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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
6
Graf von Waldersee visits Texas to inspect cattle supplies for direct shipment of beef cattle from ranches to Germany. The traveler is a relative of Field Marshal von Waldersee.
Maj. Hugh McGonagle who led the Ninth regiment in a famed Malvern Hill charge and returned with remnants observed his sixty fourth birthday last week among old friends. In recent years he has served as an officer of the United States court.
The Rev. David B. Matthews of St. John's Episcopal Church Hoboken N J has gained fame as a lifesaver. He dived into the river at the same spot and pulled out a boy to save a life. Earlier he rescued three boys from drowning at the same location and had performed similar feats before arriving in Hoboken.
A New Jersey treasure trove company forms with 250000 authorized capital aiming to recover 5 million in gold sunk with the British frigate Hussar near Randall's Island after its 1780 sinking. The venture seeks the hoard at the river bottom.
A receptacle holds the carcass as air from fast spinning fans, up to 5,000 rpm, strips feathers instantly. The system then restarts for another bird, leaving no residual dawn.
The Austrian army now equips several battalions with snowshoes after years of trials. During this year’s maneuvers in the Austrian Alps the shoes proved immensely advantageous for the troops.
The Czar has more physicians attending than any other sovereign. Not fewer than twenty four. chosen from Russia’s celebrated doctors. Roles include a chief physician, honorary physicians and four honorary surgeons, two oculists, a chiropodist and an honorary chiropodist, two court physicians and three specialists for the Czarina.
General Director Maspero announced plans to illuminate the inner passages and catacombs of the pyramids with electricity. The move aims to attract visitors to the ancient site and allow access to its innermost recesses for Egyptian tourists.
Admiral Bradford plans approved by Secretary Moody to equip the fleet with wireless telegraphy. Commands issued at the New York navy yard direct fitting aboard ships in commission by mounting wooden masts above fighting tops to run wires from yard arms about 135 feet above the water line.
Paris scientist M Georges Jaubert of the Ecole Polytechnique has developed air pastilles that release oxygen when dissolved in water. Two pounds yield 250 litres of oxygen, useful for theaters hospitals mines and submarines, enabling sea air at home.
Article reports mysterious forests around unmapped Amazon headwaters where the Napo Indians guard wealth of placer gold. Quito uses gold dust as currency, carried in bamboo joints and washed by primitive methods.
Paris forms a syndicate of kitchen maids to secure women’s kitchen rights. It accuses men cooks and waiters of driving women from restaurants and hotels and notes that experienced women cooks struggle to find jobs. The group petitions hotelkeepers to hire a proportion of apprentice girl cooks.
A 19 foot whale boat carrying 16 Oceanic House staff capsized in a July squall near Star Island. Fifteen drowned or were swept away. five bodies remain missing including Henry Farrington and W A Alward. Rescued crew survived by fishermen and doctors on Isle of Shoals.
Gen. Charles A. Smith U S A retired died in Washington after a long illness caused by a stroke. A Maine native, he served in the Civil War as captain of the 1st Maine Cavalry and was brevetted major general. He fought in 63 engagements and was wounded three times. He later served in the 28th and 19th Infantry and retired in 1891.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Co restarted its Taylor washery in Scranton on Thursday with 25 of its former staff, one of five washeries in operation. Regional washers process coal from culm banks while unions pledge a weekly $1 contribution per member to striking miners.
London July 18 says the king's convalescence has quickened after moving to Cowes and his doctors permit a more liberal diet. The fleet is ordered to assemble at Spithead August 11 for a royal review planned a few days later.
A fierce tornado struck Baltimore at 1 30 pm on Sunday, uprooting trees and roofs, sinking boats, and prompting rescue efforts. Eleven people died, nine by harbor drownings and two by debris. one boy died from a live wire. The harbor, riverfront, and residential areas bore the main destruction while business districts saw roof and sign damage. A fatal fall at Paradise Grove, a collapsed tree at St Mary Star of the Sea, and major warehouse damage at Merchants and Miners Transport resulted in substantial losses. Total damage in the warehouse ranged from 100000 to 300000 dollars.
The Broome county area suffered three cloudbursts Saturday night, washing away rail and road structures, breaking mill dams, delaying trains, and causing four deaths with two serious injuries. Property losses are estimated at about $200,000.
Washington on July 18 reports formal orders directing General MacArthur to take temporary command of the Department of the East after General Brooke's retirement and General Bates to assume temporary command of the Department of the Lakes in addition to his current duties.
Official dispatches indicate a severe cholera outbreak in Manchuria with high mortality. In Inku 643 cases with 477 deaths by July 4, and in Kharbin 575 cases with 322 deaths by July 10, reflecting rapid spread and dangerous conditions.
The Basilica Palladiana at Vicenza, about 40 miles west of Venice, is deemed in dangerous condition and the minister of public instruction Signor Nasi orders preservation measures to be taken.
A cloudburst in Coventry, New York, sent Lump Creek over its banks wrecking several mills and buildings at Afton. The Cook family of three were drowned with bodies not found until Sunday. Three separate cloud bursts were reported in the county causing minor damage overall.
London July 18 Andrey Carnegie presented offers totaling 32 000 pounds to Kinsbury in north London Hammersmith suburb and Londonderry for funding public libraries.
Fire Sunday at Colquitt Georgia destroyed 11 stores along the public square. The post office and the Masonic temple were among the buildings burned. The loss is reported at $25,000.
