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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
1
London observers describe the coronation of the king at 12:39 and the queen at 12:58 as magnificent and decoratively lavish. Crowds cheered, bells rang, and the ceremony, though trimmed, offered continuous visual pageantry around the crowned royals in velvet ermine and cloth of gold.
President Roosevelt today announced approval for the Commercial Pacific Telegraph Cable company to lay a cable on Atlantic shores and access Navy Department soundings. Ambassador and Mrs. Choate attended the ceremony. The pageant ended with a two and a half hour coronation display, followed by a lively royal return route amid cheering crowds. A runaway carriage incident injured four Indian soldiers a woman and a child along the procession route.
Salutes from the Tower of London and Hyde Park began at sunrise as Londoners awoke eager to witness coronation day ceremonies. Crowds gathered, many had stayed up all night, and the eve was marked by large crowds roaming the city seeking vantage points.
The crowds gathered from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey amid marching troops and cheering. King Edward appeared pale yet grave while the queen radiantly well, with a procession through Whitehall and the Strand. An accident injured Lord Edward Pelham Clinton. Salvation Army rep Bramwell Booth attended in proper uniform after royal approval.
Marcus Island expedition led by Captain A A Rosehill aims for a scientific guano study and peaceful landing. If denied, Rosehill may sail away then land armed to raise the U S flag, with orders to avoid conflict while asserting ownership possible through U S and Japan authorities.
The brigantine Blakely returned from Covey island after a 25 day voyage with no treasure found. Captains Hackett and Whidden distrust the gold finding instruments used by Justin Gilbert and Enyeart, as repeated readings pointed in varying directions and failed to detect coins or buried wealth. Provisions were low and the crew headed home with the belief the treasure may still lie there.
Sheriff Stout holds affidavits against Hardy Mossman a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad clerk who forced an elopement wedding with Grace Merriman. The couple married in Hillsdale Michigan and now live there. In a separate notice Lucille Atbou and Henry Schley wed secretly after a drive from De Soto Illinois to Pinckneyville and did not reveal details to her father.
Kathe Plichalska at the Hamilton Carhartt factory in Detroit died after her yellow braid became caught in a revolving shaft. She was drawn into the machine, rescued after a half minute, then survived briefly before dying the next morning likely from internal injuries.
Vigo county Indiana and Clark county Illinois sheriffs execute cross-border pursuit tactics at the state line. Fuller of Darwin Illinois, wanted for assault with intent to kill, is captured after a river crossing dodge, held in Marshall Illinois jail following dual extradition papers.
Reports from Jackson County Tennessee recount a feud flare with Tim Migh pener and Brooks Carter killed and John Carter wounded, Richmond shot in the wrist, Lynch brothers under arrest. In Oyster Bay Roosevelt Knox meet outlines Pacific cable control. In Kentucky a dynamite blast at North Middleton injures three, Florence and Blackford fatally, Goode seriously wounded.
The comptroller of the currency William Barret Ridgley reported on national banks as of July 9 stating banks are in excellent shape with loans rising and inflation concerns. He highlighted a record asset footing near 6.006 billion and higher reserve ratios in major cities while noting growth in capital stock and surplus.
While King Oscar cruised near Mar strand a crowded bridge collapsed and threw women and children into the water. The king removed his coat and helped rescue two people who were taken aboard his yacht.
A dispute between TP B Weare of Weare Commission and Charles G McNeil a Sioux City board member escalates with counter charges of conspiracy to defraud and misappropriation. Jolley is alleged to have altered books to inflate McNeil's claim. McNeil threatens dismissal and seeks accounting.
George Wolf was arrested in Brillion Wisconsin by Marshal Plank. He reportedly confessed to murdering his wife. Wolf arrived two weeks earlier and found work at Formady Lime Company’s works.
In Pittsburg workers at twenty eight American Tin Plate mills caused fifteen plants to close indefinitely after rejecting a wage cut intended to boost export business. The closures are blamed on weak trade rather than the wage dispute, with reports of a possible appeal to the tin plate lodge to reconsider the action.
Dorval Quebec Aug Trident the Canadian defender won the third race of the Seawanhaka series against the American yacht Tecumseh in Dorval Quebec.
Corporal Richard TL OBrien from Pittsfick faces perjury charges before the state committee, with details of the case remaining sparse as proceedings proceed in August.
Walter A. Scott, president of the Illinois Wire Company, was stabbed to death in his Monadnock Building office today by Walter Stebbins, a civil...
A second mysterious Chicago death surfaced with police tracing a possible link to Minnie Mitchell’s murder. A man’s body was found in woods at Ninety-fourth Street and Winchester Avenue, shot through the mouth, suggesting suicide. In Colfax a fatal shooting occurred at a mining camp when Mrs. Gertie Pondee shot at her husband and Miss Bell after jealousy concerns.
A defendant connected with the Philippines case was held for the United States grand jury on $5 000 bonds. In default of bail the defendant was committed to jail at Boston.
Saginaw Michigan August 9 The strike of the United Mine Workers of Michigan was declared off as locals voted to accept the operators scale of July 2 approved by President Mitchell. Mines will be in operation Monday.
Secretary Morse announces that the Omaha Street Railway Company will transfer management and control of the entire network to the Traction Consolidation group. The deal covers all street railways in Council Bluffs and connected lines including InterCity, Douglass street bridge, Lake Mamiwa lines, East Omaha, and the Omaha and Suburban line, with formal transfers imminent.
An explosion at Arthur Oram's laundry in Ann Arbor Michigan killed James Oram instantly and injured five others, one of whom died later. The proprietor suspects a defective safety valve caused the blast.
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