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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
1
Ex senator narrative centers on political collapse as the Wolcott trust and Garrie Nation influence a factory town. The piece notes a delay and a move to settle in New York after a national political shift.
A sweeping revolution in Colombia interrupts the ongoing efforts toward a necessary preliminary treaty. Officials suspended negotiations as forces contest the terms, delaying any formal agreement and raising regional tensions.
Senator Wolcott and brother Henry plan to leave Colorado for New York and Europe respectively. The ex senator blames Colorado voters for repudiating him over the single gold standard policy. Henry Wolcott, tied to mining ventures, will stay abroad and sell his Denver home, with both brothers departing amid political and personal scandal.
In Wins ted Conn Aug 20 the Greenwoods cotton duck plant in New Hartford will shut Sept 1 and move to Tallassee Alabama costing the town hundreds of jobs. Across Bluffton Indiana six towns vote dry and a Carrie Nation lecture ends with a mock raid on Lewins saloon creating a chaotic scene with a porter rescued from injury.
In Frankfort and St Louis reports a judge rules a woman may kiss a man as a right, while a Kentucky prison riot ends with three inmates attempting escape. Lafayette Brooks Wallace Bishop and Mulligan led the uprising injuring guards and a convict named Albert Ransome.
A fictional war game pits Admiral Higginson's Blue Squadron against Commander Pillsbury's White Squadron off the North Atlantic coast. Pillsbury's fleet left Provincetown and is at sea, while Higginson's location is unknown. The White Squadron plans a coastal landing as the first tactic.
The National Manufacturers' Association mobilizes against the eight hour work day. Secret circulars urged to be kept confidential warn of revolutionary impact and predict labor leaders will push eight hour laws elsewhere. A questionnaire asks about hours, employment, output for government use, and workers' views to pressure Congress.
In St Louis forty seven women chased Thomas Benton a widower who posed as a Texas cattleman and millionaire. Six widows say they were engaged to marry him after he promised diamonds and a Texan mansion. Benton fled leaving a bundle of letters as evidence of his schemes.
D G Leavitt of Kansas City who slept for three months has awakened and appears healthier. He plans to resume traveling sales work mid September and has attracted nationwide notice. Doctors suggest a possible neck nerve stricture causing deep sleep and impaired speech while aroused.
U S State Department reports Panama peace talks fail as insurgents attack government forces. Two gunboats are disrupted. one returns, another possibly captured. Revolt may last months hindering Colombian ratification, prompting President to seek Nicaragua or Costa Rica routes before December Congress. Knox aims for faster rights transfer if ratification stalls.
A Saratoga message reports rising forest fire danger near Cheyenne and Carbon county. Governor Richards asks the Interior Department to dispatch special agents at once to protect timber resources and the Gold Hill mining camp from possible destruction.
New York market notes metal and money values with Mexican dollars at 414 to 416 1/2 cents per ounce, silver at 523 cents, and copper trading between 11.50 and 11.70 cents.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on August 20 Mother Jones addressed a mixed crowd of miners and families arguing that class conflict pits labor against capital. She urged women to defend workers, warned of marches on mines, and described labor’s demand for fair pay and living conditions.
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