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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
1
Belgrade reports the royal murder carried out by officers in the early hours. Proclamation of Peter Karageorgevitch as king gains acceptance. some factions favor a republic. Royal assets and queen Natalie’s possible heiress status discussed amid burial secrecy.
Military revolt details reveal ninety officers from Servin forming a plan. Mitschitsch invites colleagues to Kalimagden garden at 11 pm to organize the act. By 140 am eight groups move toward Konak palace, aided by Muschin and Naumovics in the king’s guard. two academy officers receive gate keys, seize guard, and exchange fire before the revolutionaries press onward.
In Benton Harbor on June 13 a serious strike halted unloading as rail officials tore down ten houses built by long shoremen along the St Joseph river. About forty workers refuse to unload the Jay Gould cargo boat until compensation is paid for the demolition. The men say the ground was unused and the action was arbitrary.
Lincoln Neb June 13 W J Bryan announces the Jefferson club of Fairview will hold a Fourth of July celebration with Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland Richard S Wynne of Texas and City Attorney Taylor of Chicago as orators. The club aims for simple sincere early day celebration, not sport or merchant profit.
New York June 1 The American states that today the Northern Securities company will be voluntarily dissolved and stocks of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific companies will be distributed to their former stockholders. The Securities company refuses to confirm or deny the statement.
Lieutenant Petrovitch confronted revolutionaries in the palace as darkness fell after the electric light failed. Royal couple King Alexander and Queen Draga were found hidden in an alcove after a brutal search, shot by advancing officers. The scene ended with the monarchs slain and bodies mutilated, while Maschin restrained the plan to throw them from a window.
Washington reports detail a general staff plan submitted to Secretary Moody. It envisions the secretary as head, with an assistant secretary handling bureaus except navigation. A chief of staff and three divisions would oversee personnel, fleets, and war plans, plus an executionist staff to draft war plans. The general council would advise the secretary.
In Dennison on June 14 W A Porter attempted to shoot his son in law last evening. His wife interfered and in the scuffle she was probably fatally shot. Porter shot himself and will die.
Manila June 13 The United States steamer Shamshil once reported wrecked in the hurricane of June 5 arrived in Manila this afternoon confirming the earlier sinking claim was premature and the vessel remains afloat.
A Service Commission report to the Postmaster General on June 1 finds abuses in the promotion and appointment of civil service employees in Washington. It states no general rule violation, but cites many appointments for political and personal reasons and urges that recent legislation will curb the abuses.
Dayton Ohio June 15 One of the fighting McCook family heroes of the Civil War Major General Alexander McD McCook U S Army retired died after a third stroke at the home of his daughter Mrs Charles Craighead in Dayton He was born April 22 1851 and rose through the ranks to major general of volunteers with a long Civil War record He suffered other strokes in recent weeks and passed away about half an hour after the latest attack.
St Paul June 13 After many failures in the courts and via legislation to collect 600 under the beet sugar bounty law the Minnesota Sugar company wins a Supreme Court writ of certiorari directed to State Auditor Iverson to show cause why records in the bounty dispute should not be certified. Start of the end of the case rests on whether the state must pay the claim. Oshkosh Wis June 13 William H Brune a comedian says Hobart Chatfield Taylor’s Idle Born dramatization is not the first He dramatized the piece in February 1901 and it was first presented in 1901 in Manistee Mich under the name of an Other Woman.
Washington reports Commissioner Ware denies soliciting funds within the pension bureau for Kansas relief to avoid cross state fundraising. Mayor Gilbert of Kansas City Kan protests, urging aid for four thousand families and twenty thousand people deemed in need. St Louis logs river decline with flood recovery efforts ongoing as water recedes.
In Jackson Kentucky on June 13 the prosecution rested in the Jett White case after denying the defense motion to dismiss. The judge gave the defense until 2 this afternoon to prepare their reply and arguments.
June 13. General Matos issues a manifesto to the Venezuelan people admitting the revolution is crushed and terminated. The document signals the end of the uprising and the restoration of order under government authority.
In Michigan City Indiana Ora Copenhaver white and Willian Jackson colored were hanged between midnight and 1 a m. Copenhaver murdered his wife in Indianapolis and Jackson killed a man near Evansville for robbery. Cummins Man Won the Prize. Mason City Ia June 13 A H Gale nominated for senator Forty third district to succeed W F Harriman by acclamation viewed as Cummins faction win. Bile Stock Inventoried Short. Stevens Point June 3 Jerome L Barker assistant postmaster arrested jailed on complaint of post office inspector charged with embezzling 650 dollars from the office stock inventoried short on check up.
Joliet June 13 James W Wilson a noted forger serving an indeterminate Cook county sentence vanished from the penitentiary Wednesday afternoon with guards surrounding the walls and buildings. He was last seen leaving a hospital after a dental appointment and a shed hid clothes along with twine suggest an escape plan. Wilson alias Lewis W Stableie once used the name W A Miller.
Frank Burris lies near death after being shot by Henry York in Robinson Illinois. Burris had returned from an elopement with Yorks wife to Arkansas and later paid 200 in damages to York in a compromise. The feud resumed at Yorks brother home when Burris was shot four times while York hid behind a buggy.
Chicago June 13 reports expose committees of men and women pressuring Robert Mosley a wealthy Black buyer to abandon moving into Pe los Park residents oppose his purchase. Mrs Mosley is urged to change plans to relocate, signaling tense integration-era neighborhood friction.
Pittsburg June 15 Plans have been perfected for a bank trust group combining Farmers' Deposit National, Colony Trust, Colonial National, American Trust, Pennsylvania Trust, Columbia National, Tradesmen's National, Germania Savings, and Freehold banks. The new entity, likely named Colonial Trust, will have $7,000,000 in capital, about $75,000,000 in resources, with T. Hart Given as president.
Springfield reports Lieut Gowarthcott left Chicago for Indianapolis for a Modern Woodmen of America meeting and did not notify the secretary of state. Acting governor Northcott will be out of the state June 14 to 21, and Senator McKenzie is expected to assume control in his absence. Col D G Oglesby is believed to be acting governor.
June 13 The board of supervisors voted to petition the governor to pardon all children committed to and now inmates in Peoria county industrial school. The school long faced unfavorable light and the board seeks to end it amid complaints of treatment. Over 50 children are enrolled. the work has been good but hampered by incompetent management.
Glasgow reports seven killed in a whiskey distillery fire last night as three men three boys and a woman perished. Thousands of casks of spirits exploded and numerous people were injured.
New York report from June 13 states five Italians were killed when a fire in a tenement on East One Hundred Fifteenth Street is believed incendiary. Firemen battled flames through the early hours and investigations began into arson.
A typhoon of extraordinary violence swept over Hanoi Naméinh and Thaibinh last night causing much damage. Many natives perished and several Europeans were injured. The report also notes the Italian Cabinet resigning in Rome and an education push allowing Filipinos to attend Purdue on the same footing as Indiana residents.
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