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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
4
Fragments describe heavy snow affecting Nagier tidings and Caw yy Greenlen area, with Whiting and nearby northern Kansas and southern Nebraska communities facing travel disruptions. Santa imagery hints at winter closure, with firmer conditions expected by Saturday night.
Sunday morning in Arlington John Keller was shot multiple times outside John Sands meat shop. Barker, secretary to Fight Of the First New Jersey, surrendered to police afterward. Barker claimed his wife’s illness was caused by an assault by Keller, though Keller denies it. Keller survived with a fighting chance for life.
A massive blast at the Gas Bell Torpedo Company magazine near Alexandria Indiana destroyed horses and 700 quarts of nitroglycerin. Reports say 760 quarts ignited, sending debris across the area and shaking the town. The carrier for the company was involved, and authorities began inspecting the aftermath and potential injuries.
Mrs Nation and her husband plan a four state lecture tour from Topeka via Chicago Kansas City Des Moines and Sioux City to present the Kansas situation and rally support for the temperance movement and related lawsuits. She promises no damage on this trip and seeks funds for ongoing crusader actions.
The Maine disaster relief fund has shrunk to roughly $1,300 and is now held by Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, head of naval intelligence in Washington. He received the money from those in charge of the fund last spring, and few applications for a share have come in lately, often due to ignorance of the fund’s administrator.
Steve Brodie the famed bridge jumper and sportsman died in San Antonio Texas on February 1 from consumption. Born in New York he started bridge jumping in 1886 and made it his career touring the country earning about $100 weekly. His Bowery saloon near Grand Street was a noted Mecca for visiting sportsmen.
After two months of sessions the army reorganization bill on ban 31 passes its final Senate vote 83 to 25 and goes to the president for signature. The conference report is approved in the Senate, signaling the bill’s end in Congress.
A broken rail caused a Union Pacific passenger train wreck five miles east of Hardin Colorado. About twenty passengers were injured and transported to Denver by a special train. Names of injured not released. The incident disrupted service and prompted emergency response.
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota addressed the senate on the army reorganization bill. He accused the Senate of blocking his Philippines inquiry, charged suppression of MacArthur and Taft commission reports, and urged the Filipinos in their fight for liberty, saying he hopes to always sympathize with peoples seeking freedom.
The Barcelona arrived Feb 1 from Hamburg with the captain and fourteen seamen of the Russian bark Cuba. Abandoned and waterlogged, the crew endured a fierce sea in a lifeboat lowered amid towering waves. After a hard pull they were saved, fifteen men in total, near the wreck on Jan 17.
The parents of Fred Alexander, the Black man burned at the stake by a Leavenworth mob on January 14, travel from Kansas City to explore suing the city and Leavenworth County for damages and support. His father, a Baptist minister, has contacted influential friends in Kansas and Missouri, pursuing funds to finance the case and hoping for a national subscription to reach the Supreme Court.
A Thursday explosion at the W. Wicke Company cigar box factory on East Thirty first Street, New York injures more than twenty. The ensuing blaze raged as one of the city’s worst fires in years, with estimated losses around 1.5 million dollars. In related items, a North China Daily News report claims forty Japanese soldiers were killed at Shan Hai Kwan during a gunpowder destruction incident. Also noted, the Hamburg Station estate was sold to W C Whitney of New York for forty thousand dollars.
The report compiles prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Cincinnati markets for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.88 with variations by city, hogs 3.00 to 5.60, sheep 3.00 to 4.50, wheat No 2 around 72 to 76 cents, corn No 2 around 35 to 38 cents, oats No 2 about 20 to 27 cents, rye around 50 cents. Prices show frequent small ranges by market and item.
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday February 1 declares the Titus amendment for prohibitions invalid, upholds the lower court, and confirms that state elections will be held this fall. The ruling hinges on journal entry requirements and precedent from the Koehler v Hill prohibitory case, with no dissent and no author named.
After a devastating Des Moines blaze at Frankel Bros the vault in the ruined building yielded more than $1,000 in cash and valuables. Architect Liebbe and contractor Weitz devised a ladder exit through the vault wall, enabling workers to haul the treasure to safety while onlookers watched from a crowd of thousands.
An Omaha commentary questions how Maj. Conger came by two captured cannons sent for the State Historical Building. Conger claims U S troops seized the arms near a legation during the Boxer siege and they were not Chinese government property. A separate report notes a meeting in Onawa about beet sugar plans and a beets experiment along the Missouri River with potential ten acre plots.
A massive blaze destroyed Frankels department store in Des Moines early Tuesday January 29. The five story landmark suffered a $459000 loss with $100600 insured. Several nearby buildings including Younker Bros and others were heavily damaged as flames raced through Walnut Street and Sixth Avenue. Firefighters battled high wires and strong winds but prevented greater business district destruction. No injuries reported among staff. five watchmen escaped. Total estimated loss reaches $682000 with $600000 insured.
A bold Cherokee burglary occurred between midnight and dawn at Frank Dayla’s residence. Mrs. Davis woke and urged her husband to investigate but he stayed in bed. She made enough noise to frighten away burglars, who escaped with $6, a suit, an overcoat, gloves, and other apparel.
John Worrell a Monona County farmer living near Onawa was found dead Jan 8 on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. Blood noted. his companion, a man named Read Me, had left home to haul wood. Team and horses were found dead, harness tangled. companion unable to speak.
The Towa Fraternal Congress met in Des Moines last week to discuss Iowa law limits on membership and benefits. The Iowa association provides pensions to heirs named in a deceased member’s will, unlike some outside groups, prompting efforts to unite Iowa and other state fraternals.
J A Hall and his son D B Wall, both farmers near Duncombe close to Fort Dodge, were struck by a fast Illinois Central freight as they drove into town. Corn cribs on each side hid the track, the wagon was demolished, and both men were hurled from the wagon but survived, though severely injured.
Frank Smith a government prisoner bound for a United States court in Davenport for bootlegging cleverly escaped at Burlington January 80. He feigned intoxication and Officer Muller left him in a waiting room to tend baggage. On return Smith vanished. local police have searched, but he remains missing.
A fragile conveyance overturned when the carriage tipped on a bend. Mrs Pritz and her infant were in the vehicle with relatives. the mother jumped free during the scare and the infant suffered a head injury as the horses halted briefly before fleeing down the road.
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