Beef Inquiry Hearings Reveal Beef Contract Details
Captain George B. Davis testified about the Santiago beef contract with Swift & Co. and freezing times. Edward Morris of Morris & Co. described canned beef storage and shipments, with most sales to Manila and English markets. General Eagan and Admiral Stewart figures surfaced in testimony on preservation and use of canned beef aboard ships and in camps.
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Staten Island
N. Y
Chicago
Manila
Washington
Mayor Black
Miles
Eagan
Ponce
Edwin Stewart
Navy
HG. Colby
Navy Department
Gen. Eagan
Armour & Co
Wasumeton
Army
George A. Gampier
Lakeland
Fla
Creighton Webb
Lawton
Cuba
Woodruff
Morehouse
Tampa
Major Webb
Gampier
Armours
Maj
Lagarde
Siboney
Porto Rico
Alger
Geo. H. Giddings
Texas
J. H. Syphers
Gen. N
G. W. Simpson
Boston
Santino
McPherson
Mer Ideals First Miss Millie Declares Engagement Plan
Fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Millie insisting on an answer and vowing to marry Algernon Verede after jilting him. The passage hints at romantic schemes tied to dreams and social expectations.
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Millie
Iowa Volunteer Deaths Highlight Typhoid Toll in Four Regiments
Des Moines report shows 148 Iowa deaths across the Forty-ninth Fifty-first Fifty-second regiments with typhoid accounting for 116 deaths. Officers lost include First Lieut. George W. Michaelson Second Lieut. Charlies F Grout and First Lieut. Guy Kellogg in the conflict era.
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Des Moines
War Department
Iowa
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Forty-ninth
George W. Michaelson
Jacksonville
Guy Kellogg
Charlies F. Grout
Emmmetsburg
Fire hits Herring's Cottage Hotel at Belle Plaine
A blaze gutted the back kitchen area of Herring's Cottage Hotel in Belle Plaine. Fire brigades from the town and round house fought the flames but the hotel suffered heavy damage. A 5-year-old boy, Harold Smith, son of the hotel cook, was severely burned while escaping the burning room and was saved by a dining room helper who then took him to Joseph Wheeler's home for care. The helper sustained burns to her hands.
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Herring
Round House
Harold Smith
Joseph Wheeler
Evidence Mounts Against Nellis in Shultz Murders
Sioux City dispatch reports growing evidence against Oscar Nellis accused of killing Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shultz in Cherokee five years ago. His wife testifies she overheard him confess the killings and robbery plan, stating she heard him say the old woman recognized him and followed him to the door before the murders.
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Shultz
Sioux City
Oscar Nellis
Martin Shultz
Cherokee
State Contracts Awarded By Iowa Board Of Control
The board of control in Des Moines announced 96 contracts for April 1 through the quarter. About 300000 dollars total value, with 69 contracts going to Iowa jobbers and 27 to outside dealers. Chicago leads with 23 contracts, Des Moines 15, Davenport 14, Keokuk 11, Burlington 5, Dubuque 2, Sioux City none due to unfavorable railroad rates.
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Board of Control
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Davenport
Keokuk
Burlington
Dubuque
Sioux City
Not Guilty for Reichmann-Hansen Case Jury Acquits
Jury acquits the Landt boys after a fifteen hour deliberation in the Reichmann-Hansen case. Hansen, longtime occupant of Reichmann’s farm, faced prior civl suits and a long running dispute. An incident near Garwin last December led to accusations of assault by Hansen and the Landt boys, who confronted Reichmann on the road with faces blackened and battered him.
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Landt Boys
Torepo
Reichmann-Hansen
Hansen
Reichmann
Garwin
Children Drown In Ice Covered Pond At Center Junction
Two young children of James Nichols from a farm near Center Junction drowned after slipping through thin ice at their father’s pond. They had gone to water stock, vanished, and were found beneath the ice by their mother who raised the alarm. Neighbors dragged the pond and recovered the bodies during the night.
