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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
8
Lole Fuller makes a fortune from dancing and appears well heeled. A Williamsburg, Maine man was elected to seven offices. The Chinese boat On-Wo sank. Bicycle accidents prompt doctors to warn. Mrs. Lease lectures on "What Ails Us." Nicaragua's latest revolution status is uncertain as of press time.
An unusual editorial note claims Africa is the hottest country on earth while England accelerates heat at both ends and the sun maintains warmth in the middle, framing a global climate curiosity.
A noted donor contributes about 19000 dollars to support American composers, seen as a subtle effort to aid the arts and the conscience fund. The gesture signals backing for musical creativity and national cultural development.
A reflective line argues that Russia always bears a ruling despot, likening it to how many nations experience similar autocratic cycles. The quotation critiques perpetual power concentration and questions whether Russia is uniquely governed by tyranny like other places.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain expresses he could provide all the local color for a blue book on the South African situation, signaling his readiness to contribute his perspective to the official record.
A St Louis Pullman car conductor becomes engaged to a wealthy widow. The match prompts debate over whether a porter’s relief could accept a common conductor as a spouse.
Watt Reed of Platte City who shot a neighbor after a four dollar hog dispute is now ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison. He reportedly wishes he had shot the hog instead.
A Missouri court rules a bicycle is not a vehicle but a trunk. Previously cyclists treated their wheels as road wagons while seeking good roads. Now wheelmen petition railroads to carry their machines as baggage.
The entrance of China into the Universal Postal Union would place all established governments except the Orange Free State under one treaty. It would replace China's crude private letter system with formal postal service and place the Chinese empire in regular global communication.
Miss Rosaria Pozzoni married Giuseppe Rossi in a Genoa cathedral setting with Carlo Ricci as best man, while Rossi signed papers in Cincinnati with royal Italian notary Sig. J. W. Coppola. The brief rite involved an oath and document signing, with a steamship and railroad ticket sending the bride to Porkapolis in nine days. Rossi is 80 and the bride 24. they were longtime schoolmates.
The passage surveys regional tree species, noting hardwoods on the Pacific coast and Rockies, pines and cedars in the south, and hardwood dominance in the north with conifers mixed. It highlights vast fire losses, estimating annual costs around 25 million dollars, especially westward.
Two young theosophists wed in New York last Sunday and say they recall a 5,000 year old marriage in Egypt. They warn of the troubling prospect if they seek to honor 100 overdue golden weddings.
A Wooster Ohio woman sued for 50000 for breach of promise and secured a verdict of 25. The jury evidently found her affections were not lacerated beyond healing by court plaster if the right man courted.
Mike Evans and Fred Doud aged 18 and 22 tortured Jimmie Spurback aged 12 by tying a chain to a board and lifting him over a fence. The child died after gasping and choking, revived briefly, and transported home. Both suspects are in jail amid public outrage and claims of an attempted homicide.
Drs Matrxes notes from May 10 summarize new census data on Iowa farming. Key figures include corn with 128 million bushels valued at 55.3 million dollars and oats at 107.6 million bushels valued at 26.4 million. The report covers farm sizes, mortgage counts, acres improvised versus unimproved, and livestock产 totals.
Centerville report details Mrs Harlan Scott wife of a Paris Christian minister in Davis county suicide using a double barreled shotgun. She bent over the muzzle and discharged both shells into her abdomen with a stick, dying soon after. Daughter of a prominent Appanoose stockman and mother of six children.
A Perry roller mill burned to the ground with the firemen fighting to save nearby corn cribs and buildings. The Kenworthy and Capen mill, valued at 8000 dollars with 3000 dollars insurance, is a total loss and the fire’s origin is unknown.
Colonel Jas Guest has filed charges against several officers over the brigadier general contest at Des Moines. He asks these officers be arrested for alleged conduct unbecoming and for enlisting men just before the election.
In a Rock Island waiting room at Avoca, the jury found W. Cuppy not guilty on the charge of assault with intent to murder of BE Brown, a pension agent. The May 17 Atlantic report notes the verdict and details of the trial.
Judge Husted has instructed the grand jury to indict the keepers of the wine rooms in Dubuque. Their presence was raised as an election issue in the recent contest.
Armstrong, May 15. J. W. Fritz, a farmer aged 43, died while plowing on his farm about ten miles south of Armstrong. Fainting spells were suspected to have frightened his team, throwing him before the plow. The implement struck his head, tearing the scalp and scattering brains. He leaves a wife and two children.
May 20 Des Moines report notes excessive moisture over ten days causing washouts and floods. Corn planting slowed with 20 to 40 percent remaining in northern and central districts. some replanting likely. Early fields stand fair but weeds grow. oats and wheat risk lodging from rank growth. hay crop is assured and expected to be heavy.
Mitchell County town of McIntire notes a private bank failure after Barrett from St. Paul opened doors in December. A burglar proof safe was installed but no funds materialized and Barrett vanished. Attorneys now handle bank affairs with little information on the bank’s condition.
Five prisoners escaped the county jail in Merion by sawing through bars while awaiting grand jury action. Two revolvers were smuggled in and threats of death prevented alarm.
