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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
1
Des Moines August 28 1901 Hawkeye Insurance Company files suit against the board of review claiming the assessment of 119000 was illegal because liabilities were not deducted as required by statute and taxes paid would amount to double taxation.
Farmer William Sitan near De Witt dies after being struck by a Milwaukee train. James Sage faces charges for a fatal altercation at the race track store. Electric lineman Morrell sues Burlington Electric for 10000 dollars after a near electrocution in Burlington. A madman terrorizes Fort Norge area and is captured after resisting. Esther Morrow dies from criminal intercourse while returning from Kansas with a man near Douds. Crystal Lake postmaster Bowker arrested for 300 dollar shortage. Osceola county convention nominates F Robinson after long deadlock. Bussey man Godfrey dies drinking poisoned whisky mixed with carbolic acid. Pawnee Bill show rioting at Correctionville ends in a shooting death. Des Moines Republican committee elects Robert H. Spence as chairman. Cherry sisters’ baggage seized in Joliet for hotel board bill. Geologists study Dubuque region noting rich mineral findings.
Reports from Burlington to Cedar Rapids describe multiple fatalities and injuries including Salmon Anderson suicide by sun stroke, two boys smothered in a Bertram sand bank, a train collision near Eddyville, and a factory accident. Republican convention in Osceola names R L Parrish on the 111th ballot. Other items cover a drowning, oil samples near Frederika, a county auditor indictment, and railroad expansion plans amid temperance politics.
A semi official note says France will sever ties with the Ottoman government after M Constans left Constantinople August 26 following unkept undertakings. Washington fears the break may dissolve the European pact safeguarding Turkey and risk Russian influence and vast claims.
Manila reports an increase to the city garrison by four infantry companies. General Chaffee deems Manila orderly with no uprising threat, though officers support the move to ease guard load and prevent potential prisoner release if the prison guards were withdrawn.
United States Steel corp officials deny any settlement talks for the steel strike. They state no proposals have been received and no settlement reached. many workers are returning to work while others wish to resume their positions, insisting the strike ends only with workers returning.
In Constantinople M Constans leaves for Stamboul after farewell calls as Paris says Abdul Hamid stalls on paying three French claims worth several million francs. The French envoy will vacation while negotiations continue, with the embassy to be managed by a councillor.
Paris reports Turkey yields to French pressure ending disputes over the Quays concession. An imperial trade is issued allowing free exercise of rights to extend operations, buy land, and run ferries. Officials anticipate a firmman soon and quick settlement of payments on remaining claims.
An old velvet lined van at St James palace, unused for 150 years, contained silver and silver gilt plate once belonging to Queen Anne used for grand dinners at Kew and Hampton Court. The van, related to royal dispatch transport, was discovered during palace overhauls ordered by King Edward.
Secret Service and Treasury agents arrest William M. Hoey Nogales customs collector B F Jossey immigrant inspector Frank How and another Chinese national at Clifton Mex as major border smuggling probes unfold. Officials say most Nogales customs unit implicated with payments from 5 to 200 dollars. further arrests expected.
Reports say Henry Noles a Black man who killed Mrs. Williams near Winchester Tennessee was captured near Cowan then burned alive by a mob at the crime scene. Witnesses estimate around 6 000 spectators as a judge admonished to let law run its course.
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