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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
2
Confused scene described with stray phrases about crowds and a disruptive event at a cotton market. The report references a chaotic gathering, unclear timings, and widespread disruption affecting buyers and dealers. No definitive details or names are clear in the fragment.
The fourth assistant postmaster general Bill Walshoon testified before the House postoffice investigate committee about the special report on lenses by inspectors and others in his department. Bristow said he prepared pages 4 and 5 on June 22 and that Over street letters prompted further information as officials noted improper allowances.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a meeting in New York where twenty fire insurance company representatives agreed to form a nationwide combine. The plan calls for uniform rates across risks and states, centralized technical work, and uniform legislation, marking a rare consensus among old-line insurers.
AI official in Washington issues a landmark pension order under the general act of June 27, 1800. Beginning April 18, claimants over 62 will be deemed 50 percent disabled in manual labor and eligible for graded monthly pensions: $9 for 62 to 67, $10 for 68, and $12 for 70 and above, with higher rates for non age disabilities. The emplaced pres bench cites historical limits and aims to save money and time for both veterans and government.
New York reports thousands idle as labor troubles grow. In New York building trades 20,000 out of work with daily increases. Printing trades face 10,000 lithographers expected to be locked out nationwide amid disputes over arbitration, eight hour day, and union recognition.
Earthquake shocks were felt in Washington state on Wednesday night with two quakes lasting five and fifteen seconds. A westward vibration rattled disties and moved furniture in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, causing a small panic. The strongest tremor, felt in Victoria, B C, for twenty years, stopped clocks and scared invalids as the city shook Wednesday night.
Grand jury in Storm Lake returns eight indictments against W W Brown of Storm Lake president of four defunct banks charged with fraud. Banks named Marin ers and Merchants Bank Linn Grove Bank of Reyd, Farmers and Merchants Sioux Rapids, and First National Storm Lake now receivers. Depositors from Linn Grove claim losses. bonds set at 20000. Brown and family prepared to leave Storm Lake. Brown about 45, wife and daughter. Daughter eloped earlier with Frank Thomas, son of Congressman Lot Thomas.
Henry Carmichael died two hours after a throat blow in a fist fight with Ralph Davis in Oskaloosa. The voice box was crushed and blood filled the lungs. Davis was arrested and jailed as coroner's case proceeds. Davis claims no intent of violence and that the blow was not severe.
Harry Spear of Hagle laundry at Connell Bluffs had a near fatal accident when a belt drove a washing machine. His clothing was torn as he was pulled toward rotating shafts, but space between shafting and veil kept him from being crushed. He escaped with no broken bones though his body was torn and battered.
Waterloo grand jury returns five indictments against L C Willing, accused arsonist who confessed to setting fires to his stock in Waterloo and to other blazes. Indictment includes a joint count with Mary Allendorf. Also indicted is Charles Turns for first degree murder after allegedly shooting his father in law during a family quarrel.
Nevada horseman Harry Pinkham owns a Toulouse goose described as a monstrosity. Weighing 144 pounds and over two feet tall, it lays an egg as large as a carafe. Pinkham has exhibited the bird at several shows and plans to display it at the St Louis exposition's poultry exhibit this summer.
Reports indicate Mr and Mrs Shermin Dye plan to depart Boone soon possibly from Lona While a Des Moines inquiry sought federal mail misuse charges Boone visitors found no basis for actions Dye is reported discharged from Northwestern Railroad The billene sied cases awaits legislative passage.
Russian port attacks report the torpedo boat destroyer Skorri struck a mine at Port Arthur and exploded. Crews were saved, while Viceroy Alexieff confirms damage from the bombardment of the 10th and denies a fire report as fabrication. The US cruiser Cincinnati reports quiet conditions and no news from the Trout after arriving from Chemulpo.
A Manchurian commissariat service officer Ivkov was court martialed and executed at St. Petersburg for spying for Japan. Arrest evidence included documents proving long term disclosure of military secrets. The Washington report notes related turmoil over an alcohol policy and a 50,000-roubler B25 currency mention.
William Rogers, sentenced Sunday at Connell Bluz to 25 years for the murder of saloonkeeper Lorhey during an attempted holdup last April, was rushed to prison by four officers at 4 a.m. to avoid a rescue. Rogers remains jailed at Port Madison while Lorhey is already confined.
