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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
1
A fragmented OCR passage references a confessed list and a catalog of medical works. It hints at a listed exposition for three categories, mentioning a medicine company in a partial, unclear context. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent event details.
A damaged clipping mentions a young, clever figure and a trombone, with a remark about a flat coming. Autographs and works by a builder or sculptor are noted, though some details are unclear. The fragment references Chicago and Philadelphia publications and a curtain rising moment, implying a cultural event or exhibit.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture's totals for 1901 show foreign buyers spent 952.06 million dollars on American farm products, the highest agricultural export value in history, with cotton now topping breadstuffs in export value and meat products following.
From Kroonstadt April 7 progress remains slow in ceasefire talks between the Transvaal mission and Boer leaders as distance hinders direct dialogue with Mr. Steyn and Gen. Delarey. Schalk Burger and colleagues plan to relocate to a more suitable center to push negotiations forward.
In Baltimore on April 7 solemn services marked the silver jubilee of Pope Leo XIII at the cathedral. Cardinal Martinelli apostolic delegate and Cardinal Gibbons led the ceremonies as a large congregation gathered despite inclement weather.
In Paris on April 7 a man named Lajourne approached the president's carriage carrying a revolver and proclaimed I demand justice He was quickly arrested and described as weak minded by authorities.
Brig Gen Frederick Funston departed San Francisco Sunday night with his wife and infant son to take command of the Department of Colorado in Denver. The move follows his assignment to lead the Colorado district.
Casper Kruger the president’s eldest son and 24 other relatives with the Kruger surname have recently sworn allegiance to Great Britain in Pretoria.
Three year old Samuel Schu rank child of Lena Schurank of 1506 Canton avenue was bitten by rats in bed beside his mother in Baltimore on April 7 and suffered gnawed fingers on his right hand.
Representative David DeArmond of Missouri has accepted Gen Scott Shipp's invitation to deliver the annual address before the Virginia Military Institute graduating class in June in Lexington Virginia.
London April 7 Charles Hawtrey recently back from America spoke at a QOP club welcome supper. He praised American hospitality and American audiences in a brief speech before the attendees.
Albert T. Patrick, convicted March 26 for the murder of William Marsh Rice, was sentenced by Recorder Goff to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing on May 5. An appeal to the court of appeals may stay the sentence. Patrick's counsel sought a new trial, but the motion was denied. Rice died September 23, 1900, in New York City.
Athletic Manager Chas Baird of the University of Michigan released the forthcoming football schedule. Key games include Albion, Cass, Indiana, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Wisconsin in Chicago, Iowa, Chicago, Oberlin, and Minnesota with November 27 listed for Detroit or Ann Arbor.
Gov McSweeney after talks with President Wagener and Charleston officials announced he would not permit the Jeffries Fitzsimmons confrontation in Charleston. He cited the law’s clear restrictions and warned he would call out the militia if needed to stop the contest.
Organized labor carried Hartford in April election after model from Bridgeport and Ansonia. Their nominee Ignacius A. Sullivan, a clothing store clerk, won the democratic nomination and secured a solid union vote. Republican Maj. William B. Dwight led the GOP ticket, which gained a majority on the common council.
Adjutant General Jasper N. Reese died at 1 45 Tuesday morning of pneumonia in Springfield Illinois aged 60 He served in Missouri and Illinois volunteer regiments during the Civil War was named brigadier general of the 2d Illinois brigade in 1877 and held adjutant general posts 1891 1893 under Gov Fifer and 1897 until his death under Govs Tanner and Yates He leaves a widow two daughters and one son.
The signing of the Manchurian convention by Russia and China is arranged for Tuesday in Peking. The son of Prince Ching, imperial envoy to the King Edward coronation, travels with his suite to London and will return via the United States visiting major cities.
Mary Mc Coy Mary Stanley and Elizabeth Browning faced trial in Ottawa Kansas for the January murder of James Booth. The elderly victim was robbed and killed. witnesses say one woman carried his watch when arrested. Iney pleaded not guilty.
