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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text lists CH Mptinger and P. Klycknony with titles indicating a publication note from a publisher in Iowa. Names appear in unclear order, offering limited verifiable details beyond involvement of a publisher and local identifiers.
The Chelsea I T dispatch reports Watka the Creel Indian who killed Jonas Deer and rival for one woman's hand chose to face execution. He stood blindfolded, the rifle fired, and blood marked the heart as crowds watched. He had chance to escape but returned to meet his death.
President McKinley proclaims November 25 as national Thanksgiving and prayer day. He asks the nation to observe religious services, praise divine providence, and give thanks for free government, peace, and prosperity. The proclamation was issued in Washington on October 29, 1897, with Secretary of State John Sherman acting officially.
The body of Henry George Idy lay in state at Grand Central Palace New York drawing 80,000 mourners from dawn till 3 pm. A solemn funeral cortege then moved through New York streets to Brooklyn City Hall and Greenwood Cemetery.
A fragmented London dispatch notes Weyler's return to Madrid where officials and crowds gathered to honor him. He spoke of past troubles and claimed achievements, while references to assurances and acknowledgments hint at official hospitality and political reactions.
Fragmented OCR notes mention May, outlaw football, and Virginia. Ambiguity in names and places prevents clear summary. No definite event, date, or outcome is readable to confirm a complete news item.
Ex judge Vincent urged Adolph Luetgert to accept a continuance in his second murder trial in Chicago. Luetgert refused, became angry, then appeared before Judge Chetlam with Phaten and secured a term-continuance. State's Attorney Deneen would have moved for an immediate trial if Luetgert had not requested the delay.
A letter from Heck Thomas of Guthrie Oklahoma warns Governor Stephens that Dynamite Dicks gang and the Jennings gang of bank and train robbers are on a raid and will target banks near the Arkansas Missouri and Indian Territory border. He urges banking friends to be vigilant.
Freight officials report unusually heavy coal trade on the Alton lines after the late strike. West bound freight demand exceeds capacity, with rates rising and prospects for a 8 percent dividend seen as likely to be restored soon. In Detroit, Dr. Alex Milton Ross, famed Canadian physician and scientist, dies at 89. He served as a wartime confidant and correspondent for President Lincoln in Canada. A Pittsburgh blaze at the Stock Exchange building causes extensive damage, with losses near 159,000 reported.
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes general trade preserves features from the prior week with steady limits on staple merchandise. In major eastern and central western cities seasonable goods meet expectations yet overall business volume remains flat. Chicago St Louis Baltimore New York Providence report declines due to weather and yellow fever quarantines. Mercantile collections slow and orders infrequent with late October staple lines underperforming outside wool and metals.
At a Saturday session of the Army and Navy Union of the United States in Kansas City the following officers were elected Henry Schindler Leavenworth Kan national commander C Tripp Peoria Ill vice national commander R J Fanning Columbus adjutant general Patrick Moore Kansas City paymaster general John Shoemaker Albany N Y inspector general A P Pinkus Vancouver B C judge advocate general
Walter Houghton, a Cheyenne Wyoming post office clerk, was arrested after allegedly stealing a registered parcel worth $14,000 shipping from Chicago to a Sacramento California recipient around September. Authorities say Houghton confessed to the theft during a telegram report.
The jury at Maryville Missouri found Hez Rasco guilty of murder in the first degree in the Kate Baumle case near Akroe. Deliberation lasted about five hours. Punishment set at ten years in the penitentiary. Rasco was sixteen at arrest, with youth noted in his favor.
Six expedition to investigate latent reports will begin at once with Dr Otto Nordengkjold overseeing a Norwegian Swedish funded effort. The aim is to determine if any trace of Prof Andree s balloon remains near Prince Charles promontory. Nicholas offers an apology for a telegram. Frankfurt Zeitung notes a resolution after exchange of explanatory letters between czar and Baden officials.
In a joint session of the Chilean congress the new equversion law was proclaimed. Banks must continue gold standard note emission until December end and redeem government notes for Hold pesos. A separate report from Mintonville, Ohio notes Rev. Gilham preaching there denying the devil, leading to his ejection after a disruptive sermon and pistol shots. Denver election fraud cases include Judge Allen ordering juries on several forgery and conspiracy charges.
A double header freight train and a stock run collided three miles east of Thisidale Motte on the Great Northern line, causing a fire that destroyed twenty cars. Two men died Harry Neal of Glasgow and John Garton of Beatrice. several others were injured, including John Wayfield and John Owens of Glasgow. The cause remains undetermined as investigators sort the wreckage.
Dr Carey of Mexico City performed a groundbreaking operation saving a man with a knife wound to the upper right neck cutting the carotid artery. The patient bled three litres and was exhausted, but the doctor controlled the hemorrhage at a critical moment, removed clotted blood, and stopped the bleed. In fifteen days the patient was erect, strong, and active.
Gov. Atkinson declares mob law condemnation and urges Georgia legislature in Atlanta to pass strict measures. He proposes holding each county where self crime occurs liable for large indemnity to victims’ families. He even supports arming prisoners to defend themselves against mobs.
The grand jury indicts Sheriff Martin and deputies for the Lattimer Va shooting. Nineteen murder indictments, one for each man killed, one for the victims collectively, and thirty six for wounded miners.
Ex-president Grover Cleveland welcomes a son at the Princeton New Jersey residence on Thursday October 28. The mother and child are reported to be well. Meanwhile Kansas City plans a new Union Depot costing 8 million dollars with most railroads agreeing to join the project one mile south of the business center.
A listing of livestock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep and various grain futures. Prices show wide ranges by commodity and market with No 2 grades and typical per bushel or hundredweight figures.
Henry George a noted advocate of the single tax doctrine died unexpectedly Friday morning at Unda Square in Suaye Yankity. Born September 2, 1835 in Shandelpiele he rose through California and San Francisco before moving to New York where his 1879 Progress and Poverty earned him global renown. His campaign for taxation of land to fund improvements helped shape reform ideas and political movements in New York, with subsequent runs as a mayoral candidate and as a figure in the silver Democrats. His death follows a long career of influential writings and public advocacy.
Gov Togers accuses Sinte Treasurer Young of mismanagement and announces a planned investigation. He says he will be accompanied by a Supreme Court judge to count all money in the treasury. Young allegedly swapped gold for silver dollars in a bid to thwart the counts. Treasury access would require bonds for both governor and judge.
A rumor cycle questions Dianeo's claim of ending the Cuban war in ten months and Weyler's six month plan, while London reports and Salisbury’s status loom, with scattered notes on New York incorporations and scientific curiosities amid a winded, fragmentary page.
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