Storms, thefts, and trials haunt Iowa reports
Osage cattle killed by lightning on Avery Brush farm. A runaway near Osage injures John and Mrs Schneider and a traveler. Walter Ralston indicted for assault with intent to murder in Chariton. Deserter John Burdy sought by Fort Des Moines police. Severe electrical storm damages Ionia and Devon structures. Divorce suit for cruelty in Chickasaw County. Haggin v American and Security Insurance before Judge Whitaker in Fort Dodge. Postoffice and Minden meat market safes dynamited. loot mostly government money. Diamonds dealer Carl E Henderson linked to multiple Iowa towns. Mrs. James Cogswell nearly dies from mistaken morphine dose. Carl Whitman crushed in hay press near Mason City, arms broken. Traveling man William Humphrey missing from Mason City.
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Osage
Avery Brush
White & Linderman’s ‘Bs
John Schneider
Cleveland
Walter Ralston
Ruth Campbell
Chariton
Pole
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
John Burdy
Floyd
Chickashaw
Cherles Gry
Ionia
Chicago Great Western Railway
Devon
Chickasaw County
Iowa
Milwaukee
Stta Breckow
Henry M. Breckow
Haggin
American and Security Insurance Companies
Whitaker
Fort Dodge
Andromises
Aggin
Boxholm
Minden
Pottawattamie County
Carl E. Henderson
Ryansville
Ind
Bedford
Burlington
James Cogswell
Iowa Falls
Carl Whitman
Mason City
Willam Humphrey
Sanhorn
Minn
Multiple Iowa incidents mark a day in 1900s news
A threshing machine fire near Gillett Grove prompts an officer search for suspects while a Sioux City dog helps track offenders. Rock Island brake man Hugh Swift dies after a Hartley accident. Liveryman McClung hunts a horse thief reported near Ankeny. Sumner votes 223 to 24 for an electric light plant. Norwich youths lose money in Omaha and depart. A Cresco electrical storm causes substantial damage including a Bowers home. Irving farmer Dennis Grenner dies of heart disease. Knoxville attorney G A French fails habeas corpus bid. Des Moines miner Austrian George Rute dies in a slate mine collapse. Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City dedicated with broad church turnout and a $119,000 project. Ed Stuart killed in Baylor mine accident.
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Gillett Grove
Sioux City
Hugh Swift
Rock Island Railway
Valley Junction
Hartley
Sibley
Swift
McClung
Ankeny
Des Moines
Sumner
James A. Turney
Harry King
Norwich
Iowa
Omaha
Ohio
Turney
King
Cresco
Joseph Bowers
Dennis Grenner
Irving
Coon Rapids
G. A. French
Knoxville
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
McNamara
French
George Rute
Greenwood Park
Rute
Coralville Fuel Company
Quigley
Chicago
Scannell
O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Schweback
LaCrosse
Coulton
Buffalo
Mgr. Flynn
Madison
S. D
Lenihan
Great Falls
Mont
Cotter
Winera
Strang
Fall River
Stariho
Lead
Keane
Cheyenne
Stuart
Baylor
AYS LAW Ruling: Civil War Soldier Preference Unconstitutional
In Marshalltown Judge Caswell ruled the last general assembly civil war soldier preference law unconstitutional. The case Shaw vs The City Council sought mandamus to appoint Shaw as city clerk over incumbent Derby under the new law. The judge called the measure class legislation and unconstitutional, with appeal to the Supreme Court possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
CG. A. Shaw
Marsshalltown
Caswell
District Court
Shaw
L. Derby
C. H. van Law
Iowa
United States
Supreme Court
Kane Confesses Murder of Cedar Rapids Man in St Louis
Louis Kane a Yellow Dog saloon bartender in East St Louis has confessed to killing Robert Reynolds of Cedar Rapids and George Green of St Louis. He told Chief Purdy after twelve hours in the sweat box that only he fired and strike breakers were the motive. Kane, 30, claims Hugh McCandless knocked Reynolds down and Reynolds drew a pistol before Kane shot him.
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Robert Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Louis Kane
Whitskey Shore
East St. Louis
Iowa
George Green
Kane
Purdy
Hast St. Louis
Nelson Morris
Hugh McCandless
Reynolds
Divorces Suit Filed by Lydia Chamberlain in Des Moines
Mrs Lydia Chamberlain wife of D B Chamberlain Des Moines financier filed for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and accusing him of circulating reports that she is of unsound mind. She was formerly Lydia Roberts an artist who married Chamberlain in 1892 and as part of a prior settlement received the West Grand avenue mansion and other considerations. The couple had no children, but Chamberlains son inherits the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Des Moines
Lydia Chamberlain
Congressman fights state corporate filing fee extortion
Des Moines reports Congressman Walter I. Smith of Council Bluffs filed suit in Sioux City Gas and Electric Co v Gilbertson to recover 1165 paid as a filing fee to Secretary of State Martin. The suit argues the fee was unconstitutional and extortionate, seeks refund of the 1165 difference plus related amounts. It notes two acts not passed by a two thirds vote, and cites Article 12 of Iowa's constitution. Thousands involved. Rock Island example shows potential cut from 2000s to 350.
