Estate dispute over Beresford will division and heirs
A New York attorney represents the Beresford estate in a probate fight over a will valued above 1 million with lands and cattle in Mexico and Canada. Flora Wolff claims a common law wife’s share of 10 000 dollars and refuses the bequest, while creditors seek administrator appointment to settle debts and distribute the remaining estate to Beresford's two brothers. Admiral Lord Beresford had failed to mediate with Flora Wolff and left other claims to his attorney for adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea
Imana
Haverbeen
Oes ‘Beresford
Beresford
New York
Beresfords
Mexico
Canada
Flora Wolff
Wolffwoman
Lord Beresford
el Paso
Flora Wolffland
Indictments for Land Fraud Against Utah Fuel Company
United States grand jury returned new indictments against the Utah Fuel Company of Salt Lake City and six of its employees for fraudulent acquisition of title to government coal lands. Bench warrants issued for Henry F. Williams, Robert Forester, William D. Koster, George A. Moore, Elroy M. Clark, Denver attorney Alexander H. Cole, and other related officials. Evidence suggested dummy locators were used to secure lands for the Gould corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Fuel Company
Salt Lake City
United States Grand Jury
United States District Attorney
United States
Fatality in ball game ends life of Mitchell youth
Earle Dales, 17, son of Steve Dales of Mitchell South Dakota, collapsed about fifty yards from home after a baseball game. He had been attending a business college in Rockford Illinois. At the inquest the verdict was death from heart trouble due to over exertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Dales
Steve Dales
Mitchell, S. D
Dales
Business’ College
Rockford
Bales
London man killed posing as signalman near Croydon
William Zeitz of London was killed while acting as a signalman in a moving picture scene of a train wreck near Croydon. The train did not stop due to a signaling error, robbers were said to be involved in the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zeitz
London
Killen
Croydon
Beaten and Robbed at Southeast Junction Station
I R Taffinger the Frisco Southeast Junction agent in charge near St Louis was attacked by two men Monday night. He was beaten into insensibility with a club and robbed of a small sum of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. R. Taffinger
Southeast Junction
Frisco
St. Louis
Kansas Board Raises Oil Trust Valuation by 30 Percent
The Kansas state board of railroad assessors Tuesday increased the assessed valuation of Standard Oil Company property in Kansas by 30 percent, lowering the company's value to $3,727,000 from its own return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Board of Railroad Assessors
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Sioux City Live Stock Prices Show Varied Quotes
Tuesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market report show Ten pees at $6.70 and Top hogs at $6.42 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Minnesota to Cut Out Passes Law Proposal
A legislative committee on free passes agreed to recommend a bill prohibiting all free privileges on railroads telegraph and telephone lines after December 31 next. The proposal targets passes for officials employees and associates to curb improper benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Joint Legislative Committee
Meeting of Kings Draws Naval Squadron From Naples
A squadron of torpedo boats left Naples Monday for Gaeta to be present at the meeting between King Edward I and King Victor Emmanuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Gaeta
Edward I
Victor Emmanuel
Minnesota Railroad Property Valued At 216 Million
The Lyndberg investigating committee reported to the state senate Monday that railroad property in Minnesota is valued at 216 million dollars about 27 thousand dollars per mile. It cites capitalized value near 400 million or 360 thousand per mile, with net earnings around 5 thousand per mile and roughly 18 percent return on invested capital. The Chicago Great Western line, built by A B Stickney, shows stock and funded debt around 143,668 dollars per mile while the committee estimates value at about 28 thousand per mile, noting last report costs of 98,011 per mile for line and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Lyndberg
State Senate
Ili
Lne
Chicago Great ‘Western
Disaster in Neva River Claims 25 Drowned
The river steamer Archangelsk foundered crossing the Neva near St. Petersburg late Saturday night. Weather hindered sight from shore as crews from two steamers tried to aid, but many passengers were swept under ice. Police say 31 missing, mostly workingmen or small merchants. The wreck settled near the river bottom, divers blocked by ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archangelsk
Neva
St. Petersburg
Okhta
Trust Company President Sees $50000 Bond Shortage Recovered
W O Douglas of New York a Trust Company of North America assistant loan clerk was arrested Sunday over a $50000 shortage. Oakleigh Thorne president says all losses will be recovered and bonds allegedly turned over to a Wall Street broker acting in good faith. Mrs Douglas, seen with her husband at the hotel, has not appeared since midnight Sunday amid fears for her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company
W. O. Douglas
New York
Trust Company of North America
Oakleigh -Thorne
Douglas
Severe cold devastates Colorado fruit crop after snow storm
A cold snap following a heavy snow storm hit eastern Colorado with 14 to 30 degree drops. Grand Junction reported grave fruit conditions and potential losses in the millions, while moisture benefits other crops. The storm affected a wide area from Lander Wyoming to Roswell New Mexico, mainly eastern slopes of the Rockies.
