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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
1
The Hiv Soldier League recently organized plans to play a big part in politics. They seek greater influence and mobilize veterans. Community leaders weigh potential impact on local elections and policy agendas.
A heavy windstorm in St. Louis damaged two towers of the Varied Industries building under construction at the world’s fair site. The 100 foot towers were toppled and damage runs to several thousand dollars.
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Stratton of the Post Office Department announcing the Soldier's Political League, secret operations, and plans for thousands of sub-branches before the Grand Army of the Republic meeting in October. He notes veterans will mobilize to influence pension-related issues and elections. In Kansas City, D Leavitt recovers after months of continuous sleep, with doctors attributing the condition to a vertebral issue affecting brain blood flow.
Aug 5 reports say only Girardville saw trouble as a station worker Caparali, barred from union work, was attacked by several unknown men while returning home, a shot fired and the assailants unconfirmed. Police confer with General Gobin to keep peace. cavalry movements noted near Cambridge colliery area.
King Edward is set to return to London tomorrow with Victoria Station heavily decorated. A large street demonstration is expected as his royal train travels toward Buckingham Palace. No invalid chair or special arrangements will be used, the king deemed capable of the journey.
A collision on Lake Erie near Rondeau Canada between the steamer City of Venice and the Seguin results in the Venice sinking at midnight with three lives lost and several injured. Rescue efforts and investigations follow as authorities report on the incident.
In Topeka Kansas on August 6 a boiler maker strike at Santa Fe terminals in San Bernardino and Needles, ongoing since May 28, ended satisfactorily for all parties. Workers and company signed agreements with new wages at Needles set at 29 cents per hour.
The President has appointed John Bo Richardson as consul at Utilia Honduras in a hot climate posting.
Edgar Eaton was barred by Judge Pugsley from dining at his wife Laura Eaton's boarding house on the East Side. Mrs. Eaton says he provides no support, disrupts her business, interferes with children’s custody, and she seeks divorce, alimony, custody, and he must find other lodging for contempt of court.
A local court hears a case accusing a woman of witchcraft after a young woman reports hair loss believed linked to alleged charms. The article notes community superstition and a legal dispute over alleged supernatural influence.
Mrs. Louige Goldhorn sues Mrs. Dorothea Steavard and family for 100000 damages claiming witchcraft caused hair loss and illness in the Stenzel household. Ida Stenzel testifies that Goldhorn cursed her from beneath a window and a pot touch preceded hair falling out. The family alleges nine years of illness for Mr Stenzel after a bottle of root beer given by Goldhorn.
BERLIN August 5. Ambassador White mailed his resignation to the United States several days ago. The resignation takes effect early in November and ends his tenure as ambassador to Germany.
Mundy dying at his home in Indiana near this city was shot by Anesto Saccheri after a fight. Saccheri later offered relatives money for immunity from prosecution, but they refused and lawmen hunted him as a reward of 700 dollars was posted.
Argo Starch factory in Raska City employing 3800 to 4000 workers has closed temporarily in a lockout order from the Corn Products company. The plant, founded years ago by J Sterling Morton, merged into National Starch and later controlled by Corn Products, faces employee layoffs as management reviews operations. The anti trust suit once pursued by Bryan’s era was dismissed after political shifts, leaving locals blaming the trust and recalling Bryan as a safer prophet than Morton.
A 80-pound two foot long cowfish, the only one ever seen on the Jersey coast, was caught at Young's Ocean Pier in Atlantic City New Jersey. The fish has a three foot wide dorsal fin and belly fin, no teeth, cow-like eyes, and bellows like a cow. It lacks teeth and needs deep water to swim, resembling a flounder in appearance.
American officers consider pressing Canada to remove Charles Fitzgerald as minister of justice over the Greene and Gaynor extradition dispute. A discreet hint may be sought rather than an outright request, with archives consulted for a precedent. Judge Caron in Quebec will rule after Friday on whether to surrender the fugitives to Montreal authorities.
Washington debates tariff reform as Wisconsin and Iowa Republicans weigh reduction of duties on trust products. Governors Lafollette and Cummins push for revision while leaders resist. The 1904 campaign hinges on whether the party retools tariffs amid farmer and labor pressure, with Western states largely sympathetic to change and eastern states facing stronger unity for protection.
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