London April 8 Gen Lord Kitchener reports the death of Commandant Erasmus a famed Boer leader killed April 3 in engagement with Col Pilcher's column near Boshof.
St Joseph Missouri April 8 Near Lathrop Missouri less than 40 miles from St Joseph the British government maintains a horse mule and forage supply depot for its army in South Africa At this depot are located barns stabling and pasturage for thousands of horses.
Washington on April 8 reports general fund balances excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption. Available cash stands at $181,947,207 and gold at $97,430,133.
A supposed infernal machine exploded at the entrance of the Banque National in Brussels on April 8 causing minor damage to the janitor's apartments. No clues were found for the perpetrators.
A Robinson Illinois company drilling for coal oil and gas near the city struck a gas vein at 1000 feet depth. When ignited the gas flared 24 feet high, creating a blaze visible from surrounding areas.
In Tuscumbia on April 7 a sheriff attempting to arrest Will Reynolds, a desperate Black man, sparked a night of gunfire. Reynolds killed two men, mortally wounded four, and wounded several others before dying in a blaze. The siege involved dynamite and Wheeler rifles, with three houses burned and a crowd of about 1,000 present.
Lieut. Brown of the Seventh Cavalry reports the first squadron will reach Chickamauga park between April 15 and 25. The remaining squadrons stay in Cuba for Palma's inauguration, with the regiment stationed at Columbus barracks near Havana.
Judge Carman A. Newcomb aged 78, Civil War veteran and former Missouri congressman, longtime Republican figure in Iowa and Missouri, died at his St. Louis home. Born in Mercer Pennsylvania, he previously lived in Kentucky, Louisiana and Iowa before moving to Missouri.
Sealing steamer Neptune reaches St Johns with twenty five thousand seals aboard. Reported stormy weather hindered the sealing fleet as ten of twenty vessels are now home and the others remain at sea awaiting better conditions.
New York April 7 Marconi will have the aid of the J Pierpont Morgan group of financiers The extent of Morgan involvement in financing wireless telegraphy could not be definitely ascertained at present
The United States torpedo boat Decatur completed her trial trip passing through the capes. Builders claim she will outpace any torpedo fleet in speed.
Washington April 7 Carriage Makers Union No 72 votes to strike Monday over eight hour workday demand and a 2.50 per day minimum. about 150 men affected.
Milwaukee Wisconsin April 7 manager Dufty of the Western League team signs Hanford of Rockford Illinois as catcher and Gatins from last year’s Brooklyn team as shortstop for the coming season.
The Boer bureau publishes Gen Delarey and Ignatius Ferreira’s report listing alleged British atrocities in the South African conflict. It cites killing of wounded prisoners and women, use of women as camp screens, and personal hardships of Delarey’s family. Van Der Merwe adds further lists of mistreatment of women and children.
Sixto Lopez, who lived in Boston and claimed to represent Aguinaldo, returned from the east and said he is ready to go back to the Philippines to seek final peace if the United States clarifies the Philippines status. He recounted that American authorities would allow his landing in Manila if he swore allegiance, but he refused the oath, citing liberty of conscience.
The British ship Frankisten laden with coal from Newcastle bound for San Francisco was abandoned at sea on April 3 after three days of onboard fire. Captain Atkinson his wife and 26 crew were rescued by the schooner H C Wright and reached San Francisco Monday night. Commandant Kribinger meanwhile, acquitted by court martial, is treated as other prisoners of war after being captured at Hanover Road, Cape Colony last December 17.
Reports from Willemstad Curacao state that Tucacas in Lara was seized by insurgents on April 3 while Barquisimeto has been in rebel hands since April 4. Government losses mount with defeats near San Agostin and El Pilar, and Cumana and Barcelona in Bermudez are surrounded. Venezuelan forces struggle with dwindling finances and forced enlistments as Castro's government weakens.
