Gannon Leads for Speakership Race After Babcock Exit
Illinois Statesman senator Gannon moves to front in race for the speakership as Babcock withdraws. Coalition shifts center on key chamber leaders with late-looming votes expected.
19 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1902
Page
1
Illinois Statesman senator Gannon moves to front in race for the speakership as Babcock withdraws. Coalition shifts center on key chamber leaders with late-looming votes expected.
Babcock's retirement from Wisconsin from the speakership race sparks a pacts shift. It is believed Cannon of Illinois will gain the gavel. Babcock reveals Roosevelt will call an extra session after adjournment to enact tariff legislation.
Senora Catalina Flores, believed to be 117 to 120 years old, died in San Gabriel after a long life in California. Born in Oregon, of Spanish descent, she came with a War of 1812 veteran and witnessed the rise of the mission era. She was a seamstress and community mother who attended services until two months before her death.
In Tucson today the wind is from the south with cloudy skies remaining in that direction. Clouds threaten the southern sky while temperatures and other details are not provided by the report.
New York stock bulletin notes lead unchanged at 11.40 to 11.60, Mexican silver at 39, and silver at 49. This brief market update records commodity prices with no change in lead and minor shifts in metal quotes.
The Arbitration Commission in Scranton resumed its session with a large crowd. Counsel Rosa for the Lackawanna railroad continued the cross examination of Mitchell. Chairman Gray urged faster progress while noting Mitchell would not testify on matters beyond his personal knowledge.
Five bandits attempted a Colorado Southern train hold up near Trinidad. One wounded robber lay in brush after being shot by Express Messenger Schreber when dynamite was used on the express car. He dies and is unidentified. four others fled southwest into sparse country.
Crow people at Crow Wing agency threaten uprising after a squaw was killed by a freight train. They capture the train brakeman and hold a war dance while police arrive. Guards rescue the man as bucks threaten to clash with authorities.
The Senate committee on Territories visiting Tucson to examine the Omnibus bill territories spent about four hours in the city. Senators Beveridge Dillingham Burnham Heitfeld with Governor Brodie and others toured facilities including the Carnegie Library and University cadets. They questioned witnesses briefly and will proceed to Bisbee then Deming, noting Arizona’s mineral wealth and Statehood debates.
Tom Horn’s defense filed a bill of exceptions in district court for supreme court review seeking a new trial. The 727 page transcript, prepared since trial, captures the full evidence and was filed with all defense and prosecutor present.
Miss Dora Meek, known as the sleeping girl, remains unconscious after a ten day slumber following a quarrel with her sweetheart. Doctors and osteopaths debate her condition as she occasionally awakens to tell visions of heaven. Separately, a bold purse snatching occurred on Stone Avenue near Jackson Street, with the thief fleeing toward the plaza.
A Cuban boy travels by ship between New York and Havana, facing a comic tug of homesickness and curiosity. He alternates between ports with evident relish, exploring the travel experience with lively, lighthearted charm.
Constantine Garcia, 23, a Cuban native, cannot land in the United States or return to Cuba after being sent back and forth between New York and Havana by the Ward Line and Ellis Island authorities. He remains aboard the Monterey awaiting further action as the impasse continues.
Washington reports the Interior Department will launch two weeks of aggressive action against land fraud syndicates across California Oregon Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico and the Pacific Coast region. Investigations target thousands of acres claimed through deceptive schemes with potential removal of implicated federal officers.
A historical note attributes leadership of a Wall Street bear raid to J. P. Morgan and allied interests including Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania groups. It cites Morgan stock declines totaling 203 million and allied declines of 82 million, with Morgan allegedly using illness and spies to influence liquidation and timing of purchases.
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