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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1896
Page
2
The Newton Record notes Cyclones rise in chatter and a nail trust aim. It mentions Greater New York facing a 170 million debt, Mrs Henry Ingram of Battle Creek surviving 90 days, theater outfits halting due to a ghost, a Boston suburb gold and silver telegram, and a dramatic agent injured by a diamond blast.
A former Chicago alderman claims twenty five detectives pursue him, noting no one enjoys popularity after being ousted from office. The remark underscores ongoing scrutiny and tensions as authorities reportedly press investigations.
A startling claim from Virginia baseball circles describes players arming themselves with a shotgun to kill umpires when rulings displease them, then continuing play as if nothing happened, prompting immediate calls for scrutiny and safety measures.
John Abner went to a Decatur Indiana circus last week with $4000 tucked away. The money was stolen during the event but he now trusts banks more than his pockets for safeguarding funds.
Col Joseph Leffel, a 63 year old resident of Springfield Ohio, stands 46 inches tall and weighs sixty pounds. He is known as a successful breeder of fine chickens and his desire for the mayoral office is described as not very heavy.
In 1754 the quarter loaf cost four pence, three years earlier it was ten pence, and by March 1800 the price rose to 17 pence. A new bread was forbidden under a five shilling per loaf penalty if sold after 24 hours.
In Leavenworth on Saturday Stone Stew and John Harbunkle clashed over a question with knives. Harbunkle delivered three stabs while Stewart received one that struck the heart, dying instantly. Stewart was fatally wounded.
The penitentiary will discard black and white stripes around July 1 and replace them with three ranks. Green denotes good behavior, cadet gray for intermediate, and blood red for unruly. All prisoners receive the second gray first and wear it six months before changing grades.
United States Judge Grosscup of Chicago holds that a man may ask for what is due him without violating federal law. He says the statute targets creditors who threaten and humiliate while collecting. The law is rarely used by genuine debtors, and the chief sufferers are the poor and ignorant.
The famous armor presented by Charles VII to Joan of Arc was located in the Chateau of Aisne galleries, placed there by Marquis de Courval. It fits a 5 foot 4 inch woman and bears Joan’s royal arms granted after the Orleans siege, possibly the Maid’s attire for her Rheims entry.
An Atchison Kansas man notes his bicycle riding daughter eats twice as much as her non riding sister and goes to bed without grumbling. His wife, a statistician, says the rider hasn’t wiped a dish since getting her wheel and is too tired at night to turn sewing machine wheels, so the non rider bears the chores.
The passage contemplates the fading ranks of veterans as the last soldiers pass away. It envisions future graves marked by those who led the march and the final playing of taps over the rebellion’s departed. The tone is reflective on mortality and memory of war.
As jelly season nears thrifty housewives are warned about dubious currant jelly on San Francisco markets. Some batches were found made mostly from bullock's blood and flavored with coal tar products, others with dried apple bases and acids, glucose, and colors from cochineal bugs. Fruit should be abundant this year.
A fierce rain hailstorm struck Atlantic causing extensive window damage and ruined crops. skylights shattered. Scott's greenhouse suffered total glass destruction with about $1,800 in damage. Egbert's gallery $100. Odd Fellows hall $200. Bull Creek overflowed lifting houses. overall Atlantic losses may reach $6,000, with 200 acres of peas at risk.
Des Moines June 10 Albert McCracken a Des Moines policeman sues Congressman J A T Hull for 10000 damages claiming defamation. He alleges Hull damaged his character in a Cavalry Tabernacle speech on June 3 during the Hull Berryhill debates. The suit centers on a passage accusing him of taking a Des Moines man to South Omaha with Jeannette Allen and an all round tough to guard property of the people.
Drownings occurred in Cedar River at Nora Springs and Iowa River near Marengo and Winterset. Victims include senior Nora Springs academy students Mason City native Atkin son Vernon Galt of Albert Lea Minn Roy Slosson of Northwood and children Robbie Collie and Carl Fry. Arthur Turner of Winterset drowned while attempting to move horses across North Branch.
Joe H Edwards, 18, champion boy walker for the Iowa High School Athletic Association and winner of the Illinois Iowa team meet, died after a brief illness at Clinton. He had won first prize at the May state meet in Cedar Rapids despite poor health, clocking 8 1/2 minutes for a mile and a half. at Memorial Day interstate meet in Clinton he posted 7:46 for a long quarter mile, showing he could have done better. Born in Wyoming, Iowa.
Rev Dr R W Keeler a leading Iowa Methodist, lies seriously ill at his Clear Lake cottage after a brief outing. He has preached fifty years, served as presiding elder of Charles City district, was dean at Nashville Central Tennessee University, with the Freeman Aid Society and a professor of Biblical literature at Fayette University.
Des Moines reports electric light lineman William Winbeck died instantly while repairing wire at the top of a high pole when he connected with an arc light current.
George W. Perkins railroad commissioner suffered a stumble near the capitol marked by dizziness and a fall. He was hurried to his home where paralysis set in but doctors held out strong hopes for recovery as he began to rally.
At a June 6 meeting at the Commercial Exchange rooms presided by Mayor MacVicar, the Emergency Club of Des Moines was formed. Officers include President MacVicar, first vice Hoyt Sherman, second vice Mrs. John Wyman, Secretary O L F Browne, and Treasurer Conrad Youngerman. An executive committee was named to manage the organization. The club aims to provide immediate relief and concerted action during tornadoes, cyclones, fires, floods, railroad accidents, or other major emergencies.
W. J. Young, a leading Clinton lumberman, died after a long illness from kidney disease. Born in Belfast, Ireland on February 27, 1827, he arrived in Clinton in 1858 and made a substantial impact on the local industry.
