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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
1
In Louisville on May 16 Robert Walker a fellow worker at the water company descended into a gas filled manhole after Andrew Beckman failed to return. He carried Beckman to safety and waited with him until help arrived, dismissing praise as not much.
Senator Gorman of Maryland says the Beef Trust will anchor campaign messaging as women mobilize to explain how rising meat prices affect households. The Democratic committee plans nationwide education on the trust, aiming to equip every home with detailed data on price disparities and market practices.
Reports from Kingston Jamaica detail the Martinique disaster with Squiriere crater, 1700 estimated dead, 1300 buried, ashes blanketing the northern region, and a hospital overflow as 50 injured lack care. Indefatigable delivered 25 tons of supplies, then returned to Trinidad.
The Department of Agriculture plans to use a natural enemy, the ladybug, to combat the San Jose scale. Assistant Botanist Marlatt returned from China with a limited supply. only two remain after travel, with fifty now nourished on department grounds for ongoing scale control.
Witnesses described unique torture methods linked to Filipino suspects before the senate committee. Officials noted alleged abuse patterns and urged investigation, with testimonies detailing coercive acts and their human impact.
In Middlesboro area a pistol duel near Jellico claims John Turner, cousin of Lee Turner, who chaired as police chief. Lee Turner shoots John Turner through forehead. Lee mortally wounded in abdomen. Feud traced to Quarter House burning and prior clashes. depuy sheriff among casualties.
In Uington on May 16 the nominations were sent to the Senate for Herbert Goldsmith as envoy extraordinary to the Republic of Cuba and Edward 8. Wisconsin as consul at Havana. Interim minister and other details appear unclear in the damaged text.
New York reports that twenty couples joined in mock marriages at a Purim ball in Yonkers were part of a practical joke. A rabbi’s hypothetical letter misled some into believing the ceremonies could be binding under Jewish law, but the memo proved the claim false and the joke was uncovered.
Miss Tarriet Flannery of Pittsburgh, two months in Cloverdale, wed Edgar Carver of Parkersburg at Detroit after a secret elopement. The bride, reputed worth two million, and groom age 23, planned the marriage with friends from Cincinnati Harrisburg and Detroit. The couple married before Justice Lemini. whereabouts of remaining party unknown.
Miller county residents prepare for a ceremonial opening of the Wilson demijohn of whisky found in a coffin in 1966. The event, tied to Civil War era lore, aims to revive John Wilson's eccentric plan with his grandson in Brumley planning a late May or early June celebration.
A British buyer paid 1500 for a Sonora claim sold by Munsford who claimed a rich free milling ledge. The rock was salted with gold dust to fool him. The scam unraveled after a deeper dig revealed a copper ledge and gold ore worth millions. The con artist fled, rurales追踪 unsuccessful. A new company plans to work the mine.
Havana May 16 The dawn of the new Cuban republic opens with a banquet tonight at the ncon theater honoring Governor General Wood and staff by veterans of Cuba Libre. Wood will host a reception at the palace Saturday. Inauguration ceremonies Tuesday at noon in the palace will be brief and private. Six hundred American troops will salute as the U S flag yields to the Cuban emblem and General Wood and staff prepare to depart aboard a transport.
May 16 report says the miners convention adjourned and left calling out engineers to district officers. Mitchell warned a general strike could involve 449,000 workers nationwide. Anthracite regions show unity as unions plan relief while coal companies brace for a long strike. Industries face coal shortages as demand and stag nation grow.
Mrs Carrie Nation was sentenced by Judge Hazen in Topeka district court to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine for smashing bar fixtures stored in a vacant barn in February 1901. She will not appeal and has gone to jail.
SURE TO MAKE TALK WASHINGTON May 16. John Loughran described a brutal rope method used on natives in the Philippines during the early American period. A rope binds the throat and torso with a stick and girdle, forcing a confession, with risk of fatal shock for a weak heart. He claimed the method quickly coerced disclosures, faster than water torture.
Washington reports a new government lottery offering valuable homesteads as prizes. About 300,000 acres of Rosebud Indian land in South Dakota will be opened for settlement under Interior Department plans. The drawing will use numbered applications and a receptacle to ensure random, fair selection.
TOPEKA Kan May 16 The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe employees in this city have started a boycott against the beef trust They plan to widen it westward More than 2000 workers have signed pledges not to eat or buy dressed beef for thirty days Leaders expect the movement to spread to all Missouri River unions as their action aims to curb beef prices before the end of the period.
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