Troop Sold War Material in Brownsville Investigation
Testimony before the military affairs committee alleges soldiers exploited Brownsville, selling war supplies and defacing Krag rifles under orders from a quartermaster. Corporal William Ryan testified of 1000 rounds issued to a junk dealer and rifles altered to surrender. One ex-soldier disputed shell evidence from Browns.
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William Ryan
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Brownsville
Ryan
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Bergenni
Thomas Taylor
Company B
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Ehells
Browns
Taylor
Fort Niobrara
Lumber rail rate rise seen by Washington meeting
Northwestern roads plan a 40 to 60 cent per hundred increase on Puget Sound to St Paul and Minneapolis freight. The move follows Washington legislature recourse to reciprocal demurrage law. Attendees included NP officials General Manager tarn and VP C B Levy, Harry Blakely, Harry Adams, and J P Olcott of the Railway and Navigation company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Arn
C. BT. Levy
Northern Pacific
Harry Blakely
Western
Harry Adams
Trafic
Rear Northern
3. P. Olcott
M Ratlway and Navigation
Heaviest Wisconsin youth dies at seventeen
Elmore Sheppard, a 17 year old colored youth from Appleton, Wisconsin, reported as the heaviest boy in the United States at 640 pounds, died Monday of fatty degeneration of the heart. He had been gaining about a pound weekly, adding nearly forty pounds recently. The body required a specially built rough box for removal as doorways could not accommodate standard caskets and a derrick may be used to lower the casket into the grave. nine men helped move the body from the house to the undertaker’s wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Elmore Sheppard
United States
Appleton
Wis
Collision near Dover injures none on ferry run
A dramatic collision occurred outside the harbor at Dover England as the steamer Princess Henriette from Ostend collided with the Lord War men from Callas. Sixty passengers on the Lord War men were landed with no injuries reported.
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Collison
Dover
Eng
Henriette
Ostend
Lord Warmen
Callas
Bryce at New York Banquet with James Bryce Guest of Union League
British ambassador James Bryce was the guest of honor at a Union League dinner in New York on Monday night, drawing about 600 prominent American political and business figures. Other items note Sioux City livestock market prices, a promotion at Rock Island system, a water heater explosion at Collingwood Y M C A, Penrose exoneration details, and Thaw case adjournment.
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Collingwood
Penrose
Senate
Brix
McCuskey
Department of Texas
Maj
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Justice Fitzgerald
New York
Thawgaa
President Roosevelt Disapproves Koehler Court Martial Verdict
The president disapproves the findings of acquittal in Capt. Lewis M. Koehler of the Fourth Cavalry. He endorses the secretary of war and Gen. Wood, praising the poor showing of the court and upholding official admonitions related to insubordination and unfounded charges against Maj. Scott at Jolo.
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Roosevelt
Lewis “M. Koehler
Fourth Cavalry
U.8
Folo Philippine Islands
Koehler
Uis
Jen. Wood
Maj
Scott
Jolo Miletary
Gavarnas
Jolo
White House
Washington, D. C
Lawis M. Koehler
United Stated
Secretary of War
Gen. Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
German Sharp Demonstrates Two Mile Wireless Voice
A German inventor achieves distinct word exchanges at two miles using thirty foot poles in Berlin. Rear Admiral Manny and Lieutenant Commander Howard, U S naval attaché in Berlin, attend private demonstrations and report talks up to nearly three miles.
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Berlin
Haa
Manny
United States
Benin
Howard
Slayer Randl Convicted in London Court for Whiteley Killing
Horace George Randl was tried in London for the January 24 death of William Whiteley the Westbourn general provider. He was convicted and sentenced to death after R D Muir led the opening. Louisa Turner testified under Whiteley protection to dispel claims Raynor was the slain man’s illegitimate son.
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William Whiteley
London
Horace George Randl
Westbourn
Raynol
Central Criminal Court
R. D. Muir
The
Treasury
Louisa Turner
Whiteley
Raynor
Dual murder charge ends in manslaughter verdict
Charles Simeon of St. Louis found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of Otto Buddemeyer and Walter Robertson. He receives a fine of 430 dollars and two months in the county jail. The case arose from a love dispute over Ida Stetz. Meanwhile Ohio city suffers a Great Fire at Ironian Lumber yards in Ireton causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Fire spreads to multiple city sections. aid sent from Ashland Kentucky.
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Geta
Charles Simeon
St. Louis
Otto Buddemeyer
Walter Robertson
Washington
Ida Stetz
Ohio City
Ironian Lumber Company
Ireton
Ashland
Train Derailed at Avon injures several passengers
A westbound Big Four passenger train left the track at Avon Indiana and plunged down a 20 foot embankment. Several passengers were injured but there were no fatalities. Also noted is the claim that James Parker, who attempted to save President McKinley by striking the assassin, is now jailed in Atlantic City, described as a raving maniac.
