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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
7
A Citadel of a wreck at Webster City involved an Illinois Central stock train and a Northwestern freight. The Northwestern engine No 446 was destroyed. hogs and cattle were injured or killed as cars derailed and animals were freed after a roof cut. Firemen escaped with no injuries.
A 27 year old man Charles Mefford violently attacked several residents at the home of James Fitzsimmons in Cedar Rapids on June 24. After wounding Mrs. Fitzsimmons and Miss Kate Witzimmons, he killed James Fitzsimmons and neighbor Joseph Drake before shooting himself as police approached. News also reports ministers in Sioux City pushing saloon reform, a boy Roy Petersmier killed by a pitchfork, a national veterans site inspection in Mason City, and other local crimes and incidents.
George Besh and Henry Reinhardt awaken Sheriff. Besh shoots August Schmitt with a shotgun after a farm dispute. Schmitt attacked Besh and his wife, injuring the woman, before Besh fired. Schmitt goes to Waterloo, Besh released on $3,000 bond.
A Des Moines visit by Chairman Weaver of the Republican state central committee suggests the auditorium could host the August 1 state convention if progress by July 20 makes occupancy certain. If not, delegates may be moved elsewhere.
Bo J. Freeman superintendent at Audubon esquivie plant was buried eight feet when a ditch caved in. He was rescued by nearby workers before suffocation. Maniac Victim Dies: Mrs James Fitziusmous, a victim in the Coder Rapids marine assault, has died.
Rear Admiral Kempff serves as supreme American agent in China with broad powers. Born in Tugnie, he entered the Naval Academy in 1857 and saw action in the Wabash blockade, Fernandina and Jacksonville. He later commanded Mare Island yard, the Adams, and oversaw duties at Pokin during Boxer troubles. Oscar Chrisman, Kansas State Normal School professor, draws fame amid Mothers Congress controversy and athletic leadership. Marquis du Griffe and Gen. Gallifer profiled as prominent French officers with long service. Signatures of royalty and Salisbury are claimed to be with Emmonnel Ohler after an executive signing.
The British minister approves Mr Ahien’s appointment as consul for the republic of Penu at Montreal. The edition features signature imitations and various obituaries and news items from across the era including Abbas Hilmy and Vewlik Pasha. A report notes a high-profile death in St Toul and a tragic accident in Plainfield, New Jersey. The Agriculture Department estimates 25,558,000 cotton acres planted, up 7 percent. The famous houseboat Caiman, owned by Pierre Lomberd, was destroyed by fire near New Smyrna, Florida.
Readied for the thirty-fourth and likely last grand gathering of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago. The official program outlines days of patriotic services, naval parades, ball, receptions, fireworks, and multi-post reunions across Aug 26 to Sept 1 with notable guests and unprecedented city-wide events.
The weekly market summary notes limited movement in railroad activity despite heavy year over year earnings. Wheat futures rise on drought damage fears in Spring wheat, while grain shipments ease suggesting broader merchandise movement. Market sentiment remains pessimistic with prices broadly soft into autumn.
The national Prohibition party held its quadrennial meeting in Chicago with 700 delegates attending the first day. The platform favored woman suffrage, opposed saloon traffic, and included resolutions endorsing the Young People’s Prohibition League. Debate surfaced on suffrage amid a largely female participation. Nominations began, with leading figures from Illinois and elsewhere presented before adjournment for Thursday morning.
Reports from Washington say Admiral Remey orders the Brooklyn to Tien Tsin to take command of relief efforts after Americans were killed and wounded in Waller’s failed relief attempt near Taku. Four Americans killed and seven wounded prompt alarms as Oregon sails from Hous Wong with sailors and mines bound for Tako amid typhoon threats.
Reported raid on the Orange River Colony Railway indicates 31 British killed or wounded at Honingspruit. Other items note wartime censorship, politics, a New York judge’s death, a California quarantine dispute, mail robbery in Costa Rica, and record cotton acreage.
Miles Ogle, once a notorious counterfeiter, was released from prison in Ohio after serving in multiple facilities including Jeffersonville, Allegheny City, Chester, and Columbus. Paralyzed at release, the aged craftsman of fake currency had spent years attempting to outwit U.S. Treasury plates. He never passed bad money himself, but produced counterfeit notes that treasury experts could not distinguish from genuine ones. The government still seeks the original plates after his lengthy, stormy career.
The column reports Sidney Lucas gains, a Spanish cannon misfire in Kansas City, Villaverde resignations, wartime finances and coal oil accident, President Perraurs stroke, rains boosting crops in the south, Chicago’s labor lyceum, Spencer County to honor Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Corrigan’s nomination by Socialist Labor, Stephen Crane buried in Newark, New York clubs seeking summer quarters atop buildings, Methodist conference protest on charitable bequests, and 42000 horses sent to South Africa for Britain’s army.
The Weather Bureau plans many signal towers along Lakes Michigan Superior and Huron to guide ships during storms. Chicago office will oversee twenty-one towers at ports where signals were damaged or worn. Towers rise seventy-five feet, with a ten by ten foot base and a fifty foot apex. Lights include red and white lanterns, with two fifty candle power lamps for white and four fifty candle power lamps for red. Electric lights preferred. oil lamps as backup.
The article notes that signals indicate a storm from the east while red and white lights suggest a westerly approach. Prof Cox says two lights ten feet apart appear to merge from five miles away, making distant signals unreliable. A government document outlines a galvanized steel tower design like windmill towers but extended upward as a stilts tower for signal stations.
In Brownwood Texas Mrs M E Marshall keeps eight singing mice captured in a trap at her home. The first mouse sang like a canary, drawing crowds as residents heard its strong clear notes. The phenomenon attracted many visitors, a cage was provided, and the animal settled in, singing hour after hour. The tale, reported from Austin Texas, notes codfish exports from Newfoundland totaling 1 350 000 hundredweight, tainted by a pair of careless persons.
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