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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
2
Des Moines reports reveal 11000 more general fund warrants than city auditor records show, suggesting long standing shortages and possible misappropriation. Treasurer and auditor cite discrepancies before their terms. expert accountant will examine all accounts.
Iowa articles show the attorney general limiting state aid to county and district agricultural societies based on actual membership, not gate receipts, risking cuts to many groups. Separate items discuss a live stock market regulation bill, Shaw’s initial appointments, bank robbery verdicts, Dorsey case, a Cincinnati school panic, a Fort Loomer canvass plan, and a Croatian colonization effort with thousands of potential settlers seeking western land and agricultural opportunities.
The Japanese government seeks 200000 in gold from Hawaii as indemnity for immigrants denied admission and for costs of sending a warship to Honolulu. The claim covers losses to immigrants and to employing companies. A separate item reports a mob destroying eight toll gates at Nid Honasviniz Kentucky on Nov 15, with the gates targeted inside city limits and a gate kept by a woman.
Ex Senator Peffer sold his weekly Advocate to Colonel T. W. Harrison former Topeka mayor. Harrison says the paper will stop being a Populist paper and become independent. Mark Hanna in New York. attempts to elicit comments on Ohio Senate race failed.
Milford Bi Motz died after tumbling from a moving train at North Wolney. The Topeka resident’s body was found mangled, and the tragedy occurred late last night.
In Knoxville on November 18, Rohbert Sims, a Black man, was hanged at Jonesboro for the July 9 slaying of Walter Gallway.
Telegraphed briefs note the death of Rev George H Houghton of New York pastor known as That church around the corner who died November 18. John Cotton Dana of Denver named librarian of Springfield Massachusetts public library, former American Library Association president in 1898. Remains of General Thomas Lanier Clingman ex senator moved from Morganton North Carolina to Concord then to Asheville for Confederate veterans ceremony on Tuesday December in Western North Carolina.
A Constantinople dispatch says Austria secured Turkish concessions after an incident in Mersina involving Todiquilios Oferes to an Austrian merchant. The sultan deposed the Adana vali and Mersin motor tariff official, promising indemnity to Herr Brazzatello and payment of a $1,260,000 claim for transporting Turkish troops during the recent war with Greece. The Oriental railroad, run by an Austrian company, is noted in the settlement.
Vienna reports that Austria demands redress for indignities to Brazzarelli, an Austrian merchant in Mersina, including dismissal of local officials and a salute to Austria. The Porte reportedly resists, with Austria threatening bombardment by a Turkish warship if demands not met by noon. Also notes release of prisoners ordered by Madrid and other 1896 dispatches.
Hay Springs Neb Nov 17 The body of Miss Augusta Meyer found dead in a canyon 10 miles north of town Saturday was taken up yesterday for a post mortem. The jury verdict states she died from poison by her own hand or by unknown parties.
In Woodbury county near Cashing, farmer L D Spickler shot his wife in the breast and then killed himself. Four children, offspring of the wife by a former husband, are left orphans. Spickler had separated from his wife over a year ago, returned recently, vowed vengeance, and killed her before taking his own life after entering the home. He had been released from jail days earlier after arrest prompted by his wife.
Liberty Missouri November 17 William Carr the filicide was sentenced to hang on December 15 Judge Broaddus called the crime the worst he had heard Carr smiled at sentencing He tied the three year old’s hands and feet with a cord weighted the body with stones and cast it into the Missouri River Carr admitted he had too many children and said his wife wished the girl gone and she may face trial for complicity
Vancouver reports a dramatic avalanche in the Noble Five range near Sannon in the Stooan district. Joseph McGribben and a partner were caught while going to work at the Red Fox mine. McGribben buried and not recoverable until spring. Partner rescued exhausted as the slide crushes Silver Bell buildings. Knights of Labor set Chicago for next meeting in 1898 with anti arbitration treaty stance. A R U to hold Chicago gathering. Oklahoma cattle quarantine expires, freeing markets for Texas and Indian Territory. Kruger prorogues volksraad citing internal dissension. pope’s Manitoba school decision affirmed. coffee market in Amsterdam falls sharply due to Brazil harvests.
State rests in the Novak murder trial at Vinton as the afternoon session ends. Defense begins presenting testimony. In Fremont Nebraska on November 17 Fred Wagner known as Big Mike of Wahoo was sentenced to six years hard labor for assault with intent to kill W R Pargeter the night operator in North Bend.
The Political Equality club will meet Thursday at the usual place to discuss Women in Philanthropy and the push for a winter equal suffrage amendment. Speakers argue women are educated, moral, and fit to vote, citing teachers, college students, and mothers as reasons for broader ballot rights.
A historical plea urges granting women voting rights to influence laws. The writer argues men cannot prosper without them and urges confidence in women from birth to old age, framing voting as essential to liberty and societal progress.
J E Gillespie of Florence Colorado writes a strongly opinionated rebuttal to a Atlantic letter alleging misperceptions about women voters. He argues women vote soberly, judge well in business and voting, and that men should heed wives’ advice to avoid mistakes. He cites Colorado experiences and condemns the original writer’s hasty, one sided view.
An Equal Suffrage oratorical contest promoted by Miss Woolsey of the Normal College filled Lincoln Center church last Saturday night. Nine contestants, six women and three men, presented varied selections to a captivated audience. Amber Steinmetz won the ten week Atlantic Normal school and Business College scholarship. Clara Du Wald took five weeks. Edith Bourns received three weeks and will enroll for the year.
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