Week's news summary with political and royal items
Charles Hilles of New York resigns as assistant secretary of the treasury, to leave service next March. At an Ithaca rally, Prof. S H Woodruff of Cornell called Theodore Roosevelt an unmigated liar, sparking a house uproar. Prince Francis of Teck, brother to Queen Mary, is critically ill with pleurisy after two operations. Peary earns navy civil engineer captain rank as Capt A S W White retires. Senator Nelson W Aldrich recovers from car accident bruises in New York. David Bennett Hill dies suddenly at Wolferts Roost aged sixty-seven. Marvin Hughitt retires as president of Chicago and Northwestern. William A Gardner named successor and board chairman. J P Morgan at a church convention in Cincinnati reports a slight overseas grip.
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Charles Hilles
New York
the Treasury
Taft
Washington
Ithaca
N. Y
5. H. Woodruff
Cornell University
Theodore Roosevelt
Prince Francis
Teck
Queen Mary
Robert E. Peary
Corps of Civil Engineers
Navy
A. 5
G. White
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Madison Avenue
Sixty-ninth Street
New York City
David Bennett Hill
Wolferts Roost
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
William A. Gardner
Hughitt
P. Morgan
Cin
Hurricane hits Comus voyage and other early 1900s chaos
A Chicago passenger aboard the Morgan line steamer Comus helped raise spirits as the ship faced a terrible hurricane off the southern Florida coast. Nearby, mountaineers freed a prisoner in Virginia, balloon pilots vanished prompting a hunt, and Britain and Germany discussed recognizing Portugal. Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain workers began a walkout, while Senator Dolliver was laid to rest in Fort Dodge. Various state and local issues followed, including convict-labor highway reviews and a shift to Indiana coal for New York fire engines. Yale received an official Japanese kakemono thanking its courtesies. The era’s scattered upheavals included strikes, rescues, and political diplomacy.
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Rebe Cooper
Chicago
Morgan Line
Comus
New York
New Orleans
Florida
Mountaineer
John Moore
Frank Howl
Nelson County
Livingston
St. Louis
Aero Club of
Gould
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Oakdale
Fort Dodge
Charles M. Stuart
Carroll
Iowa
Cumtins
William Fraser McDowell
Colorado
F. M. Warner
Michigan
New York Fire Department
Indiana
Yale University
Japan
United States
Ikyo
Atlantic
Prominent banker found guilty of misapplication
Milton Anderson Carlisle, former president of the Newbury National Bank, was convicted of misapplying funds. The trial also notes an alleged attempt to fix veniremen in the Springfield case involving State Senator Pemberton and Representative Clark on conspiracy to commit bribery. Other items include the Zafero steamer sale to Mexico, Philadelphia Phillies beating Chicago Nationals 12 5 in the world series, and extensive hurricane damage along the Florida coast.
