Iowa News Roundup Includes Robbery, Rail Deaths, and Local Trials
Aina Steenbloek of near Galt fined five dollars for a fish net in a ditch. Frank Baird supporters expect a new trial and bonds on appeal in the Sullivan robbery case. A stranger linked to Avoca robbery arrested at Atlantic, with Lund tracking the suspect. Electric road plans from Mt Ayr to Hatfield and beyond aim to connect Des Moines and Omaha. Tim Ahern killed attempting to board a train at Cresco. Superintendent Hoppee of Burlington killed by a train at Fairfield. Postmaster Hedges of Kossuth dies amid a fraud plot and explosive office destruction. Hackerman accused of attempted murder on Shirk after a jealous dispute. Teacher Johanna Lineham near Anita near death after a child’s prank. Judge Nichole fines $300 each for W A and Bert Richards for liquor sales.
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William Steenbloek
Galt
Aona
Frank Baird
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Baird
Tobbery
Nichols
Peter Lund
Extra
Avoca
Omaha
Atlantic
Lund
A. M. Pryor
Leon
Mt. Ayr
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Timothy Ahern
Iowa
Ahern
Calmar
William Hoppee
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Fairfield
Mr. Hoppee
Iington
Burlington
Hedges
Kossuth
Ellis Hackerman
Clinton
N. B. Shirk
Shirk
Hackerman
Johanna Lineham
Anita
Harold Blanchard
Nichole
W. A
Bert Richards
Knoxville
Storms, crimes and Civil War veteran mourned in Iowa news
Reports detail injuries from a freight accident injuring Tolin Stone in Allison, a runaway boy from Aurora, and a Burlington capture attempt at the levee. A deadly Clarinda lightning strike kills John Cons and harms his family. Vinton and Neola suffer storm damage. the Greybeard regiment veteran David Washburn dies at 89. Other items note Dr Ida Lyons’s case dismissal in Webster City amid broader magnetic healer scrutiny and a Cambridge drugstore robbery with minimal loot.
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Tolin Stone
Winston Bros
Great Western
Iowa College For the Blind
Vinton
Edward Latham
F. Stentson
Reynolds
Third
Division Street
Burlindton
Bert Seamons
Seamons
Iowa
Neola
Tracey Bros
Tenton
David Washburn
Col
Wim. Kincaid
Muscatine
Washburn
Georgetown
N. Y
Anna A. Holmes
Virginia Gay
Justice Bonner
Webster City
Ida Louise Lyons
State Board of Health
Webtmer
Lyons
J. ©.Thomag
Cambridge
Arthur Meade
West Liberty
Columbus Junction
Mrs Krueger Held on Murder Charge in Cresco
Preliminary hearing held for Mrs Sofia Krueger accused of murdering her husband Gustav Krueger near Florenceville last month. Evidence shows he was last seen April 19 returning from fishing. Blood stains appeared in the home and a body was recovered two miles below the bridge in two feet of water with a crushed skull.
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Cresco
Sofia Krueger
Gustav Krueger
Florencevilla
Rhorss
Mr. Krueger
Harmony Road
Florenceville
Oresco
Harmony
Live Wire Fatality At Sioux City
Harvey Scott, a fineman for the Iowa Telephone Co, was electrocuted by a live wire while repairing a fault in Sioux City. The blast injured Pearl Godfrey, 9, who was nearby when the wire struck, and onlookers rushed to assist as the dangerous scene drew a crowd. Air filled with burning odor as others tried to render aid and remove the line.
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Harvey Scott
Sioux
City
Pearl Godfrey
Starvey
Scott
Iowa Telephone Company
Iris
George Ingledus
George 3. Ahn
Traction ’Company
Bert Godfrey
Myrtle Street
Geo. S. Ahn
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
George Ingledue
George
Ingledne
Sherman Memorial Heroic Statue Planned for Central Park
On Memorial Day the Chamber of Commerce will present Augustus St Gaudens bronze statue of Gen William Tecumseh Sherman to New York City. The work, praised as the finest sculpture in 400 years, will stand at Fifth Avenue and Fifty ninth Street entrance to Central Park.
