Over Iowa items mix crime trials and local notices
Ottumwa officer Graves murder trial of Fred Pietzmier. Mt. Ayr Geiger-Payne breach case. Dubuque death of Patrick Coffee at 91. Buffalo freight incident. Johnson county farmer Schettler killed by lightning. Clinton census 17,100 population. Richmond on trial in Council Bluffs. Keokuk to study cheaper telephone system. Sigourney murder verdict second degree. Clinton Lyons consolidation vote. Ottumwa burglary sentences. many other local incidents including arson, poisonings, missing treasurer, pardons, and fires.
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Fred Pietzmier
Officer Graves
Ottumwa
Geiger-Payne
Mt. Ayr
Patrick Coffee
Dubuque
Buffalo
Joseph Schettler
Sharon Township
Johnson County
Clinton
Richmond
Union Building and Savings Association
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Sigourney
Guy Helm
Supreme Court
Lyons
J.C. Wilder
Wm. Wylie
Keb
Nelson Farney
Concord Township
Dubuque County
Europe and Asia tensions flare over postwar duties
Tokyo says Japan must answer Germany France and Russia by the seventh. England and Nicaragua reportedly agree on Corinto withdrawal and indemnity payment within two weeks. British forces land at Corinto triggering a port closure and wires cut, raising risks of wider conflict.
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Tokio
Japan
Germany
France
Russia
Oscar Wilde
London
Halstead
Eas
England
Nicaragua
Corinto
Schweinfurth
Rockford, Ill
San Juan del Sur
Custom House
America
East
Ashland Mystery Deepens in Thrush Death Case
In Ashland Wisconsin on May 3 authorities report the Martin Thrush death may be murder. Two suspects Mrs Thrush and Casper Emery were detained after witnesses heard a body fall and a blood stained chisel and hammer were found. The wife claims suicide while others say no shots were fired.
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Ashland
Wis
Martin Thrush
Wisconsin
Casper Emery
Judge Reduces Sentence For Counterfeiting From Seven To Four
In St Louis on May 2 United States district judge Priest sentenced Ira G Cook to four years in the Missouri penitentiary for counterfeiting. Cook pleaded his two young daughters and mother depended on him. A letter from a 10 year old daughter was read to the judge prompting the reduced sentence.
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St. Louis
United States District Court
Priest
Ira G. Cook
Missouri Penitentiary
Cook
Big Increase in the Public Debt Statement
The May treasury monthly debt report shows the United States debt, less cash, at 917,839,903 dollars, up 9,109,857 for the month. The treasury cash balance stands at 180,817,916 dollars, down 7,099,345, with a gold reserve of 91,247,144 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Not Allowed to Admit Women at Nominating Conventions
Springfield May 3. Assistant Attorney General Newell says nominating conventions for any election officers cannot be compelled to admit women as delegates. This opinion addresses the status of female participation in party processes.
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Springfield, Ill
Newell
Raids, killings, and arrests across several states
In a raid near Huntington West Virginia Lee Ward was killed and about 100 people including twenty women were arrested. In Grant Mississippi Postmaster Gooding killed a Choctaw who had tried to kill a Negro and then Gooding. Archibald Dixon Brown and Mrs Nellie Bush Gordon were shot dead in Louisville Kentucky by Fulton Gordon. Young killed his wife in Hoosierville Indiana and then killed himself.
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England
Treasury
Archie Brown
Brown
Kentucky
Fulton Gordon
Louisville
Gordon
Huntington
W. V
Lee Ward
Postmaster Gooding
Grant
Gooding
Archibald Dixon Brown
Nellie Bush Gordon
Hoosierville
Ind
Indians Resist Arrest as Federal Force Moves In
U S Marshal Cronan leads a large deputy force toward St Johns to arrest Indians accused of stealing government wood. About 300 natives converge near St Johns to oppose arrests, armed and defiant, while white residents flee to safety. Attorney General Olney seeks guidance, with Judge Thomas suggesting federal troops. Citizens urge militia, yet Rolla and St John seek federal resolution.
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Devils Lake
N. C
United States
Cronan
St. Johns
Fargo
N. D
Olney
Thomas
United States Court
Rolla
St. John
Allen
Japan Faces Final Answer to Russia by May 7
Tokyo reports urgency as Japan must decide on Russia’s terms by May 7. Mediation talks in Washington and Tokyo recall a possible European league to curb Japan’s gains. Viscount Mutsu lies gravely ill amid war relief and diplomacy shadows. In Pekin Li Hung Chang meets the emperor with no disclosed decision on peace treaty ratification.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
United States
Washington
Cleveland
Viscount Mutsu
Ito
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
West Virginia Coal Strike Shuts Down Mines
Force is being used as 15 000 miners meet at Keystone to organize measures to compel Pocahontas men to join the strike. Miners rush into Virginia and the situation is described as alarming with potential bloodshed unless caution and conciliation prevail.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Norfolk & Western
Keystone
Pocahontas
Virginia
Judge Jackson Opposes Income Tax on Supreme Court
Washington May 3 Judge Jackson is said to oppose the present income tax and would likely join the majority to sustain the law if the court grants a rehearing. Neighbors say his return could overturn the tax unless stronger arguments are presented than those at the last hearing or by him personally.
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Washington
Jackson
Supreme Court
Durrant Held for Murder Verdict in Lamont Case
In San Francisco the inquest into Blanche Lamont's death concluded in under three hours. The jury found Theodore Durrant guilty of murder, with police and the district attorney confident of conviction, noting they held back substantial evidence for trial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Blanche Lamont
Theodore Durrant
Avenges His Daughter in Indiana Shooting
David Grismore aged 61 shot and fatally wounded Sherman Allen near Alfordsville, ten miles southeast of Washington Indiana. Grismore surrendered to Sheriff Leming in Washington and is jailed, claiming Allen caused his daughter's downfall.
