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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
2
A fragmentary column surveys high society talk, foreign royals, and curiosities from the era. It touches Anna Gould, Prince de Sagan, and Mrs Vanderbilt, noting headlines, fashion, and social intrigue while riffing on economics, debt, and distant parties in a breezy, satirical tone.
Cuy of Dubuque Demands $50,000 from prominent man and bondsmen of Arthur McArthur ex-trustees J P Ryder and John Wil wanger over alleged mismanagement and embezzlement at the water works. McArthur now in Fort Madison. bondsmen include Peter Kiene J W Altman W F Bonson and Robert Bonson. City battles rival suit for $40,000 on coal account amid local controversy.
Iowa Central hires strike breakers from Chicago and Minneapolis to guard the Marshalltown shop as machinists and helpers refuse the old wage scale. Five guards arrived, patrolling property under supervision of F. I. Colwell. Sheriff Huston declined deputizing Minneapolis men, citing nonresidency and current conditions, but pledged company protection and immediate response to any damage.
Federal Judge McPherson in Council Bluffs denies Iowa's claim to 1000 acres along the Missouri river, ruling the land does not form an island. Creighton heirs hold title after squatters' rights and tax payments, land valued at about 1000 dollars per acre.
A Murray blaze with incendiary origins damaged four buildings in the business district, including a military store and the Murray hotel which burned to the ground. Damages exceed $5,000. two vacant two story structures also ruined. Guests escaped unharmed as flames raged past midnight for over an hour.
J F Moorehouse comes home near Swedesburg after five years missing. In March 1903 he vanished while driving cattle to Chicago amid rumors of robbery and murder. He now lies ill with smallpox and quarantine is set. Prior debts and lawsuits tainted his reputation before his return.
Fort Dodge High School captured the Iowa debating title by unanimous decision over Cedar Falls High School. The debate centered on whether limited disarmament by leading powers would promote civilization, with Fort Dodge excelling in argument and presentation. Fort Dodge representatives were Richard Mitchell, Charles Meloy, and Waldo Miner. Cedar Falls contestants were Glenn Davis, Max Cunning, and Carson Taylor.
A tornado swept over Clinton county crossing near Dowitt and Charlotte, blowing over barns unrooting trees damaging homes and washing out the Northwestern Bridge, causing a freight wreck.
Cashier Fights Indictment at Princeton Savings Bank scandal as five counts allege false entries. He pleads not guilty with Dr John Knox and C W Pinna posting a $2000 bond.
Three druggists were fined 300 each for illegal selling of intoxicants in Mason City. Theodora Bohn George Moss and G W Greag were among seven indicted by the grand jury. G H Lambert presides as the trial advances. others have yet to decide their next move.
A fire damaged a building and three horses at Buxton Bustune, causing about $7,000 in losses. James Mule of Maxster was among those affected as the blaze consumed the structure and livestock.
The board of directors of the A N & S road plans extensions both north and south. Surveys exist for lines from here to Villisca and fromCidalllon to Manning. Depot houses are almost done, new rails secured for sidings, and work will start when right of way is obtained.
A series of tornadoes across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama left at least 350 dead and about 1 200 injured with thousands homeless. Purvis Miss and several towns including Anite McCallum McLaurin Winchester and Albertville suffered severe damage as crews cleared wreckage and sought survivors.
Portsmouth April 26 A snow stormed sea clash yesterday afternoon off the Isle of Wight saw the American line steamer St Paul collide with British cruiser Gladiator. Gladiator damaged and beached on her starboard side. about twenty crewmen lost during boat evacuation. St Paul bow damaged but all aboard safe. Gladiator towed to shore, likely extensive casualties feared.
The battleship Mins pour suffered a serious accident during fleet movement from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara. A pressure cylinder blew, filling the engine room with escaping steam but no one was injured. Steam supply was restored after engine room efforts, and the vessel made port under the starboard engine alone.
In Paris the ninth duke of Chaninos and Picquigny Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marie d Albert de Luynes d Ailly died of heart embolism at 11 p m in his Hotel Langham apartment. He married Miss Theodora Shonts two months earlier in New York. The duchess held him as he expired and kept vigil through the night amid American friends. The couple had lived quietly since arriving a month ago prior to the brief honeymoon ending in tragedy.
Four miners died and 100 escaped after an Ellsworth Collieries Company explosion at Ellsworth Washington county Pennsylvania. The blast in a new entry is blamed on gas buildup with unknown causes. Deputy Mine Inspector Z W Louthitt arrived to investigate and noted mothers kept calm and led others to surface after the concussion.
Mourts engston fired at Miss Sigrid Applehalm Thursday morning, likely mortally wounding her. He fled to the highway and shot himself, dying shortly after. Oldest Man In Canada Dies in Winnipeg. John McNabb, born in 1800, lived to 108, long employed by the Hudson Bay Company from boyhood.
Miners and operators in Springfield reached a fork on wage scale settlements. The decision now rests with the rank and file of the United Workers of the State to vote by referendum on ordering a strike to compel the Winlas Coal Operators' Association to pay wages for shot firers. The action was decided by the ministry Monday afternoon.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, former British prime minister, died at his official residence 10 Downing Street after a long illness. Born September 7, 1836, he represented Stirling Burghs for nearly four decades and led the country from 1906, winning one of the largest majorities in British history.
A Minnesota lawyer, Captain Francis B. Hart, of Minneapolis, was suspended from practicing law for six months by a special Supreme Court panel appointed by Gov. Johnson. The charges stem from Hart's December letters to the governor and Chief Justice Start criticizing the Supreme Court about three cases in which he represented the defeated parties.
A dynamite blast near the Eagle River area Friday shattered a warehouse and blew in fronts of six nearby business structures. About 400 feet from the business district the explosion caused extensive destruction with no fatalities and property damage estimated at 16000 dollars.
The flag of the American frigate Chesapeake, taken by H M Shannon on June 1 1843, was auctioned in London and presented to the Royal United Service Museum by William Walder Astor. The sale notes that Astor was the purchaser, and the museum also received the trophy’s token.
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