Police Watch Tower for Czar Assassination Plots
In St Petersburg police tighten security for the opening of parliament. The emperor’s passage on the river is kept secret and access to the imperial yacht and palace areas is restricted by ticketing. Authorities warn crowds to move and prohibit processions to avoid trouble amid rising distrust between government and parliament.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Nicholas Palace
Palace of the Admiralty
Palace
Young Man Killed in Clinton Iowa Factory Shafting Accident
Christopher Butman a 21 year old Fulton Indiana man died at the Mississippi Valley stove factory in Clinton Iowa when his clothing was drawn into a rapidly revolving shaft. His head was severed at the pulley and his body mangled in the fatal accident.
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Clinton
Christopher Butman
Fulton, Ir
Mississippi Valley
Horrible Toreish Tragedy Exiled Official Kills By Teeth
An exiled official, Shanyl Pasha, former military governor of Duraii, throttles Nedjim-Eddin Bey, procurator general of Tripoli, North Africa, during an examination in Constantinople dispatches. Shanyl, exiled to Tripoli for involvement in Redvan Pasha’s murder, attacked and choked his victim with his teeth.
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Constantinople
Nedjim-Eddin Bey
Vilayet
Tripoli
North Africa
Great Disaster in China Flood Wrecks Hunan Province
Cable from the American consul at Hanku China reports immense flood in Hunan province with great loss of life and property. All foreigners are safe according to the message received by the state department in Washington.
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State Department
Washington
Hanku
China
Hunan
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices Report
Tuesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market list butcher steers at 4.00 to 5.30 per hundredweight and hogs at 6.25 per hundredweight, reflecting market activity for the period.
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Sioux City
Dam breaks flood Crivitz plant in Wisconsin town
Flood waters from the Crivitz Paper and Pulp Company dam overflowed Marinette Wisconsin Monday night inundating the mill area with five to ten feet of water. Many stock animals and goods were drowned in the rising flood.
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Wisconsin
Marinette
Wis
Crivitz Paper and Pulp Company
Long Term of Peace Reached in Anthracite Strike
After months of talks the Scranton subcommittee for eastern Pennsylvania miners and operators agreed to extend the strike commission award for three years until March 31 1905. Miners to be rehired if not involved in violence and to face no retaliation for strike actions. district ratification expected. President Mitchell had urged a two year term, but operators pressed for three.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Coal Road
Fis
Mitchell
Leiter Victim of Burglary in Chicago Office
Burglars forced entry early Monday into the Chicago office of Joseph Leiter, famed for a past wheat corner attempt, robbing two vaults of negotiable bonds valued at about 10 000 to 15 000 dollars. Adjacent offices of Robert E Crowe and Frank Crowe were entered, with securities totaling 5 000 dollars stolen.
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Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Robert E
Frank Crowe
Leiter
Omaha land fraud suspect arrested in El Paso
Acquila Triplet, wanted in Omaha on land fraud prosecutions, was arrested Sunday in El Paso by a United States secret service agent who tracked him from Omaha to Chihuahua and used a ruse to bring him to El Paso for arrest.
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el Paso
Tex
Acquila Triplet
Omaha
United States Secret Service
Triplet
Chihuahua
Battle in Natal As Mansel Fights Zulus Near Cettiwayo’s Grave
Col Mansel’s column pursuing Zulu rebels under Chief Bambaata is attacked by about 200 Zulus on a steep hill near Chief Cettwayo’s grave. Sixty Zulus are reported killed and three of Mansel’s men wounded in the engagement.
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Durban
Natal
Mansel
Bambaata
Cettiwayo
Prominent Staten Island Businessman Killed in House Duel
Charles L. Speer, a Staten Island businessman and reputed confidential agent of H. H. Rogers of Standard Oil, was shot and killed in a duel with a burglar at his New Brighton home early Monday. The incident left local officials investigating the fatal confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Speer
Staten Island
N. Y
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
New Brighton
New American Minister Biddle Presents Credentials in Belgrade
John Biddle presented credentials to King Peter in Belgrade Serbia. He traveled by state coach escorted by guards amid a large crowd cheering his arrival at the palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biddle
Peter
Belgrade
Servia
New York Woman Slays Daughter Then Kills Herself
Mrs Mary Waters wife of a prominent New York insurance broker entered her daughters room early Monday and shot Agatha the elder and her favorite before turning the pistol on herself leaving Ruth unharmed in the same house tragedy framed as a tragic family murder suicide in the city.
