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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
1
Akron Iowa Gazette announces publication by Round and Smith publishers. Public notice records appear in the Re Registered Tribune and Akron press, with no additional context or details provided.
A Chicago election set municipal ownership of street railways as a vital issue. Voters approved ownership but rejected immediate operation, with a $75,000,000 certificate and public policy measure passing. Aldermanic races centered on saloon license levels, with a high license of $1000 prevailing.
Joseph A Turney, a note teller at the National Bank of North America in New York, reveals his belief money bought friends and vows to plead guilty to his crimes. He hints at exposing others tied to his financial downfall and accepts his punishment. His wife stands as his sole loyal partner during hard times.
E O Gowing and wife were in a car traveling through Haverford Pennsylvania when a rope across the road near a building site was hit. The car crashed into a telegraph pole and overturned. Gowing, once a Philadelphia Swift & Co manager, was killed. his wife is expected to die from injuries.
A Pittsburg special notes that the expected general resumption of work at the mines in the Beale district, signed Monday, did not occur on Tuesday. Few plants were in full operation while others ran with produced forces and many were idle.
An infernal machine exploded Monday in the vestibule of the governor general residence in Ashabad Turkestan. No injuries were reported.
Sioux City live stock quotations for Tuesday show butcher steers at 4.00 to 5.30 dollars and top hogs at 6.40 dollars. The brief market snapshot lists ongoing price ranges for common cattle and hog categories observed in the local market.
William Loeb Jr secretary to the president was thrown from a horse in Washington Monday evening. He was shaken up but no bones were broken and he could not attend the White House on Tuesday.
A distinct earthquake震 shock was felt at Ashland Oregon shortly after 9 o'clock Monday night. The tremors lasted nearly two seconds.
New York dispatch reports the anthracite miners and operators remain far apart as a second meet approached. President Mitchell arrived to establish headquarters at the Ashland house with aides and international officers, while district leaders note harmony in the region and deny mass disobedience. Oxford’s People Coal plant is the only fully staffed colliery, run largely by nonunion workers. Local union charters at this colliery were annulled earlier, and idle washeries employ few men amid weak organization.
A Chicago special reports that at Zion City a Sunday meeting saw John Alexander Dowie’s authority repudiated and Wilbur Glenn Voliva elected new leader in his stead. Dowie, in Mexico, ordered Deacon Alexander Grainger fired, while Voliva declared Grafinger’s office intact.
Reverend John Kopp, pastor of the German Lutheran church in Eastport New York, was attacked by a hatchet on his way to the church while his wife played the organ. A bloodstained hatchet was found at Albert Depaul’s home, the organist who is missing and wanted by police. Kopp is in critical condition.
The private bank Tess Smith & Co of Pekin Illinois failed to open Monday and was assigned to trustee U K Albertson. Liabilities to depositors and other banks exceed 400 000 with assets around 260 000 much of it worthless. The collapse stemmed from large sums lent to Pekin wagon works and plow shops. no other banks hurt.
Madrid reports authorities uncovered an anarchist conspiracy at Lebrija near Seville aimed at assassinating King Alfonso the Dowager Christina and Infanta Maria Teresa during Holy Week visit. Details are censored.
In Pietermaritzburg Natal twelve natives condemned to death for killing policemen during the February up rising against poll tax were executed Monday after a postponement sparked a dispute between imperial and colonial governments.
Gov Folk of Missouri via Warden Matt Hall leases a mine near Waverly to mine coal during the ongoing strike, ensuring sufficient fuel for the fifteen state institutions and related penitentiary needs.
A San Jose special reports Licenciado Cleto Gonzales Viquez, previously minister of finance, was Sunday elected president of Costa Rica. The selection marks a transition in the republic's leadership with Gonzales Viquez slated to take office.
At Columbus the legislature Saturday repealed the inheritance tax law. The vote ends the tax on inheritances within the state marking a major change in estate planning and public revenue for future budgets. The measure in effect suspends the tax rate and shifts potential fiscal impact to other revenue sources.
Deputy Sheriff William Alders was mortally wounded while attempting to arrest a man at a Negro dance near Woden Texas. Moodly was instantly killed, and the dance hall operator Dave Taylor was killed by the wounded sheriff.
The German government has ordered a battleship of 18 000 tons from Krupps Germania works. The contract signals a major naval buildup as authorities authorize construction and delivery timelines.
Reading Pa dispatches state April 1 was unusually busy on the Reading main line. Schuylkill region mines produced 1 600 carloads of coal on Saturday and many empty cars are rushed east for possible operations. Anthracite shipments to the west have stopped as output concentrates in the east. If miners fail to report for work, in forty eight hours coal carrying trade workers may be laid off and shops along the main line curtailed.
Walter Scott, a Death Valley miner, was arrested in San Francisco on a telegraphic report from San Bernardino County officials. He is wanted to answer a charge of assault with a deadly weapon following a reported shooting of Devries in Haaren Dine County.
A northbound Iron Mountain passenger train at Annapolis Missouri was struck by a southbound train slowing at the station Sunday afternoon. Twenty nine people were injured with four in serious condition.
Western Lisague baseball announces April exhibition games for the Sioux City Packers. April 7-8 host Minneapolis, April 9-10 Chicago Americans, April 11-12 St Paul, April 14 Milwaukee, April 21-22 Waterloo, April 24 seat Duluth, April 27-28. Week of April 16-30 includes Vermillion with side trips to Yankton and Elk Point. Duluth leads the Northern League.
