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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
6
A collage of notes and anecdotes from 1890s America touches on farm markets and prices, city life and census quirks, clever property protection methods with Bulldogs, Detroit potato schemes under Pingree, Michigan's capital punishment stance, social manners, and a Danbury pledge among young women toward total abstinence, illustrated with humorous vignettes and stray observations.
Warerloo mourns W J Hartman proprietor of the Waterloo Daily Courier died after months of ill health. An early Iowa printer, he began in Anamosa in 1832, moved through Delphi and Cedar Falls, and settled in Waterloo in 1834. He launched the Waterloo Weekly Courier in January 189? and led it for most of its life. Hartman, born in Allentown Pa, would have turned 84 this August.
Towa Falta July 3 Judge Weaver of this city announces a Boone county case decision allowing both Wilson and Boone Valley Coal company to mine coal from the disputed land. An injunction was refused and the matter may go to the supreme court if not settled.
Seceeders in the Ancient Order of Men filed a demurrer against the Supreme Grand Lodge of Kentucky contending the Federal Court lacks jurisdiction. The case, likened to Jarndyce v Jarndyce, may not have arguments heard until next fall as work continues.
Miss Sarah E Morris of Garden Grove aged 42 left for Bradford after two days of delay to marry Henry Keggins tailor of Bradford. They met via an advertisement for a lady correspondent and letters and a photo mail were exchanged. Keggins sent $1 to aid her travel. She arrived in Pittsburg and then Bradford as money ran out, and ten minutes after she left a package with his money arrived for her. It is likely she becomes a bride soon.
Fourteen drug store keepers in Des Moines are indicted by Polk county grand jury for selling liquor illegally. Sheriff McGarraugh and deputies arrested them. bonds posted in each case. Defendants have long operated their businesses in the city. Conviction could revoke permits and pharmacist certificates.
The Saunders family of Clinton is noted for crime with five members in prison. John and John Jr. are jailed for stealing chickens in Anamosa and Clinton. William and Orville serve time in Morrison, Jefferson City for robbery implications. Abraham, 14, jailed for stealing wood. James, 11, convicted but sentence suspended due to age.
Des Moines church federation moves to close drug stores selling liquor with a planned crusade. A temperance committee meeting endorsed an immediate attack on drug store saloons in the city and efforts are already underway to shut those deemed illegally selling liquor.
Sheriff Wylie of Muscatine County Iowa returns with Henry Johnson former county auditor accused of stealing eighty thousand dollars and fleeing to Hawaii He arrived in Honolulu a year ago and was brought back by the Muscatine steamer bringing this intelligence.
A. Bliss, a Cedar Rapids area farmer, sold stock to Sinclair Packing and received an $11 check that he fraudulently inflated to 1100. He cashed it at Bever's barn, was detected, payment refused, and Bliss was jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Arch Bishop Hen nessy warns clergy to detach Catholic members from secret societies and explains the consequences of persistence in unlawful conduct. Reports from Des Moines include various local incidents and legal actions, such as injunctions against former saloon owners under the prohibitory law.
A Havana bound steamer passenger reports Cuba in revolutionary fever. He cites 3,000 armed troops advancing on Havana and claims Gomez will soon reach Rio Del Almendares to seize the capital. He describes heavy fighting at Alta Grien where Cuban forces routed 1,300 Spanish, burning the town and killing Colonel Horero.
Crop reports show corn benefiting from increased acreage and favorable weather with a bumper harvest, while cotton suffers a quarter decline due to reduced acreage and unfavorable conditions during key growth periods, especially in the coast district, where losses are more pronounced.
Wasieros July 1. The monthly debt statement shows the fiscal year closing deficit at about 43 million dollars. Added to last year's nearly 70 million deficit, the excess of outlays over receipts since June 30, 1803 totals about 113.25 million. Total receipts near 313 million while expenditures reach 356.25 million, with pensions at 141 million.
Telegraphs from Rio Janeiro announce French troops invading Amapa in the Rio Janeiro region. Authorities request reinforcements to counter the aggression while Jacobin members clash with naval cadets and sailors until police restore order.
Captain Henry W. Howgate has been sentenced to eight years in the Albany penitentiary four years on each forgery and embezzlement charge. A motion for appeal was filed and Howgate may remain in the district jail pending court of appeals action. He was accompanied in court by his daughter and the sentence was received with little concern. In a separate item, Princ Bismarck’s health deteriorates with neuralgic facial pains and low spirits. Count Herbert Bismarck arrives to stay with him.
The Norwegian steamer Oscar II from Vladivostok brings word of an imminent Oriental war as Russia masss 40,000 on the frontier and prepares to advance on Japan. Soria notes Bulgaria and Turkey are at war with Turkish frontier incursions and a prisoner taken to Dubnitza. An insurance joke and a family quip about a son’s painting close the fragment.
Hugh Craig, vice president of the chamber of commerce, reports Tellish capitalists with Australians and Canadians plan a Pacific cable from Auckland to Vancouver, 66 miles, with links to southern hemisphere points. Estimated cost over 7.5 million dollars.
The minister of agriculture M Gaudaud resigned to fight a duel with social deputy M Mirman. A duel occurred later that day with Mirman slightly wounded in the wrist. Gaudaud escaped unscathed and later resumed his office.
An exchange telegraph company telegram confirms the death of Professor Thomas at East Turne. The notice notes the illness and marks the June 30 date as the death.
In a three-way race Harvard, Yale and Col London competed with Yale coming out on top. The report notes diplomatic moves by powers urging Turkey to reply on Armenian reforms and possible time limits for a definite answer. It also covers Cuban republic plans, a US rail strike case dismissal, Nepenthe seizure by Spanish authorities, the Barrett Scott murder case verdict, and other brief dispatches.
San Francisco July 1 The government loses in its suit to recover 15 million from the late Leland Stanford. Judge Ross sustains the demurrer and allows the government to reargue its former complaint. The ruling could release the Stanford estates to Mrs. Stanford for fund use and the Leland Stanford University. The decision will be appealed to the U S circuit court of appeals and possibly the Supreme Court.
July reports say Gen Antonio Maceo, a key rebel leader, has been captured and imprisoned. Spanish minister De Lome confirms possible development, noting Maceo’s role against Cuba’s uprising and his leadership of negro forces around Santiago De Cuba.
A prominent local Democrat claims Governor Altgeld possesses damning evidence that could convict at least five members of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly of bribery. The governor reportedly plans prosecutions, with alleged transactions spanning Chicago and the state capital. Names of implicated legislators are not learned, but proof is said to be ample.
June 30 reports state the Salisbury cabinet has formally received the seals of office and official calculations set Parliament dissolution for July 10. An impartial forecast suggests the unionists hold a solid majority, with the Westminster Gazette noting a gain of 32 seats and a stable parliamentary majority, while some conservatives predict larger, unlikely totals.
George J. Gould answered in Trenton through Richard V. Lindaburg to Rosella Ruhmann known as Zella Nicolaus Ruhmann seeking $40,000. Gould denies the alleged false pretenses and says he is abroad with a good defense and will appear for trial when called. The Colima disaster closes the note.
United States inspectors report on the loss of the steamer Colima dated June 30. They say the ship was staunch and well loaded and every precaution was taken to save the ship and passengers. They warningly state that it is impossible to determine the true cause of the disaster.
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