Iowa News Roundup Highlights Tragedy and Legal Moves
Reel of Iowa incidents includes Fred Fox 11 losing both eyes to a horse, Waterloo worker George Waterman killed on a freight train attempt, and a City Council tax plan on liquor affecting home industry. Reports cover a murder-accused bootleggers, a dog bite verdict, forgery case suicide, corn seed insights, and farm life misfortunes statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fox
Beacon
Ogloos
George E. Waterman
Litchfield
Waterloo
Wllneis Central
Winner
Ife
Iowa
Hty
Ray Eslinger
Eb.n, Eslinger
South Otumwa
Eslinger
Frank Krejer
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Sinclair
Algona
J. B. Puls
Maggie
Powelsons Brothers
Wesley
Puls
Pred Moore
Harris Chrissinger
Eldora
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Chrissinger
Oskaloosa Harness Factory
A. B. Frampton
Boone County
Frampton
Russell Williams
Council Bluffs
Russell
Lafayette
Union Pacific
Dailey
Williams
James C. White
District Court
Benton County
Beatrice Stephanek
Belle Plaine
White
Stephanek
Miss Stephanek
Mr. White
Corn Products Manufacturing Company of
Chicago
Marshalltown
Harry Salot
Diebuque
Hoe
George Salot
Salot
World News Briefs: Royal Birth Spreads Holiday Cheer
Global round up reports Queen Victoria of Spain gives birth to a son. The king proclaims a public holiday and pardons thousands. Strikes in San Francisco disrupt transit. police guards deemed insufficient for resuming service. Mexico scales back war threats by sending a minister to Salvador, while Guatemala remains tense over extradition demands. International shipping and rail news mix with local tragedies and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Spain
San Francisco
Mexico
Guatemala
Jose Lima
Salvador
Legation
New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
Orlando B. Willcox
U. Ss. A
National Soldiers’ Home
Washington
Coburg
Ont
Aurora Wittebort
University
Kansas City
Edwardsville
Harry Cole
Butte
Cole
Michael Pendergast
Sterning
W. R. Fulton
Wichita Kan
Fulton
Flemingsburg
T. B. Rider
Wet Springs
Ark
A. N. Williams
Thomas S. Marshall
William J. Bryan
Hainois
Wyo
Stromboli
Abraham Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Master Builders’ Association of
Berlin
Capt
A. Krech
Graf Waldersee
Midogen
William Secenhas
Winona
Minn
Pneumonis
Irvine L. Lenroot
Superior
Wis
Life Insurance Companion
Texas
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Ontario & Western Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Western Transit Company
Wreck kills thirty-one Shriners on California rail line
A Southern Pacific special train carrying Shriners from Los Angeles to the east wrecked near Surf California. A wheel on the engine broke causing the locomotive to derail the front cars to smash. Thirty-one died instantly and over twenty were injured, with many others hospitalized.
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Lonopoc
Cal
Southern Pacifico
Surf
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Southern Pacific Railroad
Shriners
Sismalia
Buffalo
Rajah Temple of
Reading
Honda
Pacific
San Luis Obispo
Prosecutions Ordered Against Railways Over Safety Law Violations
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced that Attorney General Bonaparte ordered 25 railroad companies to face penalties for violations of the safety appliance law. Investigations by inspectors fed evidence to the Justice Department, leading to actions aimed at making examples of the railroads. Roads named include Santa Fe, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Burlington, Tripis Central, and Peoria and Pekin Terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bonaparte
United States
Department of Justice
Commission
Santa Fe
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Burlington
Trnpis Central
Peoria
Pekin Terminal
NO DEAL MADE SAYS FORAKER IN OHIO CALL
Senator Foraker of Ohio issued a statement denying any deal or compromise with anyone on Ohio party matters. He said Cox's statement was not in his interest or approved by him, though he may accept the convention's favorable Cox recommendations. Foraker urged deferral of endorsements until the next state convention and disavowed actions by unauthorized individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Frint
William PD
Jay
Steunenberg
Noine
Idaho
Sidney
Love
Chicago
W. I Kemble
Clay Kemble
Philadelphia
New York
Tive
Europe
Sea Group
Vancouver
Munuka
Gibson
Song
Santiago
Manacus
Santa Clara
Homewood
Mlossmoor
Carria Sigsworth
Allegheny
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Hamlin Avenue
Jones Station
Hamilton
Chesapeake & Ohio Flyer
Louisville
Lexington
John Hibben
Princeton Alumni Committee
Princeton University
Montana
North Coast Limited
Welch’s Spur
Crow
St. Louis
Marseilles
San Jose Ignacio
Uruguay
San Francisco
George W. Burchell
National Board of Underwriters
May Floyd
Piqua
Ban Upling
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Guatemala City
Thomas
Platt
Drug Trust
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court For
District of Indiana
United States
John B. Kealing
Croydon
Eagland
Palmer
Robert Cheat
Josez D. Dosal
Kansas City
Chisago, Rock Yaland & Pacific Railroad
George Worthington
Nebraska
Henry C. Potter
Northern Pacific Railway
Welch's Spur
Butte
Mont
James Clow
Wireman Jones Sullivan
George Vincent Foshery
Chaves T.arnes Jeersey
Ottawa
Cnt
Toronto
Joseph Turcott
Laplante
Osconda
Mich
Turcett
Bonaparte
International Harvester Company
Baltimore
Susan 2. Anthony
Palatine Hill
Rome
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Washington
Br. Frank Tillings
University
George de Mare
Maud Witteborn
Brooklyn
George DB. Cox
Ohio
Taft
Foraker
Senate
A. L. Harris
H. A. Cooper
Wisconsin
Judge Wood
Boise
Haywood
Edmund C. Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
Albuquerque
N. M
John William January
Charles W. Anderson
Barnesboro
Black Hand
Tommy Burns
Los Angeles
Jack
O'Brien
Pacific Athletic Club
Poitou
H. Clay Pierce
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Magoon
Hague
Antonio de Bustamente
Gonzalo de Queseda
Manuel Sanguily
Orestes Ferrera
Legation
Shriners At
St. Paul
Jamaica
Kingston
Honolulu
Buford
Mary Vito
Maria Brignoli
Giovanni Vito
Maj. Boykin
Orange
Tex
Clyde St. Clair
Independence
van Tappan
James Henry Smith
St. Luke’s
George Grant Mason
William Smith Mason
St. Louisans
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
Col
Annie M. Bradley
Arthur Brown
Garland Moore
Clara West
Springfield
William A. Clark, Jr
Clark
Butte, Mont
Allee T. Medin
Marco J. Medin
Cox
Washington, D. C
Senator Foraker
Burton
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Drainage Tunnel Begun at Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek Colorado May 12 Work on the unprotected drainage tunnel was begun with celebrations by mining and business leaders from major towns. Excursion trains carried visitors as part of a statewide showing of support for the project. The tunnel promises to drain virgin territory and is estimated to cost about 290 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Colorado
Cripple Cress
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Iowa News
Nellie Smith
Muscatine
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company
Griswold
Musson Company
Hines
Kevearold
A. H. House
Estherville
University of Town
Zetagathians
Irvings
Intercolleagiate
General Congregational Association of Iowan
Grinnell
Congregational
W. H. Scott
Riverside
Scott
Tener
W. C. Werner
Clinton Hines
Wapello Street
Ottumwa
Honora McKnight
Farragut
Shenandoat
Theodore Garrish
Mississippi
Clyde Smiley
Budy
Aurled
California
Pinsoney
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