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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
2
A chaotic raid near St. Charles Arkansas leaves multiple Black residents dead and wounded after a quarrel between Georgians and locals escalates. Reports describe a posse firing on Black workers in a store, with crowds from surrounding towns converging amid rising tensions and threats of further killings.
Floods advance as Grand River channels exceed banks. Officials report rapid water rise threatening towns along the Michigan river system with evacuations and emergency alerts as residents brace for further crests.
Severe storms with high winds battered Chicago and nearby areas causing at least one death and multiple injuries. Barkey building collapse buried sheltering occupants, Hammond and Grand Crossing reported unroofed structures, Republic Troy and Steel plant losses around 25000 dollars, heavy rainfall and hail accompanying the wind. Northern North Dakota Montana and western Canada faced snow storms with two feet accumulations in Minot and Langdon, rail lines blocked, and cattle losses expected.
Postoffice inspectors in Kansas City Missouri investigate the disappearance of a registered package containing 5000 in currency. Mailed Feb 18 by Traders' Bank of Kansas City to a Great Bend Kansas bank, it has not arrived after six weeks. Package was registered with number 18 and identification. investigation continues with no leads to date.
Louis Pesant to hang April 15 in Chicago for the murder of Mrs. Mary Shilka to obtain her $300. Seven condemned prisoners now in the jail and twenty-nine awaiting murder trials, a peak for Chicago, with Charlen Cunningham and six homesteaders indicted for conspiracy in a separate Portland dispatch.
Telegrams from Indiana towns describe violent electrical storms and heavy rain. In Lafayette two houses were struck by lightning and nearly demolished. Anna Mack and five sons, along with John and George Caine, were injured by flying timbers and flames. Eighteen flour mills in Minneapolis halted operations indefinitely, leaving many unemployed as orders backlog.
National Guard units totaling about 400 arrived in Trinidad and dispersed to camps in Las Animas County as Gov. Peabody declares no insurrection. He cites armed unemployed men and a strike by United Mine Workers, with 2,000 guards ready for service and a plan to halt Telluride miners' mobilization. District 15 UMWA plans a Thursday meeting in Trinidad to decide on striking or resuming work.
Arkansas and Miss Hancock elopement led to fatal shooting. H. C. Hancock, father of the woman, killed 8. M. Hall, Austin merchant, who reportedly urged elopement and later refused marriage. Hancock and Miss Hancock allegedly fled together in January after Hall accused him of leading the girl astray.
Paul Schwandtner of Pole and Schwandtner, iron contractor in New York, was arrested Wednesday. Eugene C. Allison of Allison Realty Company, sought by a warrant, is in Atlantic City. The coroner's jury investigating the Darlington hotel collapse that killed twenty one people found criminal negligence by Allison and the contracting firm Pale and Schwandtner.
Bindery workers on strike at Donahue & Co in Chicago gathered in the street and blocked traffic while sympathizers pressured nonstriking workers. Police hurried to the scene to preserve order as employers reportedly consider a general lockout against the union.
New York tenement on East Eleventh Street reports Otto Grossman his wife Jennie and Rosie Langfelder a seamstress killed by illuminating gas. Neighbors say Grossman threatened suicide before. Two gas jets were found turned on full blast as others revived.
The first steamship Joad of Buster lilies has reached New York from Bermuda. The consignments were mainly for the west and were quickly transferred by express vans to railroad stations for rapid dispatch to their destinations. Advers from Salonica report twelve battalions of Turkish troops commanded by Shakir Pasha surrounding 10,000 Albanians at Bubatepe and requesting reinforcements.
A partial OCR reads that a Kansas man faced charges or considerations after a fire damaged logs valued around $130,000. Details are incomplete but indicate financial impact and location near Missouri. Further context missing.
Anton Wiske, 18, pleaded guilty in Eau Claire to murder, admitting he killed his father in a cabin near Augusta and burned the body. In another incident, an explosion wrecked a hotel and restaurant in West Virginia, destroying several buildings and killing a man identified as William Lawton. Authorities recover a body amid the debris, with unclear details on other victims.
The Cherokee County grand jury indicted J. A. Miller, county attorney, for willful neglect in January 1904 by presenting a petition to the district court misusing the signature of Guy M. Gillette for a permit to sell intoxicating liquor. Miller appeared in court and posted a $1,000 bond, declaring his innocence while alleging the case stems from temperance faction disputes targeting local druggists.
Mrs Minnie Geddes of Washta, an insane visitor at 210 Sixth Street Siounx City, smashed panes with bare hands and leapt from a second story window but was saved by her husband Arthur Geddes. She has tried to end her life previously in five months and was later ordered by Woodbury County to Cherokee State Hospital for treatment.
The disappearance of Adel Man Te was explained by the discovery of his body in the mill pond. He was last seen March 10 with an unknown man. Coroner's inquest ruled drowning with no signs of violence or struggle. Water gates could not be closed at quitting time and water supply was shut off.
Farmers of Hudson organize an independent lumber company with $15,000 in stock. Officers elected include President H. Et. Wightey, Vice President A. G. Johnson, and Secretary Treasurer C. W. Bedford. About seventy stockholders back the venture to cut lumber costs amid anger at high prices and the lumber trust. The move mirrors dissatisfaction in surrounding towns.
Attorneys for Larry Hortman, charged with murdering Florence Portes in Cherokee County, win a continuance to the September term and will seek a change of venue. Trial was reset as jury work paused for March term. judge presiding noted motion deadlines and state counter affidavits. Previous death sentence reversed by the Supreme Court. Hortman had pleaded guilty previously but was not withdrawn.
A fire at the Essex Hotel near the Milwaukee depot in Mason City engulfed the old frame lodging house at 2 AM Tuesday. Thirty guests sleeping were rescued by railroad workers and fire units after jumping from windows. the structure and contents were destroyed save for a piano, with total losses reported around 000.
Sowing starts in Rock Rapids with many farmers already planting wheat. Ground not yet in prime condition. a good rain is needed. Wheat acreage expected small in Lyon County due to cautious finances and improved machinery upkeep. Where weather holds, birles and corn may rise, while timothy and clover fields see larger plantings.
Jacob Hammer of Chaska Minnesota died when he and his brother tried to board a Rock Island train at Nora Junction near Charles City as it started. The inquest, held by Coroner Dennis, ruled death occurred as described in the accident aboard the smoker car and tender.
Des Moines appellate court grants no new trial for Letson Balliet convicted of using the mails to defraud in a Oregon gold mine scheme. Balliet, noted as a western singing youth, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
A Monona County court settlement ends the Breach of Promise case against the estate of Frank A Crum. The January 1902 trial in Onawa yielded a 4600 judgment, later settled Saturday for 2100 plus costs. The appeal to the Supreme Court had not produced a decision.
Judge Kinne spoke on alcohol and disease linking to care systems, citing historical excesses and modern statistics from 37 insane hospitals across 41 states. The Iowa board discussed indeterminate sentencing, hospital water supply crises at Cherokee, and proposed safety measures including a capitol water main and fire safety upgrades.
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