Senate and House Pass Education and Tax Bills in Saturday Session
The Iowa legislature adjourned to 2 p m Monday after a long session in which the senate passed bills to regulate taxation and city accounting while the house approved measures for education board operations and public works. Key actions included passage of a bill to support school bonds in Clinton and a major revision of assessment and taxation for special charter cities, with debate on the Hartchild labor bill and tenure of office. Memorial resolutions honored Judge Kinne and sentiment favored continued state oversight of education and infrastructure.
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Senate
HW. H. Dyans
Spencer
House
Wits
Dunham
Blunden
Wilson
Clinton
Twenty-eighth
General Assembly
Cedar Township
Linn County
William Cobb
E. B. Kephart
Educational Board of Control
Dill
Committee On Federal Relations
Jamaica
Hartchild
Courtright
Park Ibonds
Hartchild Labor
Lewis
Commercial Club F
Iowa City
Rock Island
Oscar Miller
Committee On
Gilliland
State Board of Educational Regents
Educational Board of Regents
Committee On Insurance
Hayward
Frodden
Warren
Committee
G. W. Mullen
Des Moines
H.F
Woodbine
Caterdock
Clayton County
Tee
Kinne
Young
Lea
Stirton
Jones
Whipple
Renton
Brooks
Yale
Most
I. N. McCash
Clarke
Cummings
Kendall
Hart
Wright
Spaulding
Maben
Whitmer
Youde
D. B. Henderson
Teachout
Frank Bristow
Lundt
Tama
L. G. Kinne
Seventh Judicial District
Benton
Board of Control
Messrs. Lundt, Koontz and Temple
R. E. Wiliams
Scendall
Doran
Hambleton
Garst
Brooks Banking
Calderwood
Lambert
Mattes
Committee On Appropriations
Robinson Bank
Death of Hermit Trapper Dave Rogers Shrouded in Mystery
A South Dakota hermit trapper named Dave Rogers was found dead in his Lincoln County hut by the Big Sioux River. A 38 caliber revolver with three empty chambers and a cocked shotgun lay nearby. a bullet hole in the back of his head and absence of blood or exit evidence raise foul play questions. The door was locked from inside and Rogers had been seen alive three days earlier.
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Dave" Rogers
Big Sioux
Lincoln County
Rogers
Tea votes to ban saloon after no license wins
Residents of Tea ban the saloon in the coming year as ballots cast against liquor prevailed by a two vote margin. The town, lacking an artesian well, faces a year without alcohol and wonders how drinkers will cope.
Vast Army of Relatives Claim Lofty Heirs in Yankton
Lois Lundstrom, the Yankton County pioneer who died recently in a state insane asylum, left an estate valued at 7000 dollars and a surprising number of heirs across the country. Letters asserting relationship pour in from nearly every state as officials sort the claims. Mr and Mrs Edwin Loveland of Rapid City celebrate sixty four years of marriage with twenty eight years residence there. They mark their golden wedding anniversary with a lively observance and note they have several children surviving.
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Lois Lundstrom
Yankton County
Union
Edwin Loveland
Rapid City
Indian Weld for Wife Beating
Indian Runs-Close-to-the-Village bound over to Deadwood district court on assault with intent to kill in a case where he allegedly beat his wife unconscious after drinking bad whisky. The incident left the woman in grave condition, authorities said.
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James Runs
United States District Court
Deadwood
Farmer's Narrow Escape From Runaway Ride
Hutchinson County farmer H Haisch suffered a broken leg after a runaway accident and lay on the prairie over four hours in near zero temperatures before being found by two boys. A 12-year-old Bridgeswater girl has given birth to a child, drawing authorities into an investigation with suspicion falling on a former hired man who vanished.
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H. Haisch
Hutchinson County
Albert Good
Bridgwater
Mr. Good
Gas Plant Explosion Wrecks Hill City Saloon
An acetylene gas plant in MecNish's Hill City saloon exploded, destroying the building and starting a fire. Editor C. Van Woehrman of the Harn ey Peak News was seriously injured. others escaped. J. C. Jensen of Aberdeen died after a month from a gunshot wound that fatally festered from a 14 year old shooter. Electric light plant plans surface at Wagner with John Absher pursuing subscribers. Gov Elrod appoints Francis B. Fairman commissioner of deeds for South Dakota in Pennsylvania.
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MecNish
Hill City
C. van Woehrman
Harn‘ey Peak
J. C. Jensen
Aberdeen
Wagner
John Absher
Wagner, S. D
Gov. Elrod
Francis B. Fairman
Pittsburg
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Rush for land drives Pierre river crossing
Stanley County settlers crowd Pierre as river ice remains fragile delaying a crossing. Families bring goods and shelter while many await a safer ferry or boat passage to their homesteads. Some attempt loading wagons by hand, risking the fragile ice.
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Pierre
Sur
Stanley County
One Man Perished in Colton Fire at Olle Taylor Block
John Hovde aged 65 formerly of Duluth Minnesota died in a Colton blaze that destroyed the Olle Taylor business block on the South Dakota Central railroad northwest of Sioux Falls. He slept in the pool hall and could not escape. The structure housed a pool hall barber shop and Minnehaha club apartments. Loss estimated at 5000.
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Colton
John Hovde
Duluth
Minn
Olle Taylor
South Dakota Central Railroad
Sioux Falls
Hovde
Minnehaha Club
Gas Flow Sparks Bridgewater Well Boom
A strong gas flow was struck during boring on Jacob Smith’s farm eight miles southeast of Bridgewater. The gas continuously spouts forth with great force and lights a 40 foot flame. Crowds gather daily as Bridgewater capitalists consider using the waste power.
