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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
6
The report highlights an unusually mild winter with Kiev trees budding the Dniepr river thawing and Warsaw violets flowering indicating a deep winter shift and early spring signals across the area.
William J. Tucker completes ten years as president of Dartmouth College. When he began there were 458 students. now enrollment exceeds 1,400. Endowments have surpassed 1.5 million dollars.
The United States Philippine commission fixed the government exchange rate for Mexican silver at £2.27 for the second quarter, two cents above the bank rate. Gold scarcity in Manila raises import duty for importers at the higher rate.
The Budapest street car system is praised as the best in the world and a model for American cities. The underground railway is likewise cited for its design with porcelain tile stations and 42 seat cars running on the electric third-cell system. The fare is 4 cents with stations every quarter mile.
The Malaba I Islanders reportedly use a perfect whistling language to communicate over long distances. A stranger wandering the islands may hear loud whistling from a hilltop, echoed across successive hills until it fades away in the distance.
The Prefecture de la Seine posted 20 vacancies for office guardians caretakers and porters drawing 7000 applications. For 320 vacancies among sweepers 35800 applications were received. Applicants were recommended by municipal councilors deputies senators and ministers.
The Austrian minister of war has equipped several battalions with snowshoes after years of trials. During this year's maneuvers in the Alps the footwear proved immensely advantageous for the troops using them.
Hugues Le Roux, back from Abyssinia, says American cottons hold empire wide as a monetary standard. A 30 yard piece valued at $2 serves as a token to buy Abyssinian coffee in production regions.
A Toulon surgeon, Dr Fontan, treated a young soldier with a knife wound piercing the pericardium and reaching the heart. He opened the chest, stitched the heart with three sutures, and the patient has now entirely recovered.
An arrangement allows solicitors and clients to meet inside a glass box in a large room at Holloway prison England. They converse at a table with freedom from outside intrusion while a warder outside the glass box can observe without hearing. He watches for any attempt to pass correspondence to or from the prisoner.
State commissioners of agriculture warn of a giant swarm of seventeen year locusts emerging in May after twenty years subterranean. Fruit growers face risk to trees as these weldest insects stir public concern across northern and eastern United States.
In a Washington scene Senator Pettus rose to address the chamber, a hush fell as all eyes watched the venerable lawmaker. He reached into his coat pocket, bit off a chew of tobacco, and sat down without a word, prompting smiles from onlookers.
The article explains the locusts musical apparatus. Only males sing, using two small membrane drums on the abdomen. Vibrations come from strong muscles and nearby sound boards alter tone. The song can be heard from a distance.
Washington April 14. The battle over Miles’s fate widens as Roosevelt weighs ethical grounds for retirement. Brooke, Miles’ senior, would likely replace him. Brooke’s Civil War merit noted, with Young and Chaffee as later successors.
The Manila cholera outbreak remains stable with 245 cases and 192 deaths. Provinces report 418 cases and 318 deaths. The US army transport Grant carried a cholera patient to Legaspi and faced five days of quarantine before returning to Manila. one teamster died. Four Americans in Manila contracted cholera, one death.
A prominent southern man born in South Carolina and active in Birmingham has given 500 dollars to the Tuskegee normal and industrial institute. The gift marks the largest from a southern white donor to the institution.
At Nice France on April 14 M Serpollet won the Rothschilds cup for a one kilometer flying start with a new 12 horsepower egg shaped automobile. His time of 2945 seconds breaks all records.
Major Lyttleton W. T. Waller of the marine corps has been acquitted at a court martial. He was tried on the charge of killing natives on Samar without trial. The verdict was 11 to two in his favor.
Funeral services for Rev. Dr. T DeWitt Talmage set for Tuesday at the Church of the Covenant Washington with brief addresses by church leaders and friends. Interment will be Wednesday morning at Greenwood cemetery Brooklyn. Messages of sympathy pour in from across the nation and Europe.
