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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
1
A massive airship, larger than an ordinary Mississippi river steamboat, is under construction with over $100,000 already spent and projected costs exceeding $200,000. Inventor Charles Stanley leads the project.
Norfolk dispatch reports the Clyde steamship Saginaw and the Hamilton collide in dense fog between Winter Quarter light and Fenwick Island lightship at 4 40 AM. The Saginaw sinks as panicked passengers rush decks. twenty or more die. The Hamilton searches the wreck for over an hour with no survivors. Two bodies drift among freight and wreckage.
Frank E. Moores won the Omaha mayoral race by about 1,000 votes Tuesday. Republicans also captured the treasurer and clerk posts and seven of nine council seats. Moores 6,043 Howell 4,544 Moore 1,429 Benson 5,100. He will begin his third term on May 26.
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Oregon and California Railroad Company in a dispute over lands in Oregon. Patents issued in 1871 under the Oregon donation act were upheld, rejecting the United States claim that the patent was granted by mistake. The court found the 1853 settlement invalid since the land had not been reclaimed as required by law.
Washington report says the Chinese minister met with Secretary Hay on the Manchurian situation. Sources indicate negotiations are turning favorable and the anticipated Russian coup has been indefinitely postponed.
In Aden Arabia reports say a British column at Galadi Somalia land was attacked by the Mad Mullah and repulsed with heavy losses. The British also suffered considerable casualties.
President Roosevelt marks the Manila Bay victory anniversary by sending a telegram to Admiral George Dewey. He writes wishing happiness and long life to the hero, noting the nation’s appreciation for his services. The message is dated May 1, 1898, and addressed from Washington.
In a Buffalo Supreme Court order Justice Kruse ruled attorney Wallace Thayer will receive $10,000 from Arthur R. Pennell's estate as insurance, while another $15,000 from a separate policy goes to Thayer as trustee. The remaining $25,000 is understood to go to Mrs. Burdick after a prior court decision and settlement with administrator J. Fredrick Pennell. Opposition to the suit was dropped following scrutiny of the document Thayer held.
West Virginia Pipes remaining rail plan. The Wabash Railroad abandons work on the Little Kanawha extension from Burnsville to Zanesville due to money market stringency. President Blair statements confirm no sale of line property now and no chance to complete the trunk line in the state.
Henry C. Wilson, former chief clerk in the U S Army financial department, faced trial Tuesday on charges of attempted extortion. He is accused of collecting 4500 dollars from a contractor for use of government boats to fill in Rikers Island, despite government approval for free use.
A syndicate of American and Canadian capitalists led by Henry Melville Whitney of Boston has bought 2,000,000 acres of timber pulp lands in Newfoundland and plans large scale development. The group reportedly paid over $1,000,000 for the properties.
Washington D C The judge advocate general acting for Secretary Root sent a letter to General Funston denying his request for a court of inquiry over charges that he had been cruel to Filipinos.
Hong Kong reports the US gunboat Callao reached the river near Canton to aid engineers attacked by a mob. It found broken instruments and the engineers books along with an empty drifting house boat, indicating damage and displacement.
SHARON SPRINGS Kan snow in the valleys signals the past week's severe storm in western Kansas. Farmers report serious cattle losses. it is probable more cattle have been killed than in all other storms this winter. Wallace county alone faces about 500 head lost as stock drifted against barb wire fences.
Detroit tragedy as Grand Trunk Pan American flyer from Chicago plows into a crowd swarming the Canfield Street crossing. Ten to fifteen killed, about thirty injured, many from Toledo. Fifteen hundred Toledo Poles attended a holiday gathering at St. Joseph's church and lined Canfield awaiting a Lake Shore train.
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in New York featured William H. Truesdale of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western explaining the charter clause authorizing mine ownership and citing a seven percent dividend paid in 1901. The session, interrupted by requests to adjourn for statements to a federal court, also heard questions on capital and earnings while objections to the Susquehanna’s freight schedule arose.
The United States cable ship Burnside, recently launched at Heath shipyards in Tacoma Washington, is described as the largest steamship ever built at the Tacoma yards. Members of the Chamber of Commerce and city business leaders attended the christening in large numbers. The vessel is slated to reach Sitka early in June to begin laying the Alaska cable.
Officers on duty described efforts to keep pedestrians off the tracks as 1,500 excursionists and twice that number of locals crowded the crossing to see them off. They said gates were down properly yet people crawled under or jumped over them, with no warning, whistle, or bell signaling the Grand Trunk train.
The navy department plans a court martial to try William Anthony a colored sailor aboard the Olympia for killing another colored sailor during maneuvers. Capt Swinburne of the Texas and Capt Lane of the marine corps will serve as judge advocate. The trial will meet in Norfolk in a few days.
German landholders and agriculture experts toured Washington on Sunday then planned a westward trip. They would stop at Martinsburg West Virginia to visit a fruit nursery, accompanied by John I Schulte assistant chief of the agriculture department.
Western Road was admitted. An analysis showed the average rate per ton mile on coal to be 8 9 10 mills and on other merchandise 6 8 10 mills.
From Managua Nicaragua the revolutionary junta reports the government steamer Once de Julio was sunk by the rebel Victoria with the entire crew lost. Also confirmed are rebel victories at Acoypa and the capture of Omotepe and San Carlos. The junta says government forces are too weak to mount an attack.
The new mast for Shamrock III is completed in Glasgow and will be stopped Friday. It is hoped the cup challenger will be ready for a trial spin. May 6.
Turkish forces defeated a band of about 500 insurgents near Radovitz on April 19. The rebels, some wearing Bulgarian uniforms, were routed in the engagement on the Salonica front.
The Liberal Arts building hosts a grand dedication with 11000 troops parade down Lindell boulevard and 60000 attendees. President Roosevelt delivers remarks on expansion and nation building, followed by speeches from Thomas H. Carter and David R. Francis. A chorus, benediction, and a centennial aerial gun salute close the ceremonies.
In Washington, Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, called at the state department and had a lengthy interview with Secretary Hay. The Manchurian issue was fully and frankly discussed in an amicable, satisfactory manner during and after the talks.
At the London diocesan conference the bishop of London received a clergy letter urging him to mention the Vanderbilt Rutherford wedding as a scandalous and deplorable incident to ease clergy distress during the session. The note requests a reference to the affair in the conference proceedings to address clerical distress.
Promoters claim Thunder Mountain Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company offers a public stock offering. They report vast ore, rapid development, and high demand, with machines valued in the millions and shares rising from 50 cents to 8 dollars. The company lists its offices at New York Life Building, New York City, urging investors to act.
A New York magistrate ruled it lawful for Magegie Cline to perform the hymn Throw Him Down McCluskey at a Sunday sacred concert. A new entry appears in the sacred song catalog featuring Force as a healthful ready-to-serve food, emphasizing strength through health.
A fragment observing that most marital guidance comes from those without marriage experience and noting that leading Mothers' Day speakers often come from a single parent lineage, like a flower plucked from the parent stem, suggesting selective authority in social discourse.
An attempt to portray the figure of Czar Nicholas as an active promoter of wealth and well being surfaces, suggesting a shift toward personal leadership in economic or public prosperity initiatives. The statement frames him as an advance agent of favorable conditions rather than a distant ruler.
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