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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
5
The wool tariff bill fails after a 227 to 126 vote despite a presidential veto. Taft criticizes the bill as too ambitious and notes the tariff board had no chance to report on affected schedules. House vote ends 226 to 127 against overriding the veto while statehood measures pass in the senate.
Vice President Taft will not settle the Wiley case before Congress adjourns. If adjournment comes soon, papers will go to Beverly for review. He plans to read testimony before the House committee probing the Agriculture Department and related information.
Four men died and four were fatally injured in a blast at Witnels Steel. A ladle of molten metal overturned on the floor, causing a massive explosion that wrecked the molding building. Victims named Olaf Erickson and William Costow among the dead. foreman Charles O'Brien and Patrick Collins among the injured.
Royal assent granted to a veto bill that limited Lords over originating legislation. The act ended a major constitutional clash in Britain as the king's commission certified the assent and prompted loud cheering in the Commons while the Lords looked on.
A Denver prisoner named J M Watson confessed to authorities that he and two companions held up the Southern Pacific Overland Limited at Ronso Utah on January 1. He said William Davis was killed and nearly 100 passengers were relieved of valuables. Watson gave names Joseph Collins of Omaha and WM Noherta of Mullen Nebraska as accomplices and mentioned other robberies prior to this event.
Noted Englishman Charles Beresford and wife Sarry Beresford arrive in New York aboard the White Star liner Olympic for a visit to the United States.
Mrs. Ethel Mark was freed from Clayton county jail after twenty nine days rather than pay 1 Que and 28.95 costs for publishing in another woman's bill. She told fellow prisoners she would buy a willow plume rather than pay the fine and refused help from family to pay.
Horace Felton, 15, disappeared July 6 after boarding a Central train at Albion Island to visit grandparents. Tall for his age at five feet eleven, about 180 pounds, light hair and blue grey eyes. Parents D W Felton appeal to Lews authorities for help locating him.
Mrs. W. Penfield, acting chair of New York’s 30,000 suffragists, denounces the new police practice giving women first call on seats on electric cars crossing the Brooklyn Bridge as unfair. She says women seek justice not privilege, and will not accept arbitrary enforcement. Northwestern detectives arrest two Boone men for breaking a car and stealing beer. a tramp’s tip leads to the busted train car between Donn City and Dunlap.
Police say James Sullivan confessed to killing Thomas Weeks in Kansas City in May 1910. Herman Weeks, brother of the deceased, identified the suspect as Sullivan who is now jailed in Portland Oregon awaiting further proceedings.
Wholesale operations include wider fall and winter goods and orders compare favorably with last year. Woolen mills show brisk activity while wool spraying rises. Philadelphia and Baltimore markets report growing demand. New Orleans plantation supplies steady. Kansas jobbers optimistic for fall trade. Minneapolis and the Northwest show generally good undertone with rain aiding recovery from drought and improved threshing results.
Leopold Dreyfus president of L Dreyfus & Co wholesale clothiers and his brother Lazard Dreyfus were arrested after an incendiary fire damaged their store on June 3. Leopold made a confession naming David Korshack as head of an arson trust that sought to set fires for insurance gains, then Leopold died by self inflicted shooting.
The International Typographical Convention in San Francisco passed a resolution urging all union members to refrain from patronizing Chinese laundries restaurants and similar establishments. Local unions may censure violations. Cleveland was named 1912 convention host city.
Cordella Dyer files for divorce from Mee Conley in Los Angeles citing twenty years of marriage and seeking court relief. Attorney Parker handles the case as details of the divorce appear in the segment.
Edmond Rostand remains in serious condition after a severe car crash near Biarritz France. A Milwaukee hearing set for Oct 2 opens a special senate probe into Wisconsin Senator Stephenson's election. Large securities vaults were opened in St Paul revealing over 3 million dollars. A derailment near Columbus injures thirty. Portugal church property clash injures parishioners and troops. Fire damages a Quaker Oats plant in Joliet injuring five. Former bank president Eliza Bartholomew released from Leavenworth after thirteen months. Episcopal Church gathering to meet in Duluth. US troops reactivate border patrol duties near Tower California. A motor boat tragedy in Kaw River. A daughter is born to Theodora Roosevelt Jr. in San Francisco. Carrie Haines, Denver socialite, dies. A hypnotist case in Kansas City is noted. An odd flying machine tested at Hempstead Plains. Lieutenant Lahm to wed Gertrude Jenner Oct 18 at Mansfield. Author Myrtle Reed Meadullough found dead in Chicago. Frank Valentine claims rights to his brother Harry’s Denver remains.
Secretary Sumner of the state health board and Iowa officials debate health conditions at Fort Madison penitentiary before the parole board. A report to the governor is expected, likely criticizing penitentiary health conditions, as a government probe continues. Grain improvement day at the Iowa State Fair aims to bolster Iowa’s wheat yield with National Council of Grain Exchanges backing local efforts.
Marshalltown files suit against former Mayor O L Ingledue seeking 1311 dollars claiming city funds covered warrants for attorneys in a federal case. City disputes obligation. article notes surrounding civil war veteran W Mooney death and a separate county school enrollment anomaly with 4720 pupils split evenly by gender. A lightning fire destroyed a barn owned by G Nelson with $1009 loss.
Funeral services for Navy officer Brewin R Merritt were held in Red Oak with Governor Carrell Judge Deemer and Judge Walter Smith among speakers. A large crowd braved storm and cold as military honors were rendered for a man who died during the battle of the Mare Island era. Merritt, born in Red Oak, graduated top of his class at the Naval Academy and served as assistant engineer aboard a ship during its blast.
County supervisors auditors treasurers and poor farm stewards gathered in Clear Lake for a practical Bridges discussion. Speakers included Dunlay Kalona Meyer Calmar Norden Scranton Mally Berwick Jamison and others. C C Hunt gave the opening remarks while the auditors and treasurers met separately at city hall and Wolverson's Opera House hosted the groups.
Two men suspected of bandit activity stole a team and buggy from Frank Matthews near Mondamin. A marshal was shot at Missouri Valley as Sheriff Rock and Mayor Warner alerted. a large posse pursued along the Sioux City road. The team was recovered near Jobo Pratt's farm, nine miles from the wrong side of the river. Authorities in multiple counties coordinate riverbank searches.
Harry Perkins and two others were seized by about 100 miners near Ogden and jailed in Boones on charges of attempted assault against Coilla Kouri a Russian visitor to camps. A robbery count also rests against Perkins.
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