Des Moines army post water mains cost to city
Secretary of War Elihu Root spoke in Des Moines on Friday stating the city must furnish water mains four miles long to the army post and a railway with no government contract guaranteeing payment. The project could cost $20,000 or more and may require annexing territory for the mains without private funding. Preliminary post survey underway. no buildings will be erected until conditions are met. The government will not enter contracts before mains are laid.
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Elihu Root
Des Moines
Secretary of War
Rebate Dismissed as Nonmanufacture in Tariff Case
Judge Kohlsaat rules borax used to preserve meat is not manufacture of a finished article so Packers cannot claim tariff rebates. Anglo American Packing Co v United States presented a petition for a rebate of 1.5 percent on import duties, potentially costing Packers hundreds of thousands yearly if upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Kohlsaat
Turi
United States
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
United State
Secretary Root Visits Omaha and Fort Crook
Secretary Root and party arrived Friday morning after crossing Fort Crook. He inspected the post and the old reservation area before leaving to continue the inspection tour in Nebraska.
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Paya
Nebraska
Root
Baying ‘Fort
Crook
Old Fort Guilicar Reservation
Ojnes
Alte
Man in Female Disguise Arrested for Murder in Texas Case
T A Irvine of Baird Texas reported in Van Buren Arkansas that Thomas Stokes a 23 year old beardless man masquerading as a woman taught in Huntsville for three years before being arrested for murder of a Baird artisan. Irvine believes Stokes is the suspect. Stokes denies the accusation.
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Baird
Texas
van Buren
Ark
Thomas Stokes
Huntsville
Stokes
Ste
Irving
Kansas Klondiker's Gifts From Klondike Fortune
Peter Anderson, a Klondike fortune winner, returns to San Francisco after visiting Abilene Kansas relatives. Once a missionary in the Klondike he amassed wealth estimated at $500000 with $200000 already drawn. He bought his parents a farm and furnishings, gave farms to brothers, aided a sister's store, and donated $10000 to a Chicago hospital and $25000 to a Swedish college in Mapleton.
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Peter Anderson
Klondike Fortuna
San Francisco
Klondike
Abilene
Kan
John
Albert
Chicago
MaPherson
City Adopts Cash Basis to Wipe Debt in Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska will operate on a cash paying basis within two years. No obligations will face citizens as city finances shift under a new charter and tax rules. A new levy of 10 mills targets overlaps and all departments will run without deficits, except the fire fund.
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Lincoln
City of
Neb
Clty
Aitken
Tragedy at Glenwood: Three Bodies Found in Burns Home
In an Iowa tragedy near Glenwood three charred bodies were found in Fred Fourhelm’s residence, including his wife and a 96 year old child. Neighbors saw the house ablaze at 2 am Tuesday night and efforts to rescue were futile. Investigators suspect murder and suicide after discovering a shotgun and razor at the scene.
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Glenwood
Fred Fourhelm
Iowa
Fourhelm
Whatnall
Private Telegraph Wires Trigger City suit and injuries
Decatur Illinois faces a nearly fourteen thousand dollar bill after a private telegraph line across a street maims Anna Hatfield’s son and kills James Lee’s son in a storm. The city’s allowance of the dangerous wire leads to liability. Elsewhere Hoopeston girl Zola Harry, sixteen, badly burned in the Alton wreck, may have skin grafts from Epworth League volunteers.
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Decatur
Anna Hatfield
Hatfield
James Lee
Lee
Misa
Zola Harry
Hoopeston
Lil
Alton Wreck
Kingas, City Hospital
San Francisco
Epworth League
Corn King Exonerated By Chicago Board Directors
George L Phillips known as Corn King was cleared of irregular practice charges by the Chicago Board of Trade directors after a sub committee report found him not guilty. A scramble over broomcorn between Union Broom Supply Co and eastern manufacturers intensified as $1250 was bid amid growing concern over a Kansas crop failure and a projected 15,000 ton shortfall.
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George Lt. Phillips
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of
Tuesaday
Phillips
Union
Or Trust
Kansas
Purchase Boundaries Letter to Chairman Carter
A letter addressed to Hon. Thomas AL Carter, chairman of the commission, from the President, D. BR, discusses purchase boundaries and related governance questions. The fragment suggests formal correspondence on official boundary matters.
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Thomas AL Carter
Bad Wreck on Lake Shore Train Dashes Two Die
A Southwestern Limited passenger train on the Lake Shore route collided in Nottingham Ohio, about ten miles east of Cleveland, killing engineer Frank Anderson and mail clerk McCalen. One other casualty is believed buried under wreckage. Passengers suffered only shaking. The crash occurred around 2 30 Tuesday morning.
