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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
1
Company item from Pitherville Iowa appears in brief rural notice format. It references 88 stools and a local business listing with limited legible details. The fragment suggests a commerce oriented blurb or classified line from a county paper.
A coroner s jury found John Alexander Dowie and associates H W Juda Mrs Sprecher and Mrs Bratsch criminally responsible for the death of Mrs Emma Lacy Judd. Police sought Dowie and Judd who were missing as officers jailed Mrs Bratsch. a mob in South Chicago burned Dowie effigy after the verdict.
Bresci, the killer of King Humbert, killed himself in Santo Stefano prison. He strangled himself with a blanket rope after growing increasingly distraught from remorse and isolation. Reports say he lived in a dark cell with meals slid in through a panel and no jailer contact. Giolitti informed the king, who remarked that perhaps it was best for the unhappy man.
Masina The gates of Bilibid prison in Manila swung open last Friday night and admitted a mule wagon bearing three former United States officers who began to serve sentences in expiation of crimes connected with the commissary scandals. Capt. Frederick J. Barrows is sentenced to five years, Capt. James G. Reed to three years, and Lieut. Frederick Boyer to one year. Boyer protests his innocence and accuses Barrows of sole guilt in misappropriating bacon.
Dispatches from St. G Dun & Co reporters indicate an unusually satisfactory winter wheat yield across the belt. Conditions have improved since earlier statements, with pest damage from the Mesiany largely mitigated and acreage slightly down in some states, suggesting a strong overall harvest despite Texas drought replanting.
Widespread flooding from swollen rivers and a failed dam near Elizabethtown, Georgia, devastates Elizabethtown and downstream towns in Tennessee. Eight deaths reported. hundreds homeless as rivers like Watnga, Chuckey, and French Broad surge with bridges swept away and property losses exceeding millions. Rescue efforts hampered by downed telegraph lines as Knoxville faces rising Tennessee River levels and mass evacuations.
During a race off Southampton a sudden squall decimated the Shamrock fleet. Shamrock II lost its topmast and mainmast, another sail was torn, and the bowsprit of the challenger was carried away. King Edward, aboard with Sir Thomas Lipton, escaped unharmed as the royal party moved to Erin and then to Southampton.
Judge Peden of St. Clair County, jailed for refusing a tax levy on bonds for a railroad that was never built, signals willingness to obey the federal court mandate. Federal officials warn Ling’s supporters may react violently if the levy proceeds, as rival judges have faced jail terms behind the barn. Crowley receives four years in Ponce for misappropriation of postal funds. appeal probable.
A Wednesday morning blaze at the Eaton-Litehall Company factory and warehouse in Denver caused about 125000 in losses. An explosion of paints severely burned a worker named Eaton, while several other frame buildings suffered minor injuries. The article also notes a prominent tobacco dealer in Lexington, a suicide linked to health, and other scattered items including a Manila surrender celebration and a boarding house blast with no fatalities.
At the Cuban constitutional convention session on Tuesday Senators Gaalberto Gomez and Silva withdrew the minority report on relations and re introduced the old majority report drafted before Washington. The move, tied to opposition to intervention rights, sparked attacks from Senor Sanguilly towards Gomez and radicals while Villuendas sought to drop his name from the minority report as he shifted to support the majority. The convention adjourned without a vote.
A Jiio Grande passenger train derailed when a washout on St. Charles Creek flooded the line ten miles south of here. The engine toppled into the creek while eighteen passengers clung to toppled cars and reached safety on their tops as a wall of water fourteen feet high swept by. Two travelers at Bealo perished in the flood.
Frank Siegel once president of Siegel-Sanders Live Stock Company was arrested in Kansas City on embezzlement charges after a receiver was appointed by Frank Rockefeller who held a controlling stock interest. Bonds were set at 4000 dollars as three warrants followed, alleging embezzlements of 8000, 5000 and 2000 dollars.
A section of stone sidewalk over a basement collapsed during demolition near State and Randolph Streets. One man died, one was fatally injured, and five others were hurt as around twenty five workers fell into the basement while others escaped into the building. The accident occurred as the sidewalk stood over a basement por
An OCR heavy market summary lists prices for wheat, oats, rye, corn, and barley with assorted grades and lots. It notes bids for beef and pork and includes figures for cattle, sheep, butter, and eggs, reflecting a bustling commodities page with varying regional prices and consignments.
The Iowa monument plan envisions a central eight foot plus column topped by an eagle, with oak and laurel symbols and a granite inscription, plus ten foot regimental monuments. Total State Monument cost estimated near 25000 dollars, regimental monuments cap at 2000 dollars each. The front reads Iowa and lists regiment details, with a bronze tablet on the reverse outlining the unit’s role at Shiloh.
A legal contest reaches the Supreme Court over whether escaping from a quarry near Anamaso penitentiary constitutes breaking or merely escaping. Thomas King, an Anamaso convict, was captured in East Lake City after an escape that involved a hidden natural cave used as shelter, complicating the lower court ruling that added five years for breaking.
