15 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
1
The Buffalo Center Tribune surveys costs on the New York state house at twenty thousand dollars to date, noting about one third spent on building. It mentions other items from Aurora corset factory to college life and a Philadelphia prize offer, plus musings on wit and pride of successful men.
Das Parenorst laments with tears that he respects a political boss more than those easily bossed. A doctor warns of a widespread deleterious condition in the country. A Florida blizzard spared oranges by killing pests, leaving the crop reportedly improved for remaining fruit.
The piece notes that river disasters on the Mississippi and other rivers have become rarer due to reduced river travel. It recalls that in the decade after the war many wrecks occurred, especially on the lower Mississippi, causing numerous fatalities.
A writer in an English review advocates generating electricity in coal fields and transmitting it to industrial centers, arguing this would save vast amounts of carrying power and coal wasted in transit both at home and in Great Britain.
A printer’s editorial urges focus over scattershot ads, noting that the second hundred dollars spent in any legitimate advertising medium is worth three times the first. The piece argues that sowing ads across church fairs and random props yields poor earthly business results.
The public should not fear German spies in France or French spies in Germany. Nations routinely gather intelligence on rival military and naval affairs, and France likely has access to substantial information about German and English capabilities. Such data flows are virtually inevitable among interested states.
A Minnesota case prompts strong opinions as one side argues for the execution of the murderer and the hypnotist ally. The writer hopes the trial sets a stern example to deter hypnotism in crime.
A garbled OCR fragment notes a bank official's calm readiness to meet someone. It suggests reflections on professionalism and demeanor, though details and names are unclear due to damaged text.
After years of litigation over swamp land funding, Lyon county faced a large debt from bonds issued to fund swamp lands. The supreme court tie vote sustained a lower court ruling voiding the bonds, with bond principal and interest totaling about $260,000. Van Wagen and McMillan earned a fee of $21,018 for the county.
J K Cumberland, the Shelby county murderer, was hanged at the Fort Madison penitentiary. He faced the end with nerve, hoping for a last minute respite. He left his body to his sister and handed the chaplain his only possession, a lead pencil. His wife and child were not allowed to visit before the execution.
In Keokuk the federal court term ends due to funds shortage. Mike Toomey of Mt Pleasant fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for bootlegging. He has twelve state and two federal prior convictions. 102 indictments were returned, 52 cases disposed of, and 105 continued, with 2707 jail days imposed across sentences.
Gov. Jackson appoints James Wilson, agriculture professor and station director, to a joint Minnesota Nebraska Dakotas Iowa commission to meet in St. Paul Feb 14. J C Baker of Emmetsburg, a past Populist and Democratic candidate for Congress, also joins the panel.
A communication to the House of Representatives from the secretary of war lists the U S military force. It states the Iowa militia comprises two generals forty eight officers on the general's staff fifty seven infantry soldiers and eight members of the signal corps.
A collision between passenger train No. 3 and a stock train on the Chicago and Northwestern at Otis near Cedar Rapids derailed both locomotives and wrecked the front mail car. Several cattle were killed. no passengers or trainmen were injured. Engineers and firemen risked their lives by jumping from their cabs.
Farmer Rumsey, living near town, drank a wine glass full of tincture of aconite from a drug store after mistaking it for liquor. Drs Birney and Anderson acted quickly and used a stomach pump to remove much of the poison. He remains seriously ill but survived the incident.
Kronen and Keokuk will lack street railway service for an indefinite period. The electric railway franchise held by J. Mubinger allowed winter suspensions if operations did not pay. Mubinger reported losses and announced suspension effective immediately, with no service to resume until spring or later.
A grand jury re-arrested J C Vetzer Isaac Dickerson and Dr N Richards and Dr G B Montgomery all Cass County Bank directors. each posted a $1000 bond. Rumor of conspiracy indictments circulates but no details yet. A stockholder liability case before Judge Smith could affect many attachment actions.
Reports from multiple cities describe British French and Russian ministers urging Japan and China toward peace talks while envoys from China seek mediation from France Germany Austria and Russia. Updates note torpedo strikes on Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen, German trade gains in Japan, and US nonintervention policy amid European diplomacy.
Chairman Springer of the banking and currency committee expressed disappointment and said further action would require a new bill. Democrats for the measure claimed it was the end of financial legislation, while pundits expected another bond issue promptly. Separate item reports a snowbound Pennsylvania railroad accident near Lucknow where ten men were struck by a Pacific Express section. four were killed and one fatally injured as others leaped to safety.
A Central News dispatch from Constantinople reports Armenian type outrages in Sidon Heyrout and Damascus Syria. Damascus Christians fear a repeat of the 1840 massacre when thousands were killed.
News from San Francisco reports the arrest of over three hundred participants in the Hawaii rebellion aboard the steamer Australia. The queen’s plea seeks clemency, denies aiding the republic, and hints she planned to live privately while authorities press for convictions. A search of her home found arms, ammunition, and rebel-aligned documents including a new cabinet.
Briefs cover a Kansas train hold up near Sylvia by four masked men believed Stafford gang members, a Chicago river receivership ruling in the whisky case with Judge Grosscup criticizing stock jobbers, and Lord Rosebery commenting on Armenian, Irish, and Lords reforms. Toledo dispatch reports a Milan bank burglary with five robbers escaping toward Sandusky after blowing the bank safe.
A London letter from an Associated Press correspondent in Armenia describes conflicting casualty figures from Armenian massacres. Estimates range from 1,000 to 3,000 killed and up to 25 villages destroyed, with 10,000 claimed by some in Athens and Constantinople. The sultan applauded the soldiers with decorations and flags, to be presented when public sentiment quiets. European observers expect a broader inquiry by a European commission if the Turkish inquiry proves unsatisfactory.
Honolulu dispatch from January 16 reports leaders of an abortive revolt arrested and court martialed. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani charged with complicity, government imposes martial law, possible property forfeiture and exile loom. Diplomats expected to seek release from Britain and the United States.
In Nashville on February 7 the Tennessee general assembly met in joint session to read county returns for governor. A. Clay Evans, the Republican claimant, objected along with Turney, a Democratic claimant. Evans took the oath of office but the Secretary of State refused to file it, and Evans plans to seek a mandamus to compel filing.
Datelined Des Moines February 1 1895 the Iowa patent office records Mount Broom Co Des Moines securing trademark number 71 and lists five US patents issued last week including Dr J J Blaughan for an upright boiler with concentric sections and large heat radiating annular spaces, W W Rebu Sehatis and J T Collins for a side stick printers galley, and J T Owens for a mop wringer.
Mrs Sarah M Pierce wins 2500 damages from St Louis county jury after a man named A B Carpenter allegedly sought to kiss her at her home in August 1903. A separate suit for libel is pending against Carpenter, a wealthy contractor with a wife and several children.
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