Adams Express Clerk Suspected in $101000 Theft
George Edward Cunliffe, an Adams Express clerk in Pittsburg, is suspected of stealing a total of $101,000 from funds entrusted to him. The package of $100,000 was delivered to Adams Express at 610 Wood Street and not reported as received at the union station, with $1,000 also missing from his department. Cunliffe, employed since March 1, 1904, disappeared after leaving work Tuesday evening. he had previously built a solid career in several express firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Adams Express Company
Associated Press
Bank of
Wood Street
Pittsbury
Cincinnati
Edward George Cunliffe
Union Station
Lucerne
West End
Cunliffe
American Express Company
Electric Express Company
United States Express
Hartford, Conn
Fight With Fever Ends In New Orleans
The Marine Hospital Service says mosquito eradication work and fumigation of fever squares will be permanently discontinued starting Tuesday. Federal forces declare the fever fight nearly over as current cases are few and mild with little difficulty in handling them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Dougherty Faces Prison as Strong Evidence Emerges
The Peoria educator Dougherty faces possible long prison time as evidence of guilt hardens. Police seized the splendid home and other property in Peoria and will search for additional assets to attach. The state attorney says the case is strong. Separately, Cooper Exchange Bank in New York was closed by the banking department after heavy withdrawals following the death of cashier George M. Knapp, who fell from his home window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
N.C. Dougherty
Dougherty
Cooper Exchange Bank
New York
State Banking Department
George IX. Knapp
Sioux City Stock Market Quotation Brief
Sioux City stock market round up shows stockers and feeders traded from 2.25 to 3.75, top hogs quoted at 0.15. The brief notes Tuesday quotations with prices for hogs and feeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Death by own action shocks Houston bank
I G Gray cashier of the Commercial National Bank Houston Tex committed death by own action Tuesday by Simubtas. There is no plausible reason for the act. The bank is one of the strongest institutions in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I’. G. Gray
Commercial National Bank
Houston
Tex
Texas
Former banker found guilty in federal court
W Brown, once a Storm Jake banker in In, was found guilty of baulking in a Sioux City federal court Tuesday. Sentencing was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. , Brown
Storm Jake
Iy Regalig
Sioux City
Crowe Arrives in Omaha Under Guard After Montana Arrest
Pat Crowe, shackled to Omaha detectives and escorted by Chief Detective Dunn, arrives at 9 PM from Butte Mont amid a 2000 strong crowd. Police form a guarded corridor to a patrol wagon then to the station where Crowe is booked on a charge of shooting with intent to kill or wound. He shakes hands with local officials and friends, declines to discuss his alleged Eddie Cudahy kidnapping. He pledges to reform and seek an honest life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Crowe
Teitfeld
Omaha, Neb
Dunn
Omaha
Butte
Mont
Crowe
Donahue
Visard
Union Pacific
Benjamin Keegan
Eddie Cudahy
Crowe Tater
Fear Bloody Riots in Moscow Prompt Alarm
Reports from Moscow state serious disorders Sunday night as five Cossacks and several policemen were wounded. The strike spreads with officials anxious. a derailment near Moscow interrupted rail service without casualties. Interior Ministry confirms three Cossack policemen killed and denies eight baker fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Trepott
Ministry of the Interior
Marksm an Ends Life in Ohio Despondency Over Job Loss
Captain Carlos B. Allen of Newark Ohio a former inspector of rifle practice in the Fourth regiment and recent purchasing agent for the American Hide and Leather Company Cincinnati shot himself at his home Monday after removing his shoe and stocking and pulling the trigger with a toe. He was 30 years old and leaves a widow and one son. Despondency stemmed from losing a job with a Detroit leather firm. he was well known among Ohio marksmen.
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Allen
Newark
Neark
Carlos B. Allen
American Hide and Leather Company
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ohio
Arthur S Foster Trial in Philadelphia for Gigantic Swindle
Arthur S Foster stood trial in Philadelphia on charges of being a principal in the Storey Cotton Company, alleged to defraud many nationwide. Receiver Bradley reports the four year scam netted over 3.5 million from the public with nearly 3 million still due to customers. company assets amount to about 50 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Foster
Philadelphia
Arthur S. Foster
Storey Cotton Company
Bradley
Storey Company
Census bulletin on U S cotton crop and use 1904 05
Washington Mountain census bulletin reports U S cotton production and distribution for September 1, 1904, to September 1, 1905, at 14 404 904 bales. One percent exported, sixty percent used domestically, leaving a surplus of Y percent, with 36 776 bales destroyed by fire in domestic consumption.
