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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
2
A fragment from Graettinger Iowa reports mention of Grammeinger items and a line about PL RE Lucksotn. No clear event or names beyond places.
The Spanish and American peace commissioners met in Paris to discuss a treaty. The United States says it must retain the entire Philippine archipelago and offered Spain 20,000,000 dollars. The talks aim to open the islands to world commerce while proposing mutual relinquishment of indemnity claims since the last Cuban insurrection. A definite reply is sought by November 28, and the U S favors religious freedom for the Caroline Islands as agreed in 1886. The Americans also refuse to arbitrate article 111 of the Penca protocol.
Allan Alford, 21, was nabbed at San Quentin gates as he won his liberty after a two year term for forgery in Los Angeles. He allegedly passed two $200 bogus drafts on the First National Bank of San Francisco drawn on W N Allen of Philadelphia. Detective Cody links him to forgeries in Beatrice Nebraska Chicago Spokane and Portland Oregon and to being the son of Texas millionaire Gen. Alford.
William Hayes, a car trimmer and Topeka resident, was shot and fatally wounded by William James, a prominent capitalist and politician, after a dispute over property boundaries. Hayes had begun a post ca d billing to mark his lot. James claimed the marks extended onto his property and ordered Hayes to stop. Hayes died at the hospital. James was arrested.
Frank Schaffer awarded $5,000 damages after suit against Nickel Plate over a blacklist claim. Court confirms verdict in common pleas court. Also notes rail mail theft case, Hodstrom murder link, Dreyfus prison reforms, and Philadelphia voyage to Hawaii via Central America and Hawaii.
Chase to Yaquina Oregon reports the wreck of the British ship Atalanta off Cape Lown where 23 lives were lost and only three sailors survived. George Frazer swam to a lifeboat after the mizzenmast collapsed and aided Francis McMahon and John Webber to reach shore.
In Portsmouth Ohio a blasting powder blast in a quarry home Sunday morning gravely injures George W Ferguson a dying man. His wife and another child survive but disfigured. His two children are dead. The blast occurred from a partially filled blasting cap and the force destroyed parts of the house. Cynthia aged 11 died instantly and another child aged 6 did not survive. Ferguson may not live.
A raid in Decatur County Georgia ended with a family fire after three children were killed by burning. In Cleveland Ohio Sam Carr, a North Carolina immigrant, shot John Stefancin who died and John Ferdoroco was mortally wounded following a quarrel over a trespasser. Authorities arrested Carr.
After two months of search and the discovery of eighteen dead, a charred body was found at the Union elevator in Toledo Ohio on Sunday. The man appeared well to do and is believed to have been visiting the elevator at the time of the blast. Three tramps, suspected in the Fon du Lac Wisconsin shooting of Officer Prinselow and George Seitz, were arrested in Jefferson Wisconsin as they stepped from a freight train.
A boiler of a freight locomotive on the Chicago and Erie railroad exploded near Lime Ohio on Sunday evening fatally injuring foreman David Little engineer Walter Shirteleff conductor Edward Quick and brakeman Frank Smith all members of the crew were reported injured with probable fatalities in the blast and ensuing fire authorities investigated the cause and extent of the disaster.
During a heavy fog Saturday a Pennsylvania train hauled to a Nebrato to make up time struck a gang of laborers on the Hackensack meadow near Jersey City N J Twenty men in the gang were killed and six injured The engineer realized the collision when the locomotive jolted then halted the train Passengers assisted search efforts in the fog for bodies while a second eastbound train approached shortly after
American and Brazilian naval officers gathered aboard the United States battleship Oregon at Rio de Janeiro for a Friday banquet. Charles Page Bryan assisted in entertaining with the Micers of the Oregon and Town, as prominent diplomats looked on. References to American naval victories sparked enthusiasm. American officers had paid a formal visit to the new president, Senor Salles.
Uncle Sam acts as Santa Claus delivering Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors in the Philippines. Thousands of packages flood the quartermaster's department over ten days as nurses await posting in Manila and Honolulu.
The listing compiles bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, and prices for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs potatoes across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Moscow markets. Prices show No 2 red wheat around 66-69 cents and eggs around 20-22 cents a dozen with varied shipping quotes and quality grades.
Fragmentary clipping notes sympathy for a woman and community support. Mentions George Proud as a focal name and references to the Hawkaye State and Bronx County with unclear context. Other items are listed but unreadable.
A freight collision near Mongeow injures Wilton men and fatally harms a brakeman. In Hull area, Mrs. Georgie Blood shoots her husband at breakfast, a premeditated murder leading to inquest findings. Other notes include a fatal park attack by a moose, a Cedar Tapida rail accident, a poisoning verdict, and local crimes from Smithland to Oskaloosa.
The Des Moines tobacco board nearly ends cigarette milling as fourteen dealers face revocation of licenses. The action rests on the belief that sales involved only original packaging bought from national suppliers, with money raised for Soldiers and Young Daddies of Clint Tae. A jumble of names and events follows, including a floral society show, a German association, a boy’s injury case, and mail box targets amid federal probes.
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