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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
2
A report by the Department at Washing on monopolistic practices cites Standard Oil as using unfair methods to destroy competition and raise prices. The document argues the company pockets economies instead of sharing benefits with the public while larger rivals profit from reduced costs.
Attorneys for the Western Federation of Miners plan suit to set aside Harry Orchard’s entrance of the Herculies mine near Spokane, claiming transfer to Cardoner was a mortgage and that the wife’s nonjoining deed invalidates it. Jesse D. L. Rooi of Butte returns from Canada with authority to act in the case.
Sheriff removes two Black men from jail in Georgia to Lexington amid threats of mob violence. A Black man was beaten in a business by a mob last week and died. labor unrest widens as a strike spreads with more union workers joining building trades actions in Washington.
The item reports a reward offered for the capture of a murderer of James Le Williams at Vernon, mentions a Sioux City live stock market update with top beeves and prices, and notes WR Besinger being arrested as insane after seeking government authority to kill a man at Brimfield near Tavenna Ohio.
Frank C. Hebbard of Muskogee I T was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Third district. Special dispatches from San Sebastian, Spain report King Alphonso and Queen Victoria visiting there. Her majesty, who gave birth to a son May 10, is in delicate health.
A report reaches here of the wrecking of the British mail steamer Columbia on the voyage from Panama to Valparaiso. The wreck is said to have occurred near Elen port in the province of Chiclayo and details remain uncertain.
Chicago postal telegraph workers join Western Union strike after being asked to work with non union men in Los Angeles. About 540 Postal Telegraph men in Chicago walk out as city and national offices report reduced staffing levels. Other Western Union sites in Salt Lake City Denver Dallas Fort Worth and New Orleans also affected.
Siamese king King Chulalongkorn travels to Cassel as guest of the German emperor to view and purchase jewels and precious metal wares. Reports estimate $3,000,000 in gems and gold, with two gold services costing about $100,000 each. He occupies most of a major hotel floor and hosts exhibitions of items brought from London and Paris. News dispatches on Siam Cambodia transfers intrigue him during his German sojourn.
Violent clashes erupted Thursday night in Hillsboro Illinois after an assault on John T. Maddux by two Black men. Negro residents were driven from the town as white citizens fought in the streets and the business district. Most Black residents fled. order was restored. C D Fry, who employs Black laborers, warned he would bring more workers from St Louis, raising fears of renewed violence under heightened anti Negro tension.
Mrs Russell Sage has given 50000 for a new building for the Long Island railroad employees branch of the Young Men's Christian Association at Long Island City. Announcement of the gift was made Thursday.
Noah Coffee and Fon Frazier, jailed for burglary in Alarfield Kentucky, escaped Thursday by overpowering the keeper in the rail yard and slipping away over a high nail.
The Interstate Live Stock Fair at Woodland Park Sioux City Sept 7 to 14 will feature record stock from the Missouri valley and Western exhibitors with premium prizes. Attendance includes famed horses from the grand circuit, an aeronautic act by Horace Wild, the costly Jericho spectacle and a Northwestern Catholic semi centennial jubilee.
Karl Lindenau a new witness in the Hau case says the murderer could not be the former professor and asserts unseen fates. Karl Hau, condemned for murder, was arrested in Mannheim Germany on blackmail charges amid Karlsruhe police disclosures.
Skeleton exhumed near Alta MIM twelve miles from Telluride believed to be W J Barney a limberman at Smuggler-Union mine who vanished in June 1901. Gen Bulkeley Wells and Smuggler-Union Mining Co officials led the search with Steve Adams guiding discovery. Adams was jailed in Idaho awaiting a second murder trial as Barney allegedly incurred the will of the time.
Ludwig Sexegiel described as an unattached Polish priest from Chicago walked into a Pittsburgh hotel on Carson Street and shot two proprietors, Steven and Andrew Starfin ski. Steven died within an hour. Andrew is reported fatally injured as investigators seek motive.
Fragmentary text indicates a prospective engagement failing and mentions Edward and a likely fiancé, with references to a prospective father in law and a contractor named Stebert Sealander in Brook Muir. No clear dates or places emerge from the legible lines.
Sixteen coal mines in Trinidad suspend operations due to the Colorado and Southern strike, leaving 2,590 men out of work as railcar shipments halt and production stalls.
Persian frontier reports Turkish forces crossing the northwest border moving toward Urumiah and leaving burning devastation in villages along their march. Local and regional responses react to the widening conflict.