The famous Des Moines river bridge tale known as the Kate Shelley act of heroism is changed by a new rail cutoff. The Chicago and Northwestern line plans to abandon the area, ending the public trains that once stopped near her cottage toward the curve and the bridge.
Prince Adelbert of Prussia, son of the Kaiser, is set to start his naval career as the sailor prince for his generation aboard the training ship Charlotte.
The rural free delivery program plans to renew work in southern Iowa within weeks aiming to extend service to every farm. A new 14 million dollar appropriation will fund further routes after June 1, prioritizing thickly settled rural districts east of the Colorado Wyoming line, with Iowa farms expected to receive delivery within a year.
Governor Shaw appoints thirty delegates from Teva to attend the International Mining Conference in Boise City on the 28th. The list includes Willa J. Millee West Liberty, W J Ballard Des Moines, James W. Miller Des Moines, James A Campbell Ottumwa, John Verner Oskaloosa, Lloyd Davis Des Moines, Alex Cargavel Centerville, W W Oliver Centerville, I V Waterman Ottumwa, Buxton Muchakinevk, T Y GC, Bux?ton, Meschakov?e Meservey, Wort Dodge, J M Christy Des Moines, E Stout Des Moines, Join Owens Beacon, J N Lewis Hitemgo, L W Rye Inens, Prof Sanne W Reyer Ames, Prof Samuel Calvin Ames, W H Serton Mt Vernon, Thos A Harding Des Moines, Poster Bain Des Moines, Calvin W Doop Adair, J A Green Indianola, J G Berryhill Des Moines, and others from Worth County and Boone.
Clinton County prepares for a sharp tax dispute as five back tax suits are filed against G A Russell of Clinton for 18773.40 and A J Clark of DeWitt for 5390.34. Tax ferrets reportedly uncover 10010 in back taxes, promising lively litigation defended by top eastern Iowa lawyers.
The Cherokee state hospital for the insane ends its plumbers strike as workers return to the Cherokee site. A Des Moines bid failed for lack of bond, Stephen & Co. took over, disputes arose but were settled. A walking delegate called off the men to quell ongoing disruption, with 15 to 20 workers ready to return if needed.
At about 8 o clock in the morning of May 19 in Osceola, “Dutch” Lowe broke into his home through a window and fatally wounded his wife with a razor after she resisted. A man named Metcalf aided her as Lowe forced him to flee. Mrs Lowe bears fatal wounds to her throat while Lowe attempted to cut his own throat but failed. He was later jailed as the scene revealed a child lying across both arms. The motive cited is divorce proceedings initiated by Mrs Lowe.
A mercantile agent pressed Iowa’s governor in Des Moines for a rating statement. The governor declined to detail, noting a valuation surpassing 100000 dollars in Iowa lands and mortgages, while excluding Texas oil land holdings. Reports also note a drowning near Shell Rock, a missing Fort Dodge wife, arson at Webster City’s Park Hotel, a K of P grand chancellor race, a not guilty ruling in Sioux City, and an Onawa mill plan.
Pat Quigley, about 65, living nine miles from LeMars, was killed instantly in a runaway four miles north of town while traveling with his daughter who attends school there. The incident ends a residence near LeMars since 180.
A church committee appointed by the Grinnell Congregational Association prepares a council to address charges of immoral conduct against former Grinnell professor George D Herron. The council, set for June 4 at Grinnell Bay, invites churches to participate and aims to determine his ministerial standing. Herron declines to participate. evidence gathering continues amid debate over the council’s scope and transparency.
Kansas City, May 21. Dr Frank J Hoyt superintendent of the state insane hospital at Mt Pleasant died while traveling home from Texas where he had been in frail health for weeks. A noted insanity specialist he had recently faced failing health and weak signs since January. He had been planning a southern trip after Fort Worth found no tuberculosis and contracted rheumatism before beginning the homeward journey. He died after stopping with a relative near Kansas City.
Prohibition state convention at Des Moines May approved Carrie Nation and nominated A. N. Coates Dallas County lieutenant governor A. Wray Upton County superintendent Ella Moffitt Marshalltown J A Harvey Perry railroad commissioner Wesley Sudon Polk County for state offices. Resolutions urge prohibition support women suffrage denounce mulet law and anti canteen law while pledging active year round work with open headquarters in Des Moines over $2000 raised for the cause.
Anthony F. Seeberger of Chicago relinquishes his interest in the estate of John D. Seeberger of Des Moines after learning the deceased wished his widow receive all. The act values the relinquished share at least ten dollars, benefiting the widow under Iowa law.
Theodore Sutton Parvin, venerable secretary of the Iown grand judge and founder of the Masonic Library, is seriously ill at his Cedar Rapids home. Family and friends are alarmed. the end is feared near.
Frances King, 12, employed at a Bubaque button factory, fell against a revolving shaft. Her hair was caught and she was scalped. doctors fear she will not recover from the severe injuries.
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