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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
4
Des Moines June 11 1902 superintendent Barrett invites bids from book firms for 500 adopted titles to supplement the existing list. Firms have until June 26 to submit proposals as state examiners prepare a suggested library list for all Iowa schools.
State Architect Liebbe completed plans for the Council Bluffs school for the deaf. Bids will be advertised. The rebuilding includes reroofing the burned dining hall and converting brick structures into dormitories while temporary wooden buildings become classrooms. Cost estimates follow. a $25,000 state grant is in doubt.
A roundup of Iowa events includes Mike McCarty’s fatal fall from a railing in Ogden, Samu Pugsley’s fatal cellar slip, Connie Genseir’s carbolic acid death, and John Schaarts’s youth death after surgery. Also noted are a $75,000 Waterloo Lincoln Park title suit settled for $1,000, a tax ruling by Judge Platt, a dangerous Garden Grove shooting, and various local tragedies and legal affairs across the state.
Gov Cummins named two commissions the Capitol improvement panel and the Lookout Mountain monument board. Capitol panel includes Abraham Funk, Charles Cumming, and Edward Schoentgen overseeing a quarter million dollar appropriation with staged spending through 1906. Lookout Mountain group lists nine members including John Young and Mahlon Head tasked with funding three Iowa soldier monuments with limited initial outlay.
In Des Moines on Pelton avenue Sam Bowen killed George Linn after a quarrel said to stem from jealousy over Lizzie Kilburn. Bowen washed the blood from his hands at 838 Pelton avenue before arrest, Linn dying from eight knife wounds after a struggle. Bowen, unmarried, has a questionable past including an alleged previous assault on his uncle.
Des Moines police arrest a burly black man calling himself Pat Carter after he followed Mrs. Perry from Albia to her home and into a shed yard. Carter, detained in Albia jail, claimed mind distress and muttered about the Peterson children murder. He gave Des Moines as his address and is described as five eight, 165 pounds. Archbishop Ireland named as New York archbishop candidate is 64 and noted for liberal, modern church views.
The report outlines Senate and House actions on the isthmian canal project with Hanna backing the Panama route and Mitchell pressing Nicaragua. It notes speeches about security, costs, and possible delays, and highlights votes on anti-anarchy measures and forest reserves.
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the Farelly anti trust law in the Smiley case. K J Smiley secretary of the Kansas Gram Dealers Association was convicted fined 500 dollars and sentenced to jail. The ruling upheld the law against challenges of invalidity. Emperor William of Germany is multilingual yet reportedly swears in many tongues when angry.
London June 9 Joseph H Choate and Mrs Choate will host King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Carlton House Terrace on June 11 The guest list likely includes Whitelaw Reid and the U S embassy staff The Daily Chronicle notes the rare honor signals strong U S presence in London and is seen as a valued tribute to Americans The closing line contemplates the fate of those who rely on charity.
Senator Hoar learned a friend had acute indigestion rather than appendicitis and quipped about the trouble being in the contents rather than the appendix. A Harpersville man, H H McCullough, recovering from pneumonia, laughed hard at a droll tale and died from a hiccoughing spell.
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