Iowa News Briefs From Floods to Fires and Fatalities
A wide sweep of Iowa items covers drownings in Floyd River at Springdale, a 2nd Des Moines and Iowa Falls road tax win by 4 to 1 in Mason City, and Meek deaths in New York. Fires damage Newton and Defiance sites. a boy dies after freight-car fall. a Council Bluffs man faces murder appeal. Wells Fargo incorporation fees spared by law. a Clarinda theft case ends with a fine. various suicides, accidents, and public notices fill towns from Bedford to Boone and Clinton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Miller
Sioux City
William Rhodes
Newton
Alphonso Winter
Milwaukee
New Hampton
Joe Gallagher
Dayton
Cal Rimour
Corning
BE. L. Hoyt
Larson
Gallagher
Red Oak
Rimour
Chrstian Arnold
Bedford
Arnold
Grant City
H. T. Saberson
Martin
Wells- Fargo’ Express Company
Iowa
Wells- Fargo
K. G. Ward
Burlington
Clarinda
Justice Court
Young Ward
E. C. Turner
Kansas City
Ward
Council Bluffs
W. C. Rogers
Rogers
Supreme Court
Fort Madison
Bert Forney
Forney
Scovell
Creston
Johnson
Johnston
Drowning Tragedy Near Dallas Center Claims Two Teens
Charles Burckett and Charles Stevens, sons of prominent Dallas County farmers, drowned while swimming in the Goon River three and a half miles west of Dallas Center. Stevens, about 20, and Burckett, 19, vanished after being swept into a current. Burckett was recovered within an hour, Stevens not by midnight. Allan and Lawrence Richmond accompanied them. neither could swim. Regulers alerted rescuers too late as currents carried both youths toward danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burckett
Dallas County
Dallas Center
Charles Burckett
Charles Stevens
Goon River
Here
Young Burchett
Stevens
George H. Burekett
Thomas Stevens
Young Stevens
Burekett
Garoutte Bridge
Allan
Lawrence Richmond
Allan Richmond
Richmond
Burchett
REFUGEES RUN DOWN. Escapees From Monroe Jail Captured Near Albia
Ottumwa July 16. After an eighteen hour chase two Black men, Andrew Smith and Robert Campbell, who escaped from Monroe county jail at Albia by digging through a brick wall, were captured in woods eight and a half miles northwest of Albia around 6 PM. Smith faced murder charges and Campbell burglary. Sheriff Doner initiated pursuit by car. bloodhounds from Sheriff Cremer aided the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Ottumwa
Andrew Smith
Robert Campbell
Albia
John Doner
Cremer
Doner
Smith
Campbell
W M McFarland Former Iowa Secretary of State Dead
W M McFarland ex secretary of the state of Iowa died suddenly of heart disease in St Paul union depot as he boarded a private car. He was 47, leaves a wife and two daughters, and had recently toured Canada with Iowa business men en route to Indianola. Born April 1 1848 in Posey Indiana he built a career in politics and business, serving as secretary of state from 1890 and later living in Indianola while traveling for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
St. Pat
Wm. M. McFarland
St Paul Union Depot
McFarland
Canada Northwest
Towa
Indianola
McFarand
Althours
Drake
McFarimnd
Posey County
Indiana
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Brooklyn Chronicle
Brooklyn
Estherville
Eminel Couty
Busse Death Sentence Denied Rehearing in Murder Case
Des Moines reports Louis Busse, condemned for the murder of his wife, must hang after the supreme court denied a rehearing. Attorneys may seek clemency from the governor or pursue federal appeals challenging the indictment’s validity. A similar case, Joseph Smith of Monroe County, awaits governor action as death dates have passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Louis Busse
Supreme Cauy T
Busse
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Tribunal
Joseph ©. Smith
Monroe County
Iowa
Fhe Supreme Cart
Henderson Diagnosed With Paresis In Illness
Dubuque reports physicians tending Col. D. B. Henderson say he suffers from paresis and may not recover. His hand and leg movement have partially returned, but his mind shows no improvement as he weakens daily, with death possible at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Col
D. B. Henderson
Jez
Murder Is the Result in Des Moines
Des Moines July 15 Iritz Westbrook a Harris and ery clerk aged 25 died from wounds received from thugs at Fourteenth street and University avenue about midnight July 7. Policemen have not nabbed the murderer. the case remains a police mystery. Westbrook was returning from a visit with Miss Ioa Cassidy when attacked by two men bent on robbery. He resisted and one assailant fled while the other fired. The hold-up occurred near Fourteenth street and University avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LK. Buell
Pearl Biyer
Muscatine
Big Four
Francisville
Benjamin Huh
Boone
Rock Island
Grand Junction
Otf
Bert Burwell
Bridgeman
John Burwell
Downing
Defiance
Milwaukee
John Robinson
Rebbeck
Robinson
Main Street
Tetanus
Clinton County
Edith Iverson
Gunder I. Iverson
Grand Mound
Clinton
Grand Mouné
Nolson
Colfax
Slaughter
Polimell
Samuel E. Howard
Clarinda
Shambaugh
Mr. Howard
Gustavue Hoepfner
Davenport
Hoepfner
Mra
J. P. Merkes
Dubuque
Des Moines
Iritz Westbrook
Fourteenth’ Street
University Avenue
Methodist Hospital
Ioa Cassidy
Tenth Street
Westbrook
Fourteenth Street
Harrison County Board Pays Dennison Trial Costs
In an adjourned session the Harrison county board authorized Auditor Larsen of Montgomery to apply 811 dollars on the Dennison trial costs at Red Oak. The funds, drawn from Harrison county treasury for Omaha residents involved in a thirteen year old case, cover costs paid in cash. About 800 dollars remain in Montgomery for approval in September, while 129 dollars in costs are contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison
Logan
Harrison County
Board of Supervisors
Larsen
Montgomery
Red Oal
Omaha
Montgomery County
Tried to Wreck Flyer. Greene, July 14.
