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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
1
A mysterious colossal creature reported in an Indiana lake is not a sea serpent but distinctive enough to form its own class of aquatic giant. Eyewitnesses describe a massive shadowy form surfacing near reeds, prompting local attention and calls for expert examination.
Residents near Koontz's Lake south of MANY FEET LONG Indiana report a mysterious creature of enormous size seen recently in the deep water. Eyewitnesses describe a 12 foot body portion with a bulldoglike head, sharp teeth, and a swift, diving swimmer.
Captain Foster of the Thirteenth Cavalry was thrown from his horse near Hermosa along the Union Pacific line. He suffered multiple injuries including broken leg and shoulder blade, internal hurts, and extreme pain. He was found by a section hand and later transported by handcar to Sherman Hill, then by freight to Cheyenne, with aid from Sergeant Simson and other railroad workers.
Florence Wolfe of Mount Morris was tarred and feathered again after residents surrounded her home and pelted it with rocks and fired shots. She reported tormentors to a justice of the peace but fled the town after the attack, amid taunts over an alleged affair with her deceased sister's husband.
Boston observers and anti imperialists offer no written record from Oliver Wendell Holmes on colonies or imperialism. Secretary Erving Winslow of the New England Anti Imperialist League says Holmes likely sides with labor and the people on such issues. He notes Holmes has urged that worker and employer alike may form groups to seek gains without violence.
In Lansford Pennsylvania Aug 19 strikers allege willful murder after deputy sheriffs killed Patrick Sharp a striking miner. Five deputies encountered miners near shaft No 1 and Sharp died from a heart wound. Troops arrived as lights went out but no riot ensued.
In an Essex Street tenement today a fire killed two women and three children. A woman suffered severe burns and a man broke three ribs leaping from a window to the street.
George Hitchfield of Petersburg Kentucky narrowly escaped death while rescuing a drowning pig from a cistern five and a half feet deep. He held the pig aloft and cried for help for hours until his wife finally reached him with a board. Both man and hog were saved.
An armed posse hunts two men on Bay mountain after Watkins Newman, Jefferson county’s wealthy bachelor, was burned alive in his home. Firing has begun as the suspects refuse capture. Evidence shows Newman resisted first, was mortally wounded, then bound to his bed post and the house set ablaze.
In Indianapolis on August 19, six women were chosen to escort Mrs. John Luth to her burial. The driver of the pallbearers’ carriage was intoxicated and a second driver also allegedly drank. A fight over control led to the carriage running wild, with the women screaming. Both drivers, named Charles Wilson and Harley Ryan, were arrested. another driver took the reins. After the burial, Mrs Luth’s husband struck the transfer company sign with an ax.
Chicago authorities raise the yellow quarantine flag as the Huron City, a large lumber freighter from northern Michigan, reaches the harbor. Smallpox is reported on board and the ship will be held for a week with cargo likely to be burned.
Five thousand people gathered in Morrisville Vermont as Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke at a Republican rally. Shaw, a former resident and schoolboy of the town, drew attendees from nearby areas.
New York reports Mexican dollars at 4144c, silver at 523gc, copper trading between 11.50 and 11.70.
Dr E Benjamin Andrews chancellor of the University of Nebraska denounces bachelors as morally degenerate claiming marriage unites mind and body and life with a life companion is essential. He urges a return to pioneer values and a married life as the basis of social balance.
The Wisconsin Central St Paul Flyer derailed shortly after midnight one mile west of Fremont while traveling at 55 mph. Nearly 200 passengers were aboard as coaches left the track and narrowly avoided a plunge over the embankment. Nine people were seriously injured.
A Wyoming youth suspected of multiple crimes has been captured and jailed. Authorities describe him as a young offender with a long record, facing charges in state court for alleged violent and property crimes. The arrest ends a large-scale manhunt by sheriff’s deputies and federal agents.
Wyoming or sheriff arrests Frank Blizzard known as Blizzard Kid after a string of crimes across the region. He faces assault to murder theft horse stealing and highway robbery charges in Rawlins district court following a s Saloon shooting and a copperton sheep camp robbery previously.
The Trans-Mississippi commercial congress convened in St Paul Minnesota with President John Henry Smith of Salt Lake presiding. Representatives from the western states attended as Archbishop Ireland led the opening and Mr Smith outlined the session aim to shape western views on national legislation for presentation to Congress.
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