James H. Tillman former lieutenant governor of South Carolina announces his candidacy for Congress in the Augusta Chronicle interview. He seeks the seat left open by the death of Congressman G. W. Croft, who was once Tillman’s law partner and reading counsel in the Gonzales murder trial.
Otto Selzer, a Sioux City businessman and clubman, was crushed to death when a belt shift trapped him in a flywheel at his building on Pierce Street. Nearby, construction worker Andrew Anderson was instantly killed on a Chicago Great Western bridge project when a derrick lifted a stone that struck him.
Warn Heffern, 24, of a farm near Widorn, hanged himself after ingesting chloroform and blowing out his brains, believing he could not be cured. His body was found by about thirty farmers beside Llefferi’s home after being missing overnight. Burglars struck Shidel clothing store in Town City, fleeing with several hundred dollars of goods. Ike endured assault but survived.
The national board suspended Louis T. Labeaume of St Louis from secretary treasurer duties after a fourteen year tenure while an investigation into his books proceeds. Lab eume is reportedly confined to bed due to illness. Proposals to hold a strike among United Workers of America national officers followed reports of member votes on offers.
Dick Barton son of W T Burton of Onawa was badly hurt when his left hand was mashed between wheels at Gray's elevator. The incident followed a cox wheel mishap while he worked there.
Promoters in Waterloo push a brewery plan amid a crowded field of names exceeding the target. Tensions rise as city leaders urge calm while Congress member Twaugen moves for Charles City station and a $10,000 building project is set to open.
At Beulah near the Midwaukee road fifteen miles west of North McGregor a passenger Milwaukee train collided with a branch train injuring three trainmen. The accident occurred as trains met on the line causing serious injuries to crew members.
Davis and Chicago crooks held at Dubuque to await urc rival of Chicago officer broke jail Thursday Whey confessed they committed burglaries in Chicago. Max Selgelman insurance agent who ran a smooth game on Des Moines people and piled up applications for an adatern insurances company was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for obtaining money by false pretenses.
A man aged about 40 years committed suicide by hanging himself from a post beside a barn owned by J. Ch jeivelangen near Mapleton. No further details or names are provided in readable text.
A summary of early 19th century shifts shows disputes over republican government for Louis Prnt territory, presidential appointments, and tensions in New Orleans Line assembly. It notes British territorial expansion, a Tommgny society forming in Alexandria to influence elections, and Congress creating offices in Kaskaskia Vincennes and Detroit. A Baltimore case reports a Black woman jailed with sale planned to cover jail fees if not claimed.
A lively 19th century digest notes Penobscot Indians paddling to Wortsmouth Maryland to meet a porpoise, a Pittsburg factory making iron wire at a steady weekly output, a slave revolt in Louisiana quelled with several leaders hanged, a large steamship launched at Pittsburg for 500 passengers and 350 tons, U S relations with Prussia and Benzit, and a Camden formed duelists’ association to curb dueling in New Jersey.
A Constantinople treaty forms a tripartite alliance among England, Russia, and an unidentified party. A steamboat boiler explosion in Onovel ton India kills fifty. A Cres ton England strike leaves 14,000 unemployed and many starving. In Washington 14,065 are listed as military service beneficiaries. Mexico cedes border territory to the United States. Gen Walker ends his expedition to Lower California with 140 men en route to Sin Tomis. Naglind France and Turkey fail to enlist Sweden in a war against Russia.
Sen Rosecrans cleared by a U S government commission for Chiela manga battle conduct. The Duke of Edinburgh and bride arrive London in a triumphal procession to Buckingham Palace. Clement L Vallandigham exiled by Lincoln for traitorous speeches stirred Confederate sympathizers to warfare. Forts Tompkins and Equamilton workers strike in New York for higher pay. Lieut Gen U S Grant named commander in chief to succeed Halleck. Lincoln calls for 200000 men to be drafted for navy and reserve army.
Thirty years prior accounts note Cuban revolutionists near Newavitus killing twenty seven. A wing of Ashantea paid ten thousand ounces of gold to Gen. Wolseley in a British dispute. United States Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, famed anti slavery crusader, died in Washington. Chicago temperance crusade held a mass meeting led by ministers. Spanish forces faced Carlist opponents in a large engagement.
Twenty years ago a French vessel named Comte du Paris and its followers faced indirect warning signals from unknown sources. The fragment hints at distant events and unclear consequences without clear names or outcomes.
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