Davenport Ex-Mayor Smith Behind $30,000 Loss Tale
Samuel F. Smith former Davenport mayor and Carnegie library trustee faced losses totaling about 30,000 dollars tied to a failed ready print venture. Records show he signed over Davenport property to W. G. Putnam and A. W. Vanderveer as investigators note the Central Newspaper Union venture faltered after Smith financed it. Smith confessed and family distress is noted as illness and hospitalizations followed the fallout.
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Davenport
Recorder of
Scott County
Samuel F. Smith
Smith
Shaw Defends Shercliffe Parole Policy Details From Iowa Case
Washington reports Secretary Shaw defended the Shercliffe parole, recounting the 1893 sentence of seventeen years, good behavior, and the reform claim. He describes steps taken, monitoring, and eventual revocation after Shercliffe left Omaha for Marshall County and admitted being the notorious diamond thief. The record notes accompanying letters and custody actions, plus brief obituaries and rural anecdotes.
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Shercliffe
Washington
Shaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Hubbard
Morris
Omaha
Marshall County
W. H. Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Matt. Steadman
Secret Service
W. S. Richards
Washigton Post
Frank Shereliffe
Judge Hubbard
Russian Pacific Fleet Returns After Action at Korea Bay
Russian squadron under Rear Admiral Yesten returns to Vladivostok after engaging near Korан coast. Ships Trossia Rurik Uromobol and Rogatyr report torpedoing Goyo-Maru and sinking a Japanese transport Kiushin-Maru after pursuit. U.S.S.R. forces capture 126 infantry and six officers, with heavy engagement as the squadron sails toward Vladivostok then notes potential further mobilization of Japanese forces toward Vladivostok or Port Arthur.
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Vladivostok
O’elock
Plaksin Bay
Korea
Admiral Yesten
Makamura
Russians Refuse Mediation and Claim Full Retreat
Reports from April 29 indicate Russian forces on the Yalu River are in retreat after two days of fighting as Japanese troops crossed the river. The Russian foreign office circular rejects any mediation or outside intervention in Russo Japanese negotiations after the war. The British press notes Vladivostok harbor reentry by Russian cruisers, while weather delays affect Japanese advance into Manchuria and cause illness among troops. Notable is the sinking of the transport Knight Maru with 500 dead and the fate of other vessels and officers as described by the Russian admiralty and Japanese authorities.
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Grant Church
Missouri Valley
Church
George G. Yeaman
Boone
Sioux City
Yeaman
Sylvan
Frank Sperling
Avoca
Ottumwa
John Harris
Harris
George Blount
Woods Home
Woods
Liebue
Cherokee
Clarinda
Ernest French
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
French
Hill
Lottie Evans
Craft & Son
Linden
Dallas County
Craft & Sons
Charley Johnson
Fremont County
Council Bluffs
Thurman
Bartlett
Esack
Nebraska City
John Miller
Big Grove Township
Johnson County
Miller
Rock Island
Shelby
Rock Ysleady
Neola
Mawaukes
Dave Harper
George Hahmetal
Onawa
T. A. Rose
Gance
F.20
Gay
Boone Building and Loan Association
Oscar Mullan
Waterlow
Mullan
Frank ©. Ward
Iowa
F. A. Martin
Farmington
Ward
Home Savings Bank of Iowa Pals
Soule
Marion Morgan
T. O. Stewart
White Oak Township
Mahaska County
Morgan
Stewart
Sumner Telephone Company
Bank of Fredericksburg
Sumner
New Hampton
West Union
Clarence Jackson
Freeman Knox
Newton
Clarence Pike
Arthur Barber
Eldora Reform School
Ulem
Arthur Held
Confessiona Wera
Jackson
Knox
Larimer & Clark
California
James M. Weir
Muscaline
Mabel McManus
Harbara Neumner
Albert N. Guy
George G. Guy
Huiskamp Bros. Company
Keokuk
Guy
Liondon
Shanghai
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Yalu
Vladivostok Harbor
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
London
Daily Telegraph
Kao Yang
Manchuria
Yesten
Won San
Admiralty Office
Nagasaki
Japan
Gen- San
Russian Sinks Japanese Transport Kinshin Maru
Russian Vladivostok squadron torpedo boats sank the Japanese transport Kinshin Maru off April 26 with most aboard perishing after refusing to surrender. Official report lists 17 officers, 20 soldiers, 85 coolie carriers, and 65 crew captured. others went down with the ship.
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St. Petersburg
Vladhvostok
Soliers
Yesten
Yeston
Won-San
Gen- San
Vladivostok
Petropavlovsk
Port Arthur
Pacific
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the News
F. Smith
Central Newspaper Union
John O'Donnell
Mento
O'Donnell
Oscar Nelson
Coalfield
Nelson
Rhodes Island
William R. Hearst
New York City
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Pennsylvania
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Naval Court of Appeal
Sasebo
M. Masujima
Winnipeg
Mackenzie Basin
Dawson City
Breynal
Dawson
Jong and
Jedloua
Mackanzie
Peking
Salt Lake
Utah
Carbon County
Price
Sherif Wilcox
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