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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
6
German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo for one hour on Saturday. The fort fired four guns and the Panther withdrew toward Curacao. Three soldiers wounded, fort reports no damage amid street demonstrations in Maracaibo.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the three months ended September 30, 1902, 265 killed and 2,513 injured in train accidents. Total accidents including worker and boarding injuries reach 12,007 casualties with 845 killed and 11,162 injured. Collisions and derailments total 2,448 with 51 collisions and 2 derailments affecting passenger trains. Damage to equipment and tracks amounts to $2,198,500.
A chess duel via wireless telegraphy between the Philadelphia and Lucania occurred en route to New York. Philadelphia players W B Wheelan Frank Cauldwell and Waldemar Weiss defeated Lucania's E Marshall Fox F E Mundy R W Milbank Capt H K Campbell and William Evans after 12 moves, with Lucania champions resigning.
Pekin reports China has not replied to notes from foreign ministers except United States Minister Conger. The note warns that refusing the war indemnity in gold could bring grave consequences, though provincial revenues might allow payment if collected honestly.
The District of Columbia appropriation bill reported to the house Saturday carries 7,749,255 dollars while the current appropriation stands at 8,462,923 dollars and estimates filed exceed 10,000 dollars. In Buffalo Jeffries and Corbett fight offer 25000 dollar purse for a 20 round bout announced by J H Herman.
In San Francisco Chinatown on January 19 five Chinese were shot in a society war. Two died and three were wounded in three successive shootings. The first occurred in a gambling den and the latter two were retaliatory actions.
In San Francisco on January 19 a charity game between the Nationals and All Americans supported Mrs. Mercer of East Liverpool Ohio, mother of Winnie Mercer the pitcher who died last week in the city.
A special Chicago grand jury voted forty indictments in the coal famine probe. Expected true bills target coal dealers for violations of anti trust laws conspiracy to fix prices and blacklisting with Retail Dealers' associations named. Indictments involve retailers and operators and will be filed after Monday’s report to the court.
In Scranton on a trial basis the Delaware Lackawanna and Western operated Brisbin Cayuga and Diamond collieries through Saturday night to 10 30 and Storrs until 8 00 giving 15 and 12 hour shifts. Output reached 8500 tons, 2200 above normal. The test suggests nightly operation possible with willing miners. Washers and Sunday shipments complemented the effort, with 64000 tons shipped over the weekend and cumulative shipments surpassing December by 75000 tons.
Nine sailors were killed and two wounded in an explosion on the eight inch gun turret during target practice off Culebra island aboard the battleship Massachusetts. The blast occurred when a percussion primer discharged with the breech open, fatally wounding most of the turret crew. Ensign Ward K. Weekman escaped injury. Robert B. Rule of Cincinnati was among the dead.
In Attalla county Ethel district seventeen indicted citizens fled the country to evade arrest for lynching two Negroes named Hall and Gaston. A grand jury had indicted 28 in total. 11 were arrested and jailed in Kosciuskio. The 17 suspects departed before further arrests could be made. names were not confirmed.
A Dawson dispatch says a tremendously rich gold strike was found 15 miles north of a point on the Tanana river in American territory, about 300 miles from its source, shining prospects for the region.
Carbondale Illinois residents turn to candles and tallow dips as kerosene runs scarce and sells in small quantities at 30 cents a gallon, driving a shift in daily utilities as of January 19.
London reports Dr. Lorenz an Austrian surgeon departed for Vienna on Sunday after saying he was coldly greeted by many English surgeons who viewed his methods with suspicion.
Noted Paris correspondent Henri Georges Stephene Adolphe Opper de Blowitz of the London Times died Sunday evening after suffering apoplexy a few days earlier. The long time Paris observer was a prominent presence in diplomatic circles.
New York reports Abram Hewitt former New York mayor and longtime U.S. representative died at 6 a.m. in his 81st year after a ten day illness. His wife three sons and three daughters were at his bedside as doctors warned of no real hope. Funeral services will be led by Bishop Potter at Calvary Church, where Hewitt was a member.
Prof. Arthur Wisner, a French literature lecturer in the United States for about a decade, collapsed from heart disease Sunday night in New York. He gave courses in New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago and lectured in Chicago under Mrs. Potter Palmer’s patronage. A course supported by Mrs. J. J. Astor and other prominent women was planned for soon in this city.
Lieut Mitchell, a graduate of Annapolis and officer on the Colombian gunboat Bogota, died in Panama on Saturday night from yellow fever. Several Bogota officers had departed for the United States about two weeks earlier, but Mitchell was unable to join them due to illness.
The United States government proving ground at Sandy Hook tested the powerful 16-inch coast defense rifle, the strongest gun built in America. It fired three times in front of several hundred army officers and observers.
Birmingham citizens have donated 50 car loads of coal to ease fuel distress in New York and Chicago. Mayor Drennan informed Mayors Low and Harrison of the donation.
Information from the bureau of navigation in Washington says the North Atlantic squadron will visit Pensacola in February and likely stay through the Mardi Gras celebrations.
Crown Princess of Saxony and M. Giron arrive in Mentone France and plan to stay two months using the names M. and Mme Anore Gerard. The couple previously eloped and are now residing together in France.
Witnesses testifying before the District of Columbia senate committee on coal shortages report higher mine and freight costs. Philadelphia and Baltimore traders say prices rose to 8 dollars per ton with 10 percent commission, while railroads are blamed for limited supply.
Washington reports a coal shortage affecting navy yards as fuel supplies near exhaustion at New York and other stations. Arrangements were made to ship coal from New London to the New York yard to avert supply crisis. ironclad contracts secured prior to the coal strike help steady delivery at normal prices.
Manila dispatch reports Constabulary Inspector Fletcher attacked by 30 bolo men in Albay province while traveling alone. He killed five attackers, was wounded, and escaped. Fletcher formed a pursuing party that killed six more. A native prisoner faces death sentence for killing five American soldiers in Binangonan cemetery on Decoration Day last year.
The Chippewa Indians in the northwest will get $194,261 from the sale of dead timber on ceded lands under the 1897 act. About $37,160 goes to Lapointe Wisconsin agency, $92,973 to White Earth Minnesota, and $64,138 to Leech Lake Minnesota.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt recalls an officer who married into wealth, then retired after heart disease. His son, eight, says he will become a man who earns heart disease and retires, following his father as a cautionary tale.
The article notes Peruna almanacs already supplied to druggists. It promises high demand due to astrology content compiled by a competent astrologist. It describes the almanacs as a near complete horoscope with Q and A on astrology and warns of a rush.
Mother Sreepus uses Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders in the Children’s Home New York for colds feverishness constipation stomach teething disorders and to destroy worms All druggists 25 cents Benne free Address A 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York
A clipped collection notes quotable lines from papers including Pittsburg Times, Washington Star, and Chicago Daily News. One line urges patience as time spans approach and another remarks on Julius Caesar and an assassination.
A New York woman describes lifelong ovarian pain and fatigue worsened by standing work. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports rapid relief and full recovery, urging other young women to try the remedy for cost and cure.
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