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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
6
Westbound Wabash No. 3 struck a washout at Case twelve miles west of Logansport, overturning three coaches and two baggage cars. Fifteen dead reported, including engineers and crew. many injured. Rescue teams from Peru rushed to the scene as details remained sparse.
The south bound Texas special on the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad struck two cows in Beebe Arkansas at 615 yesterday morning and wrecked. Mrs Howard of Waco Texas en route home from a St Louis hospital on a cot was badly bruised and seriously injured. Postal clerks W E Seybold M H E Simms and Butler Campfield were injured but not seriously. The tender two baggage coaches and one mail coach were turned over and smashed into kindling wood and scrap iron. None of the passengers except Mrs Howard was hurt but many were thrown from their berths and chairs with great violence.
Fire at Devoe & Reynolds wholesale paint and varnish firm at 176 Randolph Street caused partial destruction and a $70,000 loss. One employee, H. M. Cutting, suffered serious burns from a blaze starting on the fourth floor by spontaneous combustion. Guests at adjoining Bismarck Hotel and Bridge House escaped unharmed.
Berlin financiers report the Leipziger bank failure will yield little if any recovery and warn the collapse could seriously affect a number of other banks. Shares had stood at 140 on the Berlin bourse before the shock surfaced. The surprise collapse unsettles confidence across the financial sector.
The Kakamara Maru arrived with news of a massacre in Quelpar Korea where over 800 French converts were killed after attacking a native meeting and abducting six. The natives later retook the field as their forces grew, killing the remaining converts. This violent report comes from Victoria B C dated June 26.
General Fouch commands advance beyond Glen Almond near Allwal North as Boer and British scouts exchange shots six miles from there. Local defense forces have been mobilized in Barkley Hast June 26.
The third day of extreme heat in Chicago led to two fatalities, Paul Dooley and Nicholas Schulk Rath, both laborers, as temperatures hit 94 degrees with high humidity and intense suffering reported.
Rome report states the pope's increasing feebleness leads Dr. Lapponi to forbid his usual hot weather pavilion visits in the Vatican garden. Officials say no alarm is felt despite the change in routine.
The mystery of Leonard Dennison missing from the steamer Lotus is solved by the discovery of his body floating in the Mississippi River at Muscatine. The boatman reported concerns after his absence from the vessel in Dubuque.
Fragmentary report from Eldorado Kansas dated June 26 shows a jury trial underway with defense arguing a point as the case moves toward court action. Names and full details are unclear from the readable text.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company board unanimously backed Forest Park as the World’s fair site for 1903. The 1118 acre area includes 668 acres in the western Forest Park portion plus 450 adjacent acres, about one third larger than Chicago’s Columbian exposition site.
St Paul Nebraska June 26 County Judge Smith ruled the Nebraska curfew law unconstitutional after four young women from prominent families were detained for being out late. Habeas corpus actions led to their release and the case may appeal to higher courts.
National League results show New York 8 over St Louis 12, Brooklyn 5 over Chicago 2, Boston 9 over Pittsburg, Philadelphia 3 over Cincinnati 0, and American League games Boston 4 over Cleveland 2 plus Washington 8 over Milwaukee 1 and Baltimore 4 over Detroit 2. Western League games include Omaha 6 over St Joseph 0, St Paul 13 over Denver 5, Des Moines 7 over Kansas City 2, and Minneapolis 9 over Colorado Springs 8.
Chicago grain notes show wheat easing on lower cables and good crop prospects. September wheat closes slightly down while September corn and oats rise. provisions slip amid mixed cash quotations for No 2 and No 3 grains and assorted pork ribs lard prices.
Cattle receipts 2000 including 300 Texans steady with best steers 5.50 to 6.30, calves 4.00 to 6.65. Hog receipts 14000 with 30000 expected tomorrow, top 6.30, most sales 6.05 to 6.20. Sheep receipts 10000, spring lambs firm, wethers 4.00 to 4.25, native lambs 4.00 to 5.25.
Cattle receipts 9,000 natives 700 Texans 200 calves. Steers and feeders mixed levels with highs for choice dressed beef at 5.90. Hogs receipts 16,000 with top 6.20 and most sales 5.95 to 6.15. Sheep receipts 3,000 with western lambs 4.50 to 6.15 and spring lambs 4.75 to 5.25.
