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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
4
A garbled collage of opinions and notices spans politics culture and society. Items mention Carnegie dinner chatter with figures like Uncle Andy, Witte and Castro, local and international headlines, jokes on beans and cigars, and playful quips about editors and readers. The piece tangles names, places, dates, and humor in a stream-of-consciousness style.
Mount Ayr, Dec. 30. Liabilities near $4,000 and assets zero in cash describe the Farmers' bank of Euston closed since a burglary on Nov 29. The elder Shaughnesy offered to cover initial debts, but liabilities grew beyond his means. Deposits $2,300 plus cashier induced drafts form the deficit. assets are furniture. The safe was not breached. cash drawers held little or no cash. burglary suspicions arise and the sane mental status was later confirmed by the insane commission. Cashier Frank Shaughnesy, about 25, started the bank with no capital, paying debts with deposits and lacking backing.
Shenandoah, December 29. Two brothers Pat and Vincent Rogers were playing with sticks on the way home from school. Vincent was struck behind the ear and fell unconscious, dying after about twelve hours. The boy had prior injuries including arm and collarbone fractures and a fall from a window. he had also been run over by a wagon.
Polk county grand jury formally indicts William Denberger and Trump Latham for the Westbrook murder. Fritz Westbrook, a Harris-Emery clerk, was shot July 7 on University Avenue near Thirteenth Street. Westbrook died July 14 after hospital care. Latham serves a sentence for attempting to kill his wife. Denberger awaits grand jury action in the county jail. Mrs. Latham provided detectives with details of the plan.
In Bionx City Sioux City on December 30 the mad dog scare resurges. Ten people were bitten in the last twenty four hours and four seriously ill. About thirty dogs have been bitten. The mayor orders muzzle of all dogs and many will be shot to protect residents.
Des Moines authorities arrest traveling rep F C Lockhard of the American Hide and Leather Company Chicago on charges of forging invoices to the value of seven thousand dollars. He did not furnish a $1,000 bond and was remanded to jail.
Anamosa prison gate scene marks the exit of a man who completed eighteen months for fraud. Edwin Sone, linked to the collapse of the defunct Home Savings Bank of Iowa Falls, faces a separate charge of disposing of a mortgage twice. He posted bonds as the case proceeds.
A mysterious shooting at the Mealy hotel in Oelwein early yesterday morning left L. B. Carr dead and his wife gravely wounded with multiple bullet wounds. Officials differ on whether Carr or his wife killed the other before he died, while she hovers near death but may recover.
Des Moines December 28 Lieutenant Governor Herriott and Speaker George Clarke decided the Thirty-first general assembly will convene January 8 as if newly elected. The houses will organize, swear in members, elect officers, and establish committees, with Governor Cummins delivering the message in joint session. Vacancies in the house will be filled when the full list is presented.
On December 28 in Des Moines Jamies Gillespie, an Enterprise fugitive, shoved Deputy Sheriff M W Robison from a moving train at the East Ninth street crossing. Robison was found unconscious later and taken home, with severe leg injuries and possible internal damage.
In Toledo Cedar Rapids Dec 20 Western college is renamed Leander Clark college following a $50 000 endowment gift from Mr Clark toward an 180 000 fund The Town conference of the United Brethren church in session with Bishop W M Weekley presiding approved the change Andrew Carnegie also contributed 50 000 toward the 150 000 fund and the remaining 50 000 came from United Brethren members All conferences have now voted to rename the college and it will be done at once
W S Menjams, condemned for killing his wife and five children in Ames, grows weaker in prison. He may not survive to the scheduled December 14 execution, with health rapidly failing and transfer to the prison hospital likely in days.
Massive unrest spreads from Moscow to Zlatoust and Samara as workers seize factories, hoist red flags, and form armed bands. Authorities report sieges, arrests, and planned uprisings in Riga,Kiev, Kazan, and other cities, while a general strike looms in Crimea and amid the Baltic regions.
Dec 30 Peoria reports eighty eight Peoria bank shares of N C Dougherty sold for 175 dollars a share to help pay his debts and deflate loss.
Fragmentary report notes arson attempt on barracks tied to Jersey Wily No 1 in December 80. Text referencesMG units, Uae huracha, Pork Adis, guldlars, and a Dewy figure amid ongoing conflict and frustration.
A fragmented report notes Avreet Wayward Son and a figure named Fegrge Bolts Gt Perky Wivatis in a 1000 OF father Wooley arrest episode at a local location. The sparse text hints at an arrest tied to a person described as Avreet’s relative, with unclear chronology and roles.
New York December 80 Charles Z Yerkes millionaire traction magnate creator of Chicago street railway system and builder of London underground railroad died Friday afternoon in his Waldorf Astoria apartments of kidney disease and heart trouble He was 1 30 pm death followed by estrangement with his wife Mrs Rondinella and attended by his son and daughter The end came after a period of weak heart and injections of saline solution and strychnine in the days prior
In Chicago on December 30 five labor union officials and two hired sluggers were found guilty by a jury in Judge Chet tain's court of conspiring to injure a worker who refused to leave during a strike. They face penitentiary terms. one defendant, Frank Novak, was acquitted. The trial marks a landmark effort to curb violence linked to labor disputes.
At the Wisconsin Teachers association session in Milwaukee officers were elected: First vice president F F Converse Beloit. second vice president Frances M Walsh Milwaukee. third vice president J T Hooper Ashland. executive committee F Hyer Stevens Point. treasurer Julia Rockafellow Waukesha. Secretary Catherine Williams to serve two more years. Alfred Bayliss urged support for the country school teacher.
Watseka banker David Mec Gill distributed $10,000 to each of his seven daughters during a family gathering at his home on Christmas Day. One recipient was Mrs. George W. Easthurn of Kankakee.
Members of congress drew their mileage with the delegate from Hawaii receiving the largest check at 2318.50 dollars and Representative Cushman of Washington earning 1412.40 dollars.
The seven week old baby of Mr and Mrs Oliver B Neidringhaus of St Louis was kept in an incubator at birth and has been delivered to its parents safe and healthy according to the Saint Louis Poor Hundred aid column.
George Jones, president of the Miners union, was fatally shot while Tthclard Beele and Allie Rudolph were wounded in a brawl at Dillongay. The incident involved a drunken Tolber and suspect Sames Aion. Police reported the confrontation erupted between miners and locals, authorities investigating motive and circumstances.
Police report details a violent incident in Washington involving an assault on a woman. One man was jailed for forty five days after refusing to provide his name.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a tree falling and injuring a farmer with names Garbled. Mentions Omaha and San Francisco and a proposed route or movement to the coast. Details are unreadable, with several misspellings and unclear actors. No coherent incident or outcome can be ascertained.
The report outlines Iowa education and transportation debates. It cites a commission scrutiny of the State Normal and University systems, noting duplication and funding concerns. It records actions by the Western Fruit Jobbers Association calling for IC commissions control of rates and rolling stock. It also notes the Iowa Teachers Association backing state certification and abolition of interscholastic football, plus detailed Callanan estate tax figures and beneficiaries.
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