Warsaw Union DB. Bartholomew Publisher
The Warsaw Union publication notes Bartholomew as the publisher. The record identifies Warsaw as the core locale and marks Bartholomew as the publishing entity.
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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
2
The Warsaw Union publication notes Bartholomew as the publisher. The record identifies Warsaw as the core locale and marks Bartholomew as the publishing entity.
A digest of scattered items from various regions covers shipwreck alerts near Malifax, a deranged attack on a nurse in Terre Haute, and a rescue. It notes Joseph Wharton increasing the Penn endowment, Admiral Clark's possible retirement, a Venezuelan victory at La Vela de Coro, and King Albert of Saxony’s death. Also reported: a fatal Kellar accident on a Chicago & Alton line, a major Des Moines cattle sale, Creede fire losses, a Toledo hotel fire, a Seward explosion killing three, a Rockefeller gift to Cornell, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr earning a punctuality prize at Groton.
Kaneas farmer James Woolsey hosts a three day harvest contest to reward the hardest workers with a bride, his ten year old daughter Anna. Willis Rodway, a Illinois mechanic, wins and marries Anna in Fract Kansas amid scarcity of harvest help and a large Pratt County wheat farm. In Newark a kidnapped boy Abe Lowenstein is recovered after an extensive rescue, dragging thousands to the police station. A Chicago robbery sees four masked men force their way into a Santa Fe depot, looting a safe while guards are held at gunpoint.
New York theater managers unite to secure bookings independently. The Independent Booking Agency was formed by Harrison Grey Fiske Maurice Campbell and James W Hackett. It opens with eight attractions including Mrs Fiske Henrietta Cros Isabel Irving and James H Hackett in She Crisis Mistress Nell Captain Molly.
A Chicago man reports a Chicago woman found dead by a roadside in Ohio under a tree during a storm. Toledo coroner summoned to investigate possible lightning death involving Thomas Kasterzedski and a woman, with a telegram from Chicago found on the body. Additional items note fires in Alexander City Alabama, a dynamite explosion in Pennsylvania, a fatal accident in Chicago, and other varied notices from the period.
Fritz Engenit died in Cleveland at St. Capital after a heroic effort to rescue his sister and her young son from a blaze that destroyed their home. An exploding stovepipe caused the fire. Engenit burned trying to reach the boy, twice driven back before the child was saved at a window. He told his sister at the hospital that what he did was nothing.
The Texas Supreme Court invalidated consolidated grazing lands and opened over 2.5 million acres to sale or entry, threatening cattle raisers who relied on alternate patented sections and leased school lands for grazing. Adults are filing on hundreds of sections daily, complicating fences and joint grazing among many small holders.
In Butte Montana police unearth a kidnap plot by the Consentino gang targeting wealthy families including Hazel Girdrup and William Symons infants. Suspect Consentino, an Italian, is in custody. three suspects remain at large as investigators describe a wide ransom scheme involving Sen W A Clark’s family and other merchants. Also reports on Whaleback steamers converting to oil carriers on the Mississippi under Capt Alexander McDougall, Beau mont pipeline plans, and related criminal and political items.
The Twenty hour run from New York to Chicago on the Lake Shore and New York Central lines operated with an average speed of 49 miles per hour, finishing three to four minutes early. The test shown before arrival noted a minor delay near New Carlisle due to a freight train but regained time by Chicago, highlighting superior American rail speed and power.
Rush Merriam former governor of Minnesota and noted statesman was appointed director of the census in April 1899, praised for record making in closing the Twelfth Census. A native of New York, he moved to St Paul as a youth and has since been banker, businessman, agriculturist, legislator and educator. He is 63 years old.
The article discusses plans to reclaim the Everglades in Florida, proposing drainage to convert nearly a million acres into usable land. It notes a fifty year history of feasibility discussions and mentions Severn as part of the dialogue.
The article notes US long distance trains outpace on some routes while Europe leads on others. It cites Empire State Express New York to Buffalo at high mph, Chicago to New York twenty-hour trains, Paris to Bayonne, and London to Edinburgh speeds. It then shifts to Florida Everglades reclamation plans to convert submerged swamp into fertile land, reclaiming about 4 million acres, enabling sugar cane, vegetables, rice, and corn, with canals and drainage, improving Florida’s economy.
James R Keene, famed New York wit and quick talker, told King Edward about Gnatee at Lady Lister Kaye’s dinner. Born to a London merchant, he later built a finance career in America and was received by King Edward as an American.
Seven sects exist in Great Britain and Ireland. The first Loyal Temperance Legion in Mexico was organized in Guanajuato. The Wesleyan Methodist Church reports the biggest church membership rise in nineteen years. Chicago institutional church work faces many difficulties, says Rev L G Jackson. Over 2,000 U S Navy men join the Navy Temperance League pledging total abstinence. President Roosevelt's Bible address is widely distributed by the American Bible Society with 80,000 English and 10,000 Spanish copies. The M C A railroad department notes 48 buildings erected in four years, largely funded by railroad companies.
Judge Advocate Crowder reports British agents in Lathrop Missouri spent 17,035,390 dollars for horses and mules shipped from New Orleans to South Africa, with 18,687 horses and 75,108 mules shipped plus freight and related costs. some animals bought for high prices. note of war’s financial fallout for western stock growers. Also mentions a Salt Lake City murder suicide by Isaac N. Graves and Cuba’s Palma brothers sending sons to New York for schooling.
The Senate debated the London dock charges and canal measures while the House advanced the irrigation bill, district of Columbia appropriation, and pension legislation. Proctor’s bid for a conference on the army bill sparked a sharp vote. the session adjourned after passing memorial and monument appropriations and a broad set of legal reforms. The canal bill dominated Tuesday’s agenda as the House moved on bankruptcy amendments and land office appeals.
The report notes Ragtime barred from Marine Band concerts in Washington. German Ambassador von Holleben becomes dean of Washington’s diplomatic corps, succeeding Lord Paunce. Philippine insurrection nearing end with Mindanao still unsettled. Acting Gov Wright aims to establish civil rule nationwide. Amnesty bill signed by President Palma to free Rathbone Neely and others, Cuban postal fraud cases included. Roosevelt opens national convention of American military successions. Massive quinine and first aid supplies used in Spanish war. Public building program authorized with twenty million dollars for architects and builders.
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