08 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
1
Local briefs from Buffalo Center include notes on civic events, community announcements, and upcoming meetings. The items reference Buffalo Center and Pelro? but details are sparse in the fragment. Further context would clarify dates, people, and actions.
In Fayette County at the Stuart mine a horrific explosion has left nearly sixty bodies recovered by Friday noon with about eighteen more believed trapped. Most workers were American and many had families. among the dead were colored men and numerous aliens. Rescue efforts began quickly, but foul air, damaged ventilation, and broken fans hampered progress as two rescuers fainted in the shaft. The mine operates with a single opening and an air shaft, complicating ventilation and recovery as crews work to reach the trapped men.
Judge Gareland denied Montgomery Ward & Co of Chicago a temporary injunction against officers and directors of the South Dakota Retail Merchants and Hardware Dealers' association and B. J. Mannix editor of the Commercial News of Sioux Falls. The firm claimed it could not buy goods from jobbers and wholesalers due to a boycott by the association and Mannix, and sought to stop the alleged boycott.
A large explosion at Baldwin Locomotive works in Philadelphia Tuesday night destroyed a section of the plant, about 173 by 150 feet facing Spring Garden Street near Broad Street. The fire threatened adjacent shops, smiths, and foundries as the Mmatn office stood nearby and the city fire department battled the blaze, with estimated losses around 600000 dollars.
At the alumni meeting held at the St. Regis hotel, Dire Russell Sage announced a gift of 1,000,000 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The funds will establish the Russell Sage school of mechanical and electrical engineering. The donor was a longtime trustee. his nephew, the late Russell Sage III, was a graduate. In a separate report from Phoenix, Arizona, the legislature passed a gambling bill, making gambling a felony under the criminal code. the new law takes effect April 1.
Charles Marvin, renowned driver and trainer, dies in Lexington Kentucky at age sixty eight. He owned numerous national champions and was a leading figure in American horse racing during his era.
Iowa State News reports on a Charles City murder lynching victim James Cullen. His will allocates 300 dollars for a marble shaft over his grave near the Cedar River bridge, directing remaining estate to his brothers and sisters in Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa, with no mention of former wife or potential children.
Paris February 4 police prevented a riot at the re christened Church of the Holy Apostles where a French Apostolic Catholic service began. Militants handed out bills attacking Archbishop Vilatte as an American monkey. Police expelled about fifty disruptors while Vilatte preached and celebrated mass amid interruptions.
Reliable sources in Des Moines indicate Father Flavin will become the next vicar general of the Davenport diocese. A formal appointment will follow months of transition as Bishop Davis completes his current duties and relocates, after which Flavin’s official designation will be announced.
Railway attorneys and general passenger agents from Iowa roads plan to send a delegation to the legislature next Friday to defeat a proposed 2 cent rate reduction. They expect to challenge the law in federal court if enacted, arguing it affects interstate traffic by pulling rates down into neighboring states.
The First Congregational church in Muscatine, described as the largest in the city, was completely destroyed by a basement fire near the furnace. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars, with the armory of Company C of the Fifty-fourth regiment nearby sustaining damage. A $5,000 pipe organ from two years ago was ruined. insurance listed at 18,000. Pastor Bryant C. G. Preston said the church will be rebuilt at once.
The jury in Ralph Ewing versus B Coe returned a verdict for the defendant. Ewing sought 1000 dollars damages claiming poisoning while gutting weeds that included poison ivy. Defense witness Ed Luby testified Ewing offered 350 to testify for him and the jury swiftly dismissed the plaintiff’s case.
In a high profile Iowa case the glucose trust judgment of over 32 000 damages for personal injuries was confirmed by the Iowa supreme court. DavenportA Hugeard received a draft for 36 617 36 in settlement of the judgment with interest.
Elmer Bell foreman of a Rock Island switching crew at Davenport was crushed to death between railroad cars in a fatal yard accident.
Fort Dodge Ths Farmers Co operative Grain Dealers association closed its largest state meeting with ringing resolutions. They call for national reciprocal demurrage laws penalizing railroads, support a 2 cent mileage bill for steam roads, and revise the railroad commission with expanded powers. They urge direct senate election, lobby reform, a twine factory at Anamosa prison, and anti pass laws, plus sending copies to President Roosevelt and Governor Cummins.
