Iowa Headlines Scatter Across Des Moines and Estherville
Des Moines to pave many streets this year. A new $4 000 ward school house to be built at Estherville. The Union county grand jury indicts C W Mason for perjury. Loughs $18 000 Estherville opera house to open the 16th with Faust. Dubuque levies mulch tax on 235 saloons. 135 in the city.
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Des Moines
Estherville
Union County Grand Jury
C. W. Mason
Lough
Roberts&Martin Company
Faust
Dubuque
August Swansen
Clinton
Josiah F. Wyman
T. P. Edgerton
Indianola
Willie Sandy
Joseph Churdan
Churdan
Germany
Washington
Daugherty Bros
Keokuk
Carl Jonan Eleon
Altoona
Illinois
Heleise Arnoldson
K. P. Arnoldson
Stockholm
Dr. Eleon
Goebel Killing Sparks Dem Party Feud in Covington
In Covington Kentucky Senator Goebel killed Farmers and Traders bank cashier Sanford amid long standing Democratic feuds. Other items note a Japanese armistice likely by the 20th and deaths from pneumonia of W Jennings Demorest. A Wheeling building collapse buries a dozen. a New York suit on income tax persists. coal mine explosion in Washington state kills 21. Norway Sweden war material fears. a Colorado rail wreck kills five. Cushing Oklahoma outlaws jailed after terror attempts. New Orleans gunpowder explosion. Taylor brothers murder trial ends with jury deadlocked amid bribery claims.
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Covington
Goebel
Sanford
Farmers and Traders Bank
Democratic Party
W. Jennings Demorest
Wheeling
W. Va
John G. Moore
New York
Supreme Court
New Whatcom
Wash
Norway
Sweden
Alton Lil
Cushing
Okla
New Orleans
Taylor Brothers
Carrollton
Meeks
Extension of Civil Service to Division Chiefs
The Civil Service Commission has submitted to the President further correspondence and data arguing that placing division chiefs under civil service would reduce political favoritism. The President has not acted yet but is expected to decide during the summer, with extensions viewed as a major step toward nonpartisan, classified administration of these offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Minnesota House approves Staples bill for constitutional convention
St Paul Minn April 12 The house passed the Staples bill to hold a constitutional convention and require enabling legislation by the next legislature as needed. The senate also passed the house sugar bounty bill.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
House
Senate
Quotations Range on the Board of Trade Today
The Chicago Board of Trade table shows today’s range of quotations with values fluctuating across active contracts as traders react to market developments in Chicago April 10.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Treasurer Shoots Self After Town Shortage in Grant
Neillsville Wisconsin April 2 Wor schell treasurer of the town of Grant Clark county died by his own hand after being found $600 to $700 short in town accounts. He shot himself through the heart Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Local officials reported the loss of funds.
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Neillsville
Wis
C. Worschell
Grant
Clark County
Justice Winslow Re-Elected in Milwaukee Race
Sufficient returns from the Wisconsin judicial election show Justice Winslow re-elected by at least a 5000 vote majority. Balloting indicates a clear victory and confirms the incumbent’s continuation on the bench.
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Justice Winslow
Milwaukee
Wis
Winslow
Weather crop report praises rains and conditions
Washington April 11 The weather bureau weekly review for April 8 notes a favorable week for crops. Corn planting advanced in southern states. winter wheat improved in Illinois Michigan Missouri and eastern Kansas but damaged in Minnesota Wisconsin Nebraska droughts in Oklahoma and parts of Missouri Ohio Minnesota. Oats and spring wheat seeding rapid. fruit outlook very favorable with frost no major damage.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Tiinois
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Oklahoma
Oil market surge hints at 2 dollar oil by August
Pittsburg reports a revival in oil speculation with expectations of prices reaching 2 dollars by August. Producers note exhausted fields and declining crude output, while consumption remains high. Daily runs average 100000 barrels, with reserve stocks near 4.5 million barrels. Refined oil climbs to 3.15 dollars a barrel.
