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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
4
A severe wind and rainstorm swept northern Ohio, killing four people in Cleveland and claiming three lives in Lorain. Dozens injured as boats capsized on Lake Erie, a lunar park balloon burned after lightning struck, and building debris toppled across the city.
Postmaster General Hitchcock designates seventy four more second class post offices as postal savings depositories effective June 27. Locations include Oelwein Oska Joosa Spencer Iowa and Canton Dallas South Dakota plus Aurora and PiicCook Nebraska.
Detroit officials accuse Michigan Central wreckers of damaging track near Ridgetown Ont. A westbound passenger train No. 9 was wrecked when spikes and fishplates were removed from the rails.
In Columbus Ohio Judge Kinkead allotted two and a half hours to each side for closing arguments in Representative George B Nye’s case, charged with soliciting a tribal grant of 3500 from State Printer Crawford. The defense and prosecution presented their final points in the Nye indictment proceedings.
The fortress Laloma exploded at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Managua Nicaragua. The palace and nearby buildings were damaged with a considerable loss of life reported.
The nomination of Prof. Edward Charlies Pickering, director of the Harvard Observatory, to the Prussian Order of Merit has been gazetted.
Twenty five persons perished in floods after severe cloudbursts in southern Germany. Great damage was caused to crops and property.
Five persons are reported dead after two rowboats overturned in a storm off Lorain harbor. The body of a woman has been recovered.
An inquest into the sudden death on May 29 of Sir William S. Gilbert, the noted English dramatic author, has been held in London.
Sioux City live stock market quotations from Wednesday show top cattle at 5.90 and top hogs at 5.89. The report lists the leading prices in the Sioux City market, reflecting local demand and pricing structure.
Fire ripped through Silverton British Columbia destroying the Windsor and Victoria hotels and several stores. Five persons died in the Windsor hotel as flames swept the town, with a dispatch from Winnipeg noting extensive devastation.
President Taft designates Frank A. Youmans of Fort Smith Arkansas as United States district judge for the western district of Arkansas.
John W. Gates admitted the Steel Trust aimed to throttle competition and feared Morgan to push Carnegie into railroads. Rumors swirl of Lorimer resignation to shield allies, Borah wins consent for June 12 direct election vote, MacVeagh may resign by July 1, and a new anti trust bill targets restraints as felonies.
Skipjack, the new United States naval submarine, launched at Fore River, Mass, targets fifteen knots with two 115 horsepower motors. Kentucky executes a prisoner by hanging, while banking convicts Walsh and Morse face rejection of clemency. Wyo ming battleship and Buffalo Bill train injuries, a Pittsburg leprosy case, and a Kansas City shoe stand closure amid market strains are reported with era-etched tone.
The State college at Ames will hold a summer school June 12th to 24th offering instruction in Agriculture cooking sewing and related subjects. Regular faculty plus experts teach on campus using laboratories fields and college equipment while reviewing arithmetic reading physics algebra and other studies for teachers certificates.
Domestic Harry Nixon of Dayton was killed in Chicago after his rear tire burst causing a 60 mph crash that injured three other riders. A cyclone toppled a Granite City baseball grandstand injuring many players. Post office reports a 30 year self sufficiency with a $1 million surplus. A love tragedy in South Bend ends with a double death as John Meyrick kills Miss Beck and dies by suicide. Public petitions in Pittsburg seek recall of several city officials. Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk in Wheeling fights divorce amid child access issues. Ned Farrell drowns during his first balloon ascent on Grand River. Rev Dr William Grant found guilty of heresy by Presbyterian assembly. Southern railway wage dispute headed to Erdman act mediation after rejected compromise. A burglar dies choking while attempting to rob Elias Surat’s New York home.
Senator Cummins warned of revolution if foam reforms are not enacted promptly through law during a Washington College of Law address. Governor Colquitt faces Methodist church expulsion for anti prohibition campaigning and seeks reinstatement. Mrs. Morse travels to Atlanta to support husband in penitentiary release. Thomas Fortune Ryan, traction magnate, is gravely ill after surgery in New York and plans discussed for transfer to England.
