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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
1
A fragmented note concerns Pat Satig and an appeal to use Peruna. It mentions a case and a person labeled as president of Aum in Columbus. The readable text is incomplete and cryptic.
Across Canton Washington Cincinnati Buffalo Chicago memorials honor President McKinley one year after his death. Churches displayed emblems and flags while ministers and officials lauded his life and character in sermons and public remarks.
Kentucky Governor Beckham and Attorney General Clif con plan an injunction suit in Jefferson circuit court to restrain the Southern Athletic club from staging the Corbett McGovern prize fight in Louisville. If ruled illegal as a prize fight, the match will be barred before Monday’s event.
Tamaqua Pa September 15 Hugh Black deputy at Lehigh Coal and Navigation No 4 stockade accidentally discharged a Winchester rifle killing Paul Haulick a non union man instantly The coroner Fehler Nesquehoning held an inquest and returned a verdict of accidental death.
Chicago September 15 Armour & Co seeks to ease eastern money market stringency and profit from higher loan rates by sending 4 000 900 dollars to New York for loaning purposes.
Amsterdam reports former Transvaal secretary Mr Reitz will depart on September 25 for New York. He plans a series of lectures to raise funds for his finances and to aid Boers, aiming to garner support and money for the cause.
Birmingham Sept 15 Horace Jackson a Black man charged with taking part in the lynching of Aleck Herman in Lawrence County was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to ten years at the state penitentiary.
In Providence Rhode Island on September 15 striking weavers at Olneyville central to the fight against the American Woolen Co and its two loom system voted to return to work where the loom is operated.
Colorado Springs July 15 Winfield S Stratton the millionaire mining man died at 9 30 Sunday night after months of illness He was born in Jeffersonville Indiana in 1848 and moved to Colorado Springs in 1872 He built the Independence Bonanza and owned the local street railway system His wealth is estimated at 15 000 000 and a sister Mrs Jennie Cobb of San Jose Cal survives.
The Women’s National Association overseeing campus halls voted after stormy meetings to draw the color line in housing. The decision follows a controversy that began when a colored woman rented a room in Chapin Hall at the start of the scholastic year, triggering ongoing agitation among members.
London reports the marriage of Lord Francis Hope and Beatrice Ricketts will proceed once his March divorce from May Yoke becomes absolute. The couple had announced their engagement last June and are cousins through Lady Caroline Ricketts, daughter of the fourth duke of Newcastle.
In St. Petersburg on September 15 a ukase bans all foreign materials in constructing or equipping Russian war and merchant ships. Substitutes may be bought only when Russian ships lose integral parts abroad, forcing the use of non Russian materials.
King Leopold's American tour is set for February and March visiting New York Philadelphia Baltimore and San Francisco. He will return via China and India visiting principal U.S. harbors during the trip.
At a major East End Jewish gathering in London on Sunday a United Garment Workers' union, Great Britain, was formed to unify efforts and pursue common labor goals across the industry.
Gen John H. Forney, a Confederate major general and brother of late Congressman W. H. Forney, died at his Jacksonville, Alabama home after ten days of illness. The obituary notes his prominent military service and local ties.
New York on September 15 reports that Josef Bennalfo, famed violinist who played for Italy's royalty and with top orchestras, has been taken to Bellevue Hospital declared insane during a U S tour stop.
Manila Sept 15 Col William A Rafferty of the 5th cavalry died at San Felipe from injuries suffered in a fall the previous Saturday. General Chaffee is noted as wagging with the colonel when he expired.
Fifty people feared dead as forest blazes rage in Clark and Cowlitz counties. Relief ships aid victims from Portland Seattle Tacoma and Vancouver. Officials estimate up to 50 dead and $1.5 million in immediate losses across Oregon and Washington with about 500 left without food or shelter as fires near Lewis River Bridal Veil Fifty Plain and Elma begin to abate with calmer conditions returning.
