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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
1
A Barc elona mail note reports fields look fair yet overrun with weeds and a spreading locust plague threatening Spanish harvests. The situation contrasts with generally favorable crop conditions noted elsewhere.
The late Bret Harte was a recluse like Hawthorne and kept California’s mining camp spirit in his later stories. Though long absent from California he still breathed the same air as in his early Overland Monthly days.
The new stamps showing the king with a wreath will swap to a crown after the coronation, as a crown before the ceremony was deemed inappropriate. A 30 year old tale recalls Miss Rachel Dickson and Peter Barclay, once lovers from Middletown, N Y, whose later paths and a large estate shaped by a long-buried mystery.
Archaeologists uncover an underground chamber on Capri linked to Emperor Tiberius. Inscribed walls allegedly mention the sister and wife of Emperor Commodus among those once immured before death by sea. A stolen historic bell from St. Vladimir's Russian church, cast in St. Petersburg and valued at $500, vanished from church grounds en route to a new Chicago exhibit.
Boston merchants claim annual imports plus rent costs justify a bigger port building on State Street. They cite losses from renting outside premises and expect Congress to appropriate funds. A White House gardener transplanting flowers near Roosevelt pauses and comments on spacing, sparking a brief humorous exchange.
Alfonso is a Bourbon descendant of Henry IV and Louis XIV, and not a lawful monarch by Salic law. He traces his title through Isabella, who succeeded despite Salic law. Isabella's father Ferdinand VII tried to set aside the law, excluding his brother Don Carlos as heir presumptive.
The decline of street car horse use from 1880 lowered horse prices, creating a permanent mood of weak values. Recently demand rose for shipment abroad and for select home classes, while large steel works report workers using horses to travel home on pay days, echoing Rhondda colliers.
A remarkable South African War letter traveled as a postcard after being written on army hard tack. The sender placed the address and stamp on one side and the message on the other, transferring the biscuit into a postcard due to scarce paper at the camp where the writer served.
A survey of global notes reports few teachers in England, large population events, and varied economic changes. Earthquake losses in 1158, tax shifts in Berlin dog ownership, and shipping wage changes frame a mosaic of 1900s world activity.
Corp O'Brien testified before the Philippine committee that no explosive dum dum bullets have been issued since the 1868 Petersburg convention and that Krag Jorgensen rounds can cause similar injuries. Gen Crozier stated the bullets are normal regulation rounds. The hearing also covered alleged misconduct by American officers in Igabaras and threats against witnesses.
Three men were shot in a riot at the Stark county workhouse. Guard George Jacob was killed instantly and Guard Homer E. Stone fatally wounded after prisoner Charles Gigante drew a revolver and opened fire. Gigante was fatally shot in return and reportedly planned the act with other inmates, claims officials doubt.
In Madrid on May 21 the royal bull fight drew the king, queen mother, the royal family, nobles, and envoys. Noble youths on horseback faced bulls with lances in a medieval revival as three bulls were killed. Renowned Spanish matadors also participated.
A May 12 special census shows $32,744,453 invested in watch and watch case manufacture across 43 U S establishments. Product value totals $14,606,571 with $593,815 paid in salaries. Wares amount to $5,511,570 and miscellaneous expenses reach $889,982.
President Roosevelt and cabinet members greet the French party sent by President Loubet for Rochambeau exercises. Officers tour Mount Vernon, wreath laid on Washington’s tomb, Rochambeau tree planted. Dinner at the White House follows. Annapolis luncheon aboard the Gaulois honors Roosevelt.
Sydney reports Australia endures seven dry years with stock losses totaling 75 million dollars since 1899. Unemployed workers move to cities seeking relief while fodder duties hinder imports. Drought cripples transport and wildlife, with horses strangled by exhaustion and rabbits starving as authorities scramble to aid victims.
Plattsburg New York May 27 a Burlington student Nelson Pease Bond treasurer of the freshman class at the University of Vermont is drowned in Lake Champlain after being pursued by two sophomores who allegedly kidnapped him near Wilsons dock. The body was not recovered.
A midnight blaze in Buffalo damaged the East Buffalo transfer house and hundreds of nearby cars. About 600 cars burned or damaged with rough losses around 600000 dollars. Switchman William Lester died from injuries as flames spread through the area. Fire crews battled the blaze for nearly an hour before gains were made.
In Kansas City on May 27 Prank Robinson 20 shot and killed his sweetheart Gertie Rawlins 16 wounded rival Albert If Ferguson 19 and fatally injured himself in a city apartment. He left a note to his mother saying Ferguson had won the girl's affection and he would kill them both and then himself.
In Boston on May 28 a crowd of about 100 Hebrews disrupted a west end meat store on Trippton Street. They threw eyes and decayed fruit, smashed windows, and ruined meat stocks. Police arrested two women and one man as ringleaders amid a stampede injuring no women. later crowds attacked two more meat shops in the North End.
Minneapolis dispatch reports Decorah and Conover cut off after Tuesday night storms flood the valley sweeping away railroad bridges and telegraph poles. Two men from Decorah say water filled the streets carrying away bridges houses and at least two deaths.
George Ty Bruns an examiner for Manitable Life Assurance Co shot his wife last night and killed himself at their Brooklyn home. Ana Dashiell says Bruns was jealous and accused his wife of extravagance and attention from other men, though Mrs Bruns denied it. The quarrel grew fierce and Miss Dashiell left after four shots. Mrs Bruns likely to die.
Manila dated May 27 reports Second Lieutenant Robert Humber and Sergeant Wartling of the Tenth Infantry near Camp Vickberg on Mindanao when a native attacker arrested the ceasefire by slashing Sergeant Wollingy’s arm with a creese. The assailant fled as the attempted shot misfired.
Kansas City Missouri May 8 7 The forgery charge against James Rollins Paneham was dismissed by the criminal court Monday Thariecuveaurs ave Ronglavin once a noted town figure forged deeds to Propetts carned by his stepmother and sold at 4000 He left the city and was heard from again in February when he wrote from Dallas Texas offering to surrender He is now described as ill penniless and a physical wreck.
Reports from Wilkesbarre and surrounding towns detail a quiet Sabbath as President Mitchell's circular urging foreign miners to stay away from Virginia and West Virginia bituminous regions circulates in churches. Secret railroad meetings discuss handling non union coal, while engineers in Shamokin vote against a June 2 strike. The United Mine Workers adjourns after ordering a June 7 general strike in West Virginia and Virginia, with wage increase demands on the table.
Manila May 26 The reviewing authority Major General Adnio R Chaffee disapproves the court martial findings against Major L W T Waller and Lieut John N Day for executing natives in Samar without trial The review approves the not guilty verdict for Waller on the main charge but disapproves the acquittal on related minor offenses The case highlights unresolved accountability and questions of war conduct by US Marines in Samar.
Chicago May 26 Daniel Fill real estate owner and partner in George H Philips Co on the Chicago board of trade was shot and seriously wounded in bed at 797 Monroe Street. Six shots were fired with wounds behind the left ear nose and right arm as mystery surrounds the incident.
In Chicago on May 26 Nels Johnson shot and fatally wounded his sister in law Mrs J Gullackson and then killed himself. The tragedy followed the separation of Johnson and his wife after 19 years of marriage. Johnson, a North Side politician, had recently avoided work and had his home repossessed by the sheriff.
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