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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
4
Principal New York building unions vote to enter politics and form an independent labor party after court decisions voided wage and stone dressing laws. Delegates from twenty one unions convene as leaders protest officials failed to back labor causes and face expensive ongoing agitation costs.
In Dallas county jail a meeting occurred Sunday between County Attorney George Shields of Omaha and H C Henderson who claims he helped kidnap the Cudahy child. Shields said Henderson spoke generally and avoided specifics, while remaining cautious about remarks on the case. E A Cudahy said his Dallas trip would depend on Shields visit, with plans to identify Henderson or challenge falsification. Carrie rode in the wagon.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested in Kansas City Missouri Sunday night on a charge of obstructing the street. She was hauled to the police station in a patrol wagon and released on a cash bond of 36. Nation lectured in Kansas City Kansas Saturday and toured Missouri downtown saloons on Sunday as a crowd followed. At Twelfth and Walnut Streets, the crowd blocked streets and Nation arrested the saloonmen with sharp lectures.
In New Orleans Judge Parlange dismissed the suit brought by Boers to stop shipments of mules and horses from New Orleans to the British army in South Africa. The court ruled private citizenship governs US British transactions and that courts lack jurisdiction as the animals were bought in neutral territory. Also reported is the arrest of Mrs. Wm. Clarke and a hired man for poisoning her husband, a Lisbon farmer, with rat poison found in the home and a protective examination showing drug in the husband’s stomach.
In Kentucky near Whitesburg a clash between Sheriff John W. Wright, his deputies, and the gang that robbed and murdered Mrs. Jemima Wail and her son resulted in two deputies killed and two wounded. Ten gunmen fired at close range in a mountain skirmish, with 800 shots exchanged. Deputy Willie Wright, 18, and Isaac Millard, 21, were killed. Osborne was wounded. Creed Potter and John Reynolds were among the gang.
The War Office confirms a six to ten month experiment supplying the army with only home grown refrigerated beef. Director of Contracts Major notes the move affects only refrigerated beef, preserves most imports, and aims to ease supply by replacing some beef with frozen mutton two days weekly.
Early Saturday Pittsburg grocer Thomas D Kahmey was shot and killed while trying to rescue his wife from three burglars. The trio escaped but later opened fire on officers, wounding two and killing veteran detective Paddy Fitzgerald before three suspects were captured.
Telegram from Paris reports Sandico chosen to succeed Aguinaldo as commanding general and dictator during the insurrection. Sandico, from a distinguished family, is energetic and multilingual. AP dispatch from Manila notes Sandico surrendered to American authorities at Cabanatuan Island, Luzon, on August 8.
Soldiers report a violent clash as a strike disrupts the Nucosari railway. Yaqui workers replace striking graders under armed guard, with Mexican deputies protecting them. An American gambler was killed at Fronteras in the melee, two Mexicans mortally wounded, and several others hurt. Four Mexican military units moved to Fronteras as contractors seek more protection. The strike is linked to American attempts to organize the graders.
After a two day conference at the Grand Pacific in Chicago representatives from thirty five major soap firms organized the American Soap Manufacturing Association. They deny forming a trust while aiming to curb what they call at throat competition that has persisted among manufacturers. James B. McMahon of N. K. Fairbanks Co. in Chicago was elected president and William Peel of Kansas City named treasurer.
The former Fort Worth mayor John W. Sill died Friday in a St. Louis saloon after knockout drops. He was taken from the Planters' hotel to St Mary's Infirmary in an unconscious state. His Texas family arrived and stood by his bedside as police seek clues.
After two years Assemblyman Weeks wins Senate support for a common law marriage measure. The bill allows marriage by a signed written contract in the presence of two witnesses, to be filed with the county or town recorder within six months. Governor expected to sign.
A Chicago packing house dispatch reports the English government excludes all beef except home bred from British army contracts. Effective January. Pullman porter Thurston to receive nearly $100,000 as beneficiary for Mrs. Liz Jane Evans of New York who died March 18. Her husband disinherited. Sculptor Cardoni dies at 63 in Detroit after months of illness. Four transatlantic steamers bring 4,178 immigrants to New York Friday.
The report lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep across markets in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo with ranges for wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs. Prices show wide spreads reflecting grade and market conditions including No 2 and mixed grades and tiny differences between regions.
Washington correspondent describes McKinley's plan for a cross country trip with his entire cabinet except Secretary Gage. A telegraph corps will manage official messages and cabinet meetings will occur on Tuesdays and Wednesdays en route, excluding commercial business at telegraph stations.
A suspected murder by poison sent through the mail unsettles Shoreham Vermont residents. Miss Oshburg died from ingesting a drug sent by an unknown woman, with authorities tracing the sender through letters to a Merritt Jones household. Aldiee Voudedte, her husband, was detained briefly before release. Nelson Jones, Merritt Jones’s son, was later arrested as the case unfolds.
The article outlines President McKinley and party arrangements for a train trip from Washington to New Orleans. It covers car assignments, security measures, and the aim for recreation with speeches limited to necessary occasions. Also noted are attendees, baggage features, and Cortelyou’s role.
In Saling County Kansas farmers from all townships organize a protective wheat growers association. They will run their own mills and stock company to handle wheat, resisting the grain pool by offering higher rates while directing excess receipts to fund elevators and infrastructure. Similar farmer organizations are spreading across Kansas.
A jumble of brief notes mentions Abdul Tlantid promising to pay a debt, a claim about enlarging stature by a European physician, a counterfeit $5 bill circulating, a caution against accepting fives, a man blowing up a stump with dynamite, and a collision of two backbones in a northern tale.
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