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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
6
The Newton Record notes a string of oddities from Congress to Roosevelt. It mentions pad blanks, the Money-Hall affair, and a lighthearted jab about Roosevelt replacing pants with trousers and introducing spats to the New York police. It also mockingly says Kansas baseball, beaten 16 to 1, should switch to politics.
Prof Langley of Washington DC announces a flying machine that actually flies though skepticism remains strong among other inventors. Critics question practicality and safety as the test flights proceed.
The University of Wisconsin crew plans a rowing team with a male coxswain aboard to whistle for the wind, as the Brooklyn and City of Brooklyn notices play with nautical puns about speed and stopping.
The Babi sect is said to be targeting the Shah’s successor as well, keeping the Persian ruler and his heir awake at night due to ongoing danger.
An Elgin physician asserts he has found a cure for consumption. He proposes organizing and numbering each claimed remedy to prevent confusion and distinguish between multiple cures.
The Infanta Elvira Maria Theresa Henrietta de Bourbon has just arrived in this country, intending to spend time traveling and has sent her name forward by freight.
A brief commentary notes Britain dispatching another mission to China and asks if South Africa can pause their activities while Britain handles its affairs in Asia. The remark implies imperial priorities and global focus from London.
A claim that fifteen million U.S. voters exist with many leaders ready to shoulder all duties, removing control from the people. The text implies concerns about centralization of power and the desirability of distributing decision making among the populace.
The St Louis Post Dispatch urges cheaper water for St Louis, suggesting the city discovers water has varied uses beyond navigation and public works, signaling rising demand and potential reform in utilities.
A Philadelphia businessman received a six month jail sentence after kissing his stenographer. The case is portrayed as a disastrous experiment that will likely push Philadelphia back toward traditional quill pen methods.
In Columbia Missouri a graduating class of twenty young ladies records that only one admitted willingness to marry. The note implies answers might differ if posed by eligible men.
A 634 karat diamond, the finest ever found in Africa, was discovered at Jagersfontein in the Transvaal the day after Christmas. When cut it is expected to fetch about 1,500,000 dollars. The note adds a rare call for demonetizing diamonds.
A close estimate by the president of the Southern California Fruit exchange sets this season's orange crop at 9,000 carloads or 2,700,000 boxes an increase of about 400,000 boxes from last year.
Observation that women in America excel as farmers contrasts with Cape Colony Dominican nuns who run farm work and engage in carpentry and blacksmithing. The writing implies masculine future is obscured by these skilled women.
A London correspondent derides a new play as an incongruous mixture with stupid dialogue and crude workmanship. He notes that calling it a farce would have conveyed the same idea and saved tolls.
M Marte, a French cavern hunter, lowered into the Ingleborough abyss and reached 330 feet finding a limestone chamber measuring 450 by 130 by 100 feet with a sandy bottom. No bones of man or animals were found, a notable omission for such caverns.
A London Spectator writer argues fur bearing animals could be raised on Siberian farms due to dwindling wild supplies. He notes a single silver fox skin sold in London for $850 last spring and believes silver foxes and other desirable fur animals could be bred in large numbers in the right climate.
The article contrasts Brooklyn’s embrace of incorporation into Greater New York with a vivid, ironic simile about a toad swallowed by a snake, highlighting the ambivalence and sharp opinions surrounding the change.
In Centerville Hemphill's attorneys waived examination in a murder case involving Mamie Peterson. Police, after extensive search of Hemphill residence, recovered a six shot .38 revolver with five loaded rounds and one empty chamber. They believe this pistol was used in the killing.
A Croton near Keokuk reports a suspected murder involving Mrs. Ann Chidester’s child who died after taking cough medicine found to contain strychnine. Circumstantial evidence links Eugene Harlan, who bought strychnine to kill wolves, to the case. he has disappeared.
May 25. A runaway boiler at Penn Sharp’s sawmill in Augusta exploded after excessive steam. Fireman Ben Meyer was blown from the boiler and thrown fifty feet, gravely injured but not fatal. Owner Penn Sharp was badly cut but not fatally hurt. mill wrecked and boiler worn.
May 24 Cedar Rapids Des Moines Iowa City Clinton Fort Dodge Tipton Sioux City Marengo Keokuk and Cedar Rapids students competed in the state high school athletic contest. The previous year Clinton held the meet and won the most prizes, earning the state cup. The winning group will represent Iowa at the national meet.
Mystic May 25. A syndicate of capitalists negotiates for the purchase of all coal mines on the Milwaukee road from Jerome to Mystic and Darby. If completed it would end rate cutting and labor agitation of the past two years.
A Burlington train stock car burned about a mile west of Prescott, fatally burning nine horses from a Davis City to St Louis shipment. About a dozen horses escaped, and trainmen quickly extinguished the fire.
Fred Doud and Mike Evans, two youths from Eldon, faced trial in Ottumwa after arrest for assault with intent to kill. They were acquitted on that charge, then convicted of assault and battery and sentenced to thirty days in jail, sentence suspended on good behavior.
In Muchakinock a cook named George Lewis killed bartender Sam Porterfield during a row in Oskaloosa on May 23. Local authorities reported the fatal incident and began investigation into the altercation and motive.
In Muscatine district court Judge Wolf sentenced Mart Woods, already convicted of dynamiting in 1893, to ten years in the state penitentiary. The report notes the case and mentions the A. O. U. W. of Iowa.