Cattle receipts 8200 slow with lower tone across classes. Beef steers 4.50 to 5.85, western 4.00, Texas 3.50 to 4.00, cows 3.40 to 4.75, canners 1.50 to 3.25, stockers 3.25 to 4.75, bulls 2.80 to 4.40. Hog receipts 7200 up to 10 cents higher. heavy 8.00 to 6.07, mixed 5.07 to 6.00, light 5.95 to 6.00, pigs 5.00. Bulk sales 5.97 to 6.02. Sheep receipts weak to 10 cents lower. wethers 3.40 to 3.75, ewes 3.00 to 3.50, common and small 3.00 to 3.60, lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
St Joseph reports cattle receipts totaling 2 808 with prices for natives cows and calves veoals and stockers. Hog receipts 0 023 show light mixed and heavy categories with bulk around 6.00 to 6.10. Sheep receipts 1 183 indicate lambs up 25 cents. Sioux City follows with cattle receipts details.
Reports describe extensive property loss in the Elkhorn valley from the June flood. Keystone, Shawnee, and Powhattan suffer severe damage with many buildings wrecked and rail lines washed out. Rescue crews clear tracks while the Clinch valley division resumes service and William Jennings Bryan Kaar plans a July 2 lecture for relief funds.
The Hancock departed Manila yesterday carrying Adjutant General Corbin Surgeon General Sternberg General Chambers McKibben to join General Chaffee's staff and Colonel Hall who will replace General Barry as adjutant general in the Philippines. Also aboard were Senator Dietrich and Congressman Kahn. The ship will head directly to Manila due to plague reports at Honolulu and will not stop there.
The Catholic Knights of St. John convention in Cincinnati enters its second day with reports from officers. Supreme President Fries proposes hiring a paid organizer in the field and approves a federation scheme linking the orders.
Reverend Joseph Cook, noted lecturer and author famed for linking the Bible with science, died at his summer home in Whitehall area near Ticonderaga after years of ill health. The death marks the end of a long career devoted to religious and scientific discourse.
London report notes D B Henderson speaker of the U S House and Henry White secretary of the U S embassy observing King Edward inspect the Yeomen of the Guard in Marlborough House gardens yesterday afternoon.
In Baraboo Wisconsin during June 36 Miss Car ye Brown aged 22 or 32 years died in Caledonia yesterday from heart trouble. She was famed as the fattest girl in the world weighing 660 pounds and standing 6 feet 7 inches tall with a 13 inch bust measurement.
A wolf hunting party set up a temporary camp near Janesville and will scour the countryside for several days with hounds and guns. They report killing several wolves this trip as part of their annual hunt. Last year they killed 127 wolves. Ottumwa men head to St. Louis to establish headquarters for a Des Moines life insurance company and manage the state agency.
Des Moines reports ongoing election results for Iowa Odd Fellows grand officers with names for grand secretary grand treasurer and other posts. Also notes a fatal lightning strike at Dunlap and state institution census changes across several facilities.
Mrs Louise Russe 18 was found dead and partially burned in her home seven miles southwest of Greene Iowa on June 20. Authorities believe she was murdered and the house set afire with kerosene and feathers scattered on the floor.
Federal Judge Shiras rules that part of the 1879 bonds of the Rock Rapids school district are payable under the state constitution. He orders $6,875 principal plus ten years of interest totaling $15,087.53 to be paid, and also allows enforcement of the 1882 issue. The ruling draws broad interest.
Plans for the first electric line in Iowa progress from Creston to Winterset. The New System Traction Co proposes a Council Bluffs to Des Moines route, with standard gauge, motor power, and mixed passenger freight service, backed by western investors. Stockholders will meet to adopt articles and commit capital.
Refuge Vol is a dark bay Clyde horse bred by Robert Holloway of Alexis II. Sire Cedric Vol 1 and dam Dutch ess 1571, with lineage to Old Times Vol 1 and Rosie 1552. Cedric, sire of Refuge, is by Prince of Wales 673, noted as the era’s top Clyde in Scotland. Two of Cedric’s offspring sold for 15000 and 9000 dollars. yearlings sold 2540 to 5000. Cedric won Glasgow Spring Show two year olds prize, sold for 500 guineas, and earned third at three, then first at a fat stock show in Chicago in 1887.
Imported English Shire stallion The Baron 783 bay with black points weighs 1900 pounds bred by A C Rogers of Buckingham England Sire Sweetmeat Baron George dam Bledlow dam by Wagoner by Conqueror Heart of Oak line Kin Heong Blecher's Emperor further dam line includes Champion Active and Wax Work with Conqueror ancestry noted
Foaled June 6 1892 Young Comet sired by Merry Comet from Champion of the West line weighs 2000 pounds with noted good bones and head. Breeding prospects urged to inspect before breeding Terms ten dollars insure mare in foal. Care limits liability. Breeding, remares, barn tours, feed yard, and work horses offered. call to inspect stock and chain.
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