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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
4
Tiumet Co. announces a dispute involving MONKRINS and NICIOLS of Pounwiara TM-ee. details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a corporate matter with named individuals and locale.
The Wabash No. 3 from St Louis to Omaha derailed seven miles southwest of Council Bluffs at about 10 am. The entire consist including mail cars two day coaches a chair car and a Pullman sleeper plunged down an embankment. engine remained on the tracks. About a hundred aboard. several fatally injured sixteen seriously hurt many with minor injuries. Names of the worst hurt given. many taken to farms hospitals and the Keil Hotel in Council Bluffs. Cause thought to be rail spread on a curve. traffic diverted to Burlington line between Malvern and Omaha.
Senator Kittredge announced a voluntary agreement by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Chicago and Northwestern and Great Northern to reduce passenger fares from 4 to 4.0 cents per mile and revise freight rates to remove discrimination. State railroad commissioners will set a date for a joint meeting with road representatives to finalize a substantial reduction welcomed by South Dakota residents.
Secretary Gage reports a New York case with a letter stating duties were met but money sent to cover those duties. Denominations from small to large accompanied the note. The statement claims amounts due and interest in refunding excess payments. Also notes Nellie Poor from Chicago discharged by Judge Carter after insanity charges. she will go to a sister’s home in Kansas.
Postmaster general derides a plan to issue general use slips for Pres ent McKinley due to impractical preparation time. James Sutton, author of The Ups and Downs of a Youngs Married Man, has been granted a divorce from his fourth wife at Evansville and says he will marry again.
A large Sandy Hook crowd watched Shamrock I and Columbia contest the 1901 America’s Cup first trial. Light fickle winds halted the 80 mile race after 54 1/2 hours with Columbia seven miles from finish. Shamrock I led briefly but failed to complete the course. Morgan’s yacht showed the old win pattern, but the English challenger led for only a few minutes in 23 miles sailed.
Senator Hanna lauds President Roosevelt calling him honest, decisive, and newly tempered by grave duties after McKinley death. He praises the president’s character and republican fidelity, predicting he will fulfill national expectations with dignity and common sense. The piece also reports the murder verdict for McKinley’s assassin, Czolgosz, who was sentenced to electrocution in Buffalo with execution possible starting October 28.
A stormy voyage to New York damaged the Kron-Prinz Wilhelm liner after departure from Cherbourg. Heavy seas forced reduced speed for ten hours and six minutes of rough seas. The ship’s average daily speed was about 19.74 knots.
The report recounts the assassination of President Melchintey and national disruption. Details include ship news from the Ventura voyage, claims of brigands near Miss Stone, and South African concentration camp figures, with New York delaying a must case and a London dispatch about Pekin.
An open letter from Sam Gomapors and John Mitchell to Theodore Shaffer challenges him to prove recent statements against labor leaders. They propose a three member committee from organized labor to hear and determine the charges, with resignations if proven true, and call out bias in a listed roster while omitting AFL executive council members.
T L Goodall a Richmond traveling salesman and Miss Ethel Duke were married at the Yarborough house in Raleigh after Irving Hoped from Durham. Duke had promised to marry J J Nevell in Richmond and wrote a note to Nevell before departing with Goodall. They left for a stroll then fled toward Raleigh on a three mile walk and a train to Raleigh.
Market quotes list numerous commodities by city with bids for cattle hogs sheep and lambs, plus grains and dairy. Prices show wide ranges from Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and New York with ranges for wheat corn rye oats and butter creamery.
Charles T Officer, administrator of an estate, is indicted by the Potta Wattamie County grand jury in Council Bluffs for fraudulent banking. The firm Office & Pusey operated in Corneil Wufta from 1957 until about a year ago. bond set at 5000 dollars. Officers says arrest stems from spite by earlier grand jury witnesses.
The Western Iowa Wholesale Grocers Salesmen Association was organized in Council Bluffs. Fifty members from firms in Iowa and Nebraska seek mutual protection for traveling salesmen and employers. Officers named include President W. A. Lyman and Secretary H. W. Poster. A parallel wholesalers meeting in the Rand Hotel was led by Samuel Mahon. A constitutional committee was appointed and a full meeting is set for Oct. 5 in Carroll to finalize the organization.
The Des Moines widow Mrs Martha Callinan died weeks ago and left 45000 in bequests to relatives and charities. She gave 10000 to the Home for the Aged in Des Moines and 20000 to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Rest goes to her husband James Callanan, a millionaire over 2 million.
In Cedar Rapids Judge Shims disposed of two damage suits in one day, ruling for the plaintiffs and marking the first time the Twe dhs Weingital linksais fall under U S jurisdiction rather than state law. The decision may complicate relations with agents and school superintendents who have used state law in related school fights. appeals are planned.
Frost across districts was heavy to light with temps 8 to 12 degrees below normal. Unmatured corn damage minimal, mainly leaf killing. grain quality not affected as most crop was harvested or beyond frost danger. Recent heavy rains aid pastures and meadows. late potatoes show better promise. soil condition favorable for plowing and fall seeding.
Maj. J. A. Olmsted, formerly inspector general of the Iowa National Guard, is installed as military inspector at the state normal school in Cedar Falls. He will continue current duties for now but is not expected to hold the post beyond the present administration. He is organizing the Cedar Falls unit after a year’s suspension and aims for a strong military program there.
Citizens of Merrill denounce George Kale and his wife for dishonoring President William McKinley. A mass meeting passed resolutions condemning them as unfit to be American citizens, with affidavits read supporting the allegations. Kale, who runs a Merrill restaurant, faces expulsion from the IX. P. lodge based on the boycott and sworn affidavits presented at the gathering.
Four Fairmont women have sued Pawnee Bill's Wild West show for damages after a tent collapse and panicked injuries at Walrmiout Minnesota. Initially Pawnee Bill claimed no ownership but later turned the matter to his attorney. If no settlement is reached, trial will be in Humboldt on October ?.
A suit by Geo B Albrecht seeks 4060 and interest from April 1893 for two years as alderman pay. The 1893 salary ordinance fix and supreme court ruling on council power loom large in the case. Damages run high with thousands at stake. A barn blaze near Draive City destroys farm contents, horses, wagons, and grain worth about 5000.
Engineer A L Albright of the Illinois Central died at Fort Dorse after thirty hours in a coma following a skull injury in an aquailerine at Ascot Monday. Pioneer lawmakers plan to hold their biennial in Des Moines on the second Wednesday in February. The fourth annual Hannet County fair opened at Estherville with many exhibits and a fine horse field for the races.
A ten gallon soda fountain tank at Dean's drug store in Exsthervill exploded during charging. A 10 year old son of Peter Jensen was instantly killed, a son of Peter Rose about the same age was fatally injured, and two other boys were slightly hurt.
Diphtheria cases rise near Independence with six new infections and one death reported Wednesday. Schools and churches closed as authorities seek containment and residents advised to take precautions.
The assassin of President McKinley, Leon Czolgosz, is found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Judge White fixes the week of October 28 for execution, after a brief, orderly trial and swift verdict.
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