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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1902
Page
7
The Ohio state capitol in Columbus is decaying at its foundations as rot faults and missing mortar threaten load bearing stones. Gov. Nash orders an emergency board meeting to approve funds for patching before the legislature reconvenes and authorizes large repairs.
The state DAR conference in Toledo Ohio wrapped up with light business. Officers were nominated for the year but won’t be elected until the continental congress in Washington next February. Mrs. O J Hodge of Cleveland and Mrs. Edward Orton Jr of Columbus were nominated state regent. The next conference will be in Toledo.
Ironton Ohio November 1 sheriff of Lawrence county arrested Peter Nagle on a murder charge in the death of Willie Wade whose decomposed body was found near Upper Sandusky in a culvert. Nagle confessed to the crime saying he struck Wade with a club during a plan to rob him of about $50 and did not realize Wade was dead. The suspect will be brought to Ironton for detention.
D J Ryan, former Secretary of State, traveled to Cleveland to begin incorporating a company that will unify Mandelbaum Pomeroy electric railroad properties, the Miami and Erie Electric Transportation Co, and the Cincinnati Traction Co under a single management structure.
John Mahoney died in a hospital from morphine poisoning in Cleveland. Goldie Lewis is under arrest for administering the drug. She admits giving a hypodermic injection at Mahoney's request to ease pain.
Rabbits are entering Cincinnati in large numbers as producers predict a market glut before season end. The early season began after the attorney general ruled that game laws do not cover rabbits.
Albert Stock a reform prison inmate from Cuyahoga county escaped with a gang while at a quarry near the reformatory late Wednesday afternoon. Guards and bloodhounds are pursuing him.
Mt Gilead Ohio October 31. Mrs. C Harrison died Thursday morning after a choking incident at the Harrison House Wednesday evening while eating popcorn with friends. The death followed a night of severe suffering.
sensational scene in public square as Mayor Tom L Johnson allegedly struck William Mylecraine a republican tax board official in the face after being called a liar. Johnson says it was a tap not a punch while Mylecraine planned to seek an arrest warrant. no warrant by late evening.
An Oxford Ohio wreck occurred when two run away freight cars slammed into a fast mail train on the C H and D near Oxford Wednesday night. Three men were killed Edward Conn engineer known as Old Man Conn and two unknown tramps. Fireman Arns escaped with a broken nose and minor bruises. One forward car was hurled on its beam end and toppled telegraph lines cutting off south communication for the night.
Creditors in Cincinnati court sought to declare Foreman Shoe Co bankrupt and appoint a receiver. Judge Thompson approved Dr. W. R. Thrall as receiver, with Bankers' Security Co. as $25,009 surety. Assets tentatively $40,000 to $50,000 while liabilities run around $70,000.
A man about 40 was struck and instantly killed by a fast train along the Big Four tracks at Sekitan Station Friday morning. His head was crushed and his legs broken. A card found in his clothing identified him as C. J. Starkey, police judge of Ashtabula and high counselor of the Independent Order of Foresters.
Cincinnati report states William S. Rowe president of the First National Bank woke to burglars entering his bedroom on Madison road. They took about $50 in cash and jewelry valued at $85 from under his pillow after passing two sleeping watchdogs on the first floor to reach the second story.
A plan proposed by Cincinnati club women suggests erecting a permanent McKinley Memorial Fountain in Cincinnati funded by popular subscription to honor the late President William McKinley. The idea has been discussed for several months as a civic memorial project.
In Barnesville Fairview Ohio a ceremony linked John J. Bernard an 85 year old Iowa farmer to Nora Gleaves a 20 year old local. they met a week prior. In Cincinnati a 20 year old Mary Batty was fatally struck by a switch engine while picking coal near Peter Street and died at the city hospital.
Delaware Ohio November 1 Miss Richardson dean of Monnett hall issues a rule prohibiting the sweater as attire for students courting the Ohio Wesleyan University women. The measure targets students who seek favor with the young ladies.
Roosevelt designates Thursday November 27 as general day of thanksgiving. He calls on Americans to cease ordinary work and give thanks for a year of peace prosperity and moral uplift in government and society.
One third of Vienna joined All Saints and All Souls day pilgrimages to the Central cemetery, with about 600000 visitors over two days. Worshippers carried wreaths and candles at the tombs, especially near Mozart Beethoven Schubert monuments and the Ring theater fire victims plot. Emperor Francis Joseph and royal family laid wreaths in the Capuchin vaults.
A cold wave swept the area as snow fell heavily across New Mexico mountain slopes. Hundreds of sheep perished in the open, and there were heavy losses reported in the Rio Grande valley near El Paso, Texas.
Three Baltimore & Ohio trainmen died when a locomotive boiler exploded at Hale thorp. Engineer B. W. Biggs, Fireman O. W. Hunt, and Brakeman C. O. Stalling were killed instantly. Traffic halted about three hours. In Paris, Eddie Bald won the international scratch race at the Parc des Princes, covering 1,458 yards in 2 minutes 33 1-5 seconds.
Berlin on November 3 reports the royal game keepers’ bureau lists Emperor William’s hunting over 30 years totaling 47,443 captures. The record breaks down to 3,989 deer elk or chamois 2,828 wild boars 19,508 hares or rabbits and 18,891 pheasants.
A freight brakeman was killed and a freight conductor slightly injured in a far end collision between two freight trains west of Schenectady New York on Sunday night.
A dynamite blast at the Kordeck home in Chicago Heights killed two, injured several others, and set homes afire. Charles Smith, a former boarder, is arrested after threats of killing the family if the daughter refused him. The Kordeck daughter was to wed next week.
The British steamer Lt. Regulus reports collision with the Spanish steamer Enero off Dungeness on October 22. Enero’s crew mostly drowned, with three survivors. Regulus sustained damage and boiler explosions likely caused further losses aboard the Spanish ship.
Four men Frank and Louis Shuette and Charles and James Woodrich were killed at Algonquin Illinois when the Milk Express on the Chicago and Northwestern railway struck their carriage at the main street crossing. Louis Shuette died at a hospital. the others died instantly. All lived in Algonquin except James Woodrich whose home was Kilbourne City Wisconsin. James had started to Dundee before daylight and did not see the train due to darkness and buggy cover.
Walter Cole fullback for the Tennessee deaf and dumb school football team was reported dying Sunday night from injuries sustained in a game at Maryville Saturday. He suffered a broken collar bone and serious internal injuries. Cole's home is McKeesport Pennsylvania.
The October 1902 monthly coinage report from the director of the mint shows total coinage of 4,459,550 dollars. Gold coinage is 1,890,000 dollars, silver 2,287,000 dollars, and minor coins 282,550 dollars.
The Chicago Federation of Labor rescinded its expulsion of Typographical Union No. 6 and offered to reinstate delegates when they apply for admission. The action was announced on a Sunday in Chicago.
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