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Census Bureau
Washington Mounday
United States
Deaths Investigated After Bodies Found North of Haskell
The bodies of Miss Margaret Lindsay, a Haskell school teacher, and man Ron Bixby of J. T. were found in a road three miles north of Haskell Monday. Authorities believe both deaths were self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lindsay
Haskell
Ron Bixby
J. T
Haskell Monday
Chinese Government Turns to Viceroy for Rail Return
Correspondents in Shanghai and Hong Kong report the Chinese government seeks Viceroy Chang Chi Tungh to secure the return of the Mankow Canton Railway. A loan exceeding five million pounds is involved, with 44 percent considered for final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fondou
Shanghai
Hongkong
Chang Chi Tungh
China
Mankow-Canton Railway
Parthquake Panic Shakes Calabria Village at Night
A tremor struck St Monte Leone in Calabria causing panic among residents near a stone quake shack. No injuries or major damage were reported as tremors were felt toward HW of Black Sunday, leaving blue skies and quiet streets in its wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Leone
Calabria
Italy
Stone
Collision in a Fog Kills Three In Pennsylvania Freight
A fog bound collision at the Lykens Valley junction near Millersburg Pennsylvania killed three men, injured one, and destroyed a caboose and box car carrying race horses. The deceased are Theodore Scott Ralph Hendershot and Chas Barry. the injured Julius Lesh suffered a crushed leg and bruised body. The horses were en route to the Bloomsberg fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosil
Pennsylvania
Lykens Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millersburg
Theodore Scott
Northumberland
Ralph Wondershot
Chas, E. Barry
Sunbury
Julius Lesh
Berry and
Hendershot
Death of Franklin football player Summergill at 21
John S Summergill a 21 year old Franklin football player from Chester Pa died in hospital after suffering injuries from a game. He was knocked unconscious by a blow to the abdomen revived and played on later kicked in the head again became insensible and was treated on the sidelines. He died from hemorrhage after falling ill on the way home he had married three months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Summergill
Franklin
Chester
Summergill
Desperate affairs in Moscow riot crackdowns
Special dispatches report desperate state of affairs in Moscow over the weekend. Rioting on Tversky Boulevard near Pushkin’s monument and in the great square by the monastery left many killed or wounded as troops used sabers and rifles at point blank range. Authorities issued a proclamation granting police power to suppress gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Tversky Boulevard
Alexander Pushkin
Automobile Smashup Near Village Leaves Fatalities
An Athens Michigan crash killed Walter Palmer instantly and fatally injured chauffeur Blake from Kalamazoo. Mrs Palmer and daughter Frances were badly bruised but not seriously hurt as the car swerved into a marsh two and a half miles west of the village.
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Athens
Mich
Walter Palmer
Blake
Salamazoo
Frances
Schiffer Brothers Charged in Denver Stock Swindle
According to Denver reports the Schiffer brothers, owners of the suspended bank of Alamo, one jailed and the other sought on a warrant, secured a large sum by selling stock of a cattle company they organized, stock declared fraudulent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Schiffer Brothers
Bank of Alamosa
Bad Gang Broken Up After Harlem Burglary Ring
Police hold three men for trial at New York police court on Saturday as expert flat burglars. No jewelers linked to the plunder. Investigators believe they have disrupted a gang that, over two years, robbed many huts in Harlem.
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New York
Harlem
Mexican Bandits Captured After Mine Foreman Robbery
Advices from Guadalajara report eleven bandits who blocked Manuel Parades shipping foreman at Buena Vista mines and two assistants six miles west of Sos toippaquillo Jalisco were captured and shot by rurales. Fifteen men total participated in the holdup.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Manuel Parades
Buena Vista Mines
Sostoippaquillo Jalisco
Alice Roosevelt Travels Through Tokio En Route to Nikko
Miss Alice Roosevelt passed through Tokio on Sunday morning en route to Nikko. She was met at the station by the city governor and the master of ceremonies and driven to Ugeno in an imperial carriage, where she boarded the train for Nikko. She appeared in excellent health.
