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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
2
The Freeman-Tribune endorses A N Boeye for district judge to fill the vacancy after the death of Charles A Bishop. Boeye, a Webster City attorney, is praised for legal skill, sound judgment, and public spirit. The paper highlights his decades of practice and broad esteem in Hamilton County.
The legislature adjourned yesterday to reconvene November 24 for the U S Senate election. Talk centers on candidates ex Governor Frank D Jackson and Congressman Walter I Smith while Hon John F Lacey and others are urged to enter the race. The Freeman Tribune backs Lacey as a viable opponent to Cummins.
Former Danish justice minister M Alberti surrendered to police and admitted stealing multiple millions from the Bonde standens Sparkasse savings bank where he served as president. The Danish Farmers’ Butter Export Association suffered a loss of 1.5 million dollars as ruin spread among peasants dependent on his schemes.
Five children aged five to ten perished from suffocation when the Burdette home near New Brighton fifteen miles northwest of St Paul caught fire last night while parents were away.
The special session enacts a measure allowing voters to choose candidates on election day. Republican lawmakers pledge to honor majority will as expressed. The speaker argues the new administration must perfect enforcement machinery to restrain lawbreakers while minimizing disruption to legitimate business.
Judge W D Evans, current district judge, nominated by the Republican state convention on the tenth ballot to fill the Bishop vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court. Hamilton County backed Evans ten to three on the final ballot, with Healy receiving three votes. Evans, born in Wisconsin in 1852 and raised in Iowa, has practiced law in Hempton since 1879 and has served as district judge since 1903. He also teaches at the State University College of Law, and A N Boeye is a candidate to succeed him.
A woman identified as Mrs. Frank Galler of a miner’s family robbed a money box at Powder Mill creek and fired on five officers in a gun battle before her capture. No one was hurt in the confrontation.
Des Moines reports a violent rat attack on an 8 month old baby at 319 Seventh Street while the mother cared for a sick husband. The infant suffered permanent injuries including scalp lacerations and possible hair loss, with the child doomed to lifelong scarring.
Especial interest centers on a $5,500 damage case Edward Fairchilds versus F M Alexander in the Harrison county district court September term. The suit claims that after Fairchilds was injured by a vicious bull, Alexander stole his wife's affections during the winter in his yards.
Two highwaymen robbed Bloomfield post office after a money order was cashed. One man grabbed $250 and fled. a posse pursued toward Belknap. An arrest was made in Belknap after an automobile chase. $181 in currency was recovered from the suspect James Brons of Wisconsin who remained silent.
Fires threaten Hibbing and other range towns with 1000 residents fighting brush fires and wetting fields. Grand Marais faces a dramatic aftermath as the steamship Gopher carries naval militia to rescue isolated settlers of 600, mostly fishermen and Indians, with communications cut off.
Topeka Kansas reports the death of Mrs. Sallie Ruthford in the city today at the age of 133 years.
William Gardner formerly of Corning Iowa and later a Minneapolis merchant died from a fall after being kicked on the leg by a horse. The injury initially seemed minor but the leg gave way and he struck his head, causing brain concussion and immediate death.
In Omaha the jury found Dr. Frederick Rustin was shot by a man, not tied to others, while urging continued inquiry into Davis, Austin, and Davis associates. Mrs. Rice, released from custody, vows to leave Omaha and train as a nurse, aiming to start a clean life away from her past.
W H Nutt a Great Western brakeman residing at 1432 Des Moines street was killed by a freight train at Reinbeck while making a switch. His foot caught in a frog and the train cut off both legs and arms. He died about an hour after the midnight accident. He leaves a wife and one daughter. His father Jefferson Nutt was killed similarly at Ames a year earlier.
Hurl Rodamaker was held to the grand jury after a hearing in Norah Springs Iowa for alleged assault on Miss Nora Huffman a neighbor s daughter. He is accused of kicking striking and sticking pitchfork tines into her body. His mother was arrested for using vile language and will be tried later.
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