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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
3
The Register Gribane announces Round and Smith Bros as publishers.
Ice gorge and high waters halt railway traffic on the New York Central and Hudson River line. Four large passenger trains stalled near Castleton and Schodack, including the Empire State Express, with cars submerged to the roofs. Passengers endure hours aboard until rescued by rowboats and relief train delivery to Hudson.
An equity bill to block the Northern Securities merger involving J D Morgan, J Hill, and others, set to curb the Northern Pacific and Great Northern systems, nears completion. The action may be filed in the United States circuit court at Minneapolis, with publication expected this week after filing details are settled.
The State Department seeks to confirm with United States Minister Lownsend in Brussels whether beet sugar producers under bounty systems have agreed to abolish all bounties. Abolition could impact tariff questions and relations with Cuba and other sugar producing territories. Senators McLaurin and Williman of South Carolina were sharply censured in the Senate after a heated Saturday clash during Philippine tariff debate.
Chicago stock broker William G. Wourmusdent faced federal court on a bankruptcy confession tied to insolvency. He reportedly admitted instability in Wednesday proceedings, with a bail set at two thousand dollars.
Charles Hones a merchant and philanthropist known for offering four million dollars to restore sight died in New York on Tuesday from heart disease. The reward was never claimed. Guss began as a clerk and later moved to Charleston where a committee from Charleston informed him of a planned exposition visit by the president.
A devastating flood along the Passaic River inundates the city, wiping out most of the business section burned weeks earlier. Homes along Spruce Street raceway areas are destroyed, hundreds of families made homeless, and a death reported as authorities consider blasting to redirect floodwaters. The disaster surpasses a prior three week fire that caused about eight million dollars in damage.
A Sunday night blast destroyed the four story Lichty music store and the adjoining umbrella factory of Mrs. Holand in Reading. Three people are believed dead, including Mrs. Roland and a watchman, with several others injured. Total loss estimated near 10,000 plus damage to nearby structures.
Senor Ampil, presiding official of Cuinta in Morong province, was captured by Felizardo and his band of Ladrones as Gov. Flores chased insurgents through Ga wite hills. Ampil, an American sympathizer, may be killed. a custabulary force was dispatched to secure his release. Lueban’s Samar correspondence reveals new Filipino conspirators.
The piece notes heavy British casualties and prisoners after Boer forces attacked and captured an empty wagon convoy near Voudenop southwest of Klerksdorp on Feb 44. It cites 622 killed or wounded, 407 captured, with a Lord Richenser report stating more prisoners were taken, including officers and men, and later releases. Also included is a separate brief about Louise Aiken splitting her side laughing at a theater, suffering a torn diaphragm but recovering.
About 175 fishermen remain on a vast ice floe in Saginaw Bay Michigan as wind shifts keep them off shore. They are believed safe though stranded until conditions change and ice drifts back.
A Woodstock household tragedy unfolds as a father, a boarder, and his young son conspire in a fatal plan. Benjamin Blisworth shoots his wife and Amos W. Anderson, then kills himself. Witness Alphon Warl A. M. Wilsworth is jailed. The scheme centers on prearranged actions and a hidden surveillance setup.
British forces celebrate a major Majuba Hill anniversary victory. Lord Mitchener leads a two day combined movement against Boer forces in Harrismith and Van Reenan with heavy Boer losses and vast captures. Reports from Kitchener and Hayrsmith note De Wet and Steyn eluded wrap as Col. Rawlinson surrounds 400 Boers, forcing surrender without a shot.
Frank Gilman aged 72, a pioneer of Denver, shot himself in his room after following two brothers Charles and George in suicide. Charles died by self infliction in a Denver barn on March 7, 1901. George died by own act while insane after their father’s estate settled.
Prince Henry enjoyed a reception with German-Americans in the capital, followed by a formal dinner at the German Embassy. The event sparked strong popular enthusiasm as he prepared to begin his southern and western tour, with attendees including top official and diplomatic figures.
Grand jury returns manslaughter indictment against engineer Joan M Wilkers for the New York Central tunnel disaster near Norwalk. A bench warrant issued for Wilkers after complaints dismissed, terming the tunnel operation a nuisance. In Kansas, Daisy Carpenter killed in Leavenworth saloon quarrel. Frank Borian fatally shoots Carpenter and then himself after arriving from Crete Nebraska with a wife and three children.
