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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1893
Page
2
A large land section about a quarter mile wide slid into a buried lake near Stone's Ferry in Lake County Tennessee. The drop created a sunken shore with water and trees about 100 feet below prior ground level. Catfish and other fish floated on the surface amid the sinking earth, an event locals found hard to credit.
Miss Annette Daisy leads a group of about forty women into the Cherokee Strip near Ponca Oklahoma to establish a women’s settlement. They secured possession of three adjoining quarter sections totaling 480 acres twelve miles west, with two small houses and four tents already erected. Missionary Alfred Vanderpool reports twenty two colony members on the land and efforts to buy out the nearby male claimant have failed.
Danid Dorches ter of Boston government superintendent of Indian schools tours Ashland Wisconsin reservations and reports on over 100 reservations and 200 schools with 21 000 pupils an increase of 5 000 in four years. Only 56 000 of 243 000 Indians in the United States receive government rations and the three tribes never aided are the most progressive. Historian Henry Mowe died from a stroke in Columbus Oslo.
A boy named Vladimir Lafon, resident of Chefer Caminada and son of Julian Luon, was rescued by the pilot boat Underwriter after eight days adrift on a plank. He traveled about one hundred miles at sea, was severely sunburned, and revived after the rescue.
The Dean Richmond vanished after being sighted off Long Point and later four miles from Erie. One stack and spar fell overboard as the ship labored in heavy seas, with steering gear suspected. Believed to have gone down with about eighteen crew aboard carrying merchandise from Toledo to Buffalo for the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Line.
A new experiment based on Bellamy's ideas was inaugurated on a 25 square mile town site in Niagara County Lewiston overlooking the Niagara River. The Model Town Company with power from the State Legislature can build operate pneumatic message lines and establish manufacturing plants. About 6000 people witnessed the ceremony and Gov Flower signed the enabling bill on May 16.
Captain Julien Le Forst reports about Chenier settlement survivors on the island, with 300 saved of a 1 500 population, confirming total loss and imminent abandonment. Grand Isle and Chandeleur will be left as the island wreckage and quarantine facilities relocate to Ship Island due to storm destruction.
Dabney Prewett's mule case from 1879 went from Randolph County Court to the Missouri Supreme Court, then back on remand. A jury later awarded Prewett 6000 dollars after venue changes, following an earlier 8500 dollar verdict and a railroad liability dispute.
Carl Rouke of Traill County Belmont. billed as the largest man in the United States died at home. He weighed 620 pounds and was well proportioned. His coffin measured 724 by 2 by 234 feet. He refused a $2000 offer to join a World's Fair exhibit.
A drifting fishing boat was picked up by the Mastalonge Life Saving Station crew near Deer Park Michigan. Built to Au Train after departing White Fish Point on October 6 it carried five aboard including Captain Carpenter his wife and child. No one was found and there is no reason to believe they escaped drowning.
Six thousand workers in Oberville woolen mills begin a wage strike likely to spread to all state woolen plants with talks of cotton makers joining. Separate reports note citizens seeking protection from the Dalton gang after threats tied to a Jugalls Battle incident.
San Francisco reports on a long running probe into Col R J Northam, manager of Stearns Rancho once owning 130600 acres. Three businessmen study conduct, with majority and minority reports due to stockholders in days. Potential $100000 misdirection noted. no embezzlement proven. Moses Hopkins formerly led the company.
The New York Dun and Co weekly trade review notes wasted activity amid uncertainty as government crop reports misalign with expectations. Wheat prices fall despite low yield forecasts. wool and dress goods demand weaken. U.S. failures rise, with notable losses above $50,000.
In Marinette Wisconsin families of William Fassett and Ed Vedeau and nine others ate dinner at Fassett's home on Win Islands. A corn meal cake flavored with tyrthemetic instead of sulcratus caused vomiting and illness. eleven total were stricken, several in fair condition but some may die. A physician treated them.
The Chinese are described as the most lightly taxed people with no central budget fear. Land belongs to the state and a small annual rent per acre has persisted for centuries. Tax amounts to about 85 per person yearly.
A Chicago traveler robbed at Clinton of $25. four men from Clinton arrested for highway robbery. Repeated arson attempts target Rev Gruenstein’s Monticello home. Hawkeye merchant struck by train in Springfield dies. first passenger killed on Memphis system. Lightning rod swindlers captured at East Dubuque target farmers. Keokuk buys Wisconsin fish exhibit for the World’s Fair. Burlington seeks a suspect for horse theft. Williams rolling mills debut at Muscatine with 200 to 300 workers. Lead ore vein found in Dubuque Seminary Hill four feet thick. McHenry Park herd wins grand sweepstakes at Kansas City fair with $200 and $1,000 prizes. Davenport sav ings banks show deposits drop 5 percent. Atlantic man Joann Hop ley dies on train near Valparaiso. Des Moines woman arrested for cemetery flower theft released with caution. Mitchellville teacher fined $1 for cruelty. 273 lashes alleged. Parkersburg fire destroys entire business district. large insured losses. Le Mars church dedication. Cherokee gambling arrest. Masonville barns burn. morphine suicide in Alta. Des Moines man found dead on railroad. possible foul play. Oskaloosa woman attempts suicide by train. rescued. Belle Plaine suit for oyster poisoning in Chicago. Des Moines fire stems from Layman Cold Storage blaze. total losses near $100,000.
Early morning blaze in Parkersburg destroyed twenty six business houses with many frame structures. Waterloo fire brigade helped bring flames under control. Loss estimated 150000 to 200000 dollars with 50000 to 75000 in insurance. Suspected arson prompted insurance increases among merchants.
Details emerge on Henry Franzen's two infants near West Union who were left alone and bound in bed quilts from morning to night. A school teacher heard their cries daily and considered reporting to authorities. The burned child’s bones remained undisposed in plain sight ten days after the fire.
A sensational report from Council Bluffs follows arrests of Benjamin Webber a former firefighter who confessed implicating local firemen. Chief Nicholson and several department members are under arrest after a secret council session investigated the fire spree. Other items note a brutal flogging by white caps in Wardin County a near-fatal shooting in Des Moines and a gasoline stove accident at Missouri Valley. Additional notes include a veterans reunion at Madison and a trestle assault near Fort Dodge a barn fire at Fayette and a major Des Moines warehouse blaze causing about 100000 in losses with safes at Charter Oak also cracked open for cash and firearms.
A rear end collision between two sections of a Oswego to World’s Fair excursion train on the Michigan Central in Jackson Michigan kills at least a score and injures more than sixty. Nine cars are wrecked as the first and second sections collide at 9 am in fog. Rescue teams rush to the scene as crowds gather, many injured and dead removed by improvised ambulances and local houses turned into clinics.
Notes of Current Events report a string of incidents from Akron to Memphis including suicides by Richard Haylock and Frank Lovz, forgery by George Morse, illness of Mrs. Conkling, wage cuts at Rio Grande Western, and a rise in railway tensions. A range of crimes and legal actions are noted, with a shootout involving a Santa Fe guard and a New York riot leader’s imprisonment.
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