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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
1
The government requires all railway employees who contact the public to speak Spanish well enough to communicate with passengers. Pullman car staff will be mainly affected by the policy.
Hundreds of thousands of dolls wear wigs made from Angora goat hair. The material is controlled by a Hinglish syndicate. Hair is prepared, then shipped to Munich where it is produced into wigs by girls.
On July 15 1888 the Bandalsan volcano in Japan erupted sending 16 million cubic yards of rock and earth into the valley below. A lava stream moved at 48 miles per hour with a 100 foot depth and a width of five to fifteen miles. Despite the devastation only 401 people were reported dead.
Tests at the Automobile club in London show cars moving 20 mph can be stopped in two and a half car lengths. The tests may push authorities to raise the speed limit from 12 mph to 18 mph.
In 1883 Japan's Asama volcano erupted in a dire event described as one of modern times' most frightful. A torrent of mud and fire stretched eight thousand feet downslope from a vast five to ten mile wide area, overwhelming forty two villages. The death toll remains uncertain but is counted in the thousands.
Experiments show the dolphin can reach about 32 miles per hour when chased, yet the salmon has been known to swim at 40 miles an hour for short distances. Among small fish, the Spanish mackerel is among the swiftest species noted.
The camera proves essential in business by reproducing documents tables and papers with exactness. It saves labor and expense by duplicating tasks that would be slow if done by hand and complements the typewriter in professional use.
The San Francisco Fair estate dispute stretched seven years, costing heirs about a million dollars in court and legal fees. An additional $800,000 was spent settling relatives' claims. Senator Fair's wealth rose from an estimated $14 million at death to about $17 million after the lawsuits.
In Kamyschin district along the Volga marriage by purchase remains common. A pretty girl from a well to do family costs from 100 to 200 dollars, with higher sums in some cases. In villages the price can be about 25 dollars, leaving young farmers without dowries unable to wed.
The article describes the far southwest as the most forbidding area in the United States with extreme heat under a brazen sky. In parts of Arizona vegetation is scarce and the land supports mainly rattlesnakes scorpions Gila monsters and historically deadly Apaches.
The article describes Martinique in the Lesser Antilles and notes its size and mountainous terrain with six extinct volcanoes. It then recounts Krakatoa’s May 1883 eruption, its crater flames visible four miles away, and air waves circling the earth four times in a day and three times the next, traveling at 700 miles per hour.
A nutritional overview suggests pork diets lead to pessimism while beef enhances strength and audacity if eaten for months. Mutton tends to melancholy and veal saps energy. Eggs and milk boost vitality in women, butter excess causes laziness, and apples aid brain work for those with heavy thinking tasks.
A wide compilation covers fires in Paris with 1761 history, a Gavarni statue, Carnegie on wealth, coronation medals, pension claims, Japan rail miles, Siam flour imports, 1745 Kashan quake deaths, Mulhall’s Dictionary work, Philippine pacification, Martinique area and pre eruption pop, Vermont ship burning, Naples earthquake deaths, London Yiddish theatre, army remount scandal, costly street improvements, Paris and London project costs, Great Lake fisheries abundance, French fuel bricks from garbage, Medod Japan quake, Peking quake 1731, St Pierre disaster, Moscow hospital, Maltese kittens with hen, St Louis library fund, Guatemala quake damage, Morrill apple orchard, Russian fleet, Latin poems, London actors and literary figures, plant vaccination, Arcturus heat, Morton Panama scandal, Berlin politics, English rail stockholder freight.
A violent tornado struck Goliad Texas at 345 PM yesterday, killing many and injuring dozens. Reports say about 93 dead and 103 injured, with roughly 150 stores and residences destroyed and extensive damage across the surrounding countryside.
Fireat Armour & Co lard refinery in Chicago’s Union Stock Yards destroys the five story, 250 by 300 foot plant. Twenty nine workers are injured, five fatally, many workers escaped, explosion caused by boiling lard tanks on the fifth floor. A viaduct section collapsed, sending about 1000 people to the ground. improvised hospital set up at German-American Provision Co plant. Michael Maloy among those badly hurt and likely to die.
Toledo May 20 The grand jury reported indictments against city solicitor Moses R. Brailey claim agent Edgar H Eckert contractors and officials for bribery and related offenses including obtaining money under false pretenses and dereliction. The list includes Moses Brailey Eckert James Sheehan Fred Young Thomas Puritis Ira Moore and Michael Howard.
Gov Nash ruled the Ohio national guard cannot travel beyond Ohio at state cost. He opposed a $6000 appropriation to fund militia attendance at McKinley’s second inauguration after officers funded a Washington trip themselves. Attorney General Sheets endorsed no further junkets.
In Gandusky on May 17 the former county treasurer Augustus Graham known as Honest Gus Graham testified during Auditor John R Gallagher's trial. He described depositing county funds in all county banks and receiving a Christmas cash gift from each bank totaling about 600 dollars each year. One year one bank did not give a present leading to immediate withdrawal of funds from that bank.
Weather and wages disturb the business outlook while Pittsburgh pay growth fuels retail activity. Record April pig iron output reaches 1,503,326 tons and furnace capacity climbs, yet stocks drop to the lowest in years. Woolen and cotton goods demand rises in spots, with weather delaying jobbing trade and wheat and oats showing firmer or mixed signals for May.
In a Sunday boat crossing on the Pembina River the farmer Syn fogten and four sons with a nephew were struck by a collision. Three of the sons drowned and their bodies remain missing.