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Weather Bureau
Denver
Pueblo
Eastern
Colorado
Grand Junction
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Texas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Lander
Wyo
Rapid’ City
S. D
Santa Fe
N. M
Roswell
Black Hand in court as 20 plus foreigners face trial
More than a score of foreigners charged as leaders of the Black Hand go on trial in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Thirteen shooting conspiracy and dynamiting counts plus two robbery by threats charges mark the accusations. The group is linked to years of terror and murders in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hand
Wilkesbbarre
Navy Yeoman Appeals Supreme Court Over Uniform Rights
Chief Yeoman Fred J. Buenzle of the U S Navy lodges an appeal to the supreme court after a Newport dance hall expulsion ruling went against him. A fund backed by President Roosevelt and naval officers supports the suit to clarify rights of those in naval uniform. Captain Albert C Dillingham of the Naval Training Service oversees the fund and case proceeding to the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of
Ee Island
Fred J. Buenzle
United States Navy
Newport
William H. Sweetland
Rhode Island
Superior Court
Buenzle
Roosevelt
Albert C.dillingham
Naval Training Service
Supreme Court
Family arrested as poisoners in Dana Gilman murder case
Mrs Leah C Gilman, her son Col lines, and daughters Bessie and Fayne Gilman waived preliminary hearing in Squire Holderman's Payton Court. They were bound over to the grand jury on the murder charge and released on total bonds of 7000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah C.’ Gilman
Collines
Bessie
Fayne
Squire Holderman
Payton, C
Dana Gilman
Davy Crockett Train Derails Near San Antonio
The second section of the Davy Crockett train on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad derailed four miles south of San Antonio Sunday night injuring eight people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass Road
San Antonio
Tex
Four Hodad Children Die in Fulton Ky Fire
Four Hodad children aged possibly minors perished in a Fulton Kentucky home fire Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Hodad suffered serious burns as their residence burned to ashes. The Greek merchant family resided on Fulton street. Local fire officials investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodad
Fulton, Ky
Ruef Jury Completed in San Francisco Case
The jury in the Abraham Ruef case, charged with extortion, was completed Monday afternoon in San Francisco.
Measles at Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Bloomington
Forty five measles cases reported at the Soldiers' Orphans' home in Bloomington Illinois leading to its closure to the public. Four deaths were announced Monday amid the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Orphans
Bloomington
Ill
Richmond minister vows to accept tainted funds
The Rev. Allen Way of Richmond Indiana stated he would accept tainted money and use it properly while dedicating a new Friends church on Sunday.
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Allenway
Richmond
Ind
New Friends
Midgets to wed as license issued in Marian Ohio
Fred Whiteside aged 21 of Pittsburgh and Miss Fannie Donovan aged 87 of Chicago secured a marriage license in Marian Ohio. Whiteside stands four feet eleven inches tall and weighs 83 pounds while his bride shares the same height but weighs 175 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whiteside
Pittsburg
Fannie Donovan
Chicago
Marian
O. Whiteside
Indorsement of Fairbanks for President by Indiana Republicans
At meetings of the Republican editors of Indiana's Tenth congressional district resolutions were adopted unanimously endorsing Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for the Republican presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indorse Fairbanks
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Diamond Match Official Dies of Heart Rheumatism
Louis W. Donalley traffic manager for the Diamond Match company in New York died recently of rheumatism of the heart. He will be buried at Muscatine Iowa where he formerly lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Match
Louis W. Donalley
New York
Diamond Match Company
Muscartine
Sir George Armstrong Dies in London Globe Proprietor
Sir George Armstrong, proprietor of the London Globe, died in London recently at an advanced age. The death removes a noted figure in journalism and a staunch supporter of the Globe’s editorial stance. The exact age and full obituary details remain to be confirmed in ensuing notices.