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Mary Waters
New York
Agatha
Ruth
City Hall Wing Abandoned After Condemnation
Chicago building officials ordered all offices in the northeastern wing of City Hall to be abandoned after the area was condemned as dangerously unsafe. The removals disrupted operations and caused notable inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bartzen
Navy Paymaster Probe for Nevis Morrison
May Be navy paymaster Dawson secures order for examination of Nevis Morrison son of Bishop Morrison Davenport Ta as assistant paymaster in the navy Young Morrison currently serves in the navy at Newport R I
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Dawson
Nevis Morrison
Bishop Morrison
Davenport
Navy
Young Morrison
Newport
R. F
British Note on Evacuation Demand for Tabah
A British note demands the evacuation of Tabah within ten days and has prompted an extraordinary meeting of the council of Turkish ministers in Constantinople to consider the issue.
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Constantinople
Council of Turkish Ministers
Tabah
Bomb strikes Moscow governor general near palace
A bomb exploded beside Vice Admiral Doubasoff's open carriage in Moscow as he neared the palace. He survived with injuries after his route change. An aide and a sentry were killed, and the assassin’s accomplices were related to a recent bombing in a hotel room. Authorities describe multiple prior plots against him.
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Doubasoff
Moscow
Uspenski
Doublasoff
Council of the Empire
Koslovska
Donbasoff
Mystery in Mob's Work near Pleasant View Cheatham County
A Nashville special reports Marvin Winters was shot and killed and Thomas Stewart and his young daughter were wounded when a mob attacked Stewart's home near Pleasant View on Sunday night. Winters' body was found Sunday near the property. Three men Jim Hunt Ep Boyle and Newton Winters were arrested on complicity charges, with no known motive given.
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Nashville, Tenn
Marvin Winters
Thomas Stewart
Stewart
Pleasant View
Cheatham County
Winters
Jim Hunt
Epb Boyle
Newton Winters
Death of Japanese Banker's Son Found in New Jersey Creek
Hijiro Nakano, 23, son of a wealthy Japanese banker, vanished from a New York hotel on April 28. His body was recovered Sunday night from a creek between Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. A $2,500 reward had been offered for information on his whereabouts. He was believed to carry $5,000 in cash. only $1.36 remained in his clothing, and his gold watch was missing. He was last seen near Fairview, N. J., that night, displaying a roll of bills.
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New York
Hijiro Nakano
Bergen
Hudson Counties
New Jersey
Nahano
Fairview
N. J
Auto Wreck in New York Claims Horses in Yonkers Judge Crash
Gifford Cochran of Yonkers, a carpet manufacturer, collided with a truck Sunday in Broadway Park near White Plains New York. The accident killed the truck's horses.
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New York
Broadway Park
White Plains
N Y
Gifford Cochran
Yonkers
Turks Defeat Bulgarians Near Logadja Action
Turkish forces routed a Bulgarian group at Logadja near Kiurpili on Saturday, leaving fourteen Bulgarians dead. Turkish casualties were two killed.
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Logadja
Kiurpili
Western League Baseball Opens in Denver May 2
In the Western League the season opened in Denver on May 2. Sioux City will host Des Moines for the first series on May 10 to 12, with other Sioux City games against Pueblo May 19 to 21, Denver May 22 to 24, OMAHA May 31 to June 3.
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Sioux City
Denver
Des Moines
Pueblo
Omaha
Declines to Reopen Tabah Affair in Constantinople
In Constantinople the sultan sought to reopen talks on the Talibah affair but the British ambassador refused. Reports say the sultan wants the issue sent to The Hague for decision. Paris Royalist Plotters Released. Paris dispatches say those recently arrested in the royalist plot against the republic’s security have been provisionally freed.
