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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
2
Des Moines June 10 The excessive Iowa rains have left crops harmed as water totals for the season exceed normal levels. Weather director Sage cautions the outlook is not bright, noting prior dry spells reduced field drainage and ongoing heavy rainfall floods streams, washing out corn and hampering cultivation statewide.
State superintendent Barrett lists county teachers normal institutes with time and place. Western counties include Adair Greenfield August 4 Adams Corning June 14 Audubon Audubon August 4 Boone Boone August 18 Buena Vista Storm Lake July 23 Calhoun Rockwell City July 25 Carroll Carron July 7 Cass Atlantic June 16 Cherokee Cherlokee June 16 Carke Osceola August 4 Clay Spencer August 4 Crawford Denison August 1 Wallas Adel August 11 Fremont Sidney August 4 Greene Jefferson June 16 Guthrie Guthrie Center August 18 Harrison Logan July 14 Ida Ida Grove March 24 Madison Winterset June 23 Mills Glenwood August 4 Monona Onawa July 25 Montgomery Red Oak July 21 Page Shenandoah August 18 Plymouth Lemars June 16 Pottawattamie Council Bluffs June 23 Sac Odebolt June 46 Shelby Harlan July 22 Sioux Hawarden July 28 Taylor Bedford July 11 Union Afton August 4 Woodbury Correctionville June 23 Sioux City July 28
The Rock Island Railroad company paid Iowa a record filing fee of 13000 dollars to amend its articles of incorporation increasing authorized capital stock by 50000050 dollars. The payment was received by the secretary of state in Des Moines on June 10.
Webster City Iowa June 14 Charles Lacy lost his right arm just below the shoulder while operating a steam wringer at the Beaumont laundry. He was working over the machine when the accident occurred.
In Cedar Falls Iowa on June 10 flood losses mount. Laporte City reports 70000 dollars in property damage including the light plant. Livestock drownings run into thousands with Charles Nicks losing 16 head.
Webster City Iowa June 10 two more persons have fallen victims to the Ellsworth mad dogs Conrad Charlson and Floyd Lakin showed hydrophobia symptoms and were sent to Pasteur Institute Chicago last evening bringing seven total victims in treatment as citizens grow excited
Burglars smashed two large shop windows on a main street in Missouri Valley, robbing a business and scattering broken glass and debris. Local police investigate as residents report the bold daytime crime and urge vigilance.
In Ellsworth Iowa panic spread after a small pet dog, bitten by a hound, bit twelve to fourteen people and other dogs. One man died at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago. eight more were hospitalized. A separate Missouri Valley report notes five people bitten, including Officer Riss, with John Zahner seeking Pasteur treatment.
Des Moines reports that Auditor Merriam and Attorney General Mullan plan to prosecute operators of diamond contract schemes and home-building tontine companies. Convictions in Chicago spur action with penalties of one to ten years. Probes may begin within weeks under Griswold law to bring such firms into state oversight.
Local detectives in Des Moines captured Ida Lee and turned her over to Deputy Sheriff Bartell of Oklahoma City. The woman used the alias Lee Hale while masquerading as a man. She was suspected of stealing 400 cash two diamond rings and a gold watch. The arrest was reported from Des Moines.
Abraham Hemesworth aged 76 and Elizabeth A Bonham aged 52 both of Gilbert Jr were married in Kansas City by County Judge Luttrell Bath denied the elopement. Mrs Hemsworth said we thought it would be fun to slip away and get married we are old enough to do as we like and we are on our way to West Plains Me to look at some property.
SHENANDOAH Iowa June 1 A hundred dollars an acre is the average price for real estate in this section as transfers show D S Lake bought the Byron Vincent farm forty miles southeast of town for 4000 and the J W Clingman farm of 117 acres for 12000 on the same day E S Welch bought nearly 100 acres of G B Morton at 117 per acre.
President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western railway declined to confirm or deny that J. P. Morgan and Joan W. Gates have secured control of the railroad property, leaving the ownership matter unresolved.
In Des Moines on June 7 Sonny Tord received a twenty year penitentiary sentence for highway robbery. Judge Prouty remaining silent on the judgment announced the ruling after he found the defendant guilty of robbing W. G. Wilson near Eighth and Center Streets. Other charges were dismissed.
Chicago reports say meat packers may bar former strike leaders from re employment, sparking unease among workers who promise further trouble if excluded. The compromise keeps peace with teamsters returning to work, while discharged union men challenge the decision amid ongoing investigations.
Salt Lake, June 6. James Sharp, father-in-law of murdered James R. Hay, testified in the Peter Mortenzen case that God revealed Mortenzen’s guilt to him. Sharp said he charged Mortenzen after a vision showed blood tracks from railroad to Hay’s burial.