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Washington
Ind
Alfordsville
David Grismore
Sherman Allen
Grismore
Allen
Leming
Fire Outbreak Destroys Sheds In Green Bay Lumber District
A blaze on Green Bay west side in the lumber district destroyed a Brown-Chapin shed filled with siding and lumber, and a Fort Howard shed. The A. Eldred lumber company owned sheds worth 2500 dollars. Five St. Paul Railway cars burned. Total loss about 30000 dollars. Insurance not listed.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown-Chapin Lumber Company
Fort Howard Lumber Company
A. Eldred Lumber Company
St. Paul Road
Two Children Die In Country House Fire Near Atchison
Atchison Kan May 2 a rural home owned by Stanford Kimley burned while Mr and Mrs Kimley were away their two children ages five years and 15 months were cremated the cause of the fire is still unknown
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Des Moines
Pike Lynch
Stuart
Sir Cappellar
C. H. Cappellar
Atlantic
Ted
Ual
Sargeant
Spirit Lake
Delavan
Atchison, Kan
Stanford Kimley
Eustis Hinted as Possible U.S. Presidential Candidate
Paris dispatch says Hon. J. D. Eustis American ambassador to France may run for the presidency in the next national election. The report notes the prospect could move U.S. politics and diplomacy.
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Eustis
Paris
J. D. Eustis
France
United States
Deadly Patterson Cyclone Wrecks Kansas Farms
A destructive cyclone near Patterson Kansas evacuated 16 miles northeast with ten dead and twenty-five injured. Homes were leveled including the Wear and Schmidt families, Grandma Chapin killed, and extensive damage to farms, barns, and telegraph lines along a wide path.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Patterson
Here
Armstrong
William Chapin
Grandma
Schmidt
John. Schmidt
Dora
Franz
Wear
Joseph
Babe
Grace
Herman
William
Frizzell
J. R
Frye
Stickney
Jacob
D. E. Frizzell
Grandma” Chapin
John Schmidt
Cyrus Hermon
H. Hermon
Santa Fe
Halstead
Burrton
Pacific Express
J. R. Frizzell
Ore trimmers win second round in contest with tosses
In Marquette on May 3 excitement peaked as ore trimmers secured a second round victory after Capt. Brock delivered a telegram from the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company ordering workers to begin. The move is seen as a decisive knockout for the contracting bosses.
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Marquette, Mich
Brock
Alcona
Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company
Mrs. Parnell in Critical Condition in Bordentown
Bordentown New Jersey May 3 Mrs Parnell's condition worsened at noon yesterday she was mentally duller and near unconscious. Her daughter Miss Annie Parnell arrived from Ireland and was recognized at the bedside as she reached it.
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Bordentown
N. J
Hitt Faces Critical Illness As Family Prepares
Washington reports hopeful friends yet sobering news on Representative Hitt. Doctors advise readiness for the worst while the congressman appears to arrange affairs for calm handling. A late night improvement offered brief relief amid ongoing concern.
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Washington
Representative Hitt
Patent Granted for Locomotive Boiler Diaphragm
Drs Mores review notes April 29 1895 report a patent allowed to William Britton Boone for a locomotive boiler diaphragm that traps heat in the flues to maximize heat transfer and prevent spark smoke and ash issues. Five US patents issued to Des Moines Mount Auburn Morticello Rock Rapids Muscatine inventors include wagon box clamp weather strip oil can and spring bed bottom.
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Drs Mores
William Britton
Boone
App
Board of Examiners-In-Chief
United States
Iown
A. W. Haines
Des Moines
A. Kile
Mount Auburn
G. W. Lake
C. H. Rastede
Morticello
F. J. Marolf
Rock Rapids
R. 8. Osborne
Muscatine
Thomas G. and
J. RaLrn Orwin
Solicitors of Patents
No bail for Gordon in Henderson court case
In Henderson Kentucky on May 2 Mrs Gordon was buried in Cave Hill cemetery. Fulton Gordon appeared in court with attorneys who sought an immediate trial and bail. the judge ruled the offense nonbailable and set the case for trial on Saturday at 9 o clock.
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Derson
Gordon
Louieville
Brown
Henderson
John Young Brown
Delegates Chosen For Sound Money Convention In Memphis
St Louis May 2 The Commercial club will send delegates to the sound money convention in Memphis. The Merchants' exchange opposes representation. Congressman Patterson of Tennessee is expected to urge other business groups to participate.
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St. Louis
Commercial Club
Memphis
Merchants’ Exchange
Patterson
Tennessee
The Chicago Board of Trade May 1 Quotations Table
The table lists the range of quotations on the board of trade for today May 1. Trading activity and price ranges are summarized for comparison across commodities and contracts.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
May Midland Monthly and Allied Outings Featured
The May issue showcases angling scenes and travel pieces such as A Kangaroo Hunt and A May Day’s Canoeing, with notable articles on The Switzerland of Iowa by Calvin and Spirit Lake region by Major Byers. Roosevelt’s Hero Tales open in St Nicholas, while Mars atmosphere and Japanese life are richly treated in Atlantic and Harper’s.
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Ireland
North Carolina
Sullivan County
Whitmore’s Brook
May Midland Monthly
Des Moines
Switzerland
Iowa
Calvin
Major Byers
Spirit Lake
Eugene May
Fargo
Custer
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Nicholas
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Boone
Mr. Roosevelt
James Baldwin
Helio
William T. Hornad
North America
Percival Lowell
Mars
Alfred Parson
Harper's
Japan
Empire of
Thikado
Parsons
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