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Constantinople
Talibah
The
Hague
Paris
Killing frost damages Iowa fruits vegetables across central region
Des Moines reports a killing frost Sunday night and Monday damaging apples, cherries, plums and grapes across central Iowa. Fort Dodge notes heavy damage to vegetables and fruit with statewide losses predicted. Cedar Rapids and Webster City also saw heavy frosts. some crops may survive and conditions vary by location.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Webster City
Burlington
Muscatine Island
Ida Grove
Oldest Woman Claim Spurs Alabama Tale of 140 Years
Mrs Abbie Perham of Clinton says she is 140 claiming birth before the civil war and witnesses Washington era troops near her father's Fort Tusubmia cabin. She is said to be of mixed Creek, negro, and white descent with no surviving birth records to prove the claim.
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De‘clares
Abbie Perham
Clinton
Des Moines Elk Member Convicted Of Theft
A Des Moines police court convicted H. Polk of Brainard Minnesota a man who claimed Elk membership of stealing twenty dollars from JH CG Shuettleworth. Polk was fined one hundred dollars or thirty days in jail. He had been staying at Kirkwood Hotel for several days and allegedly gained Elks favor by claiming Elk membership.
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Shuettleworth
H. Polk
Brainard
Minn
Des Moines
Polk
The
Elks
Kirk‘wood
Farmer Injured by Disc Woes in Readstown Wisconsin
Robert Jones of Readstown Wisconsin, in the employ of Charles Lewis on a farm near Osage, was seriously injured when a disc barrow team bolted after a southbound train. He attempted to jump but one foot caught in the lines and he was thrown onto a disc, severing a bone below the knee.
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Robert Jones
Readstown
Wis
Charles Lewis
Osage
Jones
Shellrock Pastor Resigns Over Private Letters to Mrs Moore
The Rev D S Staebler of First Methodist Shellrock resigns and leaves town after farmer Charles W Moore exposes romantic letters to Mrs Moore. Staebler, married with children, admitted a strong love for Mrs Moore and sought private meetings.
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Shellrock
Walls
D. S. Staebler
First Methodist Church
Charles W. Moore
Moore
Staebler
Lamp Explosion Causes Severe Burns to Farley Woman
Mrs. Charles Connell of Farley suffered painful burns when a lamp she held exploded as she blew it out after turning the wick down. Her husband also burned his hand trying to extinguish the blaze.
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Charles Connell
Farley
Boone to Build Large Anheuser Busch Wholesale House
Boone gains four city business leases as Arie and Hamm represent Anheuser Busch of St Louis. They plan a large wholesale and retail liquor house in Boone, marking a major investment and new retail facility in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Arie and Hamm
An~heuser-Busch
St. Louis
Momlay
Veteran Chisman Takes Own Life at Dudley Home
B. F. Chisman, 71, a veteran and soldier, died by hanging at his residence near Dudley. Authorities report he was despondent due to ill health and no foul play is suspected.
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B. F. Chisman
Dudley
Armed posse hunts Johnson over Waukon Junction kidnapping
A vigilante posse seeks the kidnapper Johnson who is accused of abducting the 15 year old daughter of George Butler of Waukon Junction. The victim’s brother leads the search and risks of lynching if he is captured at large.
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Johnson
George Butler
Waukon Junction
Death of Walter Kiefner After Brawl With Italian
Walter Kiefner died of his wounds following a drunken Sunday night brawl in Muscatine. He was stabbed by an Italian who fled the scene and escaped custody.
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Walter Kiefner
Muscatine
Spraying Calendar Issued by Ames Horticultural Dept
The Iowa State College horticultural department at the experiment station issued an up to date spraying calendar for fruit growers and horticulturists. The bulletin covers apples plums grapes cherries small fruit and vegetables with mixtures and preparation directions. It may be obtained free by residents of the state from C I Curtiss director of the experiment station Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
C. I. Curtiss
Iowa
Legislation Removes Twenty Iowa National Guard Roles
Iowa Attorney General Mullin ruled that twenty regimental and staff officers in the Iowa National Guard lost their offices after a legislative change briefly abolished them and then reinstated them. Des Moines report notes the officers may auction off resplendent uniforms as a result of the ruling.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Mullan
General Assembly
Adjt
Thrift
Injunction Against Cupid in Des Moines Suit
Des Moines court issued a temporary injunction prohibiting Maud Lowe from making love to Eva McKinney. Judge Willem H McHenry ordered the restraint at the request of Eva’s father, John McKinney, who says the girl is 15 and Lowe 34. Lowe, who lived and worked at the farm for two years, allegedly sought to induce Eva to leave home and marry him.
