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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
10
King Edward was crowned at noon with the queen following at 12:56 pm. Crowds gathered through London for the coronation day and subsequent services at St Paul’s and Marlborough House. A health bulletin later stated the king bore the coronation well and slept well, though anxiety lingered over his recovery.
Mame Hill was tried in circuit court for the murder of Kitty King after shooting her in Sturgis on March 20. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree after about twenty minutes deliberation. Judge Rice set sentencing for Wednesday, August 12.
Oregon City area reports a wildfire burning about a thousand acres of timber and farmland twenty five miles from the city. The blaze causes great damage to lumber and grain stocks and threatens additional property as firefighters fight the spread.
Firefighters battled a blaze on the sixth and seventh floors of the seven story Bank of New York building at 48 Wall Street. Three sleeping workers on the top floor were rescued from the flames, with the fire discovered on the third floor in J. M. Chandler's office.
Washington reports the death of Michigan Senator James McMillan from heart failure after a brief illness at his summer home in Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts. He had spent summers there for years and may be buried in Detroit Elmwood Cemetery alongside his son Captain John H. McMillan who died recently.
Report from Port au Prince notes government reinforcements reaching Petit Goave to aid forces loyal to the government. A clash on August 8 between 400 Foucharists backed by a regular regiment and Firminist troops under General Chicaye left the town largely destroyed by fire and the populace in distress seeking aid.
General Sumner reports two Moro groups at Bocolo Mindanao one peaceful and one hostile Captain Pershing questions success of pacification efforts at Lake Lanao Mindanao The overall Mindanao situation is not serious Cholera declines in Manila and most provinces contrary to August worst fears
In Nicaragua the Sanago Masaya volcano has emitted vapors and groaning sounds for twenty days. Officials warn of a potential eruption soon. San Fernando de Masaya lies at the volcano’s base and has about 22 000 residents, mostly natives, with the volcano rising roughly 3000 feet.
The census bureau reports for the year ending May 31 1900 that $118,187,838 was invested in carriage and wagon manufacture across 7,682 establishments in the United States. Product value is listed at $121,587,875.
News from Venezuela reports that after three days of street fighting the revolutionists led by General Penaloza seized the town of Barcelona in Bermudez from government forces. The government had sent sixty men under General Ruperto Bravo to retake it.
John Pearson digging for water on his Michigan homestead uncovered a vein of oil that gushed out in large volume. The petroleum has covered several acres and formed lakes, with no apparatus at hand to stop the flow.
London reports a nationwide day of thanksgiving proclaimed today in honor of the king's recovery. The observance marks a turn in public sentiment as gratitude fills streets and churches across the realm.
In Allentown Pennsylvania on August 11 Harry H Weston shot Bertha T Brown wife of R N Brown during a domestic quarrel and then shot himself Both victims lie in the hospital and are not expected to recover
A American syndicate led by T By Hoard of Nebraska plans a 40000 acre bonanza wheat farm between Craik and Davidson on the Prince Albert branch. They will invest 300000 in land and improvements, introduce steam plows and modern machinery, and own elevators to run nine stations.
C. W. Neely, convicted of Cuban postal frauds and later granted amnesty by Cuba, asks the attorney general to reimburse $6,234 found on him at arrest. The money, sent to Cuba as an exhibe at his trial, was returned by the Cuban military government to the War department and remains unadopted by the postmaster general. Secretary Root says it is held pending adjustment between the Cuban government and the late military government, with no decision yet on disposition.
Major B. K. West reports from Manila that despite campaign closings in Batangas and Laguna many natives remain destitute and fed. He cites about 250000 people fed in Batangas and estimates Laguna roughly half that number.
London reports that Austin Chamberlain son of the colonial secretary has been appointed post master general succeeding the Marquis of Londonderry who resigned. The move affects mail administration and imperial governance during the period.
Elkes won the twenty mile motor paced race at the Worcester Coliseum with Freeman as the rival. Elkes finished in 31:27 3-5.
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, commander of the Department of the Colorado, is confined to his Denver home with illness after an operation for fistula. His doctors say the condition is not alarming and a quick recovery is expected. The operation did not stem from an earlier appendicitis operation in Kansas City.
