19 May 1898
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
1
A Washington special reports police found 259 pounds of dynamite, nitroglycerin, and a white compound on Analostan Island. Secret service aid suggests Spanish spies planned to blow up public buildings. authorities anticipate a major sensation.
Gold circulates freely in New York creating carry burdens for banks and merchants. Subtreasury payments reach about $1,000,000 daily, and customs duties rely heavily on gold with recent totals far above historical shares. The trend began before the war as money sent from New York fails to return.
A family letter reports Mr. Gladstone has not left his room for two weeks and seeks peace with no food or sleep. Other items note Mira Manning seeking a divorce, Cuban protests against U S intervention, drought gloom for California wheat, a French denial on Lafayette, the death of long-time theater manager James H., and Richmond Wheel Company plant sale for 18000 to a syndicate planning re openings.
A massive fire gutted the Chicago Dock and Canal elevator owned by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, destroying 1 200 600 bushels of grain valued at 900 000 and spreading to four acres of lumber stock. Fire officials fought strong winds as grain dust explosions and the loss of cars and tanks heightened the damage. Grain totals included 100 000 bushels of wheat and over 1 000 000 bushels of corn, with the elevator valued at 25 000. An adjacent area including Lord and Bushnell, Tate, Beitler, and forty freight cars burned. The blaze ended late afternoon after intense efforts. In a separate note, John G. Zabriskie, assistant cashier of the Tradesman's National Bank, resigned amid ongoing discussions about the Grable case and February inquiries into bank losses.
Vienna reports Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was placed in a private asylum after weeks with her lover near Agram. Debts running into millions of florins and forged bills with Archduchess Stephanie’s signature are alleged. Prince Leopold, her father, ready to settle debts and address the forged bills.
A combine is created uniting the American Tobacco Company plug manufacturing with Lorillard Q. Company and P. J. Sorg & Co. The new trust will have $60 million capital, split into $30 million common and $8 million preferred stock. Each joining manufacturer gets cash valuation plus 10 percent in common and 400 percent in preferred stock.
George Downing a Spanish spy was confined in Washington barracks and committed suicide Thursday morning by hanging himself. The report notes his death occurred in custody after a period of confinement.
Fire Thursday morning at McCaden Bros wholesale store in Philadelphia killed Miss Caldwell Win McCaden and Michael Quinn. Three workers including an engineer, fireman and porter are missing after flames spread to the National Wall Paper Company Janeway & Co and Read Hardware buildings. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars with fifty thousand dollars insured. Fireworks explosion blamed for the blaze.
James P. Woolsey, ex-Arkansas official who served as Indian agent under President Cleveland, was arrested in Perry Oklahoma on an indictment alleging an attempt to rob the Indian agency safe. The case ties to a four year tenure and a later post term robbery scheme with a slain accomplice.
Oak land bootblack Frank V Salzar asserts title to 200000 acres of Sonora Mexico lands within sixty miles of the U S border. He says government patents issued to his grandfather underpin the claim, covering agricultural mineral and grazing lands of great value. Convicts Seek War Service. Utah Governor Denies Pardons. One hundred twenty three state prisoners petitioned Governor Wells to enlist in the war with Spain. three seek pardons for special qualifications for cowboys regiments.
The government of Japan will seek a foreign loan of 75 million dollars to relieve domestic debt and ease the nation’s financial strain. The move aims to support redemption of domestic loans and stabilize the economic mood.
Judge Hagner in Washington signs decree granting novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett a divorce from Dr S W Burnett. She may resume her maiden name Hodgson. Missouri Live Stock Growers Meet forms first convention in St Joseph electing Hi Duncan Osborne president FE Thornton secretary.
The Juniper mine at Don Cabezas Cochise County Arizona is sold for 76002 to A F Penrose. The Casey brothers mined it for twenty years and it is regarded as a great Arizona gold site. The House foreign affairs committee favors annexation of Mawuil.
A condensed price list from Chicago to New York shows cattle, hogs, sheep, and various grain futures by city. Values include Chicago shipping cattle $3.00 to $5.50, hogs $3.00 to $4.50, wheat No 2 red $1.39 to $1.41, corn No 2 mixed 38 to 40 cents, and oats No 2 mixed 35 to 39 cents, with similar ranges in Detroit Cincinnati Milwaukee and others.
The Episcopal Bishop of Iowa, Rev. Wm Stevens Perry, fell paralyzed on May 11 at the home of Judson Keith Deming in Dubuque while rising for lunch. His left side is paralyzed and his doctors deem the attack serious but hopeful for recovery. overexertion and recent touring in Iowa are noted factors.
Frank Peterson of Sioux City says he has discovered a lost art of hardening copper and is showing samples with remarkable results. He has patented the process, operates a local shop, and plans a company to promote the invention. The metal is touted as an excellent electrical conductor and a durable knife edge setter, with potential use in trolley wheels and machine boxings.
A. O. U. W. in Iowa held its twenty-seventh annual session in Waterloo starting May 10 with about 200 delegates from 128 lodges and 1051 members. The Ladies Auxiliary Degree of Honor has 1587 members. Officers were elected, including Grand Master Workman N. J. Tilton and Grand Foreman Will M. Narvis, with local officials from Des Moines to Sioux City.
A railroad accident in Marstilltown left Evert Clark with his right ankle crushed after he tried to ride a freight train near a crossing. Webster City was hit by a brief cyclone that damaged signs and boxes on Second Street but caused no major injuries. Emma Allen, a jailed young woman in Leon, attempted suicide by ingesting corrosive tablets but survived after quick medical care. Fort Dodge saw a factory fire at Tompson’s butter tub plant causing about $5,000 in losses and $2,000,000 in insured value.
A prominent Dubuque lumberman just returned from the Upper country reports unprecedented low water on all big tributaries making log drives impossible. He warns that unless heavy rains raise the streams sawmills may shut down, a situation unseen before. Patriotic Hebrews offer aid to volunteers.
Newton reports from Dawson in April describing an epidemic of scurvy due to poor diet, crowded hospital cabins, and expected deaths before river transport to civilization. March warmth melted snow, new buildings rise, lumber scarce and costly, oils unavailable, and prices for food and real estate surge amid feverish mining speculation.
Waterspouts and tornadoes strike Van Buren and Rudy Ark. destroying homes and damaging property. Winslow on Boston Mountain is reported wiped out. Bridges on the Prisca Railroad over Clear Creek wash away. The Kansas and Arkansas Valley Road suffers two mile washout and landslides. Arkansas River widens and rises four inches above 1892 record as boats aid rescue in flooded bottoms.
In a fevered, satirical column era, writers lampoon Spain over Cuba while invoking figures like Roosevelt and Depew. The piece riffs on naval arms, a Dutch submarine, and Missouri’s mute trust, urging war readiness and mocking diplomacy.
The United States Supreme Court upheld that interstate liquor shipments fall under federal regulation, reversing a state ruling. Rhodes, a railroad worker from Iowa, was connected to a six foot distance packaging action and a related shipment. the court said state controls stop at state borders and do not extend to interstate commerce. Justices Gray Harlan Brown dissented, arguing the state police regulatory role remains valid within its borders.
A Hungarian congress of agricultural workers reports wage increases after last summer strikes and the abolition of unpaid forced labor. Delegates from 250 districts including Germans Slovaks and Servians attend amid rising rural agitation and peasant collaboration with reformers.
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