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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
1
A collage of quirky notes and wry observations from Buffalo Center Tribune covering ice price jokes, Monte Carlo records, French politics, comets, poets, As tor, sanatorium wordplay, Manila battle coffee, Morgan rumors, corset tragedy, Carnegie in London, Missouri teachers’ whip ruling, and public hints about baseball, Lymph Goats, Browning studies, Queensberry rules, and Alfonso XIII with Cuba birthday chatter.
A Dayton widow and a Hopkinsville merchant wed by telephone, suggesting a future for wireless nuptials with only a short space between stations. The report notes J P Morgan receiving 12 5 million in stock for organizing and financing the shipping combine as a fair price given his need. Morgan also buys Old Masters.
Attendance counts show Harvard and Columbia leading with figures around 4 422 and 2 819 respectively. Other noted schools include Chicago Minnesota Cornell Wisconsin Yale and Pennsylvania with varying student totals in the low thousands.
A blaze at the town school for the deaf yesterday noon destroyed the main building and chapel, causing an estimated loss of 100000 with 200000 needed for new structures. The uninsured campus, located beyond city fire limits, lacked adequate protection as Chief Templeton was burned and pupils, teachers, and staff escaped unharmed while temporary quarters were arranged. This marks the fourth state institution fire in two years, following events in Iowa City Ames and Glenwood.
Des Moines May 12. The board of control announced that the institution for the deaf at Council Bluffs will continue despite emergency caused by a fire. Chairman John Downie Judge Kinne and State Architect Liebbe assessed the situation and outlined plans. About half the younger pupils will be sent home this week while the rest stay until term ends in June. The fall term will start the first Monday in October with adjusted accommodations to serve all current pupils and additional ones if needed.
Newton May 13 Louis Wade a 20 year old waiter at the Utopia cafe was stabbed by Miss Thomas a dishwasher during a quarrel. Wade survived though doctors doubt full recovery while Thomas claims the act was accidental saying they were playing with knives. Wade son of night watchman Wim Wade.
Washington May 10 Judge Smith McPherson of the U S District Court southern division is a candidate for judge of the circuit court Eighth district. Judge Calswell who has held the post since Harrison's administration is about to retire, and his resignation will trigger a scramble for the position with several applicants already announcing themselves.
Dr J R Standrey unloaded three cars about one thousand goats from Texas to his Plettsville area farm near Blockton Iowa. The venture follows years of goat dealing in the duchay and marks a local success in livestock entrepreneurship.
Describes executive council adoption of rules for railroad reporting for assessment under English law Twenty-ninth general assembly. Rules require monthly gross earnings, with April data due by July 1 1902, and explain changes in how renewal costs affect maintenance versus depreciation. No substantial information will be available before next assessment.
Judge A H McVey denied injunctive relief in the J H Phillips versus Des Moines case, clearing the path to move 50000 from the water fund to the water works company for a main to the army post. The decision leaves the socialists’ parallel suit and potential appeals to the supreme court unresolved.
Three men tried to break into two Moville banks at 2:40 am. A citizen heard noises at the rear of the Bank and alerted others. A watchman flashed a light, windows were shot, two horses fled, bloodhounds were sent from Lions City.
A six year old boy was seriously burned when a wagon spout punctured his head after a runaway near the Wells home. Nora Hogencamp, nine, was severely burned after being pushed into a fire outdoors at Wade, as another child. Patrick O’Meara, a Pinewood wagon driver, died after his team ran away near Dubuque on May 12, with his skull crushed.
Restun May 19 John Jackson sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree. John Robinson received five years for attempted manslaughter. Both are Negroes in a street fight in which Jackson killed Otto Uhischager, a bystander.
May 7 report shows Thomas Hedge renominated for Congress in the First district amid party efforts. The nomination comes as Hedge continues his service in the local district with seasoned political support.
A naptha train explosion in Sheraden yards, Pittsburgh, caused a massive fire. About 25 deaths reported at surrounding area with 200+ injured. physicians fear 75 percent mortality from burns. Fire spread via naptha to Esplesborough, wrecking the Seymour hotel and River road structure. Survivors include Mrs. Seymour and her daughter.
The president asked Congress to authorize immediate aid after a massive Martinique disaster. He cites 80000 blind, 60000 homeless and hungry, and requests transport and supplies from the United States amid French assistance concerns. He directs treasury, war, and navy to act within executive discretion and urges swift relief funding.
A fast mail eastbound on Northwestern derailed at one o'clock yesterday near Ames, tearing the road bed for 200 yards and blocking both tracks. Tender, two mail cars, and two express cars left the rails. mail clerk Griffin of Des Moines suffered severe facial injuries. an unidentified tramp was killed.
In Oskaloosa on May 8 Rev. O. A. Johnson, pastor of the A. M. M. church, who was wounded in a duel with a cripple over alleged land deal cheating, was exonerated at a church conference led by elder J. Will Jackson. Earlier, Johnson was shot by a young girl accusing him of seducing her.
Washington May 16. The funeral for Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, commander in chief of the U S naval forces on the North Atlantic station during the Spanish American War, drew unprecedented pomp. Every department of the national government was represented in the ceremony.
Natives whose kraals were burned by burghers attacked a Boer laager near Scherger's Neck in Vryheld Southeastern Transvaal on May 56, killing 32 Boers.
A bold home invasion at Mrs. Moses Richer’s residence on a May evening saw a front window pried open and jewelry worth 150 dollars stolen as Alvs Richer and daughter stood by. In Mason City a Milwaukee railway engineer Switver drowned when a train split on a bridge. the engine plunged and his body was recovered two hours later from the river.
Washington May 7 to May 12 report details a fiery Senate discussion on the Philippines bill. McComas cites cruelties by all sides, Tilman harshly rebukes such views, and remarks trigger tense exchanges about negro rule and civil rights. House debates Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico statehood with only a polygamy clause approved.
Washington May 10 Governor Yatt closes Philippine business and travels to Cincinnati then New York en route to Manila. He will stop in Rome to discuss friars issues in the Philippines with Vatican authority aided by Philippines Supreme Court Judge James F. Smith and Major John B. Porter. They are chosen for familiarity with the matter. The high priced beat reference suggests church members amid Sunday fishing. Funeral of the Fords held in New York then Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Bishop Reward Burgess presided with prayers amid family lot burial. Vesuvius note mentions hydrochloric acid saturation and dramatic eruption phrasing.
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