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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
7
A boiler blast at a spinning mill near Manresa, Spain, destroyed half a village and killed about 60 people with around 100 injured. The accident left many children dead or mutilated, as rescuers and Red Cross workers combed debris five miles to Manresa hospital. The queen regent sent condolences.
From Willemstad Curacao Jan 20 insurgents concentrate on Paraguana peninsula and begin operations near Uehiro against President Castro. Reports say a serious engagement near Barquisimore Lara state ended with insurgent victory and fighting also in Maracaibo streets.
The Isthmian canal commission backs the Panama Canal Co offer to transfer its property to the United States for 40 million dollars. President Roosevelt and White House aides remain reticent, but authoritative sources say the panel unanimously supports accepting the bid.
Frederick Krainhardt, 62, a Catholic priest from Josephville Missouri, hanged himself with a bed sheet Sunday at the Alexian Brothers' Hospital in St Louis. He had served as a cleric at Josephville for 20 years and had been undergoing treatment for nervous troubles since April 1900.
Hlevem prisoners led by Moriarity the counterfeiter escaped from the federal prison at McNeils on Sunday by burrowing through a cement floor into sewer pipes. A large posse is now in pursuit.
West bound Missouri passenger train No 3 collided head on with an eastbound freight one mile east of Edah at 12 15 Sunday morning. Five passengers on No 3 were injured but no fatalities occurred.
Infanta Maria Christiana widow of Don Sebastian dies in Madrid at age 87. She was born in 1833.
At Morris Creek six miles south of Montgomery a white woman Lillian Williams shot four people in a midnight mob of miners and guests. William Slaughter Ralph Johnson were killed instantly while Powell Calloway was mortally wounded. Williams was taken to jail to face the act.
Two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided six miles north of Parkersburg West Virginia before daylight. Engineer William Sorrell and brakeman Oscar Shank were killed. two other brakemen J V Woods and S V Shelburne were injured. Sorrell was relieving a tired fireman and passed Vienna siding unknowingly.
A government observatory telegram says Colima volcano is active, tied to seismic phenomena. Earthquakes rumble across Mexico with Saturday shocks. Chilpancingo’s ruin draws Gov. Mora who oversees recovery as bodies are recovered and the city prepares for rebuilding.
I Solo mon of Keokuk Iowa, a Syrian businessman, was held up Saturday night in Kirksville Missouri and robbed of a money belt containing 8500. He had sold out his Keokuk business and was seeking a new location. Two fellow Syrians were arrested on robbery charges. one held him while the other cut the belt from his waist. The money remains unrecovered.
Fire swept a Broad Way building housing Blumenthal & Stiner makers of artificial flowers and feathers Roche Croll & Co necktie makers and Samuel Fol koff cloaks and suits on Sunday night. Fifteen Fol koff employees on the fifth floor were rescued with difficulty and several firemen were overcome. Loss mounted to about 75000 dollars.
Great Falls dispatch to the Miner notes extensive prairie fires on the other side of the international boundary, stretching ten miles and 20 miles west of the Sweet Grass hills, with widespread burn areas reported.
Five hundred custom clothing workers, mostly women, have been locked out in Chicago, with officials predicting the number will rise as part of an organized movement to stamp out unionism.
The H Wetter Manufacturing Co stove foundry in Memphis Tennessee was destroyed by fire around midnight. The loss is estimated at 250000 dollars and is expected to be covered by insurance.
Six thousand troops from various regiments in India are about to depart Calcutta for South Africa leaving the city today as part of imperial military deployment.
Norwegian skater Schwarz captured the world title in Davos Switzerland on Sunday as the event concluded. He defeated rivals to claim the championship in the prestigious early season event.
Four four story buildings in Detroit’s wholesale district collapsed on a Sunday night, destroying stock valued at 152000 dollars and buildings worth 50500 dollars. The block bounded by Jefferson Avenue Shelby and Griswold streets housed Maddocks Glove Co Imperial Cap Co F B Neuhoff Co Hills Bros Michigan Produce Crusoe Bros and others. No fatalities due to timing and lack of watchmen though hundreds could have died if it had occurred during business hours.
A Belgrade correspondent says King Alexander may abdicate to Prince Alexis Karageorgevitch if paid enough. Alexis is likely to be proclaimed heir with Russia and Austria not opposing the move.
Pittsburg committee of the McKinley Memorial association reports $30,000 raised and Vice President Wm McConway expects the total to double by January 29. The largest single contribution so far is $5,000.
Wilmington chapter adopts resolutions praising the Lexington Kentucky group for opposing the production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and supporting its protest actions.
A newborn in Omaha Nebraska exhibits two complete torsos joined from neck to hips with shared organs well formed except for a single facial pad on the front. The rare condition presents two heads and two faces on a single body segment.
Lord Kitchener has confirmed the death sentence on Scheepers, the Beer commandant captured last October. He will be shot next Saturday in Graff Reinet Cape Colony.
Across Jan 14 15 16 17 1900s sessions the Senate and House discuss the commerce department bill and the Philippine question. The Senate receives the Hepburn canal bill and considers naval reserve measures. The House debates pension appropriations and veterans home access while approving war revenue stamp reforms and McKinley memorial events.
