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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
7
Two French passenger steamers collide in the ocean causing significant damage and raising concerns over maritime safety. Rescue efforts are underway as crews battle fires and capsized decks amid unclear casualty numbers. Authorities survey the scene and coordinate with nearby ships for assistance.
A Fraissinet line steamer Liban sank after a collision with Insulaire off the Makre Islands near Marseilles. About 200 aboard, 117 passengers and 17 crew saved. many others feared drowned as masts caused an eddy hindering rescue efforts. Balkan and Belchamp aided, rescuing 40 and 37 respectively.
An order establishes the artillery department of Manila to include all coast and field artillery units around Manila. The action reorganizes military command and consolidates weapons under a central authority.
General Chaffee forwarded a dispatch from Lieutenant Kear in Gainesville Georgia reporting that fifteen hundred people depend on charity and seven hundred are seriously injured, highlighting the relief needs and casualty scale.
More than fifty smallpox cases were found in Salt Lake City's southeastern area. Officials say the mild illness was mistaken for chicken pox, with children attending school and families exposing others before diagnosis. A quarantine is expected to be imposed.
Hong Kong reports Governor Wong estimates over one million natives starve in Kwangsi. Distress is acute in several districts as rice harvests promise later relief in four to six weeks. Women and children are being sold. foreign supervision for aid is scarce.援
New York The Evening Telegram reports a financial circle consensus that a Gould Harriman and Rockefeller combination now controls the Erie railroad. The line is to serve as eastern connector for the Burlington Union Pacific St Paul and Gould systems, with Pennsylvania interests pushed aside despite heavy Erie share purchases.
Havana legislative action reports the senate passing an amnesty bill by eight to three for all involved in disturbances linked to last November's cigar makers strike. An amendment extended clemency to ex Mayor Carrill and other municipal officers previously excluded.
ST. LOUIS. J D Lucas president of Kinloch Jockey Club and a leading turfman in the west died at his country home Sunday in Goodwood St Louis county.
A forest fire in the Sparta area near Ely Lake has burned extensive standing timber and destroyed thousands of dollars in cortwood, threatening nearby woods and prompting firefighting efforts.
Wholesale emigration of miners and workmen from Vienna to the United States due to stagnation in the iron industry. Hundreds have been discharged since year start as mines and iron works run short time. Wages have fallen to under 50 cents a day and families endure severe hardship. Little hope for immediate improvement as worker colonies depart Austria.
Flood damage to Kansas City rail lines is extensive with freight losses in cars and buildings running into millions. Dozens of freight cars were washed away, and the Burlington line reported fires destroying seventeen loaded cars in Harlem and nearly that number in the West Bottoms.
Blacksmiths reach agreement with Union Pacific to end the strike. Returning workers to be reinstated within thirty days, piecework at men’s discretion, and an average ten percent pay rise. Nine hours make a workday. Non union men to be settled separately. Both sides issue a joint statement praising peace.
A grand jury indicted August W. Machen former superintendent of the Post Office free delivery service on charges of sharing profits from government contracts for letter box fasteners. The indictment cites $18 978.79 as the illegal receipt. Also arrested were Thomas W. McGregor and C Ellsworth Upton on conspiracy to defraud the government over pouch purchases. Machen posted 20000 bond for his court appearance.
The pope's health remains favorable in Rome. He has a history of hemorrhoids since his Perugia archbishop days, often after fatigue. A return of the trouble with hemorrhage avoided surgery, and he has felt relief and is said to be entirely well again.
In Peking United States Minister Conger cables Secretary Hay calling for an inquiry into the authenticity of a published interview with Russian ambassador Count Cassini. The count reportedly denied the accuracy of Conger’s account of Russia’s demand on China and expressed surprise that Conger acted on unreliable information.
The director of the mint bought 50,000 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage at an average price of 55.55 cents per ounce in Washington.
New York May Mayor Low received a five thousand dollar check from John D Rockefeller for the relief fund aiding flood sufferers in the west.
Cattle supply liberal and demand fair with active trading in South Omaha. Beef steers and light heifers sold steadily to strong prices. few cows and bulls noted. Hogs faced a price dip with most sales 5.72 to 5.79 and higher grades near 5.75. Lambs and ewes quoted with varied ranges across weights and breeds.
Dense smoke and ash from Adirondack fires blot the sky as flames cover about fifteen miles by twenty miles in Catlin lake area and Cold River region. Fire crews withdraw two miles from the blazes as hundreds battle the heat and smoke. A Longlake steamer with fighters has been missing for three days, halting Adirondack lake navigation.
First Assistant Postmaster General Wynn issues orders to move the western division rural free delivery headquarters from Denver to Omaha effective July 1. The division includes eleven special agents and ten route inspectors with territory across Colorado Wyoming South Dakota Montana North Dakota Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and New Mexico.
