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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
1
In Des Moines Sutter, communities face duress as floods cause widespread damage. Citizens seek essential supplies amid abundant resources elsewhere, highlighting stark contrasts between need and availability. Local officials coordinate relief efforts and assess impacts on housing and livelihoods.
Hundreds of homeless flood victims shelter in schools and parks as Des Moines river and Raccoon river hold at flood stage. The smallpox hospital and city wall fill with cots. tents distributed to house more. Armourdale suffers worst damage with streets flooded up to four feet.
Phoenix dispatch reports President Roosevelt is expected to include Arizona in his western tour this fall. Governors and Arizona residents urge a visit, noting the state’s growing population and interest in the upcoming statehood discussions.
Sheriff Cudihee and many posses reach Covington twelve miles from Tacoma as Tracy eludes capture early today. All trains toward the Northern Pacific tunnel through Casades are stopped and searched while authorities corner the fugitive in the mountain triangle and await developments.
Missouri lawmaker Rhodes Clay died from pistol wounds after a fight with C. E. Barnes a prominent attorney. Five shots fired in front of the Mexico post office over business difficulties.
At the Rolling Mill mine in Johnstown Pennsylvania families await updates as 87 bodies recovered and 40 more await removal. Rescue teams report many victims were eating lunch when the blast occurred and after damp deaths follow. Eight men were later found alive, creating a chaotic scene as crowds pressed near the mine entrance.
Hamilton reports Mark Wel-oe J Tfriendiary who burned pine mill property and is jailed on arson charges showed poisoning signs in his cell. He was found in a stupor, revived by a stomach pump, and had received delicacies from Peahslae since confinement. He has recovered but is closely watched.
The State board of arbitration met in Chicago to study the long running freight handlers strike. Chairman Job said the group would investigate thoroughly before proposing settlement measures. Union President Curran expressed hope for a settlement.
The piece recounts Democratic and Republican positions on trust regulation in Congress. It notes Roosevelt calling for government control, GOP refusal to act, and Democratic proposals such as abolishing tariff on trust-made articles and publicity for trust affairs.
In Chandra Forks North Dakota July 11 Charles J McCormick a Great Northern conductor and his wife were found dead in a bathtub after a party in the parlor. A partly emptied beer bottle and lunch fragments lay nearby while son Hilby 13 called help. An inquest will be held and poisoning is suspected. McCormick was a respected conductor and frequent carrier of President Hill’s private car.
Isidor Silberstein a New York health seeker in Santa Fe county discovers rich gold vein on Hazleton group property owned by Milwaukee investors. After initial $2,000 ore from Las Vegas mine, he tunnels higher up the mountain and at ten feet below surface uncovers wire gold as large as a knitting needle. The vein widens with each strike.
A New Jersey attorney criticizes President Roosevelt calling him obsessed with publicity. The piece notes Roosevelt’s photo-friendly White House presence and mocks his intellect while praising his impact on Washington photographers and New York City’s perception of leadership.
J Coleman Drayton of New York faced an impersonator claiming Mrs. Astor connection in Chicago at the Auditorium Annex hotel. Detectives intervened as the impostor, described as meek, left town after paying a $500 draft. The pair lived lavishly with a supposed wife, eight trunks, a parrot and a poodle.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Fairbanks of Indiana is building support among southern colored Republicans who may become delegates to the next Republican convention. A longtime delegate notes Fairbanks recruits top black leaders from the South to influence the party’s direction and delegates. The piece mentions figures such as Jim j of Mississippi Déas of South no Bill P'eager of Georgia and others assisting in the effort.
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