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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
8
The Iowa corn crop shows mixed progress with early planted fields maturing by mid September in good weather while drought damaged uplands suffer. Much of the remaining 60 to 60 percent faces weed interference and variable rains, risking a crop noticeably below average despite potential September improvement.
James Cheveweath, a Des Moines contractor, was imprisoned at Fort Madison again after sixteen years. Sentenced in 1880 for burglary to nine years, he was pardoned after one year, then later accused of larceny. Governor Drake revoked the pardon. he fled, was captured in Minnesota, and his wife’s relatives exposed his hiding.
Judge Shivag refuses to restrain Emlin McClain from annotating the new Iowa Code. Judge Shiras denies Callaghan & Co. injunction, saying no irreparable injury shown or clear trust in McClain’s copyright. Damages from the new code stem from legislative action, not McClain’s conduct.
Comptroller of the Currency abstracts show Iowa banks excluding Des Moines with total resources $47,780,202 and deposits $28,411,640. Average reserve 34.48 percent. Major items include all discounts $27,810,016 and due from banks $2,089,009.
James Curran was shot in a timber near his Cedar Rapids area home, throat cut, body burned on brush after death. The 40s or 50s era victim left to chase a swarm of bees and vanished Monday. A search and tip lead to a probable suspect, with no arrest yet. officials promise a forthcoming breakthrough.
William Smith alias Frank Noyal, an alleged Walford storekeeper, was captured aboard the Portland in Port Townsend after a cross-continental pursuit. The case centers on a store fire that killed a man and a $35,000 insurance claim. Pinkerton agents traced Noyal from Juneau to Klondike, proposing he killed the watchman to conceal the murder.
Excitement at Osage follows discovery that county funds were diverted during W L B Pelton’s treasurership six years ago. preliminary figures show $5,470 taken in two years with four years' books to review possibly raising the total. Pelton’s son S B Pelton, deputy in charge of the books, admits knowledge of the defalcation but denies complicity. limitation may bar criminal action.
In Milford the elopement of Laura Stapher with harness maker George Walters provoked a family conflict as Walters was barred from the home. The couple later wed at Spirit Lake while the father’s consent remained absent, drawing town attention. The piece also notes a rapid Sioux City Republican convention choosing Judge William Hutchinson to fill a vacancy with no ballots. A rumored large mining deal in Mahaska and Monroe counties is connected to a Hanna family member and Ohio capitalists, potentially worth about eight million dollars.
Clinton County dedicated its new courthouse at Clinton on Thursday afternoon. County Attorney C. J. George presented the structure to the county, with the total cost around $150000 excluding furniture. A fire in Sac City on Friday destroyed seven old frame buildings in the quarter block south of the Allen building, with part of the merchandise saved and total losses about $12000.
President McKinley spearheads a Grand Army of the Republic parade in Buffalo with nearly 60,000 veterans and up to 500,000 spectators. The two hour to six hour event featured cheering crowds, bands, flowers, and a reviewing stand as McKinley acknowledged veterans amid a city filled with celebration and outside visitors.
At Pittsburg on Wednesday coal operators nearly split after a forenoon session they said they would continue a “productive” struggle for miner and operator interests. In the afternoon a Dysart statement announced a new committee to push mine operations begun last week in Cleveland.
A grand pageant in radiant flags honors veterans and the President amid 2000 singing children and flower strewn approaches. Gov Black joins a morning procession through Main Street with mounted police, bands, and a sunrise gun salute.
J. D. Planagan, a Fort Dodge grain buyer, killed himself with strychnia last Friday amid anxious market concerns. Officials say financial loss is not established, but stress over prices appears to have prompted the act.
John Hagerman, a 60 year old prosperous farmer of New Vienna Du buque County, was killed when his vehicle collided on the Great Western at Alta Vista. The accident left his family in mourning.
The passage notes all committees were discharged and that conflicting statements sparked inquiry, but the effort yielded little concrete result beyond the sense that operators were seeking clarification on their position.
An Orange Judd syndicate inquiry reports grave European food crop conditions. Wheat imports needs estimate from 800 million to 400 million bushels, with European wheat, rye, and potato outputs varying across 1893 to 1896. Potatoes forecast just above one hundred million bushels.
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