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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1894
Page
8
The column surveys high costs of death and fame, rail rate shifts, charitable gifts by a benevolent bride, and notes on Cassius M. Clay, the prince of Wales, and enduring public figures. It laments declining attention to ostentatious ceremonies and comments on railroads, literature, and politics with a satirical tone.
A would be dancing master, R. F. Maynard, ran off after borrowing money from students and local professionals in SFLECED KAMKEYE. Villagers describe him as a rascal and disreputable, with rumors of a shady past. last heard, he was headed west between Tadora and Victor. He is described as a small man in a new dark suit.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Southeastern Town Horticultural Society will be held here December 4, 5 and 6. Officers are C. J. Watrous of Des Moines as president W Horton of Cedar Rapids as secretary and Jones Miller of Wapello as superintendent of exhibits. Wapello offers free entertainment to all members and railways grant one and one third fare.
Local officers captured a man believed linked to the $3000 Creston robbery. He resisted arrest and refused to talk. The suspect’s description matches one of the robbers. authorities are confident they have the right man. The report notes previous prison time and a prior Malvern robbery connection.
At a Hastings area livery stable midnight shooting left Phil Booth dead from a stray bullet and Charles Bickford seriously wounded. Albert Bowen fired as he forced the men to dance. Bowen escaped. authorities pursued him through the county’s timbered north. All three were farmers.
City Physician Coulter states a state health board communication confirms local authority to stop milk and bread ticket use and halt milk delivery from suspected sources if public health is at risk. The board has forbidden continuing practices, and cedar fever cases linked to local milk use prompt dealer refusals to discontinue.
A Sioux court awarded Reverend G. Jones $5,000 against Harvey Van Cleve after a suit over an indecent exposure charge during baptismal ceremonies near Salix last summer. Detractors of the preacher faced a costly outcome as the case grew from suspicions tied to his anti saloon activism.
JaMActa reports J W Kinney of this town lost his arm in a corn stalk shredder and remains poorly supported. Another incident in Hamilton county shows a worker’s hand and forearm mangled when twine tangled in the shredder as the machine ran, despite efforts to stop it.
A brakeman named Randy Towa Fatt was run over by a train near Germany and amputated above the knee. He is about 40 years old, married with two children living in Iowa Falls.
George Runge died suddenly at his new home near Exora on the first day of his marriage to Miss Addie Thompson. He fell to the floor and died within minutes as the newlyweds began their honeymoon. The case is observed as a possible sudden illness or medical condition.
In Oxford district court, Henderson and McMullin, both about 16, pleaded guilty to robbing a local general store. Judge Wade sentenced them to one year in the penitentiary. The report also notes other local incidents and bequests from the Dubuque will of Dr. McClure.
A report from Arizona recounts R. E. Robinson and James Logan missing after sailing from Tehuantepec for San Francisco via the Colorado River and Gulf of California. In June, George Flavel and a man named O'Brien raised the possibility the pair were killed by Indians on Tyburn Island and eaten, with Robinson once known for lurid tales. Smithsonian researchers later corroborated killings but not cannibal remains.
The Sun reports Frederick Maker, local lawyer residing at 208 and 25 West Seventieth, drowned at Sands Avenue, was arrested that night on charges of plundering the Shoe and Leather Bank for more than 354000 with Samuel C. Seely. His sons contest the claim, saying the bank officials mistook the man and that Maker had no account for five years. Bank paying teller Gilbert Sayres identified the body as Maker.
Surri Ark and Crump return from Washington to meet Marshal McAlister aiming to wipe out the Cook gang with Winchesters at government cost. A Wagoner report notes seven outlaws tried a Bragg Station freight hold up. caboose and cab sprayed with bullets but no injuries. A passenger train was later expected to be attacked but passed through safely.
Senator Butler seeks an injunction through Attorney General Youmans to restrain the comptroller general and state treasurer from paying salaries of supervisors under the registration law arguing unconstitutionality. The court granted an order to show cause as part of Butler's challenge to Tillman's Senate seat.
An old advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as superior for all baked goods. It argues substitutes like cream of tartar and soda are inferior and urges cooks, authors, and cooking schools to use Royal for better flavor, leavening, and economy. It claims Royal is essential in modern cooking and in every quick-raising recipe.
Mosquito coast notices say the British minister informed Nicaragua that Great Britain will not recognize the Bluefields administration and requested a British warship be sent to Bluefields. The dispute is linked to the Nicaraguan canal project and could bring serious trouble.
Vanaix Nov 28 Princess Bismarck died at 5 o clock yesterday morning. Prince Bismarck is deeply affected by his wife’s death though it was not entirely unexpected due to her recent fainting spells. Dr Schweninger fears for the prince’s health as recurrence of his old troubles looms.
Wiligm Treloir, described as an old Hardin County boy raised on a farm near Alden, defeated Bland for Congress in Missouri. He attended public schools in Town Falls, later moved with his parents to Missouri, and built a political career on the Republican ticket amid a tough campaign.
United States Trust Company and syndicate led by A. Stewart secure acceptance of proposals to take the entire $50,000,000 3 per cent bonds. Officials expect gold deposits to back payments and aim to restore the gold reserve above the $57,500,000 figure, with deposits not drawn from the treasury.
From Washington, the annual report of Superintendent Stump of the Immigration Bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1804, notes a natural falloff in immigrant arrivals. Since October 1, 1805, steerage departures exceed arrivals, with 20 immigrants recorded and 285,631 landed or debarred in the last year. Kosuth abandons his Hungarian tour due to public excitement in Pest.
The Yale eleven beat Harvard 12 to 4 in Springfield Mass. Six players were seriously injured in the game. Washington dispatches report indications that Germany plans repressive import policies toward U S goods possibly prompting retaliation. United States consul Robertson at Hamburg says Berlin aims to bar American dried and evaporated apples citing zinc in drying frames. German papers attack American seeds as adulterated. St Louis dispatch notes every flour mill in the city closed indefinitely due to overproduction and market glut, while local dealers blame cheap bread agitation and a flood of fraudulent bread sales prompting a city council probe into selling bread by weight.
In Washington on November 25 Secretary Gresham for the United States and Minister Kurino for Japan signed a new treaty of amity. Gresham will transmit to Congress and Kurino will forward for imperial approval. The signing signals cordial relations amid western powers courting agreements with Japan. Similar treaties are being negotiated with France, Switzerland, and Britain, with Japan seeking full recognition by the civilized world.
Dispatches report Port Arthur captured by about 10,000 Japanese under Field Oyama after hours of fighting. Roadways northward mined, forcing the Japanese to cut through forest for artillery and supplies. Earlier reports claimed success then disputed, with cautious operations continuing near Che Foo and Pe Chi Li.
During a chamber sitting minister of finance Pioncarre cited an insulting article by Gustave Rouanet, a Paris socialist editor. Rouanet mocked Pioncarre's language. Poincarre warned a reply would come elsewhere. He then sent messages to Rouanet to arrange a duel on the field of honor.
N Ferne ward, age 27, receives from Gov Flower letters restoring full citizenship. He plans legal action to regain his son from a guardian and to recover collaterals believed illegally held by Franklin Trust Company. Ward, a surrogate office employee in Livingston County Geneseo. Republican gains in West Virginia legislature confirm SB Elkins for US Senate as lawmakers from key districts back him.
A famed dancer Adveria Vestris dies at eighty three after a sudden fatal blow from an advertisement. He allegedly asked for a newspaper for the first time, then saw a notice seeking a dancing professor who is also a skilled chiropodist in Calcutta, and never recovered.
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