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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an explosion at a California mine with probable fatally injured workers and several others badly buried. The brief mentions a possible cause but lacks complete names, dates, or locations. Further detail is unavailable from the readable text.
Storms and floods strand trains as tracks fail from Neer Creek to Ellerebure. Officials cannot provide a firm timetable while scenes of landslides near Jzmopolis disrupt service. Willapa area routes suffer two way to Lester and the Bend branch remains underwater.
A late night Birmingham area derailment at Weems station involved a passenger train traveling about ten miles from the city. The incident left about twenty-seven people injured and several cars damaged, with descriptions noting mailed baggage and casualties among passengers. No further details on exact causes or identifications are provided in the readable fragment.
A cavern 115 feet deep opened beneath Olyphant Pennsylvania after mine workings caved in Friday afternoon. The O'Brien hotel collapsed onto the abyss, dragging the adjacent Evans dwelling and Ackerly building into the chasm. No injuries reported as residents escaped prior to the collapse. Water mains burst, washing away foundation and swelling the sink in the mine.
Tangier dispatches report Bez area advices received. Rebels near the outskirts inactive despite fortifications on Thursday. Food shortages spark discontent at Trex as the pretender proclaims fighting for the sultan’s imprisoned brother Mulai Mohammed. Sultan orders release and honors for the brother. Coal rights also noted.
A Carbondale dispatch reports orders from the Illinois Central division giving coal right of way over all freight except perishable produce. Other freight goes to sidings to free motive power and rush coal to market. Jackson County had 125 loaded coal cars and 54 empties, Williamson County 1,047 coal cars. Also reports wrecks in Vermont with both locomotives killed, and a 19 year old Miss Clara Ware dies in Madison County.
A St. Louis dispatch reports Thomas A. Cleage closed a large December corn deal at noon on Wednesday. Settlements were at 46 cents, with an estimated 5 to 8 million bushels involved and an average profit of 8 cents per bushel. Also reported is a San Francisco notice about Afra Rebecca Hyman and her daughter inheriting $31,000 from Bil Hayman in Toronto.
A San Francisco special reports the first Pacific cable message through to Honolulu at 11 01 Thursday night. The tape announced You are reversed as San Francisco signals reached Honolulu. Gov Dole sent congratulations to President Roosevelt and officials in Honolulu and Washington exchanged greetings and good will as the new cable began its operation.
Milwaukee special reports the Charles Abresch Company carriage works plant was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The south wall collapsed as firefighters directed streams on the ruins, injuring seven men. Capt. Patrick Roddy sustained the most serious injuries. others’ conditions were not serious. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The injured were rushed to a hospital.
London report says George Chapman, under preliminary trial, was arraigned on new charges of murdering his first and second wives after autopsies on exhumed remains indicated poisoning. He seeks protection from Consul General Evans. Chapman came from America in 1803 and was already charged last October with poisoning a supposed wife. TRAGEDY ON AMERICAN SHIP. Trouble over color question ends in a killing as Jamaica sailor H. G. Gardner shoots the second mate of the Sunlight after a color dispute. crew abandons ship. Gardner is from Maine.
Chicago report: Edward Dreyer former West Park bank treasurer to serve sentence for withholding 316000 in park funds after nearly four years in jail awaiting appeal. Marion Indiana: actor William Fogelson jailed after fatal shooting of Oliver Miller during Crawford's Claim production. Hague tribunal notes Venezuelan dispute. Copenhagen storms wreck many vessels with drownings. Milwaukee big fire reported.
Des Moines special reports a collision near East Eighteenth and Market Streets at the junction of Rock Island and Wabash lines. Rock Island freight No. 94 in charge of Conductor Kline struck Wabash freight No. QT led by Conductor Crowley and Engineer Margram. Eighteen cars and a caboose on the Wabash cleared the crossing. two coal cars on the Rock Island were smashed, with extensive debris. Crowley injured, others shaken. Crowley hospitalized. Rock Island engineer blamed for not signaling. Wrecking crews and the Des Moines Union moved to clear the tracks.
Iowa bank examiner J F Whelan argues that five state bank examiners are enough for the state and counties, but suggests two examiners with assistants to speed up examinations. He notes counties under his control exceed sixty and stresses workload should keep examiners busy.
A Dowlt special reports Miss Title Robinson and Carl Boyt, an eloping couple, were captured in Illinois and driven home after their parents intervened. The girl is 16, the boy a year younger. They left Bishop Lill, Terry County, Illinois, in freezing weather to wed, but were stopped and punished on return.
Jasper Farlow of LeMars, the second Plymouth County man sent to the Cherokee asylum for inebriates, forged two checks from Morehouse Co. for 8.50 and 3.35 during a spree. He was detained after arrest, with charges dropped for family reasons, and ordered by Judge Gaynor to Cherokee for up to five years. Farlow has a history of periodic sprees.
A man fell forty feet from a standpipe at Earling Shelby County after a mass of debris broke loose while he was atop the structure. He suffered crushed knee lacerations and arm and nose injuries, with serious consequence and loss of use of a limb. Names and precise details are unclear due to damaged text.
Nellie Scott an 11 year old Des Moines girl drowned while skating on the river Thursday her stepsister Jessie Tamulton narrowly escaped fate with a timely rescue by a passing young man Cherokee Hoaphnnt Fitted reports state board that hospital is penetically filed and that inebriates from Independence district will be sent to Independence this will divide the north half of the state School Teacher Wan Foxy a married woman teaching affair caused a resignation announcement Watkins pardon efforts opposed for Melvia Poster murder in 1877 Baby Burned to Death the 1 year old child of Frank Bowman burned to death at Marshalltown the mother left the kitchen unattended oil and stove dangers cited Other notes mention insurance man thefts and traveling evangelists in Sioux City
Reports from Des Moines outline state affairs including new land purchases for Mt. Pleasant state hospital, a coal supply scare at the Iowa Soldiers' Home, audits and clerk appointments, and convention plans for Town Bankers and State Bankers associations. Also noted are railroad route approvals, liquor and court actions, and election certificate notices.
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