Iowa News Highlights Astringent Fatalities And Disasters
A spate of Iowa incidents includes Mrs Briggs killed by a Rock Island train at Rock Island crossing in Mason City reports of a boy losing an eye from a firecracker in Mason City, and a Sioux City man fatally shooting himself after a car dispute. Fire and weather disasters unfold across Ottumwa Mount Pleasant and Unionville with homes barns and crops destroyed by tornadoes and a major blaze on Mount Pleasant’s east square. legal battles loom in Fort Dodge over a boiler explosion verdict while accidents claim workers in Osceola Reinbeck Hedrick and Council Bluffs. A sensational personal ad in Omaha leads to a marriage at Lincoln. Violence and public health cases fill the page from vaccination debates to a fatal fall in Clinton and a runaway team death in Reinbeck.
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Swan
Wameon
Frank Johnson
Sioux City
Carson
Sioux City Crockery Company
Joseph Wheaton
New Hampton
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Peter Revington
Lor Wolfe
Cedar Falls
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Young Revington
Unionvile
Wapello
D. Giffen
W. F E. Clark
Milford
Ogdensburg
N. Y
New York
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Matt Wright
John Hoover
Chautauqua Grounds
Clayton Smith
Blakesburg
Agency
Mount Pleasant
Methodist Church
Main Street
Congregational Church
H. A. Higgins
Ross Gros
Riepe
Fort Dodge
McDonough
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Oslwein
Lewis Nonnan
Clinton
Harry Egan
Monticello
Egan
Iowa Central
Ingal
Hedwick
Little
Keithsburg
John Crowe
Pat Crowe
Crowe
Council Bluffs
John Robinson
Reinbeck
Robinson
Iowa
Orin Scott
Murray
Omaha
Nebraska
Murray Hotel
Mr. Scott
Scott
Lincoln
Rocky Mountain Limited
Downey
Frank Higgins
D. Morse
Reel Island
Des Moines Judge Rules Statute Unconstitutional For Insurance Firms
Des Moines July 2 Judge McVey releases four insurance men Willcox Howell Hopkins Skinner under habeas corpus ruling the town statute used to arrest them violates the U.S. Constitution. The decision notes harsher penalties for big capitalized companies and orders their release. County Attorney Miller will appeal to higher courts for a final decision.
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Des Moines
Messrs. Willcox
Howell, Hopkins
Skinner
B. F. Loose
McVey
United States
Justice Court
I. BE. Duncan
Loper
Arsenic Found in Stomach in Pratt Death Case
Arsenic detected in Cyrus Pratt’s stomach in Calhoun County, possible murder by his wife and a hired man Will Persing. Funeral halted during arrests. stomach sent to Prof Kinney for analysis to confirm poisoning vs embalmings fluids. Kinney seeks embalming fluid sample to determine if death was caused by poison.
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Cyrus Pratt
Calhoun County
Des Moines
Will Persing
Phiy
Pratt
Cashier Missing From Graettinger Bank
William Miller, cashier of the Graettinger Savings Bank, disappeared about a week ago. The bank has remained closed while Sheriff Coakley secures an order to open the safe, with losses estimated up to ten thousand dollars. Depositors fear uncertainty, but recovery chances are considered possible.
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Wm. Mueller
Graettinger
Marshalltown
William Miller
Coakley
Mrs Pratt Accused in Lake City Murder Confesses Buying Poison
Mrs Cyrus Pratt, under surveillance in Lake City on June 29, has confessed to authorities that she purchased strychnine from Mc Nichols drug store. She says she bought it to kill rats. The morning after Cyrus Pratt's death she and Will Persing, the hired man, drove to the bank and inquired about Pratt's account and life insurance.
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Cyrus Pratt
Lake City
McNichols
Pratt
Rockwell City Detectives Identify Suspect in Poisoning Case
Detective W W Adams, in Rockwell City yesterday, recognized William Persing, jailed on suspicion of involvement in Cyrus Pratt’s poisoning. He is the Polk City suspect for raping a 11 year old girl on June 18, 1902. If freed here, Pell county authorities will arrest him for the charges there.
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Rockwell City
W. W. Adams
William Perting
Cyrus Pratt
Polk City
Iowa
Ed. Bryant
Persing
Pell County
Irwin Mystery Deepens Near Des Moines River
Walter Irwin who vanished from 1102 High street last week is tied to a discovery on the Raccoon riverbank. Clothes found by two fishermen were identified by Mrs. Irwin as belonging to her husband, but whether he drowned or staged the scene remains unsettled.
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Irwin
Des Moines
Walter Irwin
High Street
White Is Once More Missing
Des Moines reports Virgil White the young attorney who earlier vanished and was rumored drowned has been found on a Defiance farm but refuses to return. His father Fred White then travels to Council Bluffs and Cornell but learns his son vanished again. Grand Island notes White went west on the Union Pacific last Wednesday. the father ends his search, plans circulars, and prepares to return home.
