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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
4
The Pacific Coast News item digest covers bigamy cases, prison escapes, a fatal horse trainer incident, a veteran death and multiple legal and criminal notices across California. It notes a sea voyage record, a battle ship cruise, rail and road disruptions, and various court actions.
Frank P. Sargent becomes immigration commissioner general under Roosevelt. Whitelaw Reid and the coronation embassy fund their trip. General Wilson and Captain Clark’s party financed from official funds. Senate panel favors against Captain Crozier for chief of ordnance due to patents and rank limits. A vacant census bulletin notes Americas seat of empire.
A British steamer Athenta wreck 290 miles north of Capes Pillar Chile sinks with twenty drowned. Robbers drill into Raskin State Bank Neb and use nitroglycerin to seize 16000 dollars. Atlantic City fire destroys 12 hotels and many buildings, losses exceed 750000. In Tuscumbia Als three dead, three fatally wounded, four seriously wounded in arrest attempt as Sheriff Cussa way shoots. Wheeler Rifles flee. crowd burns body. Charles Pretty, 11, of New Westminster breaks leg in two places, crawls a mile eight hours to reach tram line, then is helped to city.
Henry V. Lucas inherits 2 million dollars in 1882 and faces bankruptcy after mortgaging real estate to fund ventures. He loses funds in a St Louis to New Orleans barge line competition with Jay Gould and later becomes a Chicago Pullman conductor while debt mounts. The narrative notes his region’s population and Lucas’s rise and decline.
In the Hart's River area at the southwestern edge of the Transvaal a Canadian contingent and supporting squadrons faced 9 000 Boers led by Generals Kemp and Potgieter. The defenders, the last to arrive from Canada, with Colonel Cookson's yeomanry and Colonel Kier's artillery and mounted rifles, repelled the Boer attack prompting a retreat. Lieutenant Bruce Ostruthers and his party held their post until every man was accounted for.
Reports tally Boer and allied losses with 24 officers and 131 men wounded among the Siivet icone and 137 Boer casualties. Second Dragoon Guards suffer 2 officers and 18 men killed and 58 wounded in a rear-guard near Boschiman's kop. Casper Krueger and 24 relatives take an oath of allegiance to Great Britain.
Res Makoneen, famed general who defeated Italians at Adowa in 1896, is named to attend King Edward's coronation. The report notes the era's tensions and international concerns reflected in royal ceremonies.
H Lillie, prominent in the Syncest Pacific States telephone field at Lodi, asserts a new wireless voice system developed while building barbed wire lines for farmers in northern San Joaquin County. He has filed patent papers but offers few details until protection is secured. The piece also notes cholera deaths in Manila and Cecil Rhodes scholarships plans and amounts.
Notice is given by Ernest Behendel of Ravede State that mining claims in Roche, mines, and surface deposits are described and filed in the U S Land Office Janson City. The description includes six hundred feet seepage and related mining district details.
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