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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
3
In Buffalo Center Iowa a bustling page of jokes and snippets ponders fashion, railways, divorce, wordplay, and global power. It notes Carnegie’s giving, a seven masted schooner’s failure, and an 88 year old groom swimming the Platte.
An observer notes watching a mosquito evolve from larva to adult at a pond edge. The remark shifts to a warning that it would be criminal to let the mosquito escape, hinting at a potential illegal action or mischief.
The capitol improvement commission awarded the heating ventilation and electric lighting contract for the state house to L. H. Kurtz of Des Moines. Work starts soon and must be finished by December 1. Mrs. John Thordson, jailed for chicken stealing, attempted self harm with gas and a hair ribbon, prompting continued watch. Her husband is in Fort Madison penitentiary for related deals. A Rock Island gravel train collision near Elmira killed three and injured many, including crew members. The passenger train was wrecked in the crash near Cedar Rapids.
Robbers used an iron bar to break the Rhodes post office front door and stole stamps and cash from a new invoice worth about three or four hundred dollars. Postmaster J. B. Satterfield reports the loss as investigators look for clues and suspects.
A freight wreck near Clermont damaged the baggage car while the mail and smoker cars derailed as the gravel train crew were blamed. The Iowa State Auditor’s report shows deposits up by about 1.04 million since February, with savings banks leading gains. capital stock and profits rose while bank borrowings fell. George W. Walker, a Buxton cyclone victim and local reader, died after injuries from aiding cyclone victims. A separate incident notes a man killed in a store and a coincidental suicide by another worker. Union county democrats condemn tariffs and cite Iowa political shifts, while H. H. Polk announces a Des Moines to Omaha interurban railroad survey, seeking engineers to begin field work.
In Clermont on June 20 more than 6,000 attended a reunion of the Twelfth Iowa regiment, the Lincoln monument presentation, and the unveiling of a bronze statue of Col. Henderson funded by Hon. William Larrabee. The day included speeches by Sen. Dolliver and Col. Henderson, with music from Upper Iowa University and notable attendees from Iowa and nearby states. Eleven killed in wreck near Raymond as trains collide due to misread orders, destroying the passenger and freight engines. several injured, with extensive wreckage and a dramatic rescue sense.
Distribution of merchandise slowed by unseasonably low temperatures and heavy rains, but overall conditions remain favorable with better crop prospects and rising factory orders. June railway earnings exceed last year by 6.8 percent and 1901 by 14.8 percent, while iron and steel markets show mixed signals amid high production and cautious buying.
Niagara Falls June 22 The state encampment of the G A R adopted a resolution urging the national department to fix Decoration Day on the last Sunday in May or the first Sunday in June to curb sport and revelry and restore the day to its original import.
Lincoln June 22 Bishop Bonacum of the Lincoln diocese failed for the third time to oust Father Murphy from church property at Seward. Judge Samberger denied a rehearing as the bishop's proof that his excommunication decree had been upheld at Rome was deemed insufficient. he said he would appeal.
La Crosse June 23 Mrs Jane Mireau with eight children was found starving in a woodshed. Her husband had been adjudged an infant a year ago and in his detention she gained possession of his property valued at several thousand dollars and 3000 in money. The fate of the money is unknown.
Judge Oliver P. Shiras of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio announces plans to retire from the bench on November 1. He will turn 70 in October.
Lowell Mass June 22 The Textile Council asked to hold a conference with mill agents to end the strike but was declined.
Waterloo Iowa June 22 Train No on the Illinois Central crashed into a freight train dust west of Raymond at 2 40 Friday morning. Ten people were killed including two engineers two firemen a mail agent and six others. Three passengers were slightly hurt and one seriously. Four hours were needed to clear the wreckage. Names given include J R Griffin F H Stoneman D J Brants J B Mills BD R Stickney and George Hurn plus three unidentified tramps. The passenger train was at fifty miles an hour and the freight crew allegedly misunderstood orders.
A Chesapeake and Ohio express wreck occurred near Ashland Kentucky with a Pullman and a coach overturning an embankment. A Virginia woman was seriously hurt while Deputy Internal Revenue Collector C. TH. Berryman Robson and five passengers sustained minor injuries.
A Senate Subcommittee endorsed a redraft of Senator Lougheed's bill to criminalize foreigners urging strikes or lockouts in Canada while allowing visits of international union officials to settle disputes. The measure also widens to bar officials of international associations from inciting strikes or trouble.
In New York on June 22 Ollie Foster, a variety actress, sat in a balcony box at the Imperial Musical Hall in Coney Island when a well dressed young man named Edward Geets, 21, opened fire fatally wounding her and then attempted suicide. The pistol misfired and Geets was disarmed.
Eastern capitalists pay four million dollars to Engileh syndicate as Gottfried Krueger of Newark New Jersey Peter Hauck of Harrison New Jersey and Adolph Hupfel of this city buy back five breweries from English owners. The 1889 sale involved the same men with others. Reported price was seventy eight dollars on preferred and thirty five on common stock.
Bloodhounds pursue a band of holdup men after they blew open the Colfax office safe, escaping with 200 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in stamps in central Timeis. Bloomington, Al, June 22.
Washington dispatch lists John G. toster of Vermont named consul general at Ottawa and Robert Woods Allis as consul at Vienna. James Vernor Yong of Pennsylvania is named consul at Patras and Howard Higgins of Massachusetts becomes consul at Herne.
In Paris on June 22 Prof. Frederick Mason, historian, and M. Baalu the author were elected to the Academie Francais to fill seats left by the late M. Le Souve and M. Gaston Paris.
Henry McCune, indicted for the murder of Police Officer George Allen in August, was acquitted by the jury which sustained his plea of self defense in Galesburg Illinois on June 22.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 22. Ben Craveng the outlaw leader has again demonstrated nerve by holding up a party of 100 men and women in the Osage Indian nation.
Clinton Lundberg, a special delivery clerk at the Chicago General Post Office, drowned at Fish Lake in Michigan during his vacation. The incident occurred while he was away from work for leisure. Authorities reported the drowning and noted Lundberg’s position with the postal service.
Springfield Ohio June 22 Twenty five hundred employees of a royal harvester manufacturing company will hereafter get a half holiday on Saturday of each week.
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