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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
6
A regional clash over skirts prompts fines in parts of Switzerland for trailing garments while Prussia restricts access to public gardens for wearers with even moderate train lengths.
R J Seddon, premier of New Zealand, is described as a mechanical engineer by trade. He emigrated from England as a gold seeker in 1867 and serves as colonial treasurer minister of labor minister of defense and commissioner of trade and customs for the colony.
Theophilus H. Porter of Lynn Massachusetts retires after 46 years delivering papers. He walked about 15 miles daily except Sundays when he attended church and avoided Sunday papers, saying his faith guides his habit.
Bertram Cutler, a 22 year old stenographer in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil office in New York, holds United States steel stock valued at 12 million dollars yet receives only 18 dollars weekly. He is described as a young athlete.
The extinct crater Aso San about thirty miles from Kumamoto houses 20,000 people living within an 800 foot high vertical wall. They rarely venture outside and resemble a small, self contained nation.
During a hearing at Halifax on a factory acts prosecution the factory inspector said he sought five years to find an attendant of a joiner’s planing machine who possessed all fingers. The remark was used to illustrate diligence in inspection.
The dead sea revival continues as trade between Jerusalem and Kerek grows and tourism rises. Monks organize a small company and plan a motor boat move across waters unused for transit for centuries. The vessel will be named Prodromos meaning The Forerunner.
The University of Athens follows the German model with many professors trained in German universities and German widely spoken. The institution holds substantial property and several chairs are richly endowed by private individuals.
The lord lieutenant of Ireland has lost his prerogative to kiss every woman presented at Dublin drawing rooms. Previously he saluted hundreds of women twice yearly with a public kiss. An official edict prohibits further kissing in public at Dublin Castle.
The Chinese emperor, as high priest, must perform at least 46 sacrifices to various gods within a year. Each sacrifice requires dedicated holidays spent in solitude. Sacrifices occur by night or dawn as the emperor travels in a closed palanquin, with the street routes lined in black.
M. Dagan, a French entomologist,has tried many insect species as food both raw and cooked and cites travelers experiences. He warns against eating spiders but praises soups made from caterpillars and notes Bedouins prize locusts fried or boiled in milk.
Beneath Paris a labyrinth of galleries and catacombs holds mushroom beds fed by about 100000 pounds annually. An army of peasants works the farms accessed only by a precarious central ladder.
Col William Heckter of Toledo patent holder with over 130 devices introduces a trimeter. The machine combines a steam boiler with steam and gas engines and runs on crude oil and water. It self fires, generates steam on demand, reuses steam, needs only water to replace leakage, and can start stop or reverse like a steam locomotive.
The Cambria Steel rolling mill mine disaster at Westmont Hill near Johnstown on July 11 left 114 dead after two more rescue victims died early Sunday. Rescue workers pulled 14 survivors from the mine on Friday as eighty seven bodies were recovered by nightfall.
Reports from Costa Rican ports say revolutionaries have taken Bluefields Nicaragua amid ongoing upheaval. Passengers describe the capture as part of the Nicaragua movement affecting the Pacific coast town.
Lewis Wilkins aged 30 and eight feet two inches tall died at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago from a brain tumor. The enormous man weighed 365 pounds in good health.
Washington July 11 A four member assistant postmasters general commission has finished work on a return postal card system with postage paid on return. It recommends testing two methods in six cities each: private corporation handling all return card business or direct government dealings with firms sending cards. Adoption uncertain as Payne contemplates legal authority to proceed.
Ten Mile creek and its branches caused Greene county's worst flood, washing away houses stables tracks and barns near Waynesburg Pennsylvania. More than twenty structures scattered across the countryside as a cloudburst triggered damages estimated at two hundred thousand dollars with no reported deaths.
The 50 largest U S post offices earned 4 478 368 for June, up 572 822 or 14 percent from June 1901. New York City leads with 943 567, up nearly 13 percent. Chicago up about 20 percent. Dayton Ohio shows the largest percentage gain over 40 percent, Columbus Ohio over 38 percent, while Buffalo Jersey City and Albany fall modestly.
Mrs Aline Ellis O Malley wife of Prof Austin O Malley of South Bend Ind and William J Hearin of New York were held to bail of 1200 each for trial on charges of stealing jewelry valued over 1000 from Dr Joseph O Malley Philadelphia. Ellis of New York Mrs O Malleys father signed security with Trinity Trust Company and Hearins bail was entered later that night.
Acting Gov Wright in the Philippines sends a cablegram to Secretary Koot denying proselyting among Catholic students in Philippine schools. The cablegram states a complete investigation was conducted into the allegations.
