Washington notices on fraud probes and naval resignations
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt backing intensified interior department investigations into fraud tied to the five civilized tribes. new indictments expected, potentially naming high officials. Midshipmen Lofland and Chaffee resign from service amid hazing controversy. Treaty with the Dominican Republic and Panama Canal finances feature in ongoing debates. Senate studies Philippine tariff fate and broader tariff policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Moody
State asylum for Inebriates restricts admissions
Des Moines report notes over capacity at the state asylum for Inebriates. A board of control order halts new admissions until current inmates graduate, with men sent to Knoxville and women to Mount Pleasant. District judges and clerks told to halt filings until space opens. Admissions resumed only after the superintendent confirms room.
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Knoxville
Willhite
Mount Pleasant
Murdered son of Indianola man found in river remains identified
Indianola reports indicate George Baker vanished December 10 after leaving Des Moines. Sheriff and coroner say the youth was murdered and cast into the Des Moines River. his father Baker asserts the body is his son, with a Des Moines river death theory and robbery motive suspected. A ticket found in the victim’s pocket ties him to homeward intent.
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Indianola
Baker
Knoxville
George
Farsheats Undertaking
Harvey
Des Moines
George Baker
Des Martes Union Bridge
Pleasantville
Laker
Baler
Judgement Won But Collecting Proves Difficult
Miss Maggie Hansen of Council Bluffs secured a verdict for 1508 dollars against a 9 year old boy after being assaulted by Barry Searle Jr. The judge excluded the boy’s parents from liability, and with the child owning only a few pennies in savings, satisfaction of the judgment is unlikely. The incident left Hansen severely injured and unconscious near the heart.
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Maggie Hansen
Council Bluffs
Connell Bluffs
Puzviel
bin Savings Bank
Vernon Clark Arrested for Attempted Attack on Telephone Girl
Nenixon Feb 28 Vernon Clark is today arrested on charges of attempting to assault a telephone girl named Thompson. The incident allegedly occurred in the early hours, with investigators describing the assault as an attempted act of violence.
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Nenixon
Vernon Clark
Mere
Minche
Thompson
Fragmented query from the New York Sun archive
An OCR fragment shows garbled phrases about style and storage with unclear referents. It lacks coherent events, names, places, or dates to establish a definite news item or outcome for a proper card summary.
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New York Sun
Primary bill defeated in state senate vote
Des Moines Feb 28 the statewide primary bill failed in the state senate by 29 to 21. Democrats blocked the measure but held out hopes to revive it next session, with Crossley hinting at a similar bill in 1507.
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Des Moines
State Senate
Crossley
Stirton
Lyons
Senate
House
Hayward
Yeas
Bruce
Dowell
Eckles
Ericson
Garst
Hopkins
Hughes
Kimmel
Kinne
Lewis
Maytag
Smith
Mitchell
Turner
Warren
Wilson
Fayette
Winte
Young
Calhoun
Washington
Nays
Bleakly
Brooks
Courtright
Crawford
Dunham
Blorick
Gale
Garland
Harper
Hartshorn
Hasselquist
Hogue
Jackson
Jamison
Jones
Lambert
Mossberry
Newberry
Saunders
Staulding
Stookey
Stuckslager
Taylor
Wade
Whipple
Clinton
Lee
Fires Razes Stanhope in Suspected Incendiary Blaze
Webster City March 4. Stanhope, south of the city, suffered a major blaze that wiped out the west side of the business street except the north half of Howe Brothers & Mathie. Loss about 15000 with only 53000 insured. Town terrorized by belief the fire was incendiary. no clues. Fire began in the Manson building housing Stanhope Mall office, Martin telephone office, post office, and Bersgren restaurant. Post office fixtures and multiple stocks were lost. other stores saved in part. Stanhope has no water works.
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Webster City
Stanhope
O’elock
Howe Brothers & Mathie
Manson
Stanhope Mall
Martin Telephone
Des Maines Opera House Burns in Early Morning Fire
Fire destroyed the Grand Opera House in Des Maines after flames broke out about 4 30 yesterday morning. The disaster caused an estimated 50 000 loss to the opera house and 10 000 to the Observatory building, with additional damage to the adjacent Fourth Street property. Firefighters faced heavy obstacles as the blaze spread rapidly.
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Des Maines
Ira
Grand Opera House
Fourth Street Playhouse
Observatory
Jawa Bridge Company
Club Larg Ofridge
Spends Over A Million In City Railway Purchase
A fragmentary report notes a purchase of railway property valued over a million by a major company. The garbled text mentions entities and observers but fails to provide clear names or dates beyond a March timeframe. The incomplete items hint at a city transport expansion and associated legal or financial actions.