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Bridgewater
Jacob Smith
Trish Hounds to Hunt Wolves in Sturgis Area
Shock Hall and A Reder of Sturgis have received Irish bloodhounds to chase wolves on their ranch. The pair, joining their two staghounds, aims to reduce the gray wolf population with swift, effective hunting in the region. In a separate matter, Coroner Miller and State's Attorney Orr concluded John Hovde died from burns in the Ollie Taylor building fire after an investigation in Colton.
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Shock Hall
A. Reder
Sturgis
Hail
Reder
Horde
Miller
Orr
Sioux Falls
Colton
John Hovde
Ollie Taylor
Insane Farmer Captured in Milroy Return to South Dakota
John Dobrey a Deuel County farmer who vanished about ten days ago after showing signs of insanity was captured in Milroy Minnesota and brought back to South Dakota. He had no shelter during the cold weather and wandered the countryside most of the time he was missing.
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John Dobrey
Deuel County
Milroy
Minn
South Dakota
Dobrey
Two Waupaca Men Plan Large Potato Warehouse
Two men from Waupaca Wisconsin are in Aberdeen preparing to establish a wholesale potato shipping house. They operate in Waupaca and intend to grow a large potato acreage and also buy tubers for shipment to other markets. They plan a large warehouse and to conduct business on a big scale.
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Waupaca, Wis
Aberdeen
Waupaca
Black Hills Plant Burns at Deadwood
The Ogden mill chemical reduction plant for gold ores burned to the ground early Tuesday, after just completing its first test run with cyanide and electricity. Losses were $10,500 with $8,000 insured. About fifty Douglas county farmers formed a co operative stock shippers association to ship stock weekly and plan building an elevator at Delmont to ship their own grain. The Homestake Mining Company declared its 387th dividend as Lead stock trades rose, reinforcing Lead as a mining center.
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Black Hills
Ogden Mill
Deadwood
Farmers’ Co-Operative” Association
Douglas County
Homestake
Homestake Mining Company
State YMCA Convention Plans Delegation to Yankton
The YMCA of the state university plans a large delegation to the annual state YMCA convention in Yankton. The convention convenes Friday, March 23, and closes Sunday evening, March 25.
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State Y. M.C. A
The
State University
Yankton
State Y. M. C. A
Married Fifty Years Celebration At Huron
Saturday evening Mr and Mrs J W Butterfield hosted many friends at Huron in honor of Mr and Mrs S H McEathron who marked fifty years of marriage that day. Also noted is the death of Yankton mail contractor John Harvey Coacher from heart disease and Warren W Pay resigning after almost forty years on rural delivery in Kingsbury County.
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J. W. Butterfield
Huron
H. McEathron
Warren W. Pay
Arlington
Kingsbury County
Uncle Sam
Supreme Court verdictrobs on corporate immunity and self incrimination
Supreme Court rulings in four tobacco and paper trust cases declare corporations cannot claim immunity from self incrimination. Corporations must produce books and papers, while officials may gain immunity only as individuals with evidence. Decisions by Justices Brown and McKenna interlock to deny corporate protection unless records are destroyed.
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Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Tobacco Trust
Paper Trust
Justice Brown
Justice McKennna
Justice McKenna
Col Mann Indicted for Perjury in Libel Case
Col William D Alton Mann of New York editor of Town Topics was indicted for perjury by the grand jury connected to the Norman Hapgood criminal libel trial. He was held in $1500 bail. Mann, since 1891 president and editor of Town Topics, founder and manager of Smart Set, has a noted journalism career.
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Town Topics
Wiliam D’alton Mann
New York
Norman Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Mann
Smart Set
Mann Prin
Pioneer inventor and Civil War veteran dies in New York
Born in Sandusky Ohio in 1839, he built a fortune from army accoutrements and the boudoir car later sold to Pullman. A civil engineer who served with Michigan units, he settled in Alabama after the war and became Mobile district’s first postwar Democrat to win Congress but was not seated. He belonged to the Loyal Legion and several New York clubs.
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Cipally
Pullman Company
Sandusky
Ohio
Michigan
Alabama
Mobile
The
Loyal Legion
New York City
Notable figures and witty remarks in early 1900s events
A collection of quick anecdotes. John Morley meets the President and mutters that he is “a cross between St George and St Vitus.” Gen Bates becomes the first bachelor to head the US general staff. Admiral Dewey is pictured in Washington life. Graves plans a Lee centenary celebration in Atlanta. Desha donates a Mexican idol to Carnegie Museum. Ashurst, new Philadelphia postmaster, is Naples-born with Penn Law ties. The tashi lama is shocked by Calcutta races. Witzpatrick to visit Holy Land and Pope Pius X.
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John Morley
White House
St. George
St. Vitus
John C. Bates
Admiral Dewey
Washington
John Temple Graves
Atlanta (Ga
Gen
Robert B. Lee
Senor
Theodore Desha
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Naples
University of Pennsylvania
Tashi Lama
Vibet
Calcutta
W. S. Witzpatrick
Boston
Holy Land
Pope Pius X
President Roosevelt urges thorough inquiries into railways and trusts
Roosevelt warns Congress that the joint resolution for a federal inquiry into railway discriminations and monopolies lacks funding and witness powers. He urges proper provisions to avoid barren results and cites prior probes as reasons for thorough preparation. The piece also covers State Department notes on Congo issues and US army budget contrasts with Europe, plus a medal for railway rescuer George Poell and a small treasury surplus.
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Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Jie
Congress
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George Poell
Grand Island
Neb
Poell
St. Joe
Paul Ussary
United States Treasury
Palma
Cuba
Cuban Congress
Nemento
Paloma
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