Saunders Triumph at Modern Woodmen Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines May 12 1903 Mod ern Woodmen of America camp meeting ends after stormy session with Col Saunders of Council Bluffs winning head director endorsement over Jerry Green by about two to one 957 to 57. Also notes officers elected and a report on Chicago Great Western earnings.
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Des Moines
Woodmen of America
Col. C. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
Jerry Green
Sesson
Frank K. Stebbins
Iowa City
Peter Stephany
Manning
KE. K. McCutchen
Holstein
Indianapolis
John D. Dennison
Clarion
A. W. Maxwell
Seymour
Dan RB. Horne
Davenport
Colonel Saunders
Green
German Farmers Pleased By Iowa State College Visit
A 44 member German Agricultural Society delegation touring the United States expressed unqualified pleasure with Iowa State College. They sent a complimentary telegram to Secretary James Wilson praising the institution's agricultural progress and noting most members are wealthy landowners, with two Austrians among them. The trip is privately funded and part of a pattern of European visits inspired by American agricultural advances.
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Ames
Iowa State College
James Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
J. I. Schulte
Washington, D. C
German Agricultural Society
Germany
England
Hungary
Sweden
Europe
Mutual Telephone Company Under Tax Foreclosure in Des Moines
Des Moines reports county treasurer Al W Layman levied 5000 dollars in delinquent taxes against Mutual Telephone Co. taking custody of the exchange and equipment. A public sale to satisfy the claim is set for May 29 at the courthouse, with custodian Deering operating the business in interim.
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Des Moines
al. W. Layman
Mutual Telephone Company
Co. GC. Deering
Boone
Court House
Heavy Fees Echo Iowa Secretary of State Office Record
In the biennial period ending June 30, theSecretary of State office reports fees near 350000 the largest for the era. Major contribution from Rock Island railroad over 160000 as new corporation fee law expands filings. Receipts earlier reach over 92000 with 35000 anticipated in notarial fees plus a 20000 Rock Island payment.
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Des Moines
Martin
Iowa
General Assembly
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Majority Oppose Grover Cleveland Debate Split Among Committeemen
The Record Herald interviews 28 Democratic National Committee members on Grover Cleveland. Three back his candidacy, 17 oppose, eight sit on the fence. Opponents hail from Illinois Utah Colorado Kentucky Texas Wisconsin South Dakota Nebraska Georgia North Carolina Indiana Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont and others.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
National Committee
Mr. Cleveland
Democratic Party
Norman EF. Mack
New York
Johns. M. Neill
Montana
James B. Taton
North Dakota
Thomas Gahan
Illinois
D. C. Dunbar
Utah
Adair Wilson
Colorado
Avey Woodson
Kentucky
R. M. Johnston
Texas
T. S. Ryan
Wisconsin
Maris Taylor
South Dakota
James C. Caplman
Nebraska
Clark Howell, Jr
Georgia
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Thos. D. O’brien
Minnesota
George F. Williams
Massachusetts
George W. Greene
Rhode Island
H. S. Cummings
Connecticut
H. L. Norris
New Hampshire
John H. Senter
Vermont
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
H. B. Ferguson
New Jersey
John R. McLean
Ohio
Richard R. Keeney
Delaware
J. H. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Arthur Pugh Gorman
Maryland
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
George E. Hughes
Maine
State of siege in Salonica amid Bulgarian tensions
London report notes ten foreign warships in Salonica harbor and a proclaimed state of siege with Turkish troops guarding the city. Explosions are blamed on Bulgarian engineers, and a war with Bulgaria is seen as the only way to clear the atmosphere. In Constantinople the Turkish government apologizes to the Bulgarian agent over domiciliary visits and seized papers, while Austria and Italy are asked to withdraw their warships from Salonica.
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London
Salonica
Times
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Austria
Italy
Infernal Machine Found Aboard Cunard Docked Ship Umbria
Police halted a panic at the Cunard pier as they uncovered an ingeniously built infernal machine containing 100 pounds of dynamite aimed at sinking the steamship Umbria which sailed Saturday. A educated woman authored a warning letter found at police headquarters hours before departure.
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New York
Cunard
Cunard Line
See Yup Highbinder Leaders Admit Plan for 300 Murders
Two See Yup leaders confess to a See Yup conspiracy to kill up to three hundred members of the Chinese educational society after the Friday night slaying of Tom Vick in San Francisco. Other detainees deny the confessions as false and accuse the educational group of blackmail.
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San Francisco
Chinese Highbinder Societies
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Society
See Yup Society
Educational Society
Injunction Issued Against Omaha Business Men in Labor Dispute
Judge Dick inson in Omaha granted a sweeping injunction at 7 p.m. on May 13 averting actions by the Business Men's Association and about fifty others against unions. The order bars not selling to union employers, halts boycotts and halting meetings, and targets the waiters' union case as a model for other unions. The move follows a strike affecting about 3,300 workers and leading to many closed businesses and laundries, bringing city commerce to a standstill.
