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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
6
In Pittsburg a mob attacked police officer Hinkle during a disturbance at a ball. Mont and Joe Godley allegedly wrested a weapon from Hinkle, shooting him in the head. Hinkle died at the city hall after being rushed there. Godley brothers were captured and jailed.
Reports from southern Indiana with Ohio and Wabash floods. a Mazatlan plague note. Ernest Gabler & Bros. factory fire in New York causing $150000 loss. Supreme Court ruling on insurance after a homicide. a Chicago elevator worker driven to distraction. Transatlantic mail steamers departed New York with 7000 sacks of gifts. Canal commissioners' $1000 monthly pay criticized. US Steel buys Champion mine and adjacent ore lands for $2 million. Pittsburg to get a $250000 12 story girls’ home. Shortest day of the year noted. Dr Ryne guilty of shooting Miss Maude Holmes. City officials shot in Farmington, Ia., died from wounds. Montana Yellow Stone election tie. third vote likely. Brookline tops as richest city, but Uniontown hosts more millionaires. General de Castellvi arrested then released. gambling clashes with prefect. US capital in Mexico worth $500 million via 1117 companies, mostly railroads. Omaha Street Railway wage increases start Jan 1. James B Ewing killed on a Southern Railway train near Atlanta. Stephenson alleged intoxicated shooter. no witnesses. Brockton jury awards $37000 for Avon crash injuries.
European powers and Venezuela agree to submit the dispute to The Hague for arbitration. Secretary Hay reports London Berlin Rome and Caracas ready to refer the matter to The Hague. Britain favored Roosevelt arbitration but allies may have set other conditions and cash needs. no Monroe doctrine entanglement foreseen.
Italian composer Pietro Mascagni will serve as temporary director of the Thomas orchestra in Chicago. He plans to resume his U S tour and seeks a capital-backed manager. A large public push prompted a return performance at the Auditorium theater.
ST PETERSBURG the third annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian association under Prince Oldenburg patronage was held with attendees including Prince Plato Obelensky Senator Tagnatzey E L Nobel and Franklin Gaylord. The Russian branch shows near self sufficiency with membership rising over the past year.
King Edward vetoes the Prince Francis of Teck’s bid to become a decoy partner at Panmure Gordon & Co. and provides him 10000 pounds annually until he secures other employment.
New York doctors say Cornelius Vanderbilt's condition is stabilizing as his temperature falls toward normal and his overall health shows steady improvement.
Washington reports a proposed $1,000,000 federal effort to stamp out foot and mouth disease spreading in New England. Officials say at least 15,000 cattle in Massachusetts and Vermont are affected, with carcasses to be slaughtered and buried. If the disease worsens, costs could rise dramatically.
Union Missouri bank was robbed on Saturday with a nitroglycerine blast blowing the vault and safe. about 650000 in cash vanished. Two men believed to be professionals fled toward Hartman after firing around the public square. cashier Hartman valued the loss at about 50000 with 10000 insurance and no clue yet.
Mrs Grant has left a 300 to 400 page manuscript of personal reminiscences begun during Gen Grant’s memoirs and expanded as health allowed. It covers marriage domestic life Army experiences White House events and Grant’s world tour with new details likely to be a valuable historical contribution.
Governor Yates, currently in Florida for health reasons, will return to Springfield next week with Mrs. Yates as his condition improves and he resumes control of state affairs.
Springfield Ill August report states Cornland Logan County postmaster C T Greening killed himself after a post office inspector found him $1400 short in accounts. He was found dead in a barn behind his home with a bullet wound and a revolver in his hand.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont widow of General Fremont died at her Los Angeles home Saturday night. The longtime public figure and socialite was linked to prominent California circles and the Fremont family legacy.
Vienna reports the crown princess of Saxony fled Dresden in December amid rumors of a love affair with an American dentist. Officials say the disappearance is due to mental derangement linked to domestic discord, with investigations across Europe continuing and court functions cancelled.
Four hundred thousand Finns face destitution and starvation after a crop failure. The Anglo-American church in St Petersburg has begun feeding and clothing school children from four Finnish parishes. Pastor Francis appeals for help, noting conditions worse than 1867 when about 100 000 died.
Commander Seaton Schroeder reports Guam's year receipts 66 000 dollars and expenses 57 000 leaving 8 000 a fall of over 19 000 from the prior year public works halted awaiting new funds exports imports valued at 5 549 and 35 185 dollars copra cacao and coffee limited population 9 676 with 46 per cent literate in Spanish natives resist medical aid but births exceed deaths for two years.
Senate subcommittee records on the omnibus statehood bill printed as Senate document. The 294 page book includes maps and quotations from witnesses about size population resources schools churches business morals and other traits of the three proposed states and related data.
Second Lieutenant William M. Kistler of Company M Eighteenth United States Infantry has been missing from Fort Rogan for nearly two weeks. Denver police have been asked to help locate him. Kistler, 23, enlisted seven years ago in the Sixth Cavalry in Philadelphia and served in the Philippines around Manila.
Thousands of cattle in northwestern Colorado are reported starving on the high range in Routt and Rio Grande counties. The Humane Society has appealed to owners to rescue the stock, but owners say they are powerless. Snowbound pasture and water shortages prevent feeding or driving cattle to winter quarters.
A Yorkshire tale shows a deaf man visiting a doctor with a bruised finger. The doctor offers a free initial wash then jokes the bill will be two and six pence, which the man pays, realizing he misheard a discount.
The article notes Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jack Astor constantly at work inventing or pursuing ventures. Harry Payne Whitney engages deeply in his father's business, George is absorbed in large affairs, Clarence Mackay runs vast enterprises, and J P Morgan Jr. represents his father in London.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for any case not cured. It claims internal use treats blood and mucous surfaces and invites testimonials, mentioning Toledo Ohio and a network of distributors.
Hundreds of dealers report high demand for Defiance Starch citing extra quantity and superior quality. Patrons are urged to try the 16 ounce package priced at 10 cents with a money back guarantee.
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