02 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
1
In Scranton on August 2 a massive miners meeting drew seven thousand strikers. President John Mitchell urged restraint and pledged the strike’s persistence, while crowd energy reflected passions over the labor conflict and the looming threat of broader action.
A garbled diary of murders and political shifts from Lafayette Indiana to Salinas California and Minneapolis Minnesota. Reports detail a farmer killed by lightning near Heath and a fatal shooting of Warren Johnson and Joseph Hardee in Salinas by a woman. Other items note resignations, local officials shifted, and societal notices including a missionary appointment and a will valued at £65 700.
A yeas and nays crowd pledges to win the strike with calls for self help over reliance on officers. Referenced a 1877 Roundwoods gathering and framed the present activity as a crucial turning point with potential wage and organizational consequences. The report also includes a short digest from Gun & Co. on trade, manufacturing, and commodity markets indicating varied activity across sectors.
A Monroe County Ohio family reports their son, once unable to walk, recovered after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The ad claims the medicine cures lung and other organ diseases and warns against substitutes for profit.
Judge Georges H. Durand of Pilat, named by the Democratic state convention in Michigan, says he will run. He had previously refused the nomination, then learned of the honor upon returning from a fishing trip, and vows to do his best to be elected. Local Democrats and Governor Bliss offered congratulations.
fugitive Harry Tracey, armed with four guns and 200 rounds, is in Bastery Washington en route toward the Idaho line. He aims to rob a bank or express car and promises 850,000 to escape helpers within a year. He plans to reach the Hole in the Wall country in Wyoming. Tracey crossed the Columbia River at 5 am Thursday. He is reportedly in good health and provisioning for five days.
In Midorado Saline county a Democratic congressional convention renominated J. W. Will James for congress by acclamation for the new twenty fourth district comprising eleven counties. Soldiers ascend Mayon Volcano in Philippines. party reaches crater after twenty hours. second ascent on record.
Hogs receipts estimated 16 000 with mixed and packing lots trading around 7 50 to 7 75. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steers mostly 7 60 to 8 75 and other cattle values listed. Sheep and lambs receipts 6 000 with western and native lambs and varied quotes. East Buffalo and St Louis grain prices noted with multiple standard commodity quotes.
Report from Pamaina on August 2 describes a severe engagement between revolutionary forces under General Herrera and government troops at Agua Dulce. Battle began July 2 with heavy casualties. rebels estimated killed or wounded by July 30 well over 200, while government losses stood at nineteen killed and eleven wounded. A peace mission returned with word of a brutal clash and hopes for a decisive victory as supplies were sent to General Berti at Agua Dulce.
An Indian immigrant community reports a member’s bank forgery scheme stealing from fellow colonists. Victims learned of the crimes when bank books appeared, with the forger still sought. In Omaha the park board bans automobiles in parks to protect children and curb runaway horse risk.
An Associated Press representative says earthquake stories from Los Alamos are overstated. Minor shocks have occurred since last Sunday with comparatively little damage and public alarm, while Santa Barbara reports four severe quakes cracking buildings and prompting mass departure.
Cap'n George Wellington Streeter, ousted from the Deestrict of Lake Michigan, shifts his dispute to the U S court with Milwaukee as battle ground. Judge Jenkins orders Alexander Revell the Newberry Estate J M Farwell and others to show cause Sept 20 why an injunction should not issue to prevent further interference.
A jumble of brief items reports deaths in Preeport and New York, a missing Decatur man, a Boston lawyer managing an estate, a bar fight in Chicago, multiple strikes, a Manitoba oil strike, damages in Chicago over hotel ejectment, libel verdict against Echo de Parte, Roosevelt outing, a white assault case in Mississippi, a Labour party election in Britain, and a London hotel registration as Lady Francis Hope.
Chroniclers note how toothache drove Burns to cursed slang and prayers, while St. Augustine and Southey recount faith easing pain. Medieval devout sought aid from St. Apollonia and St. Blaize, whose relics and candles in Cornwall were believed to cure toothache.
The Observatore Romano prints an interview with Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Bronx Falls D about Taft negotiations, claiming the pope’s gift to the president shows the Vatican’s desires were met. In Minnesota, Stillwater barbers vote to file suit against Warden Wolfer to challenge barber shop access at the state prison.
Governor Cummins said he will thoroughly investigate the reorganization of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway to see if capital stock inflation complies with Iowa law. He questions New Jersey ownership of the railway and warns centralized capitalization could threaten multiple interests.
London August 2 Colonel Arthur Lynch Nationalist MP accused of high treason in the Boer war was taken to Bow Street police court where he was committed for trial after a lengthy statement denying ties to Dr Leyds and claiming South Africa work under contract with the Paris Journal Century Magazine and Collier's Weekly were among his duties He was visited in prison by Nationalist leaders prior to the hearing Also includes a humorous note about a birthday gift and unrelated political quip from Vermont Senator Proctor reported in the Chicago Letter.
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