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Milton Anderson Carlisle
Newbury
U. S.) National Bank
Springfield
Pemberton
Clark
Burke
Admiral Dewey
Zafiro
Manila Bay
Philadelphias
Chicago Nationals
Chicago
Quaker City
Florida
St. Augustine
Tampa
Key Weat
H. H. Crippen
Belle Elmore Crippen
Crippen
Loring B. Loomis
Eliza Dodge
Cortland
N. Y
Robert Shields
Jersey City
Chicago & Alton Railroad
East St. Louis
Ill
New York Legislative Bribery Investigation Committee
Robert Elder
Kings County
Frank J. Gardner
State Senate
Foelker
Colorado
Railroad Commission
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Cincinnati
New Mexico
Supreme Court of the United States
American Railway Bridge and Building Association
Denver
Col
Ireland
Great Britain
O'Donovan Rossa
New Brighton
Atlantic
America
Walter Wellman
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Trent
Custos
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Rockefeller
West Indies
Morida
Tortuga
Mexico
Gulf
Stephen B. Eking
Halliehurst
Doctor Golden
Walter Welsman
Atlantic City
N. J
Europe
New York City
Royal Mail
State Teachers Association Meet Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Teachers association November 3 to 5 with a joint session of county superintendents rural section and agriculture. Willet M. Hays assistant secretary of agriculture will address the gathering at the Coliseum. Roosevelt delivers the closing evening talk. Additional sessions cover medical inspection in schools teacher training and many education topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willet M. Hays
WIII
Des Moinés
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Educational Council of the Association
Coliseum
P. P. Claxton
Kirksville
J. F. Riggs
John S. Collins
St. Louis
Henry Wallace
Wallaces’ Farmer
Association
Theodore Roosevelt
Ida Bender
Buffalo
Richard Buren
University of Minnesota
The
General Association
Post Office
Lloyd Shultz
West High School
State Board seeks higher per capita funds for inmates
Des Moines reports the State Board of Control will ask the legislature to raise per capita appropriations for all state institutions. Oakdale TB sanitarium receives $20, Ft Madison prison $8, Vinton blind school $22, Council Bluffs deaf school $22, insane hospitals $12, Glenwood feeble minded $16. Higher costs of living and management drive the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robinson
State Board of Control
Oakdale
Ft. Madis0n It Is But $8. For the Blind School At Vinton
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Post Office Bank List Picks 48 Cities for Trial
Washington Oct 24 The Decorah Sg post office is named in the trustees list approving forty eight second class post offices for the postal savings bank system first test. Trustees Hitchcock MacVeagh and Wickersham met to approve a plan constrained by a $100000 appropriation.
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Washington, D. C
Decorah
Postal Savings Bank System
Hitchcock
Treasury
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Congress
West
Two Phone Linemen Killed in Iowa Pole Accident
Waterloo Iowa Oct 28 a pole accident among telephone linemen left one dead one fatally injured and another seriously hurt Kenneth Hellcroft 19 of Waterloo died from a broken neck David Quick Maquoketa suffered fatal injuries and F E Richards Liscomb was badly hurt all were working on Iowa Telephone Co lines when supporting poles failed and fell causing the disaster authorities cited weakened poles from decay and the men were aloft on tall wires when the collapse occurred.
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Waterloo
Here
Kenneth Hellcroft
David Quick
Maquoketa
F. E. Richards
Liscomb
Iowa Company
Gava Way
Hellcroft
Will Helcroft
Eastern Star Grand Chapter Meet Here in Boone
The official program for the Eastern Star grand chapter meeting is issued. About 1500 delegates are expected in Boone from October 24 to 27. Local chairman Attorney Loy Harper will host visitors. Headquarters at Hotel Holst. Sessions in Lincoln Armory and Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple. Boone prepares elaborate decorations to welcome delegates.
Sixty-four Lives Lost in Storm Sinking Of Steamers
New Orleans reports two steamers plying between New Orleans and Central and South American ports sank during a severe storm, likely in the Yucatan channel, with a total loss of sixty four lives.
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New Orleans
New Orleana
Central
South American
Yucatan Channel
Run Down at Crossing Fairfield Oct 24 Killing Two In Family Crash
A land passenger train struck a buggy at a crossing in Fairfield New Jersey. William McCrackin and his 19 year old daughter were occupants. both were severely injured and the father killed the horses. Miss McCrackin may die.
