15 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
1
The Golden Times reports a cyclone struck Wyres Point Texas on Saturday morning, destroying most homes and injuring about twenty people. Four killed. extensive property damage estimated around 50 thousand dollars. The storm damaged mills gin plants and public buildings, with widespread casualties feared in nearby farming communities.
A Sunday wind storm lashed Chicago and surrounding areas causing extensive property damage estimated at 175000 dollars. Telecommunication lines suffered heavily as wires poles and services failed, isolating Chicago from the west and northwest. Reports from Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and Kentucky indicate widespread damage including blown glass windows and destroyed electric lights.
A family feud near Shubenacadie thirty miles from Truro, Nova Scotia, ended in a gunfight after Sunday church service. Ettinger brothers and Lantz brothers exchanged volleys, fatally wounding at least one Ettinger and injuring several others. Local constables are not intervening amid ongoing hostilities.
Reported Saturday night theft at JU Springer private bank in Vrogomis Kansas by three men. About 2500 in cash and 4000 in government bonds taken. escape via Santa Fe near by. Vault breached with dynamite, no further details known. Police pursuit ongoing in Clark County. Other items mention Wisconsin officer killed and Kentucky town hit by fires, but details are unclear.
Frank A Brannigan of Manila has been named treasurer of the Philippine commission with a salary of 4000 dollars. He is said to have supplied a bond of 200000 dollars as security. The official organ of the Holy Synod in Peterburg reports the excommunication of Count Tolatol the Russian novelist and reformer for alleged heresy.
Joseph A Contin formerly New York City branch office clerk was arrested in San Francisco awaiting transport to New York. He is accused of stealing a registered mail pouch with about 143 packages valued at roughly 43,000 dollars in bonds and 3,000 dollars in cash. Contin claimed he trained fighter McFadden in Alameda and asked for money to avoid continued danger. He said his wife and two children are in New York.
The British government warns of a grave crisis in Chinese affairs tied to Russia and Manchuria with secret talks between the United States and Britain to curb Russia. In St Louis, a $300 million fair expenditure is forecast over three years for the Louisjana Exposition, with $10 million city funding, $25 million US, $1 million Missouri, and bond plans totaling $10 million to beautify the city.
A contentious letter from Secretary Gage to Attorney General Griggs urges arrest and court tests for fall Chinese women held in servitude in San Francisco. Chinese Inspector Dunn wavers on feasibility but will aid state authorities to curb slave trade.
New York reports that representatives for Tom Sharkey and Peter Mater met Saturday and secured a bout for the two pugilists at twenty or twenty five rounds. An article will be signed this week. The fight will occur before the club under the big seat inducement.
Austin report notes the house of the Texas beginnuture last Saturday voted down a resolution inviting Mrs. Carrie Maton to visit Texas. The action passed by an overwhelming majority.
The Anderson County grand jury reported a grievous wrong stating that enslaved labor under voluntary contracts existed in stockades. They alleged confinement of black workers, some sent there for petty causes, with planters like J S Fowler, P B Allen, and W Q Hammon accused. Judge Bennett vowed no outside help, and that negro testimony is valid in state courts.
Two men died and others were injured Thursday when an elevator at the Moline Mow Company works collapsed. The platform held about twenty five workers as the cage fell from the first floor to the basement. Weight counterweights crushed a worker’s head and another succumbed to internal injuries after hospital treatment. An inquest returned no verdict exonerating the company.
The weekly review reports little change in overall business activity, with steady goods distribution and fading speculative drive. Cotton declines persist. mechanical trades show notable progress as hunting materials and lumber see price moves. Detectives nabbed W A Stineborn and clerk Joseph Adler amid a $10,000 haul. a large forged pass scheme on Illinois Central ties to three months. A factory fire at Fay stocking company causes hundreds of job losses and $80,000 Chicago Fire damage, while another blaze at Ringer & Cos book bindery inflicts about $60,000 in damage.
Market quotations list Chicago cattle and hog prices, grains including corn wheat and rye, and dairy butter creamery values. Notable ranges include hogs at 3.00 to 5.70, cattle common to prime 3.00 to 6.50, No 2 white corn around 4.70, and wheat No 2 red near 3.00 to 4.70 with various regional prices across Cincinnati St Louis and New York markets.
A letter hints Pat Crowe may be connected to the Manilla robbery and a broader gang tied to Grove. Authorities suggest Crowe hid in Shaw’s home county and that the group, with roots in Omaha since the Pollock diamond case, has long spread crime across the Missouri valley.
Miss Alice Tyler secretary of the Town library Commission travels Iowa to advise towns on library work. She has a waiting list of ten towns she plans to visit and has prepared for the summer library school. The Iowa Library Commission aims for a free public library in every town of 1000 or more and one in every county seat. Over forty of Iowa’s ninety-nine counties currently lack this elevating influence to diffuse intelligence and foster good citizenship.
Belief that Friends of bootleggers caused the night vandalism at OGuebolt is stated after two bootleggers named Kelly and McKenne were arrested at Cudabolt March 2 for violating prohibitory statutes. Unknown parties shattered glass at John E Emaphiar's wagon shop and at the Trans Mississippi Grain Company office, managed locally by J M Gray. Affiliated with the Anti-Saloon League, Emaphiar and Gray have opposed liquor violations. investigators lack clues to identity.
A report from St. Louis states Frank Peston, tied to burglary and larceny charges plus three indictments, was sentenced to sixteen years in the Missouri penitentiary. He previously confessed to killing John Robson in Sioux City to dodge Missouri custody, a claim he made on entering trial in Sioux City and later recanted before his transfer.
A fragmented report recounts a string of old events and figures. Otis, Lieut O Reilley, Queen Sophia of Sweden, a Salvation Army episode, Senator Cilman, Col Michie, and Sir George Williams appear in an unsettled sketch of public figures and anecdotes from the past.
A reader reports Sia Thneny seeking aid to overcome alleged defects by demanding specifics on wire sizes ampere ratings and magnet shapes. The response declines any involvement in crime and offers no assistance, stressing refusal and a pledge to avoid complicity while inviting lawful guidance.
Davenport Mae fought off Thomas Harrington who tried to shoot his wife with a .32 revolver at Hig Rock in Scott County. The bullet missed her heart but wounded her chest. Harrington fired at neighbors who intervened, then was captured. He was jailed in Davenport after the attack following the wife’s months‑long refusal to return.
Two women Mia and Marner with hidden hatchets entered a saloon in Oxford Johnson County last Friday. They smashed glasses and bottles until disarmed and forced out. The saloonkeeper was later arrested for assault and battery amid townwide excitement.
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