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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
1
Reports claim King Leopold planned to transfer Congo estate to a joint stock company, endangering a commission’s treaty talks. The Belgian crown’s move would shift profits from the Congo Independent state to a private entity, provoking widespread concern.
Reports from Dublin reveal continued efforts to recruit constabulary amid agitation. Authorities urge rapid action to secure candidates as the number of available constables decreases.
About fifty soldiers from a medical school at Fort Riley rushed to City Hall in Junction City Kansas around 10 oclock Tuesday morning to free a comrade jailed there. Officers opened fire as the mob attempted to force entry. the sheriff and deputies and local guards contained the scene. Two shots were fired but no one was injured.
A violent anti Chinese riot in Vancouver British Columbia injures Lieut. Gen. Dinsmore and destroys 15000 dollars of property as 2000 Chinese residents are forced from their homes. Police struggle to control mobs until late with Japanese quarters spared after a laborer parade ends. Nearby Sioux City ranch market sees hogs priced around six dollars per hundred pounds.
A Budapest dispatch states Pr Hauser a noted local physician has achieved beneficial results in cancer cases using a gelatine injection. The report notes notable medical progress and cites a specific physician and city.
Governor Magoon issues a decree ordering the Cuban census to begin September 20 and end November 14. The census serves as a preliminary step toward the forthcoming elections.
A northbound Chicago and Rock Island passenger train derailed near Cedar Falls Iowa at 10 80 am Friday. Twelve men were killed and nine injured as the engine struck a switch causing telescoping and wreckage. Names of the dead and injured include C B Oliver John W Watson William Goodwin J D Lanpher B M Christie Ernest Lovejoy and several others.
The wife of John J. Phillips, a Cleveland banker and club man, was arrested after her husband was shot and badly wounded at their home. Phillips, dying hours later, reportedly told doctors a burglar shot him as he descended the stairs for beer. Police dispute this account and consider suicide a possible motive amid business reverses.
President Holland of the National Letter Carriers Association announces he will not seek re election at the Canton convention. He faced a department rule violation claim for lobbying in Congress after a request not to, and the body voted to pay him 10000 dollars with 5000 immediately and 5000 within two years, signaling resignation as a Boston mail carrier.
News from Attabasca and Hershall Inland report the Duch ess of Bedford, an Anglo American arctic expedition schooner, lost in the frozen north. Three crewmen Capt Mikkelson Ernest Lef Ungwell and J M Marka are missing with fear of death. The International Harvester company paid a $35000 fine in Texas for anti trust violation.
Wellington dispatches report the court of appeals declared the slaughterhouse strike and its sympathizers illegal, ending the stoppage.
Milk dealers in New York predict prices rise to 10 cents a quart as daily supply runs short of requirements by thousands of quarts and continues to fall.
Gov Hoch of Kungas was hurt in a Santa Fe railroad wreck at Wakarusa Kansas Thursday. His car overturned partly and he helped rescue women and children after the crash. Frisco to Turn Hospital. The San Francisco Board of Health urged burning the city and county hospital housing plague cases.
A violent mob in Bellingham Washington drive Indian residents from lodging houses and mills. Police were overwhelmed as about 500 white men attacked Hindus and Sikhs, injuring six and dispersing hundreds across the waterfront toward the Canadian line. Authorities moved to shelter Black workers and restore order with shots and arrests pending.
Ferdinand Penney Earle, an artist who sent his wife to France for a divorce, faced a hostile crowd on his return to Monroe X after bidding farewell at the steamer. He was dragged from his carriage, attacked with a whip, and beaten as officers intervened to escort him home.
Wreckers near Scott Haven and Stterville 30 miles east of Pittsburg Pa. drew spikes to derail the New York express but trains passed this point as spikes were removed. A following fast freight derailed twelve cars after the engine flipped and careened into the Youghiogheny river. The engineer and fireman escaped unharmed.
Col. Elijah W. Walford of the Pay Department of the United States Army retires at age 64. He is attached to the headquarters of the department of California in San Francisco.
Premier Clemenceau announced at a French cabinet meeting that Paris will dispatch strong cavalry infantry and artillery to Morocco as quickly as possible. The government pledges strong measures to suppress the Moroccan revolt.
Shanghai dispatch reports the United States leases Narvik Bay for five years and takes the floating dry dock at Viadivostok for the coming winter.
Whisky dealers raise price from 1.32 to 1.32 per gallon citing higher corn costs. Big Bungelera and two New York tresemakers, W T Hardy and Turton Baldwin, arrested for smuggling thousands of dollars worth luce after being fired from Europe Wednesday. Roosevelt names Tiger as chief of the Creek, succeeding Pleasant Porter who died at Muskogee I T.
Mima and Willum N. Randall of Stogkyford Colorado report an accidental self shot and relit while packing a grip for departure to Willimantic Connecticut to join family away from home all summer. Egyptian Prince Babre travels alone in the United States at age 23, speaks English and five other languages.
