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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
2
Fragmentary report notes Harrigan of Chicago urging action as Teamsters and workers rally at stock yards. Employers brace for conflict with a dozen volunteers planning sit ins and potential confrontations in New York subsections.
A water flooded mine near Gold Hill Rowan County North Carolina trapped nine workers. Six men Will Camp Will Stirwall Joseph Magrum Bob Deberry Sam Price and three others perished as the shaft filled with water after an explosion caused a section to collapse. Only manager Thomas Moys escaped. Heavy rain damaged nearby property and connected Whitney Reduction Company interests in Salisbury and Pittsburgh PA.
In the house of commons Premier Balfour asserted he was confident no neutral ships would be sunk by Russia. He aligned with Lords Lansdowne in condemning such sinking as a pan i and said Britain has pressed Russia to modify the contraband list. The Associated Press reports Britain remains dissatisfied with Russian attitude and continues to push for changes.
Lincoln Nebraska detectives identify Jesse Golden as the killer of Officer Reedy in East St. Louis in May 1902. Golden, grief stricken, attempted suicide near the city outskirts but confessed when accused. He linked his brother Johnny Golden to a Denver death. A $500 reward is offered for Golden who fled under the alias Long.
William Coates, 22, freed in Missouri after five trials for murdering his brother two years ago. He confessed to killing his mother in a separate motive tied to robbery, but prosecutors dismissed the murder charge on technical grounds after a new trial was requested.
Denver man Frank Wilson, traveling engineer of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, is believed dead in the Eden Creek wreck after leaving Colorado Springs. Wireman David Mayfield saw no sign of Wilson as the train plunged into the creek. Funeral services for former Senator George Vest were held in St. Louis with a large gathering, and burial followed at Belle Mountain Cemetery in Lake Forest.
Negotiations began between the Retail Butchers and Grocers Association and labor union representatives to avoid a prolonged strike at Chicago stock yards. Samuel Gompers heads for Chicago Sunday to aid mediation while an aldermanic inquiry into packing plant sanitation proceeds with no major violations found.
Tabriz reporting from the London Daily News describes Armenian revolutionists attacking Outchkilissa and nearby villages on July 13. Turkish troops and Kurds retaliated, killing men and outraging women. Later, Armenian bands attacked garrisons at Mossunvory and Goutchagh on July 25, with dawn bombs and heavy fighting leaving many soldiers dead and the garrisons as graveyards.
New York detectives report the jewels valued at about 200000, believed stolen from Mrs Ogden Goelet after a Newport robbery, have been recovered inside her own safe. The case stirred Newport summer residents, prompting many cottagers to place valuables in safety vaults.
General Greeley announces the first direct telegraph message from Nome Alaska marking the inauguration of the government wireless line to 81 Michaels. The transmission confirms the line is operating correctly and signals a new era in military communications.
Readable fragments indicate Chica go strikers want a peace conference and have asked Samuel Gompers to mediate. He is due Sunday to meet strikers representatives and packers. Other items report Shanghai news of 10 000 sick and wounded at Port Arthur and Japanese actions near Pigeon Bay.
Walter Moorhouse, 25, of Des Moines, a white waiter and chief cook, was fatally injured in a brutal attack by Id Duayts, a Black man, at the Logan House Restaurant on Depot Street. The assailant used a meat cleaver, inflicting severe head, arm, leg, and torso injuries. Moorhouse remained alive at dawn but was not expected to survive as doctors treated him. The confrontation followed a dispute over a woman waitress, escalated when Moorhouse entered a store room and was struck from behind. Spectators restrained the attacker afterward.
Ed Dougherty and Cynthia Ford reportedly killed themselves after a joint plan to die together. Found deceased in a Des Moines area pasture after poisoning on Friday and Sunday. Picnickers located their remains near Waveland Park with signs of self-inflicted deaths.
Diphtheria grips the Leonard Wall family at Stanhope nineteen miles south of Webster City with Misa Mildren Hill dying at 10 o clock and several other family members ill Crystal Lun aged 8 Helen Hill aged 4 Mildren Til aged 12 among the victims. The illness began about two weeks ago in the Hill household and developed into diphtheria a week later. The Millburne family north of Stratford is reported to have the disease with fatalities not yet recorded.
Apparent late entry details recount Mrs. Peter Peterson Petersan returning to a Waoupton fire to seize money hidden in a trunk, with witnesses claiming she reentered the burning home after others escaped. Funeral roomers’ effects were lost as the house collapsed. A separate note charges Robert Daily alias Lestie Smith, 18, with jewelry store burglary near Remsen, after prior forging small checks in Algona. Miss Cynthia Ford, who died by suicide in Des Moines, is reported as claimed by her mother Mrs Melville of near Knoxville.
Sheriff Aerson and Rev Bev Alhort search Des Moines for clues after a late Monday night postmark suggests a letter from Mrs Butterfield indicating fear for her life and accusing her husband. Residents question the murder theory as investigators comb the Cheese County farm where the Butterfields and their five children resided last April.
A farm hand, J. Het jamin Roedacker, 23, of Rivenswood, Me, died after his foot slipped while boarding a stock train from Millyankne yards in Sioux City. He fell under six to eight heavy cars near Pear Street crossing, was dragged 100 feet, and the freight halted west of Tenn Street. Agent Campman witnessed the accident.
BW B Shaw national bank examiner files a preliminary report on First National Bank of Grinnell. Comptroller Ridgely of the Currency holds the document in Washington. The text signals the report may not yet be fully disclosed as disclosure could alter ongoing government investigations. Ridgely asserts the findings reveal a condition worthy of explanation.
A young man, Frank Paulsos, about 20 years old, was killed while oiling a threshing separator on a neighbor’s machine about six to seven miles north of Line City. He loosened a pin, causing the separator to injure him. He was well regarded and his death is the first fatal threshing accident in Bue City this year.
Fourteen year old Shoora Ifa playmate of Henry Christian aged 12 from Council Bluffs fired a gun in play. The weapon discharged after a quarrel and struck Christian in the abdomen. He died at 5 o’clock this evening. Christian’s mother remained in a hospital in Clarinda.
William I. Dowry, a well known farmer six miles northeast of Sac City, died while stacking grain on his farm. He was 54, left an invalid wife and five grown children. Dowry served Rae County in the Twenty fourth General Assembly and his death followed heat disease symptoms. Elizabeth Snell celebrated her 100th birthday at Dates Center with about five hundred guests. Grandma Buell, widely known, attended the reception. Tred Knuckle, 28, a farmer near Dubayne, hanged himself in a barn after suffering melancholia.
A fragmented report states a married man, Alan Avougeoil, and Willan H. Berkley, were mentioned in connection with a rape charge allegedly tied to tiles west of Wall Lake. Aged individual Mlanle Wungohol, daughter of John Winschal, is referenced in unclear context.
A Chicago Mercantile Co review notes improved trade across New York to the West with higher production and healthy demand in manufacturing. Grain prospects buoy farmers and buyers, while labor unrest remains limited. Retail and wholesale stocks show steady turnover as steel, iron, and hardware demand rise.
A digest of scattered commodity quotes shows Chicago hogs at 3.00 to 5.650, cattle in several markets from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, and wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley prices varying by grade. Prices span currency values and reflect regional trading, with notable figures such as Chicago cattle up to 5.650 and Milwaukee wheat at 1.07.
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