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26 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
1
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Indianapolis June 21 estimate by W B Wilson secretary of United Mine Workers warns that current above ground coal could run out in under three months if a general strike occurs. About 450000 miners across 30 states would be involved, with 24 states affected. Indiana employs 10800 miners. inventories exist in Buffalo and along the Great Lakes, while lignite regions are excluded from union calls.
In Toronto on June 23 crowds attacked streetcars hired to operate with replacement workers. Riots shattered windows, injured motormen, and delayed service. Authorities planned to request troops as cars were suspended until Monday morning. Guard units and extra police mobilized, with arrests minimal.
Washington June 21 The senate and house conferees on the military academy appropriation bill reached an agreement The senate receded from its amendment increasing the fixed cost of new West Point buildings to 1 000 000 keeping the total at 5 500 000 The amendment to purchase Constitution Island New York was stricken out Most senate amendments were accepted
Washington June 21 The cattle interests of the southwest urged by the house committee on commerce backed a bill to fix the rest feed and water unloading period at forty hours instead of the present twenty eight hours. They claim the change ensures humane treatment without unduly burdening cattle shippers.
The United States transport Hancock arrived Friday night from Manila. It brings the headquarters and ten companies of the 9th infantry, plus 400 enlisted men, 300 casuals and 50 military prisoners.
Washington reports the gunboat Marietta departed the New York navy yard under orders to proceed to San Juan Puerto Rico for a short stay to await developments in Venezuela.
Buffalo physician Dr. Jacob F. Meyer, a leading surgeon, was shot through the heart Friday night and killed instantly. His wife, who alerted authorities, is under surveillance.
Kansas City reports a harvest shortage as fewer than 300 men traveled to wheatfields Friday though 3,000 could have worked. Some farmers offer as high as five dollars a day for labor.
About twelve hundred silk workers in Hudson county New Jersey mills joined a Sunday meeting at West Hoboken to refuse work on Monday in solidarity with Paterson mill workers who are out. Police prepared to guard mills. Union Hill Mayor Groth swore in 300 special policemen and North Bergen authorities took similar precautions.
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton arrives in San Francisco aboard the Sherman after quarantine in the Pacific theater. He is in fairly good health but his long service and time in the islands have aged him significantly.
Governor of the Transvaal Lord Milner was sworn in at Pretoria on Sunday before a large crowd. He was cheered by attendees and a salute from the fort fired in his honor.
San Francisco reports during the voyage there were three deaths including Private William E. Carlisle of Troop A 141 cavalry Private William R. Morris of Company C 7th Infantry and Sergeant George W. Huycx of Company C 6th Infantry.
A Standard dispatch from Odessa says reports from all the black soil grain producing regions of Southern Russia indicate abundant crops. The note was published in the Sunday morning edition of the newspaper.
The French bark Duc d Aumale sailing from London to San Francisco under Captain Boju was towed into Calais on Monday leaking and damaged from a collision.
J C Ferguson a frescoer well known across the west was killed at his home in St Joseph Missouri by an accidental discharge of a small rifle he was examining He was 62 years old
London ushers in coronation week with bright sun after weeks of rain. King Edward and Queen Alexandra expected back from Windsor Monday. Count Von Waldersee and German officers dined with Field Marshal Roberts, who lauds their support for the British army. London hosts grand audience of royal guests and foreign potentates. Dublin urges peace and tolerates free celebration despite tensions and protests.
Judge Andrews discharged the contempt motion against Detective Carpenter and remanded Gaynor and Green to Montreal in charge of the city jailer, after charges of embezzling United States funds were involved.
Manila reports Capt Frederick S. Wild of the 13th Infantry is sentenced by court martial to be reprimanded for the burning of a native cockpit at Lingayen in Pangasinan province, Luzon.
Washington June 23 Alexander Caine of Columbus Ohio an examiner in the department of justice has been appointed disbursing clerk in place of Henry Rechtin arrested for embezzling government funds.
In Birmingham on June 23, the mutilated body of Odis Bunch, a young electrician, was discovered among the ruins of a Henley boarding house destroyed by fire. Authorities believe the death was a murder.
Nearly 100 men returned to Winifrede Monday as mine operators anticipate reentry from workers who left after the mine shut down. Raymond City may go out next, while transfers to Ohio mines continue. Read & Co. shift to Ohio. a Charleston committee seeks funds to aid striking miners. In Cumberland 400 Aust en Coal miners strike for union scale in solidarity with Pennsylvania. In Shamokin the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co withdraws police and non union firemen, planning to abandon Henry Clay and Big Mountain collieries as water nears the upper level. 1,490 workers affected.
King Albert of Saxony, who died June 19, was honored at a black draped Catholic court church funeral on June 24. The coffin bore a red satin pall as Saxon officers and dignitaries kept vigil since conveyance to the church, with diplomatic corps in attendance led by Andrew D. White and the Marquis De Noaillés among others.
