Riddle's Two and a Half Years for Embezzlement in Des Moines
Allen Koch Riddle, formerly night clerk for the United States Express in Des Moines, is sentenced to two and a half years in Ft. Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling company funds. Three indictments were returned, but the larceny counts were dismissed after his plea. The article also notes state fishery enforcement debates, health board rotations, a civil damages verdict of 5500, and efforts to wire weather forecasts to Iowa farmers.
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Des Moines
Allen Koch Riddle
United States Esxpress Company
Ft. Madison
Riddle
Rock Island
United States Express Company
George Chappell
United
Java
Iowa
Nebraska Cyclones Leave Towns in Devastation and Death
Hastings Nebraska May 26 a series of violent storms brought two tornadoes across Clay Franklin and Kearney counties. Fifteen dead and about twenty injured. Destruction widespread with many homes and outbuildings blown away. Estimated losses reach sixty thousand dollars. Names of the deceased listed near Norman Upland and Fairfield.
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Hastings
Neb
Nebraska
Clay
Franklin
Kearney
Norman
Daniel McCurdy
Robert McCurdy
John Wehleyen
Earl Bacon
C. A. Tipple
Upland
bLu‘theran
Jolyn Peters
Chris Lamers
al Pauline
James Inman
Frank Quigs
Flora Palmer
John Palmer
Fairfield
Chinese Grow Insolent in Manchuria Amid Russian Evacuations
A Vladivostok correspondent reports rising disorder as Russian troop withdrawals from southern Manchuria trigger terror among Chinese and Manchurians. About 60,000 Chinese gather at Harbin and 40,000 along the Manchuria line, with many workers moving into the region. A Russian timber concession on the Yalu River, valued at 1.5 million dollars, is attacked as staff includes Chinese Eastern Railway officers and the firm plans its own steamers.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vladivostock
Novoc Vremy
Mukden
Wilin
Eastern China Railway. About 60000 Chinese Are Gathered At Harben
Yalu River
Seren
Corea
Chinese Eastern Railway
Fanatical Russian Case: Father Kills Son in Church
Report from Vienna describes a religious fanatic in the Russian village Vanjanda who, after dreaming God promised restored health, killed his infant son in a church as a thank offering. The act, carried out in front of worshippers, led to his imprisonment and stunned locals.
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Russia
Vienna
Kishenev
Vanjanda
Aslamasov
Aslamasow
Turks Burn a Macedonian Village Near Seres
The Morning Leader report says Turks burned Banitzi near Seres. Only 48 of 500 villagers escaped. many women and girls were outraged and murdered with bodies cast into the water. General Wheeler left New Orleans for Washington after not being invited to the Confederate reunion parade.
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London
Sofia
Morning Leader
Macedonian Committee
Banitzi
Seres
General Wheeler
New Orleans
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Washington
Bribery arrest follows Postoffice official dismissal
Postmaster General dismisses Daniel V. Miller assistant attorney general for the Postoffice Department for accepting a bribe connected with John J. Ryan & Co. fraud case. Warrants issued for Miller and an alleged partner. inspectors dispatched to Cin cinnati and St. Louis to arrest them as papers and evidence are compiled. Thousands may be involved in a scheme likened to the Arnold company.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
Payne
Daniel V. Miller
John J. Ryan & Co
Miller
Cincinnati
Terre Faute
Ind
James N. Tyner
Ryan Company
St. Louis
Covington
Arnold Company
Post Office
Postofice
W. F. Vickery
Postoffice
J. M. Fulton
Mullen
United States
Deadly Paris Madrid auto race halted after accidents
Premier Combes bans continuation of the Paris to Madrid race on French soil after nine deaths and six serious injuries in the first leg from Versailles to Bordeaux. Winners Louis Renault and M Gabriel posted record times but crashes claimed Marcel Renault, Lorraine Barrows and others as dispatches report further fatalities near Bonneval.
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Paris
Versailles
Bordeaux
Premier Combes
Louis Renault
M. Gabriel
Marcel Renault
Lorraine Barrows
Renault
Barrows
Tornado Strikes Elmo Missouri Killing Five of Fourteen Inside Store
A deadly tornado hit Elmo Missouri eight miles south of Blanchard Iowa last evening. It demolished the Wabash depot and the Masonic temple where a general merchandise store housed many locals. Of fourteen people inside the store, five escaped with injuries that may prove fatal, and nine perished. The dead include C Calhoun Cassi us Bell J J Alvis Leonard Brad wy Minton Huff Gus Huff Oren Strangler D L Starkes George Derry. The storm moved from the northeast, burying victims under wreckage with little warning.
