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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
3
Vienna reports a royal plot involving King Peter IV and hopes of abdicating the crown. The General Correspondence notes Belgrade had knowledge of a military conspiracy, with officers allegedly ordered to kill the heir, triggering tensions as Russia and Austria press for punishment of alleged conspirators and ministers fear cabinet fallout.
In Canon City Colorado on a Monday morning a group of convicts overpowered guards at the wash house, seized the warden's wife as a shield, dynamited the front gate, and fled with her. A prison shooting left one convict dead, James Armstrong wounded, and three others captured while two escaped on horseback.
Miss Gertrude Smith, 24, housekeeper and fiancée of a man, was shot by Joseph Fardsley a 40 year old dealer. The bullet was deflected by her corset preserving her life. she sustained a flesh wound. Fardsley allegedly attacked after she said she would leave.
Denver reports that a head on collision on the Santa Fe line near Mexico killed about six people. The first freight division struck the other, followed minutes later by the second freight division. A relief train was sent to the wreck scene.
Servian officers were subjected to a violent demonstration at a variety theater in St Petersburg. The audience pelted them with eggs and vegetables while shouting Down with the murderers. The officers were forced to withdraw hastily from the venue.
At a Cleveland meeting of the McKinley National Memorial Association trustees, reports show total contributions around $500,000. Designs will be invited and reviewed as the board determines. Fourteen miners badly hurt in Tamagna Pennsylvania after a mine accident. Daniel Lewis dies from injuries. two English-speaking and three foreign miners are in critical condition. Four men killed in Rawlins Wyoming freight wreck four miles east of the city after freight cars broke loose and crashed into a westbound train.
Reports describe a massive blast at a dynamite store near Soncaville injuring and killing several workers as a shaft collapsed and debris rained down. Nearby an explosion at Raton Coat and Coke Company killed five workers, with others injured. A Wisconsin Central wreck caused by a naphtha blast set off fires and further explosions.
The Indian Baptist Association of Kiowa Indians excludes all whites from its meetings due to the timidity observed by Missionaries. Lone Wolf, Carlisle graduate and leader of a recent suit against the U.S. government, serves as chief minister and presides at the ongoing convention.
Promoted officers of the military deputation to King Peter at Geneva receive rewards for aiding the murder of the late king and queen. Col Popovics becomes a general and first aide camp to King Peter. Capt Kestics, who opened palace gates for the assassins, is promoted to major. Lieut Gronica, guard outside the palace during the assassinations and confidant of the conspirators, is made a captain.
James Shevlin of Minneapolis, accompanied by Janice Shevlin, arrived with an attendant from a sanitarium en route home. While waiting for a train he tried to shoot the attendant. He claimed a spirit urged him to kill and was locked up as insane. He will be sent home under guard.
Lieut. Gov. Northcott of Illinois reports a hotel robbery in Indianapolis costing him a gold watch chain and charm valued at 200 dollars. The thief remains at large as authorities investigate intentions tied to his daughter’s personal belongings and alleged money jewelry.
Vigga Jansen, a laborer in Superior Wisconsin, may inherit a fortune from Danish relatives. He was located here by chance amid reports of wealth in Denmark. A Welsh earthquake off Carnarvon caused tremors and alarm but no damage. In Kansas City, no change in the 400 freight workers strike or the sympathetic actions by bakers and truck workers.
Chauncey Dewey William J McBorie and Clyde Wilson arrived with state militia at Goodland after walking thirty five miles from St Francis. The group traveled the entire distance on foot and are noted for their endurance and the military escort.
Owing to the coffin makers strike there is great insecurity of coffins in New York. It will be necessary to hire ordinary carpenters to make caskets in a few days unless the strike is settled.
Fifty passengers on the Mary are panic stranded when the steamer loses its propeller and sinks while eight miles from Michigan City. Captain Alexander calms the crowd as water enters the hold and engines fail. A rowboat is used to reach Michigan City with help then en route from Chicago.
In St Louis an eastbound Big Four freight train struck the end of an Illinois Central train halted near the Illinois side of the Eads bridge. J L Dodse of Dallas Texas in charge of an express car carrying racehorses was killed at once. Thirteen trotters were fatally injured and Rebina, with a 2.00 record, was killed. Remaining horse names are not known.
Karl Mayne prominent young banker here was accidentally shot in the chest by a revolver in his pocket while preparing to go fishing. The weapon discharged by the handle of a spider, the ball passing through his heart. He leaves a wife and two children. associated with the private bank of Ernest E. Hart.
