Iowa Insurance Commission Maps Summer Work Plan
The Iowa insurance commission outlines a summer plan with only some members remaining in the city, while others handle private practice. Senator Jamison will be available if needed, as the secretary, chair, and actuary compile data and coordinate the main work. The full commission will convene periodically to review progress and draft the final report.
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Insurance Commission
Bes Moiids
Jami- Son
Iowans in San Francisco Safe After Calamity
Former Hamburg residents, living in San Francisco, report escape from disaster. Edward Sperry and family informed his mother and brother Wade of their safety. Mrs. Lillie Barry, visiting, relayed husband and losses. John McAkeron escaped, Dan O Neal unlisted, Louie DeFont reportedly struck. James Gaul at city leper hospital escaped. Mrs. Croft advised her family safe. Nisth Avenue home in Oakland badly damaged.
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Hamburg
Bamburg
Ass Townsend
Nf Woodworth
John McAkeron
Amy
Dan O'Neal
Louie DeFont
Jamesg Aul
G Coolhaush
R. ©. Croft
Nisthavemme
Oakland
Preftererico Law Test In Manchester Court
Manchester the validity of the aasuliiers preference law will be tested next term in district court. William Fults of Bartville, Civil War veteran, filed a mandamus petition to force Earlville council to appoint a street commissioner. Fults was a candidate when Edson Williams received the appointment. The city of Manchester may face a similar suit.
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Manchester
William Fults
Bartville
Almanty
Council of
Earlville
Fults
Edson Wiliams
City of
Governor Considers Three Laws in Pending Signatures
Governor Cumsams heard testimony on three laws passed by the legislature awaiting his signature. The long and short haul bill faces objections from smaller interests, while the anti-discrimination measure would set a uniform price for petroleum. The third bill changes the method of electing judges in superior courts.
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Cumsams
Teenager killed in mill accident at Jefferson
The 17 year old son of D L Brace, an engineer at the Jefferson roller mills, was fatally injured. His body was found on the mill’s top floor with many bones broken. Clothes were stripped from his body and were revolving on a shaft twelve feet overhead.
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Jefferson
D. L. Brace
Jefferson Roller Mills
Inalaatty
Injured Conductor Dies After Fox Lake Incident
Mason City reports Conductor Uischner of the Northwestern died at Fairmont Minnesota from injuries after his legs were severed in the accident. The body will be taken to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for burial beside his old home. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Mason
Fox Lake
Uischner
Northwestern
Fairmost
Minn
Tater
Lake Jeseva
Wis
Fatal lightning strike near Woocking injures partner
Fred Armour was killed by lightning at a local site. J Worse, who was with him, was badly struck but expected to recover. Armour reportedly worked as a section hand in the area.
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Fred Armour
J. Worse
Man Shot by Police During Flight in Ola Tuilling
An unidentified man was shot dead by an officer after fleeing from police who pursued him through an ola tuilling. He allegedly refused to surrender and was killed instantly at the scene. Local authorities have opened a standard inquiry into the incident.
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Ottuma
Student's Serious Fall at University
IOWA CITY Hmmet Green of Osace Ta a denial student at the university fainted in the lecture room all fear eight feet. He ractured his hole and is not expected to recover.