A letter from Father Gapon asserts he lives in St Petersburg by tolerance and seeks trial to defend his honor or be condemned if guilty. Meanwhile President Trousevelt names Frederick W. Whitridge of New York as special ambassador to the wedding of the king of Spain.
Des Moines river gauge hits 11 feet at Des Moines while Cedar River rises above thirteen feet at Cedar Rapids. Water destroys a bridge on the Boone River in Webster City and floods trains on the Rock Island line north of Cedar Rapids. Stock losses, ruined farms, and rising water threaten Waterloo and Marshalltown areas as ice jams and dam failures jeopardize bridges and roads. Estimates of damage run from 100 000 to 125 000 dollars and climbing.
Daisy M. Hunts damage suit against attorney George Egan of Logan for 10000 cites assault claims. After five days of trial the Logan jury returned a verdict for the defendant on the first ballot. Egan denied the allegations and said enemies conspired to injure his business and reputation.
Council Bluffs city cannot implement a lower rate scale after a U S court judge granted an injunction. G N Smalley of Massachusetts, holding $28,000 in water works stock, led the action against the ordinance approved by the council and mayor in March.
Mrs Gerrit Hagen of LeMars, wife of a laborer, gave her 2 year old son tablets containing arsenic by error, instead of prescribed pills. The child’s condition is grave and doctors fear the worst. The mother is nearly crazed by the terror of her accident.
Friday night at the Whiting Dramatic Club featured the comedy Muldoon's Blunders to a large audience. The piece drew praise as one of the best productions on the home stage with excellent talent on display.
The new four thousand dollar Monotype machine was installed in the Sheldon Mail Office Monday morning and will be ready for operation within a few days. The Mail Office is now among the best equipped offices in the state outside of the city dailies.
Keokuk voters chose a Democratic slate led by Diamond axscSnor by a six vote majority. Four of six aldermen were elected, preserving a Democratic majority on the city council.
A fire at the Muscatine YMCA building Saturday afternoon endangered the entire structure before the Muscatine Fire Department subdued the blaze.
Dr. Charles Toizeaux a leading Des Moines physician is named as defendant in a sensational divorce case filed by his wife. She accuses him of cruel and inhuman treatment, detailing alleged misconduct and seeking relief through the courts.
No coal available from any dealer in Marly for a week. The shortage leaves many families short of coal with no immediate relief promised.
17 year old John Tews living south of Early was found dead in bed on Thursday. He wore his clothes, had been ill for two days, and no family member visited. Dr Townsend in Sac City led a coroner’s jury which returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Arsenic poisoning or spinal meningitis were considered as possibilities. the stomach was sent for examination.
Two Drake University students W B H Gunn and R C G Shultz nearly drowned after a boat hit ice from the Sixth Avenue Bridge pier on the Des Moines River. The pair clung to the overturned craft for over an hour before swimming to shore. they were taken to a nearby house for medical treatment.
E. Stuart Krause, 27, of Grinnell, is jailed in Eldora on bigamy and perjury charges. He arrived with a young girl, claimed to be from Chicago, used a false name Edward Brownell, and married the girl with Rev Shoemaker officiating. Grinnell parents traced a wife in Gloversville New York. the girl was only 17. Krause left for Canada, returned, and faces Hardin county court proceedings.
A Friday night fire starting in the J. E. Chase Dry Goods Company on Main Street ottumwa swept through the third story and spread to adjacent buildings including W. J. Donelan Dry Goods and the First National Bank. Loss estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 with no insurance figures provided.
A head on collision Friday night in Ireton involved Alvin White and Mr. Johnson both in single horse rigs. Johnson's buggy thilla injured White's horse, which died within minutes.
WH Stewart Krause, Grinnell bigamist, pleaded guilty before Judge Richards in Eldora. He received the maximum penalty of five years and was sent to Anamosa at once. Krause is alleged to have a wife in Detroit and had married a Grinnell girl in Eldora in February.
The Sibley exchange of the Towa- Dakota Minnesota Telephone Company has been sold by Western Electric Telephone Company of Mason City to George Carew of Sheldon, who takes possession at once.
In Dubuque the municipal election results show a Democratic landslide. Mayor Berg, seeking a fifth term, was defeated by Henry Schunk by a large margin.
Arrangements are underway to entertain 1,900 school teachers at the twelfth annual meeting of the South eastern Town Teachers' Association in Ottumwa on April 5 6 and 7.
Thirteen rural telephone companies operate in Ida county reaching about 1000 farm homes. The Ida Grove company serves 260 farmers with telephone service.
John W. Locki of Pomeroy, Jr., won first place with Dagish setters Count and Prince and Countess Queen at the Wisconsin state kennel show. Deputy judges awarded second prize to the same entrant in related classes.
A blaze in Whitton Thursday night destroyed Blair's general store and two other businesses. Loss valued at 6000 dollars with 4000 dollars covered by insurance. Local fire crews fought the flames. no injuries reported.
W J Anderson who lost the Ida Grove mayoral race vows to take the case to court. He alleges an unfair drawing of lots determined the vote and remains unsatisfied with the result.
The farm residence of Mrs Geo W Rooker, one mile southwest of Mitchellville, burned to the ground Thursday evening. Very little of the household goods was saved. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Half a million United Mine Workers cease work awaiting wage demands from operators. Anticipated sympathy strikes stretch across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma. In Pennsylvania, private guards and state militia prepare for a possible armed clash to force nonunion labor. Rioting, bloodshed, and mass disruption warned if miners resist.
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