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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
1
A collage of late 19th century quips and social jabs touching Paris cats, Indian durbars, European royals, American politics, and everyday curiosities. Notable items include references to Senor Sagasta, King Alfonso, the Molineux murder trial, a New York woman’s jaw dislocation, vigilantism in Bridgton New Jersey, and a seventy two year old heir to $15 million.
News item recounts a work train wreck near Council Bluffs killing a stationary engineer William Hudwell of Moberly and injuring eight laborers. It also notes court actions, drownings near Iowa Center, a fatal roadhouse shooting in Cleveland, and various court decisions, including manslaughter sentences and civil suits, with regional crime, trials, and local governmental actions.
Charles Holada alias Larry Moore was sentenced to life in Fort Madison for second degree murder after pleading guilty. Judge Wade called the crime one of the coldest in state history and refused clemency despite appeals by Holada’s attorney and prominent citizens. The case also involves a suspected perjury trial for Mrs. Gallaugher whose location remains unsettled as authorities pursue her.
Judge McPherson dismisses Illinois Trust case against 8 K Minton and others, ruling the trust lacks standing as mortgagee and not party in interest. Injunction denied beyond 15 days unless amended with proof of right to sue. decision focuses on plaintiff's capacity rather than merits. Also reports Niles Johansen commits suicide near Rolfe, Iowa, and brief aphorisms on wealth, labor, and Sabbath observance.
Shamrock the grand champion steer at the International Live Stock Exposition sold at the stock yards in Chicago for 66 cents per pound to Richard Webber of New York. The 1805 pound animal fetched $1,119 and will be exhibited in New York. The sale drew thousands, pitting New York against Chicago with bids from Buffalo and Louis Keefer for Webber.
Iowa Agricultural College students swept the International Livestock exposition judging contests in Chicago. They retained the Spoor trophy worth 700 dollars and captured every first prize in the students’ judging contest among the United States and Canada, also earning top honors in fat steer, cattle, swine and sheep categories.
The annual report by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson describes growing educational efforts in agricultural science at colleges and expanded research into plant growth and varieties. It notes gains from weather forecasts aiding farming, tea cultivation experiments near Summerville, macaroni wheat success with 2,000,000 bushels harvested, and advances in rice in Texas and Louisiana. Jordan almonds show successful introduction with California production expected soon.
Fire at the Lincoln Hotel on Madison Street killed fourteen men, most suffocating in bed as smoke filled the building. Coroner Treager and Fire Chief Musham called it a fire trap with no proper escape, noting cracks in floors and a missing front fire escape though scaffolding and ropes hung nearby.
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