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Alice Roosevelt
Tokio
Japan
Nikko
Ugeno
City of Papeete Reports Dead Japanese from Kamchatka Coast
The schooner City of Papeete arrived in San Francisco from Siberia with news of discovering the bodies of numerous Japanese along the Kamchatkan coast, victims killed by Russians months ago.
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Papeete
San Francisco
Siberia
Bombs Thrown at Cossacks on Sunday Night
Bombs were thrown at Cossacks on Sunday evening causing a general panic. Troops fired, resulting in many deaths and injuries among bystanders and participants.
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Thlis
Americans Acquire Mining Claims In Mexico Durango Deal
Americans Messrs. Neully Perry and Newell have bought a group of mining claims in Durango, Mexico for 2.5 million dollars. The first payment of 1.5 million dollars is deposited with the National Bank of Mexico.
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Mexico
Messrs. Neully
Perry and Newell
Durango
National Bank of Mexico
Trade on Suez Canal Resumes After Chatham Sent Debacle
Trade through the Suez canal, halted since the wreck of the British steamer Chatham Sent was blown up, resumed Sunday as shipping lanes reopened and vessels began moving again after the incident.
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Suez Canal
Iowa marshal movement aims to enforce liquor laws statewide
Des Moines hosts the annual Des Moines convention October 30 31 where eighty seven counties organize marshal clubs to enforce liquor laws. The plan seeks state legislation to authorize marshals in every county and district and to present a marshal bill to the upcoming state legislature.
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Des Moines
Lowa
Temperance Societies
Rankin
Temperance
D. M. Woodrow
I. Leake
Maine
Missouri
Iowa
Woman Repeats Kate Shelly Feat Saving Train
Mrs. Peter Koenig of Durange duplicated Kate Shelly by saving a Great Western train from disaster. A Durange bridge fire endangered a forty mile per hour train with over 100 passengers. Koenig fetched water, held back flames and summoned twenty farm hands to douse the blaze and save lives.
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Peter Koenig
Durange
Kate Shelly
Great Western
Jhoenig
Jumps From Burning Car Injures Gilmore City Horseman
Webster City report says W. E Hayden forced to jump from a burning box car west of the city while returning from Dows races with the horse Chestnut Panic. Hayden sustained head injuries and is under care at the Wilson Hotel with Odd Fellows. The horse and all contents of the car burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
W. Eayden
Gilmore City
Wilson Hotel
Odd Fellows
Hayden
Dows
Farmer Burns Defeats Baptiste for Middleweight Title
Farmer Burns of Big Rock defeats Geo Baptiste of St. Louis in Des Moines to claim the middle weight championship of America. Baptiste won the first fall in 26 minutes 34 seconds, Burns then took two falls in 8 minutes 20 seconds and 11 minutes respectively.
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Farmer
Burns
Baptiste
Farmer Burns
Big Rock
Geo. Baptiste
St. Louis
Des Moines
Fatal Rock Island wreck claims Cedar Rapids man
A head on collision of two Rock Island trains near Vinton Sunday morning left William Sands of Cedar Rapids fatally scorched by escaping steam before reaching hospital. One locomotive was severely damaged. The crash resulted from a misunderstanding of train orders.
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Rock Island Road
Rock Island
Vinton
William Sands
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge Painter Thetts Prang Arrested in Burglaries
Fort Dodge contractor and fifty sixth regiment band member Thetts Prang is arrested on multiple burglary charges after a trove of stolen goods is found at his home. He was captured when a stolen shotgun was shipped in a trombone case by express.