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George Armstrong
Sir George Armstrong
The
London Globe
London
Senate tabs House resolution endorsing Roosevelt
Minnesota Senate kills a House backed resolution endorsing President Roosevelt amid controversy with J. Harrisman. The measure was laid on the table by a 37 to 10 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kills Roosevelt
Minnesota Senate
Roosevelt
J. H. Harrisman
Bank of Weston Robbery Highlights Quick Escape
A pair of robbers held up the Bank of Weston in Weston Illinois and obtained two thousand dollars before escaping. Police search ongoing with no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Weston
Weston, IL
Shortage at Sigourney bank grows to seventy thousand
Iowa State News reports the Farmers and Traders bank of Sigourney faces a widening shortage, estimated at 70 000 with potential rise to 100 000. Cashier Ware admits fault, claiming no personal gain amid years of misery. Five others are said to be implicated as overdrafts grew unchecked. Depositors rushed to file statements as auditors assess the bank’s true condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Institution
Ware
R. S. Davidson
Sigourney
Board of Trade
Carroll
Victory for Iowa Bank Tax Exemption Ruling
U S Supreme Court decides that government bonds held by savings banks as capital stock are exempt from state taxation. Justice Moody delivers the opinion in Home Savings Bank vs City of Des Moines noting the Iowa Supreme Court erred in allowing deduction of bonds from assessed stock value. Chief Justice Harlan and Peckham dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Moody
Home Savings Bank
Iowa Supreme Court
United States
Moody
Harlan and Peckham
Two Trainmen Die At Bluffs In Rail Yard Accidents
Two railroad workers died in Council Bluffs yards on Sunday. William Burns 32 married two weeks. caught in a guard rail and killed instantly near a moving engine. A Hafman 45, from Hannibal Mo., died after being crushed by wheels when a tender passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
William Burns
Rock Island
Burns
A. Hafman
Mt Pleasant Woman Dies at 79 in German-born Timmerman Family
Mt. Pleasant resident Mrs. M. D. Timmerman died recently at age 79 after a year of illness. born in Germany, she had lived in Mt. Pleasant since 1855. Her husband preceded her in death. she leaves several children including Henry Timmerman, a prominent merchant, with death hastened by a stroke of paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt.: Pleasant
M. D. Timmerman
Mt. Pleasant
Germany
Henry Timmerman
Centerville Plans Clean Up Day and Flower Planting
The Ladies Improvement Association of Centerville designates May 1 as clean up day and the city will cooperate to beautify the town. The aim is to make Centerville shine and bloom like a rose garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Improvement Association of
Centerville
Bagley Pair Are Married at Bride’s Parents Home
Miss Lulu Holmes and Mr. Daniel Russell were married at 5 o'clock Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride’s parents southwest of Bagley. Both originate from prominent farming families near Bagley and begin life together under favorable circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagley
Lulu Holmes
Daniel Russell
Trial of Southwell: Insanity Defense in Barber Shop Shooting
Arthur Southwell, barber shop principal in Council Bluffs, faces an assault with intent to kill charge after a sensational shooting weeks ago in which he allegedly tried to shoot Charles Hawkins. The defense will be emotional insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Southwell
Council Bluffs
Charles Hawkins
Southwell
Philleo Goes to the West Under Bond Continuance
Former Cedar Falls alderman M. D. Philleo, indicted on embezzlement charges, travels to Los Angeles with his sister Mrs. Ida P. Hubbard who funded his bond and secured a court continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philleo
M. D. Philleo
Cedar Falls
Los Angeles
Cal
Iia P. Hubbard
Aldrich Improves After Eye Operation in Boone
Hon Charles Aldrich recovers well after cataract surgery in Boone. He plans a second operation on the remaining eye in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Charles Aldrich
Boone
Banker Free On Thornton Trial Jury Returns Verdict
The jury in the state case against J. D. Barlow found for the defendant on a technical point about embezzlement. The court ruled that handling a $1,886 check with part value retained did not constitute embezzlement, sending the verdict accordingly. March 1906 records show a Myer check intended for a Beloit bank to settle a $2,700 note, with only $135 received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Barlow
Bank of ‘Thornton
Barlow
George Myer
Thornton
Bank of Thornton
Beloit
Wis
Myer
B. P. Hansen
Thornton Bank
Three Men Get Prison Terms In Railroad Theft Case
J B Hollendors of Marshalltown former roadmaster W V Sibert and Claude S Johnson were sentenced in Waterloo for their part in stealing from the Chicago Great Western railroad unearthed by agents last fall. Hollendors gets three years at Anamosa Sibert and Johnson sixty days each in county jail. The judge said Hollendors showed little chance for clemency other than concern for his family. The indictments centered on obtaining money by false pretenses. other indictments were dismissed.