The grand lodge of the A. O. U. W. of Iowa selected Mason City as the site for the next biennial meeting though the exact date was not decided. G. M. W. Dr. S. G. Blythe and other officers from Norah Springs Montezuma Waterloo Clinton were listed. A committee to plan admitting ladies into the order was appointed and will report at the next grand lodge meeting.
A cyclone swept through northern Polk and Jasper counties near Des Moines on Sunday night, killing multiple residents and injuring dozens. Homes were demolished from Boonesboro to Bondurant with churches and barns destroyed, dozens of fatalities reported including families near Bailey, Santiago, and Valeria. In Dunswaur McGregor area floods drowned many, with North McGregor suffering twenty to thirty deaths and further losses across the region.
In Dunvevek on May 25 two children of Michael Fisher of Windsor Avenue overturned a kettle of boiling water. One child died and the other, badly burned, is in critical condition and not expected to survive.
In Council Bluffs the superior court awarded Mrs. Susan A. Moore three thousand dollars in her suit against Union Fraternal Accident Association. The Dubuque county grand jury reported to Judge Husted and was discharged. It returned two indictments against ex Mayor Olinger for embezzlement and for willful misconduct in office over peddler permits and unlawful money received.
Reports from Mzonio and Havana detail Spain’s move to persuade Weyler to lift the leaf tobacco export ban to foreign markets. Other dispatches note Cuban rebel actions near Cruces, Matanzas, and Havana with casualties, rail disruption, and Weyler’s strategic moves toward Bahia Honda, while U S court cases involve the Horsa Cuban expedition and penalties for participants.
Moscow May 7 Nicholas II was crowned ruler of one hundred million people after a seven hour ceremony in the Cathedral of the Assumption. Representatives from around the world attended as the czar was anointed, clothed in gold and ermine, and placed with the imperial crown. The czarina received the purple mantle of the Order of St. Andrew.
Dispatch from Athens reports Crete sliding into anarchy with Turkish troops attacking Christians in Canea. Consuls telegraph for warships. British fleet en route from Malta. Greek ironclads mobilize. consular buildings burned. untethered violence amid unclear provocation. A Russian man of war is ordered to proceed to Canea.
Tornadoes swept Michigan Illinois Kansas Oklahoma and Indiana yesterday and the day before. Dozens are dead and property losses run into millions across Pontiac Fort Scott Mount Clemens Oakwood and surrounding areas. Detroit tally rises to thirty eight deaths with many seriously injured. Oakwood village wiped clean as storms devastate the region.
The Supreme Court held that Congress has authority to provide for a sugar bounty and that payment is an equitable consideration. This reverses a prior Treasury comptroller ruling and requires payment of the bounty provided for by the latest act.
Cairo Ill May 27 The ferry boat Katherine capsized in a storm about a mile below Cairo. Eleven persons were drowned as the vessel turned over and remained on its side while cabins chimneys and bodies were swept away leaving only the hull and engines.
Paris May 7. American cyclist John S Johnson was defeated by Jacquelin by several lengths in both heats of the two kilometres match. In the 2000 metres race Johnson placed third in the first heat behind Rebous and Durand. He won the second heat while Eden took the final race.
Gen Lucius Fairchild, longtime Loyal Legion commander and former G A R chief, dies in Madison after weeks of grippe complications worsened by kidney trouble.
Altgeld and free silver were the rallying points for delegates chosen at the LaSalle county convention to attend the state gathering in Ottawa May 23. Attorney General Moloney acted as chairman, and LaSalle is the home county of Comptroller Eckels.
Washington reports dollar gold reserves sit at 109 480 050 while the Presbyterian general assembly meets in Saratoga. A San Francisco jeweler, A E Shepherd, murdered his cousin and killed himself, leaving a morphine addiction noted. London dispatches outline Pretoria reformer sentences, and Illinois College and church leaders face indictments over flags. A Seneca Street collapse in Buffalo kills four and harms a dozen others.
CLEVELAND May 25 At the Methodist general conference Bishop Taylor of Africa was declared non effective and retired. CLEVELAND May 26 Dr Joseph C Hartzell of Louisiana was elected bishop to Africa by the same conference.
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the Raines liquor tax law in Binsfield v. NYC excise board Chief Justice Andrews authored the opinion. Senator Allison remains vigorous and affable amid a long political career described with warmth and humor. A sewing machine gains a lens attachment for easier threading.
In congress the fortification bill faced defeat on an amendment for 3 per cent treasury certificates, then passed. The house approved an immigration bill 195 to 26 while the senate debated anti-bond measures and pension acts. May 22 through 26 saw river and harbor talks, pension bills, and tariff tweaks including a repeal of tariff booze rebates with a joint commission proposed for next session.
A streetcar plunges into Victoria arm after a bridge span collapses near Esquimault. About 100 people depart Government Street. the second car sinks mid span, with many aboard drowned. rescue and identification efforts continue as the death toll is expected to reach fifty.
The piece notes that bad temper clashes worsen when both sides share the same temperament and ample temper. An exchange about angels and bicycles highlights childlike wit. Paris census shows 2,511,455 residents, up 87,250 in five years, with growth in outlying quarters. Also mentions 50 Osage Indians undergoing the Keeley gold cure amid claims of lagging civilization.
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