08 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
1
Washington report notes President Roosevelt plans to act within the law to settle the coal strike. Cabinet advisers conclude federal intervention lacks lawful authority, but a further conference may yield a workable approach. The looming coal famine and suffering prompt renewed attention to possible government remedies.
Kopbery of Western Sarttu Nes reports a stage coach named Timmer running daily between Warwick and Coshocton was held up by two masked horsemen one mile from Telaride. Clinton and Heratia Wisner, owners of the coaches, witnessed the attack as the robbers ordered the driver to halt. The highwaymen fired, robbed the driver and passengers, and fled into the surrounding woods with valuables.
Report from St Louis describes Larenve Thurston, 22, son of former Nebraska senator Churston, found unconscious in a locked apartment with windows bolted and keyhole plugged, suggesting an attempted asphyxiation. He has been in the city about three months and may recover. Additional items note Irish trial sentences, coal transport figures, and autopsy findings on Zola, but details are unclear.
In Corinth Mississippi a Black man named Tom Clark confessed to brutal crimes including the murder of Mrs. Whitfield. A mob of hundreds hanged him from a telegraph pole in the street after a five hour process, as a crowd watched his execution near the cemetery. The case followed the strangling of Mrs. Whitfield last August and involved arrests, an alibi dispute, and a public urged search for the murderer by a twelve-man committee.
A Paris journalist reports novelist Emile Zola found dead at his home on Monday his wife reportedly ill. Initial statements claimed accidental death by gas from a stove pipes, while rumors noted a possible poison or suicide. Nurses and doctors were summoned but Zola lay on the floor with head and shoulders near the bed. Madame Zola was tragically prostrate as investigators probed the incident.
A wholesale grave robbery ring near Indianapolis was halted when seven Black suspects were arrested. Warrants were issued for a prominent physician and a white janitor at a local medical college after two stolen bodies were found ten days earlier. Rufus Cantrell confessed, naming others in the scheme involving about one hundred graves robbed over three months.
A farmer Gus Seifeld was shot Monday by a youth, who Bret the gun to protect his mother. He died after being carried to a nearby bed as the assailant surrendered to officers. Several farmers volunteered to pursue the youth’s band, reflecting community sympathy. An explosion in Springfield injured several, with one likely fatally harmed and others severely hurt. News notes long-distance epidemic fears and rising death tolls abroad, alongside Alger’s migration dispatches and farm labor updates.
Secretary Shaw in New York announced banks will not be required to carry a reserve against government deposits secured by government bonds. The move releases about 190,000,000 in reserve and adds 30,000,000 in credit, with further effects on call money and the stock market as losses spread across issues.
Franz Stewher, a lawyer recently arrived from Cook County, was attacked by about fourty men and injured with a stone in Van Buren Saturday night. He allegedly collected a note from della Blair, a feeble minded boy, and used the money, prompting a furious crowd to form a hanging rope. The town marshal intervened to prevent lynching.
A rear collision between a freight train and a circus train near Choc raw Oklahoma Saturday morning killed two people and injured twenty six, most severely. The show passengers suffered cuts, bruises, and fractured limbs while the freight engineer faced blame for the incident.
A St Joseph dispatch reports a Sunday night dynamite attempt to destroy the Columbus Walton family residing over a store on Sonu Street. Several sticks were placed under the front steps. detonations were heard twelve miles away, and part of the structure was wrecked. The Walton family escaped unharmed and police have no suspects.
About $6,000 worth of White House furnishings and several heavy mirrors were burned Sunday in A B Kennedy’s upholstering shop in Washington. The loss is reported as mostly of no historic import, with the total at roughly $5,000 in property. A stray dispatch notes political mentions and labor unrest headlines from the era, including a street railway strike in New Orleans and scattered civic notes.
A Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Washington revives memories of the Civil War era. Veterans trek along the capital’s great street from the Capitol to the White House, recalling battles, leaders, and the nation’s early upheavals. The procession mirrors the capital’s pageantry since Jackson’s era, linking street, city, and nation to the war’s legacy.
A historical account highlights Jay Cooke’s pivotal role in financing the Civil War with $2 billion in government bonds. The piece traces his early firms, partnership with his sons, and later ventures including railroad construction, detailing his rise, later decline, and notable pension figures reaching nearly a million in filings.
A long patriotic reminiscence recalls Civil War scenes on a national holiday, describing marching columns and crowds at Washington with Meade’s Army of the Potomac and Union leaders. It cites Gettysburg Lookout Mountain and the Wilderness as enduring symbols, praising veterans and the home front memory.
In Mate village an explosion of violence follows a dawn quarrel at the McWhirter home. Andrew Hagle heard cries, McWhirter struck by a thrown object, then arrested for assault and battery. Witnesses fear further danger as Bugle arms himself, prompting police action and legal proceedings against McWhirter and others.
A Shelby County man, Mr. Jones of Grove Township, was awarded 4000 in a bridge accident case after falling through a county bridge on Mt Creek. The plaintiff argued incapacitation and permanent injuries including spinal and nerve damage, requiring medical care and future treatment. The jury verdict followed a bid to settle for 200, which the county guard reportedly rejected.
A Cass County woman fought for her life in a domestic dispute with her husband Croisant a drunk man of twenty four children. He claimed self defense as the wife and children allegedly provoked the quarrel. She was stabbed in the breast chest and leg with a knife. the husband described the incident as defense amid a tense family scene.
Local report details a double wedding in Canton with two families united by fifty year vows, plus a fatal train accident near Des Moines. A man identified as A HL Landon of Burnaldes faces murder charges, linked to a nearby assault and a death during a dispute involving Water and Lute. Several other individuals are named in court and accident notes, with charges and sentences recorded.
Myre Gallaugher stands trial in Jobesor County for allegedly killing her husband by shooting him in the Bead area last June. An interview shows her claiming innocence as a jury panel nears selection, with defense and prosecution sparring over credibility and motive.
In a New England court case Frank Hunter of Ares sues Art Met'or to reclaim a black mare traded away in May after alleging ownership from his mother. Mrs Hunter testified she lent the horse and that her son had no right to trade it. Jury deliberations underway as new panel seated.
A fragmentary report describes a family keeping two animals born under unusual care in a kitchen oven for three weeks. The piece mentions a mother figure Fry and an owner A. Pe Shomets, with laborers involved, and notes the pets are now kept in a basket near the stove.
A fatal double tragedy near Lemars involves William Laws a grocer and a fellow named Lang as a gun misfire ends Laws life in a fight over a theft accusation. Clyde Vickers is named as a suspect in a separate killing in Shelby, while courthouse actions include a $110,000 suit against BO Gibbs and a dedication event for a Carnegie library. The week also covers a laborers’ job prospects, a large Cracker Brigade parade, courthouse activity in Creston, and a Keokuk charity event led by Charles Joy.
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