16 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1901
Page
1
The letter from RK Long of California Junction Iowa claims catarrh stems from blood impurities and that local remedies fail. He credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring appetite sleep and removing catarrh symptoms, urging others to start treatment today.
Salt Lake City reports nearly 500000 dollars in quake damage across Utah from a series of tremors starting Wednesday night. Richfield and Elsinore suffered major destruction. many towns recorded collapsed walls, broken glass, and several chasms. In Beaver and Moab areas, courthouses, churches, and mines were damaged or wrecked. No fatalities reported though several injuries occurred. A winter naval cruise was announced to start November 25, with stops at Charleston and visits to Cuba, Panama, and the Danish West Indies.
Washington November 16 The interior revenue service ruled that articles taxed at home such as beer whisky and cigars become subject to internal revenue tax when shipped to the Philippines deemed foreign territory exporters must pay the tax before shipment with protest possible. The ruling contrasts a prior view that the islands were foreign for tax purposes and may lead to refunds if the Supreme Court later rules the Philippines foreign.
Senator Gullinger of New Hampshire rejects tariff concessions and any reciprocity treaty with Canada. He argues U S. sales to Canada exceed Canadian exports to the United States and questions the need for concessions. The article notes Canadian Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier urging negotiations in Toronto.
Barner’s a Wife Burned to Death in Farmhouse Fire near Fosters Mills Pennsylvania. George Burford rescued by dragging his burned wife from the blaze. Burford received serious injuries with poor prospects for recovery. Also reports incorporation filing in Elizabeth New Jersey by Voorhees to Mead Trust Company. Union County Trust Company forms with governor Foster M. Voorhees as president. capital of £700,000.
Monmouth reports the death of William Weir aged sixty six, former president of the Weir Plow Company and People’s National Bank of Monmouth. He credited with inventing the first straddle row cultivator and manufacturing it for years. Prairie dogs across Kansas occupy and render 1,274,854 acres nearly worthless for farming, despite efforts with federal cooperation to exterminate them.
The United States transport Hancock grounded on a sandy bottom and is ashore on the south side of the Simonoseki strait aided by a German gunboat. The ship, once the Arizona, is the third US transport to meet a mishap in Japanese waters recently. The Sheridan has been detained at Nagasaki since Oct 28 by a broken tail shaft while the Warren returned to dock after an Inland Sea accident. A congressional party had aboard along with troops and prisoners, including Senators Bacon Dietrich and Representatives Mercer Smith Burleson DesArmond Driscoll Gaines Green Weeks. Dietrich later returned to the U S. The strait of Simonoseki links Honda and Kinasaia with the Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, and narrows to a quarter mile at one point.
Creditors of the Pan-American Exposition company name three committees to work with the executive group to settle affairs without receivership. Liabilities total 830,211 with capital stock included. plant value not included. Also notes Irish matters and Dublin statue work, plus Berlin iron workers idle due to downturn.
The Jamaican government intends to levy a tax on each exported orange package and soon prohibit shipment of immature fruit. In Texas frost damages cotton as Dallas reports a killing frost across northern and central regions, likely halting further top cotton growth.
Washington reports a circulating claim that Ellen M. Stone’s ransom has fallen to 66000 and that immunity may be promised to captors. Officials deny any authorization by the U S to bind the government or to spare brigands, while noting Consul Dickinson’s acts. Diplomatic circles cite Mr Spencer Eddy in Constantinople handling representations to Bulgarian agents as groundwork for a potential Bulgarian responsibility.
London reports H St John Dix remanded at Gow Street police court on larceny charges. Prosecution suspects real name Jenkins, alleges he backed three Washington banks and wrecked the Scandinavian American bank at Whatcom, fleeing with over $8,000 while using names Henry St John and Dix. Frost follows British gales with severe frost and early snow crippling rail traffic.
H Ferginson Satro alias Henry Ferguson found guilty of piracy and theft in Everett. He admitted smuggling 9000 pounds of opium over five years worth 70000 dollars, delivering in Tacoma and routing contraband to Portland. Also report fatal potential error in Raleigh where farmer Robert A Hester was shot by a mistaken identity assailant.
In Dublin Nov 11 a parliamentary contest intensifies after the Morris peerage vacancy. Horace Pinkett Unionist opposes Colonel Arthur Lynch who served in the Boer war. Firearms not reported yet but stones bottles and clubs appear daily. Police baton charges frequent with many injured. The Evening News reports Irish Nationalists offering Kroger a safe seat claiming he is British subject under Kitchener proclamation.
In South Glastonbury Connecticut burglars cracked the safe of B. W. Howe & Sons general store and carried off about 4500 in cash and checks. Separately in Atlanta Georgia the Cotton States exposition Transportation and Electrical buildings burned, with losses around 60000.
The First National Bank of Spring Lake was robbed early morning. Robbers blew open the safe and escaped with about $4,000 including $2,000 cash and notes. At least three men used a brace and jimmy on the door then dynamite to blast the lock. The loot was insured by a New York company. The explosion drew little attention from villagers.
Seattle, November 16 slow progress is reported in the Considine trial. The defense's key witnesses face rigid cross examination. The cross examination of ex policeman Medford reveals he was suspended by Chief Meredith and held unfriendly views toward the deceased.
A heavy snowstorm floods Michigan with drifting snow and rail delays in the upper peninsula. Lake Superior barrels with a heavy sea as thirty ships seek shelter in the harbor. Disasters threaten vessels unable to reach port.
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