Fimmer Co Republican Estherville Iowa event note
Estherville Iowa unclear reference shows Fimmer Co linked with Republican matter. WNEINS and NICHOLAS appear as names in this fragment.
01 Nov 1900
Page 1
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
1
Estherville Iowa unclear reference shows Fimmer Co linked with Republican matter. WNEINS and NICHOLAS appear as names in this fragment.
The coal miners strike ends against compliant companies. The strike continues against those resisting the Scranton convention demands. Work will resume Monday October 28 at compliant firms while others face continued disruption as news spreads via union officials and AP dispatches.
In Valley Field Quebec a strike by Montreal Cotton Company workers seeking 25 cent daily raises led to civil unrest. Police were overwhelmed and militia arrived, embargos on coal lifted, and clashes injured many. Eight soldiers were wounded, two seriously, while fifteen strikers were hurt including one fatality.
Four firemen injured and Lieut. Ravenstine killed when a wall collapsed on the rear alley crews at Mayer Jacobson junk dealer site on Catharine and Hastings Streets. Building valued at 98000, stock loss 5000. All three stories destroyed.
Ida Kennedy, arrested at Paris, is charged with complicity in a regional counterfeit gang active over two months. Lewis French and ex-liveryman Hank Mackey jailed on similar charges. officers sweep hills southeast of town seeking the mint. County grand jury indictments allege government fraud by former postmasters and carriers in Port, Harrison, and Paulding counties.
Ohio swindler Z. T. Lewis forged bond duplicates on lithographic blanks and used forged securities as loan collateral. He allegedly stole between 350 000 and 400 000 in forged bonds from banks and firms nationwide, clipping coupons to dodge payments. He died in Adams County after serving time in prison.
In Atlanta Lieut R P Hobson told of Rear Admiral Sampsons sadness from harsh public criticism. Hobson arrived with Gen Joe Wheeler and described Sampson as a fine old man bearing sorrow, likening him to Gen Robert E Lee in character and nobility.
Detroit Attorney General Oren says Michigan will settle with Fidelity and Surety Company of Baltimore by paying 33000, releasing the bond for 50000 tied to Gen. W L White, missing quartermaster general indicted in military clothing frauds. White reportedly to surrender within three weeks.
Georgia Governor Candler urges a constitutional amendment to require an educational or property qualification for suffrage. The proposal, presented as the legislature opens on October 24 in Atlanta, aims to bar many African Americans from voting.
Multiple French vessels collide with the steamer Faidherbe sinking and 24 crew drowned while the Mitidja suffers serious damage. Paris reports Libel case favored Col Picquart with heavy fines and prison terms for Le Jour writers. Maine removal from Havana harbor planned. Panic in Chicago factory following gas explosion injuring two. Polygamy ban urged by Woman's Home Missionary Society. Five Leblanc children smothered in Montreuil tenement fire. California population official figures show growth. Kansas town destroyed by fire with partial insurance coverage. Governor Beckham signs nonpartisan election bill. Pirates board a vessel with 100 passengers off the coast. Haitian revolt suppressed. general surrender. Exposition to be extended by one week in Paris.
Capt Johansen and his 12-year-old son Peter completed a remarkable Atlantic voyage in a 20 foot open craft. They left Gibraltar with water and provisions for sixty days, traveling to Punta Gorda by the northern coast of Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico, landing at Boca Grande after fifty nine days.
Senor Sagasta says the new cabinet will hasten the ruin of the conservatives after taking oath on Oct. 23. He criticizes not giving the naval portfolio to Senor Sanchez Tosca and retaining Gen. Linares as minister of war. Five ministers are generals, and the army press vows energetic army reorganization.
In Cleveland Judge Wigg ordered D. DP. Steur president of the Cleveland City Council jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify in a bribery investigation. Steur committed to the county jail. Also notes on insurance fraud indictments in Chicago, a shooting in Williamsburg Kentucky, a football death in Asheville, a three year labor agreement in Chicago, a jail suicide in Minneapolis, a boiler explosion in London, and a Chicago watchmaker embezzlement warrant.
Market quotes list cattle hogs and sheep prices in Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis and more with wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs. Prices vary by city and grade with New York and Detroit figures included and butter eggs and creamery values noted.
Mrs. Chris Kopp wife of a German farmer six miles south of Mapleton died in Dr. H Nourse dental parlors. She took chloroform against physicians advice and effort to revive failed. The death follows on urgent requests by Mr and Mrs Kopp, leaving six children.
A Bankers Mutual Casualty Company report reveals most bank robberies are by nonexperts, with nitro glycerine found on many tramps. Pinkerton detectives link culprits to Chicago drainage canal workers, and small-town banks suffer the heaviest losses this year. Also notes include WBM Iowa meeting, a court dismissal of damages, a Burlington railway asset transfer, a fatal theft attempt, a fire loss, a teen suicide, a life-term sentencing, a tar and feathering incident, and an elderly woman’s suicide.
Reginald Andrews, a Cedar Rapids janitor at the home for aged women, learns he will inherit $50,000 from an uncle in England. Earlier he saved residents from a naked intruder named Mefford who killed James Fitzsimmons and injured others before dying by suicide.
Supreme court ruling from Ottumwa holds railroads cannot be taxed by special assessments for public improvements along their right of way. Decision notes railways hold an easement, not full title, and gain no benefits from improvements. Judges Ladd and Waterman dissented. The 1807 code changed prior law to allow such assessments.
Rev J P Watts elected president of the Iowa Baptist Association at the fifty ninth annual state convention held in Muscatine with over 260 delegates. Officers named include President Rev J I Watts Sioux City vice president A G Blackman Ames secretary treasurer W E Granville Anamosa and executive board Rev H N Archer Cedar Falls S C Brown Iowa City and F G Davies Ottumwa. George D Adams D D of Kalamazoo Mich chosen to preside over Des Moines College.
The district court filing shows assets of 566 879 dollars against liabilities of 624 450 dollars for Officer & Pusey of Council Bluffs. The deficit exceeds assets by 37 677 dollars, to be covered from the personal estates of late members.
Attorney General Remley rules on collateral inheritance tax in Monticello case involving M. W. Herrick and G. Procter estate. Deductions split between two Proctor daughters and surviving heirs. $1,000 to the testator’s children not taxed, $2,000 to siblings taxed. Supreme Court affirms Spirit Lake Knights Templar taxability. grand commandery taxed for land and buildings. Bartley v Greenleaf: a marriage contract cannot secure property if marriage never occurs. Claus Berhens estate: life policy beneficiary who kills insured cannot recover. proceeds revert to insured estate. Other items: small-town gambling surge at Belle Plaine. new U B Church dedication in Des Moines. Toledo district court has twelve divorce cases. baseball injury in Cushing. Ames cave incident.
In Georgetown Kentucky Henry Youtsey was juried guilty of murdering William Goebel and faces life imprisonment. The judge delayed sentencing to the next term and Youtsey may be tried for lunacy if his mental condition improves. His attorneys plan an appeal. Meanwhile he is confined in Frankfort and his father and relatives await the verdict in a tense courtroom scene. Christmas boxes for soldiers abroad will travel free via government transport from San Francisco or New York with weight and perishable restrictions and prepaid charges.
Report from distant capitals covers South Africa peace near, Boer skirmishes, British Lord Roberts delays, Buller ambitions, Ottoman turmoil with Madrid legation closure, Osman Pasha’s fate, Turkish economy collapse, Boxer Rebellion negotiations, France Germany tensions, and Swedish King Oscar’s failing health with regent oath looming.
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