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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
7
A horrific event struck a crowd as hundreds were swept away in a disaster causing widespread deaths and injuries. Authorities probe the scene and coordinate rescue and relief efforts. Local officials urge calm as survivors receive aid and investigators search for causes.
A wall of water twenty feet high sweeps Heppner Oregon causing vast destruction. Up to 500 or more people feared dead and relief trains and funds are mobilized as 200 coffins are requested. Telecommunication lines were down delaying reports.
A vast hotel strike spreads through Chicago with 25 top hotels crippled in all departments. Walking delegates visited houses from 9 AM, calling out staff while proprietors insist hotels will stay open. In some venues delegates were barred, others reported orders to remain off work until the dispute ends.
General Crozier with Acting Secretary Sanger prepares to supply state militias with the new model field gun and other artillery gear funded by last congress. The guns will match those used by the regular army.
Railroads set one third fare for five or more harvest workers traveling to any Kansas point from June 25 to July 16. Floods in the valleys have troubled farming areas, but a large labor need will require from other states.
Belgrade dispatch notes Narodni Listy editorial doubting a Servian republic is feasible. The army would oppose it, and without Obrenovitch rule there is no clear path, pushing toward Karageorgevitches. Ljubonir Kallevitch, foreign minister, says Servia’s agents abroad report London Paris and Vienna will not intervene if public order holds.
Constantinople reports Belgrade massacre stuns the sultan who cannot hear the news of the Serb royal deaths. He bans the word assassination in discussions with courtiers. King Charles of Roumania, honorary colonel of the Servian Sixth Infantry, cuts ties with the regiment over the atrocity.
Rome reports a continuing political crisis as former Premier Zanardelli, struck by illness, cannot visit the quairinal to see the king. His failure to form a cabinet threatens a government crisis, with rumors the king may call on former Minister Giolitti if Zanardelli persists.
The First United States cavalry departed Friday for Lordsburg New Mexico the closest railroad hub to Morenci Arizona to await orders. The squadron numbered about 250 men and eleven officers led by Colonel Wells did not travel with them. They had just returned from the Philippines aboard the Sheridan and had earlier been ordered to Texas.
Georgetown Kentucky reports Green's Nebraska Indians have played 65 games this season, with 7 losses and a total of 510 points scored.
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.
Belgrade reports Prince Peter Kara Georgevitch elected king of Servia by a unanimous vote in a joint Senate and skupshtina session. Cheers greet the announcement and a 101 gun royal salute marks the event. A later note records Lt Lasar Javadovics's suicide after failing to join a plot against the late king and queen.
The water is receding from East St. Louis as backwater drains into the Mississippi. Refugees queue for food and clothing at relief headquarters while militia units are released. Eastern rail traffic resumes gradually and riverfront ground reappears as the water drops six inches at the relay station.
Governor Mickey of Nebraska informs Governor Bailey of Kansas he will issue a proclamation and call Nebraskans to aid if Kansas desires relief for the stricken people from the disaster. The letter asks about specific needs and expresses readiness to act.
United States Consul Heenan reports to Washington that Quarekin B Chitjian an American citizen born in Harpoot Turkey in 1863 and naturalized in Worcester Mass was killed in Odessa by several Turks who have been captured. Heenan expects Russian authorities to administer justice.
In Havana the Italian consul Viagio Tornielli was seated when a young Italian sailor entered asked if he was the consul, drew a revolver and fired, grazing his head. The sailor fled as the consul pursued him, the assailant firing the single charge at pursuing bystanders. Authorities believe the shooter may be insane.
The United States Steel Corporation filed its 1902 financial report with the Bureau of Corporations through Secretary Cortelyou. The document, including schedules, details the year’s business and transactions. It is the first extensive filing by a large company with the new Commerce Department.
In Muncie Indiana the body of a man believed to be W J Ralph of Stewart county Nebraska was found in bed at the Rip Van Winkle hotel. A revolver with one empty chamber lay behind the body. In the dead man's clothes authorities found a Stewart county Nebraska tax receipt and 150 dollars in bills.
Willemstad Curacao reports General Matos has issued a manifesto announcing the collapse of the Venezuelan revolution. The confirmation states the movement has fallen apart and signals a turning point in the regional crisis.
A Rome dispatch claims nearly one hundred people were killed at Belgrade but confirms no independent verification. The report lacks corroboration and remains unconfirmed.
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch was unanimously elected king by the senate and skupshtina in Belgrade after a June 15 joint session. Reports from Geneva claim he seeks banishment of the assassins and a unanimous election, with amnesty for those involved. The late king and queen lie in rude coffins amid public revulsion as details of the murder emerge and royal apartments are described in grisly terms.
Geneva interview reaffirms Prince Peters denial of any direct or indirect role in the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia. He condemns the bloodshed, regrets the violence, and outlines his military and exile history, noting a life of royal adventuring and intrigue. The report traces his early education, military roles, and notable episodes amid Servian turmoil.
An account by participants describes an 1903 palace massacre in Servia. Ninety officers from multiple garrisons joined the plot to kill King Alexander and Queen Draga, led by Col Maschin. The raid began at 1 40 am with gunfire, a hidden door, and the couple found in an alcove. The queen's relatives and implicated ministers were captured, and two princes were shot.
President Roosevelt received extraordinary protection during his Cleveland stay for the McCormick Hanna wedding. A dozen secret service agents under Detective Tyree guarded him from arrival to departure, with Hanna residence picketed and detectives and forty uniformed officers stationed at the church for the ceremony.
In Cuba sixteen of cane yield one ton of sugar, it requires only twelve and a.
A newly formed servant girls union in Holyoke Massachusetts passes resolutions banning Sunday night prep work and kitchen duties between 7 30 pm and 5 30 am forbidding children in the kitchen and requiring three nights off weekly They demand a fixed five dollar weekly wage and insist a front door be kept open for the help along with a separate reception room apartment beyond the kitchen.
John T. Gibbons recalls his brother the future cardinal as a boy who valued study prayer and method. A London committee led by the Duke of Argyll seeks funds for a Sir Hector Macdonald memorial, praising his Kandahar and Omdurman exploits. Yachting experts doubt the Columbia trials, urging a pro skipper like Barr to steer Columbia against Morgan in a new test.
The New York Rialto reports Will Carleton the poet and publisher entered his office in a new coat that fell to the dusty floor. The dismayed writer admonished the office boy for returning him to the office in authorly attire.
Rev. H. Collins, pastor of the Sw edish Free Mission Church in Colorado Springs Colorado, was expelled from the Ministers association of the same church on charges he joined the Holy Jumpers sect, said to be an offshoot of Dewleism.
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