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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
2
A London dispatch notes the London board of trade reports for the year show that no passengers were killed in railroad accidents, marking the first time in English history such a record has been made by the roads.
An airship crash injures the inventor who vows to abandon flight tests and return to railway work. Despite the disaster, airship enthusiasts are not easily discouraged by the setback or the immediate reversal of the inventor’s plans.
Since July 1, nearly a billion more stamps have been issued to U S post offices than in the entire last fiscal year. The current year’s total to date is 4,028,514,645 stamps, up from 3,174,745,435 for the year ending June 30 last.
With Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupting dense smoke and flames, Tumbling noises from Mount Tsukaba in Japan and Mount Pelee, activity from the volcanoes of St. Vincent, and Vesuvius ready to erupt, the interior of the globe shows signs of upheaval.
The nation planted corn across vast lands this year, a mass that would surpass the combined area of the British Isles Holland and Belgium or nearly four fifths of France or Germany. Despite drought last year the corn crop value neared a billion dollars, and favorable field reports signal good news for the country.
The final American soldiers have returned home signaling a remarkable historic event. The peaceful departure ends U S occupation and places Cuba under its own people, marking a bright page in world history.
The one hundred twenty second renewal of the Derby attracts American attention with American owners horses and jockeys represented. Ard Patrick ridden by an American jockey wins for owner P. Gubbins who is Irish, as is the winning horse.
The late Lord Pauncefoote left a small estate despite a long career as British ambassador at Washington earning $32,500 annually. His unmarried daughters, returning to England, face financial needs and may pursue new careers, including nursing training.
A king orders his birth date celebrated on May 30 to ensure good weather for festivities though the calendar will still bring the yearly birthday. The attempt to alter the date highlights the clash between royal prerogative and natural timing.
Severo, a Paris aeronaut, dies after plunging 1500 feet while pursuing an airship project. He spent all his fortune and time on the venture, hoping for riches. his family receives only a small insurance payout taken out a day before the accident. The biochemists’ confidence in their ideas is questioned as childish and pitiful.
Leopoldo Batres, conservator of national monuments, reports explorations in Oaxaca among Zapotec ruins. He uncovers an ancient city on Monte Alban showing evidence of submersion 3,000 years ago with extinct marine life traces. An obelisk at the tomb entrance resembles Egyptian practice.
England bears full cost and will not levy a war tax on the Transvaal. Boers retire arms and munitions, may keep rifles at home for protection. Prisoners to be returned at British cost, none punished except for war rule violations. Boers must recognize King Edward's sovereignty.
News from Missouri covers Thomas C Nolan of Joplin receiving a $10000 cash wedding gift from uncle Thomas Conner, Charles Lewis sentenced to four years for forging a St Joseph bank check, Cape Girardeau delegates pledged to refuse railroad passes, and local officials chartering Cape Girardeau & Chester Railroad. Also noted are a fatal freight train collision near Nelson, a Rolla secretary’s Newport marriage, bids and fairs updates, mob lynching denouncement, and state university law graduates admitted to practice.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended a London service at St Pauls, greeted by the lord mayor at Temple Bar, amid cheering crowds and formal city acknowledgments. The day featured hymns Onward Christian Soldier and God Our Help, with a Te Deum by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a short sermon on The Blessings of Peace. In Little Rock, Governor Jefferson Davis rejoined his home church as a political dispute lingers. In Monongah West Virginia, Mother Jones addressed miners as they gathered after a quiet day in the coal region.
Three Americans led by Prof. Jagger ascended Soufriere on Thursday reaching 3200 feet above sea level. They heard boiling water in the crater but the dense fog and volcanic dust hid the view. Jagger warns crater activity may emit poisonous gases without warning endangering settlers.
Princeton's 155th commencement ends with a surprise at the board of trustees meeting as President Francis L. Patton resigns and Woodrow Wilson, professor of jurisprudence and politics at McCormick, is elected to succeed him. Patton will remain as ethics and religion chair, noting 14 years as president.
Rome reports the pope expressed high delight over President Roosevelt gifting a complete set of his works. The pontiff reportedly ordered mosaics of St Peter's and the Vatican to be transmitted to the president with thanks. The Vatican mosaics are fine art specimens from the Vatican workshops.
Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria reports 2506 titles surrendered with 448 from Cape Colony rebels. Boers cheered King Edward. De Wet's forces contributed most of the remainder.
Ten men and one woman died and about thirty were injured when a blaze at the St. Luke's Society sanitarium on Wabash avenue and Twenty first street tore through the building. Delirium tremens and drug delusions trapped patients on the upper floors as firefighters fought to evacuate.
At Saratoga New York fire destroyed the Arcade and Citizens National Bank block and Shackelford building causing five deaths. Victims include Mrs Elizabeth Mabee Mrs Sarah Owens and David Howland along with Mrs David Howland and Miss Farrington. Chief Engineer E J Chadwick injured critically. property loss pegged at 100000 with 250000 insurance. Arcade sale planned June 12. owner Shoemaker estate of Cincinnati. David Howland 75, Civil War veteran and janitor of Grand Army hall.
On the Ohio and Erie canal south of Chillicothe Howard Faucett a Marietta traveling salesman and Minnie Buckhart of Chillicothe drowned when their rowboat capsized after a picnic. Six others were rescued. Also reported from Des Moines two unidentified highwaymen were shot dead by Claude Bristow of Cawker City while defending himself after attacks.
A letter details Mrs. Judge McAllister's cure claim with Peruna for back pain and catarrh. The ad warns against imitation remedies and urges readers to obtain Peruna only from vetted sources, noting Dr. Hartman offers free advice and Columbus Ohio as the sanitarium base.
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