An official War Office statement from London lists British losses in South Africa up to May 20 this year, totaling 28,434 dead or permanently incapacitated. The figure includes killed, wounded, prisoners, disease deaths, and invalided home, with many wounded or sick having recovered and rejoined regiments.
In London the government asked for a grant of £60,000 to Lord Kitchener for services in South Africa. The vote followed clashes over war policy, with Irish nationalists opposing the war and the closure upheld by 273 to 188, culminating in 380 to 44 in favor.
Denver June 6. American Labor union convention adopted a resolution inviting the National Brewery Workers' association to join the American Labor union. The move aims to organize farmers and farm hands of the west and enlist their cooperation in political contests against the American Federation of Labor.
In BDRLIN on June 6 Emperor William handed over hundreds of souvenirs from Prince Henry's U S trip to the Hohen zollern museum. Notable is a cartoon showing Roosevelt in German garde du corps attire and William in an American army officer uniform both bowing.
About sixty retail hardware merchants from Nebraska towns met in Hastings on June 6 and formed the Nebraska Retail Hardware Dealers association. The group aims for mutual protection and to curb trusts from raising prices on hardware goods.
Shenandoah Indiana June 6 The local strawberry crop is coming in nicely with high prices. Gardener Henry Field has already sold 200 dollars worth from a one acre patch and expects the acre to yield nearly 1000 dollars.
Paris June 6 Former premier M Henry Brisson, a radical republican, was summoned by President Loubet to form a new cabinet but declined.
Cedar Bluffs Kansas June 8 heavy rains drenched the St Francis branch from Beaver City to Herndon. The wet spell assures a good winter wheat crop for the region.
Denver reports Rev. Cornelius O'Rourke a Silverton Catholic clergyman drowned in the Las Animas river during a incident dated June 6. The town mourns the loss of a noted local priest.
London reports near unanimous approval for Hon Michael Herbert to succeed the late Lord Pauncefote as ambassador to the United States. No dissent noted and newspapers congratulate Lord Lansdowne and Herbert. he plans to depart for America soon.
In Chicago at 1:30 am after four hours of talks, packers concede on wages and hours but refuse to recognize the strikers union. Rioters attack meat wagons near Union Stock Yards as police battle mobs, with more than a dozen clashes and many injuries. A later conference, led by President Frederick W. Job of the state arbitration board, aims at settlement.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that if the Bartley shortage happened during his second term, all six bondsmen Paxton Swade Taylor McNish Brown Ames are liable for the state's nearly $600,000 claim. The case is remanded to Douglas County for retrial on whether defalcation occurred in the second term. Roscoe Pound wrote the opinion for the court.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wachler were found in their residence in Austin on June 5 with their heads nearly severed. A note on the dresser said both wanted to die. A butcher knife lay on the bed, the woman’s head hanging by a thread and the man’s throat cut from ear to ear.
Latest quotations show cattle mixed with slow demand. Beef steers steady to weak as packs push for lower prices. cows and veal similar. Hogs opened active and firm then weakened, top hogs reached 7.40. medium and light weights varied. Sheep offerings small, few good lambs sold around 6.0 to 6.25, buyers cautious on quality.
Cattle market shows steady to weak tone with record highs for choice export and dressed steers at 7.60, highest on market. Hogs trend steady to strong with top at 7.45, bulk around 7.00 to 7.40. Sheep and lambs hold steady with native lambs 5.00 to 7.20 and western lambs 5.30 to 6.70. various stockers, feeders, and cattle categories listed with prices across cattle, hogs, sheep segments.
Dr. L. Herrick of the New Mexico University reports upon a supposed crater fifteen miles from Gallup. He notes a fold and fault with ongoing metamorphism, vents heated air and sulfurous vapor, and iron and lime fillings in cracks. Water-driven oxidation of shales explains the activity along the eastward cracks.
In Bermuda near Cronje and fellow generals the Teer officers held in prison camps were granted liberty on parole. Cronje Wessels Botha and others appeared ashore and said they were glad the war ended and eager to return home. Rank and file Boers to be ashore in batches of ten. Officers invited to at home event at Government House tomorrow.
George W. Servers, general solicitor for the Iowa Central Railroad at Oskaloosa, has purchased the valuable Hocking coal mine in Monroe county for 550000 dollars. The deal was disclosed from Des Moines on June 7.
London. The war office cabled congratulations to Lord Kitchener for energy, skill, and patience in the long South Africa campaign. It asked him to relay the government’s deep sense of the troops spirit of endurance, discipline, and humanity during the trying period. Lord Kitchener replied with thanks.
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