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Lake Shore Road
Nottingham
Ohio
Cleveland
Southwestern Limited
St. Loui
Cincinnati
Lake Shore
Frank Anderson
McCalen
Money Lost on Races Man Arrested for Embezzling Estate
Louis Kotte son of the late George Kotte a Cincinnati brewer was arrested charged with embezzling $20,000 from his father's estate. He admitted using funds to gamble on races in Cincinnati and asked his siblings to allow settlement, noting they caused his arrest after he became administrator following his father's death.
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Louis Kotte
George Kotte
Cincinnati
Kotta
Syracuse magnate Maj. Alexander Davis becomes Edward VII subject
Maj. Alexander Davis of Syracuse, one of the city’s wealthiest men and owner of Thornden estate, has joined the Edwardian custom of becoming a subject of Edward VII Day. His late father Thoms Davis served in Congress, and the major himself has courted the Syracuse district seat, earning recognition for Civil War service.
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Maj
Davis
Edward
Alexander Davis
William Waldorf Astor
Edward VII
Day
Syracuse
Lie
Thornden
Thoms Davis
Congress
Northwestern Returns to Chicago After 84 Day Round Trip
The steamship Northwestern, first regular liner between Chicago and Europe, docked in Chicago amid loud whistles. The round trip lasted 84 days, longer than planned, with improvements expected on the next voyage after rough seas on the outbound leg in April.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Europe
Contractors Accept Pact After Nine Weeks of Strikes
After nearly nine weeks idle, Rochester contract workers win a settlement. Twenty cents an hour for an eight hour day plus overtime and holiday pay are granted by nine signatories, with two contractors remaining firm against full deman ds. A separate item notes a North Bergen woman, 80, surviving a suicide attempt with a 32 caliber pistol. Deputy Bauman to question Austrian diet reps on possible American shoe market invasion.
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Rochester
Yay TC
Matilda Denning
Seckensack Plank Road
North Bergen
N. J
Bauman
Vienna
Chicagoan Murders Wife in Jealous Rage
Chicagoan James Croastdale fires four shots at his wife Ler, killing her after she refused to live with him. The case highlights a fatal domestic dispute. Sugar market update shows American Sugar Refining Company trimming prices on all refined grades by 6 to 10 points.
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Vthe American Sugar Refining Company
Market Quotations From Chicago To Toledo and Detroit
Market quotations list bids for cattle hogs sheep and grain across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo and Bloomington. Prices span cattle 2.50 to 8.00 hogs 3.00 to 8.00 sheep 2.50 to 8.00 wheat and corn varied by grade and locale with No 2 and mixed classifications and rye oats oats and clover seed featured in ranges for multiple markets.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Catule
Ste
Detroit
Oath
Barye
Hie
Loledo
Hay prices too high say state official in Des Moines
John Simpson Assistant Secretary of State Board of Agriculture says hay pricing is inflated by market forces. He notes crop quality is average and foresees prices dropping to 8 to 10 dollars per ton before winter while some traders push higher figures. Local demand and southwest shortages influence, but overall supply appears ample.
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John Simpson
State Board of Agriculture
Atala Board of Agricultura
Des Moines
Wis
Commission
Town Bay
Stocl
Child's head is cut off near Charter Oak
A fatal accident near Charter Oak claims a two year old boy, Clyde Hammell, as the Milwaukee passenger train strikes him while he wanders onto the tracks. The driver sacrifices himself attempting to save the child as the engine fails to stop in time. News also covers farmer Melvin A. Stammell’s brutal acts against animals and kin, plus a Clinton County murder mystery and a trio of town fatal incidents.
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Milwaukee Plain Hilla
Charter Oak
Henry Hennig
Charter Oalk
Milwaukee
Mul
Enuineer
Cate
Melvin A
Morningside
Clyde Hammell
Trommett
Himesell
Himn
Kidnapped 12-year-old escapes captors near Colo
The 12-year-old son of A Jy Rich ards of Marshalltown was kidnapped and taken two miles from Colo where he escaped while captors slept. He reached his grandfather’s State Center home half starved, with hands bound. He says his captor tied his hands, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and threw a blanket over him.
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Ho Waa
A. Jy. Richards
Marshalltown
Colo
Lao
Tomain State Center
Deserted His Family In Iowa Central Stairway Area
Descriptive notes report Phil Havarlo, a senior engineer on the Iowa Central Stairway, leaving Marshalltown with a woman named Nelson during the night. Havarlo, about 60, is married with four children. A separate incident near Clarinda tells of Mrs. B. Anslaw fatally injured while mowing. her husband’s mower team bolted, she was knocked down and severely injured.