A Kalispell dispatch reports wildfires raging on the north fork of the Flat Head river in the Flathead Reservation. Ranchers fought flames for two days as reinforcements were sent and crews head to the scene. The blaze began in a windfall and spread through prime timber near a coal bed, edging toward McDonald Lake and risking nearby stands if not checked.
In Tayabas and Bulacan provinces native police clash with the Rios band, killing 18 and capturing 25 in Batangas chase. Captain Bilo, a former ladrones chief accused of 30 murders, dies when surrounded and refuses surrender.
Nicholas Fish banker and father of Hamilton Fish of the Rough Riders was found unconscious on West 34th Street. He died at Roosevelt Hospital after a skull fracture from falling on a stone step.
Samuel D. Babcock, 81, a wealthy New York banker and Commercial Cable Co. stockholder, collapsed and died on Main Street in Lenox September 15 as he walked from the Lenox club toward his home. Heart failure was the cause.
A British India train disaster near Madras on September 15 killed fifty passengers when a mail train plunged from a bridge undermined by floods. Eight Europeans and four soldiers among the dead. twenty five survivors.
Beatrice Nebraska on September 15 a woman, Mrs Kate Fournell, living with her parents near Steinhauser, was criminally assaulted by tramps, murdered, and her body dragged to the yard where her clothing was set on fire.
Severe storms raged in Saxony and other regions of Germany with zero temperatures and hurricane like winds that unroofed many houses and injured numerous people. Officials estimate damage at about one million marks as of September 15 in Berlin.
Maj. Gen. Creager has begun the journey to Peking to confer with foreign ministers about restoring the Chili section of the Peking New Chwang railroad to Chinese control.
President Roosevelt greeted six to seven thousand locals at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on Sept. 16 after a lengthy ceremony. He shook hands with long time friends, former servants Maggie and Bridget Mitchell, and enjoyed renewing old acquaintances as security kept the crowd orderly and cameras away.
Officials announce plans to employ more guards to protect the South Platte forest reserve in Colorado as fires rage. The superintendent will report on the situation, while the interior department seeks recommendations on government action to aid firefighting outside its domain and allocates 500 dollars for the reserve.
In Washington on September 16 Nellie Shipman a 59 year old government Printing Office employee fired a pistol at her father Captain Horatio M Shipman 72 of Monroe Center during a visit to her apartment The bullet lodged near the hip while the cause remains unclear Capt Shipman was only slightly wounded and not fatally harmed
James A. Semple, aged 77, longtime railway passenger agent, dies in Denver. In the 1860s he served as assistant general passenger agent for the Little Miami road in Ohio. In 1870 he became general freight and passenger agent for the Cincinnati & Indianapolis Junction railway at Indianapolis.
Secretary Moody ordered the training ship Lancaster to proceed to Washington to take part in the Grand Army of the Republic reunion. The vessel has just arrived at New London after an extended cruise.
Funds forwarded in Washington on Sept 16 a treasury warrant totaling 39809 dollars to Mrs Ida S McKinley widow of the late president. The payment covers salary due July 1, 1902 the appropriation having been made by the last session of congress.
Harrisburg Sept 16 The state capitol commission awarded the contract for the new capitol after a 4 million dollar appropriation by the last legislature Geo F Payne and Co of Philadelphia to build the structure.
San Francisco reports that Charles Becker, once called the king of forgers and now in San Quentin, has been offered a reputable job in a Chicago bank after his prison term ends. The bulletin notes Becker’s notoriety and the proposed employment as a notable development.
The Shah of Persia traveled through Berlin on September 16 on his way to Russia. He was greeted cordial at the railway station by Baron von Richthofen, secretary of foreign affairs, and other officials.
North Fork West Virginia September 16 A gas and powder explosion occurred at the Algoma Coal and Ore Co mine trapping engineer James Ester Hungarian miner John Recckie and 15 colored miners. Rescue teams could not reach the prisoners due to toxic gas and fire. No immediate chance of survival remained as flames and air collapse blocked access.
