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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
2
A column of scattered observations on human nature politics and crime. It cites public governance risks playful vanity in candidates cruel animal mistreatment an eerie July fire pattern and a case of delayed marriage due to age law with a cautionary note on moral outcomes and social norms.
Claude B Lassalle is jailed in New York for passing forged checks. Authorities say he is the United States leading forger, having earned over 250000 from his illicit trade. Police found blank checks from major banks and a ledger with pasted signatures of merchants and professionals.
Bane attorney states the trial has been prolonged and seeks an insanity verdict. He proposes withdrawing not guilty and entering a guilty plea to sentence the defendant to the penitentiary or left mob violence. The judge is said to consider sending the defendant to an insane asylum at Independence for treatment.
The state failed to convict Peter Weise in the murder case of Levieh, shot on a Sunday near Manning. The jury returned not guilty after an inquest determined the robber motive, with Levieh leaving a widow and five children. The incident occurred on a farm four miles north of Manning.
Oct. office in Fawkner arrests connect to money aid and postal funds. LaPorte sensational arrest. bond set at 1000 dollars. Gun accident injures Lula McIntosh. her recovery doubtful. Theft reports include Parker tailor shop, Curtis grocery, and local ministers’ association suspects. Minor incidents include drownings, political shifts, and depot fatality.
Diphtheria is raging in Iowa with Belmont reporting over thirty cases and school closures, Colesburg also closing schools for a week. The report notes additional cases and public health actions in the region as part of a broader outbreak.
A Hamilton County jury convicts in a first degree murder case tied to the death of Mrs. Maria Dulin Homer. In Des Moines W A Cummings is found guilty of criminal assault on Myrtie Rockwell. possible indictments pending for others. A fatal accident near Eli Adams' home injures and kills several, including Mrs. Mary Funk and an adopted daughter. Mrs. W E Daugherty dies suddenly amid domestic trouble. authorities indict her husband for murder. Burlington centennial parade features Governor Drake and others. a grand accident injures several attendees. Died, Dan O’Brien’s body recovered from the river near Burlington. other river incident casualties noted.
World news notes Romania and Greece joining the dreibund and a Bucharest signing in Emperor Francis Joseph's presence after the Danube canal opening. The move aims to counter Turkish disruption, with Serbia likely to join. Separate items report Cuban insurgents suffering heavy losses near Pinar del Rio and a Florida prisoner disappearance case with torture described aboard a boat.
News agency reports Patrick J Tynan the alleged dynamiter freed by the French government on return to the United States. Other items note Haines and Rotterpam arrested in Belgium, police probe infantcide in Chicago, a publican candidate card, Canadian telegraph operators returning to work, Japan funeral costs, and St Paul’s first woman police appointee Ann S Root seeking better treatment through authority.
California east bound No 2 wrecked near Peterson thirty miles west of Topeka when the engine exploded. Engineer George Strunk and Fireman Mollister killed, five tramps and a mail car rider also killed. A California passenger, W A Heckler, shot himself after viewing the wreck. Other items note a 14 year old boy shooting a woman over debt, various global dispatches, and political rumors.
Reports from Jacksonvile and Cedar Keys recount heavy destruction from the hurricane. Widespread casualties, with Florida losses possibly reaching millions and Savannah and Pennsylvania also reporting vast damage. Across the Gulf coast to the Georgia line, towns suffer, railroads down, and many left homeless as waters rise.
A Pennsy freight train broke in two near De The two sections with cars derailed. A brakeman was killed and others injured or missing. One section trapped, an unknown man reportedly fatally hurt. A tramp stole a reed and fled.
Everett mills reopen with parts of operations resuming after a shutdown of over two months. Arlington mill reports an increased number of workers returning to work. Overall the change affects more than 4,000 operatives.
A second explosion devastates a large powder magazine injuring many and killing five white residents. Flying rock fragments crush bystanders while houses fall and streets fill with debris. Earl Gray and Gen. Carrington aid the wounded as jails and market halls become makeshift hospitals.
The Republican state convention nominated the ticket with Governor Roger Wolcott as leader, followed by Lieutenant Governor General Deter J M. Kimmal for Secretary of State and 1 Knowlton for Attorney General, among others.
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