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Phil Havarlo
Marshalltown
Nelson
Iavarlo
B. Anslaw
Clarinda
Special Train Grings Doctor Aids Daughter Rescue
An old family doctor traveled by special train from Mason City to Park Dodge to treat a girl ill with appendicitis. The urgent mission arrived within hours, aided by rapid telegraph orders and the physician aboard, saving the patient at a critical moment.
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Jy Omer
Chiy
Mort Dodge
Mychtute Gibbs
Mason City
Gibbs
Mighs Grove
Park Dodge
Tie
Ling
Victim of Toy Rifle Ends Life With Tragic Wound
Five year old girl Lovi Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GW Myers, died at Woman's Christian Association Hospital in Council Bluffs from a bullet wound caused by a playmate armed with a toy caliber rifle. The incident happened when the boy shot toward the child as a joke, the bullet entering the abdomen and piercing the intestines. the tragedy occurred as the boy was visiting the Myers family.
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Lovi
Myers
Aussourt Valley
Jalubi
Sam
Thoria
Governor Shaw Heads West for Yellowstone Trip
Gov. Shaw and his family left Tuesday for a two week stay in Yellowstone Park. The trip is to decide the price of state funding and the Lafragotta Young case, with the attorney general to provide a legal opinion on any recovery against Mr. Young for alleged excess charges.
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Yellowstone Park
Shaw
Ding
Lafragotta Young
Execuive Council
Young
Mr. Young
Audubon Man Drowned In Wall Lake Tragedy
Nels Sorenson of Audubon drowned while crossing Wall Lake with Rusmus Rasmussen and Jeng Kelgore in a small boat. The craft capsized as it filled with water. Rasmussen swam to shore, Kelgore survived by clinging to the boat, and Sorenson's body remains unrecovered.
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Audubon
Nels Sorenson
Auduboen
Wall Lake
Rusmus Rasmussen
Jeng Kelgore Te Birel
Wate
Rasmussen
Kelgore
Sorenson
Bottled With the Sheriff Amid Foul Play
Two men traveling by buggy from Omaha to Sioux City were arrested in Sloan after staying at a Ouawa hotel. They left unpaid, prompting Marshal Cady to act on a telephone tip. They were held by Sheriff Strand, who settled for 7 dollars total and released them.
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Vieyeles
Omaha
Sioux City
Sloan
Ouawa
Willy
Marshal Cady
Lansing Sil Boasts at Her Pourts
Lansing fisheries maintain an enviable reputation with three pears selling for $500 each and many Quaker specimens also reported. The highlight is a large gem found by Mrs. Sillmore Ferrow on Round Island, four miles below the city, weighing 800 prancing and shaped like a chocolate drop, though the owner won’t name a price.
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Lansing
Sillmore Ferrow
Round Island
Veterans Likely to Skip Cleveland Encampment
Commander George J. Metzyzar of the Department of Iowa G A R reports that Iowa veterans have found no reduced rates for the national encampment in Cleveland Ohio. Unless rates are granted soon, only a few Iowa veterans will attend the encampment.
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Creorge J. Metzyzar
Department of Lowa
Des Moines
Cleveland
Ohio
Pickett v Sioux City and Paull Railroad damages case
Depositions were taken Wednesday at Mondamin in the suit Pickett versus the Sioux City and Paull Railroad Company for injuries from a fall off a platform. The action seeks heavy damages and is set for the next term of the Monona County district court.
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Mondamin
Ice Trust Moves to Seize Des Moines Ice Plants
Rumor says Lieutenant Dex Molnon leaked that A. L. Clinita secured options on several Des Moines ice plants. The aim appears to be a company takeover to operate the city’s ice plants under unified management.
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Ice Trust
Dex Molnon
Des Moines
A. L. Clinita
Assault charge after Crescent City dispute report
An incident over possession of secreted Inuit near Crescent City led to the arrest of Gorge Morrison on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Morrison allegedly struck Delvert Gurvar with an axe, injuring him and breaking his jaw in a violent confrontation with a neighbor.
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Crescent City
Morrison
Delvert Gurvar
Morrison Jaid
Alruck Young Ceryar
Chautauqua Assembly Adopts Final Meeting Note
The Chautauqua management at Des Moines announced that the assembly closed the fore part of the week and will be the last. The association formed six years ago and only two assemblies have paid expenses the first long ago and the one last year.
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Des. Moines
Work for Noody Boers 9 Gov Shaw Tueaday la
Bour representatives report on ongoing initiatives as Gov Shaw notes progress and efforts this week. The piece highlights government actions and the involvement of Bour officials in public projects.
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Noody Boers 9
Gov. Shaw Tueaday
Bour
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