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James Nichols
Center Junction
Panic in School Room at Muscatine High
An April 1 ster opticon lecture at Muscatine High School saw a fire break out in the calcium light generator and the electric switchboard. About two hundred people escaped through smoke with no injuries. damages estimated in the low hundreds of dollars to repair the building.
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Muscatine
MacArthur Forces Resting at Malolos in Philippines
Manila April 2. MacArthur's troops rested at Malolos after a hard campaign. Rebels mass along Lawton and Hall fronts from water works to Salonia with nightly fire to disrupt American lines. Lawton placed five sharpshooters per company to target rebels as about 8 000 rebels concentrate at Cainta Tay Tay. a skirmish with North Dakotans left seven Filipinos dead and an American lieutenant and twoPrivates wounded.
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Manila
MacArthur
Malolos
Lawton
Hall
Salonia
Cainta
Tay- Tay
King
Scene of Action Shifts Around Manila in World War II
Dispatches describe MacArthur's advance force reaching Malo Los, enjoying a rest, while General Robert Hall's regulars engage near Mariquina, ten miles east of Manila, with Hall's brigade advancing to Montalaban before returning to Mariquina.
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Manila
MacArthur
Malolos
Robert Hall
Otis
Hall
Mariquina
Montalaban
Volunteers to Be Retained in the Philippines
The War Department confirms six month retention in service for volunteers in the Philippines applies to officers and men. General Otis may keep volunteer organizations as they are, while sick and wounded, and those with exceptional reasons to return, are sent home. No mustering out until they can be spared. provisional army of 35 000 deemed unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Washington
War Department
Army
Otis
Cable
Worst Storm of the Winter in Southeast Iowa
The March blizzard shut down Burlington with over a foot of snow and 4 to 5 foot drifts. Streetcars halted, businesses closed, and schools dismissed as Toledo Chicago Galesburg Ottumwa St Joseph and Kansas City report similar conditions.
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Burlington
Iowa
Toledo
Chicago
Galesburg
Ottumwa
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Iowa Mutual Building and Loan faces receivership bid
Attorney General Remley seeks a receiver for the Iowa Mutual Building and Loan Association of Dubuque charging directors with conspiring to defraud creditors. Home Savings and Trust Company of Des Moines is named as winding up the affairs. No assets or liabilities publicized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusugvur
Remley
Iowa Mutual Building and Loan Association
Dubuque
Ilome Savings and Trust Company
Des Moines
Foreign attaches weigh Manila fighting for long run
Washington March 31 among foreign attaches stationed in Washington the Manila fighting is followed closely and viewed as a long harassing struggle. A veteran observer warns that casualties of 21 a day may seem small but will grow discouraging over time.
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Washington
Manila
Far East
Otis Prepares for Active Campaign in Philippines
Major General Otis reports quiet conditions but directs troops at Malolos and a railroad reconnoissance. Officials note Aguinaldo’s army dwindling and Otis aiming to locate insurgent forces before further pursuit toward Malolos.
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Washington
Otis
Malolos
War Department
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Department
Manila
Army to reach 65 000 men as volunteers stay on
Washington March 31 The regular army enlistments near the limit leaving 2 500 needed to reach 65 000. Volunteers in the Philippines show willingness to remain in service for six months as needed. With new additions the president would command about 75 000 troops for ongoing operations.
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Washineron
Philippines
Otis
Manila
Stella Fails After Collision in Dense Fog Near Channel Islands
The passenger steamer Stella en route Southampton to the Channel Islands struck Casquet Rocks near Alderney in fog. It sank in ten minutes after boilers exploded. Lynx rescued four boats with forty passengers. seventy lives lost. Vessel carried 140 passengers and 42 crew headed for Easter visits. Accident blamed on excessive speed in poor visibility.
