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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
6
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston cites the abolition of the army canteen as causing discipline decline and desertions. He says saloons outside reservations replace post exchanges, with gamblers and dissolute women preying on troops, while local authorities ignore the issue and courts-martial rise.
Chicago reports Mrs. Hulda Swanson of Milton Avenue found beaten and lifeless Friday night in a rear alley near a shoe factory at Kingsbury and Superior Streets. She was dragged into the dark alley along the Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad track. Several arrests have been made.
The Athens correspondence notes a continuing exodus of emigrants to the United States likely spurred by failed crops. Official reports place the total at 8,000 people leaving Greece in the past year.
The president granted a full and unconditional pardon to William Dinkella, convict in 1880 before a U S consular court in Japan for the murder of Charles H. Abbott, first mate of the Centennial, while the ship lay in Heogo harbor. the prisoner was the ship’s second mate.
Counsel for Miss Rebecca J. Taylor who was dismissed from the war department filed a demurrer to Secretary Root's answer to her petition for mandamus to compel restoration to a clerkship after her criticisms of the Philippines policy.
New York reports 170 U S business failures in the week ending September 25, down from 182 last week and 194 year ago. Canada shows 19 failures for the same week, up from 18 a week earlier.
Representatives of the furnace owners in Roanoke closed a contract with the Norfolk and Western Railway Co to haul 50 000 tons of lake iron ore from Michigan to Roanoke Virginia.
Major General Chaffee commends Army Nurse Corps member Alice Kemmer for leaving her leave to care for two smallpox patients in an isolation ward during April and May 1902. She cared for an officer's wife and an enlisted man, with only brief sleep, and saved their lives.
A powerful cyclone swept Sicily for 24 hours, destroying vast inland areas along an 124 mile path. In Modica and Hevis lower floors were wrecked, bridges and roads vanished, millions of lire in damage reported, and death toll believed around 400 with hundreds of bodies found.
Commander Patch from the Montgomery reports Cape Haytien as of September 26 with blockade ineffective and insurgents defeated near Gonatves. Haytien troops are concentrated, government victory at Cape Haytien, U.S. citizens at Terraneuve safe, and ports quiet. Leonidas departed San Juan for Cape Haytien with coal for Montgomery.
A severe gale along the Newfoundland coast causes heavy damage over several days. Three Labrador fishing schooners lose cargo but crews survive. a fourth schooner sinks with seven aboard perishing.
In South McAlester Oklahoma Territory on September 27 the court of appeals admitted Dr. George Beatty of Koawa and Dr. Charles Collard to bail set at 10000 dollars for the murder of Gyp Baily, a Cincinnati clothing salesman. Bond was refused for Collard, named as the alleged principal in the killing.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issued a call for the 22d annual convention to begin in New Orleans on November 13. The notice outlines the meeting as a gathering of federation leaders and delegates to discuss labor issues and policy.
Washington Sept 27 The secretary of the treasury announced purchase of five per cent bonds of 1904 at 105 flat. Outstanding amounting to 19 400 000 dollars.
Washington dispatch reports General Chaffee will sail from Manila for San Francisco aboard the transport Sumner in about eight days. The Philippines command will be turned over to General Davis on September 30.
Lieut. Col. Willis C. Forsythe, retired, died at Sweet Chalibeate Springs Virginia. He was born in Michigan and entered the army from the District of Columbia.
Tom Clark alias Will Gibson, a Black man, was burned at the stake in Corinth after confessing to the Whitfield murder. He also claimed responsibility for killing two men on an excursion train in Mississippi, a $1500 theft from a physician at French Camp, and an assault on a Black woman. The execution followed a 12-person committee's verdict despite prior alibis and failed searches. His mother and brother were contacted for a farewell visit.
A second expedition under Capt. John J. Pershing leaves Camp Vicars for Maciu Mindanao to attack the Moro forts. Forces include infantry cavalry artillery and engineers to build a pontoon bridge and corduroy trail through swamp. The sultan of Butig was captured then released aiding supplies.
