McDermott Arrested in Binghamton for Sioux City Gold Brick Scam
Charles McDermott, Louisville alias C Mott, was captured in Binghamton and is wanted in Sioux City on a gold brick fraud charge tied to the 1888 Pomeroy exchange bank scheme. The case once saw Jim Blackwell and others flee amid a sensational escape. McDermott’s bond and status changed repeatedly before rearrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Charles McDermott
Sioux City
Louisville
C. Mott
Jim Blackwell
Chisago
J. C. Brown
Robert 5. Payne
Pleasant Hil
Alian Lise Bendenfiel
Simest
J. A. Davey
Pomeroy, In
Exchange Bank
Payne
Blackwell
Thomas Bevington
Jim
Bluffer
Bevington
Ike
Trever
McDermott
Jthe
Baron von Bleicheroder killed in automobile accident
New York reports Baron George von Bleicheroder a prominent figure in Paris and Berlin died in an automobile crash in Prussia. The 40 year old partner at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co had a Cologne bound trip to inspect horses and planned an earlier return. His Roemerhof stud near Cologne employed American staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Tate
Prussia
New York
Baron George von Sleicherader
Paris
Berlin
Txyo Brothers
Hans
James von Bleicheroder
Cologne
George
Baron von Bleicheroder
Automobile Club de France
Lechenioh
Ilar
Dureen
Lechwenich
Baron George von Bleicheroder
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Nework
Roemerhof Stud
Fred” Foster
Dr. Rice
Eddie Ross
Rosebery
Widening of Burlington and Western Links Des Moines Access
The Burlington and Western narrow gauge line will be converted to standard gauge to connect Burlington with Des Moines via Oskaloosa and the Albia line at Tracy. The project, controlled by B O Q, includes widening rails and extending from Mediapolis to Tracy within two days, enabling Des Moines merchants access from two routes and boosting competition with Ottumwa OsKaloosa and Burlington. General Arent Whitney Hara and Max Bass of the Great Northern toured the city, meeting with William Romine and the local passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington & Western
Burlington
Oskaloosa
BO & Q
Albia
Travy
Burlington Acess
Des Moines
Mediapolis
Winfield
Marinsburg
Tracy
Ottumwa
Oskaoosa
Arent Whitney Hara
Atr. W
Annuity Rates Offer From National Life Insurance Co
An advertisement notes agents wanted for the National Life Insurance Co of Vermont with a focus on annuity rates. It urges comparison before buying and lists a Des Moines address for state agents at 411 Crocker Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadneszar
Babylon
Jehovahin
Judah
Tional Life Insurance Co
Dart
Crocker le
Des Moines
Emigration Drives Iowa Farmers to Northwest Lands
Hundreds of Iowa farmers migrate to Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana driven by cheap land offers from Great Northern and Canan Pacific railways. A single day in March saw ten Iowa trains depart St Paul carrying landseekers to unsettled western regions amid crop failures and strong railroad incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Northwest
Great Northern
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
St. Paul
Canan Pacific Railway Company
Offerto
Middle West
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
British Northwest
Death of Dr Samuel B Barnitz noted in Des Moines church circles
Reverend Samuel Bacon Barnitz D D western secretary of home mission work for the Lutheran church dies at 64 in his Des Moines home. Born May 12 1838 in York Pennsylvania he led missions across the west including California and Midland College. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son. funeral arrangements not yet set. A Chicago and Northwestern round trip special train to Boone is advertised for June 15 with details at the city ticket office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bacon Barnitz
Eighteenth Street
Barnitz
Des Moines
Jarse
California
Barntg
York
Gettysburg
Wheeling
Home Board
The
Lutheran Church
Home Mission
General Synod
Dr. Barnitz
Barnita
Board of Education
Midland College
Atchison, Kas
St. John’s English Lutheran Church
