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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
1
Feb 20 dispatches report Premier Sagasta preparing a decree to establish martial law across Spain, with General Weyler confirming readiness and arms issued to Madrid troops. In Barcelona violence escalates with fatalities as strikers clash with other workers, causing nationwide panic and reports of troops arriving from surrounding districts.
London reports from Lord Kitchener announce a sharp British reverse in South Africa as a detachment of the Second Dragoons the Scotts Greys near Knapdam was surrounded and cut to pieces. Major Fedden and Captain Ussher were mortally wounded with 46 captured and several killed. The dispatch aims to downplay casualties and preserve morale.
Diplomatic staff in Washington debate Lord Pauncefote's role after disclosures that he worked to urge a joint note among powers toward intervention before the Spanish war. British officials deny punishment. questions loom over his future as dean of the diplomatic corps and the impact on U S policy.
In Louis on September 20 Albert Oh a druggist testified that his wife’s extravagance forced sale of his drug store leaving him only a clerk’s $8 weekly wage. The court ruled Mrs Koch would receive $8 a week. The witness protested asking how he would live. The judge advised Koch to seek a raise or another job.
In Saillles New York area Hub Winn a Versailles resident with vitiligo has skin that lightens from black to pale white over years. He rejects change, noting no health impact and hiding blemishes with cosmetics while physicians have offered no cure. DeWitts Witch Salve advertised as remedy.
In Coshocton Beebe divorce proceedings, Mrs. Beebe testified to extramarital relations with Frank Beebe during their engagement in Philadelphia. Attorney Pomerene displayed a notebook listing ten men tied to alleged immoral visits, though Mrs. Beebe recalled only Forbes, Mayor Cassingham, and Chas. Rayner. Cassingham admitted at the rear door. Mrs. Beebe said her husband claimed society would accept her if status continued, while Mary Lambert of Philadelphia testified to an immoral relation with Beebe and expressed a complex mixture of gratitude and age remarks.
Chicago dated February 20 report 800 men from the 29th United States Infantry left Fort Sheridan bound for the Philippines via San Francisco. Lieut Colonel T F Forbes commands the second and third battalions and will turn the men over to Colonel William Auman upon arrival in Manila.
Paris and Rouen show a sharp rise in marriages this year as crowds of newlyweds fill the streets. Mayor of Rouen conducts 24 marriages in three hours and five minutes, while M Lafarge suggests a tax on incomes to spur larger families and job fitting.
Mexican Del Taro quotes at 433 with silver 5514. Lrap-dull brokers at 3.50 and exchange at 4.00 as of February 20 in New York markets.
William Fleming, 42, was rushed to Boston City Hospital after accidentally lighting his soaked drawers while rubbing his legs with alcohol for rheumatism. A lit cigar discarded toward a cuspidor ignited the liquid soaked clothing, causing fatal burns that doctors said would prove fatal within the day.
The piece recounts a graphophone story told by Senator George C. Perkins about a sailor Jim Downs who avoids drowning in fresh water. The tale ends with Downs seeking the ocean and later dying at sea on a voyage to Australia. Senator Tillman comments on a race discussion after lectures in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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