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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
4
A wide ranging column notes England’s islands on the red. Lipton’s Shamrocks. Diaz’s new term. an Asiatic Turkey earthquake. Stoddard’s estate. Maud Gonne’s husband. a New York kiss case. unions striking circus men. dangers of steam yachts and trolleys. Shakespeare versus Kipling. Braddon novel praise. Chicago’s demand for slang Shakespeare.
A proposal to tax trousers to fund government in England prompts questions on women's rights. Ambassador Choate plans to marry a daughter to a titled Englishman, and though ambassadorship is costly, the family may see the investment as worthwhile.
Sir Ralph Gallwey urges a legalized shotgun search method for motorists to spur youth in marksmanship. He argues a moving target is hardest to hit and promotes the tactic as a training tool.
A roundup reports Raleigh area cattle losses from Paris green poisoning valued at $1000, Webster City felt shoe factory fire causes $76000 loss with $35000 insured, and a Des Moines grain report hints at corn planting shifts. Behrens a Davenport convict hanged at Anamosa prison, Gregory seeks missing roommate Knodle after $330 theft, Fisher assaulted by Staves duo in Marshalltown, and Mary Gatcher scalped by a separator while Kratochvil fights for recovery after ingesting metallic acid.
The report notes George Landgraf of the Odebolt area died after being thrown from his wagon. It covers indictments against W. B. McAlpine and L. G. Boyle linked to a Tennessee Sanders tract land swindle, with McAlpine to stand trial in Columbus after U S court proceedings in Fort Dodge. It also mentions Cyrus Smith of Webster City dying recently and details his early career.
Mt Pleasant June 12 Hon Joshua G Newbold former governor of Iowa died at his home from apoplexy Wednesday night He was elected lieutenant governor in 1875 and became governor when Kirkwood left for the U S Senate He later served three terms as mayor and four terms in the state assembly and was speaker of the assembly
A biographical sketch notes Samuel J. Kirkwood born May 12 1830 in Fayette County Pennsylvania of Quaker descent. It traces his youth farming mill teaching medicine and law, move to Iowa in 1854, farming and merchandising near Mt Pleasant and later Cedar Township Van Buren County, and his ascent to lieutenant governor and then governor in 1877 after Kirkwood’s U S Senate election.
Des Moines reports emphasize the Wallace circus as a beacon for orphans and the poor with many signed thanks for access. The piece notes reduced rail rates for the Des Moines engagement and admires Mr. Wallace for providing for children and adults alike.
Mrs. Mary McKnight of Grayville Michigan sits in Kalkaska jail and has confessed to murdering her brother, his wife, and baby with strychnine. She denies other deaths among twelve attributed to her and answers questions about Murphy murders while avoiding others. She has lived in Grayville, seemed sane, and mortgage fears may have revealed the crimes.
Mrs Ida Weede, widow of a Topeka banker, was long engaged to Governor W J Bailey of Kansas. The engagement became public after stories of his bachelor status circulated. Mrs Bailey, who worked as a clerk in Kansas City after her first husband died, married the governor June 9 and has two children, the elder being 11.
A $50,000 memorial fund is being raised for Charles Waldo Haskins, author of House hold Accounts. The endowment will create the Charles Waldo Haskins professorship of auditing and history of account ancy in NYU's school of commerce, accounts and finance. Ten thousand dollars have already been subscribed.
In Washington anxiety grew over Gov. Taft of the Philippines. Secretary Root asked about his health by cable. Taft replied he had completed a twenty five mile horseback journey and stood the trip well. The secretary inquired about a sore in a light, humorous exchange.
New York City officials including Police Commissioner Greene make rounds in automobiles. Several department heads use cars regularly. The water department has purchased a car for one engineer to aid field duties.
Retired U S Army general Alexander McCook died at 6 thirty a m June 12 at the home of his daughter Mrs Charles Craighead in Dayton Ohio after a sequence of strokes. His widow Mrs McCook and two daughters Mrs Chauncey Baker and Mrs Craighead were present.
Maj Gen McDowell McCook, last of the fighting McCooks to leave active service, born April 22 1831 in Columbia County Ohio. Civil War hero on many fronts rose from captain to brevet major general and later commanded the department of Arizona Colorado before retirement in 1895. He represented the United States at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II in May 1896.
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