Chicago & Northwestern
Boone
Walnnut Street
West Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Gen. O. Eberhart
C.F
Girl's Bravery Saves Her Mother in Fire
Mrs. J. T. Fenlon on Thirteenth Street and Carpenter Avenue escaped a fatal gas stove blaze yesterday as flames leaped to her hair. Her daughter Anna ran from the basement, used a wall blanket to smother the flames, and saved her mother, who suffered painful burns. Doctor Kelleher credited Anna's courage and quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Fenlon
Thirteenth Street
Carpenter Avenue
Anna
Miss Anna
Capital City Commercial College Picnic at Greenwood Park
The faculty and students of Capital City Commercial College will host the annual picnic of the roses at Greenwood Park this afternoon. A schedule includes a nine inning baseball game, track events for boys and girls, sack and tug of war, three legged race, and a ladies’ ball throw. Food will be served at 6 o'clock. all students are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saninas« College
Capital City Commercial College
Greenwood Park
City in Brief reports church events and civic notices
Memorial sermon by Dr. Wirt at Bondurant church. Lutheran picnic at Union Park. free recreation school enrollment at Lincoln School. Still College of Osteopathy cup award. Letson Balliet office status in San Francisco. American flag day observances. Brattleboro avenue paving. street work updates. First Baptist picnic details. Iowa Osteopathic sessions and credentialing. state osteopathic and dental associations events. Des Moines civic society notes. arrests and parole details. YWCA branch in Dubuque. vagrancy case adjourned. fountain purchase denial clarification. civic club and church notices. Knights Templar and ladies events. choir and missionary society meetings. Via Christi study notes. Arab Patrol competition results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Lutheran Church
Union Park
Lincoln School
Still College of Osteopathy
San Francisco Examiner
Letson
Eleventh Street
Forest Avenue
S‘velfth Street
First Baptist Sunday School
Adel
Union Station
Stilt College of Osteopathy
Boston
Oregon
Migi
Chautauana
Iowa Association of Drugless Hours
the Savery
Board of Examiners
Br. R. Stouder
Des Moines
C. Books
Sigovyey
Ida Louise Lyons
Websterly
W. Mimpson
Mount Ayr
Forney
Br. Stoude
S. C. Books
Iowa
Congress
Washington
Ili Hardin
Sioux City
Armstrong
Flu
Best
Lafayette
Purdue University
Green Wood Park
Tate
Cumming
Charles Davis
Davis
Randolph
Clark Street
Omaha
Iowa Osteopathic Woos
Association of the Juin Allege
Iowa Association of Onticians
Harry P. Holmes
H. P. Holmes
I. F. Remand
Keokuk
H. Boyce
Fayette
Ezra Ruckolf
Midora
A. EF. Thompson
F. J. Oldfield
Mitchellville
D. BH. Glenn
Marmersburg
R. W. Chamberlain
Marshalltown
W. B. Ankeny
Corning
F. H. Bishop
Perry
Eva Seevers
Young Women’s Christian Association of Thiasity
Pubuque
TY. W
Main Street
Dubuque
Edna Kyle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seavers
Y. W
Burlington
William Brothers
J. W. Doyle Retterday
Doyle
Bred Patt
Rock Island
Bradford
Silvara
Doyla
Louise McKay
League
Woren’s Exchange
Greene's Candy Company
Walnut Street
Temple Commandery No
Knights Templars
Ira B. Thomas
Ella Wheeler
Thirteenth Street
First Methodist Church
Plymouth
C. M. Keler
Women’s Missionary Society of Plymouth Elureh
Wilh
Elbert
IM. Vorse
Iam
Ara, Moloney
Selbert
Inaugural Plymouth Church Organ Concert Delights Des Moines
The Me chanics pavilion hosted the announcement of judges and prizes as Des Moines held its first concert with the new Plymouth Congregational church organ. Mrs M P Turner Turner Turner and daughters funded the organ built in Chicago. Acclaimed organist Mr Arthur Dunham presented works by Wider Guilmant Wagner and Schubert, with Bach and Widor featured. George Hamlin solos and a vocal program followed later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth Congregational Church
Des Moines
van Horn
M. P. Turner
Emma Turner Watson
Susie Turner
Lyon & Heatley's
Chicago
Arthur Dunham
Apollo
Mendelssohn
Dunham
Wider
Paris
Widor
Guilmant
Ernest Schmidt
Thomas Orchestra
