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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
1
In Oslo a deadly incident involved an evangelist who killed his wife during an altercation with a burglar after an adjournment of a religious congress. The event occurred amid a community intoxicated by fervor, leaving residents shocked and seeking answers.
In Georgetown Ohio on May 24 a probate court hearing began for Rev Harris, one of two traveling evangelists accused of coercive religious influence. Reports say their Holiness Band meetings induced trance like states in towns across southern Ohio, with victims including John Teeters and his wife. Local authorities and doctors intervened as towns warned the pair to leave, while Springfield based evangelists were named as potential future targets. An unrelated line notes an old soldier killed his deserted partner.
Salt Lake City May 24 The trial of Peter Mortensen charged with the murder of James R Hay opened evidence after exhausting seven panels totaling 421 men. Witnesses including James Sharpe testified that God revealed Mortensen’s guilt, while many residents of the Mormon community believed in revelation guiding the jury. Hay was killed December 16 after visiting Mortensen’s home to settle a lumber bill.
Winfield Kansas May 24 George V Miller president of 101 Live stock Company was arrested on murder charges in the Oct killing of George C Montgomery a Santa Fe Railway detective shot in his parlor. Montgomery was investigating a case linked to the 101 Ranch one of Kansas’s largest operations.
Washington May 24 Opinions on when Congress will adjourn are mixed. Teller warned that the Cuban reciprocity debate could push adjournment beyond August 1, while Henderson reportedly expects no adjournment before August 1. Hanna and others hope for around mid month, but most expect the session to run longer. The Philippines debate may still end the week, with canal legislation held in reserve if Democrats prolong the Philippines debate.
A St Kitts dispatch reports Mont Pelee remains eruptive with lava streams pouring down its slopes. The Martinique island trembles in panic as livestock panic, dogs howl, wild animals flee, snakes retreat, and birds fall silent amid the ongoing danger.
Grace G. Bohn seeks divorce from John J. Bohn at the Superior Court filing alleging her alleged mother Dr Mary E Green a central figure in the dispute. Theosophy is tied to the conflict with Green described as a prominent Theosophist.
In New York a woman drew a revolver from her waist and shot a cyclist beside a massive fire on West Forty-third street. The victim, Leon Gallway, identified his wife, a former gypsy, as the shooter. He is believed to have little chance of survival after being taken to the hospital.
Report from New York indicates the French Consul has filed papers naming participants in an enormous fraud linked to Humbert Crawford. The scheme allegedly borrowed funds using a fictitious New York millionaire, with losses nearing 12 million dollars. Suspected hiding places are being pursued.
In Shoals area Abner Holt home two miles north, David Salmon aged 55 killed his wife Anna Salmon, 40, with two shots then killed himself. Salmon, a Civil War veteran, had married four years earlier after leaving his first wife, their marriage troubled, four weeks prior they separated.
Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador to the United States died at the embassy in Washington at about 3 AM from heart failure linked to his asthma. He passed peacefully, and flags were lowered to half mast at legations and embassies across the city.
Carlos H. Johnson of San Marcial Sonora Mexico refutes a dispatch claiming General Charles P. Eagan won title to 2,500,000 acres of coal lands within the Johnson land grant. Johnson says the coal land is on his family property, disputes the syndicate title, notes Mexican courts rejected the reactionary law, and reports four lawsuits remain pending.
May 24 market notes report Mexican dollars at 413 to 413.5 cents in silver at 5.15 to 5.16 per ounce and copper stead at 12.95 to 12.65 cents per pound.
Ada E. Enders, a society girl in Paducah, awoke to a prowler in her room at 1 a.m. for three hours she remained still in fear until the intruder slipped away around 4 a.m. No items were reported missing and Enders was left ill from the shock.
In Moscow Russia authorities seize wages to deter strikes and trouble, sending money to villages for workers laid off, a harsh method that curbs vodka spending and aligns with a nomadic lower class. The report notes overproduction and factory shutdowns as labor unrest grows.
Representative C W Thompson of Alabama heads a party of about thirty Northern Republican statesmen on a field trip through Alabama. The entourage includes the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Shaw, Merriam, and lawmakers from New England and the West. They plan to study the South’s race question firsthand, visit plantations, and hear speeches as part of observing Southern suffrage post-constitutional changes.
In Washington on May 24 the President joined French representatives to unveil the marble Rochambeau statue. A large crowd witnessed Franco American friendship celebrated with speeches music and a marine band. The Countess of Rochambeau unveiled the statue as Ambassador Cambon responded to the president.
British Columbia reports a disastrous explosion at Coal Creek mines on Thursday. Officials estimate 150 to 175 men died instantly as rescuers battle fire damp and major destruction. First body recovered from No 8 mine. several more found later with no signs of life.
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