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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
6
Post Office Department reports Des Moines trial of mail boxes on street cars. Cars stop at mail points and carriers remove mail from the boxes. July totals show 20 287 letters 6 069 cards and 44 100 pieces of mail collected, up 1 800 from June. If successful, expansion to other cities possible.
Governor T M Drake lies at Excelsior Springs Missouri for health care after a fall on the capitol steps left him with an old war wound and a long deteriorating stomach ailment. Des Moines and Centerville friends fear for his ultimate recovery as doctors note his mobility is limited by crutches.
Mason City wheelmen plan August 26 and 27 race meet expected to be the year's largest outside Des Moines region with a three mile pacing triplet and state record potential. Lee Richardson, famed trick rider, will attend both days. A match race between Storm and Jackson, state champions, is planned along with other events.
The K of P Grand Lodge, oo Dowell Grand Chancellor C Dowell Des Moines and other officers elected include Grand View Chancellor W E Larris Vinton Grand Prelate W J Douglass Bayard Grand Keeper of Records Lt Walker Mt Peasant Grand Master of the Exchequer Fred A Bennett Manning Grand Master at Arms W H Lackey Hampton Grand Inner Guard D W White Centerville Grand Outer Guard F A Welch Oto Supreme Representatives W M Marvis Muscatine J B Stanley Tipton short term Pickett Waterloo Trustees C Morris Cedar Rapids C Brandenburg Spirit Lake. Cornell Bluffs gets the next session.
Activity in Catholic circles points to an imminent division of the state into four sees. Developments at priests' retreats in Dubuque and Davenport are expected to reveal timing. It is regarded as decided that new sees will be Des Moines and Fort Dodge, with a bid to place a second cathedral at Sioux City as a northern option.
Two days of the Marshall town Soldiers Home commissioners session closed with an executive committee formed and officers elected. Captain J. D. Russell as president. Captain A. B. Raymond as secretary. John Wesley Morton as treasurer to remain until the new law seats an outsider. Commandant election postponed until September 28. Also two disappearances reported: Harry Arnold of Council Bluffs, last seen August 11, and S. Wilkins of Farragut, missing since July 22 with two boys in tow.
Reports from Red Oak indicate Texas fever has broken out in Montgomery County cattle with twenty deaths and many sick. State veterinarian may impose a strict quarantine to stop spread. Also reported Crushed to Death: J B Weaver, farmer near Anda, died after an elevator fell on his head during threshing injuring both legs and skull. wife and ten children left.
John Mahaffey, once accused of attempting to wreck a train on the Des Moines Northern and Western near Dallas Center, was discharged as evidence was weak and prosecution unlikely to succeed. The railroad firm chose not to pursue charges. Cases against J H B Woodruff Withdrawn from Des Moines Insurance Company case, headed for Justice Nashtwey in Lansing, were withdrawn by county attorney order.
A young man named Id Jones fell from the W J Young steam boat at New Boston while inspecting it. He was swept by a rapid current about fifty yards below the vessel before his body was recovered.
A back door route via Hudson Bay trunk line to the north is described as a shortcut for Chicago travelers to the Klondyke. With railways and steamboats along the way, two hundred dollars may suffice, and immediate start could trim the journey to six weeks. The path uses the old Hudson Bay trunk line. Chicagoans would ride to St Paul then Canadian Pacific toward the boundary, crossing into Portail and passing through Chilgary to Edmonton.
The journey proposes a winter canoe route from Edmonton to Fort MacPherson via Athabasca Landing and the Mackenzie river, with a 1882 mile trek south to the Peel river. Rail fare from Chicago is $53.05, and a three person party could supply two months of food for $35, with posts along the route supplying dogs, guidance near the end, and sick ness aid at posts.
Queen Regent Nomes names Gen. Azcarraga minister of war and provisional premier after Senor Canovas was assassinated by an Italian anarchist at Santa Agueda. The cabinet plots drastic measures against radicals as Spain unites for strong action. Azcarraga, born in Manila in 1882, has a 46 year military career beginning as a cavalry lieutenant in Havana.
Congressman David Bremner Henderson of Dubuque Iowa faces imminent knee level amputation due to an old war wound. He enlisted at 21, rose to colonel, studied law after the war, and has served in Congress since the forty eighth. The operation aims to end persistent health issues from the battle injury.
Figures from Chicago officials show Western trunk lines hiring 59,000 empty grain cars for fall transport across Illinois Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Wisconsin with 13 railways totaling 90 thousand cars. The eastward grain flow promises to swell trade and fill eastern ports as railroads and terminals rush to handle incoming crops.
The Boston typewriter and bookkeeper Alice Barrett, initially thought killed by lightning, is now shown by Codman and Codman to have stolen $3,000, falsified accounts, and burned the cash book to hide provable dishonesty. Experts believe she killed herself amid financial speculation and extrav agance. The meticulous accounting shows money lifted in small sums, concealed on the books.
The steamer Mexico struck Devil's Rock while entering Dixon from Ifuka in heavy fog on August 5. It sank in 500 feet of water after two hours, yet the captain and officers kept calm and all passengers and crew were saved in small boats. they were towed to Metilakala by midnight.
The bulletin notes generally favorable conditions in central valleys and Atlantic coast regions with drought and heat in parts of Missouri Tennessee Mississippi and Kentucky and very hot dry weather in the west gulf. Corn progress is good though injury in Nebraska Kansas. frost safety expected by Sept 15 and Oct 1 for late plantings. Cotton growing slowly in the belt with shedding worms and rust noted. drought hit upland cotton in Texas Louisiana and Kansas. Spring wheat harvest advanced in the Dakotas and Minnesota but delayed by rain in South Dakota. Oregon Washington report favorable though hot winds caused some damage. tobacco fares well except New England moisture excess.
The Bureau of Labor dispatched mining expert Samuel C. Dunham to the Klondyke region to study the gold fields. He will not assess business or wages but will report on the region’s opportunities and conditions. A March return is planned for publication ahead of spring migrations.
Secretary Bliss warns the public against traveling to Aleaka Tinia Seagor and Alaska to reach the Yukon via the Dawson route. He notes 8,000 people with 2,000 tons of baggage waiting at White Bass entry and many more preparing to go. The journey risks exposure privation and danger, with potential five to six month Arctic winter and river ice blocking rescue.
Preparations are well advanced for the World Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union to open in Toronto on October 23 for a four day session. Organizing committees report strong progress and expect at least 260 delegates from around the world with many more nondelegates likely to attend events and banquets.
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