C. M. von Weber
Schta
Loherzy
M. Widerath
M. Wier
Alex. Guilmant
ITV
Ich
Wagner
Wicene Deeree
Puneral
Schmidt
CR. L. Baldwin
F. Schubert
M. Widor
George Hamlin
Penny Provident Savings Report and Buckeye Picnic Programme
Savings report shows 1 343 depositors with 3566.90 in deposits from October 1901 to June 7 190%, including 34935.15 from school stamps and 1571.75 in cash. withdrawals total 3120.10 leaving 5286.80 on deposit. Buckeye Picnic at Union Park on Friday June 20 features program with Des Moines Mandolin Club, speeches, cakewalk by Miss May Miller and Miss Francis Gag, and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junia
State Savings Bank
Penny Provident Association
Irving
Desafpines Mandolin Club
Addragg
Visitation School Visitation Commencement at Mirror Theater Tonight
Visitation school holds commencement exercises at Mirror theater tonight. Miss Mazel Pearsons and Miss Annie Bennett graduate. program features a three act operetta Lily Bell, an essay by Miss Bennett and a valedictory by Miss Pearson. Cast includes Loretta Hackett Ticola Lily Bell Watel Pearson Mabel Strickland Eudora Pauline Horan Tearts Ease Anna Flanagan Silver Sprag Helen Bennett May Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror Theater
Visitation School
Mazel Pearsons
Annie Bennett
Lily Bell
Miss Bennett
Pearson
Pauline Hoan
Anna Flanagan
Helen Bennett
May Dawson
Marriages Births and Deaths in Local Notices
Marriages include George S. Evans to Rosa May Kuntz at a relative's home at 1164 Eighteen Street, and John D. Lowry to Mattie Hume at the Morgan House with Dr Wirt officiating. A daughter Jamell born to Rev and Mrs E Eaton in Allegheny Pa. Died A J Vaugh at home after ten months illness aged 56. funeral at A M E church Second and Center Streets. Batson child aged 4 buried at Greenwood Cemetery. Bank of France employee steals collateral documents and causes a paper loss reported at 45900 Lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans-Kuntz
Eighteenti Street
McCash
George S. Evans
Rosa May Kuntz
Lowry-Hume
Morgan House
John D. Lowry
Mattle
Hume
Dr. Wirt
Vaugh
A. J. Vaugh
Decedent
Nashville
Tenn
Lida Hrooks
Clarke County
Towa
Mise Green
Bis
Lulu
Terry
Second
Center Streets
Batson
W. A. Burrows
Janett
Matthew Batson
G. W. Batson
Carbondele
Greenwood Cemetery
Fatal wreck on Nashville Chattanooga line shocks city
Five men died and about fifteen were injured in a collision between the fast mail from Nashville and the Jasper accommodation train on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway near Hooker Summit. The dead include L A Rankin George Rollins James Bernhardt Express Messenger Webb and George Ray. Several passengers and crew were seriously hurt others escaped with minor injuries. A second item from Birmingham reports indictments for embezzlement against Captain Reuben F Colh Henry Gray and W L Dodd in relation to two defunct security companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Chattanooga
Shouts Road
Tenn
Fas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Hooker
Summit
L. A. Rankin
George Rollins
James Bernhardt
Fast Man
Webb
Fast Mail
George Ray
Joe Barker
Fred Thatch
Miller
R.R Stover
A. W. Clark
Birmingham
Ala
Reuben F. Colh
Henry Gray
W. L. Dodd
Colb
Dinner Guest Sparks Moral And Market Pitch
Mr Brown invites a friend for dinner and Mrs Brown delivers a humorous mix of panic and hospitality as she discovers no food. The tale closes with a moral about grocery shortages and a local clothing store promoting suits priced at 15 18 and 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Pure Food Society
Star Boarders’ Association
Prominent Alabanis Politician Denies Charges
A leading populist figure in Alabanis, twice a gubernatorial candidate, fights back as supporters deny the charges. All marriages deny misconduct and say they will be vindicated in legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabanis
Allmarilies
Lelal
Interurban Hallway Plans Automatic Block System