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Southampton
Stella
Channel Islands
Casquet Rocks
Alderney Island
Lynx
Stella Sunk Off Alderney Casquet Rocks with Heavy Loss
The passenger steamer Stella bound for the Channel Islands struck the Casquet rocks in thick fog near Alderney and sank after fifteen minutes. Between 70 and 185 people were aboard including crew. survivors report life belts used and boats lowered with limited panic. Rescue steamer Lynx and others recovered dozens of passengers and crew, while the captain perished.
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Southampton
Eng
Stella
Alderney
Channel Islands
Rooks
London and Southwestern Railway Company
Lynx
Marsouin
Cherbourg
France
Great Western Railway Company
Vera
Guernsey
Bush
Farm home robbery reported in Crystal township
Claus Fink was assaulted in his Crystal township home by two men who seized $88. The suspects are said to be known and their arrest is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totepo
Claus Fink
Crystal Township
Brakeman Loses Both Legs in Rail Accident
Carroll dated report states H F Bailey a brakeman on the southwestern branch was run over at Kirkman station and lost both legs. his father was the engineer.
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Carroll
H. F. Bailey
Kirkman Station
Mrs Hattie Myhill Acquitted in Eupora Case
The jury acquitted Mrs Hattie Myhill after about four hours of deliberation. She was charged with selling property belonging to another person and, after hiring a livery rig in Eldora to go to the country, fled to Wisconsin with the rig. The horse died and the buggy was sold to a stranger. The verdict surprised many but drew sympathy for her.
Keokuk men sentenced for highway robbery in Fort Madison
Charles Miller and Edward Hale of Keokuk receive thirty year terms after pleading guilty in district court. Judge Bank pronounced the sentences. In Manila reports the First battalion of the Fifty first Iowa is with General King south of the Pasig in trenches as MacArthur’s forces press the insurgent capital. Des Moines notes ex secretary of state W M McFarland seeks trial at term. case concerns bondsmen for alleged misappropriation while in office, with no criminal charge previously filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Charles Miller
Edward Hale
Fort Madison
Bank
Manila
Fifty-first Iown
King
Pasig
MacArthur
Des Moines Dispatch
W. M. McFarland
Redman
Polk
MacFarland
McFarland
Buck Martin Faces Possible Murder Charge After Cabin Fight
Burlington March 27 The April grand jury may consider murder rather than assault with intent to commit great bodily injury against Buck Martin who is jailed unable to post bail. Shady Martin the brother and victim is in Burlington hospital in precarious condition from ax blows and severe cuts. Lockjaw has set in.
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Burlington
Buck
Martin
Federal Court Takes Up Lake City Lynching Cases
Fifteen Lake City residents face U S circuit court trial this week charged with lynching Postmaster Fraser B Baker a year ago. They are accused of killing Baker and his infant child and burning the Lake City post office with all its effects.
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Lake City
8. C
Charleston
United States Circuit Court
Fraser B. Baker
Baker
Bribery Hearings Open in Pennsylvania Case
March 30 report says Representatives O'Brien Norton and Hargrave testified before the bribery investigating committee. They described efforts to buy votes for reconsideration of the McCarrell jury bill.
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Pennsylvania
HaAnRnispura
O’brien
Norton
Hargrave
McCarrell
Cuban Delegates Answered on Army Payment
Cuban assembly delegates Vilallon and Hevia met with Secretary Hay at the state department and presented their resolution. Hay stated the United States would not increase the payment to Cuba above the $3,000,000 already sent to the Cuban army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerton
Messrs
Villalon
Hevia
State Department
Hay
Cuba
United States
Bodies of Dead Soldiers Arrive From War Zones
The transport Crook has arrived from Porto Rico and Santiago with 306 passengers and 682 bodies of soldiers who died or were killed in battle in Cuba and Porto Rico.
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New York
Crook
Porto Rico
Santiago
Cuba
Higginson on jobs and Garfield joke in senatorial chat
Henry Lee Higginson says if penniless he would take the first job offered. A friend asks about the senatorial contest and deadlock, and the candidate notes he remains unsettled. Senator Depew cites Garfield advising him to stop joking as the public distrusts humorous leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lee Higginson
Boston
Depew
Garfield
Plot Against the Czar Involving His Mother and Synod Head
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Echo de Paris reports a discovered plot against the czar aimed at exploiting his ill health. The plan sought to dethrone him and entrust the government to his uncle, described as a notorious reactionary.
