German scholarships praised by professor and officials
Professor Schmidt of the German University of education, who attended the emperor’s England trip, says Germany values Rhodes scholarships and will assist German students to pursue them. No fundamental obstacles exist in aligning German and English university requirements. Secret service notes that Roosevelt’s guard appointment brings bad luck fears after prior fatal incidents.
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Schmidt
German University of Education
Emperor Willam
England
Oxford
Will Fight for the James Estate in Iowa Courts
F. E. Carpenter of Beloit files 45 quiet title actions in Lyon County against holders of land once owned by the James estate the 1893 decree may still stand to quiet title. The 11 000 to 12 000 acres trace back to King Gracie Lettte and James with mortgages and tax deeds shaping a long chain of transfers. The owners listed include Bahne Bahnson Jd Barry James A Crose Ludwig Davidson S M DeLespinassa C L Dell G M Dell J F P Mields Fred Engelking and many others. The estate value exceeds half a million dollars.
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Rock Rapids
Ames
F. E. Carpenter
Beloit
Lyon County
Carpenter
Nathaniel Rose
Charles King Gracie
Frederick D. Lettte
Gracie
Frederick P. James
James
Arthur George Wheeler
Daniel Butterfield
Wheeler
F. P. James
Bahne Bahnson
Jd. A. Barry
James A. Crose
Ludwig K. Davidson
Willen Malone Johnson
Ima A. Josal
Ole Koosland
William Leonard
Jacob L. Mathison
C. W. Maynard
William McCracken
Sam Moser
A. M. Nelson
Maurice O'Connor
James M. Parsons
Roach & Ramsey
John W. Roach
BE. C. Roach
J. W. Ramsey
C. Vettenshaw
A. J. Blester
Pena Reister
Simon, Severson
J. A. Shrauter
Th, Skewis
M. I Siegfried
Willism Stierman
H. G. Studt
Targius Phonpson
Jacob Tobinson
S. Wold
Minnie Zornig
Two Women Claim They Saw Finkelstein Murdered Walker Case
In Des Moines Ta, subpoenas in the state case against James Walker colored indicate Ada Hazlewood and Bertha Offord will testify they witnessed the murder of Jane Finkelstein and the blow that killed her. They place the crime on Walker’s alleged accomplice Val ar, aiming to convict Walker next week in district court.
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Finkelstein
Hes Moines
Illomey
James Walker
District Court
Jane Finkelstein
Tiarry Legich
Walker
Ann
Iirlal
Suitover death points at railroad firm
Elizabeth Shellady sues the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway for 15000 claiming her husband James Shellady was killed at work on a bridge over the town river due to alleged negligence. The suit filed in Iowa City argues the defendant failed to ensure safety at the bridge site. The case coincides with a separate bid to quash a perjury indictment in the Galluugher matter, raised by George B. idalbert.
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Rock Island
James Shellady
Iowa City
Chicago, Tock Island and Pacific Railway
Phe
Mlizabeth Shellady
Gulluugher
George B.idalbert
James Hurt
Galluugher
Bible Reading Favored in Des Moines Schools
Rabbi Lon Jeschem spoke at the Des Moines Jewish synagogue urging Bible reading in public schools. Rev. Wight supported using lessons from bothTestaments and proposed a commission of six Protestant ministers, one Jewish rabbi, one Catholic priest, and eight educators to prepare reading books.
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Des Moines
Ill
Lon Jeschem
Bst
Wight
Monument Commission in Cedar Failé Awards Lookout Mountain Contracts
The 1owa Monument commission under Governor Cummins meets in Cedar Failé to award Lookout Mountain monuments with a $35,000 appropriation. General O Q Howard of the United States Army attends unannounced, offering assistance in selecting a third site and consulting with the commission. James Brownell Post GA hosts a reception for the panel, with St Hum bert as local member. Marble workers nationwide seek recognition as the meeting proceeds.
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Cedar Faile
Lookout Mountain
Cedar Failé
Towa Monument Commission
Cummins
Atnate
O. Q. Howard
United States “Army
James Brownell Post
St. Humbert
Reddy Griffith Likely Succeeds Coach Knipe
Towra City Iowa February 20 No action yet by the regents on the resignation of Dr A A Knipe physical director and coach of the varsity eleven The executive committee is meeting and the full board will elect his successor It is possible former captain Reddy Griffith now an instructor and coach at Idaho will be called here Others mentioned Clyde Williams Hobbs and Edson Knipe is pursuing literary work in New Lon and will resign immediately but may be summoned for a short return to football season
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Knipe
Towra City
Regents
A. A. Knipe
John
Reddy") Griffith
University of Idaho
Clyde Williams
Hobbs
Edson
New Lonn
Marcus Girl Honored First Woman Elected to Sigma XI
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cronin of Marcus Iowa becomes the first woman elected to Sigma XI at the State University of Iowa in the February 20 announcement. The literary society admits by scholarship, with Cronin a liberal arts senior joining two classmates and three graduates elected as members. Also noted is a pension bill for the widow of late Representative John W Rumple of Iowa.