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Smith
Des Moines
Walter I. Smith
Council Bluits
Sioux City Gas & Electric Co
Gilbertson
Martin
Twenty-seventh
General Assembly
Lowa
Rock Island
Boy's neck broken in fatal Hamilton County accident
The five year old son of farmer K. J. Erickson near Radcline, Hamilton County, fell from his father's horse in the barn yard striking his head. The horse reportedly stepped on him after the impact, a fatal neck break causing instant death witnessed only by his sister.
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Hamilton County
Meeta
Radcline
K. J. Erickson
Torse
Insurance on Wood estate leads to exhumation bid
Heirs of George D. Wood, Colfax banker who died by his own hand last December, sue Brotherhood of American Yeomen and Iowa Legion of Honor for 5000 in life policies. Yeomen seek court order to unearth Wood's grave amid fraud fears, amid reports a dummy may have been buried. In another matter, Carroll county grand jury indicts Clas Butterfield and Hattie Welch for adultery linked to the Butterfield disappearance, as Butterfield had lived with Welch while wife and son worked Cedar township farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Des Moines
George D. Wood
Colfax
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Iowa Legion of Honor
Yeomen
Legion of Honor
FE. C. Corry
Corry
Jefferson
Butterfield
Carroll County Grand
Clas
Hattie Welch
Glidden
Cedar Township
Carroll
Welch
Hardin County Is Bad Elders Sept 9
In Hardin County over the past thirty six months there have been thirty eight violent deaths. The county attorney's office details the ABlydenburg murder among the notable cases. Women declined to testify at related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Ablydenburg
Davenport
Buffalo
Gus Stortenbecker
Stortenbecker
Young Champlin Cleared in Grinnell Fatal Fight
Grinnell reports a coroner’s jury finding AVA Morgan’s death due to a blow from a fist with no intent to injure, exonerating Walter Champlin. The inquest listed jurors John Floulke Samuel Nelson and Charles Porter after reviewing evidence. In Tabor Rev Ferner seeks relief from active duties after a sudden loss of memory during sermon.
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Grinnel
Grinnell
Ava Morgan
Walter Champlin
John Floulke
Samuel Nelson
Charles Porter
Champlin
Tabor
J. W. Forner
Congregational Church
Ferner
Iowa Supreme Court revisit on Busse murder case ethics
Notes from the capital report a resumed Iowa Supreme Court debate over Louis Busse who killed his wife in Butler County years ago. The appeal contends intoxication near the fatal quarrel should grant a new trial, while the court previously ruled no clear intoxication evidence. The piece also covers a statewide push for a biennial election amendment to cut costs, plus remarks by Chaplain A. H. Jessup on indeterminate sentences and a capitol decorating contract worth 81,500 to spruce the state house before 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Louis Busse
Butler County
Iowa Supreme Court
Busse
Clerk Crockett
Supreme Court
Tera
Yusso
Towa
General Assembly
Iowa
A. H. Jessup
Fort Madison
State Board of Control
Capitol Improvement Commission
Elmer E. Garnsay
New York
State House
Mr. Garnsey
Capitol
Roosevelt Accepts Republican Nomination and Defends Policy
President Roosevelt issues a letter accepting the Republican nomination for the presidency on September 12. He defends the party platform and his seven years in power, praising administration actions on the Spanish war, the Isthmian canal, and the Monroe Doctrine. He argues Republicans will continue past policies, discusses the Northern Securities case, coal strike settlement, civil service, tariffs, trusts, and Philippines status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Republican National Convention
Spain
Isthmian Canal
Pratap
Northern Securities Company
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Southern moss tied to commerce in southern forests
The article notes moss long celebrated in poetry and art as part of the southern landscape, yet in practice it fuels industry. In Louisiana it underpins an actual local economy, packed and processed like cotton, with bales destined for northern furniture factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Mass
Louisiana
Gulf
St. Louis Democrat
Tie Young Inquisitor. Former Governor Frank 8. Black tale
Ned Globe recalls a humorous early-20th century anecdote from Manhattan about a neighbor and his son who kept harassing his father with questions. The father threatens discipline, but the boy advances a paradox on bedtimes, prompting a witty retort about seeing mother put him to bed before the father returns. The story showcases quick, playful dialogue.
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Tie Young Inquisitor
Frank 8. Black
Manhattan
Ned Globe
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