Berlin July 21 The West German cotton spinners call for a general curtailment of production They say they lose eight pfennigs per pound of yarn sold and daily losses reach 50000 dollars due to weak demand and price declines.
The Vatican protests to Governor Taft over Cardinal negotiations on Philippine religious affairs. The pope expresses displeasure at the cardinals handling and signals readiness to deal directly with Taft. Taft to attend farewell audience July 21 and proceed to Vallombrosa before returning for the pope brief.
Five young men from Doylestown gathered to greet Benrose Billman of the Billman house after his return from illness. He vowed he would stand beside each grave of the five if they died, and, within ten years, all five men—Peter Bussom, John Wealy, James Eitel, Fred Boysinger, and Kent Young—had died, with Billman present at each funeral.
A severe July storm in Toledo Ohio wreaked damage as Rev J Klagg's Jerusalem road residence was wrecked with six inmates shocked and burned. Barns owned by E R Farmer were destroyed and Ellis and Albert Godh of Bay Shore were seriously injured when a tree shelter collapsed. William Webber of Fort street also suffered serious injuries from a lightning bolt. The eastern horizon showed burning barns as the storm raged.
Hail as large as medium nuts struck Friday at Defiance Ohio causing broken windows and damaged beds of flowers. Electricity outages hit country districts and ten barns burned or damaged. Barns owned by Corressell Urey Milleh Griffith and others in Adams and Washington townships were destroyed. Telegraph service was interrupted.
The Ohio prohibition state committee hires actors to tour the state and perform Ten Nights in a Barroom at each campaign meeting as part of a theatrical campaign.
A tornado swept over Moffittsville in Clinton county New York destroying a starch factory a carding mill the Chateauguay Ore and Iron Co sawmill and more property. A steam launch sank on Upper Chateauguay lake belonging to Seth Thomas and his Campbell camp were destroyed. One man was severely injured at the Sawyer cottage near the Seth Thomas camp.
In Atoka Indian Territory on July 19 a fatal ambush occurred as Mrs. Daniel Grant her daughter Mrs. Jacob Reeves and a man named Nuckles were waylaid and killed while returning from church. Mrs. Reeves had been separated from her husband.
News from Chicago in Cumberland county Tennessee reports a riot resulting in two white men and two Negroes killed and several others wounded. The incident occurred in July and details remain sparse.
Francis Benadum on his deathbed denied he killed Lemuel Bailey, the man whose murder he had served years for before parole. The protestation was made in front of several relatives.
Toledo July 18 Col J C Bonner collector of this port issues a stringent order governing lights on boats on the Maumee river. The directive covers yachts launches sail boats row boats and larger craft consistent with existing law.
The Cotocitine Mining and Milling Co of Cincinnati filed a certificate of incorporation in Dover Delaware on July 18. The company with a capital of 600000 will engage in buying selling and mining ores and minerals of all kinds.
Edward Bebont aged 27 died near Homer after stacking hay. He tossed down his pitchfork and slid down the stack the handle penetrated his body six inches, causing fatal injuries in an unusual accident reported from Newark Ohio.
July 21 in Lorain Ohio John Murphy and John Brandt employees of the Lorain Steel Co. were killed by noxious gases while working at the top of a furnace.
John Smith of Washington PA dies after eating ice cream laced with strychnine. Maggie Canan, also of Washington PA, is seriously ill. They reportedly fled home to marry, registered as John Thomas and wife, and Smith delivered the poisoned dessert at the Exchange hotel.
Lorain, July 19. Car No. 37 driven by Motorman Elmer Nauman telescoped a building at Elyria after the last Lorain run. One passenger, conductor L. J. Gaudern, died of a brain concussion. Sixteen others injured, crowd from Elyria cared for by doctors as wreckage destroyed part of the building.
The 1st regiment and 9th battalion were inspected Thursday by Assistant Adjutant General H M Taylor Lieut Col Owen J Hopkins and Col Ames. Gov Nash will review the troops Saturday with a brigade review. Chairman Crafts of the house finance committee arrived as a guest of the governor. Gov Nash and officers visited Buckeye Lake as guests of the Round Island club.
A Clover Leaf train boiler exploded at Continental Ohio killing engineer Charles Mathers and fireman Smith. A bystander, Mrs Ladd, was wounded when blown from a porch window into a nearby house as the freight engine derailed from a siding.
Israel Hill, ex marshal of Chester Hill, Morgan county, hanged himself at his home in Chester Hill. He had been removed from office for misconduct and reportedly brooded over the disgrace. An hour earlier neighbor Thos C Fisher, coroner of Morgan county, died.
The body of Mrs. Emma Hunter, wife of real estate man 8 M. Hunter of 169 East Fifth Avenue, was discovered in the Scioto river Sunday. She had been mentally deranged and disappeared from home three days earlier.
Dayton reporters note Professor Claude Michelon began a cross country horseback journey from Dayton to San Francisco under an Paris club offer of ten thousand dollars if he arrives within 58 days and covers his own expenses.
Gov. Nash delivered the principal address at the Grace M. B. church auditorium corner stone laying in Coshocton Ohio on July 19. Prominent Methodist divines from across Ohio attended and a public reception was given in his honor after the ceremony. He then returned to Camp McKinley in the afternoon.
John Wanamaker killed William Fells by crushing his skull with an ax at Dixon on the Indiana Ohio line. He surrendered to authorities claiming self defense.
Bernhart Grenleich 61 a noted farmer south of Bellevue died after falling into a brick covered well while working. His death leaves a wife and several children.
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