Jury finds Williams guilty of second degree murder
Ottumwa jury convicts Frank Williams after forty hours of deliberation for the killing of William Slater during a quarrel involving Williams wife. Williams and Slater are described as colored miners from Keb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Frank Willams
William Slater
Wiliams
Fort Dodge
Otis Wilson & Co
Chicago
Muscatine
Cora Stewart
Margaret Hinterheister
Stewart
George Paine
Paine
Adams
Pierson
Cyrus Beeghly
Flotida Strohm
Beeghly
Miss Strohm
Nortwestern
Webster City
Jeff Wiley
Des Moines
Annnounees
Texas
South
W. A. Richards
United States
Sullivan
Indian Territory
Richards
Territory
Mexico
George M. Christian
Wiley
Iowa
Omaha
el Paso
Rock Island
Independence
Turner House
Michael Pellman
Seminary Hill
Dubuque
Arson, arrests and a city bowled over by crime in 1902 Iowa
A tangle of events from Davenport to Sioux City and Waterloo includes a midnight galoon closing order by Mayor Becker, a man dying after arsenic suspected poisoning, fake 25 cent checks circulating, a Cedar Falls heroine repelling a thief with burglar tools, a Swede burning to death after jail fire, and a legal ruling delaying tax exemption for veterans. Additional incidents involve a family tragedy over dinner, a Timmerman assault case, a broken engagement over oysters, and a pool hall raid leading to charges for allowing minors in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Cosgrove
Becker
James Morser
Toom Inn
Sioux City
Alta
Treasury
Nellie Simpson
Cedar Falls
Miss Simpson
Waterloo
Hornick
al D. Somer
Marshal Somer
Mullan
General Assembly
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Martin Timmerman
Martin
Paddy Farrell
Timmerman
Timmermman
Farrell
Florence Gray
Correctionville
George W. Rupert
Miss Gray
Rupert
Gray Farm
F. J. Gath
Gath
Roy Carlin
Dairymen's Convention Ends with Officers and Winners
The twenty sixth annual Iowa State Dairy men's association session in Cedar Rapids closed with officers elected S B Shilling Mason City as president W B Barney Hampton as vice president P H Eiffer Strawberry Point as secretary I A Leighton New Hampton as treasurer and G L McKay Ames as butter judge. Butter auctioned to Gudebros New York City at 26 cents per pound. Resolutions urge replacing the dairy division chief at the bureau of animal industry Secretary James Wilson, funding for a dairy exhibit at the Iowa world's fair commission, and five more dairy commissioners. Edward Ludendorf named superintendent for the Louisiana expo dairy exhibit. Top creamery butter scores listed for several bidders and jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Dairymen’s Association
S. B. Shilling
Mason City
W. B. Barney
Hampton
P. H. Eiffer
Strawberry Point
I. A. Leighton
New Hampton
G. L. McKay
Ames
Chicago
New York
Gudebros
New York City
Iowa
James Wilson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa World’s Fair Commission
Edward Ludendorf
H. J. Evans
Peterson
P. M. Jean
Toronto
Barber
Marion
D. J. Dehough
Boyden
Use Inebriacy Law Divorces Stir Legal Debate Des Moines
Des Moines reports reveal a pattern where to obtain divorces some filers invoke the new inebriacy law to prove habitual drunkenness, claiming treatment under asylum will fail, with judges hinting waiving rights if defense prevails. Also noted are injuries, deaths, and incidents including a Milwaukee yard accident in Mason City, a death from lemon extract in Vinton, a missing fund collection by J L Milton, Humane Society cruelty case at Webster City, and unrelated items about a huge rug and horse operations.
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Des Moines
R. T. Whitbrey
Mason City
Clarence Floyd
Center Point
Vinton
Iowa Central
J. L
Schaffner
Tobias Oltesvig
Humane Society
Webster City
Radclafe
Jewell
Alexander’ Court
White House
India
Peru
Europe
Venezuela
France
Helleherey
Roosevelt Would Call Extra Session Over Trust Legislation
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt will call an extraordinary session of the Fifty-Eighth Congress on March 6 if anti trust measures satisfactory to the administration are not enacted. Rockefeller telegrams opposing anti trust legislation reached senators and drew rapid reaction in the Senate and House as Standard Oil counsel lobbied against Knox and the Nelson amendment. The administration hopes the Elkins rebate bill will pass, and Hobson resigns to leave naval service.
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Washington
Rooosevelt
Congress
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Standard
Ois Company
Senate
New York
House
Knox
House Judiciary Committee
Nelson
Department of Commerce
Hikins
Governor Mickey opposes sectarian schools in Nebraska
London Neb Feb 6 Governor Mickey states opposition to further public school funding. He argues non sectarian schools hinder good citizenship and Christian development and that teachers should be well educated Christians with doctrinal or theological training.
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London
Neb
Mickey
Nebraska
Secret German Italian Alliance Shapes Venezuelan Talks
Washington reports reveal a secret German Italian alliance in the Venezuelan matter. British envoy Bow en has been told the pact aims to secure similar terms for Italy in the settlement, with protocols awaiting signature by the Italian, British, and German embassies.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
Great Britain
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Hague
A Thousand Drowned in South Sea Storm Disaster
News from Tahiti via the steamer Mariposa reports over one thousand deaths from a January sky storm and tidal wave that struck the Society Islands. Fatalities peaked on Hikuera with pearl divers hardest hit. relief ships from France and Italy race to aid destitute islanders.
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San Francisco
South Sea Islands
Tahiti
Society Islands
Puamoto
Papeete
Eimeo
Excelsior
Hao
Hikuera
Makokon
Makekan
Tala
Durance
Zeloa
Calabria
Macedonians Will Rebel Insurrection Predicted in Spring
The London tempo predicts a formidable insurrection against the Turks in the Balkans early spring as European powers doubtfully maneuver. Fleet Street writers express confidence the Macedonian issue will eclipse the Venezuela question, amid Russian and Austrian concern over Bulgarian movements and a lack of unified policy.
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New York
Venezuela
London
the Tribune
Fleet Street
Balkans
Russia
Porte
Bulgaria
Ruga v Hansen case and Polk county gambling indictments
Notable Iowa supreme court ruling holds Lund acted as Russ’s agent and the conveyance stands in a land dispute involving forged mortgages. Polk county grand jury returns indictments against M. E. Payton and James Payton for operating gambling houses. Additional items cover coal talks, a murder case, milk safety complaints, a Des Moines interurban survey, and cement plant prospects near Newton.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Ruga Va. Hansen
Lewis
B. S. Russ
Thomas J. Hansen
R. Thompson
Albert Kopesky
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
Russ
Chicago
O. L. Lund
Big Algona
Lund
Truat Company
Kopesky
Moss
Polk County
M. EB. Payton
James Payton
West Fifth Street
Duncan
Paytons
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the News
Dairymen's Convention
Philadelphia
Rockefeller
Telegrapha
Ilis
Hobson
Peb
Richmound P. Hobson
Corps of Naval Constructors
Naval Service
South Sea
White Plains
New York Central Railroad Company
Alfred F. Perrin
New Rochelle
Park Avenue
Perrin
The
Herald
United Mine Workers
John Walker
Harris Levich
Isaac Pinkelstein
Walker
Levich
J. B. Rush
Given
Wright
Hays
F. W. Cherry
Des Moines Southern Railroad Company
Interurban
Newton
Colfax
Mies
Severs
Metz
C. Lee
S. C. Les Lumber Company
Iowa Brick Company
Mad Mullah
Aden
Arabia
Obia
East Africa
Yusuf Ali
Obbia
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