Webster City plans a new municipal electric light and power plant this summer. The city has 25000 on hand and voters approved a 25000 bond issue at a special election. The bonds will be paid from the plant profits, not by taxation.
The jury failed to reach a verdict after fifty six hours of deliberation in the murder case of Claude Meunier, with nine voting for acquittal and three for manslaughter. The panel was discharged without a verdict.
Des Moines reports Louis C. Kurtz appointed postmaster for a four year term by President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchock. The commission was officially received and signed by the two federal officials.
Charles Farmer of Charles City narrowly escaped death when a bull lifted and threw him while driving it into a lot. The farmer, aged 36, suffered three broken ribs and other injuries from the incident near his home six miles west of Charles City.
Shriners including an Arab patrol of forty members traveled to Marshalltown by special Northwestern train for a ceremonial session in the evening. The train carried between 100 and 150 Shriners from Des Moines.
Heavy rain washed away crops on hillside fields and flooded low lands in Marshalltown area. Much corn must be replanted in numerous sections as farm damage broadens.
Policeman B F Nickerson returned from Waterloo with Charles Middleton who was arrested there charged with breaking and entering Barr Karr and Co s garage. The place was entered and about 30 dollars stolen.
Death claims two city pioneers Francis Castles aged 85 who helped build the state capitol at Des Moines and John R Baer aged 75 former county auditor and a veteran of the Seventh Iowa infantry in Oskaloosa.
Iowa investors who put 200000 dollars into Colorado land schemes will recover their funds after the United States circuit court of appeals reversed Judge Phillips in the lower court ruling.
Lightweight champion Ad Wolgast forced Frankie Burns of Oakland to raise the white towel ending their bout in the seventeenth round in San Francisco.
Francisco I. Madero resigns as provisional president and urges support for Senor de la Barra as Mexico’s sole executive. Porfirio Diaz leaves the capital at two in the morning bound for Vera Cruz to sail for Spain, with a few trusted friends at his side. A plot to assassinate the leaders is feared by the Mexican insurrectos leader Francisco I. Madero, Jr., amid alerts from seamen at Antwerp. Charles Wertheimer’s will leaves 2,000,000 for Jewish charities, with an estate valued at 3,640,000.
Four boys from Whiting Turin and their companions drowned when their boat overturned on Blue Lake in Iowa. Two survivors were rescued by a second boat. The incident involves Ian Lloyd Huff Mack Boyle and Thomas Bris tow among the deceased.
A man who gave the name D. F. Applegate, 45, was struck by a Milwaukee passenger train northbound in Dubuque. He was knocked from the track and sustained injuries likely to prove fatal.
Marshal Weedman of Dows is under arrest charged with illegally selling liquor. Justice of the Peace T. P. Joslin, longtime Dows official and former mayor, is the informant in the case.
Scranton resident Walter Hensen was injured at a car roll while boarding a passenger train. He suffered spinal injuries that left him partially paralyzed in both legs.
Mason City judge Clyde sentenced Virgil Crow to a twenty year in determinate term at Anamosa penitentiary for assault with intent to murder Pat Leonard.
Belle Plaine citizens have voted to issue bonds to build a new high school. The project will cost about $50,000 and funds are approved for the construction of the facility in the city.
Mason City notes druggist Lewis Ritten was fined 300 dollars and had his permit revoked by Judge J B Clyde after conviction of violating liquor laws.
Public hall in Mondamin destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 2000 dollars with 1000 dollars insured. Fire is believed to have started from the lighting plant.
Prescott Methodists plan a new church erecting contract with an estimated cost near $4,000 and have already secured subscriptions totaling that amount. The action signals a formal start to building efforts and public backing for the project.