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Omaha
Neb
Dickinson
John O. Yeiser
Business Men’s Association
Waiters’ Union
Omaha Local 73
Business Men's Association
Omaha Builders’ Exchange
Waiters
China Is Satisfied Over Manchuria Assurances
Pekin reports that Minister Conger has notified the Chinese government of Russian assurances given to the United States through Ambassador McCormick and Cassini. Chinese officials are not gravely concerned, being relieved by Washington advices and the denial of a joint action telegraph to President Roosevelt by Hay.
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Pekin
Conger
Manchuria
Russia
United States
McCormick
Cassini
Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Japan
Supreme court affirms 20 year term in Morrison murder
In Topeka on May 11 the Kansas Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling finding Jessie Morrison guilty of killing Mrs. Olin Castle at the Castle home in Eldorado. The decision imposes a twenty year imprisonment, with Justice C. Pollock noting the act as a vicious butchery in criminal history and urging search for a parallel among aboriginal traditions. Washington report notes Frank M. Barnett, a bureau of Ethnology clerk from Alabama, confessed to stealing government funds by creating fictitious accounts and intercepting $3,000 in checks.
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Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Eldorado
C. Pollock
Washington
Frank M. Barnett
Bureau of Ethnology
Alabama
Barnett
Kentucky Feud Deepens Over Jett Murder Case
Lexington report notes Curtis Jett is jailed in Madison County for the J B Marcum murder. Prosecution may seek a special session to handle the case. Jett asks to be returned to Jackson where the tragedy occurred, arguing that local feeling could prevent fair justice.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Curtis Jett
Madison County
J. B. Marcum
Jett
Jackson
City Officers List From A D Gray Ledger
Municipal roster shows mayor I N Bowen solicitor DT M Stuart clerk A D Gray treasurer Joseph Braden marshal and several named city officials and councilmen including F Manning B R Van Dyke P Connell F J Yengel C H Palmer and D A Enslow.
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I. N. Bowen
Eees
M. Stuart
Eeee
A.D. Gray
Joseph Braden Marshal
Jones
Wage Sais
Theo. Barnes Sounetimen
F. E. Manning
B. R. van Dyke
P. Connell
F. J. Yengel
C. H. Palmer
D. A. Enslow
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Chariton Democrat
Davison
Executive Council
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Great Western
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
T. J. Fletcher
Marshalltown
M. C. Cory
Spencer
Gibson
Menza R. Burks
Oskaloosa
Harriet Lake
Independence
Leopold Levy
Waverly
Carroll
A. H. Davison
Twenty Eighth General Assembly
C. A. Albrook
Hardin County
Kenyon
Barrett
Counci Bluffs
Oskaloosé
Dubuque
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Arton
Algonny Alta
Ayrshire
Bloomfield
Sisters of St. Francis Convent
Dunlap
Durant
la Motte
Linn Grove
Moville
Nashua
Ocheyedan
Sheldon Tabor
Wall Lake
Cassidy
Casey
Bobbie
Ames College
Mutual Telephone
Company
Iowa Central
Kuhns
Phillip Kuhns
Orient
Burlington
George Helt
D. C. Hersey
Earlville
Edward
Democratic National
Hiny -Eight
Macedonia
Askub
Turkey
Igapari
Monastir
Gorestrovo
Demir-Hissar
Canada
China
Supreme Court of Kansas
Morrison
Edyth
Jack
Board of Superv
W. Kent
G. W
Seeeeee H. CO
Dillman
Seeveeeaeeeels
S. Wella Theetate
F. M. Waynick
Ereveeee
Maxwell Seeseevees
Aula Fitch
Laurel Boss
E. W. Drake
J. H. Stanton Isora
Crozier
J. Larimer
J. A. Campbell
Weeover Smyth's
Chariton
G. W. Alexander
I Exchange
West Side Square
S.C. Hickman
Ane
Olice
Hickman Building
East Side Square
Chariton, Iowa
T. M. Stuart, F. Q. Stuart
C. W. Stuart
Stuart & Stuart
Union Block
First National Bank
Theo. Barnes M. D
Crocker-Eesley
J. A. McElveen
M. D
Fyfich
Southwest Corner Square
F. A. Saum M. D
Hikenberry Block
E.L. Field M. D
Stanley’s
Corner Square
A. L. Yocom M. D
W. J. Ford
Crocker & Kesley Block
West Side
S. W. Thomas M. D
Joseph Braden
Eneral Insurance
North Main Street
Chariton, Ia
Lodge Directory
Chariton Lodge No. 63
Masonic Hall
Immanuel Commandery No. 60
K.T
Mason E Hall
Engle
Chariton Lodge No. 25
K. of P
Castle Hall
Chariton Lodge No. 64
Odd Fellows All
Gayoso
Odd Fellows Hall
Daughters of
Rebekah No. 33
Felows Hall
Chariton Camp No
N. A
Chariton Lodge No
Penick
Nachle Mamta
A. O. U. W Hall
Mont
Uncas Tribe
BR Merry
Penick's
Iseminger Post No
Iseminger Relief Corps No. 17
B. A. Yu
A. O. U. W. Ball
Chariton Lodge No. 140
W. of the W
A. O. U. W. Hall
J. Stanton
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