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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
2
Sioux City workers walk out in a preplanned action at Milwaukee shops. Half the staff refused to work, citing wage raises as the reason. Wipers earn 1.25 a day, boilermakers 2 to 2.80, machinists 2.70 to 2.90, with machinists asking 20 cents extra daily and boilermakers and wipers the same. Company may use out of town shops while negotiations continue.
James O'Meara, killed in Cerrillos New Mexico after a quarrel, was a well known Des Moines figure. As a youth he served Governor Sherman as a messenger and stayed on through Governor Larrabee and Boies administrations, later as a clerk at the state house under Governor Jackson before drifting to New Mexico years ago to work as a bookkeeper for a mining company.
Washington June 19. Fred Pinney of Burlington, long private secretary to the late Senator Gear, joins the treasury as stenographer to Secretary Shaw and gains access to wide public circles, notably among Iowa leaders. M. L. Beall from Linn County also moves to the comptroller of the currency’s office to learn banking from the ground up.
Severe electrical storm hits Point Pleasant in central county as lightning strikes the Baptist church, totally destroying it. This marks the second destruction of the church in recent years.
Chattanooga park plans progress as Senator J. A. Young of Washington is named to head the Iowa monuments commission. The group is to be called together likely near the time of the Republican state convention, with the governor entrusting the matter to his administration.
Des Moines reports the Fifth district judicial convention will be convened in a few days, likely at Stuart or Dexter on the Rock Island line during the second week of July. The meeting aims to select a candidate for the district’s judicial position and will be held in a location still to be determined.
W W Hawley a 43 year old widower drowned while bowing with his two sons aged 16 and 15 in the Sioux river inside Alls city limits. The two boys were rescued.
Breweries in Lowe Davenport show weaker results as capital in the faces Webibe tins rises and production costs climb. Costs per year have nearly doubled from 1 to 2 dollars, while output figures fell, signaling a slow-down in the local brewing industry amid rising expenses.
Judge Nathaniel M. Hubbard of Cedar Rapids died at his Linn County farm after being thrown from a rickety buggy when the horse spooked by beard rattling. He was 73, long a leading Iowa politician and longtime general counsel for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. He served in the Civil War, then as district judge before joining the railroad company. His death followed injuries from the accident and internal damage.
The Iowa Sunday school convention concludes with Des Moines chosen for next meeting, edging Guthrie Center in a tight vote. Offi cers mostly re-elected. J F Hardin becomes treasurer and J J Vanness named vice president. Sioux City invited to host the next triennial, with efforts underway at the Denver convention to secure Sioux City.
Des Moines June 16. First practical use of a new game law permits selling to deputies under conditions. A Ruthven club of farmers clears Lost Island lake of predator fish with a large seine daily under a deputy warden. Protected species are returned, owners share the catch, excess may be sold.
OTUAPWA June 16. George Weber, a local plumber, was stabbed in the back by an unidentified man who vanished after the act and has not been arrested. The motive is unknown and Weber asserts no trouble with anyone.
Waterloo Iowa June 10 Mrs Benjamin Scroggins jailed on attempted murder charge will be released as the victim refuses to prosecute.
Ames June 16 Last Friday the Class of 190? inches sixty four men and women from eight states received their degrees at Iowa State College in Ames. H Jesse of Missouri State delivered the commence ment. Three master degrees were given to A. Williams and Alice Hess with M.S. A. to Arthur P. Erwin.
Right Rev. P. J. Garrigan will be installed as bishop of the new Catholic diocese of Sioux City. He arrives after consecration in Springfield Mass. May 2. The diocese spans 105 by 180 miles and covers 24 counties. It includes 93 priests, 77 churches, 18 missions, 24 stations, 36 schools, 165 teachers, 6,500 pupils and 85,000 Catholics. St. Mary’s Cathedral project proceeds toward completion after years of delay.
Cedar Rapids mourners filled the church and streets as Judge N. M. Hubbard, who died from injuries in a runaway, was laid to rest at Oak Hill cemetery. The public services honored his long service to Cedar Rapids with clergy from First Presbyterian and Coe College presidents assisting. Prominent state figures attended and condolences poured in from across Iowa and the nation. Iowa Knights of the Grip closed their annual session in Council Bluffs electing officers and deciding next year's convention to be held in Council Bluffs in June 1903.
Des Moines Iowa June 18 reports from state institutions for the month ended June 1 show a net decrease of four convicts at the state prisons. Fort Madison total 451 Anamosa 417. The support funds of the institutions aggregated June 1997 667.56.
Des Moines reports Ike Grafford and his 18 year old son were convicted for a holdup. the father was sentenced to seventeen years while the son received twenty years for the crime that yielded $4.
An unidentified man died Saturday evening about seven o'clock when he fell from a train about three and a half miles west of Avoca Iowa. The body was badly mutilated with limbs severed and crushed. He is described as five feet six or seven inches tall, dark complexion, right eye missing, prominent chin dimple, hair parted, and a tattoo on the right. He had been seen in Avoca drinking prior to the accident.
