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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1903
Page
6
Seven teen workers drowned when a ferry boat capsized at Spier Falls on the Hudson River. More than 1,000 laborers, many Italian, worked on the Hudson River Power Co. dam as crews recovered bodies and warned of a stampede to leave jobs after the disaster.
Macon Georgia reports the death of Hon James M H Blount a veteran congressman from Georgia and former Hawaiian commissioner who died Sunday from congestion of the lungs He had been in poor health two years and had retired from public life in 1893 Blount was a prominent landowner and lawyer by trade
William Guinn was shot and killed on a Bristol street by Charles Eckels amid a quarrel with Robert Hatfield, a friend of Eckels. Eckels and Hatfield escaped.
In Los Angeles on March 9 General IT L G Otis editor of the Times was at Editor Henderson of the Herald when his face was severely cut. The incident stirred great excitement across the city.
Colima Mexico witnessed a violent volcanic eruption at 7 10 Sunday morning. Lava overflow appeared on the eastern flank and geological notes reported subterranean rumblings as the event unfolded.
Maj. Gen. Papri koff resigns as minister of war after colleagues reject his demand for a $1 600 000 credit to buy war materiel in Sofia in March.
Pittsburgh report says Bob Fitzsimmons and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien met in March and drew up articles for a scheduled bout to be held in June or July somewhere on the Pacific coast.
Maj. Gen. William Buel Franklin died at his Hartford home on Sunday at age 80 after years of declining health since his wife’s death. Born February 27, 1823 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, he was a West Point graduate and classmate of Ulysses S. Grant. He led the Sixth Army Corps and served in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam during the Civil War before resigning in 1866 with the rank of major general of volunteers.
Washington reports an official compilation by Tally Clerk Wakefield detailing House activity in the 57th Congress. The longest day lasted 144 hours with 80 roll calls. 18,420 bills and resolutions were introduced, reports made on 2,810. The Senate sent 1,639 to the House, 2,418 House measures and 1,012 Senate ones were acted on, leaving 41% of House and 118 Senate items on the calendar. Fifteen members died, seven resigned, and Rhea of Kentucky and Butler of Missouri were unseated, Butler twice.
Cumberland Maryland reports six people burned to death and one fatally injured in a Leiter hotel fire. The deceased include Maggie Coughlin Annie Burke Henry Burke George C Anderson and a child of Anderson. Robert Long survived with fatal injuries. Several others escaped with minor injuries by jumping from a second story window.
In Rome on March 9 the pope said he felt well enough to meet pilgrims who traveled long distances. He greeted six thousand visitors from Berlin Vienna and Belgium and bestowed his blessing amid loud acclaim from the crowd.
Col. Free man Thorp is commissioned to paint ex Speaker Henderson for the lobby display. The practice adds portraits of former presiding officers to the House collection already in place.
William R. Merriam, former Minnesota governor and census director, has submitted his resignation to President Roosevelt. He will leave May 15 to move to New York and take the vice presidency of a mercantile agency.
Booth founder and head of the Salvation Army sailed for England on the Campania Saturday. Because of a knee injury there was no local corps demonstration.
Chicago March 9 report says Armour & Co have arranged a test of wireless telegraphy for communication between their packing plants and key offices in multiple cities. The test aims to improve intercity coordination and expedite corporate communications.
In Merida Yucatan on March 9 a variety of hard woods is being gathered in the Peto district for an exhibition at the St. Louis exposition. The collection aims to be the most complete ever shown.
B C Ferguson reports four men killed and two injured by poisonous gases lingering in a winze at the Nettie L mine. The incident occurred as workers were active underground. Identify sources confirm names and employer not specified within the fragment.
Waterbury officials report eight masked men fired on a charity trolley at Forest Park on March 9 killing Policeman Paul Mendelsohn and injuring non union motorman John W Chambers and conductor George Weberndorfer. The attackers fled, leaving no clues. Chambers described a pursuit and pursuit near swamps before fleeing to alert authorities.
The national headquarters of the endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias will remain in Chicago. Supreme vice chancellor C. E. Shively announced on Sunday. Earlier efforts sought moves to Indianapolis Detroit or Columbus Ohio.
Chattanooga Tennessee reports a Sunday dawn rain near a cloudburst flooding streets and sidewalks. The river rose nearly three feet in eight hours.
A Detroit capitalists group led by James T. Shaw F J Coughey James G Anderson and General Manager George E Smith plan to reopen the Rosebury Zinc Co. plant in Knoxville Tenn spending about 20000 on improvements arriving March 9.
Pittsburg March 9. Telephone and telegraph linemen who were defeated a year ago in their strike are preparing to renew the fight for union recognition and an established rate of 2.75 dollars per day for nine hours.
At Headwaters Pittsburg reports the Ohio River dam level at 14.1 feet at midnight with rising waters. Upstream reports indicate the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers also rising with nearly 20 feet expected in the area.
Three hundred miners on the upper 12th hole voted Sunday to strike Monday morning for a ten cent raise per ton. Huntington, West Virginia reports the labor action.
Walbridge and Blair representing the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co met Secretary Root and Col Edwards to insure a full Philippine resources display at the St Louis Exposition. The Philippine government has allocated 250000 for the exhibit and the exposition company will add funds. An agreement hinges on Taft approval received by cable Friday.
Willemstadt Curacao March 7 The steamship from Mariacoba Venezuela brings one third of normal cargo and no coffee merchants say export duties ruin them more than the coastal blockade. Revolutionary reports place Caracas under rebel forces Cumana eastern sector controlled and President Castro unable to convene Congress due to lack of quorum.
The 18th annual Michigan club banquet in Detroit at the Hotel Cadillac drew about 400 attendees. Notable figures at the speaker’s table included Senator J H Gallinger Gen Leonard Wood former Senator John M Thurston and Congressman William Alden Smith. Also present were Senators R A Alger J C Burrows Capt F L Alger and other Michigan political leaders.
James Stettauer of Chicago died at Mercy hospital in Denver from blood poisoning after a neck scratch from shaving. Erysipelas and kidney complications followed. Body shipped to Chicago for burial. He leaves about 5 million dollars. He came to Denver two weeks earlier for mining business.
London notes Col George R Henderson director of military intelligence in South Africa died at Assou Egypt on Friday. He authored a Life of Stonewall Jackson and was working on the official history of the South African war and had plans for a life of Gen Robert E Lee and a study of Wellington.
Miss Ella Lytle a telephone operator was suffocated Friday evening in a Pittsburg street car during rush hour. She was forced to stand due to the crash and after riding seven blocks fainted.
John T. Mc Donough former secretary of state of New York departed Friday from New York via San Francisco for Manila to assume his new role as judge of the supreme court of the Philippines.
New York reports 171 business failures in the United States for the week ending March 5, down from 185 the previous week and lower than the 1902 and 1900 figures.
The Empires of Chicago set a new world five-man team bowling record with 1,152 points in a Chicago league regular game on March 7 in Chicago.
Chicago March 7 Coach Stagg returned from the east and said the University of Chicago football team will meet the United States Military Academy squad at West Point on November 14.
Detroit March 7 Judge Frank A Hooker of Charlotte was renominated Friday night for ten years as a justice of the Michigan supreme court by the Republican state convention.
Dr Hartman declares a permanent cure for catarrh with Peruna. Letters from users like Rev Stubenvoll of Pella Wis and J W Fuller of Los Angeles tout dramatic recoveries. Free pamphlet available, and Dr Hartman offers gratis advice to seekers who report disappointing results.
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