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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
2
An Emportant Record of the Week informs readers of rapid foreign news and fresh items on crimes casualties and piracy from the Telegraph’s latest dispatches.
Fragmentary report mentions a mounting crisis and investigations into assassinations and authorities. Names and places are unreadable, with references to President Thoreau, public safety, and state actions.
The text discusses racial disenfranchisement and constitutional issues following emancipation, noting that federal authorities questioned the legality of denying Black citizens the vote. It mentions the impact of disfranchisement on governance and the contested status of civil rights during Reconstruction.
The article recounts a series of calamities at a Wooster area farm in Ohio. A farmer’s wife suffers a foot injury that leads to blood poisoning. Twins are born. one dies shortly after birth and the other baby also dies later. Weather and disease spread are noted in the narrative.
A report from Jackson details a fatal crash in which Obie James Cofer and James McPatonel were killed instantly. Heath and Medivoned sat in the front seat, with Cofer in the rear as the engine hammer was discharged, sending hail through Heath's shirt.
A Toledo telegram notes thousands of bushels of peaches on Put-in-Bay Island turned black last year and the crop on the island is again hurt by cold weather this year. Islanders expect a yield well below normal.
An executive committee meeting for the fifth Ivennia convention is scheduled in Scotland. The notice states the gathering will occur on Friday June 22 with an agenda set by the committee.
Judge J M Morrow of Sparta died from heart failure while walking to his office. He was one of the state’s best known lawyers and a prominent figure in his community.
Bombay report notes 251 plague cases and 1 death at Poona on Friday. Among the cases were four Europeans. Rains remain absent, and crops wither under the heat.
A Rennes dispatch reports Captain Dreyfus illness is slight and he has recovered. Friends say his mental and bodily condition are excellent.
In Athens Missouri RB Hall shot his sweetheart Florence Gordon on a front porch and wounded her fatally before turning the pistol on himself. He died at the scene. The wounded woman died soon after in her home with no statement given.
Chicagoan T J Swartsborough at Denver city jail for insanity tried to cut his throat with a tin van edge. He made several gashes before guards overpowered him and sent him to a hospital. Swartsborough had arrived from Beattle, Washington, and told clerks he had money but would not surrender it. He raved of Chicago crimes, with Colorado altitude and Klondike hardships blamed for his condition. He planned to visit relatives after recovery.
Dr A Kent of Town named sul tans adviser on Turkish agriculture. Peet Da AL Kent of the Iowa State Agricultural College has been set as an instructor in farming to the Turkish people. The Sultan of Turkey invited a representative to advise on bloom and fruit production for the empire. Kent and the Iowa dynamic have agreed to accept the mission.
Mrs Minttie tussentuss and her son Otto were arrested in Fort Wayne Ind on suspicion of poisoning Carl Westenfeldt an elderly farmer found dead in bed. Authorities alleged arsenic traces and other inconsistencies prompted a murder investigation.
Thever, a cobbler, killed Dorothy MeekKee, 24, on Long Beach California after jealousy over Baker’s attention. He also shot at Baker, then killed himself by shooting, dying soon after.
Matt Stanford shot and killed Preston Carson in a quarrel over a cor wld near Washington Callie Wong. He then fired on Carson's home, wounding two children, and fled but was captured and jailed.
John Connors admits with Harry Morris and Edward Hellman that they robbed Charles A. Brant in St Louis on July 24 1808 and shot him during resistance. Morris and Hellman are imprisoned in Jefferson City for burglary and had confessed to St Louis police, resolving a year old murder mystery. The motive was robbery, not hatred or revenge.
A hotel fire confined to the roof caused a hotel panic as hundreds fled from the restaurant area. Fire and police crews evacuated guests and injured workers. Seven girls were removed from the laundry floors, one cook burned severely and treated at Ludsen Street Hospital. Estimated property loss reached $50,000.
Consul Mbe Cook at Thawseen says gold production will total 10 million dollars for the last twelve months, down from 20 million. Abiska reports suggest more gold is yet to come than ever from the Klondike region, while U.S. authorities reassess the overall outlook.
In Chicago three thousand five hundred brickmakers walked out, shutting down nearly all Cook County brickyards and risking indefinite delays to building projects. Separate items report fatalities and disasters including a lightning strike at a German cycle track injuring twenty and killing three, a river steamer sinking with 155 drowned, an expedition capturing Cahimba in the Philippines, a mother killing her child and feeding it to hogs, a mine explosion entombing seventy workers, and a ten year old struck by lightning in Napoleon Ohio.
Secretary Hitchcock ends the Cass Lake controversy by ordering the sale of the north half of section 15 near Cass Lake Minnesota. About 820 acres open to purchase with buyers and intruders to move from the half and section 16 area. The halt section will be marketed for about sixty days with a possible extra fifteen days before sale. Senator Nelson attended and voiced satisfaction.
District Court Judge Otis ruled in Minnesota that United States Express Company is a partnership not a corporation and cannot be forced to disclose interstate business volumes to the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission to levy gross earnings taxes or regulate rates. The ruling holds the commission has no authority over interstate operations.
The Anchor Line of steamships operating between Glasgow and routes to New York lost its long partnership with Trenderson Brothers of Glasgow. A new company has been formed and incorporated with capital to take over the entire business of the firm and operate the line. The change signals a shift in control of the well known sea route.
Indiana items from Peru to Anderson cover crime, weather, industry, and civic notes. Incendiaries destroy Scottsburg church. Marion Normal College expands. Indiana Brick Company plans 95 000 brick daily plant in Anderson. Bartholomew twister and Crothersville fire. electrocution in Marion. ambulance accident in Kokomo. jail mischief in Clinton County. Greentown glass factory closes. insurance and legal clarifications. Continuous local updates on deaths, accidents, politics, and industry reshaping towns across the state.
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