The Matt Kieffer case is reopened after an attorney obtain a telegram from the clerk of the supreme court at Pierre stating State Kieffer reversed and a new trial ordered. Kieffer will be brought back to Sturgis for a rehearing after a long Sioux Falls term.
ST PETERSBURG The Trans Caspian territory faces famine due to a locust plague. Pests swarm in numbers making crop protection impossible. Famine already prevails in Turkestan.
The board of construction recommends to the secretary of the navy accepting bids from Newport News Shipbuilding, New York Shipping, and Fore River Ship and Engine for three sixteen ton battleships. No action has been taken yet.
Horace G. Young, secretary vice president and general manager of the Delaware and Hudson company, tendered his resignation to take effect July 1.
Cairo Mich July 12 William Bell an eccentric bachelor who lived alone on his farm near Cairo was found dead in bed. Nearly thirteen thousand dollars in cash and government bonds were discovered hidden in his woodshed in a related investigation or discovery at the scene.
A 30 second quake on April 29 destroyed Melazgerd in Asiatic Turkey, killing the town’s 2000 residents, burying the garrison, wrecking 404 surrounding houses, and leaving many dead or insane. The British Foreign Office seeks relief subscriptions for Muslims and Christians in the district.
The article extols Victor Emmanuel III as the most literary monarch in Europe. It notes his fluency in English French and German plus Russian reading knowledge. He studies at least three hours daily, favors monthly reviews, and keeps thoroughly posted on current affairs. He impresses English visitors with his grasp of party politics and social questions.
Miss Florence Worden will christen a United States Navy war vessel next September. The action, if carried out, could set a naval precedent by making an actress the sponsor of a navy ship.
Miss Worden, niece of Rear Admiral John Larimer Worden, formerly with The Chinese Honeymoon company, now stars in The Runaway. Her voice trained in Europe has sung in Berlin and other European centers aboard the champagne over the Worden’s bow torpedo boat destroyer.
Yale President Hadley Trinity College President Smith and Wesleyan President Raymond will select Rhodes scholars from Connecticut. No appointment before fall 1994. Applicants must have completed two years at college and be good students with a pleasing personality.
James E. Burke, recently chosen mayor of Burlington, Vermont, a blacksmith by trade, was in his shop shoeing a horse when notified the Supreme Court upheld his election after a Republican challenge. He finished the job before replying to congratulations.
One hundred sixteen tulip varieties grow in a Lincolnshire bulb grower’s garden, reflecting wide horticultural experimentation and display possibilities.
The Liverpool Daily Post notes 228 towns collectively net 2 760 000 yearly from markets. Bath extends its grand pump room for 150 100 dollars while Birkenhead runs ferry steamers to Liverpool for 50 000 dollars yearly. Other towns own baths gardens theaters oyster fisheries and race courses with varying profits.
Honored by countrymen Thomas Power O Connor is re elected president of the Irish National League. The Irish statesman journalist and author known as Tay Pay sits in parliament for the Scotland division of Liverpool since 1865.
J Edward Addicks who withdrew from Delaware senatorial race traces his Philadelphia birth and admiration for Judge Peters. He recalls Peters’ Belmont mansion days and a lawyer’s introduction remark to his son, highlighting the jurist’s wit and a pointed exchange about “your all.”
Mrs George Alfred Townsend formerly Miss Bessie Evans Rhodes died in Washington last week. Through her grandmother she was Evans of Marian Evans George Eliot. She married Townsend on December 21 1865 and accompanied him to the Austro Prussian War of 1866.
Former outlaws Frank James and Cole Younger were arrested after a Kansas Missouri tour for running a gambling game tied to their show. Evidence showed they were salaried employees of the enterprise owner who bore their names.
Attorney General Knox enjoys a fast horse a good golf game fine company and a well made cigar reflecting his leisure preferences.
Longshoreman known as Kid Carson stabbed at 142 Cherry Street tenement in New York. Grace Hasbrook, his neighbor, claimed self defense as she says he approached her bed and she used a knife, dying from a heart wound. Coroner and police arrested Hasbrook after she reported the event.
The Ohio Republican Convention last week nominated Myron T. Herrick for governor. George B. Cox of Cincinnati named Warren G. Harding for lieutenant governor and Wade Hampton Ellis for attorney general, with strong backing for Auditor Guilbert and McKinnon for treasurer.
Louis Hasselrus will carve the first statue of Hamlet to memorialize the 300th anniversary of the first printed edition. Danish scholars and literati spearhead the movement with Queen Alexandra of England and other royalty aiding the project.
Martin Fornes has temporarily succeeded to the post at Washington in the bureau left vacant by A. W. Machen. A Norwegian by birth, he came to the United States 36 years ago at age 16. Secretary Windom first placed him in government service in the pension bureau.
At a stamp exhibition in Muehlhausen Alsace collectors view stamps priced as high as 25 000 dollars each. The display highlights rare issues drawing attention from attendees and dealers.
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