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Fort Dodge
Thetts, OR
Boy 6 fires pistol in Glenwood accident injures Williams
Vernon Williams of Glenwood was accidentally shot in the face Saturday by a six year old boy named Davidson. The gun was a revolver left on a table and the bullet entered below the right eye, with the exit wound not located. The infant may not dive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Williams
Eaward Williams
Glenwood
Davidson
Farmer Killed as Runaway Horses Collapse Mill Steam
John J. Macuw, a farmer near Bosden, was killed instantly when runaway horses drawing a grain load were frightened by escaping mill steam. He fell under the wheels while attempting to stop them, his head crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Macuw
Bosden
Alton
Pawnbroker Finds Woman’s Skulll in Package
A Des Moines pawnbroker opened a package left at his shop and found a greasy skull with a bullet hole. The skull, later identified as that of a woman, had been left by City Physician Miller weeks earlier and forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Miller
Brantler Awarded 16000 In Burlington Suit
Glenwood Morgan Brantler was awarded 16000 in his suit against the Burlington Railway Company. He sought 35000 and claimed injuries caused paralysis of his left leg and left arm while a foreman for the Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Morgan
Brantler
Burlington Railway Company
W Witerman
Burlington
Died in Parmington Home After Medicine Overdose
Pred Kicks, wife of prominent Parmington educator, died at her home Friday morning following an overdose of headache medicine Mra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Pred Kicks
Eredaut
Gressor Case Subpoenas Recorder in Des Moines
Grand jury in Des Moines subpoenas Recorder Mrs. Giondson and seeks her recall of mortgage and deed records related to Edward J. Gressor and a deed to the Cressar tag. Jury suspects forgery. arrests expected soon. No witnesses to the Cressar deed signed Sept 25 at 1:00 AM. witnesses recall seeing Gressor at his home. police view the murder as a carefully planned plot with alibis under scrutiny.
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Grand Jury
Des Moines
Mondiy
Fiondson
Hmdward
Famms
Ressor
Ft Isl
Damaging Testimony in Storm Lake Bank Fraud Trial
W. E. Brown former president of First National Bank of Storm Lake faced charges in Sioux City for making worthless certificates of deposit to cover overdrafts at Lyon Grove and Sioux Rapids. The probe tied these to the Storm Lake bank’s reported strong condition. Des Moines bank cashiers testified that a Des Moines Security Savings and Trust CD was included in the comptroller report though it was never honored.
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Storm Lake
W. EL Brown
First National Bank of
Sioux City
Lyon Grove
Sioux Rapids
Storm Lake Bank
Security Savings and Trust, Company of Des Moines
Zwart
Des Moines National Bank
Zelhofer
Des Moines Security Savings and Trust Company
Brown's
Des Moines Farmer Edmund Gresser Shot to Death
The body of Edmund Gresser a wealthy bachelor farmer was found at his Des Moines area home with a bullet wound to the temple and a pool of blood beside him. A pipe and his newspaper lay near the corpse as neighbors recalled hearing shots at midnight. Gresser aged 65 was believed worth about $50 000 and robbery is blamed as the motive with no clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Gresser
Des Moines
Sens
Gresser
Morningside College Fraternity Hazing Sparks Mutiny
Students expelled include captain George Miller and athletics manager Ralph Heilman after hazing a freshman at Sioux City campus. Upperclassmen staged a watermelon hunt and hid others, one fired blanks. An incident ended with a freshman being taken to the police station amid a mock murder setup.
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George Miller
Ralph Heilman
Morningside Colleen
Sioux City
Jilted farmer Jake Clouser shoots self near Gilbert
Jake Clouser, 20, a Gilbert area farmer, allegedly killed himself after being refused by a girl. On a road he was passed by a couple, then heard a gunshot as he toppled from his buggy. Authorities label the death a suspected deliberate act, noting prior statements.
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Jake Clouser
Gilbert
Ile
West Des Moines High student blinded in lab glass accident
Lulu Burkhardt of the senior class suffered loss of sight in her right eye after a test in the chemical laboratory caused an explosion. Doctors stated Monday night that there was no hope of saving her sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Burkhardt
West Des Moinns High School
Man Rescued From Suicide Attempt at Port Dodge Train
A man attempted self destruction under a fast approaching train on the Great Western road at Port Dodge. Police intervened and rescued him in the nick of time after repeated day long attempts.
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Great Western Road
Port Dodge
Wanda
Milford Ice Shortage Forces Fresh Haul From Park Ice House
Milford endures a severe ice shortage as local supply runs dry. Ice house at Arnold's Park supplied the town, but that source is now exhausted amid unusually warm weather increasing demand and complicating needs.
