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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
2
A royal procession in Madrid endured a bombing that killed several horses and at least one rider, with King Alfonso and Queen Victoria escaping unharmed. The attack triggered mass hysteria, arrests, and an official inquiry, while the royal couple appeared shaken yet composed at the palace.
Lawson recounts offering to testify against Rogers and Rockefeller to recover 4,000,000 stolen from Bay State Gas Company, refused by the receiver. William Rockefeller sailed for Europe at the right moment and returned after the trial. A vivid portrait of frenzied financier greed.
May 31 Madrid awakens to a wedding pageant of color and sound as a vast crowd fills the streets. The royal cortege leaves the palace at 9:30 a.m. amid bells and salutes, with Princess Victoria and Queen Marie Christine amid a glittering retinue. The ceremony at St Jeronimo el Real unfolds under high ceremony with Cardinal Sancha presiding and the Pope’s nuncio.
The railroad rate bill conference reports eleven amendments still unsettled with twenty resolved. Senate has receded on three amendments while House conferees accepted thirty-nine. Key disputed points include express company, oil ownership by common carriers, antipass, sleeping cars, Jim Crow cars, fading provision, and wording about remuneration. Conference sessions continued through the day with hope for a full agreement tomorrow.
The Knox immunity measure, amended by the Committee on Judiciary, passed the Senate unanimously after debate. It clarifies that immunity applies only to a natural person who testifies under oath or produces evidence under subpoena, not to corporations.
The British battleship Montagu remains fast on rocks off Shutter Point after running ashore in fog. Refloating chances diminish as active efforts begin to remove guns and stores to lighten the vessel.
Newly married couple join the royal procession as Te Deum and crowd cheers fill Madrid. The King and Princess Victoria are pronounced husband and wife, signals fire enthusiasm with cannon, church bells, and shouts of Long Live Queen Victoria before entering the royal coach. A bomb then interrupts the jubilant scenes.
The Spanish royal couple survived an assassination attempt and received congratulations from Pope Pius founded on Cardinal Merry del Val informing the Pope. King Alfonso received telegrams of felicitation from King Victor Emmanuel and condolences on the attack and damage.
A bomb exploded near King Alfonso XIII of Spain and President Loubet in Paris on May 31 1905 as they left an opera gala. The blast injured several soldiers and bystanders but did not harm the King or the president who continued their drive.
Johnson and Andrews led rival factions in the Tenth District calmly pushing claims over the Central Committee. A bolt formed with A R Johnson nominating S L Patterson and Warden Gould backing Jackson officials to seat secretaries and press for certification or mandamus to place Corn on the ticket.
The Sixth Congressional District board voted 9 to 3 to certify C. Q. Hildebrant of Wilmington as the party nominee for Congress. Judge H. L. Smith’s supporters objected, but their side was not strongly represented at the meeting. Smith may appeal when a new board is appointed in August.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals granted a supersedal in the case of Gaynor and Greene, convicted in Savannah of conspiring to defraud the Government over harbor improvement work. The stay suspends the sentence pending further proceedings.
The Mayflower arrived at the navy yard with President Roosevelt and his family after a trip from Portsmouth and Old Point Comfort Virginia. A twenty one gun salute greeted the departure and the President received military honors as his carriage moved to the White House.
The Southern Cotton Association leaders met in Jackson Mississippi to compile reports on cotton acreage fertilizer use and crop conditions. The bulletin shows 27,634,718 acres planted this season vs 26,999,491 last year an increase of 635,227 acres or 2.29 percent.
Dr Allan Hamilton, in the Josephine Terranova murder case, argued the defendant's religious exaltations caused non real illusions. He noted inconsistent details such as disguising visions with an apron and staged sequence of commands leading to the crime.
Dispatches from US Minister Combes report revolutionists massing near the Mexican border and plotting a filibustering voyage toward a Guatemalan port. Ocos uncertain as to control. Mexico keeps the boundary neutral obstructing large border movements. Nicaragua says Central American nations are not involved.
Patrolmen Weller and Israel arrested William Parish alias Bailey as the man wanted by St. Louis police for the Proctor murder. Parish, matching the description and photo, was found on the water front in front of the Silver Moon at 318 East Front Street and taken to Hammond Street Station on suspicion pending inquiry into his past.
The extra session of the Delaware Legislature opens in Dover with the Democratic Advisory Committee boycotting, claiming the session illegal. Both houses adjourn until Monday June 11, then begin balloting for a U.S. Senator the next day.
At Fort Monroe Virginia on May 31 the defense opened in a general court martial for Captain Perry Garst of the battleship Rhode Island. Garst testified that a buoy at the York River mouth was out of place when he attempted entry, leading to the ship grounding off York Spit.
The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America opened its seventy seventh meeting at Belle Center Ohio with 200 delegates. Dr W J Coleman of Allegheny Pennsylvania retires as Moderator and Rev J R Wylie of New Galilee Pennsylvania is chosen to succeed him.
Philadelphia May 31 Lewis Emery received the Lincoln Party nomination for governor by acclamation at the party convention.
Reuben Morley of Saginaw Michigan was killed on the Mongolia border north of Peking on September 2 by a French adventurer calling himself Viscount Laverger. Morley’s brother John traced his route and found evidence from missionaries and locals suggesting Morley left a Chinese inn to visit a nearby lake. Morley’s papers were burned and his packhorse with his gear was later found. a man like Laverger cashed Morley’s letter of credit in Colombo before sailing to Europe.
Charles Null of Hamilton County convicted of burglary is recommended for commutation to three and a half years on condition of abstaining from alcohol. Richard Sartorius of Hamilton County sentenced for receiving stolen goods to three years and is refused commutation.
The National Democratic Congressional Committee campaign committee and a subcommittee from the National Committee met in Washington for nearly three hours to discuss plans for the coming campaign and harmonize differences. All but two members attended, and the session closed with utmost harmony between the two Democratic bodies.
The steamer Erin upbound towing the schooner Danforth was cut in two by the steamer Cowle in the St Clair River just below St Clair. Three crew members drowned including Mrs Reed and Mrs Hubert. Six others saved. Cowle halted after the crash claiming timely stop but current carried it away. Erin carried 800 tons of coal from St Catharines to Algoma Mills.
COURTWRIGHT Ont May 31 The chief engineer first mate and fireman of the wrecked steamer Erin have come ashore alive after clinging to wreckage they drifted on until reaching land.
Dr. Louis A. Weigel of Rochester New York, a pioneer in Roentgen ray study, died from injuries and complications linked to his experimental work. He lost his right hand and three fingers of his left after a cancerous growth in 1904 and underwent multiple further operations before his death.
Dr. Elias G. Brown, medical examiner for New York City public schools, cites improper diet and heavy tea and coffee use as major causes of malnutrition and nervousness in schoolchildren. William H. Maxwell notes stimulants like tea and coffee impair a child’s performance and urges parental education on this issue.
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