24 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
1
Gen. Lee consul general to Cuba met with President McKinley in a private session. Lee reviewed Cuba’s critical situation and shared views. no change in the consulate was urged immediately. He plans to return to Cuba around mid October after arranging private affairs.
Allegations of misappropriation of bond funds provided by Congress for Savannah River improvements in Georgia trigger a War Department inquiry. Capt. Garner, in charge of the Savannah River project and a Nicaragua canal commissioner, faces scrutiny as a successor raises concerns prompting a formal investigation.
Police chief Velasquez and detectives chief Canerra along with Commandant Sanchez were jailed by order of a criminal judge. Twenty one prisoners captured for entering the municipal building on the lynching day were also confined. Public opinion backs the government and investigations proceed quickly.
The University of Illinois board seeks to recover 591 162 from the estate of the late J W Lanehart, bondsman for ex treasurer Charles L Spalding, who was convicted of misappropriating university funds. Lanehart's estate totals about 85 000.
Oliver T Rankin wanted in Friday Lae Wisconsin on forgery charges escaped by leaping from a train near Rugby Junction. He was under sheriff custody returning from Town where he fled after passing an alleged forged check. Balloon sighting in Antzifirovskone Russia reportedly tied to Andres. Hooley Jameson syndicate to buy 20 million in Chinese bonds. Circassin sighting rumors follow Germanic voyage to Queenstown with no sign of Circassin.
Hugh H. Hanna of Indianapolis heads a new Monetary Commission with six Republicans and five Democrats. The panel, including J. A. Garnett of San Francisco and Prof. J. Laughlin of Chicago, will meet at the Arlington Hotel in Washington on September 22 to study currency issues. Citizens may mail views to the Monetary Commission in Washington for consideration.
An Osgood Indiana dispatch reports relatives demand a reckoning for the Versailles lynching of five men. Witnesses to the coroner's inquest failed to ID suspects, with verdicts listing hanging for Gordon and Andrews and killing by clubbing or gunfire for Jenkins Leet and Schuster. Judge New urges the grand jury to uncover mob participants.
Two freight trains collided head on on a Wisconsin Central line near Howard Wisconsin. Five men died including engineers Richard Warren and Edward J Smith brakeman Clyde Miller fireman J Miley and an unknown worker. Two Minneapolis stockmen passengers in the caboose were slightly injured. Cause unknown with rumors of competing right of way. Both trains reportedly traveled at about forty miles per hour on a curve.
Postmaster General Gary received from Lieut George Squire and Prof Albert C Crehore a report on their rapid telegraph experiments using alternating current on British postal lines. Messages traveled 864 miles London to Glasgow and back via multiple cities, averaging about 4000 words per minute with room to improve. Congress consideration included authorizing acquisition and testing a New York Washington link with a $1,000,000 appropriation.
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes business has risen beyond expectations despite warm weather and yellow fever in the South. Chicago leads the rebound with favorable five year trade reports, Kansas City St Paul Omaha and St Louis show demand strength for jobbers and wholesalers. Wheat exports are large with 6,379,045 bushels shipped this week, corn exports lagging about 1,000,000 bushels from last year.
Berlin rumors claim Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir presumptive to Austria Hungary throne married last week in London to a middle class Kohlschiedt housekeeper. Her father a former mine manager, one brother a clergyman. The couple reportedly traveled to Algiers after the ceremony.
About 250 women from McAdoo and Audenried districts near Hazleton Pennsylvania collided with miners as an army of women armed with clubs rolling pins and pokers forced 200 men to quit work at local collieries. The men were mostly relatives of the women.
The Joint Traffic Association board met in New York to discuss restoring southwest rates. They announced an agreement to maintain westbound rates and indicated eastbound rates would be kept as well. In Chicago Judge Jenkins upheld Postmaster Gordon’s removal of Englewood Superintendent Carr, dissolving inflation tied to Carr. Colorado reports show snowfall across the mountains with several inches at Cripple Creek and Central City.
At a cabinet meeting the Alaska situation was reviewed. Captain Ray delivered a report appealing for troops to preserve order during the coming winter. With vast supplies at St Michael and no U S soldiers there a company of infantry was to be sent.
A Denver region accident reports Robert Creek and his wife with a team running away on Broadway colliding with HB. W. Hildebrand the printer. All three suffered skull fractures with the two men likely to die and the woman not expected to survive.
After about three months idle the Pittsburg district resumes mining with 15 000 to 16 000 workers returning on Thursday following Wednesday’s convention approval. The six week strike cost the area up to 7 million dollars with half paid in wages to miners. ongoing action against the Daarmitts will continue with a 5 percent wage assessment to fund the ongoing fight.