Iowa City June 7 Valentine Kondora, 74, resident of Johnson county for thirty five years, was killed instantly by a B. C. R. N. train in Scott township. His son drove a team near the track and Kondora moved to help restrain the horses as the engine approached, was struck, crushed a hole in his head and hurled forty feet.
Myriads of army worms appear in Marshalltown moving north in groups. They invaded E. D. Burghley’s Liscomb farm, devouring nearly twenty acres of meadow and several acres of newly sprouted corn. Meadow ruined. corn may rebound. Local fears grow of wider damage.
Mrs. Chas. Gregory, wife of a prominent citizen, died from arsenic taken in a personal crisis. She was married last September and ill health is given as the cause. The incident occurred on June 7.
The Sunday school scholars parade in Des Moines on June 10 tied to the State Sunday School Association convention drew about 10 000 in line and 30 000 spectators along the streets. Des Moines hosted the event with broad public turnout and organizational support.
A Havana report cites Olney press statements urging Spain to reinforce Cuba and US pacification threats. Key West reports Maceo with 2,500 troops advancing through the trocha and 20,000 more armed supporters. Barcellona reports a Corpus Christi bombing killing eight and injuring many, with anarchist suspicions and martial law. Washington reveals Cleveland plans to press Spain to halt brutal Cuban warfare and vows protection for Americans connected to the Competitor expedition.
A new hospital costing 100000 dollars has been dedicated at Dubuque. The Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Iowa reports over 1000 weeklong applications ending June 6 and totals more than 20000 insured farmers. A near Spaulding accident endangers Mrs. Swan Danielson, with her son in law returning from a cemetery. Lincoln Lage Schulte of Des Moines died by suicide using a 32 caliber pistol, his body found hours later by his 10 year old son. A Tama burglary yielded up to 1500 to 2000 dollars in goods, plus tools and silk. Sam Mash, a Des Moines attorney, was found guilty in federal court on two mail fraud counts.
Eye witnesses blame M Vlassovsky prefect of police for a deadly Khodimskoye plain crush that killed over two thousand. He refused military aid, claiming control and faced popular fury. Cossacks beat crowd. two gendarmes and others killed amid stampede and drowning in beer vats.
A tornado of unusual severity struck Wyeth City in northern Alabama about thirty miles from Gadsden. Thirteen houses were blown from their foundations and two people, Ed Long and a Negro woman, were reported killed. About a hundred residents were injured. most workers were spared as the basket factory lay outside the storm.
Thomas Clark of two miles south of Fowler fell from a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train near Cedar Grove as it ran at speed. Trainmen found him asleep beside the track, uninjured and with no memory of the fall.
The San Quentin warden recounts a winter execution breakfast request by a prisoner who asked for peaches, insisting he could wait. The tale ends with the warden noting the odd contrast as a line about good deeds ringing like a bell.
In Cairo the Egyptian mixed tribunal ruled against using the Egyptian reserve fund for the Anglo Egyptian Soudan expedition. If upheld the cabinet must seek British taxpayer funds or withdraw. The ruling bars further reserve fund disbursements and requires repayment of sums already paid.
Finket Egypt June 0 Egyptian troops marching from Akasheh to Dongola routed the dervishes in the Nile campaign. Cavalry flank movement drove Khalifa forces south toward Suarda, with about a thousand dervish deaths reported. Paris June 6 Madagascar bill passed, making it a French colony. Delagoa Bay June 7 American prospector Pointer reports French licenses block Madagascar prospecting.
Madrid dispatch reports General Martinez Campos and General Borrero arrested for duelling after a dispute over Cuba. New York dispatch confirms the filibustering expedition on the steamer Three Friends landed with 68 men and vast munitions, plus provisions and a telegraph wire tapping setup. Also noted are the Newport death of Austin Corbin from a carriage accident, Crete police crackdowns with 1000 arrests, 153 students among those detained, and the Prince of Wales horse Persimmon winning the Derby.
St Louis reports eighty five miles of streets obstructed by debris from a June tornado. All blocked streets have been cleared or opened within ten days. The storm district spans six square miles from the river to Tower Grove and Olive to Lynch, with three miles east to west and two north to south.
Wisconsin university dominated the third Western Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association championships winning handsomely with 46 points. Grinner college was second with 21 and Chicago followed with 13. Lake Forest 15, Minnesota 13, Northwestern 10, Illinois 4. James W. Maybury led in sprints, repeating last year’s Crum record pace of 10 seconds for the 100 yards.
Three men armed with revolvers robbed the cashier of 500 dollars at S Klein General Merchandise on Halstead and Fourteenth streets as customers crowded the aisles. One robber blocked the entrance to stifle alarms while the other two forced the woman cashier to surrender the cash before fleeing.
Report from the steamer Peru showing plague gaining alarming proportions in China and surrounding regions. Ports are cut off from many areas as measures of quarantine and disinfection are implemented, including in Japan where officials strive to keep the disease out.
Cuiiaco June 10 A Washington special reports Senator Cullom has definitively withdrawn from the presidential race. He states his name will not be presented at the St Louis convention and that McKinley will be nominated. He says he cannot act now as the Springfield convention has declared for McKinley. He adds that others may vote for him if they wish but his name will not be presented.
Paris reports the death of Jules Francois Simon a noted statesman life member of the French senate member of the French academy perpetual secretary of the academy of moral and political sciences and former Prime Minister of France after a two week illness of neurosis of the stomach. In Athens dispatch the Times notes Crete insurrection chaos with Christians besieging Turks and battles heard from warships in Suda Bay. A Gettysburg fragment reveals over 100 bullets from a repaired Bloody Angle wall. A Delphia bronze Apollo statue eight inches high offers hope for more votive finds.
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