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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
3
Field Marshal Count Gourke dies on a Scharow estate in Russia. Fires gut several towns including Tolone Illinois and Lyons Kansas. Various political and legal notices span across the United States and Canada with deaths, indictments, and industry deals.
The War Office announces a major reinforcement for Lord Kitchener as Boer pressure grows. An additional 30,000 mounted troops will be raised, with 10,000 more ready soon and 8,000 South African mounted constabulary plus 5,000 colonial contingents. The first consignment leaves February 19 on the Aurania.
State Senator Clark disclosed at a farmers meeting that velvet weed or abutilon can yield strong twine and rope similar to hemp. D D Weir near Clarinda discovered the weed’s fibre strength, finding strands usable after rotting. while a patent is not possible for the use, a machine to make it can be patented and the method remains free to all.
In Savannah California February 7 the Confederate Veterans Association passes resolutions against inviting President McKinley to the Memphis reunion. They urge General Gordon to designate a different city and vow not to send delegates if the invitation stands.
Rumor places a will leaving 140000 pounds to the duke of Connaught and to Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein along with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. It cites liberal legacies for the duchess of Albany and several grandchildren. The bulk of the private fortune allegedly goes to King Edward with Balforal and Osborne House to him.
Sioux Falls reports a $25,000 Carnegie donation offer via Senator Pettigrew for a public library building. Acceptance is doubtful due to conditions that may require abandoning the existing Lyon building after W H Yon previously funded a stone library.
Senator Thurston endorses new rural free delivery routes for Bradshaw Hanson Hastings and Wahoo Nebraska to serve about 600 people. Maps and petitions accompany the recommendation as heavy mail from the state continues.
Mrs Nation with Mrs White and Miss Madeline Southard began at 4:80 AM at 830 Kansas Ave but was stopped by a man on duty. The group moved to The Senate at 406 Kansas Ave where a colored porter wrested hats and a hammer away. Nation struck, overturned slot machines and smashed bar fixtures including a cherry counter and mirror valued at about 600 dollars. Police escorted Nation to the station where she faced riot charges and bond was set. others were released. A separate charge against Nation for an attempt to smash East Sixth Street’s Unique saloon was dismissed.
Eugene I Gowell told detectives he is the kidnapped child Charlie Ross abducted from Germantown Pa in 1874. He recalls a vanished memory of a home by a running brook in Los Angeles and says he was raised by Mrs Uara Robbins who he thought his mother. He says he later learned he was an adopted child from his half brother Clarence. Authorities noted he had previously spoken in Logansport Ind and was judged insane.
The president nominated Nelson A Miles to lieutenant general with command at the top of the Army list. Major General Samuel M B Young is nominated to major general and Adna R Chaffee and Arthur McArthur are named brigadier generals with senior U S V ranks cited.
Vina Mills fourteen year old daughter of Geo A Mills of Benton Harbor vanished from St Joseph on Friday night. Authorities suspect the divorced mother may have taken the child from Chicago custody dispute prompts search and telegraph inquiries while a ransom motive is suspected by some observers.
George W. Woodruff of Rossgiils has not slept for seventy three days. Four years earlier he was robust at 200 pounds before sleepless periods began lasting days weeks and months. He is in Indianapolis reporting his condition.
Mrs Nation will lecture at the Y M C A auditorium in Des Moines next Saturday. the contract bans hatchet use in the hall. Saloon keepers warn they will kill her if she attacks their saloons.
Dr. L P Loar of Selma is jailed in Ottumwa pending grand jury investigation for murder in the second degree. He is charged with performing a criminal operation on Miss Fear Dead of Eldon, whose death followed. Loar was previously sentenced by Van Buren district court to prison for another non fatal operation.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on February 6 Receiver Murphy began paying a 25 per cent dividend to creditors of Officer Pusey’s Bank after Judge Thornell’s order. Strong crowds formed at the bank as payments were issued, with delays over preferred claims. The bank’s total indebtedness runs about $619,000 and about $154,750 will be paid to creditors, with $31,000 left for preferred claims. Depositors are scattered nationwide including a claimant in Boise City Idaho.
Governor Shaw states he will not seek a third term. He cites political precedent, family wishes, and his judgment after the Titus amendment decision, noting he has received urging from friends across the state and beyond but will decline any nomination or candidacy.