Spanish authorities in Gabe suppress American sensitivity to Evangeline Cisneros case. They have expelled a Cuban maid from contacts with friends and jailed five women in Santa Clara for attempting a courteous appeal to Weyler for her release. The detainees include Rosa Plana Nicolasa Gutierres Micaela Ruiz Consuelo Avila, all from Santa Clara’s Hest families.
Reports from Buenos Ayres indicate a robust wheat harvest across Entree Rios Santa Fe Cordova and Buenos Aires provinces potentially yielding about 2 000 000 tons for export despite locust invasions The outlook is for a big crop with strong export potential and a favorable year ahead.
Peter Jackson arrives aboard the Servia with heavyweights Peter Maher and Prof. Mike Donovan. Jackson declares he seeks a fight and will take on all comers with backing money as he searches for a battle in New York.
In connection with the Omaha exposition, a cabinet representative to the exposition board is proposed. On Friday President McKinley appointed Col. Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture, as president of the exposition board and cabinet representative.
Rates across cities such as Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit and New York show cattle shipping prices from 3.00 to 5.50 plus hogs price ranges from 2.00 to 4.75 and sheep up to 4.75. Wheat bids include No 2 red No 2 spring and No 2 mixed with values near 0.95 to 1.01 per unit and assorted corn oats rye and butter prices from multiple markets.
Federal Judge Woolson in Des Moines rules that funds deposited by Pella’s school district treasurer in a failed bank become a special trust. The bank receiver must repay nearly $5,000 to the district before ordinary claims, since the treasurer acted as public fiduciary with funds fully transferred to the bank. The ruling is expected to be appealed and signals a new fiduciary principle in bank deposits.
In Vinton, William Murray seeks truth about the Walford building blaze that killed his son Edward Murray. He meets County Attorney Tobin after Novak’s incarceration, while reports connect a recent Evansville murder to political and professional ties. Four died in Cedar River drowning near Waverly. funeral services honor Rev Scott Hyatt wife Mary Tibbits and Royal McQueen with large crowds and dignified tributes.
Special Pension Examiner Waite was indicted in Howard County for witness intimidation and released by Judge Shires on habeas corpus. The county appeals to the United States circuit court. Shires disputed the state supreme court’s jurisdiction over a federal offense by a federal officer in discharge of duty.
Buck Murray convicted of the Elton bank robbery was sentenced to years in the penitentiary and has been taken to Tort Madison.
Colin T Gnaning, who left Cedar Rapids for Quray Colorado, was among the victims in a Denver and Rio Grande wreck near Newceastle. Her body burned, and her father William Langham received a ring and trinkets from her husband. She was a Linn County native and prominent in local schooling.
Sad Webster City case shows R B Leroy who ran a washing machine factory abandoning his wife and children. Creditors pressed the wife into bed with worry and she became demented while the children were nearly starved. Prominent citizens take up relief for the distressed family.
Fraser report notes nonworking miners hooted at workers and attacked Deputy Sheriff Bowman with rocks on Wednesday. A rider in Bowman's buggy was bitten as he read the Riot Act and warned of returning fire if rocks or eggs were thrown. Since Bowman's address, no further disturbances have occurred.
The Iowa weather and crop bureau notes twelve days of near ninety degree highs push September records. Excess heat and low humidity sped early corn ripening but hurt quality. late dry upland corn dried to fodder value only. Belated crop on rich soil still grows and should mature in two weeks. Drought also harms pasturage and potatoes.
State Bankers Association groups held meetings in Sioux City with about fifty Northwestern Iowa bankers attending. Hobbard of Sioux City spoke on uniform laws for commercial paper and Huxford of Cherokee led a discussion on marine exchange charges. A separate note reports a bride’s father receiving a letter recounting Frank Novak’s travel with a Dubuque couple to Dawson City, where he posed as Bert Smith the prospector and was later arrested as an alleged arsonist and murderer.
Growth in attendance at the state university in Town City is noted with many students filling campus, and more expected. a week’s leave granted to about sixty senior dental students. librarian Rich arranges aid from marking libraries. Iowa State Fair at Des Moines draws farmers. fifty thousand walk the stalls Tuesday, largest fair audience on a Tuesday. The Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men meets in Davenport October 12 for a three day convention.
Death of Mrs. William Scott, a pioneer resident of Linn County, age 76. Her husband, a prominent farmer, was accidentally killed about a year ago.
The Thorpe station depot on the Chicago Great Western Railway was robbed of a package of money intended for express. An arrest warrant was issued for an unknown suspect, but no clue to the missing funds. Frank Burns has been commissioned and assumed control of Ida Grove Post Office.
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