Iowa News Roundup Includes Fires, Floods and Court Actions
Reports from Cedar Falls to Clinton recount a series of local incidents. A Dannevirk manager’s widow died, two funerals followed quickly, and a bridge near Elma washed out in the storm. Iowa considers a railroad family mileage book bill at $20 for 1,000 miles. Runaway youths raise police concern in Clinton, while Vilhjalmur Stefansson prepares for a North Pole expedition. Justice of the Peace John W. Miller faces a damages suit over an appeal denial. Catholic church tensions rise over diocese division, and Clarinda’s mill is lost to fire. Des Moines reports a dangerous church intruder and a revived Joyce mill at Clinton. Nina Virginia Brandt vanishes after cashing her father’s $288 check, sparking a major search, while Beaman suffers a fire that destroys residence and barber shop. Guardianship petitions surface in Grand Mound over a brother’s alleged mental incompetence and slot-machine spending.
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Caroline Christiasen
N. U. Christiasen
Dannevirk
Cedar Falls
Elma
Iowa
Chassell
Plymouth County
House Committee On Railroads and Commerce
Clinton
Hhus
Vilhjalmar Stefannsoon
Town University
North Pole
Vancouver
British Columbia
Elmer Mikkelsen
Beringstrait
Stefannsoon
Iceland
Harvard University
John W. Miller
Neola
T. W. Castor
Castor
Miller
Davenport
Des Moines
Lenihan
Great Falls
Mont
Sioux City
Clarinda
Albina
W. J. Donelan & Co. Dry Goods
Ware & Kissick’s
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
River Division
LaCrosse
St. Paul
Sabula
Marton
Manilla
Chicago
Vera White
Marshalltown
Mra. C
Cole
Sibley
Mra. Cole
D. L. McCausland
Osceola Equity
District Court
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Starr
Andrew Ritchey
South Stuart
Holmes & Williams
St. Ambrose Catholic
Joyce Tumber
United States
Joyce
He Lumber City
Nina Virginia Brandt
John S. Brandt
First Christian Church of
St. Louis
Missouri
Drake University
Des Motes
Miss Brandt
Brandt
Missouri-Lincoln Trust Company
C. O. Brown
Beaman
Church
Hawkeye
Julius Schwein
Henry Schwein
Grand Mound
the Behweins
Plan to redistrict in Iowa defeated in legislature
Des Moines reports the Green redistricting plan was killed 23 to 50 in the house. It would have changed every congressional district and equalized population across eleven districts, but Democrats opposed it for creating a comfortable Republican majority. Names of Yeas and Nays listed.
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Des Moines
Greene
Kendall
Doran
Cobl
Yeas
Messrs
Calderwood
Carstensen
Chassel
Christianson
Cummings
Dashiell
Dow
English
Hume
Jacobson
Lister
McDole
Maben
Mattes
Morris
Nichols
Olson
Powers
Robinson
Des Moines Passes Warren Insurance Bill to Probe Firms
By a 71 to 1 vote the house approved the Warren insurance measure creating a five member legislative commission to examine all insurance practices in the state, revise laws, and draft a uniform life and fire policy. The panel, three from the house and two from the senate, may access auditor records for information and must report findings to the next general assembly.
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Des Moines
House
Warren Insurance
Kendall
General Assembly
Senate
Was Loyal To Son Dies Of Small Pox In Illness
Jasper Kuhn, a wagon shop proprietor living one mile west of New Hampton, died Friday night of small pox after tending his ill barber son Arthur despite quarantine orders. Arthur contracted the disease while receiving medical care and recovered. Jasper relapsed after caring for him during a rainy, damp period. His source of infection remains unknown.
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New Hampton
Jasper Kuhn
Arthur
Kuhn
Boone Bridge Carried Away in High Water
Webster City reports the Boone river bridge on Des Moines street washed away by yesterday’s high waters. No other serious damage noted as waters recede.
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Boone
Webster City
Des Moines Street
Fire destroys blocks at Eldora reports $6000 loss
Fire at Whitten Thursday night wiped out the business blocks of C. F. Drury meats Otis G. Blair general and J. A. Long barber in Eldora March 31. Total loss listed at $6000.
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Eldora
Whitten
J. A. Long
Draw Lots For Mayor'ty In Yda Grove
The board canvassing the Yda Grove mayoral vote declared a tie at 229 votes each. Robert Lipton won the lot drawing, while W J Anderson plans to contest the count through the judges and the courts. Families remain on good terms amid the dispute.
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Yda Grove
Tle
Robert Lipton
W. J. Anderson
Sntan
Anti-Pass Bill Passes the House in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the Hughes anti pass bill cleared the house by 70 to 1 percent after lengthy debate. Amendments expanding scope to federal officers and a publication clause were adopted while exemptions for certain officials were defeated. The bill now proceeds to the next legislative stage.