President reveals selection of Whitelaw Reid as special ambassador to King Edward's coronation at a cabinet meeting. The envoy includes Gen. James H. Wilson for the Army Capt. Charles E. Clark for the Navy and Secretaries J. P. Morgan Jr Edmund Lincoln Baylies and Wm Wetmore.
Mrs Mallory Kennedy wife of Dr T S Kennedy a leading New Orleans physician died in the city. She was the daughter of S R Mallory United States senator from Florida who served as secretary of the navy in Jefferson Davis cabinet at the outbreak of the Civil War.
The commerce committee authorized a favorable report on Senator Frye's ship subsidy bill. The report will be made by Senator Frye. Democratic members voted against reporting the bill. Washington Jan after senate.
In Boulder Colorado on January 18 a second producing oil well near the city was opened. Located about half a mile from the first, the discovery stirs excitement, pushes land values higher, and spurs more parties to drill for oil.
In Columbus on Jan 15 16 reports show J B Foraker winning both branches in senate and house ballots with 21 11 and 66 42. The joint session ratified Foraker as United States senator. A 200000 bill to fund Ohio exhibits at St Louis 1903 was introduced alongside compensation measures for county boards. President McKinley death resolutions and a memorial service were approved.
Washington January 17 The Senate approved appointments of Ohio postmasters including Trescott Alliance M J Lockwood Bedford E F Ellis Bell Center J C Glover Cadiz J R Barr Cambridge W G Myers Canal Fulton C Burroughs Collinwood E I Snyder Columbiana C F Bonham Harrison G R Vincent Hiram W H Antram Lebanon H D Weaver Leetonia P S Lybarger Shelby W C Hoover Winton Place A P Hegner Wyoming H M Nixon Salineville I H Griswold Elyria W D Pawley Monroeville E P Webster Gambier G E Canning Mt Vernon A B Pond New London T D Shephard Norwalk J W Steele Oberlin
Northern Ohio buyers who purchased imitation seal and sable furs from a Montreal firm will seek the return of their property after the government confiscated it. The department may return the furs if the invoice price plus duty is paid. A test case from Youngstown will guide all others and suits against the Montreal firm are planned.
Frank Ross a third grade prisoner escaped from the Mansfield reformatory Thursday afternoon by lowering himself from an unfinished cell wing tower with a rope. He remains at large as guards scour the countryside searching for him.
Dayton police detained Marie Naser aged 17 and George Yatley 24 an eloping couple from Toledo at 9 pm Thursday. The girl’s parents claim she is underage.
Canton Ohio January 18 L W Ellen wood grand chancellor presented Mrs McKinley with a token of sympathy from the Maritime Knights of Pythids lodges She extended thanks in person.
In Harmony, a two year old child of A L Spears perished after a Friday night fire gutted the house. The family fled in their night clothes as flames consumed the dwelling and its contents.
Arthur Pickerell aged 11 died in Zanesville Ohio from diphtheria. In the prior three weeks three other Pickerell family members and the young man’s sweetheart Dollie M Fulton also died from the same disease.
Henry Tarr plunged into a 300 barrel coal oil tank on Friday and, through persistent swimming, kept his head above the liquid until help arrived after his loud cries drew bystanders.
In Toledo Emerson shoe store thefts spanned four years with missing cash. Manager J Lannon set a watch and discovered a mouse stealing $20 bills from a defective cash drawer. Following the trail, he found a nest under the floor filled with chewed currency totaling about 2000 dollars.
Mansfield Ohio January 18 John Waters a reformatory prisoner struck Daniel Gleason a brush factory foreman with a hammer Waters snuck up from behind as Gleason worked causing minor injuries. Waters faces a third grade conduct reduction. Waters mother traveled from Youngstown to visit but Waters refused to eat with her leaving her in tears.
At the Ohio miners convention in Columbus W H Haskins was named president D H Sullivan vice president G W Savage secretary treasurer and William Morgan member of the national executive board Also announced the Columbiana county strike of over 800 men after eight and a half months of stoppage had been settled and local work would resume with pay for local labor under the settlement
Ravenna Ohio January 18 The Pennsylvania Railroad Co is securing right of way for a short line from De Forest to Ravenna to be operated on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh branch and connect with the Pittsburgh Youngstown and Ashtabula railroad through the city Construction will begin soon and the line is planned to open next summer.
Cleveland report: A bride of two weeks, Mrs John Aagel, identified the man killed near Rockport on the Lake Shore tracks as her husband John Aagel. Officials say the death was an accidental train strike.
Mount Union College, holder of the state collegiate championship, defeated Geneva College 43 to 31 in Alliance Ohio. Geneva retains Western Pennsylvania championship status.
Columbus report notes 4,033 smallpox cases statewide with 49 deaths. Measles shows a higher death percentage, highlighting greater mortality from that illness.
Mrs. Joseph Moses of Cincinnati, wife of a Big Four tax agent, found a Negro under her bed at the Nell house in Columbus. The intruder escaped through a window and fire escape.
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