Notable crimes and local trials swirl through Iowa report
A flurry of court actions and incidents unfolds across Iowa. Prosecutors pursue manslaughter charges in Muscatine while an appeal seeks to reclaim county funds. Arrests span Centerville to Marshalltown as suspects face murder, burglary, and other charges. A Clinton factory fire devastates a wagon works, with crews battling flames and loss approaching $150,000 plus insured exposure.
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C.S. Brandlee
Kansas City
Mlinois Central
Duhoane
Antry
Stephen Sadden
Oscar Clow
Willan MeClure
Burlington
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Hadden
State Reformatory
Peekskill
N.Y
Joseph Z. Sutter
Shorty" Gamble
Sutter & Gamble Sports Goods
Sutter & Gamble Sports Goods Emporium
Henry M. Melee
Charles Miller
Cascade
James Rush Lincoln
Ames
Harold Smith
Marshalltown
Grand Jury
Young Smith
Worl
Savery Hotel
Des Moines
S. B. Chapman
Iowa General
Smith
Nicholson
Albert Wester
Hocking
Albia
Hocking Coal Company
Sweden
County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Society
Mason City
J. H. Brown
Rockwell
D. McArthur
Frank Paul
City
James Keefe
Albert Kranz
Will Bitner
Harry Sheppard
Charles Garlock
Bitner
Sheppard
Iowa
Clinton
Charles F. Curtis
John Sinclair
The Thaw trial adjourned amid storm delays
The Thaw trial was adjourned as witnesses from Murcos were delayed by an Atlantic coast storm. Justice Dowling limited each side to three expert witnesses and two defense experts heard on mental and physical examinations of Harry Thaw in the Tombs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified again as defense attorneys introduced a 1903 letter corroborating her story.
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Murcos
Justice Dowling
Tria
Harry Thaw
Tombs
Anthony Comstock
Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Jong
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Fires Destroy City Hall In Portland Me Damaging 1 Million
A blaze destroyed Portland Maine city hall and police buildings harming over 700 residents and resulting in extensive property loss estimated at one million dollars. The fire followed by blizzards and winter storms disrupted coastal towns and delayed shipping along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Portland
Andrew Jackson Detsch
Harry Ferren
Philadelphia
T Ho Ught Ferree
Detsch
Ferree
Emily Yznaga
Duchess of Manchester
Lister-Kaye
England
Natchez
Miss
Kenneth
George Stetson
Burlington
Wis
W. Leo Bockemobile
Bank of Ellinwood
Ellinwood
Kan
Gilman Mitton
Kewanee
Ill
Charles Bradley
Minneapolis
International Harvester Company
Milwaukee
Frankfort
R. Hamill
Terre Haute
Ind
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Paul Kelly
New York
P. F. Disger
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Aurel Baronyi
Franti Work
Inlaw
Burke Roche
Edward Niedling
Ansonia
Conn
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Montana
Wyoming
Sioux City
Commission
M. Michaels
Binghamton
Bavaria
John S. Peters
R. Meade Shuumvyay
Beatrice, Neb
Unclear mixed incidents span fire deaths and trials
A sprawling clippings reel notes multiple fatal fires, murders, trials, and political twists from diverse locales. Notable items include sisters burned in Ohio, a New Brunswick fortune claim, a prison escape, a Chicago murder and suicide, colonial era figures, and a wave of arrests and court actions across the United States and Europe.
Trust suit targets Union Pacific control of rivals
Bill in Equity filed in Washington seeks to set aside control of subsidiary lines by Union Pacific and its stockholdings in rival railroads. The attorney general charges Sherman act violations and aims to break a regional monopoly from Missouri to the Pacific coast. Defendants include Harriman Schiff Kahn Stilman Frick Rogers and Clark with Partners Loan and Trust as depository.
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Washington, D. C
Suidines
Union Pacife
Interstate Commerce
Union Pacific
Department
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Portland
Partners’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York
San Petro Road
New York Bank Pails National of North America Closed
Controller Ridgely ordered the National Bank of North America closed for liquidation and appointed Charles Hanuma as receiver after an appeal by W F Havemeyer. Havemeyer voiced belief the bank is solvent with stockholders to recoup. The bank had $2,000,000 capital and deposits falling from $19.8 million to about $3 million.
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Ridgely
National of North America
New York
William B. Ridgely
National Bank of North America
Charles Hanuma
Nations
W. F. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
American Torpedo Boats Mozilla reach Buenos Ayres
The American torpedo boat Mozilla arrived in Buenos Ayres on January 26 after leaving Rio de Janeiro January 21. Spectators witnessed the welcome by the Argentine flotilla off Ores Island. The flotilla saluted and exchanged greetings before Mozilla proceeded to the dock. The flotilla will remain until Thursday then head to Sandy Point in the Magellan Strait to join the battleship fleet. Also news from Florence reports novelist Ouida dying in poverty at Reggio with only an old servant attending.
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Flottilla
Buenos Ayres
Mozilla
Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Ores Island
Cone
Sandy Point
Magellan Strait
New Mexico Statehood Rumor Circulates in Washington
In Washington on January 26 a broad rumor circulated that Governor Currey National Committeeman Galomon Luna and other New Mexico citizens have been assured that a bill clinching statehood for New Mexico will pass in the short session of the Sixtieth Congress. The rumor ties the potential bill to New Mexico relaxing its mining and water use posture as part of a broader agreement.
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New Mexico
Washington, D. C
Senate
Currey
National
Galomon Luna
Washington
A. Bill
New Mealee
Ig Np
Thay
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First National Bank of Chariton
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J. C. Mitchell
County Board of Supervisors
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Rapid City
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Carnegian Trust Company
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el Wrabe
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Tire
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St. Louis
Mexico
Bonnie A. Walker
Canton
Los Angeles
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Steunenberg
Idaho
Nils Nielson
New Haven
Pearl Turner
Mark C. Turner
Secretary of the Treasury
Free Methodist Seminary
Wessington Springs
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Traders’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Pittsburg
A. ©. Tisdelle
Citizens’ Bank
Beckley
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Guba
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George R. Haynes
Sixth Judicial Circuit
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Pneumona
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John §. McDonald
Kanawha County Court
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Spain
Mulai Hafid
Glendon
Hibernia
N. J
Germany
Morris J. Jessup
Count Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Clarksville
Tenn
Gov. Patterson
Lee Holder
Holder
Betts Academy
Stamford
United States Grand Jury
Parkersburg
Wiliam M. Hall
United States
W. Leo Bochemohle
Tomas
Bonaparte
Harriman Combine
Bill In Equity
NEW York Bank
Oulda
Florence
Louise da la
Romee
Reggio
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