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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
2
News of crimes and accidents from across regions includes a lynching in Lewisburg Tennessee where John Davis was hanged by a mob of 500 for murder. Reports also detail grave robbing arrests, fever on the Isthmus, anarchist rallies in Chicago, a Fairmount robbery capture, Olyphant fire losses, a deadly shooting accident in Proctor Washington, and shipwreck survivors off Three Kings Islands.
A bundle of twenty large envelopes with broken sealing wax was found by William Wolgamath at the sawmill on the carrier at Treaty Indiana. The envelopes bore express company markings and dated August 19. They reportedly contained about $18,000 shipped on the Burlington line between Omaha and Chicago. The Wabash agent disputes the claim, suggesting the robbers who attacked the Burlington train may have rifled the contents at Treaty to divide the spoils.
Ohio man Homer Cramer killed himself after shooting Mise Alm Burk in Groveport area and wounding her. she is reported to recover. In Yellow Springs a fire at the Methodist home for the aged killed one resident who refused rescue, while 26 others escaped. property loss is listed at 14,000 dollars and the home will not be rebuilt.
Dr W H Kimberlin an eye specialist was shot and killed in his Kansas City office by patient Toho Scanlon a policeman. The patient then died by suicide. Dr Imberlin had treated Scanlon for years and a St Louis oculist had warned him he would go blind from improper treatment. The double tragedy occurred in the doctor’s office.
Three children, Mabel and Verna Clark and John Dearth, were seriously wounded by gunfire from hunters Charles McCrea and Charles Kening while returning home near Washington Court House Ohio. Mabel suffered entry wounds to side head and neck, Verna to abdomen and face, and John in the arm. The incident occurred as a covey of quail was pursued. All three were listed in serious condition.
A wagon carrying twelve people was struck at Tefferie and Howard streets in Se. The mob attacked the motorman and conductor, but police intervened and threatened to shoot, saving the men until patrol arrival. Lorretta, a 10 year old girl, was injured internally. Goebel murder case confession from Henry Youtsey, once in Kansas State Penitentiary, is kept secret pending corroboration.
Washington announces promotions to fill three major general vacancies due to retirements next year. Gen Hughes retires April 31, Gen Davis July 26, Gen Miles August 8. Miles will be succeeded by Maj. Gen. Young. Brigadiers James F P Ward Samuel B Summer and Leonard Wood are slated to become major generals, while Gen Wade remains a long‑serving brigadier. Col. H B Takbrouck and Col. F Moore are also mentioned as possible brigadier promotions.
Walter T. Grafton, a Pullman car shops employee, was arrested on a counterfeiting charge after police uncovered a bogus coin-making outfit. The arrest followed the alert report of a newsboy who noticed Grafton passing counterfeit nickels to him near the Pullman shops. Grafton, years old, once a Dayton Ohio liveryman, admitted to wanting his own cash supply and was drawn into counterfeiting to fund that goal.
The New York Chamber of Commerce formally dedicated its new white marble building on Liberty Street between Nassau and Broadway. President Morris K. Jessup welcomed guests, former President Grover Cleveland delivered the oration, and President Theodore Roosevelt attended with foreign officials and other dignitaries.
Miss Lizzie Boyce a 24 year old farmer's daughter near Hiawatha Kansas received notice she has inherited an estate valued at one million dollars from an elderly man who died recently in Seattle Washington. She recalls aiding an old man and woman seven years ago when they stopped near her home she nursed him back to health and fed him until he could continue their journey.
E Robinette motorman with St Joseph Electric Stairway Company dies after a confrontation aboard a Chicago Great Western train near Annah fourteen miles distant. Conductor John Dotter intervenes as a heated dispute over an expired ticket escalates, an instrument strike causing Robinette to fall onto a red hot stove.
The article previews President Roosevelt's upcoming message to Congress, signaling a tough stance on trusts with possible constitutional steps and potential tariff reductions via legislation or reciprocity. It notes support for a permanent tariff commission, currency and banking reforms, navy improvements, and updates on the Panama Canal talks with Colombia.
Andrew Murray a Brooklyn veterinary surgeon aged about fifty operated on himself rather than undergo ether anesthesia. He pulled his tongue and cut away the cancerous growth with a veterinary knife, claiming immediate relief and improved health though doctors debate whether all cancer has been removed. The report also notes the death of Mrs. Alexander Small in Chicago at seventy four and cites a British Journal statement on Britain’s national debt rising to four billion dollars, up six hundred million in three years.
The Department of Agriculture's statistician reports wheat yield at 20.8 bushels per acre vs 16.7 in 1901 and 25.3 in 1900. The table covers states with 1,000,000+ acres in corn showing preliminary 1902 yields and final 1901 1900 ten year averages. Buckwheat and potato yields and quality percentages are given for major producing states.
Weekly Trade Review notes broad improvements across the country with frill distribution large and heavier goods transactions liberal despite mild season. Rail freight slowdowns persist amid huge volumes, October earnings up 4.5 percent from last year and 14.2 percent above 1900, while coke shortages curb furnaces and rail equipment remains inadequate.
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York. It notes bid ranges for wheat corn oats rye and barley plus butter and potatoes with varied quality grades and shipping figures.
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