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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
3
Grain prices largely steady with corn and wheat unchanged. Oats rise slightly while rye and potatoes move up or down. Livestock values fall for hogs and cattle, with sheep and lambs mixed. Butter scarce, eggs and lard follow modest shifts.
Daily telegraph reports detail British advances at Dundee Mafeking relief and Transvaal flag hoisting at Christiana. Major actions include Dewet’s conditional surrender talks, MacArthur confirming Catubig battle deaths, and Brabants capture of Boers at Clocolan. The record also notes U S railway damages, Manila politics, numerous local crimes and a university professor killed in Philadelphia.
W A Clark resigns from the senate and is immediately appointed to fill the vacancy by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs of Montana. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General is sent to Cuba with orders to pursue postal frauds. Postmaster Thompson of Havana is arrested by Governor Wood. Senate views the move as a trick and warns he may lose the benefits. The interoceanic canals committee favors the Nicaraguan route and urgent passage of the bill. Boer envoys meet in Washington with cheers as Hay reiterates neutrality, seeks peace. Adjournment of Congress unlikely before June 11.
Gen Joseph Wheeler will not seek re election Illinois Democrats ask Mayor Harrison to run for governor James J Corbett urged to contest New York City Tenderloin district Robert F La Follette backs Republican bid for Wisconsin governor Wharton Barker states McKinley told Cincinnati convention Bryan era odds James Cousins renominated by Republicans in Fifth Iowa Coon urged into Indiana governor race Governor Taylor attends Kentucky convention and is named a Philadelphia delegate Kentucky Supreme Court rules legislature final in gubernatorial contest three dissenters Harlan arguing for appeals reversal State militia abandons Frankfort state house Beckham installed as new executive. Taylor evading arrest in Indiana as Mount declines extradition.
The wife of A J McMichaels a Marion Ohio preacher hacked him ten times with a corn cutter but the wounds did not confine him to bed. Henry Cottrell of Montgomery Ward Chicago is said to have earned about $1000 by writing checks to fictitious customers. George Davidson of Marinette Wisconsin was found dead in his barn having hanged himself. The Wapello Illinois post office was burglarized with hundreds of dollars and 500 stamps stolen. Philip Northland a Scandinavian killed seven men and wounded four aboard the steamship Carl Prinz off Koping Sweden. J E Hutchinson editor of the Guthrie Kentucky Graphic and Virgil Marshall
O W Johnson is named general agent for the Wisconsin Central lines at Milwaukee. A $1,000,000 mortgage by Winnebago Traction to the Trust Company of America was filed in Oshkosh. Ontario Silverware works resumes with 250 workers after a shutdown. Cleveland trolley lines consolidate with $2 million capital. Boston breweries seek consolidation of 28 firms. Rawhide mine sale talks with English syndicate near completion. Mexico City steel plant transfer to Wellman Seaver Engineering of Cleveland under negotiation.
A series of fatal accidents claimed many lives across Indiana Michigan Illinois and Ohio. A 77-year-old section boss Charles Linn was ground to pieces by a freight train in Nappanee Indiana. A millwright in Menominee Michigan William W Peterson was torn to pieces after belt entanglement. John Foley died of coughing at Fifth Avenue and Madison Street in Chicago. An explosion at Amboy Minnesota injured a mother and baby fatally while attempting to light a kerosene fire. Henry Thale fell six stories in Chicago and died instantly. George C Hill a 16-year-old Chicago boy died after drinking poison. Mrs E H Barber of Blissfield Michigan died of blood poisoning from a fish fin wound. William Stowe 17 died from a blow in sparring at Batesville Indiana. William Ritter died from a kick by a horse at Valparaiso Indiana. Simon W Cramer of Paulding Ohio shot his wife while hunting a rat. Two Princeton students canoeing near Evanston Illinois drowned.
A collection of obituaries notes the deaths of prominent figures including Judge F B Sexton of Texas at his El Paso home, and others such as Edward Niedecken of Milwaukee and Gardiner Williams of Cornell, each aged and described by their titles and affiliations.
A natural gas blast at Marion Indiana wrecks the Harwood and Bailey bedstead factory. Elsewhere fires in Hot Springs Arkansas wipe out the Rogers block with a 15000 dollar loss. Mesta Machine plant in Homestead Pennsylvania sustains fifty thousand dollars damage from fire. Lightning starts a fire that destroys a tank holding 30000 barrels of oil at Findlay Ohio.
Rioting grows during the St Louis street car strike with three men shot and badly wounded as mobs attack guarded cars. The report notes tense city unrest and widespread violence during labor conflict.
Eastern Nebraska and Gulf railroad president W M McNamara seeks habeas corpus after his divorce, claiming his new fiancée Mary McAllister is held against her will by ex prosecutor J J McAllister. Ned McAllister reportedly used a shotgun to oppose the union. sheriff pursuit crossed Nebraska, Iowa, and Dakota before a surrender.
