10 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
1
Senator Nelson reports on conferences with conservation officers. Pinchot urges recasting the withdrawal of public lands, separating land from minerals, and leasing rights to reduce absentee landlords and timber sale speculation. The effort targets a standard of mining and safeguards for agricultural resources.
Wade Dills of Ohio resigns as assistant to the attorney general after White House talks to accept the chairmanship of the Ohio Republican Executive Committee and to lead the state campaign this fall. The move shapes Ohio politics and concerns the president.
The White House has held several conferences in recent weeks as Governor Harmon nears nomination. The president hopes to reduce factional trouble ahead of the fall campaign and believes Mr. Ellis can foster unity better than any other candidate for campaign leadership.
Kansas City reports Colonel Thomas H. Swope, who died October 3, may have ingested a patent medicine containing quinine and strychnine up to days before death. Nurse Pearl Kaller testified in Independence inquest that the millionaire took the tonic daily alongside physician treatment.
Idaho Senator Heyburn denounces loaning federal tents to Confederate veterans for Mobile reunion and questions honoring Lee with statues. He condemns rebel imagery on government property and invokes plans to place names in the congressional hall of fame. Senate roll call follows with most members voting for the tent measure.
Washington February 8. Bad beef served at the White House during President Roosevelt's tenure was described by District Food Inspector Dodge before the House committee probing the high cost of living in the District of Columbia. He said a steward bought a quarter of beef and hung it until it was ripe before cutting and serving it.
Boston February 8 The trial of Dr A B Robnett for conduct unbecoming a gentleman and profanity at the Charlestown navy yard dance lasted four hours. The defense centered on resentment over a civilian pursuing his fiancée Miss Dorothy Hesler of Cranston NL. Hesler testified that she was engaged to Robnett since November and described Cowles as pursuing her with gifts while Robnett admitted using harsh language to confront Cowles.
Washington February 8 The house spent two and a half hours debating a rule adopted by Representative Fitzgerald of New York intended to speed business on the unanimous calendar. Disputed passages arose amid the discussion. Duel reported in Graham Alabama with Dog Johnson killing his son-in-law Henry Kemp and a wounded bystander in a street sequence.
Peace declared between Philadelphia shirtwaist manufacturers and striking employees. Workers will return to work with arbitration, partial union recognition, and shorter hours. Factories to provide power and needles at no cost. Also notes the death of Swedish scientist Professor Martin Ekenburg in Brixton jail during extradition proceedings and a fatal train-carriage wreck near Yorktown, Muncie, Indiana.
Washington reports a new postal order forbids rural mail carriers from shooting or carrying guns on duty, aimed at reducing mail delays caused by hunting along routes. In Chicago, Frederick Joseph, president of the New York Butchers' Dressed Beef association, arrived to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the beef trust methods.
Wheat advanced after a weak start as the visible grain supply fell. Corn and oats declined. pork led futures higher amid firmer demand. Cash prices for No 2 hard wheat and No 2 corn reported. South Omaha and Chicago live stock markets show mixed gains. Two men arrested for an old murder case in Benton County with indictments returned by the grand jury.
The Iowa Retail Clothiers association will hold its annual convention in Cedar Rapids on February 15 and 16. One session will be a question box for member topics, with expected valuable material. The group, nearly doubled in membership, includes leaders of the clothing business across the state.
In Council Bluffs Arthur Mason twelve was shot in the shoulder by Clifford Schwabe fourteen while the boys hunted an imaginary burglar. The accident left Mason with a fractured collarbone and serious injuries after they seized revolvers and cartridges from Mason. The incident occurred as they acted out a burglary scenario and was deemed accidental. Separately Mason City reports the Iowa Anti-Saloon League suing seven drug stores and a hotel for alleged liquor sales, with trial set for today.
Ottumwa Iowa February 8 A banker F M Epperson was targeted in a $2000 extortion plot to blow up Manning and Epperson bank and the Hyperson residence. A Chicago detective aided by placing a dummy package near a Adventist church corner. Authorities continued pursuit but no one delivered the money. The extortionists appear to have abandoned plans after police activity.
Hamilton county prosecutor Henry T. Hunt announced the second trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford on the blackmailing charge would proceed without delay. He expected the case to come up again within two or three weeks while Judge Swing presides over the common pleas court. Roosevelt Starts for New Camp in Africa. Nimule, Uganda. The Smithsonian African scientific expedition begins a ten day march to Gondokoro with a first camp at the Assa river twelve miles north of Nimule. The 108 mile trek tests endurance as the party continues its exploration. Body Found Frozen in Creek near Dubuque. Hugh Smith, missing since Jan 4, is found dead in a creek. he had been drinking when last seen, and his watch and money were recovered. Dies of Inebriety Mason, Illinois. Rough note indicates a separate or truncated item.
In Waterloo Iowa in February a jury returned a sealed verdict in C H Dodd versus United Commercial Travelers favoring the defendant. The case involved a Des Moines death in June 1908 from corrosive tablets alleged to be accidental when taken for cough drops. The defense argued suicide to end a rejected romance, while Mrs Dorsey testified of overheard plans. The verdict reflects jurors accepting the defense contention.
Waterloo Iowa February 8 A run away accident left Howard Foutch sixteen fatally hurt and Henry Wilharm seventeen severely injured They were riding on wagon running gear when the team frightened and bolted Both were thrown from the rig Foutch struck a telephone pole and suffered a probable skull fracture
Davenport Iowa February 8 John Eickmann a well known citizen who vanished last week has written from Kansas City saying he is staying at 1810 West Fourth Street and has no recollection of how he got there Police in several states have sought him since he disappeared and the case is being investigated by local authorities.
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