Aged Iowa woman mauled by masked burglars in Pottawatamie
Morgan, an elderly resident near Lews in Pottawatomie County, was attacked by two masked burglars who bound her, gagged her with a rag, and looted a 40 cent pocketbook. After tying her hands and feet, the assailants left, and Mrs. Morgan lay bound until her daughter found her the next morning. Fatal results are feared as she remains compromised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Lews
Pottawatiamie
Mrs. Morgan
Antil
Enoch Gee
Galvestown
Gee
Bonaparte
FATAL DAVENPORT FIRE Kills Two Men and a Girl
A dust explosion in the Davenport glucose plant elevator ignited a blaze. William Wolf and his young daughter died under debris. The girl perished. the father survived briefly. Three men on top of the elevator perished from the collapse and fire. Rescue attempts and a later fatal fall followed as crowds watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
William Wolf
Java
John II
Hamm
John Rapp
Rapp
Engineer Crushed In Iowa Gravel Pit Accident
A rail mishap at an Illinois Central pit near Cherokee after rain caused brakes to fail as a long train backed down a steep grade. Engineer Martin O Neill was crushed between the engine cab and tender and is not expected to survive. Meanwhile rival telephone firm plans construction with $100,000 capital, T M Sapp of Chicago as president and H H Kelm of Dubuque as secretary, to challenge Bell Company with an interstate exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlinois Central
Cherokee
Martin O'Neill
Bell Company
Stewart
Dubuque
Interstate Telephone and Electric Company
Bell
T. ‘Ti. Sapp
Chicago
HH. 'T Kelm
I. M. Shaw
Denison
Iowa
Vermont
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa College of Law
Shaw
Joratara
Fatal bridge accident and mine union bids in Des Moines
The report notes a man killed after an overhead bridge incident at Muscatine and a coal miner, George Reed, slain during blasting at What Chea t mine. Des Moines sees a coal mine consolidation bid by Crescent Coal Company and New York parties to raise coal prices. A Westbound and Eastbound freight head end collision in Wilison yards delayed trains. no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscading
Wilton
Geneseo
George Reed
Crescent Coal Company
Cheat
Choa Minas
Reed
Willison
Machines to Supplant Miners in Iowa Coal Mines
Boone Valley Coal and Railway Co and Boone Coal and Mining Co at Milford have contracted with Geo D Whitcomb of Chicago for an artion machine plant at each site costing at least 10000 dollars. Two plants will be ready by September. The shift to machines will cut skilled miners and reduce town labor by about half. Leaders will earn 80 to 86 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Boone Valley Coal & Railway Co
Boone Coal & Mining Co
Milford
Geo. D. Whitcomb
Chicago
Fraser
Homen
Coo College Names New President To Be Seated
On August 6 the Coo College board elected Dr. 8 B McCormick pastor of Omaha s First Presbyterian to the presidency. He will return to Omaha for release and is expected to begin duties in Cedar Rapids with the new college year in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coo College
8. B. McCormick
First Presbyterian Church of
Omaha
McCormick
Cedar Rapids
Shaw Named Leader After Largest Iowa Republican Convention
The Iowa Town Republican convention in Cedar Rapids nominated a full ticket led by Shaw on the third ballot, with Parrott and Harsh among other contenders. About 6,000 attended in the afternoon and nearly as many in the morning as the party backed McKinley’s national victory and pledged protection, honest money, economy, and fair taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Cee
M. Raw Iror
D. C
Iowa
N. G. McMillan
Rock Rapids
State Central Committee
W. J. Barclay
Cedar Rapids
Lee
Cod
Guba
Charles M. Hand
Council Bluffs
Downie
Parrott
Funk
Shaw
Harlan
H. Courtright
Trenry County
Fuller
W. P. Hepburn
Harsh
Byers
Slieckinger
J. J. Conner
Denison
Junk
Woodbury
Mitter
Tyonry Cccctceass
Vnsecess
Humboldt
Eck
Cseersereee
Leite Aden
Marlon
Wayne
Pied Afb
Winneshlek
Wright Mases
Montgomery
Plymouth
Pottawatiamle
Owe Poweshfelk
Hinggold
Wapellon
Washington
Ae Total
Kulley
Hevlan
Vilekinger
Ner
Committee On
Ttepublicans
William McKinney
United States
St. Touts
Congress
Towa
Ife
Republican Party
General Assembly
Oxton Monk
Gov. Drake
James Wison
Hunted Man Killed After Farmhouse Attack Near Franklin Park
Mrs Pauline Wenska wife of Karl Ifenske of Leyden township near Franklin Park Cook County is attacked at home by a German stranger. A mob of farmers armed with rifles pitchforks and clubs pursue the assailant through corn fields and trees over two hours until the stranger is shot and killed after resisting capture. The incident ends with the mob enforcing vigilante justice near Mannheim thirteen miles from Chicago Union depot along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Wenska
Karl Ifenske
Leyden Township
Franklin Park
Cook County
Hey
Corn Field
Mannheim
Chicago Union Depot
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Karl Fenska
Johann Hanson
Fenska
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Burlington
Hubinger ‘Telephone Company
Jerry Ditch
Woods
Carbondale Coal Company
New York
Des Moines
Bedford
Sarah J. Bedford
Muaryhnalltown
Abbott
Mason City
Clear Lake
Oskaloosa
Beacon
Magon City
Edward Smith
Rockwell City
Grand Junction
New York City
Shenandoah
J. H. South
Missouri Valley
Tootle, Wheeler & Moltor
St. Joseph
Austin Noel
Vincennes
A. O. Worthing
Cabs County
Politics
J. C. Miamman
Committee On Permanent Organization
Samuel Mahon
Wapello
Proudfoot
Warren County
Ixenworthy
Mahuska County
Millard
Stookey
Decatur County
FP. C. Burnum
Pocahontas County
R. B. Rainer
Buchanan County
Tarsgtom
Silas Town
ACAD
Adama
Blackhawk
Buchanan
Ohlekasaw Stern
Olay
Clayton
Giinton
Crawford
Davis
Decatur
Delaware Orrerte
Dickingon Oesbee
Puvuugue
Payotte
Floyd Geen
Wranklin
Framont Sesestee
Gveeong Suisesees
Ghuebpio Cases
Os Grundy Csivarers
Hamilton S
Telly
Henry Kanberg
William Konzoele
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