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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
A cyclone swept Wilmington injuring sixteen people as a pavilion collapsed on the beach. In Raleigh a severe windstorm wrecked factories and the American Tobacco warehouse at Smithfield. An accompanying ad touts Dr. Boschee's German Syrup as a remedy for coughs and bronchial troubles.
An Illinois Central excursion train struck a high Dawson Springs trestle collision scene in Hopkinsville Kentucky this afternoon. Five young women were involved two died at the scene and three injured likely fatally. The deceased were Miss Johnnie Smith of Paducah Kentucky and Miss Lucy Stevenson of Hickory Grove Kentucky. The injured were Miss Lena Flint Miss Edith Stevenson and Miss Annie Nichols.
A private press view shows three years of electric lighting at St Pauls London. Eight hundred lights remain to be fitted out of 1,250. Main features completed include bronze standards at the west portico and several pendants under the dome. The chancel gleams with gilded pendants shaped like crowns and concealed uplights enhance carved oak and mosaics. The crypt is lit. the nave, transepts, and other areas await finishing. Total cost so far about 40 000 dollars. J Pierpont Morgan funds the project, with 95 000 dollars to complete.
The Skagwig Alaskan reports a proposal from the Alaska Wireless Telegraph company of Seattle led by Robert L. Moore. It seeks $20,000 in Southern Alaska subscriptions for a line connecting British Columbia to Valdez with $3 per ten words and ten cents per extra word, deliverable when in service and redeemable at 10 percent off. The system pledges subscribers if competing rates drop, and stock may transfer. The line aims to serve major Alaska towns and be completed by December.
Adjutant General Corbin received a package from the Philippines containing a watermarked parchment that appeared to be a commission issued recently to Lieut Dinmont now an officer in the regular army. Rats gnawed the edges but spared official signatures of President Roosevelt Secretary Root and Corbin. A new commission will be sent by the next return mail.
A two year old Indian tiger escaped from a wagon den on a circus train traveling from Goshen to Poughkeepsie New York. The tiger entered a car carrying 30 draft horses triggering a brutal fight. The tiger was killed by a horse named Toby after tumbling from the car and the horses suffered scratches and bites.
The Treasury Bureau of Statistics reports the four months of 1902 saw 10,076,972 cattle received at western markets, near 1900 figures, with April higher than 1900 but below 1901. Calf receipts outpaced prior years while hogs and sheep dipped. Chicago demand for city use rose 17 percent for four months, yet April loads fell 1,222 from last year. Kansas City and St Louis saw mixed gains and declines, Omaha and St Joseph posted year‑to‑date gains in receipts and shipments.
William Darrow of Liberty Indiana aims to marry mid loop in a Chicago ride. He offers pay and asks the loop manager to arrange a ceremony at the top of the loop with a special bridal train of two cars as the car arrives upside down.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues that continuing to teach Memorial Day in public schools helps ensure adults remember its meaning and the nation’s history.
An official report states the estimated additional cost to complete the Siberian railroads is 36.05 million dollars. The figure outlines funding needs and project scope for the ongoing expansion.
The National Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers Protective Association adopted resolutions urging eastern middle and southern states to offer bounties or other incentives to boost cattle raising. It also backed repealing the national bankruptcy law and thanked Attorney Generals Knox and Davies for anti Beef Trust actions. A denouncing resolution against the alleged trust was tabled for tomorrow.
Reports say a new oil strike was found near the Uradfor Base fifteen miles northwest of Carthage in Jasper County. The drill reached roughly 1000 feet with one worker predicting a substantial find after several strikes and ongoing tests.
A mob of several hundred strikers paraded Summit Hill seeking workers. Streetcars halted, town briefly under mob control for hours. Three men were tossed over a steep embankment with severe injuries. Officials arrested several and Sheriff Gambean sought troops to restore order.
An old product claim promotes tablets stamped C C C as a remedy for digestion liver and bowel issues. The ad notes the pills are genuine and sold in druggists and roc but not in bulk.
Early this morning a six‑alarm blaze struck a Hurts Wrovery store opposite Siloam Springs in Excelsior Springs. The entire block of frames was consumed by flames before water access. The Journal building was destroyed. Loss estimated at £00,000.
Robbers dynamited the general merchandise store of George Caseheer in Lonieburg near Paola, destroying the sale area but finding little cash. They seized Dr G A Boyle’s horse and buggy, driving to Lisk, Missouri, where they were found the next morning.
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