Ottumwa and Sioux City crime and politics plot mix
A flood of items from Ottumwa reports the city rejecting a will terms, arrests of Janis Pocarty and James O’Kfern in Sioux City for killings, and multiple local incidents.:
18 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1892
Page
1
A flood of items from Ottumwa reports the city rejecting a will terms, arrests of Janis Pocarty and James O’Kfern in Sioux City for killings, and multiple local incidents.:
Paris reports say the government will introduce a bill limiting association rights, requiring details of each group and members, with strict rules on religious bodies. It allows withdrawal and refund of contributions, restricts real estate use, and bans hospital installations by associations. Local reports also note unrelated items on De Lesseps health and Crispi’s resignation.
The Beandivavigu, arriving from Glasgow, reports a tempestuous passage and the death of three valuable breeding horses during heavy weather. The horses, consigned to John Leleh of St Paul Minnesota, died from exertion caused by the steamer’s rolling and pitching.
In Co.umpus Indiana on February 17 K. 4. Tressler who taught in White River township Johnson county this winter vanished leaving creditors unsettled. He reportedly courted two local women who were both pursuing him.
A local note claims Mrs. Thos Emery of Cuay City was advised to eat dog meat as she suffered from consumption. After two weeks she began eating it and reportedly is rapidly recovering with continued faith that God will sustain her.
Indisposition of Chairman from the Senate Committee on Judiciary keeps Wood's confirmation in limbo. Senator Hoar remains confined to his room, delaying consideration of Judge Wood's nomination and other judicial appointments. expected absence for days yet.
Waastenatox February field day featured Chairman Match and followers facing a Chicago delegation from the board of trade led by Mr Hamill. The session aimed to debate the anti-opinion bill with both Senate committee and a loose committee planned as a starter.
Nominated by the Vroalont Waantnetox Feb 17 the resident has sent to the Senate the following nominations for postmasters Edwin D0 Coe White Water Michigan Edward 7 Il Mearson Ponting Towa Samuel I Cole Pella Joseph H Reynolds Unrlun
A passenger train of the Elmira Cortland & Northern trailed into a monster snowdrift a half mile north of Nelphia station and became stuck. Passengers faced a panic as cars settled, an engine vanished into drifts, and rescue crews from Delphi dug out the train. It took six hours to free the cars as workers with shovels and plows cleared the three quarter mile drift while passengers passed time with songs from Cazenovia Seminary girls and refreshments from nearby farms.
Marsax N S Feb 10 A dramatic tale from St Johns N i recounts Prince Talward Island schooner Avenger driven on rocks twenty miles from St Johns in a blinding snowstorm. Mucdack Millis swam ashore with a lifeline, was swept in but returned to the vessel, then climbed and lowered a larger line to haul the captain and crew to safety.
Alice Mitchell appeared in court as lawyers sought access to letters written to Freda Ward and additional letters the attorney general refused to show. They argue the letters reveal her state of mind before the murder of Miss Ward. The judge would rule on the issue tomorrow amid a rumor she attempted suicide Saturday night, denied by her father.
Rev Dr Charles Elliott of Chicago died in Easton Pennsylvania yesterday from grip. Born in Scotland on March 15 1815 he graduated Lafayette College in 1840 and taught Hebrew there for the last decade spending three months each year in Easton. He was a professor at Miami University Oxford Ohio from 1840s to 1863 and at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary Chicago 1863 to 1883. He authored numerous biblical works.
Banker Cook of Chicago was brought to Milwaukee from Juneau by a deputy marshal on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Jenking of the U S district court. He was arraigned in the Juneau circuit court Saturday and pled not guilty to eight indictments.
In Stutwatex Montana today cousins H and Charles Countryman quarreled over a race horse. The dispute turned violent when Charles drew a pistol, fatally shooting H Countryman. Willing five Vines reported the incident.
A lengthy report covers Senate and House activity with appropriation debates and printing bills. Topics include public building funding in Seace the Wash, franking clause wording, and two extra messengers for the Republican side. Military academy appropriations and executive actions are noted along with Florida railway election concerns and university reports.
An unusual debate touched on an urgent appropriation request and a measure to curb perceived abuses in education and food distribution. The bill, tied to revenue collection from imports, spurred discussion in committee, with amendments proposed and readings completed before adjournment.
A Penza dispatch reports severe famine and typhus in Russian govt districts as 2000 peasants die and 14,000 are fed. grain stored in Penza hindered by livestock losses. Elsewhere in Russia, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod report rising deaths as war and disease spread. Also notes a weekly bank statement and scattered domestic news from nearby regions.
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