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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
2
Boston special reports Bishop Phillips Brooks died of heart failure after a violent cough. He was taken ill with a sore throat but diphtheria symptoms were not initially seen. A private funeral is expected. Clergymen from Congregational Universalist Baptist and Methodist denominations paid tribute, adopting resolutions praising the famed preacher.
Hans Anderson, aged 15, was sentenced to state prison for life by Judge Bardeen in Merrill Wisconsin Circuit Court for the cold blooded murder of Homefield in Lincoln County. He planned the killing with his younger brother, buried the body near the barn, and lied to authorities before confessing.
Unemployed workers in Amsterdam staged a procession to protest poverty inspired by London and Brussels. Police faced a disorderly mob as stones flew and officers were wounded. Two hundred policemen charged with drawn swords, breaking up the melee after hours of fighting. Further trouble was feared.
In Canon City area, workers for Santa Fe Coal Company unearthed a 12 foot serpent fossil and shortly after a second, colossal 24 foot reptile, both perfectly petrified. Excitement grew as the trio were prepared for Colorado exhibit at the World’s Fair. Justice Lamar Den of Macon, Ga, died.
Courier reports a band of about fifty Indians led by Navajo Mike raided a German run saloon sixty miles from Dolores. Eight people were present, mostly prospectors. The attackers demanded firewater, looted grog, and left the scene circling on horseback. Fears of a wider clash grow as provisions dwindle among the eight thousand camp residents.
A German emigrant, age about sixteen, died on the Soo Line train to St Paul from Baden Germany. Health officers confirmed Asiatic cholera upon examination at the depot and ordered disinfection and burial. The body and belongings were incinerated, with officials and coroner involved in the quick, quiet handling.
Edwin F. Mack, a Citizens' Savings Bank cashier, allegedly duped Mrs. Andrew Granger into divorcing and marrying him by deception in Chicago. She contends he bribed her to sign deeds while ill, signed over her dower rights, and that Mack transferred his property to his father to defraud her of rights, and seeks nullification of the deed papers.
Albany reports that Carlisle W. N. Harris, a medical student, had his murder in the first degree conviction affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Harris, who secretly married his victim Helen Neil Potts, administered morphine and quinine capsules, leading to her death at a New York City boarding school. The case outlines a planned public marriage and the male suspect’s role in the fatal poisoning.
A Southwestern Limited passenger train derailed after a misaligned switch at Alton Junction Illinois. The engine crashed through seven tank cars, causing fire and explosions. Six killed, nineteen fatally injured, fifty burned. extensive property damage estimated at 325000 dollars. The engineer perished at the embankment, fireman escaped with minor injuries. Rescue efforts and relief trains followed as telegraph wires failed.
New York Dun and Co weekly review notes weather partly shrinks trade yet money remains ample. Chicago reports clear winter goods lift and strong spring buys while Western currency receipts lag. Wheat shows large arrivals with prices down, corn and oats mixed, cotton down then up, pork and coffee firm as egg prices stay high. Gold exports rise to 4 million pounds amid hopeful sentiment and strong business outlook. seven day failures total Juz compared with last week and year.
In West Superior Wisconsin a big gang of counterfeiters was captured by city police and U S Secret Service. Thomas Patterson and A C Mack were arrested at 109 Tower Avenue while in bed. Plaster casts and tools for coin making found on the scene. Patterson worked at a gambling house nearby. Porter of the Secret Service and U S District Attorney Herper in city. the men bonded for trial and Mack is reported to have turned state's evidence.
A northeast snow storm batters England coast as the steamship Brighton, on the New Haven to Dieppe run, battles 60 mph winds and blinding spray. The bow is torn, passengers are rushed to shore as the ship sinks. Five pilots die in the rescue effort and seven aboard a small lifeboat are thrown free with two saved.
District Master Workman Dempsey of the Knights of Labor is found guilty on the first count for administering poison to W. E. Griffiths. Judge Stowe avoided opinion on the evidence as the verdict is delivered amid a large crowd. Dempsey shows distress. attorney Porter plans a motion for new trial. The penalty may include a £500 fine and ten years’ imprisonment.
Mrs Edith Keller 55 was killed at her home east of Dongola Union County. James McEntire and Francis Settlemoir were jailed in Jonesboro amid claims they threatened the daughter over a suitor. The coroner’s inquest suggested the shooting aimed at the daughter. The piece also notes a French British exchange over Egypt and the Khedive’s independence.
In District Court Oscar Sanders attempted to seize his three year old child from the custody proceedings. Mrs Saunders fainted during the divorce hearing and a struggle followed as a brother and others intervened. Judge Reed left the bench, restrained Sanders, and returned the child to its mother.
Japanese consular reports indicate a government plan to ban sealing by foreigners along the coast. Warships will patrol the area as Parliament funds the measure. Seizures last year totaled about $510,000 in foreign catches, while Japanese sailors secured $26,000.
In Albany Edward Murphy Jr will replace Frank Hiscock as U S Senator from New York with Murphy 17 Hiscock 12 and Assembly 73 to 52. St Paul Senator Davis reelected with 87 votes. Jefferson City Cockrell re elected. Harrisburg ratified the election in a joint session.
The report lists several state legislatures electing United States Senators in joint sessions. Quay in Pennsylvania and Lodge in Massachusetts are noted, with Gray in Delaware, Hawley in Connecticut, Hale in Maine, White in California, Turpie in Indiana, Stockbridge in Michigan, and Stockbridge’s second term referenced.
The sundry civil appropriation bill reported to the House carries a total of $39,828,834 with major allocations for river and harbor improvements. Notable line items include $1,000,000 for Galveston harbor entrance, $3,692,000 for the Mississippi River from the Ohio to Minneapolis, and $2,005,001 for Mississippi River improvements. other items cover enforcement of labor laws, parks, epidemics prevention, life saving, lighthouses, land surveys, and office expenses.
Severe European winter drives wolves from forests into towns as hunger grows. Berlin records 23 degree cold and three frozen deaths appear in streets. Elbe navigation halts while Hamburg ships seek other ports. Prussia and East Prussia endure extreme cold. Balkans report horrors. A Belgrade suburb wolf attack ends with a young girl devoured.
Descriptions from Montenegro and Russia report wolves attacking flocks and villages starving, while Canadian cold devastates communities. Advices from Nanticoke note several men frozen to death in icebound canoes. The nation endures a record streak of subzero days with little relief, as the poor bear the brunt of the cold.
At the National League for Good Roads convention in Washington the Resolution Committee thanked the press and urged continued cooperation. It called for separating road building from partisan action and urged agricultural and mechanical colleges in each state to specialize in scientific and practical road construction. It also urged agricultural experiments funded by appropriations and recommended Congress appropriate $15,000 to enable a general highway condition inquiry by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Plan to hold May 1 ceremonies in a small Jackson Park building with $5 tickets was rejected by the local board executive committee. The event will be outdoors and 50 cent admission grants access to grounds for speeches prayers and the ode, as 200000 visitors are expected for the Exposition opening. A misdemeanor bill in Indiana makes firing or threatening workers for union membership punishable by a $100 fine and six months jail. The bill seeks $50000 for the National Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Indianapolis.
A jumble of brief items noting coal shortages in New York City, political moves in Kentucky and Connecticut, a new Democratic daily Mercury in New York, a Mississppi steamer fire, a Metropolitan Opera foreclosure, and various legal and civil events. Includes mentions of Sam Jones' debate plans, McGarrahhan claim bill veto, and a fatal shooting in Marion County.
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