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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
1
A chaotic clash involving youths leads to a fatal incident with conflicting claims. A suspect asserts self defense while authorities investigate the circumstances and determine accountability amid a charged local dispute.
In Louis near the 1908 World's Fair area a fight between two groups of boys ended when Willie Ledger, 12, was killed by an unnamed boy, Shock. The shooter claims self defense after Ledger struck him with a stone and a companion, arguing the other boys would have beaten him to death. The assailant, cool in jail, was seized by mounted police.
A complex storm moves from Jacksonville Florida toward Georgia and Alabama. Snowfalls report 15 inches in Charlotte, 10 in Nash, 8 in Knoxville while freezing weather reaches Vicksburg. The mix of rain sleet and thunderstorms impacts cities including Montgomery and Atlanta with strained transit services.
Prince Henry of Prussia departed from Bremerhaven for New York at 3:40 p m aboard the Prinz Wilhelm. He saluted crowds from the bridge in Admiral's uniform as Commander W H Beehlerwust bade farewell for the United States embassy. The prince denied writing to Admiral Dewey about Manila Bay, calling reports untrue.
An exhausted carrier pigeon lands near Lockport Post Office with a German message claiming Prince Henry will visit America. The bird, tagged R 5899, was cared for by W H Harrington and later moved southwest toward Buffalo.
A Kansas farm near Great Bend will host a novel solar motor experiment to harness sunshine. A 33 foot outer and 16 foot inner meter reflector focuses heat on a boiler to generate steam, powering a pump to irrigate over 100 acres with automatic clockwork tracking and oiling, promising free energy for sustained farming.
Reports from Odessa and Moscow state Shamaka in the Ural district was destroyed by a massive earthquake. More than a thousand killed, hundreds more buried, with fires destroying what remained and communications collapsed. Survivors encamped outside the ruined city as relief efforts begin.
In Cheyenne on February 15 two English imported Percheron stallions fought aboard a Union Pacific stock special at about forty miles per hour. One horse died after a fatal jugular injury, the other owner Edgar Boise loses $1500. Keepers escaped the animals as railroad crews separated them on a side track.
Bozzie the dog amazed a group of school teachers in Chicago by Barking correct sums and spelling words. The master, present but not participating, explains the dog uses numeric counts of letters, not spoken letters. Teachers tested arithmetic and spelling, yet Bozzie barked the solutions consistently.
Washington reports the State Department confirms ransom payment to Brigand captors for Miss Stone. The release date remains uncertain, but captors reportedly demand a week to ten days to secure their retreat before delivering the prisoner. E G Cape offers 1847 Rogers Bros silverware and jewelry in Washington.
In Searsport Maine crowds search Penobscot Bay shores after a townsman finds a crumbling note once said to guide to Captain Kidd’s buried chests. The faded directions promise gold bars but no treasure yet, while locals dig near Match Point and Brigadier’s Island hoping for a windfall.
Mass Feb 15 The remarkable progress of President Roosevelt's son in his recovery from pneumonia was reported today Last night showed the most satisfactory improvement since the illness began Mrs Roosevelt plans to take him to Washington early next week The article notes a quotation Not Like Other Men.
Bill Sneed, famed moonshiner sought by Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee officials for 25 years, was captured near Dennies in Mercer County. He agreed to surrender twenty or more stills hidden in Cinch Flat Top Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains. Sneed allegedly used cave ravine and forest hideouts avoiding lawmen.
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