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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
6
Storms injure the Chickamauga battlefield monument in South Carolina a large bronze palmetto tree atop a marble base sustains damage but remains repairable according to officials.
General opinion in Germany holds Prince Henry cannot accept the Lübeck radicals plan to unite middle class parties for his Reichstag candidacy. Prince Henry has never engaged in national politics.
An English writer argues that current financial morality, though imperfect, outshines the morality of the era ending in 826 with lottery abolition. He cites Lord North as example, issuing 60,000 lottery tickets in 1779 during the American War, 20,000 of which were supplied as bribes to members of Parliament.
Ervin Pfuhl of West Pittston Pennsylvania petitions the court to change his name to Folmer claiming his current name invites punning and is hard to pronounce and causes annoyance.
A rare electrical storm in West Virginia produced snakes falling from dark clouds. The reptiles covered streets during the funnel and for an hour afterward, appearing half stunned as they crawled about.
The passage notes football's long borrowings from China with early adoption in Japan. Emperor Toba II reportedly organized a palace club, suggesting the sport's popularity despite Oriental stereotypes about hard work.
Victor Nimault, who created and patented the multiple transmission system now used in France, died on Devil's Island off Cayenne. Nimault's work, begun 20 years ago, followed his role as an electrical employee of the French telegraphic service and his 1871 discovery and legal protection of the system.
Sailors of early ships to New York found strong demand and good prices for lava dust gathered from ship decks. Bottled and labeled, it attracted collectors and the trade was brisk. Later ships brought more lava dust but demand declined.
The Papandayang volcanic cone in Java erupted violently in 1772. It stood at 9000 feet before the blast, but in a single night its top was blown off leaving 5000 feet. Ashes and lava spread over surrounding country burying at least forty villages.
The article notes Teneriffe in the Canaries with a 12 175 foot peak, Etna at 10 870 feet, and bases 91 miles around. It cites Chimborazo and Cotopaxi in Ecuador at about 20 000 and 28 000 feet, both never reached by humans, rising above the Pacific Ocean.
Adepts in palmistry argue the length of the fourth finger signals importance in any field. A long straight little finger is linked to rise in life, with finger shape affecting career path from business to people management.
Beatrice Nebraska reports say Cortland cloudburst dumped a foot of water in three hours as streets, basements, crops and cattle suffered heavy damage. The flood reached Beatrice by forenoon halting Union Pacific tracks and washing out Burlington lines. A passenger train stalled at Pickerell with 20 passengers. no casualties reported yet, water rose on Indian Creek.
A June tornado passed over Thornton and leveled most structures on Geo N Molondy stock farm, destroying buildings and the Baptist church. The village escaped major damage as residents sought shelter in cellars. Total damage estimated at 25000 dollars with several barns and stock lost. no fatalities reported.
Seven inches of rain drenched Clarinda on June 7 causing extensive property loss and crop damage. Marshalltown reported a terrfic cloudburst washing out railroad lines and bridges, with trains delayed and boats rescuing stock. Clinton faced the Rock River flood inundating farms, destroying crops, highways, and bridges as the river spread up to five miles wide. A 7-year-old boy, Boniford Langdon, drowned attempting to cross a creek.
Representative Richardson of Tennessee reintroduces a strengthened Sherman act bill to curb trusts. The measure tightens restraint on contracts and combinations, grants civil rights of action to injured parties, bans mail use to further trust activity, and targets interstate shipping of trust goods. The move aligns with a Democratic committee plan to push the trust issue in the campaign.
A unit of the 5th United States Cavalry was capturing graves when Ladrones attacked Binangonan in Rizal province. Seven U.S. soldiers were captured along with the town's president, secretary, a doctor, and other prominent locals. Two U.S. soldiers and four Filipinos escaped to Morang. Troops pursued the bandits and seized dynamite stored at local quarries.
A June 7 thunderstorm drenched Chicago and suburbs. Wilbur Chase, 17, son of Rev. M W Chase, died at Wheaton from a lightning bolt. In the city an unknown woman was killed at a street car crossing with an umbrella raised. Basements flooded and many shade trees toppled in parks.
The royal mail steamer Eden under Capt Down arrived in Castries after Mont Pelee's eruption from Fort De France at 10 18 am Friday. An immense smoke cloud and volcanic dust darkened St Lucia and a submarine explosion pushed sea levels back 250 feet before returning to normal with no damage reported.
