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Dr C I Ebetle visits Duncombe amid a flurry of calls across the region. Residents travel to Des Moines Ames Gowrie and Chicago while families plan summer visits and birthdays.
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
6
Wanted to Sell at Kamrar Ia Gentleman's Wagon Seat
Local advertises a gentleman's stick seat driving wagon for 80 dollars with two wheel sets one rubber and one steel. Surrey price range 60 to 100 dollars. Listed by J. W. Pearce & Son in Kamrar Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamrar
Surrey
J. W. Pearce & Son
Morrison found guilty of second degree manslaughter in Eldorado
Jessie Morrison was convicted for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle after a 30 hour jury dispute in Eldorado Kansas. The judge set a penalty of three to five years in the penitentiary and one of her lawyers filed a notice of appeal. Morrison was jailed in her old cell as her family departed. The case involved a late night band concert near the courthouse with Morrison and her brother playing instruments nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Kan
Jessile Morrison
Olin Castle
Miss Morrison
Jessie Morrison
Hayward
Morrison
Jessie
Brother
FOX 18 CHOSEN PRESIDENT AND SHERIFFS ELECT OFFICERS
The Interstate Sheriffs Association meeting in Chicago elected J. M. Fox as President and John Power as first vice president with 77 counties across 12 states represented. Reform discussions centered on county jail improvements to advance criminal reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power
Interstate Sheriff's Association
Chicago
Interstate Sheriffs’ Association
J. M. Fox
Freeport
Ills
John. Power
Omaha
Phil T. Megarden
Minneapolis
Tragic Murders and Court Action Reported
In McKinney Texas Rev John Long, a colored man, killed his wife by slashing her throat on a main street then surrendered after a struggle and was jailed. In Denver Judge Haslett granted a habeas corpus for Edward H Reid a cattle shipper from Omaha convicted of shipping cattle into Colorado without a health bill. In Joplin Missouri Will Moore a grocery executive was shot in the back by Wilkins Taylor after a quarrel in a saloon over a racing matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Tex
John Long
Long
Denver
Haslett
United States
District Court
Edward H. Reid
Omaha
Arapahoe
Texas
Joplin
Will Moore
8. C. Henderson Grocery Company
Missouri
Wilkins Taylor
Another Body Recovered After Cass Wreck in Peru
In Cass wreckage removal on the Wabash railroad Tuesday night a second body was found under a demolished car. Identified as 10 year old Pasceno Manteno, daughter of Teusa Manteno, she joins her father among the dead buried in the Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Cass
Pasceno Manteno
Teusa Manteno
Pope Seriously Ill With Vatican Says Illness Deepens
A Rome dispatch reports the pope is seriously ill with Dr Lapponni at his bedside. Vatican officials express anxiety over the pontiff's health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petit Bleu
Rome
Lapponni
Vatican
Last of Volunteers Arrive in San Francisco
The Forty third regiment the last volunteers to leave the Philippines arrived on the Kilpatrick transport yesterday in San Francisco The Forty second infantry was mustered out of service yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fortythird Regiment
Philippines
Kil
Patrick
Manila
Forty-second Infantry
Boers Attack Richmond in Cape Colony Action
A large Boer force led by Malan and Smit attacked Richmond at daybreak on June 25. The fighting continued until dark as British reinforcements arrived and the Boers retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Cape Colony
Malan
Smit
Record-Setting Crop Yield Expected in Dakotas and Minnesota
Chicago reports rail traffic officials forecast a 1901 wheat harvest of 185,000,400 to 200,000,000 bushels in Minnesota and the Dakotas, exceeding 1898's 175,600,000 bushels. Officials credit railroad colonization efforts increasing cultivated lands and grain acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Chicago
Northwest Territory
St. Paul
Northwestern
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Record-Herald
Seventh National Bank of New York Closes Its Doors
