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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1905
Page
2
A large, unnamed Arkansan, once deemed wealthy, has been found dead. An expert labels him a millionaire, with references to watered stock. The column mocks sensational gossip, notes oddities from Connecticut butter to Russian generals revived, and lampoons prominent figures and events with satirical quips about society and politics.
Report from Ogonta describes students mistaking Miss East man for a pupil, leading to her being placed in a tub of cold water. Authorities demand an end to hazing or face an explanation of the incident and its cause.
Tokio reports the transfer of 878 officers and 23,481 enlisted men completed. Four Russian generals and an admiral chose to be sent to Japan as prisoners. Among the prisoners was a 9 year old daughter of a Russian officer. About 1,000 Russians and families will reach Na Basaka en route to Shanghai. Gen Stoessel claims the siege turning point was the arrival of Japanese eleven bed naval guns.
London dispatch reports from Port Arthur describe the eastern fort Ilues as pivotal, mounting six inch guns and four ten inch howitzers with multiple battery positions. The correspondent notes the Pantungiehan forts are exposed to fire, explains why August seasnulta failed, and details war damage including overturned guns and widespread destruction of the hillside and remains.
Takto January 9 report notes that Port Arthur prisoners were moved on Saturday. Transfers include Gen Stoessel Kwantung command 3 officers 29 men and many more units such as Sevastopol Pobieda Pallada and Amur with hundreds of officers and men. Totals reach 5366 officers 3054 men with three judges and three clerks also moved.
Jan 9 reports say Emperor Nicholas and council members and advisers have not concluded deliberations on the internal and external situation and show no signs of shifting from the war to a peace settlement. Some talk of peace arises from Foreign Minister Lamedorf's position, but no confirmation exists.
Count Lamadarés’s poet notes he belongs to the peace party though peace talk rumors gain no support from responsible quarters. Diplomats see no realistic treaty terms yet but expect negotiations if Japan offers proposals, with both sides’ friends possible to aid a settlement.
Fall River Massachusetts reports workers returning to mills in large numbers. About 30 000 loom ware in operation Saturday and 12 000 people at work, roughly two thirds of local employees. Months needed to recover from long strike. secret compact allegation denied. several manufacturers connected to national association but not Citizens' Alliance members.
Washington January 3 Secretary Taft issued the order detailing Lieut Gen Miles for duty with the Massachusetts militia. Miles will receive the full pay and allowances of a lieutenant general on the active list.
Chaplain Joseph McGrail has been dismissed from the navy by order of the president following a court martial on the Asiatic station for scandalous conduct. A Roman Catholic priest will be appointed in his place.
Detroit January 9 Jenae Swan named by Mrs Derris Jovlyn of Wheatfield township as her accomplice in the poisoning of Loaband. Swan says he bought the poison for the woman but was duped into the plot.
Cheyenne Wyoming January 9 Judge H R Scott orders auction sale of several thousand head of cattle belonging to the firm Letter Pratt partners James H Pratt and Levin Letter. The sale will take place January 30.
A rare tornado struck the Mormon colony area of Chuichupa in Chihuahua Mexico, ripping through a timber strip and causing additional damage. The event occurred near Paso Texas on January 9, marking an unprecedented weather occurrence in the region.
R. B. Vinson, reputed son of a wealthy Baltimore man, died when a runaway team dragged him after he was thrown from his wagon while driving east of Rauid City. Authorities report the accident as the likely cause of death.
Mayor H. H. Bartling collapsed at his place of business from heart failure. He led the Bartling Grath company and was a prominent figure in Nebraska City since settling in 1866.
George W Van Cleaf, renowned swimmer of the New York Athletic Club aquatic squad, died of typhoid fever. During his career he won over 225 medals and numerous trophies, marking a long and celebrated run in competitive swimming.
The Maple Leaf Grain elevator in Kansas City Kansas owned by the Chicago Great Western Railway burned. It stored 800000 bushels of wheat and caused an estimated loss of 650000 dollars.
A traveling salesman for Philips & Beeley based in Saginaw Michigan committed suicide in Toledo Ohio. The incident occurred in January at the St. Charles hotel where he had been staying while on business travels.
Washington Jan 9 The Senate and House debate railroad rate discrimination and rebates with bills from Quarles Cooper Newlands Heyburn and others. Heyburn would revoke charters after sworn rebate disclosures. Newlands urges federal control. Teller backs stronger ICC powers. Cooper warns against corporate favoritism and calls for relief to shippers while avoiding confiscation.
New York Jan 5 An old riveted chest hid in a cellar on the Theodore M Macey estate lot in the Bronx holds more than 160000 in English German and American gold coins. Foreman Thomas Cunningham and his laborers uncovered the secret alcove last Wednesday. owner Jane F Meehan, who bought the parcel, was informed on Sunday.
A sledding party of fifteen in Dubuque collided with a fire engine responding to an alarm at Fourteenth and Bluff streets. Five men and women died, ten injured as the engine overturned and a horse broke a leg. Victims named include W. C. Reynolds Horace Willmers Eve Collinson Grace Schwind and Mildred Fruden.
LaPorte sheriff reports no attachable property in Michigan City case for Agnes Phillips. He cannot locate city treasury assets, leaving $11,000 awarded damages uncollected.
Pope Pius nearing completion of an encyclical calls Central and South American Catholics to abandon frequent revolutions, work in harmony, and avoid evils that could invite foreign intervention. The advisory emphasizes unity and stability across the region.
Rev. W W Armer was found guilty of murdering his 21 year old son in Owensboro Kentucky and sentenced to twenty one years in the penitentiary. The son was slain after he left to work for a farmer and refused to return home.
Four saloons, one grocery, and a barber shop in Washington Indiana were robbed. Investigators think the same robbers responsible for a major heist in Valonia Indiana a few nights earlier may be involved.
A large fire in Kewanee Illinois destroyed the northern plant of the Kewares Mining and Manufacturing company. The structure, valued at 190000 dollars, produced brick and ice. Fire crews battled the blaze but the facility was completely wiped out.
Elkhart Ind Jan 9 ex councilman H Murray died Saturday at age 68 after being found in a isolated cottage in a helpless frozen condition a week earlier.
Jan 9 dispatches from Novae Vramya to Lert report notable actions around the Police Chief in St. Petersburg. The brief wires note movements and official reactions amid growing city concerns.
Webster City Iowa January reports State Auditor Carroll condemns a Iowa bank failure story as yellow journalism. The piece claimed forty bank failures in Iowa last year and cited supposed state banking records. The auditor and Millard Cox deny any truth, calling the reports unfounded and misleading.
Wheat prices show varied open high low close figures with mixed berichtet quotes. Chicago Produce markets list butter eggs cheese and poultry prices, with potatoes onions and other produce notes. Live stock cattle and hog quotes appear for Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis and others. Anthracite coal output for 1904 totals near 57.49 million tons, down from 69.36 million in 1903.
Washington March 9 secretary Murphy of the Isthmian canal commission states that every post under the commission exempt from civil service examination by executive order has been filled.
A man named Otis Botta was arrested in Peoria after his wife was found strangled with a hair ribbon in a shack near the outskirts. The case is reported from January 9 with authorities noting the violent death as murder.
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