Tom my Ryan, veteran middleweight, defeats Kid Carter of Brooklyn in the sixth round at Fort Erie club arena. Ryan displays superior ring generalship, evades heavy slugs, and lands decisive rights to drop Carter, who fights vigorously but is overwhelmed and left bleeding at the ropes.
Lieut John R Morris U S N engineering officer aboard the Olympia is found dead in his stateroom by a fellow officer near the Boston navy yard He shot himself with a revolver no cause is known and he is the second Olympia officer to die by his own hand within five days Chaplain William F Morrison also killed himself at the Chelsea Marine hospital Morris had recently joined Olympia from Missouri and had written from Kansas City about the Maine disaster survivor status noted in Kansas City Kan documents
Herbert L York reports the Arctic explorer is on the way home aboard the relief ship. The long voyage concludes after a challenging expedition with rescues and safe passage arranged by the expedition team and supporting authorities.
A telegraphic message from Algoma reports eleven bodies recovered from the mines and more to be taken out. All but one of the victims are identified as miners. The last of the seventeen miners killed was taken from the scene Monday morning.
Massachusetts report states Judge Horace Gray aged 74 died at Nahant from paralysis. Former U S Supreme Court associate justice, long Massachusetts chief justice, Harvard graduate, served 1851 to 1882 in state court and 1882 onward on the Supreme Judicial Court. President Roosevelt mourns his death and praises his service.
Cincinnati reports relief from high beef prices as grass fed cattle from western grazing country flood eastern markets. Hundreds of thousands of cattle, unaccustomed to corn feeding at 60 cents a bushel, are being rushed to abattoirs, easing meat costs.
Three large steel turret steamships from Glasgow, Scotland, passed up the St. Lawrence on Monday to engage in grain and ore trade on the lakes. They are half straight back and half whale back, 44 feet beam and 3,800 tons capacity.
London dispatch reports J Pierpont Morgan purchased five Leyland line steamers from J R Ellerman to run between Antwerp and Montreal. The transfer was noted as completed and adds Morgan’s stake in the trade fleet.
Milwaukee Wis Sept 16 President Roosevelt was urged by the Wisconsin Methodist conference to deny a report that he has asked the Vatican in Rome to create Archbishop Ireland a cardinal.
Calcutta September 16 Twenty five villages were swept away and six thousand people rendered homeless by floods from river overflows in southern Bengal. Relief camps have been started for the sufferers.
Berlin Sept 16 Baron de Rio Branco Brazilian minister here has accepted the invitation of the incoming president Francisco Rodrigues to become minister of foreign affairs taking office November 15.
Dispatch reports explorer Robert Peary on the relief ship Windward returning home safely with all aboard well. Bridgman has no updated movements since Peary left Cape Sabine August 29, 1901. Windward departed New York in July to locate the expedition under Capt. Dedrich, whose wife in Washington New Jersey received a confirming message.
A Shanghai dispatch reports armed Boxers entered the Szechur capital Cheng Tu Fu on September 15. Some were killed or captured, shops closed, and troops patrolled as authorities described the situation as serious. Queen Wilhelmina returned to The Hague from Castle Loo on September 16 to prepare for parliament, greeted by cheering crowds and festive decorations.
Chicago on September 16 reports another labor dispute resolution as the questions between wholesale grocers and their 900 employees are settled, marking a victory not for the union.
A Vienna cable reports Belgrade Serb authorities have arrested M. Sarafoff, leader of the Macedonia revolutionary committee, who had been in hiding for weeks. The telegram notes the capture occurred recently.
In Detroit on September 16 Ernest Mansfield a painter attacked his wife Maggie 22 and their 4 year old daughter Mary with a meat carver. Maggie was only slightly hurt while Mary died from the injuries.
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