Fmmet Co Republican ESREERVILLE Iowa
JENKENS NICHOLS Pesrtanerk is noted in the fragment as a company and names, with unclear roles. The brief text lacks a clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a complete news item.
27 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
JENKENS NICHOLS Pesrtanerk is noted in the fragment as a company and names, with unclear roles. The brief text lacks a clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a complete news item.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 20 two or three men gained entry to the state capitol through an outside window and attempted to rob the treasury. Night Watchman wood fired twice at the assailants who fled without opening the vault or taking valuables. The alarm brought police and sheriff’s men. no injuries to him are reported aside from a bullet hole in his coat. The steel vault remained untouched and no decisive evidence beyond bullet marks was found.
Paris reports fresh trouble from the Dreyfus affair as Maj Cuignet requests war department aid in a libel suit against Le Siecle for forgery. Gen Chamoin and Cuignet are subpoenaed after a confidential statement by M Joseph Lascies in the chamber alleging Delcasse lied about Cuignet’s stance on the Panardizzi telegram.
Martin Sticket was found guilty of first degree murder for killing B Shanklin in November 1899 at his Kelso area home. Shanklin was shot at supper and his house set ablaze. On November 28 an elderly couple, Cornelius and, Knapp, were killed at supper near Castle Rock. Sticket, who lived on a scow near the Cowlitz River mouth, confessed to all three murders and faces a death sentence to be set after a Day.
Archbishop Ireland will travel to Cuba shortly after year’s start on a commission from the president to study matters affecting the Roman Catholic Church there and will report recommendations to the president. Bishop McGoldrick of Maoluth will accompany him.
Omaha reports indicate Ed Cudahy Jr the 18 year old son of millionaire packer disappeared after leaving home Tuesday evening with a neighbor and a big dog. The family suspects kidnapping for ransom and detectives search Omaha area while details show the boy visited the Rustin residence with books and vanished within minutes.
Washington reports the German agrarian party seeks heavy import duties on all grains, especially wheat, to end dependence on foreign breadstuffs. Consul Diederich at Bremen notes the aim and warns the proposed law could raise bread prices, though it may not boost wheat production. The reichstag is expected to pass the measure.
A Belgian woman named Soumange denounces her husband claiming he and two companions committed a string of crimes including the murder of an elderly woman at Hautmond. The three men were tried seven years ago. two were guillotined and one was sentenced to life imprisonment. The wife’s accusation comes after years of alleged innocence.
Paris reports a strong denial by the French government of a Paris paper's claim that the American embassy in Paris was involved in disclosures connected with the United States War Department's knowledge of French gun secrets. The paper allegedly offered the Legion of Honour to Lieut. W. F. E. Sims, a former naval attache in Paris.
A. C. Metzger of Newark shot and killed his wife at the Hotel Hopewell in Huntington Pa then killed himself. Mrs Metzger was the leading lady of the Davidson Comedy Company. The couple had been separated for some time.
London Ambassador Choate denies the report he will resign his post. He attributes the rumor to relief over the death of his partner, Chas Bealan, and notes it would affect his law practice. Grover Cleveland compliments Morrison's Ann Arbor speech as a strong discussion on territorial expansion and its meaning for the republic.
Between 300 and 400 Jewish residents of the East Side gathered at the Sixty ninth Regiment armory to form an exclusively Jewish regiment. They aim to gain admission to the state national guard, marking a first of its kind in the United States. In Middletown Ohio a fire at the Pump Company works caused losses around 50,000 dollars.
Vancouver reports the Alpha wreck near Union Bay in a fierce gale. Thirty four crew aboard perished or were rescued. one unnamed sailor swam to Yellow Island with a line to guide a lighthouse crew, while the owner stayed aboard and perished. Survivors were taken to Union by sloop after days on Yellow Island.
United States Consul Gummery in Tangiers reports Morocco settles a $5 million indemnity claim over Marcus Eszagui a naturalized American killed in Morocco last spring. The Moors argued the death was by rioters, not officials, but the claim cited government failure to arrest or punish perpetrators. Navy moves to Moraes to bolster American demands. In New Orleans a train robbery suspect at a Central railroad job is found dead, Channing Barnes alias John Nelson, who wounded officers and faced earlier Illinois Central and American Express charges, allegedly slit his own throat.
A trio of robbers blew open the Kennedy bank at Hope near Shelbyville Indiana at 2 a.m. Wednesday using nitroglycerin. They took cash and valuables, escaped in a carriage with a confederate outside, and a posse pursued. Local telephone operator aided their exit by night. Market quotes and commodity prices blur in the same edition.
Adjutant General Byers returned from Washington with news that the war department will supply Krag-Jorgensen rifles to the Iowa National Guard at government expense within six months rather than Winchester rifles. The two regiments will hold camps next August in eastern and western Iowa. The guns will be extra to state funds.
Detectives of the Northwestern Railway claim a large scale theft scheme spanning much of Iowa. They allege goods were taken from cars in transit yards and warehouses for years. Two men jailed for burglary in State Center are thought members. a “Tonco” figure aiding disposal was arrested and held for examination. The force expects to uncover the state’s largest criminal operation to date.
H H Abrams Iowa Anti-Saloon League seeks injunctions in district court at Des Moines against M W Garrity of the Iowa House pharmacy George Keenhold John Sandholm of the Kirkwood House pharmacy and Charles Rogg to restrain alleged liquor nuisances in their establishments including property owners. aim to test drug store liquor law scope.
The Des Moines board declined to grant practice certificates to graduates of Still College of Osteopathy Kirksville College Kirksville Missouri and the osteopathic college at Quincy Illinois. It held their twenty month courses insufficient, detailing lack of anatomy study. Lawyers Meswitt and Rumley argued for both sides as doctors vow to pursue court action. The board says the law is the only option and hopes for a constitutional challenge to bar osteopathy.
At a preliminary hearing in Esther ville John Freeman admitted killing his wife after a quarrel by striking her with a shoe heel, then chloroforming her, stacking bedding, soaking with kerosene and setting the house ablaze. Neighbors were kept from the scene and the wife Knudtson era details surround the crime.
Poweshiek County treasurer Rowe, who fled with 40000 dollars, was freed after six years of a twelve year sentence in a Mexican penal servitude. Pinkerton detectives traced him to Mexico where he had become a Mexican citizen and acquired property. County losses were about 30000 dollars.
KE W Lucas a Johnson County prominent citizen dies at his Iowa City home. Born Sept 13 1825 in Pike County Ohio he came to Johnson County in 1840 married Phoebe Clarke Sept 29 1852. He served in Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was postmaster of Iowa City, and later a state legislator during the 18s era.
A sweeping year-end review summarizing the events of 1900 across politics, wars, disasters, science, and notable deaths. It notes the Pekin legations siege, Philippine and Transvaal conflicts, Italian king Humbert’s assassination, riots in New Orleans and New York, great fires from Newark to Hoboken, and the opening of the Chicago drainage canal along with key scientific advances. The piece lists monthly highlights and reflects on prominent individuals who died or impacted culture, industry, and government.
A garbled clipping mentions mixed blood in Mexico and matrimonial steps. It references a bachelor, a newlywed, and several unnamed figures in a chaotic, fragmented paragraph about marriage, photography, and an accident at a Paris exposition with a flashlight and one-eyed observer.
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