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Pittsburg
Ohio Coal Miners and Operators Plan War Over Lake Trade
Columbus April 12. Ohio miners and operators reportedly reached a line of policy to regain and keep the lake trade lost when the Pittsburg district did not honor an interstate agreement. A war seems likely with possible general work suspensions and broader district implications.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburg
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Board of Control
Ohio Coal Association
Illinois
Indiana
National Union
Meat price surge grips national markets
New York reports ongoing meat price increases with major western packers Armour & Co Nelson Morris & Co G F E C Swift Cudahy Hammond Schwarzhchild Sulzberger said to influence the market. Cleveland notes beef prices up 2 1 percent over weeks amid cattle scarcity and a predicted larger rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Packers
Messrs. Armour & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Hammond & Co
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company
New York City
Cleveland
Ohio
Loss of Spanish cruiser Reina Regente confirmed
Madrid reports a bottle washed ashore with a pencil note signed by the cruiser’s captain dated March 10 at 9 a.m. twelve miles from Bajo Argantos stating the vessel was hopeless. A cabinet decision announced the loss and pledged aid to crew families.
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Madrid
Bajo Aertanos
IRS to Withhold Income Tax Returns Nationwide
Washington April 11 Instructions sent to internal revenue collectors to withhold income tax returns until treasury regulations are prepared in line with the Supreme Court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue
United States
Treasury Department
Supreme Court of the United States
Post Office Teller Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Patrick C. Crane teller of the money order division at Chicago post office was arrested after a confession to embezzling 1416.22 dollars. Until yesterday there were no suspicions from his superiors about wrongdoing. The incident occurred in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Patrick C. Crane
Money Order Division
Chicago Post Office
Crane
Western turf congress meets in secret at Peabody Hotel
Memphis Tenn April 11 The western turf congress comprising reps from nearly all major western and southern race tracks convened late last night at the Peabody hotel in session. The meeting was secret and did not adjourn until a late hour.
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Memphis
Tenn
Western Turf Congress
Peabody Hotel
Rain Helps Crops in the West
Rain falls across multiple states aiding oats wheat and alfalfa as grond soaks in Yankton Yankton South Dakota Terre Haute Indiana Arcola Illinois and Detroit Michigan with heavy showers reported April 9 and into yesterday in the Wabash valley and Michigan regions.
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Yankton
Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash Valley
Arcola
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Income tax ruling seen shrinking government revenue
Washington reports the Supreme Court declaring land income tax unconstitutional. Treasury estimates drop from 100 million to about 12 million in annual collections. Officials fear half revenue loss and increased litigation costs, with a split court signaling broader collection difficulties.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Treasury
Miners Face Uncertain Outlook in Ohio
Outlook is gloomy says President Michael Ratchford of the Ohio Mineral Association. Officials will soon meet operators to set wage scales, a task made difficult by current conditions.
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Massilion
Michael Ratchford
The
Ohio Mineral Assciation
Ohio Miners
Declaration of Independence Celebrated by Cuban Elite
Tampa April 12 The Liceo Cubano hosted a crowded celebration of Cuba’s declaration of independence. Cuban society including ladies, children, veterans, and others attended as a band played patriotic airs.
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Tampa
Fla
Liceo Cubano
Third Body Found in Wheeling Building Ruins
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 11 the body of Marty Cowl a Western Union messenger boy was recovered from Alley 9% at 4 30 PM He lay in a standing position with hands raised as if defending himself from the debris He and his sister supported their widowed mother This brings the total three bodies recovered and three still in the ruins.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Chapman and Hutchinson
Marty Cowl
Western Union
Hope for Comptroller Mansur as illness worsens
Washington April 12 Charles H Mansur Missouri assistant comptroller of the currency grows more gravely ill with doctors fearing he may not live twenty four hours
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Washington
Charles H. Mansur
Missouri
Kaiser's Tribute to Princess Bismarck
Emperor William sent a splendid wreath to be laid on Princess Bismarck's coffin on the anniversary of her birth in Berlin.
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Kaiser
Bismarck
Berlin
Emperor William
Multiple Disasters Leave Several Dead Across Regions
Dense fog wrecks a Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh train near Sykes Pa killing Engineer Taylor Fireman Shea and Conductor Bruce. Susquehanna shaft No 2 fire damp explosion at Nantico ke Pa fatally burns six Polish miners. A five story Wheeling building collapse kills six including Rev Father W F Parke. Blue Canon mine near Whatcom Wash claims twenty three miners in a gas explosion.