Judge M J Wade files amendment accusing Milwaukee claim agents of bribing jurors in the Cassihan vs. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway case. He claims two jurors, one from Hardin and one from Grundy counties, were entertained in Cedar Rapids to influence the April term. Hearing set for September in Cedar Rapids.
Physicians and surgeons from across the Missouri river gathered for the twentieth annual session of the Missouri Valley Medical Society in Council Bluffs. Dr. J. M. Emmert presided pro tempore in the absence of the president. The secretary Dr. W. Firset reported membership gains from Nebraska Town Kansas Ohio and Minnesota. Two charter members and former presidents Dr. B F Cranmer of Omaha and Dr. Donald MacRae of Council Bluffs died in the past year. Donald Maclae Jr was named temporary treasurer after his father’s death.
Lorenzo Hodge, 23, working on the Jake Bauerly farm near Merrill, was struck by a southbound Great Northern freight train at 3:20 PM while intoxicated and later died from his injuries. Andrew McCurdy, his companion, was unharmed.
Grace Moore and Roy Brant were fined 25 dollars each for disorderly conduct after a Des Moines arrest following a dispute on Walnut Street. The husband withdrew adultery charges, citing belief in his wife's hypno power, and Crocker Street residents faced the fallout.
The state’s largest horse, a coal black Purebred 18 hand mare, owned by William Blone of Farmington, was injured in a purchase at a St Louis sale and is now under special care at Ottumwa’s veterinary hospital. The companion mare is nearly as large and breeders watch closely as the animal undergoes treatment until full recovery.
A threshing crew of twenty men became seriously ill from eating pressed chicken sandwiches at Henry Metzger's place northwest of Manvon. Lunch served after the work ended caused several to fall ill with plomaine poisoning. Doctors from Manson and Pomeroy treated the men, and no fatalities were reported.
D H Mealey of Pleasant Plains in Jefferson county files suit in Burlington district court seeking an injunction against Rock Island railroad to stop removing tracks from Pleasant Plains to a new outer location one and a quarter miles east. He also seeks damages to his business estimated at 4500 dollars. The case is expected to be contested by both sides this term.
G M Tuttle a Marshalltown retailer imagined he was a Napoleon of finance and bought out various mercantile stocks. He purchased hats by the dozen and believed he had acquired the Fair store. Sent to the Independence hospital after commissioners of insanity ordered treatment. doctors cite brain softening as the cause. he had just returned from the state fair before his breakdown.
In Des Moines at the African Baptist church Rev F C Lomack and Rev Hugh Dundron failed to agree on who should lead a prayer meeting. They adopted Marquis of Queensbury rules to settle the dispute. Police declined arrests as no charges were filed. An old deacon began a hymn and officers withdrew amid dispute and upset.
Bodies of two young Anah women found three miles above Muscatine clasped in each other’s arms. Identity not yet established. Believed to be suicide. Gerrit Voskamp dies of injuries from threshing machine incident in Orange City. Monona County Grand Jury drawn with members Walworth Higgins Booker Hull Kelley Granough Olson. Christiana Endeavorers hold statewide convention at Waterloo with 400 delegates. Hawers & Sudduth hardware store at Castana broken into. several dozen knives stolen. John Greff pleads not guilty to skindling. trial set for November 4 in LeMars district court.
In Chicago, merchants report steady distribution and rising loan activity despite deposits shrinking. Trade shows durable demand for essentials, corn and grain prices stay high, and livestock receipts lag as late sales and payment volumes exceed last year.
New York markets show varied crop and trade conditions with weather extremes influencing activity. Fall jobbing improves at large centers while Northwest orders held back are urged for quick delivery amid mixed buyer demand and cautious buying across regions.
Regional price listings show Chicago to St Louis markets for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges. Grain prices include wheat corn oats and rye by grade and location figures vary by market. Open citations show multiple cities including Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with varied commodity rates.
Enrique Creel elected Governor of Chihuahua and reappointed ambassador to the United States. Reports from Pintigorak describe the killing of Gen. Karakozoff in Quen an amid anti clerical unrest in Italy. The Hague conference marks progress on humane warfare and an international court proposal gains cautious support with 27 nations involved. Britain moderates terms. Germany shows approval while the US proposal advances.
The article describes a forthcoming presidential trip along the Mississippi to study waterway needs and promote the Deep Waterway project. It mentions Keokuk to Memphis, St Louis receptions, and decorations along the river. It also covers an International Socialist Congress with delegates from many nations and topics like immigration and working hours reforms.
A garbled clipping cites astronomers finding a new canal on Mars while sweeping notes touch on politics, finance, and social woes. It mentions Uncle Sam, voyage concerns, Standard Oil dividends, and a New York confidence man, all amid fractured lines and scrambled phrases.
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