A gang led by Ben Cravens staged a prolonged hold up near Guthrie Oklahoma. They stopped and searched passersby taking valuables. About $9000 in cash and nine gold items were reported stolen before dark. Victims released, Cravens believed to have escaped from Kansas penitentiary earlier. Also reported is the death of Miss Jean An krom, a Waynesburg Pa supervisor, in a Porto Rico runaway accident.
Ray Wight a 20 year old father left his wife and a six day old baby Monday and disappeared. He told his wife he might travel to Chicago with a traveling man but promised not to. Authorities suspect he may have died by his own action.
The report states Mrs Bailey and her son and daughter lay unconscious with wounds along Big Our Railroad tracks near East Alton. Authorities fear fatal injuries from an attempted murder. Nearby, items sold at the world's fair include Ideal Sunrise for 15706 and Majestic Perfection in Iowa bog for 4000.
Mrs. P. Lavidins, an English widow who lost her fortune in the Transvaal during the Boer War, played a street organ on Streeta Avenue in Detroit to raise funds for her children's education and welfare.
A garbled report from May Die, Tudianopolis Indiana, links WHl Zimmayman a 26 year old to a loop ride incident tied to Ray Stevens. Doctors say he is broken up and may die while he remains confined in a tent at the scene.
A head on collision between Illinois Central passenger No 2 from Omaha and a westbound freight a mile west of Raymond at 2 40 Friday morning killed ten and seriously injured two. The fast mail to Chicago, speed high, none of the Sioux City passengers hurt. engineer Griffin among the dead. Freight crew blamed for misreading orders. wreckage strewn across the track, trains diverted to Great Western routes via Dyersville.
The capitol improvement commission awards a $73 806 contract to L H Kurtz of Des Moines for beat ing lighting ventilation and elevator installations to overhaul the state house by Dec 1. Seventeen bidders competed reflecting urgent heating and ventilation needs as some rooms are scarcely habitable.
Dynamite blast destroys the house of Henry Lewis at Lehigh near Fort Dodge while the family slept. Inmates escape unharmed as the front sleeping rooms remain intact and the rear kitchen is wrecked. Lewis, worker at Lehigh Clay Works, amid ongoing strike, suspected a winger retaliation.
Mrs. Anna Bickley was granted a divorce from Dr. Z G Bickley in Water loo after a three week trial. Alimony awarded at 7000 dollars. she sought 20000 alimony and 50000 in damages. The couple wed Atlantic in 1801 and endured a long contest over cruel treatment.
A Newfound land dog and a large blacksnake fought in Bloomfield near James Bowlt’s home. After a fifteen minute clash the snake fled toward a brick, the dog then attacked again but failed to kill it. The dog killed fourteen hens and damaged a calf before being killed by a neighbor. Several local dogs were bitten and culled. residents remain vigilant awaiting results.
Rioters clash with strike breakers as streetcar operation by Union Electric Company faces interference in Dubuque. Incidents reported along Rhomuerg Avenue and Conler Avenue with cars fired at and stoned. no injuries. Police and a deputy sheriff respond as crowds gather. claims by strike breakers of shootings are doubted. Meanwhile state Sunday School Convention in Des Moines reports enthusiastic turnout and plans for future work led by Z A Taphan, D H Payne, H C Belliton, W S Cole, H Condit, and J I Hardin.
Railroads with lines in Town report 1902 gross earnings of 61.466 million dollars, up 896 thousand versus 1901. Operating expenses fell to 80.618 million in 1901 with reductions of 295 thousand. Net earnings rose to 10.461 million in 1903 and 17.184 million in 1902, up 708 thousand. Also notes improvements and a fatal gun accident near Cleurnia plus a church rebuilding project in Bronx Center costing 25 thousand.
Naheo Jabara, an Assyrian man, was bound over to the grand jury after an attempted assault on Little Woodard near Mayshalltown. He failed on bail and remains in the county jail. He speaks little English and allegedly sought Allah’s help to resolve his troubles. Old Town editor Sus B. Byong, a longtime Democratic figure, died in Ottumwa.
A garbled aggregation of names and events from early 20th century contexts. It references James M Beck, an Am political landscape, a Cuban postale episode, Idaho politics with Wrench, Wynne and Post Office intrigue, and varied biographical sketches including George Ollie of Carthage and sheriff J Porter.
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