In Tilroy California on April 8 authorities opened a box left ten years ago by rancher Jamison. Inside were the remains of two men and a woman with no identifying marks. Jamison disappeared after entrusting the box to the station agent, and nothing more is known about him.
In Cork on Monday night a performance of The Dandy Fifth at the opera house ended early after a crowd of students in the gallery protested. The demonstrators marched through town with a Boer flag, met by a loyalist crowd that tried to seize the flag. A fight followed with police batons, and many people were injured.
Washington April 8 The navy department reports the gunboat Marietta which has watched American interests at Colon sailed Sunday for New York The cruiser Philadelphia remains at Panama on the Pacific side awaiting developments
Jas Whitfield, president of the Western Baseball League and longtime Kansas City Star sporting editor, died by self-inflicted gunshot. He was a well known figure in western sporting circles and passed away in Kansas City on April 8.
Adm. Schley was guest of honor at the Utica chamber of commerce sixth annual banquet held Monday evening in Utica New York. He was later entertained at the Fort Schuyler club.
In Manila on April 8 a noon report tallies 175 cholera cases and 127 deaths. Native residents push to break quarantine, one incident leaves a local person dead.
Copenhagen April 8 A report says secret meetings of the saucething were stormy and a proposal to reject the Danish West Indies treaty failed by a vote of 33 to 0.
A landslide at Ste Genevieve de Batiscan destroyed the farm of Joseph Baptiste St Arnaud on the Eveillet river bank. The house, barns, and granaries were buried, but the sitting room remained intact with the farmer's wife and six children unharmed, dug out afterward.
Washington April 8 Terrence V Powderly has turned in his resignation as commissioner general of immigration. He will be succeeded by Frank P Sargent, who does not expect to assume duties for about a month, so the resignation may not be accepted until then.
George T. Gilliam, a prominent Peoria attorney, was sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined $400 plus costs after being found guilty of defrauding a woman of $4,000. Gilliam says he has no money and must serve out the fine, which will take over a year.
Hon James Flynn Spalding countys representative in the legislature shot and killed Butler Hudson here after Hudson fired two shots into Flynn. One shot hit Flynn in the chest and another in the abdomen. authorities say the politics involved may have caused the killing and investigators pursue motive.
The Interstate Independent Telephone and Telegraph Co an umbrella for several independent firms has filed a fifty million dollar trust deed with the American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago at six percent interest.
Ardmore I T April 8 Judge T N Robnett of Falls Valley was appointed United States commissioner at Ardmore to succeed the late Judge S B Bradford who died last week of apoplexy.
Rome reports Enrico Malatesta sentenced to five months imprisonment for contumacy after publishing in an anarchist newspaper articles praising the murder of President McKinley. The ruling highlights suppression of inflammatory writings and government opposition to assassinations.
From Washington reports the Senate debated and then passed the oleomargarine bill by 39 to 31, with provisions to tax colored and uncolored margarine differently, regulate production, and tax processes and dealers. The House also moved on related measures including a revenue cutter service efficiency bill.
Верховный суд отклонил ходатайство об отказе и продолжает рассматривать дело адмирала Сампсона о возмещении призовых денег за орудия и вооружение испанского судна María Teresa, захваченного у Сантьяго.
Berlin April 8 reports from St. Petersburg that Gen. Trepoff Moscow police chief survived a third assassination attempt.
Erne and Gans post $500 guarantees to appear May 1 at the International club in Fort Erie, just across the river from Buffalo. They will box 20 rounds at 136 pounds and weigh in at ringside.
St Louis April 8. Rev A A Kendrick D D LL D dean of the school of divinity at Shurtleff college dropped dead at his house in Upper Alton Ill from heart disease. Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy.
Norfolk, April 8. The grand jury found true bills against D A Underdown Frank Jacobs eight H Kelly Emmett S Joynes and Rob L Reid charged with participating in November election frauds.
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