The Seventh National bank of New York closed after 11 am yesterday as the comptroller appointed a national bank examiner as temporary receiver. The bank’s failure followed government-imposed conditions and heavy withdrawals by country banks, with the institution previously dating back to 1838 as the old Seventh Ward bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Handa
Seventh’ National Bank of New York
Comptroller’ of the Currency
Comptroller
Currency’s Department
Washington
Seventh National Bank
Old
Seventh Ward ‘Bank
Seventh
Battle casualties and captures reported in Philippine Islands
Lieutenant Edward Downes of the First Infantry and a private were killed in Samar. Captain Woodbury of the Nineteenth Infantry captured Samson's camp on Bobol Island. Private Kraus died and four were wounded. Lieutenant Mina McNair captured 54 insurgents in Tayabas, Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downes
Privat
Bohol
Manila
Edward Downes
Samar
Woodbury
Samson
Bobol
Kraus
Mina McNair
Tayabas
Luzon
Oe Te
County Treasurer Slugged In Minden Robbery Fire
Fred Norlin, county treasurer, was attacked in his office at the courthouse in Minden Nebraska. The robber rifled pockets and the money drawer then set fire to the building. Norlin was knocked senseless and is reported seriously injured. extent of loss unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minden
Neb
Fred. Norlin
Court House
Norlin
Republicans Fix Date for Nebraska State Convention in Lincoln
Nebraska Republicans fix the state convention date for August twenty eighth in Lincoln. The state central committee announced the plan after a meeting last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Republican State Central Committee
Knights of St. John Elect Officers at Cincinnati Meeting
The Knights of St. John yesterday elected Henry J. Friese of Erie, Pennsylvania as president. The group chose to meet next year in Rochester, New York. Thomas O'Connor of Peoria Illinois and T. J. Lally of Cleveland were named to the board of supreme trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of St. John
Cincinnati
Henry J. Friese
Erie
Rochester
N.Y
Thomas O'Connor
Peoria
Illc
T. J. Lally
Cleveland
Board of Supreme Trustees
Small Tornado Strikes Boscobel Wisconsin
A small tornado hit Boscobel Wisconsin last night causing few trees to fall with no further damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boscobel
Boscobel, Wis
Fires at Chester Point Ark ruin 20 homes and cost over 100000
Sparks from the wires report a Thursday fire at Chester Point Arkansas destroying more than twenty houses with losses exceeding 100000 though insured. Other items note Thomas G Barker's five year sentence for felonious assault in Jersey City and a $4500 drafts theft on an Omaha train. A pickpocket gang on the Omaha road has been active for weeks. A rancher dispute in Cleveland Missouri ends with a man shot and another wounded in a shotgun exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Point
Ark
Thomas G. Barker
Hudson County
Jersey City
John Keller
Arlington
B. Shattuck
Anoka
Minn
Omaha
Omaha Road
St. Paul
George W. Cane
Joe Sheetz
Cleveland
Mon
Sheetz
Wife Dies After House Fire Orchestrated by Blackmail
Topeka reports the death of Mrs. W C Carson wife of a Cowley county farmer after anonymous demands to deposit 5000 then 3000 led to arson while her husband was away. Neighbors found her burned insensible near the ruins and she later died after recounting the blackmail plot and attempting to save valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
W.'C. Carson
Cowley County
Carson
Oxford
Mr. Duin
Drownings Near Waterloo In Lake Rescue Attempt
At Waterloo Nebraska on June 28 Fred Fetter and Walter Evans drowned in R H Browns lake two and a half miles west of town. Fred Fetter 17 and Walter Evans 28 were swimming when deep water pulled them under Evans tried to rescue Fetter Arch Brown risked his life twice to save them and pulled Evans from the lake but could not save him Fetter's body was recovered later Evans leaves a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Evans
Fred Fetter
Waterloo
Neb
Fred “Fetter
R. H.brown
S. Lake
Arch. Brown
Meecue Fetter
Arch Brown
Young Fetter
Mr. Evans
Relief Train Reaches Elkhorn West Virginia
June 28 report from Elkhorn West Virginia says rail and wire lines are holding steady after washouts. About 3000 laborers repaired washouts to temporary use toward Vivian. Relief train arrived delivering supplies though debris and driftwood still hamper progress and more houses are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Vivian
