End of Romanoff Dynasty Near
Imperial battleship guns fired on Odessa as Russia nears the collapse of the Romanoff dynasty with hundreds killed or wounded in the assault.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
1
Imperial battleship guns fired on Odessa as Russia nears the collapse of the Romanoff dynasty with hundreds killed or wounded in the assault.
Mutinous crews aboard four battleships attack Odessa harbor works and fire on several steamers. Casualties exceed 300 killed and 800 wounded as troops fire back. Riots spread, hospitals fill, and a clamor for change grows amid reports of end of the Romanoff dynasty.
A mob of about a hundred men seized the Watkinsville jail in Georgia and hanged eight people two white Lon Aycock and seven Black men including Lewis Robertson and Rich Robertson. The victims were shot and left in the town square. authorities abroad to act but no steps expected.
Citizens of La Crosse may hear Thomas Law son author of Frenzied Finance deliver an address at Albert Lea soon. The board of trade is asked to sponsor an excursion to the opening day of the assembly with C C Armstrong supporting the plan. Lawson’s ex poses on high finance attract interest and a large delegation from La Crosse is considered.
A collision at Kansas City between the Santa Fe California Limited and a Kansas City Southern freight killed Fireman Frazier and Switchman Devine and fatally scalded Engineer Willis with Engineer Fitzmorris seriously injured. A separate Cleveland and Pittsburgh line flyer wreck near Atwater left one dead and fifteen injured when the train jumped the track.
The state case against M Enders for selling liquor in Campbell saloon collapsed in Judge Brindleys court after the complainant witnesses failed to appear. District Attorney Boshard had no knowledge of the case. Doherty had instigated the complaint for a client when the warrant was issued. The court dismissed the case when witnesses did not appear.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports a plan by officers of the Russian guards to assassinate Grand Duke Vladimir in retaliation for protective rule. The plot was thwarted by arrests of several officers.
Bridgeport reports the president arrived at 7 28 am. After a ten minute speech he boarded his private yacht the Sylph for Oyster Bay. Wanted one thousand umbrellas to repair Fat L Cordell 523 Main.
Senator Thomas Morris, a UW regent, reports the board's urgent push to construct a new Milwaukee normal due to cramped facilities. A Platteville site later requires a new building, while La Crosse plans await February 1906 appropriations. Morris expects no major dissent on a local site.
Thousands gathered in New London to watch Yale and Harvard contest the Thames course. Harvard captured the four oared event in 11 minutes 22 seconds, Yale 11 minutes 27 seconds. In the eight oared race Harvard finished in 9 minutes 59 seconds, Yale 9 minutes 4 seconds.
Mrs Robert Davidson died at her home 203 Pine Street this morning from a complication of diseases. Born in Perne Indiana in 1855 she is survived by her husband and a daughter Mrs Earl Sloat of this city. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Rev. C. W. Brimstad the Baptist missionary has left for London England to attend a convention. He will visit major European countries after the event, traveling with his mother and brother Theodore Brimstad of Rose Street.
Cape Town dispatch reports Hottentot attack on the German garrison at Karriesburg in German Southwest Africa. Fourteen officers and five men were killed in the assault.
A warrant was issued this morning for Jack Finn after he allegedly struck Mrs Minnie Barker in the breast near the levee last night. Barker says Finn, an engineer on a river boat, followed her from the steamer after she asked for her husband.
Don Norbeck of Anaconda is visiting his parents in the city, staying with relatives during the trip. He plans sightseeing and attendance at local events while in town.
Wallace stole the twine from S. Roma and then resold it to Rogers, who heads a Universalist group. The incident traces the theft and sale, with authorities pursuing restitution and clarification of ownership.
George C. Wallace alias George Russell and other aliases, known as a vagrant with a criminal history, is charged with robbery. He sold a bundle of his own store twine to S Boma for a bargain and later admitted the theft. Wallace pleaded guilty and received one year at Waupun.
The Universalist state convention closed its session electing W. H. Rogers as president and H. B. Laflin as vice president. Other officers include Rev. B. B. Gibbs as secretary and C. A. Grier as treasurer. Delegates to the Minneapolis National Convention were chosen. The meeting reported growing membership and reorganizations in Stoughton, Lodi, Oshkosh, and other churches. The afternoon featured Rev. J E June and Rev. George E. Patterson with the closing program led by Dr. H. B. Laflin.
A cyclone swept near Phillipsburg Kansas last night missing the town’s main area but slaughtered sixteen farmers in the surrounding countryside. Many houses and barns were destroyed and crops damaged by the storm.
Several head of cattle owned by C Brown and John Conniff were precipitated into the Root River when a portion of the farmers bridge above the dam near Hokah collapsed on a Wednesday afternoon. The cattle, driven from the bottoms by high water, largely fell with the bridge but saved themselves. the structure had been in poor condition.
A hotel in Licking Missouri was destroyed by fire early today. Mrs V L Shelp, a traveling man, and a third person were burned to death while a daughter Harriet and another occupant were missing or unaccounted.
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