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HOUSE
Des Moines
Hughes
Temple
Friends of the
Cummings
Agricultural Committee
Wise
Frodden
Agricultural Board
Colleges and Fire Department
Waterloo Flood Worsens Citywide Destruction
Waterloo endures its worst flood in history as Cedar River rises over eleven feet and drowns West Waterloo industry and homes. By March 29 many downtown basements flood, 6500 workers affected, and factories closed while estimates of damage vary. Boats rescue families with no serious injuries reported.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Westfield
Marsh
Waterloo Threshing Machine Co
Kent Manufacturing Company
Headford Bros
Linford Bros
Waterloo Motor Works
Waterloo Cast Iron Company
Waterloo Carriage Company
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Creamery Company
Town Dairy
Globe Box
Artificial Tea Company
East Waterloo
Litchfield
Waterloo Water Works Company
West
Jerome Secures Special Grand Jury for Insurance Probes
In New York on March 31 Justice Dowling granted District Attorney Jerome’s plea for a special grand jury to probe insurance matters. After consulting associate justices, Dowling said they supported the move. The panel is to be convened around May 1.
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Jerome
New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Dowling
Bigamist Sentenced in Grinnell Case
Eldora report says R Stewart Kraus, Grinnell bigamist arrested last week, pleaded guilty before Judge Richard last evening and received the maximum five year penalty. He will be sent to Anamosa by Sheriff Miller immediately. Kraus is alleged to have a wife in Detroit and married a Grinnell girl in February.
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Bigamist
Eldora
R. Stewart Kraus
Grinnell
Johnstown Fire Destroys Four Buildings in Business District
A late night blaze in Johnstown Pennsylvania destroyed four large business structures in the city’s business district. The fire started shortly after midnight and burned until daylight, causing about half a million dollars in losses. Fireman William Campbell was trapped by a falling wall and is severely injured. Time records the event for the future.
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Johnstown
William Campbell
J T Hamilton for Board of Control
Des Moines reports John T Hamilton of Cedar Rapids, a wealthy lifelong Democrat, appointed by Governor Cummins to fill the state board of control vacancy after L G Kinane’s death. Hamilton, born October 16 1843 in Henry county Illinois, has led finance and farming ventures, chaired Merchants National Bank, Cedar Rapids Savings Bank, and held political roles from Cedar Rapids fire chief to mayor, state legislator, and 1890 speaker of the house. He served briefly in Congress from the Fifth district before being replaced. He attends Mason’s Ep iscopal church.
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Des Moines
John T. Ffamilton
Cedar Rapids
Cummins
State Board of Control
L. G. Kinane
Hamilton
Larrabee
Henry County
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Geneseo Academy
Merchants’ National Bank
Linn County
Congress
G. R. Struble
Robert G. Cousins
Mason
Episcopal Church
House kills the single board plan
Des Moines March 80 The house ended a lengthy debate on the state educational board of regents bill by ordering the previous question and killing the measure 40 to 62. A motion to reconsider was voted down as several members were away.
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Des Moines
State Educational Board of Regents
Jesult
Tost
Teter
Wright
Jacobson
Bealer
Ays
Temple
Conn Insurance Bill Passed Despite Senate Plan
Des Moines reports the Conn insurance bill passed the House by 87 to 3, mandating annual apportionment and accounting of life insurers. The measure, drafted by Auditor Carroll, aligned with New York committee findings and pursued despite anticipated effects from Warren senate bill creating a legislative royal commission to study Iowa insurers. Dr Palmer Sentenced to Jail in Davenport for Practicing Medicine Without a License. Davenport notes Dr D D Palmer, founder of the Davenport chiropractic school, was sentenced to 105 days in jail after choosing jail over a $350 fine for practicing medicine without a license.
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Des Moines
Conn Insurance
House
General Assembly
Committee On Insurance
Middle West
Carroll
New York Legislative Committee
Warren Senate
Special Legislative Commission
Iowa
Conn
Gut My
Duke Granted Divorce in New York
Brodier L. Duke of Durlam North Carolina, a relative of the president of the American Tobacco Co, was granted a divorce from Alice Webb Duke. They married December 19, 1904, in New York. Trial proceedings had no appearance by Mrs. Duke’s counsel and no witnesses. Justice Blanchard ordered a sealed verdict, returned yesterday.
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Duke
New York
Brodier L. Duke
Durlam
N. C
American Tobacco Company
Alice Webb Duke
Gov
Blanchard
Beef Trust Crowded Trial Planned for September
Chicago jurists set the beef packing companies trial for the second Monday in September after a morning conference with Judge Humphrey District Attorney Morrison and Packers attorney Miller. Morrison sought a new trial on immunity pleas but was denied along with Miller. The court then fixed the trial date.
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Moody Concura
Chicago
Humphrey
Morrison
Miller
Washington
Goal Mines Shut Down After Wage Pact Still Unclear
Indianapolis April 1 The United Mine Workers board authorized signings to enforce the 1903 wage scale offering a 5.55 percent raise. Operators in western Kentucky signalled willingness to accept the scale, potentially prompting broader contracts. Iowa miners and operators will hold talks to set a two year scale from April 1 with a planned short suspension if needed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers
Minera
Kentucky
Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Prosecution Planned for Undercounts
Washington April 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission said after an NYC investigation into under billing and misdescription by several shippers it intends to certify the cases to the Department of Justice for criminal proceedings and possible indictments.
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Washington, D. C
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Department of Justice
Ohio Lands Flooded by Destructive Floods
Dayton March 28 heavy rainfall and thaw have swollen the Miami River and tributaries. The Milail River rises four inches an hour. Lowlands south are flooded with great property damage feared. Portions of several villages submerged as authorities monitor the situation.
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Ohio Lands
Dayton
Miami
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