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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1904
Page
2
Terrible confusion floods telegrams from Port Arthur amid rumors of Grand Duke Cyril Boris arrival and heavy losses aboard Petropavlovsk. Reports mention Vice Admiral Fokarote among the dead or drowned and several officers killed as the battle unfolds, sparking wide fear.
A powder explosion on the USS Missouri during target practice with the Texans and the Brooklyn killed twenty nine men and injured five. Captain Win. 8 Cowles commanded the ship and flooded the handling room and magazine with water to prevent a larger blast. The incident began when a powder charge ignited during rammed powder in the 42 inch left hand guns. Tigers and other details describe the sequence of shots and resulting fires. The turret crew perished while attempting to flee through the exit as a second, larger blast occurred in the handling room.
Clyde Ore 35 from Wisconsin shot and killed Addit Blossom 23 near the girl's home then killed himself. The tragedy followed a reported romance and a disputed engagement with community members recounting a broken betrothal.
A $50,000 gift to the Catholic University of Washington DC funds an American history chair. Edward L. Hearn and Cardinal Gibbons presented and accepted the endowment in a major national Catholic gathering with archbishops bishops and thousands of clergy and laypeople. Bishop P. J. Garrignan delivered one of the principal addresses.
Minneapolis mills plan indefinite shutdown late this week to protest rail freight discrimination they say drives them from competitive markets. Kansas City shipments at four cents vs Minneapolis rates higher, plus broader navigation opening concerns. Also mentions Deputy Sheriff murder trial, a Montana case, and a Nebraska boy losing both hands in a shotgun accident.
General Kuropatkin reports to the emperor that April 12 detachments of sharp shooters crossed the Yalu opposite Wijt and overwhelmed fifty Japanese scouts on Samarlad island, with almost all Japanese killed or drowned and the Russians suffering no losses. The next night Russians crossed again and defeated a Japanese cavalry squadron, boats sunk, one Russian loss minimal.
Spanish Premier Maura was attacked by a would be assassin with a dagger as he left the council general palace. His wound was not serious and the 19 year old attacker Joaquin Miguel Artao was imprisoned. Early reports were exaggerated amid public unrest and confusion.
Chicago officer Charlies Buckholtz shoots Frederick Shall, a fugitive, as Shall tries to flee on horseback after a fight. Buckholtz fired at the ground to frighten him. a bullet deflected from asphalt and struck Shall in the back, a fatal wound.
Edwin Griffith son of the Great Bend postmaster was arrested in Nevada Missouri charged with stealing a registered five thousand dollar package sent by Traders Bank of Kansas City to a Great Bend booking house on Feb 9 He confessed and fled via El Paso to Nevada where he met a woman who turned over much of the money to an inspector. her name was not disclosed.
Rev. Irvia B. Taylor, pastor of Martinsburg M E Church, pleaded guilty in Sigourney district court to bigamy. He had wed Florence Groves in Martinsburg while another wife in Wilmington, Del. was known. Convicted previously for support failure, he faces sentencing set for Saturday, April 23.
In Des Moines the senate debated Sarah Kuhn's pardon case for six hours and voted 20 to 26 against granting clemency. Kuhn, 21, has served three years in the penitentiary after being found guilty of poisoning her husband Charles Kuhn by serving him drugged beer. There is doubt whether she administered the poison or caused the death, with some believing the husband took the fatal drug himself.
Hal and Burt Butler were found guilty of robbery last week and sentenced by Judge Church at Denison to ten years in the penitentiary. Bonds set at 1500 dollars each. appeal motions noted, defendants to be sent to Anamosa state prison if bonds are not posted. The indictment alleges a Feb 23 road robbery near Arion to Dow City, with Coon robbed of a fur robe and hitching strap. Trial drew crowded courtroom attendance over three days.
Alexander, a Black man, was found guilty of murdering his brother in Des Moines on a Wednesday evening. The jury recommended life imprisonment. The two had lived apart since leaving Missouri about twenty years earlier. The defendant had recently arrived in Des Moines and had been urged toward reform, but a quarrel led to the shooting on March 2.
