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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1902
Page
2
A man aged 80, Atroline, jumped from a four story roof in Chicago as a crowd watched in awe. He stood at the edge for five minutes before leaping, striking the crowd below and killing himself. His family cannot explain the act and several bystanders narrowly avoided injury.
Manila newspapers in the War Department report Ladrones exploit disguise as constables to prey on natives. insurgents largely proclaims peace, while crime escalates. A Wheeling and Lake Erie crash at Coshocton, Ohio, kills one foreman and injures the fireman. Mexico City dispatch notes Walter Everett, Pan-America Railway president, cites volcanic ash from Guatemala seismic disturbances aiding coffee planters as fertilizer.
A stage coach with fourteen passengers toppled 800 feet on the Auray Col. and Red Mountain route. All aboard suffered nonfatal injuries like broken limbs and cuts. The coach rolled multiple times. passengers escaped with scratches and bruises, none likely to die.
Elections were held in forty two States with Maine Vermont and Oregon having already elected State officers and representatives. Governors and Congressmen were chosen in twenty two States others voted for minor officers and judges. Several States chose principal officers while others elected only Congressmen or delegates in territories and possessions. The terms of thirty U S Senators expire March 4 1903 with five already filled.
The piece reports Republican gains with 204 to 179 House seats, a likely Senate majority of 57 Republicans to 33 Democrats, and multiple state results. It lists officials and candidates across states including New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa, noting GOP control shifts, gubernatorial outcomes, and party-ticket highlights amid a broad map of election returns.
Reports from election inspectors favor voting machines in Sixth and Thirteenth wards. Ohio swings GOP with large pluralities in state offices, governorship, and congressional seats. Hanna defeated. McKinley era voting patterns cited. Republicans to control state House and Senate. Gen. R. A. Alxer set to be U.S. Senator. New Hampshire also reports Republican lead with Bachelder elected governor.
A Russian Doukhobor sect known as spirit wrestlers marches through Manitoba toward the Messiah. The pilgrims face hunger and scurvy as government action stalls. Once prosperous under Empress and Canadian aid, the 8,000 strong colony near Winnnipeg now fragments amid fanatical zeal and poverty.
A blast at Madison Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets in New York killed twelve and injured over fifty during a fireworks display. The premature explosion of powerful bombs and rockets from a display set off a citywide panic as rescuers carried the wounded to nearby locations. Police arrested the fireworks company employer as investigators examine the accident and its deadly misfire.
The June 1903 calendar marks the two hundredth birth anniversary of John Wesley celebrated by Methodists worldwide. Tolstoi reportedly plans residence in Bucharest to avoid burial restrictions in Russia. Rev James Shiely of Philadelphia marks sixty seven years in Unitarian ministry after 1836 ordination. The Catholic Woman's Union of France seeks capable young women to obtain images certificates amid expulsion. tufte College begins second half century with strong enrollments and assets. North Bend Ohio trustees levy $50 fine for carrying beer in a pail through streets without jury trial. Mr D E Osborn of Methodist Episcopal African missions returns from furlough to lead Aligarh Industrial School mechanical department in India.
Hills H. Roberts, U S treasurer, outlines 1902 fiscal year finances with total receipts from all sources at 1 062 124 037 and disbursements at 969 627 021. Surplus 91 287 076, customs receipts up, war tax repeal affects internal revenue, gold certificates rise, and public debt management highlights include bond purchases and interest prepayments. Bank note and circulation shifts show elasticity of notes linked to bonds, with money supply expanding and per capita circulation rising to 28.43.
President Palma addresses the Cuban Congress after adjournment, reporting a surplus of 2 611 886 and a treasury balance of 4 561 042. He touts improved sanitary conditions under republic rule, cordial US relations, and aims to secure U S market advantages for Cuban sugar while boosting agriculture nationwide. The report also highlights Grand Encampment mining town Wyoming with a 700 population, plans for water and electric systems, expanded ore concentration, and ongoing tramway and mining activity attracting visitors.
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