Amid unrest in Spain's mining districts, rioters torched the octyls of fess and burned papers they held in Albujou and Madsido ro, signaling rising agitation in the region.
Detective Barnett of the National Surety Company led a months long pursuit in Mason City. He secured a confession from Nelson's partner in crime’s daughter, traced letters, and followed movements through Missouri and Kansas. Nelson is jailed in Fort Scott, Kansas, indicted by a grand jury for sending false grain purchase reports to his company.
Chief of Police Wrank Mathis posts city notices enforcing a new spitting ban. The ordinance prohibits expectoration on sidewalks streets street cars public buildings churches theaters halls restaurants stores and building entrances. Violators are deemed nuisances and will be punished accordingly.
A southwest Rock Valley area young farmer facing two men near Barnisses Lakebridge hid his cash after dropping 87 dollars in the grass. A scuffle ensued, a gun misfired through a sleeve, and he recovered the money next morning with no suspect identification. Embezzlement charges follow against John D. Cummings, a hotel clerk from Mondamin and later a traveling salesman, as sheriff arrested him on a 300 dollar alleged theft. Missouri Valley saloon fight resurfaces after opponents claim filing lapse allows appeal bond issue remains unresolved.
A 28 year old Quincy woman Frances Doxah was found dead in a hotel in Turlington on Saturday. A suspected assault and disappearance of a male suspect linked to a staged sister scenario fuels the mystery. Authorities pursue a mysterious man as investigators view the death as not self inflicted. In Sioux City women plan a regene home for fallen women. Lathrop remains missing, O B E Lathrop once proprietor of the Ute Independent. Axtel Jacobson now runs the Democrat and Sentinel in Onawa. Frank Harpell, north Polk County man, allegedly chose death over marriage and was found hanged in a shed.
Oliver M. Anstead of Marshalltown sues Mrs. Litay Ayers of Marion Ind for thirty thousand dollars claiming she robbed him. Ayers, formerly Livvie Yohn, was his bookkeeper and private secretary in Marshalltown and other cities including Decatur. The case cites her high social connections and alleged prior theft spanning years.
A scrambled report shows United States Gypsuming Company filed incorporation with capital of 7.5 million dollars. Pending governor signature could raise the incorporation fee from 2000 to 5000 if the law is in force before final acceptance. Defects in papers were found and returned for correction, likely prompting payment of the higher fee for gypsum properties near Wort Dodge.
At Labor College acting president D John Gordon announced fourteen students suspended for a midnight dance in Gaston hall chapel last Monday. Thirteen received one week suspensions and one student was expelled from the teaching fellowships, with some suspended students returning home.
Polk County voters in Allen town Ship will decide one proposition to borrow rival thousand to fund a central township school near the center. If approved the township schools will consolidate and all except one will be abandoned. Transportation for distant pupils, graded instruction, and good teachers are promised under the plan, which county residents urge with confidence.
The body of prominent Moorhead farmer G. Brainard was found about nine o'clock Saturday morning near the Valley line, trainmen discovering remains within a few feet of the tracks. Clothing rifled suggests foul play. Brainard, en route to Woodbine to purchase a farm, had a large amount on his person and was seen intoxicated the night before.
Iowa seems unlikely to be represented at the St Louis meeting on March 14 as states planning buildings for the Louisiana Purchase exposition work out site locations. The lower commission lacks authority and the legislature may not fund a town building. no one will be sent to speak for the state. Fred Bradley returned to the penitentiary after parole and a request to work at Clinton. he offered to stay or return to confinement. The seventh month convention of Central Iowa lumber dealers met in Marshalltown with TH Leary elected president and G J Grae and Andrew Math as directors. Des Moines lawyer C A Mink filed suit for slander against M C Dakin, hotel owner. Immigrants from Illinois near Kankakee arrived, bringing funds and plans to settle near Alix.
A stream of measures moves through the Iowa Senate and House as discussions on salaries for judges, state finances, smallpox control, and Indian affairs continue. The suffrage resolution gains momentum with a Senate vote 28 to 16 and the call for a constitutional amendment remains in play while House actions address education and public works.
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