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Des Moines
Virgil White
Defiance
Hume
White
Council Bluffs
Fred White
Cornell Bhiffs
Young White
Mgr. Hume
Grand Island
Neb
Iowa
Peter Arnstedt
St. Libory
Paraly sis Strikes D B Henderson in Dubuque
David B. Henderson former speaker from Dubuque suffers a stroke affecting his right arm. June 29 reports show partial steady improvement after initial quiet, with left leg impaired and right leg stiff. By July 3 his condition is described as much improved and he is regaining use of the paralyzed arm.
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Dubuque
David BD. Henderson
Julien House
Henderson
Man Buries Savings in Yard After Bank Fear
August Carlson hides 345 dollars in an empty baking powder can in his back yard fearing bank theft. A neighbor, Andrew Thorson, is charged with grand larceny after the can is dug up missing the money. Thorson is arrested, arraigned, and released on bonds. Preliminary hearing set for July 14.
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Des Moines
August Carlson
Andrew Thorson
Cuprlson
Tama Indians Cannot Be Sued
The Tama district court led by Judge C. W. Burnham ruled that an Indian living in tribal relation cannot sue in state court. The decision, seen as pivotal, may be appealed to higher courts, affecting merchants and tradesmen near the reservation and Sac and Fox tribe members in Tama county.
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Tama
Tama County
Colonial Circles and Absent-Minded Watch Tales
A humorous exchange recalls colonial society with Tories and their movers, then shifts to Rufus Choate’s attempt to gauge a Boston witness. The New England Yankee quips that a man who checks his watch while thinking of returning home is a touch absent-minded.
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Rufus Choate
Boston
New England
Indictments in Cook County Teamsters Labor Probe
The Cook county grand jury returned forty nine indictments against men tied to Chicago labor troubles and strikes. Named are George C Prussing Charles Hank P I McHoon Join Gray with charges of conspiracy to protect brick interests and Montgomery Ward Co. indictments cover numerous teamsters union officials and agents. The jury also charged many with intent to injure and assault with intent to kill and issued a sharp report on Chicago labor conditions.
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Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Teamsters
H Ls
George C. Prussing
Ilinois Brick Company
Charles Hank
Brick, Stone and
Terra Cotta Workers’ Union
P. I McHoon
Montgomery Ward& Co
Cornelius P. Shea
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Jeremiah McCarthy
Truck Drivers’ Union
John Smyth
Coal Teamsters’ Union
George F. Golden
Packing House Teamsters
M. F P. Kelly
Market and Grocery Teamsters’ ‘Union
W. J. Kelly
Coal Teamsters' Union
James B. Barry
Express Wagon Drivers’ Union
Hugh McGee
Harry Lapp
Baggage and Parcel Delivery Union
Stephen Summers
Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union
Joseph W. Young
Baggage and
W. J. Gibson
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Albert Young
Teamsters’ Union
Santa Fe case in court contends with railroad rebates
Contempt proceedings were filed in Kansas City Missouri against the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway for alleged violation of an injunction issued March 24 1902 restraining the road from granting rebates. The action, filed yesterday in the U S district court here, was brought at the instance of Million D Purdy assistant attorney general who arrived to lead the government case.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topela & Santa Fe Railway Company
John F. Philips
United States District Court
Million D. Purdy
Washington, D. C
Empress Proditus Boycott and Chinese Orders
Washington reports the Chinese government has acted to halt anti American agitation and boycott efforts. Minister Roexhill in Peking says the foreign office has ordered viceroys and governors to cease anti American activity and the attempted boycott of American goods after urgent representations from the American legation. Separately, news from Stockholm states almost the entire Norwegian army has been mobilized with three conscription classes in training and nightly movements toward the Swedish border.
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Empress Proditus
Washington, D. C
Nly
Roexhill
Peking
State Department
Stockholm
Sweden
Trondhjem
Jamtjande-Postem
Betting Ceases at Delmar as Gov Folk declines force
June 28 report from Jefferson City states Governor Folk will not deploy armed force to enforce the soft betting law after a single arrest at Delmar race track. Racing will continue as usual. Sheriff Herpel vows daily arrests and to halt betting until the courts decide the gas cases before them.
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Delmar
Bt. Louis
Jefferson City
Folk
Herpel
Attorney General OKs Emmet lake drainage plan
Des Moines reports Attorney General Mullan advised the executive council that Emmet county may spend funds to drain a lake bed and build a levee to protect North Swan lake. The ruling extends to other lakes and supports dam construction costs. Collateral inheritance tax revenue in June reached $26,315.05, with biennial state totals projected near $600,000 if trends hold.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Executive Council
Emmet
South Swan Lake
North Swan Lake
Swan Jake
Gilbertson
Museum stuffed animals valued at thousands of dollars
A New Yorker exchange notes a collection of stuffed animals said to be worth thousands. Flo asks how they are stuffed and what their material is. The snippet also mentions extreme temperatures in Surinam and cites Sir Frederick Treves calling alcohol a poison and recommending strict limits.
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Jack
Flo
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Frederick Treves
Edward VII
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