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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
2
A medley of aphorisms, proverbs, and moral reflections fills the Vinton page. It weaves thoughts on patience, friendship, home life, and national duty, interspersed with snippets on Spain, France, and the American war effort, anchored by references to clergy and civic virtue.
Daniel O. Eshbaugh, president of the New England Loan and Trust Company, whose firm fell into receivership last week, has died. His body was found in the Hudson River near West Tenth Street Hoboken after he vanished from the New York office on Nassau Street. An Iowa native and Grinnell College graduate, Eshbaugh built his career in Des Moines before leading the New York operation. The cause of death remains undetermined with no clear evidence of suicide or accident.
Des Moines reports Judge Gamble in Knoxville ruled that municipalities lack authority to levy daily license fees on itinerant physicians. The decision in the state vs Dr. E. R. Perkins may affect traveling doctors and dentists statewide, ending city charges for practicing on the move.
Ames October report notes several thousand visitors from all over the state attended the Iowa Agricultural College event in a large campus tent. Speakers included R C Barrett state superintendent Henry Wallace of Wallace's Farmer and Judge E P Leeds.
Burglars entered the Brockton Brioceron hardware store of Danford and Mills on Oct. 5 and stole about 250 dollars in cutlery razors and firearms. Entry was made through a rear window by breaking glass and forcing the sash lock. No suspects yet and large rewards offered. Also a near-fatal accident reported at Clinton on Oct. 7 a farmer Patrick Kennedy was hit by a CBQ train while crossing tracks near Albany. Kennedy survived long enough for hospital care but death seemed imminent.
A freight train engine x04 crew Al Hibbard conductor W Straw horn derailed near Coralville switch two miles west of Iowa City shortly after 9 p m Fireman F Starkey killed Investigators say switch was thrown and a coupling pin placed between split rails wrecking the front of the engine and four grain cars A $500 reward offered for the criminals believed to target the 9 33 passenger train for robbery.
Iowa City reports S P Mercer dies after a gunshot wound received weeks earlier at Kalene’s farm when an unnamed man fired at him in a dispute over courting a daughter. Kalene arrested. Also noted are a railway accident near Eagle Grove injuring engineer Hager, a fatal Shell Rock incident, a jail hoax in New Hamburg, a tax vote in Ross township for the Duluth Gulf railroad, a Iowa soldier Private Kirk Bates dead at Camp Presidio, and Jacksonville death notices from the Forty-ninth Iowa regiment.
Walter J. Yates shot his wife and Mrs. E. J. North at Essex then killed himself. Yates died instantly. his wife and Mrs. North were injured but the latter slightly. Yates had been married three years. his wife lived with Mrs. North as a domestic after leaving him. The report also notes Camp Merritt military views by Adjutant General Byers, Henry Barnett of the Fifty-first recovering, a dismissed case against Prof. Werman Brueckner of Sioux City, and a civil suit Brueckner filed against Dr. John Herman. A Merrill fire damaged a hotel, restaurant, and livery stable in Lemars area. five horses burned and losses around $25,000, with citizens and the fire department containing the blaze and saving the bank building nearby.
Paris on October 3 endured a charged scene as Dreyfus sparked a clash between revisionists and anti-revisionists. Crowds ran riot, VDaris was unsettled, and police were everywhere. About twenty people were seriously wounded in clashes, with a quarter of a hundred arrests and thirteen held.
In Newport News Virginia on October 5 a crowd near 40 000 witnessed the launching of the battleship Illinois. The ceremony featured steam whistles and the Star Spangled Banner with perfect mechanical preparations and an unprecedented spectator assembly. Miss Nannie Leiter of Chicago was sponsor, with Governor Tanner of Illinois and his staff in attendance.
Garcia begins a three week mission through Santiago province as the American agent to arrange disarmament of Cuban soldiers in the east. He leaves with sixty men to visit Jiguani Bayamo and Manzanillo, coordinating with military commanders for peaceful demobilization and return to work.
A detachment of sixty six Russian soldiers with two seven pounders, supported by 200 British marines and 30 German marines, arrived in Pekin and marched to the quarters assigned to them to guard the legations of Russia, Great Britain and Germany.
Patent notices list Drs Morxrs receiving allowed patents for a rotary pump with pivoting valves yielding smooth flow and no pounding, with one-third of the patent assigned to G Laird and I Grove of Stuart Iowa. D E Walker of Adair is noted for a corn planter novelty featuring automatic check row mechanism with a journal on the cross bar, traction wheel, sprockets and chain drive.
United States Senator Matthew Stanley Quay and his son Richard R. Quay faced arrest warrants in Philadelphia on charges of conspiring with John S. Hopkins to divert public funds. Hopkins killed himself last March before the People's Bank failed. The Quays and McKee posted $5,000 bail and were bound over for the next court term, with trial set for November.
The war department decides to send additional forces to Porto Rico and directs the Fifth Regular Cavalry Sixth Volunteer Infantry and Forty seventh New York to proceed to Porto Rico as the commanding general on the island may require. Troops sent for Cuba garrison duty are expected to return after a few months rest and similar fate may befall Porto Rico volunteers who may receive sixty days furloughs before muster out. Congress will bear responsibility for garrisoning new possessions and army duties overall.
Spanish dispatch from Maprio reports General Rios defeating rebels at Antique with 94 killed and 13 prisoners, rebels withdrawing to Gurasan as Spaniards prepare to attack. Separate Porto Rico note says two Spanish transports head to San Juan with 3,500 soldiers to be evacuated by mid October under Admiral Seyley.
The remains of Hon T F Bayani were laid to rest with ceremonies befitting a statesman. Honorary pallbearers included ex President Cleveland and ex Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild.
The war investigation panel examined Nelson Hirsch's 21 page NY World statement on Camp Wikoff, its management, disease rates, and suspected abuses after Santiago. Gen Wheeler and Gen Boynton testified on conditions at Camp Wikoff and Thomas, praising supply and care but noting isolated neglect and water, sink, and provisioning issues.
Washington officials report threatening conditions in China prompt Secretary Long to order Dewey to dispatch warships Baltimore and Petrel toward the Yangtze region near Pekin. Baltimore likely blocked by Taku forts, Petrel may reach Tiensin, while no Asiatic squadron exists to reach the capital. Roosevelt Tax Payment Made in New York. Public notices and military movements follow.
War in Minnesota reports a skirmish near Walker at Bog Up Me Go Shirk’s Point, Bear Island, where a U.S. detachment under General Bacon clashed with Tear Indians. Four soldiers killed, nine whites wounded. Indian casualties uncertain. Reinforcements rushed in as reports conflict and terrain hindered communication. Descriptions place the engagement 30 miles from Walker with continued firing and a feared total wipeout before later updates of bodies recovered and further troops dispatched. The turmoil spreads toward Mille Lacs and Leech Lake regions as authorities seek to quell the disturbance.
Caytrax Oct 5 George D. Saxton brother of Mrs McKinley was shot at 6 10 pm in front of Eva Althouse widow of George Althouse home. Five shots fired three hit Saxton. Anna C. George arrested on suspicion. Saxton had recently won damages from Saxton for alienation of wife’s affections.
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