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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
A collage of quotes and tidbits comments on Edward King, Admiral Cotton, Yamamoto, and Manchuria. Snippets touch on Venezuela battles, Tesla, Lipton, and a Brooklyn car crash with sly humor on automobiles. Notes on sailors, sailors, lawyers, and a Nis Island immigrant.
Clayton county officials face removal proceedings for alleged misadministration and misdemeanor. Davidson accuses H G Jenkins Harry Meder and H F Schoulte of misappropriation and improper land purchases. He cites a Davenport atlas contract and handling of county funds linked to late treasurer Retgnitz and school treasurer Heckel.
Senator Crossley of Madison County vows a stronger push for a state primary election law in the next session. He will seek cooperation from his House ally Greene and aims to broaden the bill to cover more ground than last year, including stricter penalties and city-specific applicability.
Frederick Derming Tucker, head of the Minnesota State University agricultural department, will be installed as president of Memorial University this August. A Yale graduate and former educator and pastor, he is endorsed by Minnesota University President Northrup.
A check presented to Sheriff A. C. Moffer of Johnson County covers losses to thirteen banks and merchants in Iowa City from a recent forgery and fraud spree by a prominent young woman. Officials withhold her name for family reasons. all victims are indemnified by unnamed relatives.
Governor John H. Mickey of Nebraska plans to attend the next state fair in Des Moines on July 21. He has accepted an invitation from John Simpson, secretary of the State Agricultural Society, and notes his wish to join the reunion of his old Eighth Iowa Cavalry regiment during the exposition.
In Lowell Mass two small powder magazines near mill housing exploded, killing at least 19 people with fears of rising. Many buried or burned as fourteen nearby frame houses collapsed and property damage spread for miles, sparked by nitric acid exposure and a chain of blasts.
A North Missouri editor received a note stating a subscriber was dead and asking to discontinue the paper. Days later the subscriber, alive, meets the editor and explains he wrote the note himself to avoid the awkward request, hoping the editor needed the payment less than the lie.
United States riflemen recovered the Palma trophy in England with a team score of 1670 against Great Britain 1555 Canada 1510 Australia 1601 Norway 1399 Natal 1899 and France 189. The Americans earned warm congratulations and a British bid to reclaim it next year.
Rome August 1 cardinals gather in the Sistine chapel for the largest conclave in church history to elect Leo XII's successor. Sixty two cardinals and many attendants are effectively prisoners within the Vatican. Italian rivals split and no single candidate has solid backing though Rampolla and others are often named. Foreign cardinals show no strong opposition to an Italian pope. Some predict changes in Vatican policy after the election.
New York reports that an Anderson Indiana physician claims to have created life in animated substances resembling developed germs and trilobites. Pasteur Institute scientists, via Paris, say the atoms observed must have come from an outside source or were already in materials used, not produced by the experiment.
Escaped convicts and California National Guardsmen battle seven miles from Placerville on Pleasanton Valley road. Private Gill of Company H was fatally wounded, with at least four guardsmen and several convicts hit. As darkness fell, estimates cited around sixty combatants, with rumors of multiple fatalities and the Grand Victory mine sheltering fugitives. Sheriff Bosquit's son reportedly slain. search efforts hampered by brush and disarray.
Danville police arrest Winfred Baker for leading the mob that attacked the jail last Saturday night. He was found working in a coal mine west of Danville and remained armed. Three more arrests bring total to seventeen, with twenty five expected soon. City council commends Sheriff Whitlock for firing on the mob and plans to inspect the jail for damage. A frightened prisoner confuses aldermen during tonight’s adjournment. Safety pin usage claims and Philippine revenue figures follow in later notes.
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