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Sigma XI
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Sigma XI Society
Sarah Elizabeth Cronin
Marcus
Iowa
Rk. M., Anderson
James Guest Berryhill, Jr
Des Moines
Henry Albert
Department of
Histology
T. E. Savase
Western College
Toledo
W. N. Stull
Harvard University
Rumple
Washington
John W. Rumple
OWA News Briefs Look to Spring Changes Citywide
The Methodist church sells its old building to a Heliness association and will relocate for use. a new M E church will rise this spring. Northern Telephone adds five farm lines to the Tenda exchange this spring. Moorhead prepares for the M E B church dedication, with services by Dr. Lewis of Sioux City. Saloons remain closed in Missouri Valley. legal openings unlikely, petition may hope. Mason City's new $50,000 theater opens with Ning Wodo in residence. Council Bluffs eyes hosting the Iowa State Firemen’s association. a July first car may influence plans. Creston barbers’ strike settles after a compromise. Lehigh votes to enlarge corporate units, boosting population to about 1,500. Dubuque Mary Daley, longtime housekeeper to Archbishop Hennessy, is noted. Harlan bank resources top half a million. two banks report strong totals. Des Moines trial of Marion county auditor Vanderwell ends in acquittal on one count. second count postponed. Hull farmers institute adjourns after three days. weather hurts attendance. Sibley Security Savings Bank formed in Little Rock with Alfred Storton as president. Davenport John Plagemann, 86, found hanged in his bed. death ruled. Newton trial of Mrs Layvalyr for husband’s murder slated next Monday. Buffalo Center 12-year-old George Kagaiik arrested for theft at Albert’s grocery.
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Missouri Valley
Supreme Court
Mason City
Iowa State Firemen’s Association
Sioux City
Creston
Durathon
Lehigh
Dubuque
Mary Daley
Archbishop Hennessy
Hete
Harlan
Shelby County
Des Moines
G. W. Vuannderwell
Marion County
Hull
Sioux County Farmers’ Institute
Holden
CG. Roach
Sibley
Dr. H. Nell
Alfred Morton
Morse Brothrs
W.T. Jones
Little Rock
Security Savings Bank of
Alfred Storton
W. J. Jones
A. Morse
Davenport
Buffalo Center
George Kagaiik
Johany George L. Albert
Iowa Leads in Poultry Raising, 1900 Census Figures
Iowa has the largest number of chickens in 1900 with 18,907,685 birds, while Alaska reports 176. Eggs produced reach 99,621,020 dozen in Iowa, as the census notes shifts in counting and regional totals. The report highlights Iowa as a leading poultry state and shows sizable poultry and egg value within farm economies.
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Iowa
Chicago
William I. Curtisetter
Record-Herald
United States
Alaska
Towa
Bass
Wilson
George Fayette Thompson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
Des Moines Poor Suffer Amid Cold Spell
Des Moines reports intense suffering among the poor due to a cold spell. The county overseer of poor handled fifty cases of serious destitution yesterday as frigid weather drives requests for food and fuel. charities remain busy.
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Les Moines
Des Moines
Des Moies
Morris
Ottumwa Waterworks Plan To Form City Power Plant Buyout
Prominent Ottumwa citizens met to discuss forming a water works company to capitalize locally and buy the present system. Mayor Samuel Mahon leads the movement, stemming from a prior meeting at Mr. Merrill’s office about organizing such a company.
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Ottumwa
Samuel Mahon
Mr. Merrill
Quarantine Chickenpox Policy Set by State Board
Des Moines February 20 state board of health requires placarding houses with chicken pox cafes. Many mistake smallpox for chickenpox and exposures rise. The board received a complaint against Dr KE Fulham Muscatine for failing to report smallpox. trial for incompetency expected.
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State Board of Health
Des Moines
KE. B. Fulham
Muscatine
Fulham
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED IN ILLINOIS CRASH
Feb 23 three trainmen died in a head on collision between a Chicago and Minneapolis passenger train and a south bound Illinois Central freight near Galena Iowa. Fireman Dryan Freeport Illinois brakeman Clock Waterloo Indiana fireman Spockman Waterloo Illinois were killed. Engineer Lake of the passenger train escaped unharmed and Engineer Searles of the freight was fatally hurt. No passengers injured.