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Paris
Copenhagen
Echo de Paris
Bobyedonotzeff
Holy Synod
Spring Tide of Immigration Begins in New York
The spring tide of immigration has begun with about 2,000 arrivals per day since the week’s start. Detained immigrants crowd detention pens to capacity while the Narragansett serves as sleeping quarters off Ellis Island as a new station is under construction to hold 1,260.
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New York
Narragansett
Ellis Island
Attempt On Loubet Ends In Fatal Shooting
Paris on April 3 reports a wealthy man named Tourret was shot dead by Ozouf who mistook him for President Loubet in the Bois de Boulogne. Ozouf, 38, is believed insane.
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Paris
Tourret
Bois de Boulogne
Loubet
M. Tourret
Ozouf
Wisconsin Defeats Iowa in Intercollegiate Debate
In Milwaukee on April 3 Wisconsin defeated Iowa in a college debate on whether railroads should pool freight rates under Interstate Commerce Commission supervision. Wisconsin team A R Dean M R Shaw and E A Evans argued the negative against Iowa's Martin E Weldy Lester J Dickenson and William W Loomis. judges favored Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Interstate Commerce Commission
University of Wisconsin
A. R. Dean
M. R. Shaw
E. A. Evans
Martin E. Weldy
Lester J. Dickenson
William W. Loomis
Iow
Michigan Men Mustered Out at Camp McKenzie
The Thirty Fifth Michigan was mustered out at Camp McKenzie on Friday. The regiment departed Augusta in three sections along the Georgia railroad. At Atlanta the trains were turned over to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Augusta
Floods Subside Soon Along Ohio River
Cincinnati April 3 The Ohio river sits a foot and a half above danger, with riverfronts and lower valleys submerged. The upper river is falling and the flood is expected to be short lived.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Army transportation hastens Manila relief effort
The transportation department is moving troops and supplies to the Philippines as news from Manila grows more startling, prompting rapid forward shipments from San Francisco.
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Manila
San Francisco
Cal
Transportation Department of the Army
Philippines
Miss Barkers Sunday School Tales From West Side
The Chic Journal recalls Miss Barkers Sunday school class of boys ages 6 to 8 at West Side Baptist. Pupils answer questions brightly. a star pupil corrects another on Samson versus Sehoy. Dr Groby’s humane mercy tale ends with a comical window refrain about a blue fly in rain.
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Chic Journal
Samson
Wal Smith
Sampson
Sehoy
Woman Chooses Tiny Fan After Salesman Nudge
At a department store counter a salesman persuades a buyer to choose a small fan. The woman prefers a large model but the clerk touts the tiny size saying you won t have occasion to brush away flies. She selects the small fan.
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Chicago Record
Harper's April issue highlights varied fiction and reviews
The piece surveys contents of Harper's April issue including a real life tragedy about a Turkish princess in the Sad Case of the Princess Esme, Professor Fiske on the Mystery of Evil, Amelia Barr's new serial, York setting, and Napoleon. notes on St Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal illustrations, Review of Reviews on race and Hawaii, Julian Ralph India letters, Admiral Sampson's Century article on the Atlantic Fleet, spring fashions in Harper's, and F Lummis Mine story with illustrations by Broughton.
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Esme
Harper's
John Fiske
The
Atlantic
Pew
Amelia E. Barr
Sampson
Santiago Harbor
Cervera
Schley and Son
Harper
United
California
F. Lummis
Broughton
F. L. Pollock
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M'Arthur
Island OF Alderney
Casqanet Rocks
English Channel
Czar
Ladies’ Home Journal
Winthrop L. Marvin
Honolulu
Nila
Julian Ralph
India
Curzon
Ha Weekly
Ana
Charles D. Weldon
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