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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
2
The readable text is incomplete and garbled, showing stray words and broken phrases about American consulate actions and a Sunday column. No clear names, dates, places, or events are discernible to form a coherent news item or factual summary.
In Virginia a mine fire trapping 170 workers at the Kearsarge mine was finally contained after dawn. Superintendent Tine and other officials led rescuers through smoke and heat to search for survivors, finding the body of John Tobin and aiding others as they surfaced.
Federal officers allege a Kansas man led a gang named the Bugs that robbed banks across Kansas Nebraska and Colorado over years. They say Whittling distributed stolen funds to members in penitentiaries while several sheriffs are implicated in aiding the operation.
Federal and Wyoming authorities face a potential clash as discussions proceed on the Tsndsin troubles. Indians held at Edge mont are disputed under Indian law. A secretary order requests governor Wy to protect arrested Indians and Special Agent McNichol is to visit the scene for a preliminary inquiry. Also reports describe a deadly rope factory accident in New York where 14 year old Thomas Walsh was fatally injured by 1000 steel needles after being drawn into moving machinery.
At Annapolis Maryland a court martial closed Thursday heard testimony on hazing allegations involving midshipmen. Witnesses indicated the defendants were found guilty of a misdemeanor, with a formal decision not expected until next week as accuseds remain confined aboard a naval academy prison ship. Also reported are stories of a former express driver Beeler planning cotton trading business after Wells Fargo judgment, a murder suspect Eckstein in custody, Mrs Hendricks’s death in Indianapolis, and a solvent Pueblo Title & Trust Company claim.
Six men were killed or injured during a shell handling accident at the United States Naval Arsenal on Town Island near Peekskill. Three shell houses were destroyed and fragments rained over adjacent areas as explosions continued for hours. The dead include Pred AVard and several others, all employed by the ordnance department, with medical teams from West Point Peekskill and Havenstr aw aiding the injured.
St Clair County grand jury adjourned after long session at Belleville naming eleven secret indictments against individuals believed linked to the lynching of negro schoolteacher David Wyatt. Wyatt shot County Superintendent Hertel when renewal of Wyatt's teaching certificate was refused. Names withheld until service of indictments. Seventy-nine witnesses examined. Panama shelled as revolutionaries fail to recapture city. Bogota gunboat fired shells but caused no major damage. Colon in order. trains running normally. red white and blue flag raised over government buildings.
The Santa Fe Railroad announces a 5000 dollar reward for evidence leading to conviction of those responsible for wrecking train No 6 on October 30. The reward aims to deter further acts. no fatalities were reported, and the company begins a campaign to make train wreckers a serious matter in the West.
An KC dispatch reports one person killed and nineteen injured in a collision on the Twelfth Street incline near Union Depot. Most injured were clerks from a major uptown store en route to work. slippery tracks blamed.
Daniel Higgins, a printer from Fifth and Taccoon, was fatally stabbed by Thomas Ward during a drunken quarrel at Mainas Saloon on the corner of East Third and Court Avenues in Des Moines Saturday night. Ward, who fled after the stabbing, was restrained by the bartender and later jailed. Higgins, 22, had recently left Town Printing and lodged with his parents. Ward, from Kansas City, had been drinking with Higgins before the altercation. The affair stemmed from a heated dispute and culminated in a fatal wound to Higgins’s breast, the bartender’s revolver briefly looming as Ward threatened.
In Rock Valley freight No.6 on the Milwaukee collided with train No. 6 causing engineer William Long of Sanborn to be badly scalded. The No.64 train stood on the main track in dense fog and the approaching engine could not stop in time. Three passengers in the caboose of No.64 leaped to safety and remained uninjured. Nearby reports note a Des Moines heirs claim worth ten million dollars, two boys tied to a spree of robberies arrested in Council Bluffs, a murder confession from Sophia Kreuger, a Fort Dodge man dying from train injuries, a Sanborn elder found dead in bed likely from heart failure, Ottumwa to build a new hospital with a $25,000 goal, and a large farm sale in Black Hawk County for the Aghre Alexander estate totaling 6,914,000.
John Rush of Waterloo, president of Swem Gastight Manufacturing, recounts his assault at the plant. He says an attacker struck him with a gas pipe then fled, leaving Rush unconscious and mortally wounded before dying the next day, with investigators pressed to identify the assailant.
Joe Stonebreaker, a young man living south of Townalls, lies with a chest wound in a room his life hanging by a thread. He and two others had attended a theater outing and returned home, but none will speak. Officials and friends note heavy drinking among the party. the motive and shooter remain unclear.
Gov Brown president of the bank and his son Wael W. Brown cashier. A notice on the door says the bank closed due to bad crops and speculation. A receiver is appointed to protect depositors who are to be paid in full. Assets about 225000, liabilities about 475000. Judge Gaynor at Sibley appointed W L Adv receiver.
Sioux City school board probes alleged malfeasance by officials at Lions City in awarding bituminous rock contracts. Ola Nystron, secretary and treasurer, faces scrutiny alongside Iowa Fuel Company at 46 Court Street as they link to a bid of about seven dollars per ton. John Crickson, city street commissioner, is a board candidate for reelection.
Mrs J Bomack, former wife of a prominent Des Moines figure, fled with Gov. Cummins relations and charges Al Melin ney, imprisoned for shooting at Lontack near his ex wife, seeks a pardon to kill the preacher. The statement alleges Melin ney plans to kill both the preacher and his ex wife.
A 4 year old boy was shot in the cheek when a 6 year old cousin seized his father's loaded gun at a relative's home in Storm Lake. The weapon discharged, causing a severe facial wound. The victim is under care and reportedly in pain but improving. Separate fires and crimes reported: a Denison house fire with $3,709 insurance. burglary at Rock Valley store with fur coats taken. a Cresco jury convicts Robinson of murder in the first degree and sentences him to life. a Dubuque truancy case fines a mother. an Iowa case against Rogers for larceny proceeds to trial in Bloomfield.
The item recalls early United States events with references to Jefferson, Louisiana territory, and early wartime context. It notes congressional authorization for territorial possession and a standing army supply capacity. It mentions Stephen Stilwell of New York advertising a purchase and a presidential message declaring a state of war.
Seventy-five years ago many land tracts were advertised for sale with owners largely based in other states. Thomas Pinckney, noted in U S history, died in the war era. Seventy-one whales were killed off New Wyland coast. In Ireland pacification moved forward as 16,000 people at a mass meeting in Bipperary supported the accord. John Maclean, Postmaster General, faced accusations tied to political favors and election day tactics.
A garbled report recalls abolitionists staging a sentiment campaign in New York and mentions a treaty with Comanche and Viena Indians allowing immigrant wagon trains through their lands. It notes President Pierce facing charges about cabinet meetings at the White House with advisors served oysters.
A historical roundup notes rebel prisoners in Camyondathis near Chicago fired upon after tunnels were found beneath a stockade. Secretary Stanton lets James A. Garfield resign command to seek Congress seat. Gen. Banks lands at Brazos Santiago to threaten Brownsville. Cathcart and associates arrested in Ohio for a plot to release prisoners. Lincoln lends emancipation draft to Northwestern Sanitary Fair in Chicago. Exchanged Union prisoners reach Anopolis from Trelimond. some die en route. Sherman bans officers from private business ventures to curb corruption.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls the Claflin and Co failure and bank panics in New York. It notes Lloyds Hamilton & Co and Sprague & Co, railroad wage cuts, and a New York prison sentence for Howard Stokes. Mentions Canadian finance mistrust and Mint Director’s inflationary cautions about gold dollars and coinage reforms.
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