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Blanchard
Iowa
Elmo
Missouri
C. ©. Calhoun
Cassius Bell
J. J. Alvis
Leonard Bradwy
Minton Huff
Gus Huff
Oren Strangler
D. L. Starkes
George Derry
Wabash Depot
Masonic ‘Temple
Insurgent Forces in Balkans Report Heavy Fighting
A May 21 clash near Smerdish south of Presba left about 150 Mace donian insurgents dead after they sought refuge in a church. Turkish troops burned or blew up villages during a 30 hour battle, with 150 bodies found. A separate May 21 fight near Mogil six miles north of Monastir was reported from Constantinople.
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Vienna
Smerdish
Presba
Neue Frei Presse
Salonica
Constantinople
Mogil
Monastir
Bulgaria
Malesh Mountains
Diumbala
Harry Gay Arrested in West Liberty Murder Case
West Liberty officers arrested Harry Gay of Fredonia Iowa on suspicion of killing Arthur Meade at McCarthys West Liberty on May 14. He was seized near a Runnells mine camp and jailed in West Liberty after transfer by train. Ex-Sheriff Wiley claimed Gay was part of a four man Wilton Junction group aiming to rob an express train.
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Arthur Meade
West Liberty
Des Moines
Harry Gay
Fredonia
Iowa
Runnells
McCarthy
R. J. Wiley
H. B. Wiley
Gay
Rock Island
Wiley
Wilton Junction
Reddy
Cedar Rapids
Live Wire Fatality Links to Sioux City Outrage
A Sioux City lineman Harvey D. Scott was electrocuted by a live wire while at work near Myrtle street. His death followed injuries to Pearl Godfrey a nine year old girl who touched the same wire. Electrician George Ingledue suffered a shock while aiding. The scene drew a crowd and two other workers collapsed from the shock. The incident prompts safety concerns about high voltage lines in the area.
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Harvey Scott
Sioux City
Pearl Godfrey
Harvey D. Scott
Towa Telephone Company
Scott
George Ingledue
George&. Ahn
the Traction Company
Bert Godfrey
Myrtle Street
Geo. S. Ahn
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
George
Ingledue
City Officials and Local Governance Listing
City officers listed include Mayor Bowen Solicitor Stuart Clark Treasurer D 08eph Braden Marshal H H Jones Physician Theo Barne. Councilmen F E Manning B R Van Dyke P Connell F P J Yengel C H Palmer D A Enslow.
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Bowen
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Chariton Democrat
Dewey
Chariton
General Assembly
George A. Delavan
Lake
Okoboji
State Board of Health
J. A. MelXiven
Dre Adams
J. F. Iennedy
Prof. Kinney
Drake University
Macey
Wi Grimes
Smith McPherson
Rose de Par
Wabash Railroad Company
Bred A. Bennett
Chas. B. Mills
Clinton
M. A. Buehan
Grundy Center
National Association of the Superintendents of
Buffalo
Sovernor
S&s
Mutual Company
Hawkeye
Doone County
Gold County
Mutual
Jonathan
Orse
Histings
Britain
Oklahoma
Maid
Okla
Enid
Max O'Rell
Max O’rell
New York
LaFollette
Madison
Wis
LaFollett
France
Bonneval
Chartres
M. Porter
Brer Williams
Alumni Association
Iowa State—college
Ames
Stanton
Cedar Raunds
Milwaukee
Andrew Smith
Charles Johnson
Smith
Joseph Kratochvil
H. C. Dillman
S. Wells
M. Waynick
H. Maxwell
Laure Fitch
Laure Boss
Ceesee
D. W. Drake
J. H. Stanton Board of Supervisors
T. S. Crozier
J. W. Kent
G. W. Larimer
J. A. Campbell
Smyth's
G. W. Alexander
West Side Square
Ttorney
Hickman Building
East Side Square
Chariton, Lowa
T. M. Stuart
F. @. Stuart, C. W. Stuart
Stuart & Stuart
Union Block
First National Bank
Theo. Barnes M. D
Crocker-Ersley Building
J. A. McKlveen
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Pfece
Southwest Corner Square
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Eikenberry Block
E. L. Field M. D
Stanley's
N. E. Corner Square
A. L. Yocom M. D
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Prem and Surgeons
Newbern
Marion
Lucas
Warren
Joseph Braden
North Main Street
Lodge Directory
Chariton Lodge No. 63
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Immanuel Commandery No. 50
K.T
Mason ¢ Hall
Engle
Chariton Lodge No. 25
K. of P
Castle Hall
Chariton Lodge No
Gayoso
Odd Fellows Hall
Daughters of Rebekah No. 33
Chariton Camp No
Penick's Hall
Uncas -Tribe-Nu
Penick’s Hall
Iseminger Post No
Iseminger Relief Corps No. 17
Chariton Lodge No. 140
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A. O. U. W. Hall
J. Stanton
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