for the North Sea. The fleet will sail past the Pentland Firth and along the west coast of Scotland and Ireland during the German summer maneuvers.
The Chicago based Reriprocity Convention notes Gov W N Stanley of Kanens as president of the Western Reciprocity League. The meeting urges adoption of unified prescribing standards and calls for delegates to form a national organization. A conference set for April seeks to coordinate legislation and expand reciprocity outreach nationally.
Berlin reports German naval and wireless chiefs urge international talk at a world congress to curb private monopolies in wireless telegraphy. Paul Slaby quotes Kaiser interest and notes plans to nationalise the Roby Arco system, seeking governmental control on German soil. Slaby proposes a maximum rate of 1 mark per word.
In Louisville Kentucky Miss Mary Burhart a Prohibition candidate for the Tenth District seeks a seat, campaigning house to house. She dismisses doubters saying she will go to Congress if she wins a majority of votes and questions law preventing her seating.
Mrs Minnie Lavers, at Chicago Avenue Station, sought a warrant for her husband accusing him of stealing her artificial leg. She claimed jealousy drove him to hide the limb while she slept, forcing her to crow-hop to a street car and seek police help. Police returned to search the home for the missing leg.
The French liner La Savoie arrived from Havre with a one hour eleven minute improvement on its westward record, completing the run from Havre to Sandy Hook in nine hours thirty five minutes at an average speed of about 20.20 knots. The ship departed Havre March 22 at 9 a m and reached Sandy Hook Friday afternoon.
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