The Interurban Hallway company adopts an automatic block system for safer operation. Signals will be placed every five miles and near stations. Red signal arms will warn approaching traffic inside blocks, and white arms indicate the block is clear, with red and white electric signals used at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sring
Signiul Avims
Knights of Pythias Field Meet At Adel this week
The Polk County Python association hosts its third annual field meet in Adel with over 1,000 knights expected. Main contest is Myrtle Capital lodge versus Des Moines Bush Side, eight events for both lodges, past chancellors race, and amateur limits. West High and Drake provide Myrtle Capital reps while East Side Wrights men back Des Moines team. Several heats list numerous competitors and relay entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Python Association
Adel
Myrtle Capital
Des Moines Lodge
Ben
Path Lodges
West High School
Drake
Myrtle-Capital
Des Moines
Myrtle-Ganital Lodge
Myrtle Fs
Knights of
Pythians
Pythias
Thomas Norton
George Gorton
Fred Vin Liew
John van Liew
Duane Heaton
Frank Harris
George Garton
Edward Lolzeaux
Jacob Lumin
Bert Trout
Frank Christy
Jacob Hamm
Ired Hall
Frank Hson
Burdah
Hartung
Red van Liew
John van Linn
Duane Ten
Ton Currie Chas
Frank Huttenlocher
Frank Harria
Thomas Marton
Frank Herris
Burdai Katlung
Curriehase
Jocob Hamm
Frank Hutterlocher
Garrie Chase
Fred van Liew
Tred Hall
Jacob Jlamm
Frank Harts
M. McBride
Willig Wilson
Burderie Hartung
Berty Trout
Currin Chase
Frank Hutten- Jocher
John van View
Fred Var Liaw
Duane
Heaton
Burdai Hartung
Ilmar Smith
Ha Holmes
B.C. Pease
Charles Worth
John McQuiston
John Stewart
George Redhead
Law Burnett
Guy Brandt
A. Hilo
G. D. Ellyson
Curtle Chase
Frank Huttenlooher
Edward Bolseaux
Burdall Hartung
Myrtle Capital Lodge
Earl Evans
Harry Graets
Will Sharp
Warren Dickinson
Charles Grimth
Arl Evans
Harry Graefe
WI Sharp
Robert Duffield
Earl Vane
Tarry Graefe
Charles Griffith
Rium
Ernest Maine
Starry Graefe
Ira Drown
Channing Smith
Robert Duffeld
Charles Grifith
Channing
Charley Grifflin
Wil Shar
Channing Smitt
Harry Gracfe Ballthrow
Disk Mo
A. E. Dicks
A. J. Zwart
Dowell
J. H. Downis
Harry Graem
Charles Gri H
Robert Critfield
Miss Zepter Trial Involving Jewel Accusation
Witnesses testified in the Mas Marth Zepter case charged by Levi Wells with the theft of a diamond ring after a ride. Zepter claimed Wells offered the ring to her and she returned it. Hepner held the ring briefly before it vanished. Court adjourned with a decision expected Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas Marth Zepter
Levi Wells
Levi Well
Chires Hepner
Hepner
Watts
Springer
Vonsant
Inglea
Miss Kepler
Collin
Inwa, Linen and Prust Company
Mise
Dey Thomas
Beloetrt
Drucelsta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ang
Spanism
Im’ Dermottis
Jim Blackwall
Baron von Bleichbroder
Tetian
Merodach
Neb
Samuel B. Barnitz
Fenlon
Bondurant
Prizat
San Francisco
Jebel
Denver
Aladdin
Columbus
el Jebel
Ararat
Kansas City
Zunah
Minneapolis
Mechanics’ Pavilion
Abw Grgan
Penny Provident Business
France
Bank of France
Secral
Chauncey Depew
Fletcher Howard
Grit Johnson
Euraka Club
J. N. Patton
Seventeenth Street
Fae
Burton C. Hemphill
Elwood
Lik
Una ¢. Chandler
L. Cassidy
Seventh Street
Hugh Cassidy
M. Chandler
Afiss Hiya Cassidy
Nise Laura Cassidy
John R. Murehy
J.C. Murphy
Blythe and McCormick
Hemphill
Wwood
J. . Murphy
J. A. Rawson
George, Jubard
John 8. Woolson
Grace
Jesse Witbue Clark
Sixth Avenue
North Fullerton Avenue
Montclair
Stoddar
Charles McVey
Masdames Woodman
Carpenter
E.M. Pardel
Pardel
Mesdamés Woodman
Florence
Mabel Patriel
Lockaes D. Carpenter
Laura Redhope
G. B. Owens
Ite
Ruth Ash
Ethel Graham
E. D. Samson
John ‘Berry
Mre. Brower
Review Club
W. F. Mitchell
W. Mitchell
J. Laman
Operation of Women's Clubs
Los Angeles
Cal
Pertonas
Butler
Mexico
Milas Maude Wilson
Sigourney
A. C
Wilson
Edwin K. Moore
Baby
Pittsburg
Margaret
Millie Brown
Chariton
J. J. Hamilton
Iowa City
Dia Hamilton Durley
John
DM Johnsona Son
Knights OF Pythias
Miss Zepter
Qhrt
A Whomont
CITI
Seientlyt
Jung
Great Western Railway
W. AL Tong
Eily
Foster
Banda
Ingersoll Park
Avery
Prevost
Cameny Quartette
Lew Wells
O. Whittier
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