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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
9
Waterloo Iowa January 6 a sensational divorce case ended with Laura Couch Fowler granted a divorce from Courtland F Fowler and $10000 alimony. Fowler heads the Fowler resale grocery and Mrs Fowler is widow of a former Waterloo school teacher. She may resume her maiden name Laura Putnam and plans to go to Chicago.
Burlington operating department advises discontinuance of experiments with the gasoline motor for the Ottumwa Fort Madison and branch lines. A new four or eight cylinder engine with at least 200 horsepower is needed but not available. The current three meter 150 horsepower motor proves unreliable and has cost about $15,000, with the engine portion at $4,500.
Chicago January 5 Frederic A Delano MD longtime general manager of the Burlington lines east of the Missouri River has resigned effective January 10 Rumor places Frank E Ward of the Northern in line to run Burlington if Ward moves to Chicago George T Slade currently Great Northern senior official may be named Burlington’s new general manager The resignation appears voluntary with possible personnel reshuffles and a chance for Slade to advance family plans include Europe move noted for Hill family connections
Washington Jan 6 The governments brief in Swift Co vs United States known as the beef trust case was presented to the Supreme Court. The brief argues the packers are engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize interstate commerce in fresh meats. It asserts a conspiracy to control the nation’s meat market and urges affirmation of the lower court decree.
Creston Iowa January 6 Conductor S N Wilkins with Burlington for thirty years has been named train master for the west Iowa division replacing the transferred O E Stewart to Ottumwa He has previously held the post twice and now returns with ample experience to run the division
Fort Dodge Iowa January 8 The Ridpath Library association fights a fleecer using aliases A B Young Phillips Smith Jones to pressure locals. Victims lost five to ten dollars each while the con man posed as a Ridpath representative and carried forged blanks and sample pages to gain endorsements. Police unknown.
In Winterset Iowa January 9 three men Breeding Wallace and Nelson were bound over to the district court on assault with intent to murder after a brutal fight involving a dozen men. A young man named Jones suffered severe injuries including a broken nose and extensive injuries to head and face. Mayor McAndrew, acting as justice of the peace, deemed the brawl more than a drunken fracas and ordered the leaders held for trial.
Marengo Iowa January 7 A Johnson county perjury case against Sarah Ellen Gallaugher resumes in an October term adjourned week. Prosecution led by County Attorney Fairchild and Milton Remley plans to close Monday. Testimony centers on inconsistencies with the 1902 murder tale of her husband James Gallaugher. Hollida testifies on alleged intimacy. defense bondsman G W Callwell and wife prepare to testify. Judge Byington notes defense may extend into next week.
Newton Iowa January 7 Millard Buck was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of William Porter at Prairie City The court overruled Buck’s motion for a new trial concluding the killing was premeditated and Buck was sane The judge rejected Buck’s claim of insanity and said he had been trying to portray that impression since the act.
Dubuque Iowa January 9 Senator William B Allison long serving senator from this city has achieved thirty one years ten months of continuous service in the United States Senate the record for continuous tenure He will surpass John Kerman who served thirty one years eleven months and fourteen days though not continuously Allison is 74 and occupies the seat for four more years with no obvious successor candidates in sight.
Chicago January 7. David W Kimball of Wentworth Iowa is 200000 richer under the will of his late brother W W Kimball head of the Kimball Piano company The will admitted to probate disposes of wealth valued in the hundreds of thousands with the widow Eva M Kimball the principal beneficiary The widow receives 1800000 in bonds and stocks other than Kimball Piano shares plus the homestead and contents and with horses and carriages at Prairie avenue and Eighteenth street A codicil adds 100000 for the widow If stock and bonds fall short the deficiency is made good from Kimball Piano company stock.
Winterset Iowa January 6 official representatives of the proposed St Joseph Albany Des Moines railroad guarantee to citizens that if a 5 percent tax is voted there will be at least 75000 dollars worth of work in Iowa this year and a pro rata share in Madison county If these conditions are not met the tax is forfeited The line runs diagonally across the county and the pro rata share of work will be about one third Judge A H McVey and Senator Crossley assured a three man committee appointed by the Business Men's association that there are large interests backing the enterprise not merely a paper line
Judge McVey rules Dr. E. C. Spinney must repay about $13,000 to Iowa Deposit and Loan Co alleging he was short when he left the firm years ago. The ruling could end a long Polk County court saga stemming from the company’s organization.
A long dispute over proceeds from stock sale and running expenses ends with Judge McVey ruling Dr Spinney owes the company $139,200.34 while the firm owes $125,129.67. The net balance shows Spinney owing $13,070.67 after costs.
In Waterloo Iowa on January 6 Earnest Weberking his wife and five children aged up to four girls fled a burning farmhouse five miles north of the city. The family walked barefoot through snow to a neighbor’s house where they were sheltered and aided after the home burned.
Des Moines reports big advances in coffee sugar and tea with further price rises likely in 1905. Coffee costs rose about 4.50 per hundred pounds since September and retailers charge 5 to 7 cents more per pound. Sugar wholesale up 60 cents per hundred. flour wholesale around 6.00. butter up 2 cents. Tea gains only in Oolong. oranges hold steady at about 46 cents retail with 200 car lot usage in Des Moines season totals around 1,092,000 dozen.
In Eldora Iowa on January 6 four Wellsburg Grundy county men aided by Dr Louis Chinn and driver Edward Lingelback endured a two mile blizzard trek lasting two and a half hours. They faced whiteout conditions and exhausted horses yet reached a farm in time for aid, surviving by grit and facing a life threatening ordeal.
Oskaloosa Iowa January 6 Professor D M Edwards dean of history at Penn college has resigned to accept the pastorate of the Friends church in Boston.
A reflection on people who shrug off criticism and controversy. The line between indifference and resilience frames their approach to social pressure. Observers note persistent calm amid noise, suggesting a philosophy of selective attention and personal steadiness.
Burling ton plans a seed corn special train across Illinois Iowa and Nebraska with illustrated lectures on soil cultivation seed corn germination and related topics. University of Illinois speakers will present in Illinois and Iowa professor Holden of Ames will lecture in Iowa with Nebraska speakers possible during the Nebraska leg.
Fort Dodge Iowa January 6 A Lehigh line train struck a two story moving house on the track and drove through it with the engine badly damaged. Movers had occupied the right of way without proper notice to the company. The engineer was badly bruised but no deaths occurred.
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