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Iowa City
Hmmet Green of
Osace, Ta
Des Moines Plumbers Strike and Local Robberies in Iowa
A Des Moines plumbers strike funds San Francisco union with $100. Reports of a jewelry store break in Hunt's in Waverly with about $400 in valuables stolen. Fort Dodge beer quarrel ends in fatality. Pleasantville church grounds bought for a new parsonage. Rail interurban line planning gains right of way near Newton. Local incidents include a shooting victim identified in Ottumwa and a kerosene explosion fatal to a Sac City widow.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Typographical Union
San Francisco
Pleasantville
Fort Dodge
Fred
Iowa State Agricultural College
Newton & Northwestern Railroad
Des. Moines
J. EB. Vance
Marion
Winton
Centre
Ing T. F.mccune
Clarion” Hugh ‘School
Lewis GE Beacon
Ottumwa
Lorenzo K. Lewis
Anna Lewis
Pottawattamie County District Court
Omaha
Kansas City
Oman
Justice
Burlington Road
Atchison, Kas
J. G. Jarrett
Keokuk
Lucy J.everhart
Sac City
W.C. Everhart
International Order of Machinists
Chicago and Northwestern
Clinton
Robert G. Quayle
Chicago
Machinisis
Sully
Holdsworth
Davenport
Albert Fayerweather Afong
Honolulu
Anna Elizabeth Whiting
Oride
Admiral Whiting
United States Navy
Poted Afong
Harvard
J. R. ‘Sage
Iowa Climate and Crop Service Bureau
Iowa
Fast Trains Collide on Pennsylvania Railroad Branch
A night head-on crash on the Petersburg branch near Clover Creek Junction, Altoona, Pa, killed ten and injured twenty as the eastbound Chicago mail and westbound Chicago and St Louis express collided on a single track. Investigators fault engineer J T Dougherty for misreading orders that caused the disaster after a prior freight wreck blocked routes.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Petersburg
Clover Creek Junction
Chicago Mail
Chicago and St. Louis Express
Middle Division
Union Furnace
Here
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Chicago Mall
Chicago
Carlin
Dougherty
Chicago Banker Bound Over for False Currency Report
John R. Walsh, former railroad owner and president of the Chicago National Bank, waived a hearing before US Commissioner Mark A. Foote and was bound over to the federal grand jury under $50,000 bonds. He must answer the charge of making a false report to the comptroller of the currency.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States
Mark A. Foote
Federal Grand Jury
Pardon for Midshipmen at Washington Navy Academy Recommendation
The president recommends restoration to the Naval Academy for three midshipmen dismissed for hazing. Worth W. Foster of the first class and George H. Melvin and Richard L. Desaussure of the third class would return with a loss of one year in punishment.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Worth W.foster
George H. Melvin
Richard L. Desaussure
Rome King Victor Emmanuel Hosts Postal Delegates Dinner
Sunday night King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena honored postal delegates with a dinner in Rome. Afterward the royals spoke with the delegates during the gathering at the International Postal Congress event.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Mark Twain Delays Dublin Trip Due to Bronchitis
Mark Twain, who planned to depart Saturday for Dublin New York to spend the summer, has postponed his trip after contracting bronchitis.
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Mark Twain
New York
Dublin
N. Y
Award Extended for Three Years in Anthracite Strike
After three months of negotiations the Subcommittee for eastern Pennsylvania miners and operators agreed to renew the strike commission award for three more years. The union will return to work as soon as feasible, likely Monday, with reemployment for nonviolent towers and no discrimination. The pact marks the first general agreement between operators and miners, seen as progress toward regular dealings amid a threatened prolonged dispute.
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York
Pennsylvania
Unien
Joe Cannon Host at Arlington Birthday Reception
Washington President Roosevelt attended alongside most Washington officials at a Monday night reception in the Arlington hotel honoring Speaker Cannon on his seventieth birthday. The event drew about 1,200 guests, with Cannon greeting callers and delivering warm thanks for the good wishes. No ladies were present.
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Washington
Cannon
Arlington Hotel
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Taxation ruling on Illinois Central railway assets
In Springfield on May 8 an attorney general opinion to the auditor of public accounts addresses how to value Illinois Central property for taxes. It states the Miners Central must pay taxes on about 80,090,000 in stock and 25,000,000 in bonds, with the company claiming exemption by deducting the stocks as debits from the road’s credits.
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Springfeld
Stead
Auditor of Public Accounts
Illinois Central Railway
Miners Central
British Kill Sixty Zulus in Durban Assault
Maisell's column pursues Zulu rebels led by Chief Bambaata and was attacked Sunday by about 200 Zulus descending a hill near Chief Gettiwayo's state. Sixty rebels killed. Mansell had three new wounded.
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Durban
Nalal--Ual
Maisell
Bambaata
Gettiwayo
Cai
Mansell
Rioting in Lembirg Galicia Ends in Workmen Deaths
Police clashed with a mob in Lembirg Galicia on Monday leaving several workmen dead and many injured. The violence stemmed from political hostility as officers attempted to quell the disturbance on both sides.
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Vienna
Lembirg
Galicia
Arisin
Russian Socialists to Unite Congress Secret Session
Berlin reports the fourth congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party is holding a secret session with word of a union forming among Russia's leading socialist parties.
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Berlin
Vorwears
Russian Social Democratic Party
Russia
Moscow Governor General Wounded in Bomb Attack
Four killed including governors in the Caucasus and a garrison adjutant. Vice-Admiral Doubasoff, governor general of Moscow, was severely wounded when a bomb exploded near his open carriage outside Uspenski cathedral. The attacker and several accomplices died in the blast. bystanders and a coachman were injured. the intended route change exposed him to danger.