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Milford
Arnold's Park
Boy Matally Shoe and Khuer Watson Tragedy Near Lisbon
A 14 year old boy near Lisbon attempted to lift a shotgun from the bottom of a wagon. The weapon discharged and fatally injured Watson while Matally Shoe was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khuer Watson
Lisbon
Whelin
Watson
Looting at Clinton shop Rosen, Mason named suspect
M O W Bailey reports a theft at a Clinton store where 84 watches, 100 rings, and valuable settings were stolen. The thief, Birlog Mason, was an employee in the shop for the past week, and is now sought by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. OW. Bailey
Clinton
Aw Man Birlog
Mason
Boy Killed by Wagon Wheels Near Malta
The two year old son of B Nelson, formerly residing near Malta, was crushed to death when a wagon wheels ran over his head. M Cosgrave drove the wagon and did not notice the child who had been playing around while he was joining outs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Nelson
Malta
M. Cosgrave
No Carnegie Library Proposed for Spirit Take
The Carnegie library plan will not be built as the town cannot raise about $600 per year by taxation due to its small size.
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Carnegie
Spirit
Hidden $80,000 Gold Buried by Taylor’s Troops in Black Hawk Era
Legends recount four soldiers burying eighty pounds of gold valued at $80,000 near Prairie du Chien during the Black Hawk War. A paymaster’s funds to pay troops vanished after Indian attacks, with the treasure allegedly hidden on frontier soil and never recovered. The tale places Colonel Zachary Taylor overseeing Fort McKay as hostilities raged along the Mississippi frontier. No definitive trace has ever surfaced.
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Zne Taylor
Bhutts
Mississippi River
Wankon
Prairie du Chien
Black
Aachary Taylor
S Hary
Fort McKay
Rine
Black Flaw
Qgolond Tivtor
Waylor
Tle
Seavier
Uien
Mercerie
Has Most Negro Residents in Monroe County Iowa Census
Monroe County leads Iowa in the share of Black residents with a high percentage of the population. Lee County follows, then Polk, Wapello, Mahaska, Appanoose, Jasper, and Scott, with many counties under 1 percent. Foreign born and native born percentages vary widely by county, Buchanan at 20.0 percent foreign born and Wayne at 90.1 percent native born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Iowa
T&s
Lee County
Polky
Wapello
Mahaska
Appanooge A
Jasper
Scott
Ruma
Tama Reservation
Adams
Audubon
Blackhawk
Buena Vista
Hutler
Qoathoun
Cass
Chickasaw
Chiy
Clayton
Delaware
Wranklin
Buchanan County
Wayne County
Davis
Decatur
Chirke
Ringgold
Millson
Warren
Cities Own Waterworks and Light Plants Across State
Census data shows 262 cities own water systems, 25 private firms. Gas plants: 29 municipal, 67 private. Electric plants: 37 municipal, 127 private. Atlantic has highest gas rate, 84.50 per thousand feet. Burlington and others pay the lowest. Some cities own plants. most electric and gas plants are newer, with water works oldest in Independence and Clayton from 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Burlington
Clinton
Dubuque
Gracttinger
Jesup
Athantie Ia
Sibley, Marcus
Preston
Dallas Center
Mares
Independence
Clayton
Marshalltown
Monticello
State Center
Davenport club seeks building cost forty thousand dollars
Davenport Commercial Club plans to build a club building costing about 40 000 dollars. Complete rural mail delivery is expected soon in Gyan Coty. The fragmentary text mentions Otis Carmichael and a misread motor company event, but the core items are the club project and rural delivery plan with uncertain surrounding names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Commercial Club
Gyan Coty
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the Register-Tribune
Akron
Round & Smith, Publishers
Adams Express
George Edward Cunliffe
Salonica
Turkey
al Monastir
Wills
Turkish Tobacco Revenue Department
New York Bank
Marksman
Miss Roosevelt
Suez
News OF the Week
W. EK. Hayden
Gressor
Richmumnd Gresser
Morningside College
Giel
OWA
Theri
Davenport
Otis Carmichael
Corneil Hluls Motor Company
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