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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
2
A condensed review charts parliamentary debates on canal bills and Cuba annexation moves, with irrigation discussions and Cuban reciprocity probes. Domestic items report the World’s Fair closing Sundays, a completed anthracite strike, West Point address by Roosevelt, mob violence in Saline County, and tornado tolls across Minnesota Illinois and Indiana.
Reports from 1901 recount James F Wheelock hanged at San Quentin for murder. multiple killings in Minnesota and Missouri. government suits on public domain lands in Colorado. Charleston exposition placed in receivership. Roosevelt pledges Cuba concessions. river and harbor bill signed. Oleomargarine tax debate. university cornerstone laid in Springfield. Coal mine strikes rise, baseball standings shown, riots in Rhode Island, trains extended to New York and Chicago, drownings at Port Tirren, and shocks from earthquakes.
In Harrisburg a Republican convention nominated Samuel W. Pennypacker of Philadelphia for governor. John Hill was renominated for governor of Maine. Judge N. M. Hubbard, chief counsel for the Northwestern road, a leading state politician, died at Cedar Rapids.
A London tenement fire kills nine. Mexican General Torres defeats Yaqui camp, with 80 defenders. A 16 year snow gap ends at Middleburg Caps Colony. July 10 sets peace surrender terms for Boers. King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria dine with US Ambassador Choate. Neely, jailed for Cuban postal frauds, is released under amnesty. Britain plans a South African war inquiry commission. Col Arthur Lynch arrives London and is arrested for treason. Sidi Ali Bey of Tunis dies at 60.
The report lists a string of disparate happenings from around the world, including financial fraud at the Bank of France, diplomatic arrivals in Washington, a royal reception in London, a murder in Montreal, volcanic activity in Hawaii, and conflicts in the Philippines and South Africa, plus weather and agricultural anxieties in France and Austro-Hungary, structural accidents in New York, and legal actions in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The itemized notes report shifts in election districts in New York from 1,897 to 1,043, a new town planned near Saint Pierre, oil-fuel trials by London councils, a Lutheran ministerial stance on communal cups, West Pitteton Sunday school protests against a nonunion miner, Paul Hazeltine Stanley’s Rome staircase ride arrest, Connecticut court upholding Sidney Hall’s legacy against immortality doctrine, the Liberty Bell exhibit moving from Charleston to Philadelphia, David Crosby Foster noted as an elderly bank president, Gen Charles H. Colle’s bequest of regimental flags to Grant’s tomb, Pennsylvania Railroad orders restrict kissing at Jerry City station, cattle shipments to South Africa under way, and North American Trust Company proposing a large bankers’ combine with substantial capital and surplus.
Illinois Democrats adjourned after nominating Clerk of the Supreme Court John L. Pickering State Treasurer George Dudleyston Superintendent of Public Instruction Anson L. Bligs and John D Hopkins. Hopkins reelected state central committee chairman amid clashes with Mayor Carter TH Harrison. Harrison allied faction won a district contest replacing Hopkins with Thomas J. McNally. Resolutions faced a stormy session debating the platform’s first plank and its reference to past Democratic principles. No effort named W J Bryan.
A noon rush on June 18 drew 1,300 men and boys across the ceded Fort Moll boundary toward homestead and mineral lands. Most rode armed, many with pack animals. about a thousand followed later. Pocatello nearly emptied by 2 pm as crowds gathered at the Hoghack point southeast of town. A special Oregon Short Line train from McCammon to Blackfoot carried entrants to the land office, while Mackfoot prepared to manage the influx with deputies to maintain order.
Commandant Kemp says 50,000 Boers started in the field with 1,500 of 5,000 men at Colenso. He notes heavy Boer losses at Brankspruit Vinckenfontein and outside Lody emith. Boers often infiltrated Johannesburg and Pretoria, crossing the Wokhouse lines by night while Kemp forbade wearing khaki.
At yesterday's gathering of Irish members of the House of Commons they resolved to take no part in the current coronation celebrations and to convene the Irish party in Dublin to assess Ireland's condition on the day of King Edward's coronation.
The June 18 scene in London worries papers as alarmist letters urge action to avert failure. With coronation imminent, hotels overcharge and seat speculators profit, leaving stands mostly unsold and thousands of would be spectators deterred from attending.
Sensational London report claims a plot to assassinate King Edward caused his withdrawal from public functions while Scotland Yard investigates. Doctors and royal movements at Aldershot Windsor Park are cited as evidence. officials refuse to confirm or deny.
James Gorman and his sister in law Mrs. Thomas C. Gorman were arrested near Cody on the charge of murder in Hyattville Wyoming. Thomas Gorman, a wealthy cattle owner, vanished two weeks ago and his body was found buried in a garden after the couple began selling ranch property. The child is missing and believed to be in the Big Horn river. The pair await hearing at Basin while residents demand word on the child.
A garbled OCR sample from a Chicago Daily article page shows assorted product pitches and public notices. It mentions debt clearance, philanthropic aims, a paint roof metaphor, and various medical patent cures with scattered names and addresses, reflecting an ad dense layout rather than a coherent single event.
Miss Laura Howard recounts a recovery from dire illness with constant pains swollen limbs and dizziness. She credits Mrs Pixeiam and treatment for restored health after a long dark period. The piece emphasizes hope and gratitude for renewed vitality.
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