A sweeping decision by the Wisconsin railroad rate commission lowers charges on livestock moving between nearly all parts of the state and Milwaukee by about 29 to 25 percent.
Schedule of Western League games to be played at Sioux City in the immediate future listing dates in August and Lincoln as the rivals.
Alabama lawmakers adjourned Wednesday night after approving a measure for a monument to Jefferson Pavis near the site where he took the oath as president of the Confederacy.
Circuit Judge Cochran of Clinton Illinois ruled in favor of the defense petition led by Priday for the immediate trial of Frea Magill and Fay Magill.
The first organization in the spice trade is established in New York with fifty six major spice houses from key centers represented. The group will be named The American Spice Trade Association.
Representatives for Jimmy Britt and Joe Gana filed slawed articles for their appearance before Gleason's Occidental club on Sept 7. The match features two rising lightweights with promoters aiming to showcase a decisive urban bout.
The supreme court of California enacts primary election rules from the last legislature requiring voters to state party affiliation when registering. In Kaveiusko County officials report a mysterious treasury shortage of 312,000 and an investigation is underway.
A four passenger train derailed Tuesday night between Posen and Thorn in Germany. Eleven people died and ten were injured. Among the dead is Prince Alexander Begotoff of Russia.
About one hundred Japanese, the largest group ever sent from the Pacific coast, left San Francisco aboard the steamer Manchurian for the Orient on Thursday.
The News of Iowa reports a train wreck near Rock Trapide injuring several passengers. Claims include 15 000 for a widow and 5 400 for mental anguish and loss of time. Charles E Shade, bank president, suffered rib injuries and awaits settlement. One claimant, Brig. John Whitmey, was seriously hurt and a death last spring linked to the wreck.
A well dressed young man entered Wiggins' photograph gallery at Cedar Tapids posing as a friend of a party about to visit the florist. He waited, distracted Mrs. Wiggins, and afterward stole her handbag. The bag later surfaced in a stairway with $75 in cash and $1,000 worth of diamonds missing. He fled before capture.
William Jennings, a farmer, was knocked from his mower by a hailstone during a half hour storm near 3asom City. He lay unconscious with a severe head wound as his team ran away and swerved around him. The storm sank the steam passenger boat Iowa on Clear Lake and it remains missing.
A love affair leads to three suicides on the Muscatine high bridge within nine weeks. Alma Fisher, despondent over a rival’s attention, jumped near the Illinois shore and died at a hospital. She left notes to her parents. Earlier Clousette Meffle, a schoolgirl, jumped from the same bridge. On July 13 Theodore Price, an elderly man, drowned after leaping from the same spot.
Harry Gunn proprietor of the New Wayne hotel at Seymour drank wood alcohol in a suicide bid. He was found writhing in agony and a doctor arrived in time to prevent his death amid jealousy over his wife and her attentions from other men.
George C. Wells, Iowa Grain Dealers' secretary, estimates the corn crop at 395,606,000 bushels, down 10,409,080 from July 1. Oats are pegged at 104,266,237 bushels versus 127,832,922 in July. Wheat losses are noted but less severe. Northwestern Iowa corn reduced by 2 percent in July.
Rev. C. H. Sul resigns from Denison Baptist Church effective September 1 after about two years of service. He prepared to pursue other or retirement options as the church seeks new leadership.
Barry Curtis after seven years as general secretary of the Pubuque VY. M.C. Association has moved to resign and will relocate to Council Bluffs in October. He previously called a council meeting and now plans to pursue new duties in the Iowa city.
A four year old boy, son of Martin Reiter, died in Little Rock after his foot became caught in a machine. Authorities report the incident occurred during a washing machine accident, with details from local officials.
In Iowa Falls unusual scrutiny is rising over counterfeit currency as a new batch of counterfeit dollars appears. Authorities report the fake coins are highly deceptive and show signs of advanced imitation.
August Nachtigal a carpenter of Sheldon was adjudged insane and taken to Cherokee for treatment. He has no wife and several children who have gone to Little Rock to live with his father.
The Missouri River rises near Sioux City endangering the riverfront, the park at Exterdin Cap, and the Western league field. City officials report swift currents sweeping debris and possible bank erosion while Captain Schalz lacks funds to act and Lytle Construction seeks protection measures.
Clarence Healey 12 fell forty feet from a makeshift trapeze in his father's Muscatine barn while performing a daring act. He was crushed and badly injured, and doctors fear he will die. The accident involved a swing rope and an open barn door, with Healey surviving only briefly.