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Jawa Gontial Peaina
Lake
Searles
Ohio River Flood Reaches Five Feet Above Danger Level
Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio River at six o clock last night at nine point six feet and rising, nearly five feet above danger. Anticipated gain could surpass previous flood peak of 1884. Wabash also rising rapidly with hundreds displaced and crops and livestock at risk. Damaged areas include Mount Carmel with rivers at record highs.
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Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Wabash
Daat Mt. Carmel
IOWA MAN ELECTED TO SENATORSHIP FROM OREGON
Salem Oregon February 23 C W Fulton elected senator on the seventeenth ballot of the evening last night. Charles W Fulton born in Ohio August 17 1853. He moved to Iown with his parents studied law admitted to the bar. Came to Oregon in 1874 taught school later locating at Astoria where he has since resided and built a lucrative law practice. He has been prominent in state politics for years.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
C. W. Fulton
Charles W. Fulton
Ohio
Iown
Astoria
Appeals for Justice in Soldier Death Case
Mrs Ellen G. Richter of Syracuse appeals to President Roosevelt seeking punishment for Lieutenant William Sinclair over the death of Private Edward C. Richter in the Philippine Islands. She asks Sinclair be stripped of rank and her son’s body sent home for burial after alleging he was bound gagged and subjected to ice water immersion for over two hours before dying. Sinclair was court martialed and acquitted.
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Washington
Ellen GC. Richter
Syracuse
N. Y
Roosevelt
William Sinclair
Edward Co. Richter
Walter Cure
Sinclair
Ritchter
Dos Marinas
Philippine Islands
Fire at Miller’s department store in Houghton causes heavy losses
A morning blaze at Miller's department store in Houghton Michigan caused about 150000 in damage. Major losses hit L Miller General Merchandise 8500 N I Leopold building 8000 and Man Rudick Company wholesale cigars 98000. Local firemen were aided by Hancock Quincy and Huronton departments.
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Houghton
Mich
Houghton, Mich
Miller’s
L. Miller
N. I. Leopold
Man Rudick Company
Hancock
Quincy
Huronton
Markets Report From Sioux City and Other Corners
Sioux City live stock prices show hogs mixed to steady with light and mixed selections around 4.40 to 7.70 dollars, cattle values steady with feeders around 2.75 to 4.40 dollars and butchers 3.56 to 5.00, South Omaha and Kansas City listings mirror steady to firm trends with hogs 4.00 to 7.00 and cattle 1.00 to 6.05, while Kansas City notes steers 2.00 to 6.05 and calves 2.50 to 6.00.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Wriday
South Omaha
Kansas City
Shamaas City
Texas
Grain Markets and Quotations from Chicago and Minneapolis
Cash quotations show flour steady and grain prices varied across wheat, rye, and corn. Chicago markets report No 2 spring and No 2 red wheats with mixed bids while butter and pork provisions edge on price, and Minneapolis for winter wheat and northern grades notes several bids and delivery months with futures hints.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Senators Seek Workable Compromise On Statehood and Canal
Washington Feb 23 The senate spent the day in executive session debating the Panama canal treaty and the statehood bill. A steering committee discussion considered a compromise to avert an extra session while potential riders and open doors on the canal debate were weighed.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Quay
Carmack
Spooner
Teller
Depew
Hale
Bacon
Moargan
Cullom
Moving to Canada British request to reserve townships
The Rev Mr Barr's emigration drive has grown large enough to prompt a London Tribune report that he urged the Dominion government to reserve forty more townships for Britain. He offers to pay entry fees and settle colonists within six months, backed by 2.5 million dollars on hand. The plan would require occupation of over 2 million acres and follows American farmers migrating northwest into Canada.
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New York
Barr
London
the Tribune
Dominion
Northwest Territory
Canada
Great Britain
South Ag Trckn Tne
Rhodesia
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Cael Eg Anata Anced Jews
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Prank H. Tyree
Pyree
William Craig
Pittsfield
Fass
Craig
George Foster
McKinley
Yatter
Buffalo
City of
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Warwick
Lady Essex
Lady Dudley
Europe
Baroness von Coln- Oppenheimmn
William
Germany
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Hudson Bay
Haly
Calais
Dover
Edward
Paris
Nord
M. Loubet
Channel
Bureau of Solg
Union
Delaware
Wwike Superior
Minnesota
Joseph Wharton
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
School of Finance and Economy
University
de Anna Countess de Castellane
Madame de Sevigne
Office of Works
Buckingham Palace
Marlborough House
Spain
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Zeeland
Henmark
Quito
Neuacar
E, & Carpenter
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Ottumwa Waterworks
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