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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1903
Page
2
A garbled report describes bandits captured after a brief chase through Sher County and Garfield areas. It mentions a bank robbery with an $8,000 figure and a disputed sequence of events but lacks clear names or dates.
Publisher NDED reports Mrs Louise Ames van Weik, granddaughter of Bishop Ames, died by self shot in Jersey City after leaving a will dated 1908. She, a former Depauw student and Indiana social figure, had married Otto Welk then divorced, later living in Toltbauer New York. The body was found near a hotel mirror with a heart-shot wound, after a Sunday disappearance.
A report shows serious financial strain on Aultman-Miller with creditors and receivers involved. The state indicates a potential $184,000 shortfall, including $1,650,000 in obligations, highlighting the company's troubled status and looming actions.
A furious tornado ripped through southwest White River township and nearby areas, leveling buildings, destroying a church, and injuring several. A child named Cotte Smoot died after a flying brick struck him. others were fatally or seriously hurt. Oakland City saw the city factory walls collapse injuring O. C. May. A tornado also roared through the county near Mia George Cunningham and a year-old child were killed in a farm ruin. Property damage is estimated at $25,000.
Miners dispute a nine hour day interpretation following a wage based split. Some collieries kept ten hours with protests, others halted at nine hours. Green Ridge adults favor longer hours for higher pay, while younger workers refuse beyond nine. Delaware and Hudson colleries see multiple plants quitting at end of nine hours, with others continuing ten. Union at Jackson coal colliery passes a motion limiting to nine hours. Shamokin drivers strike over start time, challenging conciliation board rules.
A San Francisco dispatch reports the steamer Albion River running ashore at Bodega Point in Sonoma County while carrying forty one passengers and a cargo of merchandise. Heavy swell and rising tide threaten the vessel as rescue efforts race the sea with no nearby life saving stations. Boats cannot yet be used but may be deployed when conditions allow.
Chicago special reports WW N Castleman an organizer for the International Sheet Metal Workers Union was shot three times while at a grievance committee meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor. He arrived three months ago to organize a local council and clashes since then sparked turmoil. The shooter remains unknown.
A New York fire Friday in a Henry Street tenement left one dead and several injured. Firemen recovered a severely burned body, a 64 year old woman, Mrs Greenfield, jumped from the second story and was saved but with both legs broken. A fireman was hurt aiding a woman and child as they were carried down a ladder.
A Chicago gale battered the city with strong winds and heavy snow, bringing down hundreds of telegraph wires and coating streets with slush. Temperatures hovered near freezing as danger signals flashed on the lake, prompting sailors to stay ashore.
A British column met Somali forces south of Damiot on March 20 during recent operations in Somaliland. The natives offered obstinate resistance, losing 27 men with many wounded before retiring. No British casualties were reported.
Mexican dispatch reports the capture and execution of John Dyer a Tucson Arizona journalist who proclaimed himself Yaqui leader in Sonora He was tried by court martial and shot Dyer earned the nickname Ei Renegado for alleged cruelty to Mexican women and white men He had earlier served as a newspaper correspondent for eastern and coastal papers sending sensational stories of Yaqui uprisings
Paris reports the Turkish sultan ordered a division to the Albanian revolt scene while Russia signals Bulgaria will face no aid against Turkish reforms. A separate Holbrook, Nebraska report notes farmer D. N. Logan killed Charles Christianson after a dispute over $10, with Logan later saved from poison by a doctor. In Sedan, Kansas, Constable Robinson fatally shot Alonzo Hamon when he threatened to blow up the bank with dynamite.
A bloody riot in Monterey Mexico drew 1500 citizens to General Bernardo Reyes residence on Thursday morning. Police fired on the mob injuring and killing several. Special report says two killed and two seriously wounded.