The marriage of United States Senator Albert Beveridge of Indiana to Katherine Eddy in Berlin occurred at the ambassadorial residence. The small private ceremony drew relatives embassy staff and a few friends, with hundreds of congratulations including a telegram from President Roosevelt and messages from other officials.
Clayton McConnaha, 14, of near Millentine, was accidentally shot by Henry Garvin during a Cedar River fishing trip. Garvin, holding a shotgun to fire in the air, triggered the weapon when the trigger caught on a branch. McConnaha died instantly. Garvin weeps with grief and is restrained by friends.
Trooper Russell C. Titges of Troop I, Second Cavalry, was found dead near the Fort Dodge and Des Moines interurban line Wednesday morning. Motorman Charles Wagner reported the grim scene on the first trip to the post. The 23 year old enlisted in Tennessee and his conduct was praised. officials suspect killed by a freight train, not an accident.
The Des Moines county board of supervisors approves an extensive drainage project for 28,000 acres of lowlands north of Turlington. Lands valued at about 2,046,000 dollars will be improved at 12.46 per acre, yielding significant increases for landowners. The work will take two years to complete.
W L Koser named superintendent of the Eldara School for Boys by the state board of control to succeed N R Firake who resigned. Koser, with six years as assistant superintendent, was chosen over fifty applicants and is currently matron.
Henry Hoffman an early Osceola county pioneer died suddenly of heart trouble while en route to Tawa with two loads of corn. Benny Hoffman is noted as involved in the family or report.
Two fine mares owned by Herbert Eveleth living south of Salix were killed by lightning recently after being injured.
Walter A Murphy superintendent of car barns for Boone Electric was instantly killed when he touched a live 500 watt 3 Hve wire. He leaves a wife and three children.
Officers with a search warrant found the bayn of W Jones of St Tate ford in possession of farm machinery alleged to have been stolen from local implement houses.
A severe electrical storm at Clear Lake Thursday caused a lightning strike that hit the Stearna and Hinson river area, destroying a building and damaging associated structures. Fire crews fought the blaze as debris and wreckage scattered across the site.
A Dubuque incident during a storm led to a fatality as Jed Remson, rafisman of the boat Van Fant, was swept overboard while trying to save logs from hitting a bridge pier. The body was recovered.
James Whitcomb Riley and many U S Senators and political friends celebrate the new Mrs Beveridge, daughter of Augustus N Eddy of Chicago, niece of Mrs Marshall Field. Beveridge, once the youngest U S Senator at 36, rises from plowboy to lawyer and campaign speaker, marrying Katherine Langsdale in 1887.
At a banquet in Reykjavik Teeland King Frederick announced a commission to draft legislation defining Iceland’s constitutional position within the realm and to secure Icelandic freedom while preserving unity. London reports note Harmsworth papers settled a libel suit with 125000 and apology. 6000 troops summoned near Belfast over dock labor strike amid police wage demands. The British Navy launched the Dreadnought class battleship successor Bellerophon. Japan’s 1906 production and exports show gains in coal oil copper and iron ore.
A recent call argues for appointing army officers to draft a new act for the service and to drum up public support. Congress faces a shortage of recruits as the regular army sits at 58,000, with only about 4,000 new enlistments and a 17,000 shortfall.
Acting Secretary Newberry endorses board findings from the July Georgia disaster. Precautions will prevent future battleship accidents as the Navy adopts recommendations, including retractable loading trays and proper air jet operation to avoid bareback loading risks. Admiral Maggs supports the conclusion that a fare back caused the incident and urges safer design in practice loading.
Iowa Governor Cummins, speaking at Will County Chautauqua, argues that reaching John D. Rockefeller's wealth would require dishonesty. He cites a 1 billion dollar target and implicates railroads including Chicago and Alton and the Rock Island in watered stock schemes as crime.
Charles W. Byrne must serve thirty days in New York City prison for failing to provide medical attendance for his year old daughter, who died of pneumonia. Justices of the court of special sessions denied the appeal for a new trial. Byrne claimed Christian Scientist beliefs, but his lawyer argued otherwise. The conviction marks the first such case in New York City. Assistant District Attorney Burnhall said the office would pursue the case to the finish if an appeal was taken.
The commissioner of corporations notes the Standard Oil Company sold oil on short measure and will supply evidence to states and municipalities seeking action. Indications point to many suits under local and state cheating laws.
A Kansas City janitor Charles Jones boasted of wealth and admitted hiding a package of cash. Authorities found $2,500 on his wife and about $6,000 unaccounted as the motive and details unfold. Jones faces questions over the missing funds and the circumstances of the clean up.
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