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Moscow
Boubassof
Elizabethpol
Caucasus
Ekaterinoslav
Col. Kokonetzof
Doubasoff
Doubasof
Douhagoff
Witte Resignation Accepted as Goremykin Named Premier
St. Petersburg reports Premier Goremykin to succeed Witte after the cabinet reshuffle. The appointment astonishes many who see Goremykin as a reactionary not suited to the crisis ahead, while Schwanebach acts as Goremykin’s principal minister and liaison to the press.
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Witte
Goramykin
M. Goremykin
St Petersburg
M. Schwanebach
Goremykin
United States
Lucky escape of soldiers in dynamiting attempts
In San Francisco the army engineers attempted dynamising dangerous walls with larger charges fired Sunday. Two blasts under a tall train facade failed to yield the desired result before a wall fell while a third charge was being inserted. Three soldiers were buried but were partly shielded by twisted iron and only one was seriously hurt.
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San Francisco
Tragic double suicide shocks New York home
Mrs Mary Waters shot and killed her daughter Agatha aged 76 then killed herself on West Seventy sixth street after entering the room early Monday. Ruth aged 43 was spared. Officials cite temporary insanity due to worry over Agathas health. Mrs Waters wife of John R Waters a prosperous insurance broker.
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New York
Mary Waters
West Seventy-sixth Street
Agatha
Ruth
Tax Evasion Allegations Hit Major Ohio Firms
Findlay Inquisitr reports back taxes due from Standard Oil and its tributary firms in Hancock County totaling about 100000 dollars. Buckeye Pipe Line and Ohio Oil are alleged to be connected to Standard Oil and have concealed property from taxation. Tools and other tax liable property of Ohio Oil were found unassessed.
Indictments for Rebating In New York Railroads and Firms
The April federal grand jury returned seven indictments in New York related to sugar rebating. Targets include The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad and The Americas Sugar Refining Company, with executives Nathan Guilford and F L Pomeroy among those charged. Also named are Edgar and Edwin Earle of Detroit, as well as other rail lines. The cases accuse rebates under the anti trust act and conspiracy to violate it. The jury urges continued inquiry, suggesting other carriers may be implicated.
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New York
New York Ceuwsi Railroad
Americas Sugar Hefioing Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Nathan Guilford
Guodlee
Edgar and
Edwin Earle
Detroit
Mich
F. L. Pomeroy
Thaneger
Guilford
Pomeroy
Edgar
Earle
Elking
Postmaster General Seeks Commission on Second Class Mail
Washington Postmaster General Cortelyou urges Congress to appoint a commission to study second class mail laws and report by December 10, 1906. He argues the current statutes are outdated, hamper publishers, and a commission would propose equitable reforms protecting publishers and government interests.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Congress
Inis
Senate
Cortelyon
Agreement on Rate Bill Develops in Senate Talks
Washington reports near consensus on railroad rate reform. Senator Alison will offer an amendment giving district courts jurisdiction to review Interstate Commerce Commission cases, without specifying scope. Senator Long and others support broad judicial review, signaling smoother passage and broad support from Roosevelt.
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Washington
Senate
Alison
Interstate Countymerce Commission
Senator Long
House
Aldrich
Crane
Toosevelt
Mob Rule in Guadeloupe Riots Amid Election Troubles
A state department dispatch from the American consul reports mob rule in Guadeloupe, with authorities unable to restrain rioting linked to ongoing election troubles. The unrest, described as peaking on Sunday election day, has persisted for weeks.
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Guadeloupe
Washington
Guadaloupe
West Indies
State Department
Susiay
Editor Would Be Senator
The Omaha Bee reports that Edward Rosewater editor of the Omaha Bee seeks the Republican nomination for United States senator at the gaming state convention in a signed article by hl sao.
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Omaha
Hummel Trial Postponed to May 21
Abraham Hummel, the New York lawyer, facing a charge of subornation of perjury, had his trial postponed from Monday to May 21 on the motion of District Attorney Jerome.
Civic Officials Murdered at Yukum Junction Station
An armed band attacked Yukum Junction railway station on Monday killing a gendarme a policeman the postmaster and an artillery officer. Troops were sent in pursuit of the assailants.
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Riga
Yukum Junction
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