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J. B. Hollendors
Marshalltown
W. V. Sibert
Cedar Falls
Claude S. Johnson
Roeinbeck
Waterloo
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Hollendors
Anamosa
Sibert
Johnson
Hollenhors
Jerry O'Leary
Des Moines
Ransler
Rewed Her First Husband in Iowa After Divorce
A Nebraska couple, A. J. Young and Elizabeth Branstetter, renewed marriage vows in Council Bluffs after years apart. Elizabeth had divorced Charles E. Branstetter in 1898 and remarried him. Nebraska law forbids re marrying within six months after legal separation, so the couple crossed to Iowa to wed again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Council Slufts
A. J. Young
Elizabeth Branstetter
Council Bluffs
Charles E. Branstetter
Younghusband No .1
Iowa
Prosperoous saloonman quits to join carpentry trade
Billy Carter of Manson has shut down his profitable irrigation saloon on Second Street to work as a carpenter. He closed the business last Saturday after serving the last drink and plans to take on several large carpentry contracts this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Carpenter
Billy” Carter
Carter
Second Street
Tragic House Fire Kills Three Children in Mystic
Mrs. Charles Bardwell of Mystic loses her 6 year old daughter in a school run while her 4 year old son left a 18 month old brother and an 83 year old sister asleep. The boy used matches and started a fire that consumed the home and burned the three children to ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bardwell
Mystic
Pennell Appointed to Audit Cass County Books
George F E Pennell of Atlantic, expert accountant for the state auditor, has been appointed by the court to examine Cass county books following a grand jury recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennell
George FE. Pennell
Atlantic
State Auditor's Office
Cass County
Grand Jury
Iowa Falls Hotel Burns. Fire Damages Woods Hotel
Sunday morning blaze damaged the Woods hotel at Iowa Falls with losses estimated at 1500 dollars. Insurance on the building is expected to nearly cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Woods
Cornerstone Placed for Sacred Heart Church at Rockwell
The cornerstone of Sacred Heart church in Rockwell was laid Sunday afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The edifice is expected to cost 37,600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Rockwell
City Ownership Attacked by Iowa Executive Leader
A. W. Zahn of Mason City attacked municipal ownership at a Clinton convention addressing the Iowa Electrical Association. He warned public service corporations would soon be controlled by a commission and urged reform to improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electrical Association
Clinton
A. W. Zahn
Mason City
Iowa
Cass County Fair Association Names New Secretary
H. B. Marquis has been elected secretary of the Cass County Fair association to succeed J. B. Harlan who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palr
H. BH
Marquis
Cass County Fair Aggreiation
J. 8. Harlan
Dr Wiley on Diet Gauges Health and Strength
Dr H M Wiley chemical expert discusses diet for health and strength before the house committee on expenditures for the Agriculture Department. He favors personal rations with starch or sugar for strenuous work, questions nerve and brain foods, warns against drugs, notes daily dry food intake about 1 percent of body weight, and emphasizes liquids and gold as part of total daily intake. He warns that toxins harm the sick, not the healthy, and that illness lowers resistance to germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Wiley
Department of ‘Agriculture
House
Agricultural Department
Littlefield
Wiley
Athan
Dr. Wiley
Derson
Golda
Labor News braces for strikes and union activity across regions
The report covers union actions and wage talks in cities from New Bedford to Stockton and Winnipeg to Boston. It notes gender gaps in European union workers, charter decisions by Weavers and Cigarmakers, and plans for a major study by Samuel Gompers on the rise of organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonecutters’ International Union
A. F. of L
Labor Temple Association of
Kansas City
New Bedford
Mass
Weavers’ Union
United Textile Workers
Massachusetts State Council of
Electrical Workers’ Unions
Boston
Japan
Union Carpenters’ Tall ‘Association of
Oakland
Cal
Winnipeg
Man
International Union
Maag
Bras Workers’ Union
Metal’ Polishers, Buffers, Platers and Brass and
Aulyer Workers’ International
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Round & Smeth
Wegress
Beresford Estate
Mon Law
Bleman
Salt Lake
Rockford, Ill
Wilkesbarre
Lynch Law
Lodz
Ist
Figets
Vietim
M. Pak
Yong
Board of Auditors
Seoul
State News
Iowa Bank
Victory
Bluffs
Ming
Europe
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