The annual pension commissioner's report shows 999,446 names on the rolls as of July 1, with 738,809 soldiers and 260,637 widows and dependents. It details deaths, costs, and historic disbursements from 1790 onward, including $137,504,268 paid in pensions this year and total system costs near $3.59 million for administration.
Petitions circulated across the United States by American Federation of Catholic Societies seek President Roosevelt to use his good offices to end the coal strike. The federation, with at least half a million members, counts Bishop McFaul and Bishop Messmer as spiritual advisers. The request asks for nonpolitical intervention to help reach a settlement.
San Jose reports Prof W W Campbell of Lick Observatory says Perrine's comet, discovered September 1, has grown brighter and is visible to the naked eye. It nears Alpha Cassiopeiae and Beta Cassiopeiae this week, enters the Milky Way, then moves toward Alpha Cygni by October 6, likely brighter, before moving southwest toward the sun in November. Troops Reinforced for Anthracite Strike. Harrisburg dispatch says Gov Stone orders Sheridan troop to report to Gen Gobin to reinforce the 13th regiment in the anthracite strike area.
Eight men were injured when a furnace top blew off at the Duquesne plant of the Carnegie blast furnaces in McKeesport Pa. Five of the injured have died, three more deaths reported Sunday, and the remaining three men are in serious condition with doubtful recoveries.
Five hundred New Orleans Street Railway Co workers walked out Sunday morning over wage demands and shorter hours.
More than 30 pieces of furniture plus curtains and plate mirrors owned by the White House were burned Sunday at A. E. Kennedy’s upholstery shop on Connecticut Avenue. The loss is about $5,000 with no known historic pieces destroyed.
Grand Forks North Dakota September 29 Nels Johnson a harvester was fatally shot in a clash between Indians and whites at Park River Sunday A group of ten Indians camped near Park River with families harvesters visited the camp and liquor was reported The Indians fired at passing citizens a posse formed and the Indians were arrested and jailed
President Roosevelt had a second operation on the left leg abscess Sunday. Surgeons opened the cavity to expose a slightly affected bone and relieve tension. Doctors report satisfactory progress with no blood poisoning and expect the president to walk again soon.
In Mobile on a Sunday morning an unknown assailant choked Mrs. Helen Dickson to death at her home and assaulted her niece Miss Helen Robertson. The intruder entered through a window, braced a door, then fled after Robertson screamed. Robertson’s father, Mr. Robertson, rushed in but could not stop the attacker. Mrs. Dickson died a few hours later from her injuries.
Washington reports that despite Cuba seeking an early troop withdrawal, U S officials plan to order removal only after the permanent treaty under the Platt amendment is completed. The Platt amendment and Cuban constitution call for a lasting agreement outlining obligations for both nations.
Vice President George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Co arrives on the Celtic in New York after a Sunday voyage and asserts the United States will open cable communication with Manila, P. I., by July 4, 1908.
May Use Peat reports that peat dried from South Chicago swamps could enter markets as a coal rival if current experiments prove successful.
A man and his son inspect a painting showing four peaches and a cut melon. They are quoted fifty dollars. The boy whispers that a finer picture exists for forty dollars, noting more peaches and a noncut melon as reasons. Detroit Free Press.
One size smaller after using Allen's Fonte Base a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores two bits. Trial package free by mail. Address Allen E. Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
A collage of ad blurbs and quips includes Dr. Fowler's Extract claims for seasickness and dysentery, Laxative Brome and Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents, a Detroit Free Press jab at philosophy, a maid of satire on heiress and nobleman matrimony, Burdock Blood Bitters testimonial, and wry observations from the Indianapolis and Chicago papers. The excerpt mixes medical nostrums with social witticisms and literary quips.
A Lansing woman testifies that years of travel and health decline led to an ovarian issue requiring rest and eventual surgery. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanitative Wash she reports marked recovery within three months and ongoing perfect health. The letter offers confidential guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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