In Knoxville on June 24 a dynamite blast destroyed a house near Lafollette killing Herb Jones and Martha Chapman. A baby with them survived unhurt. Four dynamite cases are missing from Will Park's railroad commissary. Robert Jenkins was arrested in La Follette on a murder charge amid claims the act was revenge for a foreman’s discharge.
Washington June 19 57th Congress Senate debates the Isthmian canal question as final vote on the Nicaraguan canal bill looms. Spooner substitute adopted 67 to 6 after amendments, with a plan to select the Panama route if title to Pan Canal Co. property is clear. House debates deficiency and Cuban salary reimbursements amid adjournment hopes.
A Havana meeting of Cuba’s colored community voted to petition congress to annul military orders that discriminate against blacks. They denied plans to rise or conspire, asserting equal rights and peaceful coexistence, noting offers of 80 police posts and 12 letter carrier roles.
Former President and Mrs. Cleveland and family departed Princeton after noon Monday for Buzzard's Bay to spend the summer. They plan to return around October 1.
Philadelphia June 24 Negotiations concluded securing 3500 offices and all lines owned by the Pennsylvania railroad now operated by Western Union to be taken over by Postal Telegraph Co. The move consolidates telegraph services under a single operator.
London reports a prevailing idea that Michael Henry Herbert will soon leave the post as British ambassador to the United States. He is to be transferred to Paris when Sir Edmund J. Edmonson retires as ambassador.
Rev. R. H. Roosevelt and his brother J. L. Roosevelt of Brooklyn, cousins of President Roosevelt, were slightly injured by lightning while standing on the porch of Mr. Roosevelt's Milford Connecticut home on June 24.
Brussels June 34 The Etoile Belge reports the Count of Fland has resigned as lieutenant general and chief commander of cavalry in the Belgian army and King Leopold has accepted the resignation.
Paris June 24 Lisette ridden by J Rieff won the Prix Semendria race at the Saint Chiud meeting Monday. M H Vanderpeilt's Nettie on which VincGinn hed the mount was second.
Cleveland, June 24. Councilman Kohl produced 2000 in court to allege a 5000 bribe tied to East Ohio Gas Co franchise efforts. Mayor Johnson named Dr. F W Daykin as the intermediary. Daykin was arrested at midnight on bribery charges and jailed at Central Police Headquarters.
Two Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad engines collided in heavy fog at the north end of Mingo Junction yards. The wreck killed two men, C R Walker of Toronto and F W McElroy of Fairmont, with several others injured including engineers, conductors, and firemen from Steubenville, Wellsville, Chicago, Cleveland, and Toronto.
J W Merrill brother of an Oregon convict who has terrorized Salem after escaping has left a good job in Tacoma to aid the fugitive desperadoes in their flight, reflecting the unsettled chase across the region as of June 21 in Tacoma Washington.
The Week's Failures reports US business failures for week 177, totaling more than the prior week and higher than the same week in previous years. Canada shows 15 failures this week, up from 12 last week.
Walter Gordon, convicted at the spring assizes for the murder of Charles Daw, an Englishman, and who also confessed to killing Daw's hired man Jacob Smith, was hanged in Brandon on June 21.
Colorado Springs June 21 Captain C E Tyler once a wealthy St Louis resident and river fleet operator is reported dead here He was well known to river passengers before the war and served as dean in the community
In Zanesville Ohio on June 24 Mayor Holden argued to withdraw an intoxication affidavit. Police Judge Reed ordered Chief Tracy to eject the mayor. The mayor resisted, leading to a melee in which the chief struck the mayor and the mayor struck back with a club. The chief declined to step out after the removal.
Mark Wel, aged 16, confessed to setting fires at the Franklin paper mill on April 28 and the Fordham mill on June 13, both owned by Sterling Paper Co. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Bosch and was bound over $3,000 in each case, remanded to jail to await the October grand jury.
Police pursue a fresh lead in Columbus after Louise Schaeffer’s body was found in Franklin Park three weeks ago. A saloon near the park is now cited as the place of death while she was with seven young men.
J. G. W. Cowles of Cleveland was elected Monday night as chairman of the Oberlin college board of trustees. The selection makes him the college president until a permanent successor to the late President Barrows is named.
Lorain Ohio June 24 The employes of the Lorain Steel Co working by the hour have been given an advance of one cent per hour The increase affects nearly a thousand men and came unsolicited.
Hon Cyril Hawkins, aged local resident and former Republican presidential elector in 1896, died in McConnellsville Ohio after battle with heart disease. He also served as steward of the Columbus insane asylum.
Marysville Ohio June 24 a 7 year old son of Joseph Bennett near Richwood was smothered to death in a wheat bin. His older brother was carried out unconscious.
Lorain Ohio reports a snow and sleet storm that began overnight, with snowfall enough to blanket some areas of the ground as the day started. Weather conditions eased later, but the morning event disrupted early activities and left cold, slick streets in its wake.
In Belgium the rail system carries four tons by road transporting one ton by canal. The United States exported a record 505 locomotives last year. England pioneered railways in 1825 while Spain joined later in 1884. Fifteen Swiss railway and seven lake steamship firms offer joint tickets granting a two week or longer free travel pass across six lines.
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