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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
1
The navy orders cancel shore leave for sailors due to cholera in Manila, delaying the December return trip from Japan. City leaders and 250 committee members had prepared four months of decorations and events worth thousands of dollars, now largely shelved as postponement is debated.
A midnight fire in Fond du Lac Wisconsin swept St Joseph church and multiple dwellings costing about 259000 dollars. The Presbyterian and St Peter's Lutheran churches burned as high winds and limited water hampered the fire department. The garage with several automobiles was also reduced to ashes.
A Northern Pacific passenger train from Helena collided with a freight train at Youngs Point. Initial casualty estimates ranged widely from thirty to forty, with at least twenty five dead. The express car telescoped the smoker, and most deaths occurred there. the engineer and fireman of the freight train were among the injured.
A northeastern California forest fire rages near Hum-Lolevuntw. Eyewitness estimates 20000 acres burned with no definitive loss total yet. Reports say ten may have perished in the flames.
George Cabot Ward and J. Creminer sailed aboard the Carolina from Porto Rico to New York to negotiate with Wall Street bankers for a $3,996,000 loan. The funds are to finance the irrigation project recently approved by the Puerto Rican house of delegates.
Frank De Haas Robison, owner of the St. Louis National baseball club, theatrical promoter and capitalist, died suddenly at his home in Cleves Lind, Ohio. The prominent figure in sport and entertainment passed away at his residence, prompting tributes from colleagues and the industry.
Sioux City Eve stock market follows Thy beeves four dollars for top hogs feeds yields four seven eighths? farm notes show bid and ask prices with rough quotes for cattle and hogs in a local market brief from Sioux City.
The Lomenthaid daughter of BOG, Miedemas, a farmer near Springfield, Rho, fed into a bucket of milk and was drowned before the parents found her.
The report notes a call for an official statement by the coin issuer of Wartingta at the close of business September 33. It references the comptroller of the Travial Gerke and the currency situation amid unsettled financial conditions.
Tang Shao Yi starts a global journey from Pekin with Chung Men Yew to become minister at Washington likely by December. The envoy bears an imperial letter thanking the United States for Boxer indemnity remission and seeks American cooperation in northern China’s development. He will meet Wu Ting-fang on arrival in Washington before retirement, then proceed to Britain France Germany Russia and Siberia on the imperial edict plan.
William White, a colored man used as a target in a show at the Hanover Pennsylvania fair, was struck by a fusillade of heavy balls tossed by a squad of baseball players. Taken to York hospital with serious internal injuries, his condition remained critical after the show.
Sherman W Morris alias Frank Shercliffe, convicted of murder, fled custody from a car during transit to Canyon City Colorado penitentiary. He previously escaped from a sheriff, and is known for a 1892 diamond robbery near Missouri Valley Iowa of $15000 worth gems.
Bud Mortime, an aged planter, was arrested near Winona by U S marshals on charges of sending night rider notices through the mail. He says he acted under duress, forced by a band of armed men who threatened him with death.
A clash between sophomore and freshman chisses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts leaves Emil Gran of West Wareham, Mississippi hospitalized with a chest-to-back paralysis after a back broken during the fight.
Speaker Joseph G Cannon of the House of Representatives formally opened the Republican national campaign in Indiana at Indianapolis on Thursday night delivering an address on "Labor" before a great crowd that filled Tomlinson Hall to overflowing.
Sixty white students at Lincoln ward school in Topeka Kansas walked out in protest vowing not to reenter until new pupils are excluded. The march occurred as tensions rose over enrollment and school policy.
Snow along the Canadian pack and heavy winds from San Francisco to the Canadian boundary cripple telegraph service in the region. Reports from Chicago say the telegraph network is badly demoralized Thursday due to the storm and associated conditions.
A ferocious typhoon tore through central Philippines and vanished in the China Sea. Wires were prostrated and few details of the damage are available. The storm caused serious disaster in its wake.
A chaotic report notes the suspension of trading activities at Al 88 Parown de Cr as a New York stock exchange altercation prompts expulsions. Laswis Clinter Young and Ao Cbeoetwtt face removal from the exchange following the incident.
Ist FOV reply examiner of New faghagerd Wiatel and former president of the Wirconsin Ligeal society toured dead in a citer Thursday it is supposed we fell in to accident.
California grape growers and others from U S grape regions gathered in New York to unite with the American Growers association against the Anti Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Resolutions condemned efforts to laws harming the wine industry and urged growers to organize to protect their interests. Odd Fellows parade in Denver numbers four thousand with 14 bands on a clear day as Patriarchs Militant from several cities march. George L. Clark of Australasia was inducted into Patriarch Militant and will aid organizing ties abroad.
The Irish League of America held its biennial session in New York, electing officers including National President Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia and National Treasurer T. Fitzpatrick of Boston. Resolutions pledged $50,000 for two years, later raised to over $80,000, to support Irish freedom work in Britain’s Parliament.
A severe runaway accident north of Marshalltown injured A L Cotton a prominent farmer his wife and his sister-in-law Mrs Albert Cotton of New Orleans La. The buggy overturned on a deep embankment after frightening a traction engine. Mrs Cotton suffered extensive clothing loss a deep knee gash and possible internal injuries while Mr Cotton sustained a major blow to his right side and Mrs Cotton was greatly shocked.