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Crossing
Fairfield
William McCrackin
Miss McCrackin
Family treatment studied at Illinois conference
Galesburg Oct 24 session of the Illinois Conference of Charities and Correction opened Saturday night. Miss Mary B. Richmond of the Russell Sage Foundation spoke on understanding family situations as the basis of real helpfulness. Victor Young and Misa Mabel Beverly led discussions. tuberculosis workers met at noon for luncheon and topic talks followed by children committee sessions led by Col. C. G. Adams, Mrs. Jannie Morse, Father C. J. Quillie, Mrs. Heurotin, and Mrs. Stewart Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg, II
Illinois Conference of Charities and Correction
Committee On
Mary B. Richmond
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Victor Young
Chicago
Misa Mabel EB. Beverly
Monmouth
Minn
C. J. Quille
The
Catholic Charities of Chicago
Charles Heurotin
Stewart Brown
Springfeld
Travelers and Railmen Meet in Des Moines Meeting Opens with Alarm Over Rail Deaths
Des Moines hosts the first general meeting of the Commercial Travelers congress where Railroad Commissioner W L Haton warns that over the past decade 161,124 people were killed on railroads and about 600,000 injured. John T Rock urges cooperation to improve conditions for travelers. Dr Sumner notes Iowa deaths at about 1,500 monthly and calls for railways and hotels to raise sanitation and health protections.
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Sumner
State Board of Health
State Health Board
Des Moines
United States
W. L. Haton
Osage
Railroad Commission
Commercial Travelers’ Congress
Eaton
John T. Rock
Towa
Vehicle Dealers in Session in Cincinnati Convention
The Twelfth annual convention and exhibit of the Tri-State Vehicle and Implement Dealers association opened in Cincinnati. Attendees come from Ohio Kentucky and Indiana. Executive sessions were chaired by T A Turley of Owensboro Kentucky. Tomorrow night manufacturers dealers and traveling men meet at the Business Men's club with E W McCullough of Chicago presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Tri-State Vehicle and Implement Dealers' Association
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
T. A. Turley
Owensboro
Business Men’s Club
E. W. McCullough
Chicago
P. Hunter
Thomas
Springfield
J. L. Fulton
Portland
Ind
Luther League Anniversary Opens Pittsburgh Convention
Luther League of America celebrates its ninth biennial convention at the First Church of Pittsburgh thirteen years after its founding. The local league hosts a banquet for delegates tomorrow evening and plans a rally Thursday night featuring John Zimmer of Springfield Ohio. A chorus of 500 voices will sing Gaul’s cantata The Holy City at the final meeting.
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Luther League
Pittsburg
Luther League of America
League
John Zimmer
Springfield
Gaul
Holy City
Mrs Alice Day Marsten Seeks Regent Post in Iowa DAR
Mrs Alice Day Marsten of Ames won endorsement for regent of the Iowa chapter DAR at Cedar Rapids Iowa Oct 22 defeating Mrs Hy R Howell of Des Moines in a close contest Mrs Thomas Meteald of Council Bluffs was named vice regent Des Moines chosen as site for the next state conference
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Day Marsten
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Iowa
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hy, R. Howell
Des Moines
Thomas Meteald
Council Bluffs
Deg Moines
Wedding of Dr Nell LeCompte and Mr C F LeCompte
A wedding of notable local interest was held in Corydon on November 22. Dr Jessa Ulm Reaves of Mobile Alabama and Dr Nell WeCompte joined in matrimony with the LeCompte family hosting.
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Corydon
Qet
Jexsa
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W.B. Barney
Site Dairy Association
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Normal College
EB. Lewis
Wast Locust Street
Dabo. McDowell
Maryland and Baltimore’ Journal
Baltimore American
Isaac Warden
Maudison Township
James BE. O'Brien
Eirza Warden
Henry Griffiths
Hee Lloyd
McKibben
Earg
Anamoar
BOARD
M. F. Fort
Fort
Harry Cohen
R. A. Fort
Glidden
Polk County
John Justice
Ankeny
Iowa Corn Growers’ ‘Association
Petey Benson
East Second Street
Fourteenth Street Place
T. B. McGlath
A. N. van Horn
Bloomfield
H. E. van Horn
Capitol Hi
Church of Christ
Des Moines -Retail Grocers’ Association
J. W. Cakenower
Warren Gerst
Weat
Coat Streets
Post Office Bank
Grand Chapter of
Boone
Mary E. Richmond
Winds
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