A three to four inch rainfall in four hours floods central Nebraska towns. Oak Creek floods Dannebrag nine miles from St. Paul with water three feet deep in streets. Livestock losses are reported as water rises.
Emporia Kansas reports that floodwaters from the Neo and Cottonwood rivers caused several hundred thousand dollars in property losses. No fatalities. Water levels are receding as eastward farmland remains submerged one to six feet. residents rescued by boat where homes sit near riverbanks.
Richmond June 7 The constitutional convention adopted the new constitution by a recorded vote of 90 to 10. Two Republicans and eight Democrats voted for the measure while the remaining Republicans voted against it.
A man identifying as R. B. Allen of Hicksville Delaware was detained at the White House after asserting he was a human battery and the sole communicator with the army he allegedly brought in balloons. He is to be held for a sanity investigation pending inquiry.
Secretary Root received a cablegram from Acting Gov Wright of the Philippines stating there is no armed insurrection outside the Moro country and noting the growth of civil government as encouraging.
House keepers and gardeners near Oyster Bay prepare Roosevelts home for the arrival of President Theodore Roosevelt and his children. The June 7 dispatch notes finishing touches as the Roosevelts near their New York area residence.
Reports received by the Chilean steamer Palena from Valparaiso describe Ta cana volcano in Guatemala erupting with over a thousand deaths and half of Ratalhulen destroyed. Advices indicate widespread destruction and casualties affecting the capital region.
New York reports 163 business failures in the week nationwide, down from 168 prior week and closely matching last year’s total. Canada records 17 failures, a sharp drop from 140 the previous week.
Dozens of mines from Dingess to Tug River join a broad strike led by United Mine Workers. By June 7 to 9, about 10,000 miners in the Flat Top and Elkhorn fields refuse to work while some districts like Cabin Creek resist joining. Authorities prepare for possible clashes as non union labor is mobilized in Northfork and Davy.
After a Friday cabinet meeting President Roosevelt says there is no legal ground for presidential interference in the dispute between coal operators and striking miners, effectively leaving settlement to others.
The Post reports that due to Kruger's advanced age and infirmities the government has waived the requirement for his acknowledgment of British sovereignty.
Robert F. Philips, a newspaper illustrator, died at Seney hospital Brooklyn after a three day illness from virulent scarlet fever. His brother Stephen Phillips is a renowned English author and poet.
The national convention in Portland Oregon selected Indianapolis as the meeting city for 1903 and elected Howard W Peak of Texas as president by acclamation.
The Senate approved the Lodge Philippines government bill by 48 to 30 with three Republicans opposing and one Democrat voting for. It authorizes a Philippine governor and vice governor under executive order and applies most of the U S constitution except arm bearing and jury rights. The measure also creates a Philippine commission and sets census plans after insurrection ends.
The children of Prince Henry of Prussia inherit most revenues from the late prince estate in Berlin amounting to 2,000,000 marks. The Wilhelmstrasse property passes to the crown and the palace reverts to the crown.
Rose Melville known as Sis Hopkins was granted a divorce by Judge 8 W Smith in Cincinnati. The docket lists Rose Hardy against Harry Hardy with neglect cited as the plea.
Washington dispatch says the protected cruiser Denver will be launched on June 21 as the second of six 17 knot cruisers of her class to be floated the Cleveland having already been launched.
A brief Philadelphia Times vignette records Jim and Zach, two West Philadelphia farmers, trading terse greetings about their horses. The humor centers on their minimal speech and the punch line about what they fed their horses, revealing a playful feud over laconic chatter.
Cure for swollen feet allows wearing smaller shoes. Sold by druggists 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Free sample offered. Address A. B. Olmsted Le Roy New York for Arisen details.
A Chicago Daily News report notes a courtroom exchange where a witness identifies as a poet and humorously asserts the profession as a disease. The judge presses for the reality of the occupation in the context of testimony.
Advertisements tout Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cold remedy with a 25 cent price and praise Piso's Cure for throat and lung ailments. A quote from Wm O Endsley of Van Buren Indiana is dated February 10 1900. Separate line notes a florist selling watered stock in Philadelphia.
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