Ottumwa Commercial club pushes for an Ottumwa Centerville interurban line using the Wabash track to Moulton and a new road to Centerville. The club is in talks with eastern interurban firms and expects action in months. A 100 foot billboard near the union station plus smaller signs at approach roads will publicize Ottumwa as a manufacturing city.
In thick fog a head on crash on the Southwestern Traction route between Philadelphia and Chester injures about fifty workers aboard a Baltimore Locomotive Co car. A Chesterbound car loomed from the fog and both vehicles wrecked. several believed fatally harmed. In Havana J Cornell Tarler, charge d affaires, says American legation, was assaulted by a Cuban in a restaurant. assailant fled.
Grand jury transcript reveals indictment of Toler for manslaughter rather than first degree murder in the July 13 fatal shooting of George W. Davies, Iowa Central striker. A separate Iowa case involves two Des Moines Malt Company bartenders charged with nuisances, testing corporate control of saloons.
Drought curbs milk flow as Rock Rapids dairyman J H McWelvey cancels a route for lack of milk. Creamery operators report a one third drop in supply and ice cream makers struggle to obtain cream. Dry pastures hinder dairy cows and dry feed is scarce.
Army dirigible balloon No 1 completed three ascensions at the military tournament grounds in St. Joseph Missouri on Wednesday afternoon. Lieuts. Frank P Lahm and Benjamin D Pou lois piloted the craft for five to eight minute flights.
Maver of Tock Rapids urges rolling water from city mains to the state chemist after tests show slight contamination. Mayor Bratley orders precautions. source found and being removed. Water purity pledge reaffirmed by the town as a priority. Fire destroys George Green threshing rig and oats near Agh ton. Threshing outfit of Andrew Simonson and Glenn Sanders burned four miles northwest of Rolfe. Spark from engine blamed. Logan trial verdict: falsechild wins $900 for alienation suit against Alexander.
The countess of Yarmouth, sister of Warry K. Thaw and newly freed from a decree of nullification, announces through her lawyers that she will drop her title and be known henceforth as Mrs. Copely Thaw.
August Eberhardt, on trial in Hackensack New Jersey for the murder of his aunt Mrs Ottilie Eberhardt, changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment.
WO Burletson, cashier at the Par ma, Hanover and Pittsford banks in Michigan, which closed last week, was arrested on Wednesday on a warrant alleging he falsified the banks books.
A heavy rainfall Wednesday near Cadillac Michigan halted forest fires burning for about two months. Damage is estimated over 1 million dollars as crews reported relief from the advancing flames and embers in wooded areas around the region.
Noted attorney Russell Peabury of New York, who helped defend Blarry K. Tiaw in the Stanford White case, died suddenly Wednesday in Babylon, Long Island, from pneumonia.
Polish povtewa Jedvig Lureccewska, famed under the pen name Wonym of Deva, has died in Warsaw. Born in 1860s, she gained recognition across literary circles and is remembered for contributions to Polish letters.
In California a Des Moines couple tied the knot after meeting in Pasadena. LeRoy Fo Davis of White Corset, 4%, and Ruth Seon of Teagone field, Ia, were married recently, following a long residence in Joe Moles state life. The ceremony marks a notable union amid the region's families and geography.
A durable seed corn case tested over several days at the county fair promises improved seed quality. It holds 800 ears in a well ventilated, mouse and rat proof unit with a tester aligned to pegs so any ear failing to produce good seed can be removed and replaced. The device aims to raise germination quality and will be sold at a nominal price.
Sensational reports rise as grand jury weighs indicting owners of houses leased for unlawful purposes in Des Moines. Police Commissioner Hamery pushes action, promising to probe prominent citizens, while county attorney DeGraff and officials reportedly reconcile after recent public exchange. Red light district allegedly persists with complaints of houses renting to women in residence areas.
Dela M. Hise files for divorce and $500 alimony from T C Hise a renowned LeMars educator. She alleges cruel inhuman treatment claiming eighteen months of silence along with other startling accusations. Dela Palm formerly Akron resident married I C Hise June 10 1898. he has been Akron principal and four term county superintendent. He is a Presbyterian church elder and active in lodges.
Mr and Mrs Romanze Nutt marked sixty six years of marriage at their farm home six miles southwest of Laporte City. Married September 21 1842 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania they moved to Blackhawk county in 1864. He is 89 and she 82 both frail yet grateful for the family gathering of children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The half section farm of Frank Yates, located two miles east of Manson, sold Tuesday to Archie Nelgan of Rahul, IL, for 40 dollars or 125 dollars per acre. The Yates property is noted as well drained and well improved, among the county’s best.
A 13 year old boy, Mark Thorne of Mason City, was accidentally shot while climbing a tree with a gun. The bullet hit his arm side and face, and doctors say he will lose his left eye and may lose an arm.
The Kaiser's sea of requests for a public disclosure prompts British papers to press Lord Tweedmouth. Amid reformist chatter, biographical notes surface on John F. Spencer a famed Sunday school teacher and the city’s suspect in a burglary case. Victor Rosewater and colleagues are profiled, detailing his Columbus alliance and career arc from Omaha Bee editor to Columbia doctor of philosophy.
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