Baseball Scores From Yesterday National and American Leagues
National League games showed Philadelphia 16 Chicago 7 Brooklyn 8 Pittsburgh 7 New York 5 Cincinnati 7 Boston 8 St Louis 4. American League Washington 2 Boston 0 Chicago 5 Cleveland 1 Baltimore 9 Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4 Milwaukee 3. Western League Omaha 4 St Joseph 7 Minneapolis 3 Colorado Springs 8 Des Moines 6 Kansas City 2 St Paul 11 Denver 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detriot
Milwau
Omaha
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Paul
Denver
Political War Sparks In Philadelphia Nomination Fight
In Philadelphia on June 28 a large town meeting at the Academy of Music nominated District Attorney P. F. Rothermel Jr. for district attorney against John Weaver, the Republican organization’s pick. Five thousand citizens attended the event signaling a fierce local political battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Neligh Dam Breaks Under High Water in Nebraska
Elkhorn River drop and two weeks of high water caused 12 feet of the dam's north section to wash out in Neligh Nebraska. Efforts focus on retaining remaining structure as the loss impacts Gilman the proprietor and the town's electric light plant reliant on this power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neligh
Neligh, Neb
Elkhorn
Gilman
Founder of Dawson City Founder Joseph Ladue Dies in New York
Plattsburg NY June 28 Joseph Ladue founder of Dawson City in the Klondike is dead at his Schuyler Falls home. He had not been well since returning from Alaska and spent last winter at Colorado Springs seeking health. He fell a victim to consumption and is survived by a widow and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Ebetle
Duncombe
Alexander Groves
Kamrar
S. H. Miller
Des Moines
Laura Miller
Vincent
Alfred Wickwire
Scranton
Gowrie
Roscoe Tucker
Miss Armstrong
Chicago
J. P. Metcalf
Marshalltown
J. M. Beardsley
Hardy
J. E. Brunner
Converse Lumber Company
Converse
Louisiana
Cc. E. Buell
Heslop
McCallsburg
Iowa
John McLain
Colorado
W. J. Cavil
D. C. Pruden
Letts
Solomon Kepler
Omaha
Kepler Farm
A. L. Kern
The
Home Life Insurance Company of
New York
Bessie
Harry Counts
Leslie
S.E. Morse
New Woodstock
N. Y
D. D. Chase
Andrews
Boone
Dawson
Plattsburg, N. Y
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
the Klondike
Schuyler Falls
Trapped by Decoy Letter in Mail Theft Probe
Chicago reports Harrison W. Martin a railway postal clerk arrested on suspicion of involvement in a months long mail theft ring. A decoy letter led to his capture as trains west bound were repeatedly robbed of packages and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harrison W. Martin
Martin
Four Die After Scaffolding Falls 80 Feet at Buffalo Tank
A scaffold inside a massive elevator tank in Buffalo collapsed, sending six iron workers 80 feet to the ground. Four men died soon after, another was fatally injured, and one worker survived with serious injuries. Victims named include John Keefe Jr, W Krause, John Corbett Jr, and Petra Krozinger. The injured were James Carl and William Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
John Keefe
W. Krause
John Corbett, Jr
Petra Krozinger
James Carl
William Edwards
Fatal Buffalo Freight House Fire Claims One Life
A blaze at the Lehigh Valley railroad freight house at Tifft Farm in Buffalo destroyed the building and sheds, with damage about 100000. One Italian laborer, Pietro Zaizo, is missing after leaping into the Blackwell canal. several others were burned and rescued. The steamer Hennepin also caught fire causing about 25000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Tifft Farm
Black“well
Pietro Zaizo
Lehigh Valley
Drowned Hero Saves Woman On Tennessee River
Samuel Logan son of Judge 8. T. Logan drowned in the Tennessee River at Knoxville after rescuing Miss H. L. Quinn of New Orleans. A boating party near a stern wheel steamboat capsized as Miss Guion leaped to safety. Logan followed, exhausted, and drowned while pulling her to the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Logan
Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
T. Logan
H. L. Quinn
New Orleans
Guion
Logan
Miss Guion
Officials discuss forming St Louis line via Albert Lea
