31 May 1907
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
1
A collage of quips and notes from Buffalo Center, Iowa, touching on social habits, Oxford honors for Mark Twain, widows in Bowdoinham, and public life. It mentions Andrew Carnegie, Swinburne, a roller skating advisory for elder men, Dr Osler on hope, and a Pennsylvania streetcar plan, mingling trivia and humorous observations.
Youth's Companion remarks compare objections to transcontinental rail links. A plan to tunnel the English Channel is debunked by Britain. The Asian intrusion and Bering Strait tunnel proposal are rejected by officials. A Texas law on prisoner photography is supported as protecting due process. Lord Michaelhar becomes London alderman, giving Jews representation and potential future lord mayor.
Centerville authorities announce four indictments against W. Q. Clark of Clark and Peatman Investment, charging obtaining money and property by false pretenses and securing signatures to instruments by deceit. The case highlights Clark and partner W. M. Peatman, now away in Oregon, amid alleged long-running frauds tied to loan and mortgage misrepresentations. The company’s stability is cited near 150000 dollars, with assets uncertain and potential broader scope of deceptions.
Des Moines reports an entire herd of thirty cattle near Fort Des Moines killed by rabies after mad dogs. State Veterinary Surgeon Talbott notified police. officers to destroy roaming dogs. A girl in South Des Moines reportedly bitten amid dog outbreaks in Bloomfield Township and Warren County. authorities order dogs at large killed.
Mrs. William McKinley died at 1:06 yesterday in Canton after a peaceful decline. Her last words referred to the infant and her husband. Funeral arrangements will be simple at the McKinley home, with interment to await the national mausoleum on Monument Hill. Ida Saxton McKinley, born 1847 in Canton, married William McKinley in 1871 and they had two daughters, Katie and Ida. Ida died in 1873.
John Connell was shot from a grove near Oasis Cedar county while driving home from Iowa City. Neighbors say neighbor Elmer Pratt, who owned a shotgun, refused to speak as reports swirl about a long running feud and Pratt claims he acted to protect his home. Investigator notes Connell met county attorney that afternoon before his death.
Des Moines jury returns a two hour verdict convicting Carl M. Spencer of embezzling funds from Des Moines National Bank. Counsel announces appeal. Defense admits a shortage but argues funds not bank property. judge rules that money collected for others remains bank property.
Creditors of the late Dow City bank receive drafts with interest from an unnamed source. Sid Green, former banker, claims to be funding payments and expects to settle all claims in time. Mrs Green runs a hotel in California, while he is reportedly not there.
In San Francisco powerful financiers and executives appeared in Judge Coffey’s court to post bonds totaling over half a million dollars while facing multiple indictments. Louis Glass of Pacific Telephone posted 20,000, while Patrick Calhoun Mullally and T L Ford faced fourteen counts each for bribery. Crocker Bank’s W H Crocker and Henry T Scott posted large bonds, with Ruef jailed on extortion and Dillson Biggy’s jail noted. many details reflect the era’s payoffs and governance.
Waterloo Mayor Rector defeated a council bid to grant a Waterloo Water Company franchise at an adjourned session. He ruled the proposal a new measure and blocked it with a failure to reach the required three fourths vote. A petition for municipal ownership circulates amid heated feelings on the long running dispute.
Ridney Jose Sitton was driving a stock cutter when the team ran against a stump. He was thrown headfirst, his foot caught in the knives, and dragged over fifty feet before the team stopped. His body suffers deep bruises and ant bites, and his condition is listed as very serious.
In Danville a nine year old boy named John Svdbrac with two companions Frank Wiiott and another, playing in a vacant house near the Ilott home, accidentally discharged a shotgun and was killed instantly. Local authorities reported the death as an accidental shooting with no evidence of foul play.
Miss Lydia Ward, returning from a city drive with her parents, was caught under a windloosened barn door and suffered several broken bones and other injuries.
Des Moines printer Thomas M. Hughes, a long employed floor man at the Register and Leader, walked into the telegraph editor’s desk and killed himself with a 38 caliber revolver. Despondency over his job and a past murder for which he was acquitted weighed on him as the act ended his life.
Wayne county grand jury began sessions with an investigation into the affairs of the wrecked Farmers and Drovers Bank of Seymour. Bank Examiner Windsor and Receiver Bird Fry testified, while cashier LeRoy Ware could not attend due to illness and Sheriff Merritt plus a doctor reported his condition improving slightly.
A putcher, J. K. Phillips, was fined ten dollars for selling six unlabeled lard substitute products. State Inspector Tate filed the complaint under the Pure Food Law, with provisions to prosecute accordingly. More may follow as the case develops.
One year old Linda, daughter of James Roddy of Dubuque, was playing with a broken head doll when a gash was cut in her eye. The eye was removed to save the other eye and the child was taken to the hospital.
London health officer Dr Leaby reports that Londoners pay 160000 annually for water in milk. He notes prosecutions fail to stop adulteration as offenders are fined then resume the fraud, continuing a profitable business in watered milk.
Jefferson City Mo Judge Robert A Anthony appointed to take testimony in Hadley v Standard Oil Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil for conspiring to fix prices in MissouriCA. The report says the alliance began 1901 and continued to the filing. If upheld, the court may revoke franchise rights of Waters-Pierce and cancel foreign corporations Standard Oil and Republic in Missouri and may impose fines.
A deliberate train wreck on Southern Pacific Coast Line near West Glendale killed one and wounded 23, with four in critical condition. Coast Line Limited train No. 20 jumped 16 feet after wires and removed fishplates near Arroyo Seco, as investigators offered 10,000 reward for suspects. no crew aboard.
At the Chicago Board of Trade opening on Wednesday December wheat leaped in its biggest move of the campaign, rising about 6 cents above the dollar. Buying orders flooded in nationwide as July and September prices held above the cue dal tar mark, while May wheat remained unsold.
The White House states the president will not stop more than once in any race after leaving Canton on September 30. Planned stops include St. Louis, Memphis, and Calhoun, with three groups along the Inland Waterways Commission route from the Lakes to the Gulf.
Startling revelations outline a conspiracy to steal mineral and timber lands worth millions of dollars from the public domain. Indictments may name a U.S. senator, former senator, top business leaders, railroad officials, coal operators, and heads of major companies. The probe, led by Burns and Heney, spans California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Minnesota, and more, with evidence showing federal officials and secret agents enabled the looting.
A riotous mob in Beldeville Georgia killed a woman and wounded several as officers pursued assailants. In nearby events, a monument to Civil War soldiers in Vicksburg Mississippi was dedicated, while a late Kentucky court case concluded with a not guilty verdict for Marshal Thomas and James Hargis in a long feud.
A distorted report notes Thursday entertainment in Boston featuring Gov. Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald. The event aimed to showcase a band of Japanese associates with various clubs. The chaotic text mentions a days program and notable figures, but specifics are unclear.
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