Des Moines report notes city and town elections statewide Monday largely featured nonpartisan, local contests with party lines deemphasized. Mayors elected include J H Funk Iowa Falls, Harley Sheldon Ames, D S Huber Pella, H O Hemenway Cedar Falls, J M Andrews Winterset, P J Martin Waterloo, J A McWaid Atlantic, Phil Schaller Sioux City, LB Fyllayton Lidianola, L J Jones Marshalltown, I A Howards Webster City, P T Pickler Ottumwa, John C Williams Oskaloosa, Amos N Albertson Washington, W H Sanders Centerville, I M Bowman Chariton, J H Hahn Colfax, Thomas Liggett Mount Ayr, F W Daubnay Decorah, Clyde Brenton Dallas Center, A I Jenkins Grinnell, J W Mattingly Jefferson, M K Donovan Eagle Grove, among others.
Grinnell College trustees accept Andrew Carnegie's offer of 50 000 for a new library. The gift requires the library be free to Grinnell residents and 5 000 annually for maintenance and development. A trustee committee will raise funds for the upkeep. Chapel work to begin early summer.
Walter Harkins, 24, died in Fremont of strychnine poisoning amid suspected quarrel with his sweetheart. A postmortem will occur and an inquest awaits autopsy results. Bert Torney, 28, council Bluffs job keeper, was killed by masked robbers at 11 p.m. Sunday. a gun was drawn and he was shot through the heart as robbers fled. Other items note the Perry National Guard vacancy, a slander suit in Onawa, a man charged with embezzlement, a state warehouse contract, a fatal brush-fire burn of Aunt Eckley, Ida Grove mayor Nell Hanson’s pneumonia death, H B Edgerton's three-year Inebriate asylum sentence, and slugging of Ames College student Tyls Graham by two men.
Henry Peterson, a restaurant keeper of Onawa, filed a petition through attorney W. T. Conlin against George Wirt and Tow Lahne for 6000 damages. He alleges on March 7, 1908 at their Onawa restaurant he was assaulted with fists and dishes, a knife brandished, bruised and injured, causing four weeks of missed business and pain. Defendants are prominent Monona County farmers.
Mrs. Nelse Boyington, wife of a prominent farmer, tried to end her life Tuesday afternoon by drinking tawndanum purchased in town. She collapsed on steps outside a clothing store after entering a drug store, but doctors revived her and saved her life. The incident drew local attention to a distressing domestic crisis.
Des Moines dispatch reports the board of supervisors ordered the county treasurer not to issue further warrants for expenses of sending inebriates to the state hospital. The board says the insane fund cannot cover more, and costs for inebriates must be cut.
A Marshalltown special reports the discovery of an unknown man killed in the railroad yards at Belle Plaine on Tuesday. The body carried a Chicago Coal Company connection and initials Ty A N on a key ring. Coroner's jury returns verdict of murder.
A Clinton special reports James Peterson aged 17 died from injuries after a steamer City of Winona landed on Tuesday night during its first trip of the season. He was crushed between a stage plank and a warehouse sustaining internal injuries including broken ribs piercing the lungs and rupturing the stomach. He died Wednesday morning.
Judge John B. Oliver Priday issued a temporary writ restraining the independent Soldier district from collecting and paying taxes to Soldier district. The Jordan school is plaintiff, with Soldier district and county treasurer A JD. Smith as defendants, contending the Soldier district creation was illegal and against the law.
A traveling man from Appleton Wisconsin I T Orvis employed by Milwaukee Lithographing Company was fatally struck by a Burlington train Tuesday while walking along a sidetrack. He carried fifty dollars in cash and had a severe head wound. A Mason City special reports Alonzo Smith, presumed dead for sixteen years, has returned home after spending years in Washington and Alaska mining, bringing a fortune.
August state fair program to feature music by the orchestra of the state Industrial school for girls at Mitch ellville. No signed contract yet by the fair executive committee. The orchestra has supplied tunes for the last two fates and is composed entirely of girls.
Official figures show the margarine tax revision reduced rates from two cents to a fraction of a cent per pound, yet eight months of receipts ended Feb 28 total only 124,900 compared with 1,188,052 last year under the former law, while oleomargarine revenue under the new act reached 288,538 versus 1,108,401 previously. consumption under the revised law is less than one twelfth of the former level. The article also notes President Roosevelt and Secretary Root acting on resignations in the army and a forthcoming Senate session with new faces amid partisan friction.
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