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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
1
The Buffalo Center Tribune notes ongoing concerns about revolving doors as a public safety risk. It cites panic jams, narrow passages, and potential exits during fires, amid mentions of wartime aircraft contracts and early flight testing developments.
Irene Rolph, 17, found guilty of manslaughter in the murder of her husband Fred Dolph. After a seventeen hour jury, the verdict reflected a compromise between first degree supporters and those doubting full responsibility. The case drew unprecedented local interest amid peculiarities such as the defendant’s attorney reporting the murder and her hurried return from Joliet after a quarrel and threats prior to the incident.
Webster City reports 68 percent of local dairy cattle tubercular after tuberculin testing at the Cleveland dairy. Twenty three of thirty four cows condemned and shipped to Des Moines. Milk price drops to 10 cents a quart amid debate on milk purity and a push for central sterilizing plant. Local dairymen weigh the test’s reliability while the town eyes the milk agitation’s profits.
A 4 year old boy shot his mother, Mrs Charles Hall, in Mason City while they played together. The revolver was hidden under a pillow, fired as the mother’s back was turned. The bullet perforated the intestines and doctors fear for her life as the city mourns. The child is shaken by the incident.
In Buchannan County a family quarrel left Mont Fleming wounded by a rifle fired at close range by his daughter Maude 22. The 6 year old farm owner lies in uncertain condition as Maude is freed on her own recognizance. The Fleming family unrest unsettles the county following the Williams tragedy.
Commissioner Clark of the interstate commerce commission will visit Ottumwa on May 20 to hear three cases alleging discrimination in freight rates against railroads. The Ottumwa Commercial Association brought the matter to attention. Cases include Ottumwa Brief and Construction Company vs Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad and Ottumwa Boxcar Loader Company vs Milwaukee and others, plus a Rock Island suit.
In Dubuque a federal court jury found the Chicago Great Western railway liable for failing to provide cars with safety coupling appliances as required by law. A penalty of $090 was imposed. Illinois Central also pled guilty on a similar charge recently, reflecting a test case for future actions.
Congressman Conner of the tenth district assures Fort Dodge residents an appropriation of not less than 125000 will be allowed by Congress for a new post office. The need for more room and an adequate building is pressing as typhoid cases rise in Rockwell City with dozens affected and hospital care enlisted. Des Moines nurses are dispatched to assist.
Walter Anderson, 12, fled home after being taunted at school for spelling, sleeping in a box car in Illinois Central yards, and returning the next day in poor health. Police and neighbors hunted unsuccessfully for hours.
Waterloo reports the death of Mrs. Patrick Joyce at age 40 from a two week nosebleed that bled her to death. She was the wife of an Illinois Central passenger conductor and leaves five children, the eldest 15 years old.
The Iowa Dairy company was found guilty in Justice Skemp's court of selling milk not to standard and fined 26 dollars.
A new witness testified that Ray Lamphere acknowledged attempting to blackmail Mrs. Guinness, suggesting motive in the farmhouse fire that killed ten at the Guinness farm. Coroner reports add discovery of more remains as Pinkerton detectives probe, while Fort Wayne officials visit La Porte County.
Washington reports the House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The $7,000,000 provision includes $5,000,000 for increased pay, with funding directed to a raised salary level for enlisted personnel. President awaits final action.
Seventy two men trapped for over a day by gunfire near Fire Island were saved from the wreckage of the German ship Peter Riekmers Friday.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf reviewed the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets in San Francisco harbor. Rear Admiral Evans and Rear Admiral Thomas presided as Admiral Taft formally relinquished command, with speeches by Govs. Nebraska and California, and a formal dinner and dance marking the ceremonies.
Chester pupils at Morton Avenue school joined a sympathy strike after two teachers Mise Anderson and Miss MacFarland rode on strike-breaker trolley cars. Parents protested, demanded removals, and the plan included apologies to children and in local newspapers.
At a heated Ohio Democratic convention in Columbus, Judson Harmon of Cincinnati was nominated for governor. Harmon, former attorney general under President Cleveland, also received a call for delegates at large to back William Jennings Bryan for president at the national convention.
W B Loucke his wife and their baby were instantly killed Thursday when their automobile was struck by a Southern Pacific train at Reedley. Loucke was a prominent businessman of Soluig.
A Wisconsin paper reports eastern manufacturers and national publishers consider a plan to print black newspapers with white ink. The chief arguments include forest preservation and saving pulp wood, potentially halving print paper costs.
Berlin prince Philip zu Bulen burg was placed under arrest after two men testified he acted with them 26 years ago. The case ties to the Ber lin court scandal sparked by Maximilien Harden. He was moved from Liebenberg to a charity hospital for further perjury investigation, seen as a fatal blow to a former confidant of the emperor.
Gov Harris ordered Adjt Gen Critchfield to dispatch troops to Aberdeen and Higginsport Ohio amid threats of arson linked to bitter tobacco districts in Ohio and Kentucky. Troop B from Columbus left Wednesday at five with about 50 cavalry under Capt R W Knauss, and First Regiment companies in Cincinnati and Batavia were under warning orders.
A Friday night levee breach on the Wabash River at Vincennes Indiana tracks eight o clock the river stood at 18.8 feet and rising an inch per hour. The flood damaged two mills and forced preparations to fight the region s largest flood. A second break occurred on the Indiana side five miles south of Vincennes threatening Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern tracks three miles west. Thousands of acres flooded as authorities rush to protect property and infrastructure.
A Friday morning blaze in Atlanta, Georgia, started at 3:20 and ravaged two blocks of commercial property. By night, authorities controlled the fire with ruined structures marked by Forsythe Nelson Madison and Hunter streets. Fire and police teams later demolished what remained of the walls.
Roy Higle was arrested on a charge of killing Charles Huntington Wright, a Globe Express messenger shot in an express car on a Denver and Rio Grande train. Wright was 47. Also reported: the execution of Col. Sologano, Guatemalan military academy commandant, and Vincenzo Cerona, a wealthy Guatemalan figure, in Mexico City.
The incident occurred in Burlington as Patrick Rynne, a convict at Kurt Ethan Allen, tried to break for liberty from the guard line. Private Thomas Matlovy fired, fatally shooting Rynne on Friday night.
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