In Creston on May 18 a Cromwell hail storm dropped hailstones averaging at least five inches in circumference. Some measured up to nine inches around. No wind accompanied the downpour, but wood awnings and fragile structures were pierced, shingles splintered, and trees were stripped of foliage while windows suffered little damage.
Sioux City on May 18 reports damage suits by members of the Association of Grain Dealers of Northwest Iowa against several railroads in the northwest Iowa region to recover alleged overcharges, records show in the clerk of courts office.
In Krosavqua on May 20, voters rejected a $5,000 bonds appropriation for a courthouse by an 1,086 majority in Van Buren County.
In Grafton Worth county John Young, long known as a bootlegger, allegedly enticed Nerman Myers's 11 year old daughter into his barn and debauched her. She was bound over to the grand jury. Unionville near Centerville reports a tragic shooting of 16 year old Mame Peterson by an unknown assailant on the highway while returning from an ice cream social with George Shutts. Three shots fired, Peterson died, Shutts fled. Ned Hemphill, 22, connected to the girl, was arrested, believed to have acted from jealousy. Ancient Order of United Workmen officers were elected in Cedar Rapids with a Keakulk annual meeting set.
Captain General Weyler orders farmers in Havana Matanzas and Dinar del Rio to move grain to nearby towns within twenty days. Army quartermasters may purchase the grain at current prices. grain not required will be stored for owners. After twenty days grain found on farms becomes contraband and may be seized with criminal proceedings. May 17. Also reports say Spain may seek help from England and France in war with the United States and Cuba sympathy sparks a riot in Mexico City with attacks on Spaniards and a clash with police.
May 18 report from Lonnox notes President Kruger’s astonishment at Chamberlain’s defense of Cecil Rhodes before Parliament. The British colonial secretary’s sharp letter to Sir Hercules Robinson warns the British South Africa Company threatens regional stability. The Transvaal vows no peace while those who plotted the recent scheme go unpunished.
Caracas reports the government will pay 1600 pounds to Britain for the Uryan incident and for the arrest of British police, treating the payment as personal damages indemnity and not a boundary dispute settlement. Public apology to Britain is not required for resuming diplomatic relations.
A Nebraska cyclone on the Pawnee reservation near Humnonpr Neb killed about forty people. Four deaths reported near Fall City from the same storm. Trainmen describe grave damage as wires are down and few details available. Victims are presumed to be Native Americans on the reservation.
The U S supreme court rules Louisiana statute requiring separate railroad coaches for white persons is constitutional, affirming a lower court ruling. Also noted are a London barber shop for dogs, Kansas high school girls forming baseball teams, a Philadelphia barber's morbid question, Idaho opals, and glass bricks in Silesia.
A cyclone struck Sherman and nearby towns on May 17 causing an estimated hundred deaths, extensive injuries, and $150,000 in damage. The storm carved a 100 yard wide path through the city center, with heavy losses in the negro quarter, plus wreckage in Denton Howe Justin and nearby areas. A subsequent storm across SuemmManx Texas pushed known fatalities to seventy five with about 150 injuries. many deaths feared. Meanwhile Russians Will Leave Corea as Vladivostock dispatches report plans to restore the king and a Russian grant to mine gold for twenty five years.
Cholera has been discovered at Marseilles, France, with the disease said to exist for some time. Several vessels have left for America, potentially carrying the pest.
At the general conference in Cleveland on May 20 C. McCabe and Earl Chanston were elected bishops to fill vacancies left by the retirement of Bishops Lowmar and Sawyer.
North Carolina delegates to St Louis are instructed for McKinley. The gold reserve nears 100 million, while Newport Kentucky reports a guilty verdict with death penalty in the Pearl Bryan murder case. A Buffalo bank cashier confesses to conspiracy and robbery. Oregon sets a speed record, and Hancock statue unveiled in Washington with brief address by President Cleveland.
Wasnixatos May 13 to 16 cover river and harbor funding totals about 76 million with 12.2 million direct appropriations and 264 million in continuing contracts. House races Rinaker-Downing and Owens seat confirmed amid pension bills and private measures. Senate actions include Dupont seat ruling 1 to 20 against Henry A. Dupont, Cuban belligerents recognition discourse, and District of Columbia appropriations nearing 873 million. Immigration debate and Owens seat confirmation mark later sessions.
Reports from May 19 to May 20 recount devastating cyclones sweeping Nemaha Marshall and Cloud counties. At Seneca Oneida Sabetha Frankfort and surrounding areas, deaths reach at least fourteen with 40 to 60 injured and thousands homeless. Total losses run into hundreds of thousands, with Kil. The casualty list includes Seneca eight dead and five wounded in various towns, while overall Marshall Nemaha Brown counties tally 28 killed and 50 plus injured as hundreds face destitution.
The schooner Mary D Aver foundered in midlake in tow of the City of Duluth after colliding with the steamer Onoko near Caicaco on May 19. Five men were drowned, including the captain.
Paris May 18 Morin the famed French cyclist beat American John 8S Johnson in both heats of the 2000 meter race at Velodrome de la Seine. Separate notes report Mrs. De Long facing hay fever, Miss Ella Richardson dies in Newcastle England, Dr H C Nicholson 74 dies in Independence Kentucky claiming quadruplex telegraphy invention.
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