Fort Dodge Iowa May 22 Building and loan firms in northwest Iowa fear a new law setting 8 percent interest and requiring all expenses to be taken from revenues will upend current practices. Several firms plan to exit or liquidate when the law takes effect June 15. Algona Deposit and Loan considers converting to a fraternal insurance company. Fort Dodge Savings and Loan opts for liquidation.
Eldora Iowa May 21 Acting under Gen MacArthur Band master Sanders Centerville Iowa has completed a western states tour with the Fifty first Iowa band In the Philippines the men fought as well as played packing instruments for two months at Cavite they served on the firing line guarded prisoners ammo and trains and aided the hospital corps They brought home a Filipino boy Filemon age 13 to educate before sending him back to his people.
Iowa supreme court rules that dogs may not bite unlawfully and only bite when the person bitten is breaking the law. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that injuries from a child’s thrown objects contributed to damage. A first bite marks a dog as habitual and grounds damages against its owner.
Des Moines May 19 The state library and historical department orders Curăté& Aldrich to secure life size portraits of Native leaders Black Hawk and Wapello. Des Moines artist Charles A Cumming is contracted for 500 dollars. This marks Iowa's first appropriation for Indian portraits to hang in the historical gallery.
Jrinnell Iowa May 22 Professor F B Cooper is seriously considered by trustees to succeed George A Gates as president of Iowa College. He formerly led Des Moines schools and for five years ran Salt Lake City schools, an educator of wide reputation.
Des Moines Iowa May 19 George L Dobson who has been conceded a third nomination for secretary of state will retire from that office to devote his entire time to the National Life and Trust company of this city of which he is president The companys increased business requires his full attention as he is heavily interested in it.
The two day session concluded in Mason City Iowa on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Mary Barnes superintendent of the primary work delivered the closing address. That same day the sixty first general association of Congregational churches opened its session in the city.
Des Moines hosts the third annual National Mothers Congress with sessions all week. The city prepared the auditorium with fresh decor and improved facilities for the event.
Emmettsburg veteran A L Ormsby a Civil War soldier and pioneer banker ex mayor and leading business figure since 1872 died at Lake Okoboji Friday He maintained business relations across the United States any state in the union was among his many connections.
A poem by Edwin M. Abbott in the Pittsburg Dispatch questions the price of manhood and the value of integrity. It warns that wealth and appearances mislead while warning readers that a just judge watches inner conduct. The piece urges mercy and tempered judgment.
The piece recalls foxes outsmarting hounds in a Philadelphia Times tale, including a fox using a cellar escape and hounds wedged in the opening. It also describes a folk remedy for pneumonia using onions rye meal and vinegar applied as a hot poultice, claiming success in several Boston cases and urging continued use until perspiration appears.
An officer recalls General Lawton sharing a Civil War anecdote where a shell frightened a soldier who then jumped into a minie ball, illustrating a fatalist belief that the right bullet finds its mark. The story underscores Lawton's own noted fatalism as a veteran commander.
At a dinner Oliver Wendell Holmes joked about cannibalism and asked Thomas Bailey Aldrich what he would do if he met a cannibal. Aldrich replied he would stop to pick an acquaintance with him, leaving Holmes in gloom and reduced to monosyllables for the rest of the evening.
The article explains a maritime custom where all aboard a ship would salute the deck as they stepped onto the poop deck, signaling reverence to the sovereign and the flag. It notes the practice's decline on steamers where no leeside exists.
A boarder carrying roast beef at the landlady’s request laid down his knife and fork for a brief rest. He quipped that the spirit is willing but the flesh is strong.
A reflective line from the Vicar of Wakefield underscores how books comfort the miserable. Even when not brightening life, they teach endurance and resilience through stories and ideas.
A Williamsburg reporter accustomed to plain speaking covers a Polish language political meeting. He seats himself on the platform, notes details, and after a volley of Polish from the secretary, declares I am not in it dear boy. He proves adaptable, insists he has learned enough to write a good story, and delivers.
Saturday Evening Post recounts how J Schabelita of Zurich earned a fierce reputation. He issued sharp postal card rebukes for grammar poor manuscripts and careless drafts. He reserved rights to correct errors and refused work he deemed unworthy.
The piece traces early practices in Egypt with butchers handling oxen using sharpened steel bars, tanning, blood used for cooking, and daily cattle sports. It then shifts to legendary traders such as Jacob and Joseph the Wise, depicting stock dealings and cattle control in historic realms.
A young man in love plans to test a woman by having her call someone far away on the telephone and observe her reaction. The Indianapolis Journal reports the remark as a witty exchange about gentleness and patience.
A note from Ladies' Home Journal emphasizes that a little social life aids one as friends advance in life. It advises maintaining interest in current events by cultivating relations with those around us.
A reflective note cites an English novelist on how the sadness of each departed day settles on our graves. The aphorism invites readers to consider mortality and memory.
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