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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
10
In Nebraska news, Woodmen of Liberty plan a new hall, Columbus hosts a teachers institute, and Callaway farmers anticipate a big wheat crop. Osceolans visited Beatrice Chautauqua, Sterling celebrates the Fourth, Morton is dead but planting continues, rains hinder rural routes, and lightning damaged Nelson area property.
London dispatch reports King Edward collapse on the eve of his coronation and his condition remained critical at Buckingham Palace. Surgeons performed an emergency operation for intestinal obstruction and the king's recovery remains uncertain amid widespread consternation.
A district mine workers officer predicts anthracite delegates will go to the Indianapolis special national convention instructed to vote solidly for a general strike. He notes unity and decisive action by the union ranks ahead of the gathering.
Grand Island dispatch reports the Democratic and Populist state conventions failed Tuesday night to agree on a single head of the ticket. Democrats backed C. J. Smyth while Populists named M. F. Harrington of O Neill, with ballot after ballot showing growing Harrington support. The conventions, meeting in the opera house and chaired by H D Travis and then A Q Uhl, continued into Wednesday morning as both sides refused to yield on the governor nomination.
A major Dallas fire destroyed twenty three residences in East Dallas and left over a hundred homeless within two hours. Fireman Jacks Clark died from heat and others were injured as crews battled the blaze fed by strong south winds. Property loss tops seventy thousand dollars with many insured. The fire started in a residence at Haskell and Simpson avenues and drew every unit in the city to the scene.
Governor Savage and military staff will attend the keel laying ceremony of the battleship Nebraska in Seattle on July 4 despite protests by some labor unions. The event will feature a major celebration with governors from at least two states and Nebraska party members accompanied by ladies. Departure from Lincoln is planned for 1:06 am on July 1.
In Otoe county during the years presented John H. Overtom sold 320 acres of farm land two and a half miles south of Nebraska City to Henry Heesch of Otoe county for 26800 dollars. Overtom and his family will move to their Holt and Rock county ranch.
On June 23 Cape Town welcomed Lord Kitchener with a great ovation upon arrival. The scene contrasted with reports of other turmoil as the canal route and senate majority moves touch U.S. politics and local associations. Matron Lowe of the reform school at Topeka, Kan., is reported dead from a bullet wound.
A Sioux City to St Paul passenger train on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line jumped the track near Ashton Iowa at 1 45 am Sunday due to a misplaced switch. Two trainmen were killed five others seriously hurt and several passengers injured. The engine and mail cars piled on the locomotive and the sleeping car also left the track but did not overturn. Injured crew and passengers received treatment at St Paul and Minneapolis hospitals.
Cornell coached by Charles Courtney dominates the four oared events two miles with wins in all races. Wisconsin earns second in both varsity and freshman events with strong finishes, Columbia takes third in all three races, and Pennsylvania places second in the four oared but fourth in varsity and fifth in freshmen. Syracuse edges Penn for fourth in freshmen while Georgetown loses to Syracuse in the varsity by less than a yard. Times show tight finishes though no records were broken.
A dispatch from near Lena Nebraska reports James Robinson shot E Thayer in an afternoon ambush. Thayer died, Robinson fled on horseback after a knife attack, amid long friendship and a past shooting incident involving Robinson’s wife and a pardon last winter.
A seven mile front of wildfire sweeps the Green River valley from Hot Springs Washington. Dr Kloeber and guests labor to save the resort as Tacoma aid arrives led by Mayor Campbell. Maywood lumber camp burned. Morgan's camp partially ruined. Canton and Eagle Grove report widespread flames within twenty five miles.
Brakeman William J. Egan of Fremont was killed on an east bound freight on the Fremont road near Hooper Nebraska. He allegedly fell or was dragged beneath the wheels after signaling the train to start while the crew were unaware of the incident. His mutilated body was found hours later with legs severed and the trunk damaged.
William Richardson collapsed while traveling to work and died Saturday evening after returning home with a headache. He was 29, married with one child. his mother lives near Manney, Cass. He was a member of U. W. and carried some insurance.
Dispatch reports the St James hotel in Dallas collapsed at 2 AM with unspecified fatalities. A later update lists one dead and three injured, as responders search the wreckage and casualties are confirmed.
A Venezuelan warship bombarded a suburb of Guaira with 700 revolutionists entrenched nearby, while a North Dakota newspaper manager EH Jennings died in a wreck near Granville. Other items note a northeastern sporting figure killed in a runaway accident, a trolley-car wreck near Philadelphia, civic court actions in Hamilton and Montreal, and long-running anniversary masses in Cleveland.
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