Wabash officials and others considered creating a Minneapolis and St Louis route with Iowa Central railway via Albert Lea and Albia. A new Iowa Central line could alter Chicago to St Paul rates and reportedly cut first class freight by three cents per hundred miles west of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
St - Marshalltown
di. N. Tittemore
Iowa Central Railway
Minneapolis
Hail Damage in Stutsman County Estimated at 150000
Jamestown North Dakota reports from Stutsman County put hail rain and wind damage at about 150000. No lives lost though there were narrow escapes. A five mile strip between Buchanan and Parkhurst on the Jamestown and Northern line was swept clean of grain. Insurance was light and losses are total in many cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stutsman County
Jamestown
N. D
Stutsman
Buchanan
Parkhurst
Plans for Electric Line Between Sioux City and Omaha
Sioux City promoters with eastern capitalists plan an electric line linking Sioux City and Omaha within a year. The route would run along the Iowa side of the Missouri river, connecting the two cities if funding and plans hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Omaha
Iowa
Missouri River
Presidents Burt and Hays Meet Over Allied Railroads
In San Francisco President Burt of the Union Pacific arrived for talks with President Hays of the Southern Pacific on allied-railroad matters. Burt offered no specific statements. In Ames Iowa Jesse Vanscoy 26 and his brother John 11 drowned while rescuing each other near the river. Jesse leaves a wife and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Hays
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Ames
Jesse Vanscoy
John
Jesse
Considine Charged With Murder in Seattle Case
Coroner's jury finds William L. Meredith killed by John Considine aided by Tom Considine in Seattle. Warrants issued charging the two Considines with murder.
Miss Fifield Returns Home After Disappearance
Miss Helen Fifield, who had been missing for a week, arrived from Buffalo to Janesville Wisconsin and was restored to her parents. She declines to speak about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Nickerson
Ames
J. W. Pearce
Radcliffe
F. L. Taylor
Topeka
Kansas
A. A. Cook
Gertrude Kephart
Simpson College Glee Club
Boone
Faith Crum
Saratoga School
Manchester
Miss May
Dana Wickware
Chicago
Battle Creek
Michigan
Fifield
Janesville
Wis
Helen Fifield
Buffalo
Yale and Harvard row to thrilling varsity race in New London
Yale beat Harvard in the four mile varsity race by about two lengths with Yale clocking 23 37 to Harvard 23 45. Harvard won the freshmen race in 10 27 4 6 to Yale 10 48. Harvard dominated the later four with Yale suffering boat trouble and finishing six lengths behind in 11 49 4 5 to Yale 12 09 1 4 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge
New Haven
Navy Yard
Crimson
New Haven Collegians
Thomas
Bow
Rumsey
Ruthven Executed for Cleveland Police Murder
Ohio state penitentiary annex executed Edwin Ruthven at 12 08 a m for the May 6 1900 murder of Police Officer Shipp in Cleveland. Ruthven proclaimed his innocence but received one shock and died two minutes after the current was applied. Also reports on Thomas Owens promising one million dollars for a patent binder and Commons adopting the coal tax bill in London with Irish protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipp
Columbus
Edwin Ruthven
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ruthven
Cleveland
York
Neb
Thomas Owens
Harvester Company
Commons
London
Gomez Reaches Tampa From Havana on US Soil
General Maximo Gomez arrived in Tampa from Havana and immediately left for New York. He expressed happiness to set foot on American soil and said his people are rebuilding their damaged island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomez
Tampa
Fla
Maximo Gomez
Havana
New York
Decatur County GOP backs Cummins for governor at state convention
Decatur county Republicans instructed the delegation to the state convention for Cummins as governor by a 665 to 456 vote for Conger Chickasaw instructed for Trewin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Cummins
Des Moines
Decatur County
Govenor
Conger
Chickasaw
Trewin
Former Sheriff Pence Dies Distinct Iowa Politician
Marshalltown Iowa reports former Sheriff J B Pence died suddenly at his home from heart failure. A well known figure in local politics he held prominence in the area for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pence
Marshalltown
J. B. Pence
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