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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
6
President Roosevelt uses the Cincinnati Music Hall appearance to present his plan for regulating large corporations. He argues for evolution over ruin, calls for strong supervision, publicity and possible constitutional action, and stresses law above wealth in shaping corporate conduct.
Fifteen hurt when an Elston avenue electric car derailed on a Sunday night. Two seriously injured as car leaped the track, crashed over a curb, tore a fence and struck a house. Motorman failed to halt the speeding vehicle. brakes appeared not to work.
Eugene Miller a 30 year old Black man died from a breast wound in Springfield Illinois after being found by a policeman. He was taken to the hospital after claiming intoxication and refused to name his attacker. He leaves a wife and mother.
William C. Bonin, 20, killed his father John B. Bonin in Woonsocket Rhode Island on September 22. He said he acted to shield his mother from violent treatment and feared for his own life.
In Chicago on September 22 a fight between two Italians resulted in Napolitan Giovanna dying and Alphonse Koladin mortally wounded at the county hospital. The incident occurred in the city and authorities investigation underway.
Birmingham report details a catastrophic stampede at the Shiloh negro Baptist church on Avenue G and Eighteenth street after Booker T. Washington concluded his address. Approximately 78 died and as many were seriously injured as crowd panicked through packed aisles and doors.
At Culp's Hill Gettysburg New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania governors and the Seventh Regiment National Guard attended the dedication ceremony for a fine equestrian statue honoring Maj Gen Henry Warner Slocum. The unveiling opened the thirty third reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac with Gen John R Brooke elected president and Gen Sickles delivering the principal address.
A collision of two passenger trains on the Pittsburg & Western railroad at Wilmer Pa. killed Engineer Benedict of the Pittsburg train and seriously injured four trainmen and several passengers.
Queen Alexandra arrives in Copenhagen from England aboard the Victoria and Albert visited by King Christian and other Danish royals greeting her outside the harbor on September 20.
New York on September 20 reports Charles F. Murphy won the leadership of Tamany Hall after an executive committee meeting attended by all members except August Moebus of the Thirty-fourth district.
New York dispatch reports William Waldorf Astor plans to move his wife’s body from Trinity Cemetery to England. The story notes his renunciation of American citizenship years earlier and his residence in England.
Robert C. Gray, manager of the Southern athletic club, canceled the Terry McGovern versus Young Corbett bout set for Monday night. Tickets worth 30000 will be redeemed at banks, and the club bears about 5000 in losses including a 2500 forfeit. The Kentucky injunction blocks the featherweight world title fight in Louisville, with judges ruling the plan a prize fight and warning future boxing contests in the state.
Marie Henriette queen of the Belgians died at Spa on Friday night just before 8 p.m. She collapsed while dining and suffered a sudden syncope. Doctor Guillaume was summoned but she died before his arrival. Two members of her suite were with the queen at her death.
Acting Postmaster General Madden awarded a four year contract for stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers to Hartford Manufacturing Company of Hartford CT as the lowest bidder. The deal totals over three million dollars with a bid about eighty five thousand dollars below the next lowest offer.
The barbed wire department of the Oliver plant at the American Steel & Wire Co on Pittsburgh's South Side was destroyed by a Friday fire. Loss estimated near 150000 dollars after a lamp exploded, igniting a barrel of oil in the oil room and quickly engulfing the entire building.
New York report shows United States business failures for the week ending September 18 total 182, down from 197 the previous week and compared with 158 a year ago. Canada records 18 failures, unchanged from last week.
Acting Mayor Jones declares next Thursday a general holiday in Minneapolis Minnesota to honor President Roosevelt who will address the national convention of employers and employees on the afternoon of September 25.
Paris reports the government will install a wireless telegraph system in Martinique and Guadeloupe due to frequent interruptions of cable service. The move aims to ensure reliable communications for the Caribbean colonies.
A 19th century letter from Charles Lindgren of La Porte Indiana testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his back pain and lameness after an earlier success in 1897. The ad promises a free trial and notes the product sells for 50 cents per box via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and druggists nationwide.
A vignette recalls Hepzibah in The House of the Seven Gables and a Washington tale of two elderly sisters who run a small shop. A popular homemade candy draws a crowd until demand strains the shop, prompting the sisters to halt candy sales. Also cited are quips and patent remedies from various papers.
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