Unstable Times Hit Hard by Local Misfortunes
A string of incidents rattles the community from a fatality in Winterset to a plant expansion near Mason City, a dangerous rail obstruction near Plymouth, a bank’s final dividend, and legal actions involving tax and pure food violations. The report ties together accidents, crimes, political clashes, and civic developments across several Iowa towns with local names like Mason City, Winterset, Colfax, and Newton.
World Happenings Review Notes Major Fires and Murders
Four five men were killed and many injured in a Parker Building blaze on Fourth Avenue New York. The loss to publishing houses reached about 5 000 000. Edwin Taft killed himself after driving his son to his wife’s grave in Ravenna. Funeral crowds in New York’s Bowery for Abraham Goldfaden disrupted traffic. A wide range of incidents follow including rail crashes, bank thefts, political moves, and notable deaths.
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Parker Bulding
Fourth Avenue
New York
Win Collier
Edwin
Ravenna
Abraham Goldfaden
Bowery
Grand Jury
Kansas City
Sumiay
Henry ©. Roehme
Orange
N. Oj
Lackawanna
Fred Ofta
Milesia
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Egan
William
Alabama & Mississippi
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Supreme Court of New York
George J. Gould
John S. Jones
Ohio
Ames Soriety
Equity
Flenderson
James Kemp
Washington
New Orleans
Sidney
Neh
William TL. Patterson
John Patterson
North Carolina
Admiral Evans
Pacific Fleet
Hattle Creek
Mich
Pneumonic
Tokyo
Baron Takahira
United States
Viscount Aoki
Landtag
Berlin
von Buelow
Paul Bowers
Alverton
George F. Evans
Maine Central Railroad
Vanceboro
Warsaw
Detroit
Forrester & Cheney Knitting
Albion
Ill
Edwards County Bank
New National Bank
Telephone Exchange
New Britain
Conn
William F. Walker
Mexico
New Jersey Railway Commissioners
Eugenie
Sule
Marseilles
France
Calomba
Horace Newell Marvin
Dover
Del
Flora Melinda Swift
Myone
Pernambuco
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Archdiocese of
Chicago
Bishopric of
Rockford
William Sulzer
Roedelheim
Philadelphia
South China
Canton
Nebraska Republican State Committee
Omaha
Taft
Daniel Ellis
Tennessee
Elizabethtown
Preun
Richard Snell
Thomas Snel
Inia
Clintom
Young Snell
Snel
Wether
Maybelle Snell
McNamara
District Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Wagens Eli
Schmity
Abe Ruet
Newbeth
N.C
Gov. Trion
Martin Livingston
Goldsboro
Heath
Cyrus J. Lawrence
Cyrus J. Lawrence & Son
Bush Terminal Company
Mack St. Clair
Solomon Lawrence
Princeton
Ind
Jack London
Marquesas Islanis
Frank J. McLtrlen
Mary Scheele
Brooklyn
Martin Maloney
Helen
Arthur Herbert Osborn
Charles ¥. Hughes
Lansing
Michigan State Board of Charities and Correction
Queen & Crescent
Somerset
Urban Angney
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kan
Frazer Hall
Milward Burch
Hampton
Eva Downing
Winchester
William Shamburger
Lake Shore Road
Elkhart
Christopher H. Connor
la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Spokane
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
America
Europe
Japan
State Department
Gergholx
China
Vernon J. Nettleton
Coldwater
W. B. Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
H. C. Havemeyer
Calhoun
Mclean County
Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank of New York
Edwin Gould
Charles F
St. Joseph
Sydney
Australia
Munger
Federal Court
Henry Sutton
Walter H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Minn
A. B. Stickney
Charles H. F. Smith
Meyer
J. Ward Fook
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Topeka
Cmurt
A. F. Sethy
Twilshora
N. ND
Moorhead
Vishay George Worthington
Nebraska
Wishop Trewy C. Potter
Mentone
Jaimes. Takte
Salt Lake City
Protestant Episcopal Church
Petticipal
Albert Jackson
Minnie Burton
Maglawood
S. Th
Missouri
Bantils
Denver Post
Thomas M. Patterson
W. Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Illinois
Springfield
Templemon
Tiane Kushemoff
North America
D. I. McDermott
Molly Maguires
Federal Grand Jury
Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
Shields
Defiance
Bank of
Yucatan
Fernando A. Rodriguez
Mateo Ponce
Claus A. Spreckle
Oregon Inlet
N. C
J. Tiaiteras Station
Supreme Court of the United States
Woonergan
Charles M. MacDonald
Foster
Percy
Mendota
H. Grey Duberry
