19 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
1
Officials warn cowherds that any enclosure of public lands after July will lead to legal action. The notice emphasizes enforcement and clarifies limits on grazing rights and land use by cattlemen.
Washington July 1 enforcement of the order removing fences from public ranges remains fixed despite cattlemen' s appeals for an extension. President Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Hitchcock insist cattle owners have had ample time and warn that lawsuits will begin if fences are not moved by July 1.
Mayor Hinchcliffe assumed personal command of Paterson police today. He addressed the force and reserves promising decisive action. Sixty deputies will be sworn in and silk firms reopened, each employing about twenty five workers, with revolvers issued to crews.
Telegrams from Yokohama report France has purchased the Katai promontory near Hong Kong, claiming to establish a naval hospital. English fear the move will let France fortify the site and strengthen its position in southern China.
Washington June 19 Senate members opened voting on the isthmian canal issue. An amendment creating a preliminary construction committee passed 32 to 22. A Mitchell amendment offering route choices was tabled 42 to 82. Fairbanks bond proposal passed 38 to 36. The Spooner bill for Panama canal construction passed 67 to 6.
Washington, June 19. In a bid to avert a party split, Republican leaders propose abandoning the current reciprocity bill and negotiating a Cuba treaty through diplomatic channels for Senate ratification next winter. Senator Perkins is tied to the plan, aiming to end the party discord that hurts campaigns in California, Michigan, and the Midwest. Administration and beet sugar Senators plan another conference to review the compromise with hopes for a next year treaty approval.
In Jackson Park Woodlawn police found a well-dressed man shot once in the abdomen with a revolver at his side. Footprints and drag marks appeared in soft earth. No identification. The case, triggered by an anonymous postal card, is treated as a murder.
A 100 metre high slime column erupted from Mont Pelee and buried the lower town of Basse Porte at Fort de France Martinique. Twenty two houses were enveloped though no lives reported in the fragmentary column.
S R Razee once Curtis Nebraska postmaster used postage stamps to buy goods and pay farm installments. He persuaded 18 year old Tillie Hartwell to marry him with a tale of wealth and illness. Razee confessed, was fined 50 dollars, and faced federal charges for using stamps as money.
George Fleck aged 19 was shot in the Great Northern hotel room while toying with a revolver. His wife, who remained with him, says the weapon discharged by accident. The widow was arrested as investigators confirm the fatal wound entered the mouth and brain. The couple, from Louisville, Ky, had just arrived in Chicago.
Dis turbances on the Weeden and Prospect streetcar lines resumed in Pawtucket Rhode Island as cars were pelted with stones. Two employees were injured before infantry halted the clash and restored order.
Report from Havana notes Washington correspondent alleging General Gomez received 25000 dollars as a price for his fence and tacit approval of Palma's election. It says military governor Wood paid Gomez and other revolutionaries, with salaries to lighthouse keepers and appointees lacking qualifications, raising questions about Wood’s power to create offices and draw warrants on Cuba’s treasury.
A Tennessee financier, Albert D Marks, son of Governor Marks, died by suicide after a series of inflated bank deposits tied to the Jackson estate and Richmond turnpike financing. Authorities speculate motives includedMeeting mounting claims and exposure.
In Chicago Illinois on June 19 the question of co education in universities may reach the courts. Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones and others push for court action to prevent changes that would segregate male and female students at the University of Chicago. Protests describe the move as social vivisection by business leaders seeking to separate genders.
Governor Taft meets Cardinal Ledocheski and Vives in Rome where the pope expresses gratification with America and Taft’s personal impact. Taft explains Philippine land bonds are endorsed by Washington and payments will be cash, though pricing of all land remains undetermined, with an approximate value near 10 million dollars.
Rev. Luther Tatum, a Baptist minister from Percy, Alabama, was pelted with eggs while preaching at Dry Hill, Illinois. Disgruntled parishioners walked out on prior harsh sermons, and eggs splattered him and some attendees before the service continued.
The Gila valley wheat crop suffers as irrigation water is scarce on the Tohono and Maricopa river reservation areas. Indians await water from the bandman and rely on limited supplies for crops. Firewood is offered for sale in Tempe as the people await ripening beans and better irrigation.
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