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Newspaper
Enterprise
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1897
Page
1
Reports say a strong earthquake was felt in Washington and across several states on May 5. Tremors rattled chimneys and windows, causing people to rush outdoors while officials noted no serious damage. Observers in Zanesville Richmond Cleveland Cincinnati and beyond reported varying intensities and widespread yet non destructive shaking.
Disjointed Helena dispatch says Cheyenne and Crow allies on warpath across southern Montana near Crow Reservation. Reports claim dozen plus killed including five U S soldiers and a local agent. Colorado cavalry from Fort Custer out of Lame Deer Agency confirm fatalities and escalating fear prompts settlers to move families to towns and stockmen to organize protection.
A serious accident wrecked the movable floor of the Yerkes Observatory dome at Williams Bay Wisconsin closing the facility for the summer. The seventy five foot diameter Noor was suspended by iron cables when a cable tore from weight causing the floor to drop and strike the telescope support stairs and electric apparatus beneath. The wreck is extensive and may have disturbed delicate telescope machinery. Also reported is a leprosy case at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland. A Virginia man sentenced to five years for unlawfully relating appeal possessions. A folding bed incident at Union House in Mentone left a man dead. Wyoming hunter Harry Yount reportedly killed two grizzly bears in Honey Canyon.
Pittsburgh police broke up an anarchist picnic near Reids, arresting forty seven people for disorderly conduct and violating city ordinance against alcohol on public grounds. Rifles and a large set of pullets were seized, reportedly for a shooting gallery not yet erected. The event celebrated the release of Elowry Bauer and Carl Nold from prison for inciting to riot during the Homestead strike days.
An earthquake was felt across Montreal and the Ottawa Valley on Friday. The tremor lasted about sixty five seconds with a ten second perceptible period, frightening audiences in theaters and causing fainting among many women. Residents in St Johns, St Hilaire Mountain and nearby areas rushed into the streets amid reports of damage and fear.
In Carlisle from a dawn break in the banking house of McMurtree 110s the robbers cut telegraph lines and blew out the front, shattering the safe with dynamite. The town woke to the blast as robbers fled. authorities report no significant booty beyond a small sum. The incident leaves questions about suspects and security in early morning robbery.
Report claims seven hundred inmates object to food and work, refuse to conform, preferring prayer and lack of discipline. Warden Wilkins investigates as 700 are placed in solitary with bread and water until compliance. Separate item notes George A. Duey’s reported death amid burglar-alarm confusion linked to earlier AP contacts.
Two men, William A Powers and an unnamed colored coworker, died in a barge collision at sea near Troy. Powers killed John T Mairplis, keeper, and the other victim, a marine worker, killed a shipping foreman. The Cunard Steamship Company diverted to New York after the crash, leaving damaged cargo and crew in distress.
A springtime Denver accident injures eight children aged 8 to 0 when a car driven by Howry Morgan is struck by a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad train. Four children die and four are severely injured. police report Morgan appeared intoxicated and ignored signals.
An Ilading article in El Diario de la Marina from Havana accuses the United States Commissioner Calhoun of being attacked by a western paper under the signature of Ms. Pepper. The piece claims Pepper’s letters expose private workings of the mixed commission, risking Calhoun’s reputation and revealing a pro Spain stance in Cuba.
Death watch placed on Theodore Durrant for the murder of Blanche Lamont in September, with Gov Budd telephoning Warden Hale to set the date and secrecy surrounding the governor’s prepared statement, as he travels to San Francisco.
In May observations across Milwaukee and Wisconsin towns show variable conditions. Snow fell at Bayfield and Oshkosh with frigid intervals all day while temperatures dropped to the season’s lowest, signaling unusually harsh weather for Memorial Day weekend.
Fragmented report recounts Boyd and Thawas A Boyd careers and near gubernatorial bid, with references to Athens state affairs, Democratic meetings, and shifting party lines. The piece notes personnel moves, alliances, and a broad spectrum of figures and events across politics and media.
Senator Tillman introduces a five member committee to probe reports of speculation by aviatoran sugar stock and the New York sugar schedule. He accuses finance committee members of clouded motives and cites telegraph links to New York, while Senator Pettus demands specific charges.
J Winslow Jones a W year old restaurant keeper at Blitzelweail Pa was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal for attempting to defraud a national bank in a case linked to a Rome New York bank scandal involving cashier George Barnatt who died by suicide and misappropriated about 200000 of bank funds. Jones faces 106 counts including multiple checks averaging 600 dollars each totaling 2002. Burglary and murder reports from Ohio and Wyoming accompany the page with market quotes and varied dispatches from Rio de Janeiro and Chicago reflecting a flood of crime, weather and commodity data.
The Iowa weather service reports hog cholera losses exceeding 22 million dollars for the state, with estimates suggesting over 2.88 million hogs died across roughly twenty counties. Auditor and state figures show a higher total than previous estimates, signaling a major economic impact from the epidemic.
A letter from Morach Boys, reportedly weighing a possible fusion ticket, states he cannot accept the nomination for governor of Iowa. He cites personal reasons and thanks supporters while noting conventions planned for June in Des Moines.
Authorities led by Constable Lee Georga Beaver Frank Serbert and Marshal Davison seized a wagon load of liquor during four joint raids in a mining town using search warrants. The operation disrupted a thriving bootlegging network and halted expected sales on payday weekend.
A Central liner freight wreck on the Onawa branch at Quintby injures three tramps when coupling pins fail, with two kids aged about 16 and 10 captured with stolen goods in Malvern. A girl, Litto Lugie Watkins, dies after a frightened reaction from a reported killer case.
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