Kingston Jamaica on July 11 marked a holiday with stores closed and city decoration as Kingston observed a day of thanksgiving for King Edward's recovery. Flags, mainly British and American, were flown throughout the city.
A synopsis of proposed changes in U S Army uniforms, prepared by the Army Uniform Board, will be submitted to the president before final action. The memo outlines adjustments to design and regulations for standard wear across all branches.
Springfield July 11 Gov Yates named Col J H Strong Chicago as public administrator for Cook county replacing Patrick H O Donnell who resigned at the governors request.
London announces memorial services for the late Lord Pauncefote to be held simultaneously with his burial. The services will take place at St. Margaret’s Church in Westminster on July 15.
In Castries France on July 11 extreme heat caused five men to die while mowing a field amid temperatures reported at 139 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chicago reports small gains toward settlement as the Freight Handlers Union agrees to follow the Chicago board of arbitration and seeks meetings with railroad general managers. Workers demand full pay from start, abolish probation, 18 cents hourly for truckers, time and a half for overtime.
Carbondale Illinois July 14 growers alarmed as Chicago freight handlers strike halts shipments Thousands of dollars of tomatoes rotting in fields and other fruit like peaches and apples ripening this week No growers or shipping associations in the fruit belt will ship to Chicago under current conditions
In Detroit on July 14, Anthony Rukano 16 and Adolph Budelier 18 drowned at Cass lake while rowing with May Wiesler. The boat leaked and tipped over. the girl survived, but the two boys sank before rescuers arrived.
Preliminary returns from the department of agriculture show corn acreage planted rising by about 3 520 000 acres or 3 9 percent compared with last year s harvested area.
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Daily Chronicle says the French flag was hoisted at Hehati a fishing bay between Macao and Canton, marking a notable flag display in the area.
Eight hat factory workers at Marshall Bros. in Fall River donated graft skin to aid Miss Rose Silvia who was badly injured when hair was caught in a shafting. Dr Dolan harvested twenty skin pieces from each donor’s thigh for grafting to her scalp and cheek.
A cable from Minister Squiers to Commissioner Pepper reports Cuba has accepted the invitation to participate in the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis. Formal acceptance by Cuba was not expected yet, and the exhibit will depend on future Cuban appropriations. This marks Cuba’s first participation as an independent nation at the fair.
Birmingham July 12 The joint United Mine Workers and coal operators convention settled on a wage scale. Operators conceded two minor points enabling miners to accept a uniform wage scale for day laborers. The union sought five cents per ton and longer pay and workday terms but lost those demands.
Rev Dr A C Hirst longtime Methodist pastor and former president of the University of the Pacific coast in San Francisco died Friday at his sister’s home in Chicago. He previously led churches in Chicago Pittsburg Chillicothe and Columbus and held major pulpits in the church.
Senator McLaurin of Oyster Bay after a long talk with the president left for New York. It is understood an appointment to the United States court of claims has been agreed on. He is expected to resign before the end of his term in March to accept the judicial post.
On July 12 three loud detonations were heard from the Soufriere volcano on St Vincent between 8 and 9 PM. Barbadoes reports confirm loud detonations from the west that same night. In Martinique Mont Pelee also had a fresh eruption Friday morning.
Juan Jiminez, former president of the Dominican Republic, is noted as the most notable passenger aboard the City of Washington which arrived in New York from Santiago on Friday July 12.
Tommy Crooks, a well known boxer and athletic manager, drowned in floodwaters near Des Moines Iowa. He drove into 23 feet of water while traveling a road he did not know, and disabled his car.
Thirty five people drown when a reservoir bursts on the estate of Claudia Vienna at Las Pamas, Valparaiso. A house on the estate is also destroyed in the disaster reported on July 12.
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo Supreme Court issues a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B Hudson maker of Dr Clark's Foot Powder and a Brooklyn retailer. The court holds Dr Clark's Foot Powder an imitation of Foot-Ease and restrains further sales. Allen A Olmsted of Le Roy owns the Foot-Ease trademark. Similar suits will be brought against other infringers.
Vermont Senator Proctor quips that his finest speech had four words in response to Senator Hoar. He claimed no one in Vermont may vote without $5,000 earned trading with Massachusetts, then added we all vote. The remark appears in the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold with a money back guarantee if it fails. Includes customer testimonials and a dated quote about education and riches.
A reader writes of two years of kidney trouble and related ailments. She details enduring feverish illness, prolonged suffering, and reliance on medicines without relief, expressing desire for restored health and vitality.
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