20 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
1
Brief tidbits report Funston’s Washington visit and leave plans amid Philippines service, a bold Chicago postal robbery with a $1700 haul, recovery efforts after the Providence disaster, Boer breakthrough near Heilbron, a New York post fire with two deaths, release of Lord Methuen by Dutch authorities, civil service shakeup rumors, another Russo‑Manchuria clash, Kyankari earthquake, and Britain’s shipbuilding orders for cruisers and battleships.
Coroner Higgins probes a mysterious death after Mrs. James M. Howard is found burned to a crisp in a cellar. Neighbors report no lamp or fire source. husband away at work during the incident.
Two gas blasts in Peru Indiana destroyed two buildings. Six injured, including Frank Kiley Sr listed fatally. others named include Frank Kiley James Kiley Bridget Kiley and Mrs John Hayes and baby. The elder Kiley found buried. coroner mulls murder suicide or accident.
Special Agent F Saylor reports beet sugar production in the United States for 1901 2 at 185 000 tons up 140 percent from 77 000 tons the prior season. There were 81 factories in operation in 1909 with 11 started in 1901 and nine more under construction for 1902 across several states. Capitalization totals 49 000 000 with projects needing no extra working capital and farmers to supply about 14 700 000 bushels of beets annually.
Fire at Fox Lake Wisconsin swept through three large business blocks and residences after midnight. The blaze began behind the J B and R W Farrant general grocery and engulfed nearby structures before firemen could gain control. Total loss estimated about 8250 000 with two other buildings threatened by flames.
west of Neola Iowa at 10 o clock Sunday night Milwaukee and St Paul crossing wrecked east bound fast mail No 2. Engine and forward mail car derailed. engineer Schultz and fireman Gottschalk slightly injured. no passengers hurt. Train backed to Council Bluffs then Neola. Cause cited as signal misunderstanding.
Dawson and nearby towns cheer a February gold strike on a Pelly river tributary between the Pelly and Yukon rivers near Fort Selkirk. Dirt running to 700 per pan draws miners toward Koyukuk as Dick Butler’s discovery prompts a rush. by March 1 some 200 claims staked with surface rich gold shown.
M L Riddle father of three killed in a Southern Pacific wreck accepts $10,000 from the railroad and signs a contract promising no further legal action. The company has paid out over $73,000 in settlements to date, with prompt claim handling drawing much attention.
A northwest storm struck Omaha at 1 am Tuesday causing a hurricane like wind surge. The Coliseum and multiple nearby structures were damaged with roofs blown off and skylights toppled. Fire wires, shattered windows, and debris litter Cuming street from eighteenth to Twenty-fourth. no injuries reported.
The Union Pacific Railroad plans spend up to fifty million dollars in two years on Wyoming routes and colonization from Caspar to the state line aided by Eastern capitalists. A Chicago syndicate led by Addison Thomas holds land options for 150000 acres to back irrigation and sugar beet farming with Dutch immigrant families.
The Senate adjourned over ship subsidy debate as Mr West of Missouri and Mr Mallory of Florida were expected to speak. The rural free delivery bill was passed after changes expanding carrier salaries, while reform proposals faced opposition. House debates covered post office funds and Pacific cable clashes, with leaders noting labor victories and a Grosvenor bill report.
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