A fragmented obituary style dispatch notes that Bachelor Becentein Tamerik Shower, a wealthy recluse near Trier, will leave most of his fortune to a relative not a close kin and denies any fortune for his relatives. He lived alone for fifty years, avoiding women and social contact, with no mourners expected except a neighbor. He reportedly betrayed by a young woman decades ago and seldom dined away from home.
Des Moines district court will hear final hearings this week in the murder cases of Alexander and Graves. The Alexander case on Monday opens a likely two to three day trial for the alleged fratricide, followed immediately by Graves a week long case. The state’s attorney expects convictions, citing strong grand jury evidence.
An inquest at Blencoe by Coroner Watt returned a verdict that John Flitcroft wandered in a demented state and was struck by a Northwest Harlem train between 5 and 6 am on April 6, dying after coming to his heart. A notebook in his coat referred to heart trouble and avoiding postmortem exam.
Rt Reverend Dr P J Garrigan of Sioux City arranged for a small parochial school to open Sept 1 serving children of all denominations. Curriculum will include German Fretted Latin and music. In Akron, city leaders agreed to merge city marshal with street commissioner and night watchman with water works engineer to cut costs.
Four men attempted a bank burglary at Duncombe's Duncombe bank at 2 am on Wednesday using a stolen crowbar and pick. Nightwatchman Lutz fired on them as they breached the vault, they fled to the railroad yards in a pistol duel and escaped on a handcar with no money taken.
Isaiah Roll a prominent Chariton resident and Methodist Church pillar died of apoplexy during a Men's League gathering at the church Sunday afternoon. The 74 year old left a wife and six children. Also reports include Davenport man George Nixon dying from a coughing fit, and Dubuque stonemason Johns Bowers killed by a train.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate the death of Charles Albert Beecher near Marysville in early April. The text mentions Beecher as a confidant adviser to Lincoln and a delegate at a convention, with references to a school, building, and burning incident.
Fire at the First National Bank in Doon occurred at 4:80 Monday morning, causing losses of $2,000 or more. The brick building and fixtures valued at $2,500, insurance listed as 25000, with the Odd Fellows and KyothP lodge rooms overhead destroyed. Partially insured elsewhere, origin of the fire unknown. Waterlooo’s treasury contract noted. Pioneer Doctor J De MaNice dead. Court case seeks fifty thousand dollars in damages from a railway accident death.
One hundred years ago amid American occupation in Louisiana tensions rose as French and Spanish citizens clashed with locals. Troops in New Orleans worked to keep the peace while Americans were jailed in Vrance on suspicions of hostility to Napoleon. A low tide of immigration moved toward the Alleghenies and the Mississippi valleys. French troops in New Orleans prepared for travel to Prince, and Emperor Bonaparte ordered refugees banned within fifty miles of French territory as preparations for an invasion of England were halted.
A clipped item notes President Andrew Jacksen ordered glassware from a Pittsburg artisan for White House use. Northwest Indian tribes show discontent with 4000 Sioux threatening uprisings, while Prussia faces Vistula floods and Hood disasters. The House passes a 44.2 million government loan amid debt concerns. Netherland King’s umpire status in Britain–USA boundary dispute is reported. South Carolina legislatures praise Thomas Jefferson with 4,000,000 in tribute.
Fifty years ago Brazil opened its first restrand. A severe earthquake devastated Satouica Greece, destroying more than 100 buildings and causing many deaths. The Ganges canal, among India's first great public works, was opened. British and French warships in the Aegean were ordered to search merchant ships for war munitions. France and Hungary signed a treaty for joint defense of the Ottoman Empire. The town of Siro Salvader was razed by a powerful earthquake.
Fragmented 19th century congressional scene reported with garbled names and events. Lincoln hosts Grant at the White House as quarrels erupt over slavery quotes, while a stock crowd in New York breaks doors to buy shares in a new mining venture. Senate clashes and indictments mix with statehood bills, Supreme Court installation, and political arrests in a chaotic, unnamed city paper snapshot.
Fragmentary text recalls a decade old movement tied to a silver panty party and references to Btewrirt and Yolen. Details are unclear in the readable fragments.
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