Marl Gray
Canada
Mount Royal
Pastnet Light
Kickapoo
Kane
Ernest Schweitzer
A. 8
Berry
Kentucky
Congress
Newport
Federation of Master Siinners
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
A. Ross Hill
College of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
Cornell University
University of Missouri
Richard H. Jesse
William Thomas
Aurora
United States Steel Corporation
Ironwood, Mich
Joly Bendette
Oust Tart Men as Ohio Forakerites Fight over Committees
Cleveland January 12 A county executive committee dispute splits the party into Foraker Roosevelt and regular Taft factions. Three committees claim authority. the board of elections must rule. Primaries set for February 11 with gates to the national convention to be chosen. Police guarded the convention hall as resolutions condemned the regular committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Foraker
Mass
Republican
Forakerites
Taft
County Boards of Elections
Roosevelt
Board of Elections
Roosevelt Organization
Stampede in Barnsley Theater Kills Sixteen
A senseless crowd crush at Harvey Institute in Barnsley England after a children's performance left sixteen dead, including several children, and many injured. Officials say there was no danger or fire, only unaccountable panic as the exit flow blocked by the crowd led to a fatal crush as people dashed for egress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pond
Unt
Geese
Bre
Garyy
Wes Hill
New York
Wile Raiten
Mitchell
Raitvor
Cale Penner
N.S. Reto
Baten
Davigit
Lewis
Betty Gr. A. Wilson
Amuda
Bin
Tnke
Clear Lake
Young
Lake Shore
Lew Johnson
St. Paul
Mason City
Milwaukee
Johnson
Caine
Oscar Claw
William
McClure
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Charles’ Wilsson
Charles Edwards
Fort Teavenworth
Smith McPharson
Creston
Decatur City
Munson
Knowlton
Iowa
Ray Berry
Monroe Township
Winterset
Sarah Berry
Cheries City
Anton Csarl Hmaricks
George Goddard
Fife
Cooklr
Hell
Earth
Youss
Pierre
Charles Cty College
A& Celal
Charles City
Hog
Wark
Worth County
Frank
Ben Fakier
Plymouth
Rock Island
Minneapolis
Barnsley
York
England
Arims
Harvey Institute
Threaten von Buelow mob disrupts Berlin protest
Berlin on January 13 saw a massive socialist and sympathizer demonstration over universal suffrage and Chancellor von Buelow’s refusal. Police in mounted and foot squads charged the crowd along Friedrichstrasse, striking with sabers. Many demonstrators were knocked down and injured as the mass dispersed into smaller groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Bigelow
von Buelow
Friederickstrasse
King Gustavs Moves End Ceremonial Pomp in Sweden
Stockholm January 18 King Gustav announced the abolition of pompous parliamentary opening ceremonies. He already ordered removal of coronation rites, a move welcomed as a step toward democracy and modernity in Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Gustav
Sweden
Major helm to resign in Navy League row in Berlin
Berlin reports Grand Duke Frederick August of Oldenburg writes to Prince Zusalm Horstmar honorary president of the Navy League. He supports Prince Henry of Prussia who acts for Emperor William as patron and will retire if Major General Keim remains managing director. Brandenburg group votes to demand Keim’s ouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helm
Berlin
Grand Duke
Frederick August of Oldenburg
Prince Zusalm Horstmar
Navy League
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Emperor William
League
Keim
Brandenburg
Kein
Dentin
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Arthur Flanegin
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T. FB. Pullegin
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Des Moines
Damigus
Fred Thimmish
Nicholas Meyeth
Officer & Purey Bank
Officer & Pusey
Innecr
Thomas Dicer
W. E. M. Pusey
Northwestern States Cement Company
Mison City
Cement Toe Company
al Cement
Nicholas Stripe
Clinton
Davenportland
Anna Stripe
Stripe
Thet
Wen
Watt Lake
Joseph Shiughtrn
Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Wattlake Bridge
Sherman Township
Newton
Colfax
Clarence Campbell
Joseph Slaughter
Mr Slaughter
John Taither
J. H. Wilson
State Food Commissioner
Towa Cuty
Hummer Mercantiles Company
Zager & Tucker
Adam Unrath
Connecticut
Joseph Peach
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