A thwarted attempt to wreck the Rock Island flyer from the south was halted yesterday. A heavy iron strip and a timber were placed across the rails by suspected tramps, but the strip broke as the train hit it and the cars remained on the track. Detectives are investigating and arrests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flyer
Greene
Rock Island
Four Die in Wreck at Town Central Bridge
Four men are dead and a fifth severely injured after a freight wreck on Town Central Bridge over Richland Creek near Olkie and Richland yesterday afternoon. The crew names include engineer Jesse V. Long and firemen Willam West and Samuel Woolsey, with C.K. Williams and others listed among the casualties. A tank car of oil exploded, flames blocked escape, and Long died from scalding as Williams survived by leaping from the engine but suffered severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Richland Creek
Olfie
Richland
Jesse V. Long
Oskeeloosa
Willam West
Samuel Woolsey
Akeman
Oglaloosa
C.K. Williams
Em Ginger
W. L. McMahon
Williams
Long
Maquoketa Sisters Missing While Burro Party Aids Pike's Peak
Miss Ena Wilter and Miss Josephine Wilter of Maquoketa Iowa are missing near Pike's Peak Colorado. They joined a burro party of about thirty and rode from Manitou to the summit on Tuesday morning. The party halted at Half Way House to sleep and planned to take a train the next day. They have not returned. An searching party of eight is seeking them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mountain
Colorado Springs
Cols
Ena
Josephine Wilter
Maquoketa
Pike's Peak
Manitou
Half Way
Hunting Forther
Value of U S railways debated at Iowa hearing
Des Moines reports show railroad men disagree on the national worth of railroads with figures from Secretary Thompson of the Chicago association suggesting 12 to 13.4 billion dollars while some Iowa voices push for lower estimates. Farmers press for parity with road values as council weighs increased assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Slason Thompson
United States
Thompson
Chicago
Federal Senate
Senate
Cumming
Washington
W. L. ‘Larbett
Ilinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Council Biuifs
Union Pacific
Spencer Smith
State Railroad
Donald Macrae
Nebraska
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Ution Pacific
Ma Claney
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Farmers of
Executiv Council
James J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
James C. Davis
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Executive Council
Northwestern
Fitzpatrick
Western Union
Drainage law decisively sustained by Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines July 14 Iowa Supreme Court unanimously upheld the new drainage statute in two opinions covering three appeals. Justice Bishop and Judge Weaver rejected all challenges alleging constitutional and procedural defects, confirming the law's validity and County boards power to form drainage districts without violating rights or public funding limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa’ Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Bishop
E. R. Sisson
Board of Supervisors
Buena Vista County
Bailie
District Court
Weaver
Frankoss
Board of Supervisors of
Wright County
A. Keeer
Buena Vista
Artist Is Killed by Fall in Burlington July 16
George Lewis Carspecken, a prominent young artist who studied two years in Paris, died from a fractured skull after falling down stairs in a fainting spell. A body recovered from the Mississippi at Keokuk was identified as Dad Smith of Burlington, a government river worker who drowned accidentally. Maurice Barrymore on a New York train spoke with passengers about vacations caused by overwork. he quipped about going to the hills for pleasure and noted a man's epitaph being of little use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
George Lewis Carspecken
Paris
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Dad’ Smith
Maurice Barrymore
New York
Barrymore
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