Judge Kinne, chairman, returns from inspections at Glenwood and Clarinda noting more residents at the Glenwood Home for the Feeble Minded than before. A new cold storage plant using ammonia is nearly ready, reducing ice storage needs. Hospital finishing contracts awarded. heating to Stephan Bros. of Council Bluffs, plumbing to J. C. Bixby, Council Bluffs, and electric work to Western Electrical Co. of Omaha.
Miss Margaret Tittemore sister of Trafic Manager Tittemoro of the Iowa Central railroad arrives in Marshalltown Ia after six months in China Japan and the Philippines She denies press dispatches she boarded the battleship Indiana as a stowaway but says she sailed from Nagasaki to Tokio on the cattle ship Indiana She left America planning to marry Lieutenant Warren Dean of the fifth cavalry but the engagement ended at Nagasaki.
In Des Moines on February 6 preparations are practically completed for the annual Iowa YMCA state athletic contest to be held in Burlington February 18. The organizing committee includes C. T. Johnson Des Moines A W Fisher Cedar Rapids W O Black Burlington Mr Clapp Keokuk and B C Wade Ottumwa.
Judge N M Hubbard’s Cedar Rapids herd at Cold Stream farm in Linn county totals over 700. An inventory found sixty goats missing and authorities arrested J W Santee for theft after locating hides sold in Cedar Rapids.
In Ottumwa Iowa on February 4 Hon Calvin Manning sues County Treasurer John H Spry and Wapello county asking for immunity from taxation on pension money for his ward John Schwabbey an insane Civil War veteran drawing 72 dollars per month The suit invokes section 4747 of the 1878 Revised Statutes and Iowa exemptions The case may rise to the United States Supreme Court.
A mail clerk's name on letters linked two long separated families. R B Pack of Sioux City and Julia Symons of Port Augusta, South Australia, learn they are related through Pack's mother. Pack invites his aged aunt to come to Sioux City to live, arrival expected soon.
John Riley sues the Chicago Northwest Railway for 1975 dollars claiming a locomotive picked up a stone and hurled it at him breaking his leg. Riley, a railroad contractor's employee at Laurens, alleges negligence while the railroad argues clearing the track was his duty.
Des Moines Iowa February 4 Attorney General Mullan rules school boards may alter sub district lines reduce their count or abolish all sub districts and revert to township governance by a three member board. The ruling answers a query from the state superintendent and enables consolidation or centralization in communities seeking it.
It develops that Lewis Kirby whistler and actor wanted at Mason City Iowa for bigamy has four and possibly five wives. Two wives located in Indiana, Miss Maud Simenger of Topeka Kansas is the third, and Miss Edna Kitchen of Joliet Illinois is the latest claimant. Kirby disappeared from Mason City where he narrowly escaped arrest.
Ole Vaale, postmaster at Sande, Illinois, was accidentally killed when a wagon loaded with lumber toppled as he returned home from Lawler. His son, ex-board of supervisors member, was injured but not fatally.
Cephas B. Hatfield is commissioned postmaster at Specht's Ferry. George M. Trumby of Iowa City is named railway mail clerk. Postmaster appointments include Glendon Guthrie county George A. Rucker for Marion Booth resignation Mineo la Mills County L. W. Bichel for J F Bichel resignation Toeterville Mitchell County Henry Toeter for William Bykeson resignation Winslow Black Hawk County B J Courtright for Eugene Hook resignation.
A Philadelphia man promised his fiancée a daily fresh bouquet while she was aboard a steamer. He arranged special labored boxes placed in cold storage with a steward to open one each morning. Upon reaching Liverpool the recipient reported the flowers were as fresh as new.
New York City's real estate assessment exceeds three billion dollars. Notable high values include the Equitable Life Building at six million and the Waldorf Astoria hotel at five million, illustrating the concentration of wealth in a few properties.
James P. Sterling former chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court died in Philadelphia from complications of a carbuncle. He was 75 years old.
Mary E Poole of Whiting Indiana is elected president of the Presidents of the Ladies Grand Army of the Republic association. The text endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and related ailments and notes usage by Poole herself for biliousness and indigestion. It advertises 50 cents per box or six for 2 50 and directs purchases through local druggists or Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
An assortment of patent medicines and household tips flood the page with claims of cures for constipation, fits, colds, and nervousness. Advertisers trumpet tea tonics, starch offers, ink quality, furniture offers, and household hints, some promising money back guarantees and trial bottles.
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