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Chamber of Commerce
City of
New York
Augustus St. Gaudens
William Tecumseh Sherman
Champs de Mars
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth
Eee
St. Gaudens
America
New York Press
Woman Charged in Husband's Death by Pickax
Trial testimony outlines the alleged murder of a Cresco man by his wife Mrs Krueger who reportedly killed him with a pickax then disposed of the body. Evidence includes a bloodstained handle and a recently scraped iron head. She has waived further examination and is held for the June grand jury.
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Krueger
Icrueger
Wisconsin
Cresco
Mr. Krueger
Smith McPherson
Rose de Var
Wabash Railroad Company
Supreme court upholds tax contract in Pottawattamie
May 25 1902 Des Moines Iowa supreme court sustains a county tax ferret contract with Cunningham paying 0 percent of collections under a pre new law cap of 16 percent. Court found no proof the percentage was unreasonable. Also details on embezzlement case against Allen Koch Riddle and broader complaints about fish permits and spawning destruction. Weather forecasting plan advances to bring thirty six hour forecasts to farmers via telegraph and rural delivery. Iowa farms total 228632. alumni resolutions support Stanton for ISU presidency. several state appointments and bank supervisors delegates named for national meeting in Buffalo.
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Tes Moines
Supreme Court
Pottawattamie
Cunningham
Allen Koch Riddle
United States Exprese Company
Des Moines
Jt. Madison
Riddle
Rock Island
United States Xpress Company
George Chappell
United States
Iowa
Towa
Bred A. Bennett
Sioux City
Chas. B. Mills
Clinton
M. A. Buchan
Grundy Center
National Association of the Superintendents of
Buffalo
S. T. Johnson
Association
St. Louis
Jonathan
Orse
Sub
Fear of Strike Impacts Building Trade and Materials
Weather and labor unrest shape trade in May with strong wearables and summer goods activity but weaker plantings and cautious demand for structural materials. R G Dun notes higher prompt payments and reduced new ventures, while iron and steel prices adjust and cotton goods rise as warmth spurs wash goods and carpet sales. footwear remains strong.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Silver vein in Colorado's Big Colorado Mine breaks records
The Big Colorado Mine on Cement Creek in San Juan district marks a find of high grade ore valued at around 15 million dollars. Frank B. Reeves of Chicago heads the company owning the mine. With the ore width allowing large shipments, experts call it the state’s largest milling project pending smelter results to Durango after road permits.
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Colorado
Silverton
Colo
Frank B. Reeves
Chicago
Cement Creek
San Juan
Durango
Miners Get Better Wages in Mason County Agreement
In Mason County at a joint meeting of coal operators and miners, a one year wage contract was signed. Miners secured a substantial wage increase.
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New Haven
W. Va
Mason County
Mason City
Fire Sweeps Mining Town in Huntington West Virginia
May 25 report states Thermond a mining town was nearly wiped out by fire. Citizens dynamited and wrecked flame structures to halt spread. Loss estimated at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Thermond
Heir to $50,000 Named in Kansas City Will
Walter L. Chapman, missing for 35 years, is revealed as heir to more than $50,000 under the will of his father Dr. Andrew L. Chapman in Kansas City.
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B. B. Brower
le Mars
State Board of Dental Examiners
F. P. Weber
Cherokee
Kansas City
Walter L. Chapman
Andrew L. Chapman
Drowned in Lake Monadnock Incident Near Dublin New Hampshire
Richard Francis a St Louis butler and Louis Ellis of Keene drowned when a boat overturned on Lake Monadnock near Dublin on May 25. The two men were employed by George H Leighton. Authorities reported the accident as a boating mishap on the small lake.
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Dublin
N. H
Richard Francis, Butler
Geo. H. Leighton
St. Louie
Louis Ellis
Henry Ellis
Keene
Monadnock
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