Mrs. Fred West of 1314 Thirty-fifth Street faces murder charges after an Iowa Humane Society officer, Mrs. Elizabeth Baird, uncovered a former inmate who testified she saw the dying baby Jim, a 26 month old at the home, allegedly given laudanum. The infant was reportedly sickly and blind and was later buried by Undertaker Daley.
Formal charges filed against George W. Rogan, attorney for Tom Dennison, alleging bribery of witnesses and removal of witnesses in the Tierney rape case. Charged by a lawyers committee appointed by Judge Wheeler in Red Oak Iowa.
Sioux City reports an indicted woman, Dr. Kate Horner, nearly died from gas asphyxiation during a criminal operation. After hours of medical efforts she was revived. She had denied intent, asserting the gas was turned on accidentally.
HAWKEYE NOTES reports Albig seeking interurban extension to Oskaloosa Brook and mentions farmers near Maine forming an anti horse thief society after stock losses. Minnesota and Iowa items appear, including a fatal heart attack in Boone and a wild cat attack claim near Dubuque. Copley of Walnut held in Washington on suspicion of killing wife and child. coroners verdict found otherwise.
Washington reports a renewed, uneasy focus on Japan with officials privately wary of growing tensions. Public statements deny war risks, but defense and naval circles fear deepening disputes could escalate to conflict between the two ocean-adjacent powers.
London dispatches report renewed US Japan tension over the San Francisco school incident. Analysts say Japan is not as belligerent as portrayed and the term ultimatum is often misused. Officials view the issue as federal versus state, not a direct Japan conflict, with no intent to embroil Britain under the Anglo Japanese treaty.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports Congress that Standard Oil faces broad charges from discrimination and bribery to press corruption. After extensive testimony across multiple cities, the probe portrays Rockefeller interests as crushing competition and monopolizing the oil market, while finding limited railway involvement in production.
A military funeral for United States Senator Russell Alexander Alger was held Monday in Detroit at his Fort Street West home. Delegations from national Congress and Michigan state government attended, acknowledging Alger as a statesman even as the general title remained prominent. The service consisted of prayer, scripture reading, and benediction conducted by Rev. R. H. Pence and Rev. D. M. Cooper.
New York six members of the shell trust Mare Klaw Abraham L. Evlanger Charles Frohman Al Hay man Samuel Nixon and J F Zimmer man were indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy to gain control of the country theatre business through ownership of the plays and production of attractions.
Wyoming Senator Stephen A. D. Kelster of Lander died of appendicitis in Chadron Nebraska on Wednesday after three weeks illness while traveling to Cheyenne for the legislature. The death leaves Wyoming politics without a long time legislator.
Edward P. Hipple, brother of the late F A Hipple and former president of the Real Estate Trust Company, died at his Philadelphia home on Friday from a self-inflicted revolver wound after the firm’s wreck.
In Lincoln Nebraska on Friday the senate killed the anti Christian Science bill. The measure would have required Christian Science practitioners to secure a physician. A similar bill was pending in the house.
Washington secretary Loeb spoke at the White House saying no decision has been made on canal contract bids. Oliver’s bid is deemed hopelessly defective though may be revised for consideration alongside Gilesple-McArthur. The government may reject all bids and oversee construction or hire agents as needed. The works progress with over half a million cubic yards removed from the Culebra cut in January.
A large fire destroyed 30 streetcars at the Chicago Union Traction North Clark street barns between Sherman and Dewey. An exploding gasoline tank endangered firemen and workers, with two rescuers pulled from the blaze unconscious. The loss is about 300000 dollars and will disrupt North Side transportation for some time. Thousands watched as fire gongs roused residents.
Bastrop Texas Friday saw J. C. Edmonds, superintendent of schools, shot and killed. Attorney and agitator postmaster R. A. Brooks was arrested and charged with the killing.
Bloomington mayor A Erickson reappeared Tuesday night after vanishing Saturday. He said a sudden impulse led him to travel to New York. In Caracas Venezuela governor Luis Mata y Ilas was killed by drunken partisans of Vicente Gomes amid a violent crowd.
Everly, a former teller at Union Trust in St Louis, pleaded guilty to eight counts of embezzling six thousand dollars and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. A separate item notes a six story brick building, Troy Waste Manufacturing Co, destroyed by a fire causing about 300000 damage.
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