Word from Washington confirms Colfax post office designated as a bank with operations to start June 19. The move places Colfax in a unique position among small towns converting postal facilities into banking hubs for local customers.
A stranger passed four worthless checks on local merchants totaling over $60. The checks ranged from 7.50 to 16 dollars, drawn on City National Bank and signed by M. T. Thompson, payable to C. B. Savage. The incident occurred in Mason City as police investigate the forgery.
Mrs H J Green wife of H Green editor Decorah Public Opinion died here She leaves three small children.
Mason City report says John PP. Miller, a young farmer near Britt, thrust his head into a stalled gasoline engine wheel. The machine suddenly started, catching his head and killing him instantly at the scene.
Scott county supervisors voided the assessment of a Davenport national bank following an opinion by the county attorney asserting that taxing national banks in Iowa is illegal.
The Iowa association of trained nurses held its annual convention in Waterloo this week with nearly 100 members present. A program of special interest to the visitors was given.
Carl Medlinno, a Mexican laborer employed by Rock Island, was quarantined in a box car while ill with smallpox by health authorities and died from the disease in Newton.
Belle Plaine voters approve a $50,000 bond for a new schoolhouse by 804 to 133. The planned high school will include a gymnasium and manual training and domestic science departments.
Despondent over domestic troubles, 35 year old Mrs. William Olthoff of Marshalltown Iowa reportedly drank three ounces of carbolic acid in a suicide attempt. Relatives say she was despondent due to domestic difficulties.
Silas Sheilo, a Luther college student from Hoffman Minnesota, drowned after going bathing with classmates near the Decorah campus on the upper Iowa river shortly after supper. Authorities reported the tragedy as a student mishap along the riverbank near the college.
Practically all Ottumwa churches petitioned the city council to disallow the motion picture show owners from opening their theatres on Sunday night. The effort reflects strong local opposition to Sunday operations and seeks to preserve Sunday as a day of rest.
Mrs Frances Shedak of Oxford Junction barely survived a gun powder explosion when she tossed a bundle of newspapers into the fire. The improvised blast arose from a hidden powder package among the papers.
Charles City lad 15 is injured as a cable on a stump puller slips and strikes him above the knees, breaking both legs.
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Interurban Railroad workers including motor men and conductors walked out after management refused their demands, halting service on the Des Moines route.
Weilsburg will erect a $10,000 school in Grundy Center after a special election held Monday. Voters approved bonding the district for the $10,000 needed to construct the new school building.
Iowa taxpayers must fund about $10,000 in state militia expenses from Muscatine disorder control. Attorney General Cosson to decide fund source. county hardship debated as governor and auditors seek proper appropriation and council approvals. The budget also adjusts auto tax rules and driver age limits.
United States supreme court opinion received by Judge Smith McPherson holds that hearings of temp injunction suits in federal court must be by a circuit court judge. Whether McPherson must call associate judges for pending express rate cases depends on arguments by the litigants’ attorneys.
Nomination papers of Judge W R Green of Audubon Republican candidate for Congress in the Ninth district were received by Secretary of State Hayward after the Council Bluffs convention. Edwards Bradford Lumber Co renews articles of incorporation with Hayward, netting $1,017 in filing fees and keeping capitalization at $1,000,000. E G Bradford remains president.
At a Des Moines conference between Ogden coal mine representatives and miners, no agreement was reached. Miners leader W H Rodgers returned to Ottumwa. the dispute centers on employment of African American workers with union cards and whether they can be barred from the union.
Attorney General Cosson rules funds for Muscatine riot duty must come from the state's contingent fund of $50,000 rather than the general treasury. Also holds that claims require full executive council approval, not just government authorization. African Business firm files articles for Chamberlain's Limited Africa with a Cape Town branch and $50,000 agency capital. Polk county to lose nearly $30,000 in auto tax revenue per new auto law. about 1,600 to 1,700 autos exist. Dalbey Manufacturing Company of Woodburn files incorporation with $30,000 capital.
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