Six men remain in Iowa state prisons under death sentence after bank robbery murders, doctor murder, saloon killing, girl murder, and wife murder. All are to be hanged within a year at penitentiaries. Governor Cummins won’t intervene. Names: Albert G. Phillips, Lewis Brooks, Chester Tyler, Dick Williams, Harry Hartman, Louis Busse.
WORT DODGE June 14 The town of Barnum twelve miles west of this city lost its entire business section to a blaze. The fire left ten buildings ruined, total losses estimated at $25 000 with half insured. Listed losses include Burke general store Garnett general store Walrod drug store Monihan saloon Brown millinery Monihan livery Donohue dwelling Mrs Lockie building Reilly building.
In Red Oak Iowa on June 14 Fred Beaver age 12 or 13 and Arthur Nelson 12 drowned at the mouth of Red Oak creek where it meets the Nishnabotna. The flood washed out a deep hole and Fred fell in first while Arthur and John Nelson tried to rescue him. Arthur drowned and John escaped after going under twice, grabbing willows. Bodies recovered within an hour.
In Colfax Colfax, Mrs. Matt Reef was found dead as coroner investigates murder theory. Reef, husband of the deceased, bought poison at a drug store and swallowed it with suicidal intent, likely to die.
Charles Deaver aged 38 living with his father Jasper Deaver in Jones township three miles northeast of Talmage was found dead in a corn field. He was subject to apoplectic attacks and is supposed to have been seized and the cultivator overturned with him, an iron rod striking over his heart, killing him instantly.
The State Bar association's law reform committee proposes several important changes in a report to be presented at the July 15 meeting in Cedar Rapids. Key recommendation includes making the supreme court reporter an appointment of the court itself.
Webster City Iowa June 14 An tone Knudson and Conrad Charleson victims of the Wisworth mad dog scare were taken to the Chicago Pasteur Institute. Ten victims of the two dogs are now in that institute.
OTTDOMWA Iowa June 14 Howard Hale who shot and killed Miss Zora Donahue in Cantril on Decoration Day died by hanging himself in the Keosauqua jail. Authorities report Hale took his own life while awaiting trial for the Crim e offense.
John Cannern a farmer near Newaarket narrowly escaped asphyxiation in Kiel hotel at midnight when a gas odor prompted an investigation. The gas jet was found open in Cannern's room and gas was rapidly escaping into the rear.
President Roosevelt weighs reciprocity with Cuba and plans to send a congressional message. He says relations with Cuba must grow closer and will not let political prospects interfere with duty. The move aims to clarify U S policy despite Republican opposition and Western concerns.
Washington June 14 The irrigation bill passed the House by a comfortable majority after a hard fought drive. Backed by Roosevelt’s push for arid land reclamation, it faced strong house opposition but survived a graveyard forecast and cleared the statute books with steady advocacy from its supporters.
The Cheyenne Board of Trade passed resolutions praising Wyoming’s congressional representatives for securing irrigation bill passage and thanking President Roosevelt for his cooperation in Congress.
Washington June 14 The president signed the river and harbor bill today ending a lengthy legislative dispute and authorizing projects along several waterways and harbor Improvements across the nation.
Colonel Louis H. Ayme and a party including George Kennan Professor Angelo Heilprin and others arrived at BASSE TERRE from Martinique on the steamer Fountabelle. They report good health and plan to sail to New York tomorrow aboard the same vessel.
Market notes show cattle demand steady in South Omaha with beef steers and cows selling at steady to higher values, modest supply and few thinner grades. hogs weaker, lighter lots neglected, tops to 7.50, mixed stock and lambs varied. Kansas City cattle steady with ranges for steers and cows, hogs down, lambs and sheep steady with modest shifts in price across grades.
The Tribune reports William Whitney and associates plan to expand Pittsfield plant with Ganz & Co to convert US railroads to electric traction. The immediate aim is to meet street railway needs in New York, Philadelphia, northern New Jersey and Connecticut. A branch factory in the U S and cooperation with about fifteen locomotive builders are outlined amid the purchase of Stanley Electrical Manufacturing.
Adjutant General Byers traveled to Fonda to confer with Colonel W W Humphrey regarding the encampment date for the Fifty-second Iowa National Guard. The original July 17 date was rejected by some units and a move to June 26 faced objections, raising the possibility that the encampment will be held in July after further talks with local officials and the regiment.
London June 14. It was announced that 804 Transvaal Boers surrendered yesterday, raising total surrenders for all colonies to about 72,000. The note records escalating capitulations as the conflict progresses.
New York reports actress Bessie Bonehill is dying of cancer at a London hotel. She traveled to Europe with her husband W R Seeley and her son for an eight month engagement last September but illness forced cancellations. An operation for cancer was performed and she improved briefly.
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