Important News Notes Of A Week Condensed For The Busy Man
Brief roundup from Omaha to New York notes several retirements and discharges. Brig Gen Charles Morton ends his career on the retired list due to age. Hetty Green reportedly donates land valued at 500000 dollars to Christopher Columbus University in New York, though unverified. F M Baker, ex marine corps non- commissioned officer, dishonorably discharged for desertion to join Aguinaldo’s Filipino army. W Frank Wilson of Buffalo dies on a train near Utica while serving as assistant GM of New York Central fast freight line. Commodore Hovgsard, Danish Arctic explorer, dies and supported Cook’s theories in Copenhagen. Wilam Waldorf Astor style shift noted in London. Paul Morton named vice president of Pan American railroad with NY HQ. Louis Graf, ten, Brooklyn, expected to regain neck use after nine months.
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Charles Morton
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Hetty Green
Christopher Columbus University
New York City
F. M. Baker
Marine Corps
Navy
Aguinaldo
W. Frank Wilson
Buffalo
Pittsburg
London
Wilam Waldorf Astor
America
Mexico City
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Pan-American Railroad
New York
Louis Graf
Brooklyn
Lynching at Marion and a Art Auction Record Price
General news item notes a lynching of Bob Austin and Charles Richardson in Marion Kentucky after a charge of jail delivery and a mob of about 300. It also reports a record price of 500000 for Franz Hals and his family portrait bought by Otto Kahn.
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Bob Austin
Charles Richardson
Marion
Atk
Alf
Franz Hals
Otto Kahn
Senator Cummins
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Rochester
N. Y
Republican Party
Congress
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
State Board of Arbitration
Uncle Sam
Navy
Navy Department
Delaware
North Dakota
Carter
Brotherhood of Socomobtive Firemen
United States
New Orleans
New York
New Des Moines Post Office Opens On River Front
Postmaster Joseph I. Myerly and staff moved without ceremony to the new $500,000 post office at West Second and Walnut streets. The old building closed, the department lines moved, and the ground floor federal building was placed at department use. Thousands of Des Moines residents visited the grand new structure during its inspection days.
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Bes Moin
Joseph I. Myerly
River Front
West Second
Walnut Streets
Post
Master Myerly
Ail
Hitchcock
Plague War Costly Per Capita at Oakland
A quarterly report by Iowa State Board of Control shows inmates costs ranging 40 to 90 cents daily in state institutions, with Oakdale tuberculosis sanitarium at 2.11 per capita. Independence hospital cheapest. Knoxville inebriate asylum near 97 cents. List covers Anamosa, Cherokee, Clarinda, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Eldora, Fort Madison, Glenwood, Independence, Oakdale, Knoxville, Mitchellville, Mount Pleasant, and Vinton institutions with inmate counts and per diem costs.
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Des Moines
Mar
Oakdale
State Board of Control
A. B. McCown
Independence
Town City
Knoxville
Anamosa State Reformatory
Cherokee State Hospital
Clarinda State Hospital
Council Bliffs School For the
Davenport Town Soldiers Orphans’ Home
Eldora Industrial School
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Glenwood School For
Independence State Hospital
Oakdale Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Knoxville Inebriate Asylum
Mitchellville Industrial School For
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Vinton College For the Blind
Trains Detour Crash Kills 25 Near Green Mountain Iowa
A St Paul Waterloo passenger train, detouring due to a separate wreck on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line, plunged into a ditch one and a half miles north of Green Mountain. Reported 25 killed and many injured. Physicians rushed to the scene from Marshalltown. Both engines overturned. enginemen presumed dead.
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Marshalltown
Mar
St. Paul-Waterloo
Chicago & Geat Western
Green Mountain
Great Western
Liming Given Big Reception In Ottumwa Launch Parade
Captain L Liming of Keosauqua arrived in Ottumwa with fourteen passengers aboard the launch Keosauqua landing amid cheers at Riverside Park. The party rode from Keosauqua via Alton Ill stopping at towns en route and will return today as river boosters praise southern Iowa waterways.
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Ottumwa
Mar
L. Liming
Keosaugua
Keosauqua
Riverside Park
Marlet Street Bridge
Liming
Iowa
Captain Liming
Alton
Ill
J. B. Stillwell
Waterways Committee
The
Ottumwa Commercial Association
D. Menderson
Albia
Geo. L. Miller
M. P. Wolford
William Pratt
Silas Fowler
David Williams
Hazen Peacock
J. C.strickler
Joseph Swires
Bert Warner
Mabray and aides found guilty in mail fraud case
John Mabray and thirteen assistants were found guilty by a jury in the United States district court after a ten day trial on charges of illegal use of the mails in a broad swindle. Defendant Robert Bell Goddard of San Antonio secured a disagreement. Sentencing was set for today.
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Council Bluffs
John ‘C. Mabray
United States District Court
Robert BE L. Goddard
San Antonio
John ©. Mabray
Leon Loser
Tom
Robinson
Willard Powell
Clarence Class
Eoward Leach
Edward K. Morris
Clarence Torbes
Harry Forbes
Frank Scott
Ed McCoy
Winford S. Harris
Bert R. Shores
William
Ole) Marsh
Nolle
McPherson
Sykes Speaks at Corning on Railroad Rates
Corning Indiana March 21 A Sykes president of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association spoke to farmers about how railroad rates affect livestock production for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykes
Corning
A. Sykes
The
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Governor Haskell Exonerated in Oklahoma Funds Report
Guthrie Oklahoma March 21 Governor Charles N Haskell is exonerated of misappropriation and mismanagement of state funds in a report filed in the legislature by the house committees.
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Haskell
Guthrie
Okla
Mar
Charles N. Haskel
House
Seed Corn Train Starts Through Southern Iowa
The seed corn special funded by the Burlington railroad for the Iowa State College of Agriculture began its tour in southern Iowa with Glenwood hosting the first lecture. Dubuque prepares to welcome former Minnesota Governor Van Sant as the guest of the local G.A.R. chapter.
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Des Moines
Mar
Burlington Railroad
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Iowa
Glenwood
Dubuque
van Sant
van Rant
Minnesota
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Woodland's Lake
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Great Northern Railroad
Minnesota Conservation Congress
Khartum
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
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Cairo
Paris
Anna Gould
Boni de Castel- Tane
Haly
Department of Agriculture
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San Pedro
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Irish Fellowship Club
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Interior Department
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Clarence M. Janney
House Committee On Immigration
Immigration Commission
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Yale University
New Haven
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Geveral
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Supreme Court
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Wilmot
Harbach
Arlington Street
Mamie Huettel
Europe
P. J. O’connor
St. Joseph’s Church
Sioux City
Hathach
Mayme Huettel
Indianola
Minnie E. Underwood
Robert W. McParland
DeGraff On & Pertition
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J. 3 Martin
John Dy Cady
J. W. Christina
R.0. Hogue
J. A. Rowse
Major Rowse
Farmington
Herman Crockett
Kirkwood Hotel
Mabel Bardine
Young Crockett
Commission Plan of Government
Board of Public Works
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James A. Williamson
K.of P, Hall
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Carroll
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Humble
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