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Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Sykes
Taylor
Shea
Bruce
Susquehanna Company
Nanticoke
Wheeling
W. Va
W. F. Parke
Blue Canon
Whatcom
Wash
Wisconsin Legislature Acts on Drunkards and Taxes
Madison April 12. Treats bill for county funded treatment of inebriates passes the Senate after opposition. Prochnow anti blacklisting bill advances to third reading. Conger on election ballots postponed. A substitute to bar liquor near National Soldiers Home districts Sheriff controls licenses. Church property tax bills deferred. Buckstaff tax for state university passes. Assembly committee proposes nine member panel to apportion state districts.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Norbohm
Iowa Woman Ballot Rights Declared Unconstitutional
Judge Thompson in the District court issues an opinion in the Cedar Rapids school election case ruling that Iowa law allowing women to vote in school and municipal elections and on tax levies is unconstitutional because the state constitution restricts voting to male citizens.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thompson
District Court
White Screwmen Accept Work From Any Employer
In New Orleans on April 12 a major break in the white screwmen strike occurred as many workers agreed to take jobs from any employer regardless of union membership and including working with African American workers.
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New Orleans
Iowa Patent Office Report Claims Des Moines Inventor First Hair Curler
L C Sherburne of Des Moines asserts originality of a hair curling device with a handle a rotatable mandrel and hand powered rotation. Interference seeks priority against nine claimants from Illinois Iowa Missouri and New York. If honored royalties may accrue for past and future sales within seventeen years of grant. Thirteen Iowa inventors received patents this week. Tuomas G and J Ratou Orwie, solicitors.
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Des Moines
L C. Sherburne
Sherburn
A. Morley
J. J. Hardy
A. H. Graves
P. B. Lino
M. W. Murphy
P. A. Domm
Chicago
C. W. Major
Ottumwa
Iowa
C. F. Snyder
St. Louis
R. C. Bookser
Buffalo
N. Y
Mr. Sherburne
Literary Notes and April Review Highlights
The April North America Review opens with A Last Tribute by T. B. Reed critiquing recent Fifty third Congress work. The Progress of the World reviews Germany’s new canal and freedom of navigation via the Straits of Cottegat. The Art Amateur offers Geraniums and Village Children color plates with eight pages of designs. Cosmopolitan April features China and Japan and English Country House Parties. Harper's Bazar and Harper's Weekly spotlight Lincoln assassination anniversary pieces, with Chittenden contributing a Lincoln genealogy and civil war administration insights.
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The
North America Review
T. B. Reed
Reed
Straits of Cottegat
Paul de Longpre
Villag
Rhoda Holmes Nicholls
China
Japan
George Frederick Seward
Colin Cambell
Cee
Harper's Bazar
Lincoln
Harper's Weekly
New England
Lucius E. Chittenden
Register
United States Treasury
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George Spears
Rock Island
Allerton
Lineville
Trenton
W. L. Jamison
Frank James
John Jackson
Creston
Rube Dillon
Jamison
Dillon
James
Jerry House
West Union
J. G. Cherry
Cherry
Waterloo
Nellie E. Lyman
Illinois Central Railway Company
Fort Dodge
Clara Howard
Chas. Adams
Adams
James G. Clark
Mr. Clark
Adam S. Colvin
Randolph
South Twenty-eighth Street
Omaha
Colvin
Omaha Medical College
Charles W. Crawford
Orlando Wilkins
Adel State Bank
Adel
S. M. Leach
R. S. Barr
C. D. Bailey
Bailey
Payne
Crawford
Fort Madison
Council Bluffs
Nick O'Brien
Smith
Wilson
Woolson
Security Loan & Trust Co
Sturgis
P. F. Sturgis
Oelwein
Geo. Hoffman
Redruf
Bert Smith
Hoffman
Highligh
Pres
Ent
Xo Hope
Mansur
Patent Office Report
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