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Avon
Ind
McHinley
James Parker
McKinley
Czolgosz
Atlantic City
N. J
Notable Missouri Ex-Attorney General Dies at 73
H. Clay Ewing, former Missouri attorney general, died Friday at age 73. He led the famous lawsuit to set aside the Missouri Pacific railroad property value. In a Baltimore tragedy two killed and one injured when a wall collapsed at 263 North High Street.
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H. Clay Ewing
Missouri
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fatal train collision kills students in Los Angeles
A head on crash between a special packed with Riverside intercollegiate moot students and the outbound Santa Fe Limited No 2 in Los Angeles city limits killed six and injured seventeen. Bodies were recovered from wreckage near the Buena Vista street bridge with USC student C G Franklin among the dead.
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Los Angeles
Atchison, Tospeka
Santa Fa
Claremont
Cal
Headon
Overland
C. G. Franklin
University of Southern California
A. H. Edwards
J. C. Gaul
Fred Hodgson
Workara
Santa Fee
Buna Vista Street
May Mean Loss to Heirs in Ig J Estate Disappearance
The will of the late Charles Rubers faces possible invalidation after the malt stolen from the mail pouch aboard the ship La Savoie in January may trigger a $1,000,000 estate loss to beneficiaries. The will, drawn by the Paris‑based but American‑faring Rubers, was in Cowsert Bros. custody and sent to France in registered mail. If no certified copy exists, the estate could be distributed as if Rubers died intestate amid many claimants.
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la Savoie
France
Lnte
Charles Rubers
America
Paris
Cowsert Bros
New York
Woman testifies to alleged advances in doctor murder trial
In Carthage Missouri, during the trial of Arthur Sanderson for the killing of Dr. Salomon D. Meredith, Mrs. Sanderson testifies for the defense that Dr. Meredith made improper advances, grabbed her, and declared love, saying resistance was futile and fearing discovery.
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Carthage
Arthur Sanderson
Salomon D. Meredith
Sanderson
Congressmen Return from Panama See Canal Progress
Thirty nine congressmen who inspected the Isthmian canal arrived on the Panama on the New York Saturday. They reported daily dirt removal of 30 000 to 31 000 cubic yards and monthly totals around 800 000 cubic yards. They noted 52 000 000 cubic yards left, 35 000 men employed including 5 000 Americans, and no Chinamen at work. They blamed heat for food concerns.
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Isthmian Canal
New York
Panama
C. Smith
Califfonia
Troops to Stay Move Suspended for 21st Infantry
Preparations for the Twenty-first Infantry transfer from San Antonio to the Philippines have been halted. Chief Quartermaster Stevens was notified to cancel all contracts for the movement which was to begin at month’s end.
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Negro
Twenty-first Infantry
San Antonio
Tex
Philippines
Stevens
Portsmouth Kidnapping Case Reclassified
Investigation into the disappearance of W Horace Marvin Jr. shows the Portsmouth crew was a mistaken lead. Police now deem the Delaware boy’s disappearance unrelated to any kidnapping plot.
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W Horace Marvin, Jr
Delaware
Portsmouth
Slain's Concessions to France In Franco-Siamese Treaty
The Franco-Siamese treaty signed Saturday grants France three provinces Batlanobong Hangker and Sisophony totaling about 12800 square miles. In other brief items a gambler William Tomlinson of Fort Worth dies in jail after wounding county attorney and deputy sheriff Scott survives. a Kentucky mother dies bathing her infant, the infant perishes. a blizzard takes four lives in the east. and a Missouri woman and her family meet the pope in Rome.
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Slain
France
Batlanobong
Hangker
Sisophony
Wm. Tomlinson
Fort Worth
Tex
Mclean
Scott
Scott Ie
Williams Pink Pills Promising Rheumatism Cure
A Detroit machinist Robert Odbert credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing two years of rheumatism after doctors failed. He describes swollen legs, heart pain, and dependence on crutches before relief and declares himself cured. Pills priced 60 cents a box. six boxes $2.40 from Williams Medicine Co.
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Williamsa
Williama
Robert Odbert
Cameron Street
Datroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Reform Needed on Oath in Courts of Justice
A reporter asks a Senator about reform legislation in the near future. The eminent state man says probably not, but voices growing conviction that the oath in courts should require witnesses to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. He argues revealing the whole truth is often unnecessary and sometimes harmful.
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Man
Housekeeper Wins Breach of Promise Suit Against Denny
The jury in a nineteen day trial awarded Miss Mary Beans five thousand dollars against land owner and stock raiser Le J. Denny for breach of promise. Beans testified Denny proposed marriage while she served as housekeeper in Galesburg Illinois. Denny denied the offers and plans to appeal the verdict.
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Sally
Tjetington
Denny
Xait
le J. Denny Inc
Nurlington
Mary Beans
Gatesburg
Galesburg
Misa Teans
Miss Tteans
Steana
Aging Man in Sensational Town Divorce Case
An Ottumwa resident, a 72 year old man named Wall sues his wife for divorce claiming severe mistreatment and loss of property. He cites a century life of hardship and alleges his wife’s alleged infidelity with a co respondent William Wagner, noted as a boy of about seven, in a case recounted with dramatic detail.
