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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1898
Page
2
A geveral basking business trars faceted. Farm Loans negotiated. Wonder Interest paid on time deposits, 8.8 Dsrivercu-President. L. DD. Gsami-Vice-President. B.C. Divexpece-Cashier Board of Directors.-S. . Dilenbeck, B.C Dilenbeck, John Law, Jay G. Dutton, 3. TL Davis, Mary Hennis, Chas, E. Waukter, L. D. Gamble, Geo. E. Barsholomyew.
FIRST NAT L BANK OF PERRY IOWA D J PATTEE PRES ALLEN BREED VP O J HOLMES CASHIER Correspondents National Park Bank New York Citizens National Bank Des Moines Directors D J Pattee N Platt Allen Breed W T Holmes Jac Clementa M B Moody K BE Platt MM Holmes W H McCammon Foreign Drafts Bought and Sold
Sam Dougherty is appointed agent for the Darrow Investment Co offering loans at the lowest interest rates, with Union Block Perry as a listed location and financing option.
An inquiry by a War Department sub-committee reports on camp sites, nursing staff, and medical provisions at several camps including Tampa and Camp Shipp. Testimony criticizes nursing skill, supply delays, red tape, and inadequate clothing and rations, with multiple officials citing poor administration and care.
A 20 year old man confessed buying arsenic used to poison beer that killed Charles Russell, a wealthy Liscomb area farmer estranged from his wife. A nephew, Will Adwas, stood to inherit and allegedly pressured the murder plan and misled Russell by claiming his wife poisoned the beer.
An alleged shortage in the Fifty-first Iowa Regiment’s quartermaster department was admitted by Colonel Lopez as potentially totaling hundreds of dollars. Regimental Quartermaster Cady has begun a survey, with plans to assign accountants to the books and stores. The colonel maintained no loss through dishonesty, attributing any shortfall to inexperience or carelessness.
J. M. Stadler is jailed in Des Moines on a murder charge for the death of his wife Jennie Stadler. Jurors say morphine was taken with Stadler present and aware, after she died at a boarding house near Chesterfield. The case cites the Northwestern hotel visit and pending postmortem doctors reports.
Des Moines October 7 William Chittenden foreman of the Des Moines Manufacturing and Supply Company fell nearly forty feet from the third floor of the post office building landing on brick pavement. He sustained three broken ribs a broken left arm in two places a broken foot and serious internal injuries with fatal outcomes feared while at work installing a smokestack. Dr McKown denies charge of murder in Woodbury County as Teht Undd case advances on bonds October 26. He claims innocence and vows to prove he did not kill the guns during a criminal operation. A separate incident reports a live wire shock injuring a worker named Valnh oate employed by the electric light company who accidentally touched two live wires.
A summary of patents issued to Iowa inventors includes a mail bag device for easier filling and labeling, filed in Washington in 1895 with an amendment in 1895. The report notes ten Iowa patents issued on October 18. Also covered are bank robbers at Slater, a Cedar Rapids death near Milwaukee Road Bridge, and the Omaha fighter Billy Walker’s death after a long unconscious period.
Report from Mississippian Forest indicates a white mob pursuing Burke and twelve other white men ambushed by about forty armed negroes at Burke residence near Harpersville. President Wallace Sibley killed, three whites wounded, later fourteen negroes killed as pursuit continued. Sheriff gathers posse of 306 to scour the area.
Reports state troops in Cuba await six to eight months of pay totaling about 32.6 million dollars plus contractor and employee sums. Blanco vows to resist American occupation until embarkation of the full army, while Spain delays funding and questions Paris treaty timing. General Wade notes Spaniards cannot depart Havana by December 1, extending to January 1.
The United States Supreme Court ruled against the Joint Traffic Association of railroads, upholding that the agreement to set rates and regulate interstate traffic violated the Sherman Antitrust and Interstate Commerce laws. The decision marks a major stance against concerted railroad efforts and affects vast rail properties nationwide. The appeal arose after lower courts dismissed the government's case, but the Supreme Court affirmed that the traffic agreement restrained trade and competition.
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies faced chaos with police on hand. Minister Chanoine was violently attacked, resigned after a brief address, and ministers left as a reform cabinet formation loomed. A motion to end the insult to the army passed in a low vote, while Brisson’s government faced defeat. General Lore Richener and Capisiy Garatier arrived from Alexandria aboard the Messageries, then traveled to Paris together.
The Havana dispatch reports that Garin was chosen, and the Americans approved the United States transfer under the protocol. Details of minor importance remain to be decided regarding the cession, while Spain’s revised proposals and the Cuban question loom this week.
From Wasmixeiox to Wasurrender, a Salt Net meeting reviews Cuba's evacuation timeline. The United States will assume city and province governance as evacuation proceeds, Havana likely last to transfer civil control by January. Seventh Army Corps reorganized with General Lee as commander and multiple division and brigade leaders named. Porto Rico evacuation completed with last Spanish detachment sailed.
Captain Bartlett reports rapid ice formation and harsh Labrador conditions foreshadowing an early severe fall for Peary's Arctic voyage. Reina Maria Christine carries 1073 officers troops 651 cases of archives and ammunition from Havana to Spain. Chaplain McIntyre of the Oregon is found guilty of criticizing superiors and faces discharge. review pending.
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