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Des Moines
Willem H. McHenry
Maud Lowe
Eva McKinney
John Q. MckKinney
Lowe
Students Outsmart Examiner at Keokuk Medical College
Students beat the examiner during the state board exam at Keokuk Medical College as Confederate aides waited outside. Paper questions were thrown out windows for responders to copy onto a blackboard using reference books.
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Sec. Kennedy
State Board
Keokuk Medical College
Kennedy
Fire Destroys J E Chase Dry Goods. Otumwa Losses Top $76K
A Friday night blaze started in the J. E. Chase Dry Goods building on Main Street Otumwa at 9 45. The fire quickly spread to adjacent Dry Goods and the First National Bank, with total losses estimated between 76 000 and 100 000 and no insurance amount disclosed. In Ida Grove the district court denied L Hitchcock's mandamus bid under the soldiers preference law, upholding P O Van Wagoner as qualified city marshal.
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Ottumwa
J. E. Chase Dry Goods Company
Main Street
W.W. J. Donelan Dry Goods Company
First National Bank
Ida Grove
L. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
P. O. van Wagoner
van Wagoner
Dead man found in Des Moines lodging
The body of C. H. Egley formerly of High Hill Missouri now Des Moines was found Sunday night in Mrs. Mary Manning’s dwelling by police. Authorities believe poisoning caused the death and that valuables in his clothing prompted the crime.
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Pound
C. H. Egley
High Hill
Des Moines
Mary Manning
Old Offender In Monona County Jail Awaiting Grand Jury Action
John L. Kally held in Monona County jail at Onawa awaiting grand jury action for an assault with a knife on Fay Fiscus. The prisoner is described as an old offender and an escaped convict, with serious injuries inflicted in the attack.
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John L. Kally
Monona County
Onawa
Fay
Fiscus
Dairy House Burns On George Grouell Farm Near Ida Grove
A large dairy house on the George Grouell farm east of Ida Grove burned at 2 am destroying all machinery including a fine separator and a big incubator.
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George Grouell
Ida Grove
Child Willed in Runaway at West Main Street
Six year old Willis Pike died in a runaway on West Main Street in Marshalltown. He was thrown from a buggy, landing on his head with a fractured skull.
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Marshalltown
Willis Pike
West Main Street
Pioneer Towa Woman Drops Dead at Home
Mrs. John Yates, a resident of Manaon in northwestern Towa, dropped dead at her home. The abrupt death ends a life linked to the pioneer community and local families.
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Towa
John Yates
The
Pioneers of
Northwestern
Manaon
Council Bluffs to turn general hospital into tuberculosis sanitarium
Physicians in Council Bluffs are converting the current general hospital buildings and grounds into a tuberculosis sanitarium. There is presently no such institution in this region of the West.
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Council Bluffs
General Hospital
Garrick Theater Manager Robbed by Footpads on Main Street
Al Reed, manager of the Garrick theater in Burlington, was slugged and robbed by footpads Monday night. He lay insensible on South Main Street until daylight before assistance reached him.
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al Reed
Garrick Theater
Burlington
South Main Street
Controversial Charges Against Lr Crapsey and Civic Figures
A review of charges against Lr Crapsey over his book and a December sermon is described as not justified by the investigation. Biographical notes on Milwaukee mayoral candidate Sherburn Morrill Becker cover his background, education, and political rise. Additional notices profile Augustine Birrell, earthquake aid donors like James D Phelan and John D Rockefeller, Ruth Hofen Dowie connection, and Judge James Wickersham, plus a Washington patrolman’s Mexican gold mining stake valued at $500000.
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Morrill Becker
David
Rose
Milwaukee
Sherbie
Tixenmpaten
Becker
inJlove
Ira B. Smith
James D. Phelan
San Francisco
John D. Rockefeller
Dol Sanes D. Phelan
Lars
Andrew Carnegle
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