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Ato
Ane
James Wall
Ottumwa
Wiliam Wagner
Wall
Wotin
Lin
Congressman Weds Nurse Stirs Des Moines Amid Society Scandal
Ex congressman of the Seventh Iowa District and brother of actor William Gillette married Miss Grey Appel in Des Moines, drawing attention as the bride was linked to the anti marriage Single Miers club. The groom, retired with a large country home near Des Moines, led the sensational union.
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Appel
Lrge
Nvar Des Moines
Warming Season Delayed in Agriculturina Town
The season is late for farmers with J Sage noting no harm yet but later than usual due to cold north and northwest. Plowing has begun in southern counties lacking snowfall, drying out worsened by clay soil. Wheat sowing is underway in other districts as crop bulletins begin on April 9.
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Sage
Blind woman dies in a fatal house fire amid marriage proposals
Mes Carrien Tilitsen a blind woman from Dry Mothes famed for receiving numerous marriage proposals was burned to death in her home after responding to an advertisement. She later left wealth to Latter-Day Saints for a place in their order. A second item reports Charles Rocker found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Lyon county farmer August Schroeder. life imprisonment imposed after a 14 hour jury deliberation.
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Tad
Pama
Carrien Tilitsen
Tamona
Parser Muat
Charles Rocker
August Schroeder
Lyon County
Vier
Hocker
Pioneer Obituaries from Cass County and Nearby Areas
Obituaries report the death of a Cass County pioneer near Atlantic after thirty eight years on his settled site. The piece mentions his son George Franklin editor of the Iowa Bar Register and Farmer, and references other local names and incidents including a shooting in Massachusetts and a murder in Chicago. It notes a life-changing accident and a university athletic scholarship award in Des Moines.
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Washington Franklin
Owl
Washington
Franklin
Casa County
Atlantic
Ne Firet
Ilis
George Franklin
Lowa
Frank
Benjamly Proaoklin
Municipal ordinance targets marriage and paternity in city
City Council and Mayor Bennett push a controversial measure requiring all unmarried women to wed within sixty days under penalties. The mayor jokes offering free ceremonies but officials insist the ordinance will be enforced strictly as a test of public policy and morals.
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Cognell
Maapee Oedinanee Reqnelig
Weil
Bennett
Connell Urghi
Wort Dhadga
Ordinanes
Vennetta
Interurban Survey Complete for Davenport to Iowa City Line
The Davenport Iowa City interurban survey is finished with a feasible right of way. The route has few grades and a nearly straight alignment requiring only one river crossing Cedar River. The company plans a dam to supply power for the line and some construction may begin this year.
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New Lowe City-Davennport
Logan Flour Mill Destroyed and Town Endangered Fire
Fire destroyed the Logan flour mill owned by A. Edgecomb & Son on the river edge, causing about 30 000 dollars in damage. The ancient brick mill stood as a town landmark. rescue attempts failed as water and fire departments proved unable to save it.
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Ho& Son
Fragmentary Trial Exchange Questions Witness
A distorted courtroom exchange questions a witness about Benjamin Hobwitdy and his reputation for truth. The fragment mentions Ben and a discussion of credibility in the neighborhood.
Fifteen Years of Eczema Healed by Cutlera Remedies
Edward Worell of Mort Crook Nebraska, a U S Army infantryman, details a long battle with eczema. After using Cutleura Soap, Cutleura Ointment, and Cutleura Raslraly his severe itching and sores vanished and he reports feeling better than ever.
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Edward Worell
Wandsuth U. 8 Infantry
Mort Crook
Nebraska
Dream of gold and a cave seen at breakfast
A breakfast table dream includes finding a bag of gold in a cave and waking before grabbing it. The speaker laughs it off yet recalls the vivid tale as a lie about wealth and luck. Great Hilida reportedly spends 112,500,000 annually on supporting the poor.
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Tommy
Tucker
Great Hilida
Monument design controversy and contract dispute described
An article recalls a design contest for a military monument where Mine Moniles offered a design, but groups like Corsal and Merva declined to compete. A commission asked granite tonnage, the reply claimed artistry cannot be bought by the pound. The contract stalled after legal fears and sharp lawyers, with a quip about Ned and rich folks from Philadelphia.
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Elty
Moniles
Seupdtor
Corsal
Comunle Son
Ulin
Hla
Good Natured Man Reclaims Health With Grape-Nuts
A grateful testimonial from a Missouri reader who suffered indigestion and nerve weakness. After trying many remedies he found relief using Grape-Nuts from Postum Co. He reports restored digestion, stronger nerves, clearer mind, and renewed vitality stating he feels younger and happier.
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Poutum Co
Battle Creek
Mech
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A.L. Lawshe
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University of Lies Moines
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Logan Fluur Mill Destroye
Charles Skellenger
Mason City
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Best West
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Ittewa
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Alidy
Sporting
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Ned
Muta
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