Thousands attend the burial of General Wade Hampton in Trinity churchyard Columbia South Carolina. The public turnout matches or exceeds the Calhoun funeral, with special trains and a mile and a half long procession. Military officers, veterans and civilians from across the state honor the leader. The Hampton family hosts a quiet ceremony amid a large public display.
In Carbondale Illinois on April 14 a shooting affray at a Murphysboro residence left Zeke Morgan Henry Grogan probably fatally wounded while John Morgan was involved. The men argued at the door over admission and drew weapons, then fired.
Dr. R O Cotter a prominent specialist was found dead in his mother in law's home Barnesville Apr 14. The bullet wound behind the right ear appeared to be from an accidental pistol discharge while cleaning the weapon. He had retired from practice due to ill health and had served as president of the Barnesville Savings Bank.
Paris on April 14 reports the dedication of Count de Rochambeau statue set for May 24 at Washington. A Franco American banquet will be held in Paris on the same date with the mayor of Vendome presiding.
St Joseph Missouri April 14 former paying teller Lee Gallacher of the National Bank of Buchanan County and self confessed embezzler admits Sunday night his shortage exceeds 25000 dollars.
Cumberland Maryland April 14 The sulphite mill of the Cumberland paper mills was destroyed by fire Sunday Logs 75000 partially covered by insurance One hundred twenty five men are thrown out of employment
A fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning destroyed the furniture factory of David Binns and damaged several nearby frame tenements. Total loss is put at about 100900, with ample insurance on the factory and foundry.
London reports say Boer delegates at Brussels and The Hague will raise no opposition to peace and that leaders in Pretoria have agreed to accept the obtainable terms. Dispatches pass between Lord Kitchener and the government as negotiations shift from Klerksdorp to Pretoria.
Immigrants totaling 4,162 were brought to New York on steamers arriving Sunday from European ports. The Trojan Prince carried 1,107, the Staten Dam 1,097, the Champagne 1,059, the Hesperia 680, and the Island 219.
A Sunday snow storm in Western Nebraska lingered through the day, with Kimball reporting six inches. Temperatures stayed seasonable and much of the snow melted quickly, delivering needed moisture to the region.
Alfred W. Jones a wealthy farmer and uncle of District Attorney Jones was murdered and his home robbed near Gans. He was shot through the brain and died almost instantly by three burglars in Uniontown Pennsylvania.
President Roosevelt signed the bill repealing the war revenue taxes in Washington. The signing pen was presented to Representative Bartholdt of Missouri, marking the ceremony.
Cumberland Maryland April 14 Horace Besley inventor of the locomotive pilot in 1840 and other railroad appliances died Sunday at age 87 He was a pioneer in railway safety and mechanical design with a long career in transportation engineering and innovation.
George Co. Charlotte of Helena Arkansas died on an eastbound train between Truckee and Reno Sunday on his way home from Australia.
Across April sessions the Senate and House debated Chinese exclusion and Cuban reciprocity. Key actions included conference adoption on war revenue tax repeal, strengthened Chinese exclusion with Philippine reach, and ongoing floor fights over reciprocity measures with notable speeches by Tillman Grosvenor and Long.
The Phoenix Harvestice Co plant employing 350 workers closed for an undetermined period following a dispute over the employment of a particular overseer. Local authorities reported no injuries or further disruption.
Mrs. Elizabeth Seward former editor and publisher of the Stillwater Messenger and noted magazine and newspaper writer died of heart disease in Stillwater Minnesota on April 11.
Advertisment notes millet as a prolific crop promising 5 to 8 tons per acre with price details per 50 pounds and 100 pounds from John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wis. inclusion of a humorous quote and a brief product plug for Hale's eye of Horehound cough drops and Putnam face less dyes with a general moral about choosing lesser evils.
A reader describes enduring two years of distress during the change of life with sudden heat and quick chills, accompanied by fluctuating appetite. The account reflects personal suffering and seeks guidance for relief.
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