Washington Aug 8 The State Department says Minister Squiere reports the Cuban senate has authorized the executive to raise import duties to a range of levels including shoes from 10 to 17 percent coal to 26 cents per thousand kilograms pine lumber 40 percent and a broad list of goods up to 333 percent with common soap at 150 percent and olives oil 100 percent.
Vienna reports after a labor dispute in eastern Galicia that famine driven conditions pushed workers to scant wages of 12 to 16 cents a day with women earning 4 to 6 cents. Mortality from hunger runs high, and peasants largely subsist on a soup made mainly from water and herbs.
At Bowen, six miles from Trinidad, a gas explosion in a Union Coal and Coke mine at 7 pm killed sixteen men and left several others missing. Rescue efforts recovered four bodies by 10 pm. The mine employs about sixty workers, all Americans and Irish, most of them married. names are not yet available.
Union Pacific has placed a 1000 ton order for steel rails with a German firm. Part of the order goes to Southern Pacific, delivery to Union Pacific at Omaha and other western points. Early delivery premiums quoted. domestic mills unable to meet next year’s third quarter demand.
Col Groesbeck of the judge advocate general's department writes to Adjutant General Corbin in Washington regarding an interview published on his arrival in San Francisco. The interview touched on court-martials in the Philippines and Corbin plans to return to Washington in a few days.
E. B. Porter a Des Moines real estate man with many aliases is in custody as a fugitive from South Dakota for swindling women in patterns. He has won affection from several women sending loving letters from Omaha Harding Denison Brainard Minnesota and others. Mrs. Sarah Carr of York Nebraska confronted him at the police station after learning of his arrest and reproached him loudly.
Chicago reports President Roosevelt will be awarded the honorary LL D degree by the University of Chicago during his upcoming visit to the city. The event underscores the nation's interest in his leadership and ties with Chicago academic circles.
Mobile report says oyster canning and packing companies in Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama will unite under one head with a capital of two million dollars. The consolidation, three years in discussion, is now practically assured and will control the fish and canning business in the three states. Headquarters likely in New Orleans. Two companies join the combine.
King Edward I expresses gratitude for prayers during illness in a proclamation written by the king. The message notes postponed coronation, public sympathy, and his recovery enabling him to fulfill sovereign duties. Buckingham Palace and royal preparations for the coronation are described along with royal appearances and health bulletins.
Former President Kruger of the Transvaal Republic visited a pro-Boer exhibition in The Hague. He sat opposite portraits of Dutch and French war dead as young girls strewed flowers at his feet and praised the brave men who fought for justice. He also thanked artists from many nations for their aid to the exhibit.
THSMARCK N D Aug 8 The Seo railroad crossed the Northern Pacific tracks southeast of the city and reached Bismarck tonight marking a milestone in regional rail development.
San Francisco August 3 Robert Downing the actor obtained a divorce from his wife Eugenie Blair who is known on the stage.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said in an Associated Press interview that miners in jail should appeal to President Roosevelt for pardon after Judge Goff’s habeas corpus decision. The move aims to secure clemency for those imprisoned in West Virginia.
Inspector from the Interior Department reports a bid collusion scheme at the O Neill land sale of May 4. The sale is to be set aside and a public hearing is ordered with open court to allow representation by attorneys for interested parties.
Chief Game Warden Simpkins returned from Jefferson City with two Kansas City men sought for hunting in Nebraska without a license. Governor Dockery refused to honor the requisition, deeming the offense a misdemeanor. C. T. Hazleton and R. W. Stoner had their dogs and ammo seized at Red Cloud, with fines up to 100 dollars or sixty days in jail.
Nebraska prohibitionists in Lincoln nominate a full slate for state offices led by Governor candidate S T Davies of Otoe county with Isaiah Lightner as lieutenant governor and D T Norton as secretary of state. W H Maddock stands for treasurer, John Dale for auditor, W Bert Clarks for attorney general, J M Dilworth for land commissioner and A E Howard for superintendent of public instruction.
Mrs. Mary G. Ferguson of Humboldt aged 70 wed Lyman Whitcomb 72 of Iowa on August 11. The ceremony followed a correspondence through a matrimonial agency and marks the bride's third marriage attempt.
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