Eldorado May 20 Sunday marked the Dunkardia conference with thousands in attendance. Morning and afternoon preaching, communion and foot washing at night highlighted the services. Nine cattle were slain for meat and delegates rented barns nearby to sleep during the gathering.
Glass workers in Incandescent bulb factories across the country threaten a strike if wages are not raised by about 35 cents per 1 000 lamps after two talks between manufacturers and the union. Factories affected include Fostoria Toledo Alexandria and Monaca Pa with foreign competition cited by the manufacturers.
In West Carrollton on May 17 a valve failure in a large paper digester caused a boiler-room explosion. Jacob Skanes, 35, was killed by scalding. J Harding was severely scalded. Theodore Goraska, 21, of Manitowoc Wisconsin, was burned and injured as the building, interior flooded with scalding contents.
In Columbus on Thursday night Emma Willey was left paralyzed on one side and unable to speak after a bicycle fall caused by a wheel hitting an obstruction. Doctors fear she may not recover.
Adams yesterday assumed control of the boys' Industrial school at Lancaster after Superintendent Wilkes turned over the institution to the trustees Wednesday night, marking a change in management at the Lancaster facility.
In Washington on May 20 the president appointed Ohio postmasters Clifford B. McCoy of Coshocton John M. Ickes of Newark and Eugene A. Deurdornff of New Philadelphia.
A May 2000 incident reports a bowler found dead along the Ohio Central railroad trackage with severe injuries suggesting foul play. Authorities described a stark tragedy in a rough corridor, with investigators gathering evidence and awaiting autopsy results.
Amidst confusion in Chicago on May 7, Waren butchers at the stake yards organize a work stoppage despite lacking formal union membership. They allege pay issues involving Vrinmour & Co and other large firms in the area.
A fragmentary notice reports a death following an incident near Hamilton Way, Predrick Raap area croft east Heel tern sheet. The casualty died instantly, details are missing.
Milwaukee resident Andrew Uechlein loses about 100 thoroughbreds in a Sunday fire at his stock barn near Racine. Uechlein, a prominent local businessman, reported the tragedy as firefighters fought the blaze.
Michael Levi Terredith Lite Hilabel faced a court yesterday over alleged embezzlement totaling $25,000. He was arrested while boarding the steamer Wilhelm during a February 24 loan transaction.
Damaged OCR fragment describes a saloonkeeper sued for a debt after a man named Mansfield revealed where he kept nearly $5,000 hidden in a garment. The narrative mentions a buckskin vest and a confrontation with tortrits, with references to a southwest origin and a residence purchase.
Myron T Herrick and Samuel Mather have been appointed by President Roosevelt to collect contributions from Cleveland and northern Ohio for Martinique and St Vincent victims. Citizens are asked to send checks or postal orders to Society for Savings or Bank of Commerce Cleveland to Samuel Mather treasurer, for forwarding to Cornelius N Bliss central distributing committee in New York City.
Alumni students and faculty of the Cincinnati Law School gave Judge Taft a public reception at College Hall. Cov Taft left today for Manila via Rome. He organized the University of Cincinnati Law Department, formed from the university and the old Cincinnati Law School. He was dean and a professor of real property before becoming governor of the Philippines.
Cleveland May 15. Quo warranto suit to test the constitutionality of the law abolishing the township road supervisor office began by County Prosecutor Keeler. Dover township trustees John Mitchell G L Cooley and G M Winslow named as defendants after the spring election occurred two days before the act. The law assigns road supervision to township trustees.
Columbus May 15 Chief State Examiner of Engineers George Collier announced appointments of district examiners and chief clerks George Bennett Cleveland Thomas W Winship Toledo E H Harman Columbus John Gherrod Cincinnati August Deschler Chillicothe Elmer E Miller Canton Joseph H Ebright Zanesville W F E Haswell Circleville Charles Manney Cleveland Republican reappointed chief clerk.
Columbus May 15. Representatives of three rival state liquor dealers associations met to fuse the retail liquor dealers with the Royal Arch and the Knights of Fidelity. With temperance supporters aligned and liquor interests split, elections under the local option law have favored opponents, prompting a push to “get together.”
Columbus May 15 Probate Judge Galloway upheld Judge Wing's ruling that insolvency court jurisdiction is not inferred and that Franklin county probate court will continue issuing naturalization papers to qualified applicants. Common Pleas judges support Judge Galloway's stance.
Gov Nash appointed Maj. W. F. Goodspeed of Columbus Capt. Richard Crawford of Stark County and Capt. A I Adams of Wood County to the commission for erecting monuments to Ohio organizations at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain.
Walton County court records show former City Clerk Morgan J Nichols pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced by Judge Duncan Dow to five years in the penitentiary with hard labor plus a $700 fine.
Cleveland scene reports farmer Thomas Heege and a well known Warrensville grower hanged himself from a tree in his orchard on Tuesday. He was found by his daughter who went to call him to dinner. Despondency and ill health cited as causes.
An imperial edict names Wo Tings Lang as Cheese minister at Wash inarton and Sheng Choi Peng to prepare the veade of Chme laws on American fines Wa ting Pang to probe Hhicy seem allied to China in this work.
The iron molders strike in Toledo ended after two weeks as foundrymen granted a 25 cent daily wage increase. The settlement avoids further action and resumes normal operations at local plants.
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