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Bloug City
Anton Teemings Rutbwas Company
Ineluling Jpascegee
Feedaht Depors Wadoo Keathacs
Lerday Wagow Trreat Sarthe
Garten Nata Ty We Eyre UO
Tages
Biouxivy
Wleme Gilvan
Funeral of former Speaker Henders on held in Dubuque
March 2 in Dubuque the funeral of former Speaker David B. Henderson was held with the city’s bells tolling during service. A guard of honor from the Dubuque militia accompanied the bier, and a riderless horse with a soldier’s accoutrements followed. The service at the church and grave included the G A R and Knights Templar. Iowa officials attended, led by Lieutenant-Governor Herriott and Speaker Clarke. Also reported in Iowa City, Judge William J Haddock, longtime secretary of the State University of Iowa board of regents, died after paralysis.
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Dubuque
David B. Henderson
Allence
John C. Saga
George I. Perkns
Sioux City
Congress
Linwood
Knights 'Templar
Iowa General Assembly
Herriott
Clarke
William J. Haddock
Iowa City
Two Babies Burned to Death in Iowa Town
Hampton reports a tragic kitchen fire in the Ahrens home. While the mother was away, a baby tied to a chair near a cook stove caught fire, its clothing aflame. The five-year-old sister rushed to help, her clothing also igniting. she died a few hours later from burns.
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Hampton
George Ahrens
Noted murder case ends with defendants discharged at Rockwell City
Rockwell City March 6 Judge Powers called the case against Jennie Pratt and William Persing, charged with the murder of Mrs Pratt's husband, and on motion of County Attorney Hutchinson, both were dismissed and released. Abs Pratt had a sensational 15 day term but the jury did not reach a verdict last term. Persing had been jailed since last June and faces no second trial. Persing wed Mina Pax within hours of release in a ceremony at the Bride's father's home attended by few friends.
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Rockwell City
Wan
Persing
Mina Pax
Thomas Tenant
Five Years for Rutledge in Brother-In-Law Killing
In Gealerville Homer Bulledgs was sentenced to five years in Fort Madison for manslaughter in the killing of OQ Street. A 20 day trial ended with a jury verdict of manslaughter last Tuesday. The defense motion for a new trial was overruled and the case will be appealed to the supreme court.
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Centerville
Rutlene
Richelbey
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
Fatal Dynamite Blast Wrecks Mason Civars Worksite
A dynamite blast at Miron Chelay works fatally injures NG. Phare, a mason civ employed there. The blast leaves him with a crushed spine and severe injuries. Witnesses recall a deadly explosion, and authorities suspect a safety lapse or mishap at the site.
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Mason
Murth
Phare
Miron Chelay
City in Philyspines Burns and Local Turmoil
A fragmented report details a blaze in Philadelphia area districts with unclear locality names. It mentions a figure Morey as a plainclothes observer and hints at a legal or policing context. The text is garbled but suggests a disturbance and municipal response.
Tornado Ravages Tahiti and Tuamotu Islands
A violent tornado swept Tahiti’s Papette and the Tuamotu islands on February 7 and 8, destroying about seventy five buildings including the American consulate and the French government building in Papette. Estimated damages reach one million dollars with fears for lagoons and vessels, while the schooner Ina rode out the storm.
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Papelle
Tahiti
San Francisco
Mirchi
Society
Tuamotu Islands
Tuamoti Islands
wMamotu
Papette
Ania
Tuamotter
Philp Micheatt
M. Marcadi
Faharan
Tunmotn Islands
Ina
Makemo
Many Bogus Notes Linked to Chicago Bank Scandal
United States Commissioner Foote issued subpoenas in March in the Walsh case involving four former Chicago National Bank employees and bank examiners. Officials say they possess notes totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, signed by clerks but bearing different names, with one note misapplied under some circumstances.
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Chicago
United States
Foote
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Gary
Fone
Thiate
Wsamines
Rumor of Czarist Fled Amid Siberia Revolt Spread
From St. Petersburg March 2 Arthur Leiner of New York reports from Irkutsk that in much of Siberia people believed a republican regime had been established after telegraph cuts in December. He says towns along the Trans-Siberian line accepted the change as troops and officers obeyed provisional government already.
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St. Petersburg
Siberia
Arthur Leiner
New York
Irkutsk
Tobolsk
Kansk
Kransnoyars
Clark Wins Land Case In Ninth Circuit Appeal
Clark won a land case in a United States circuit court appeal. The ruling upheld a lower court decision with Justices Holmes and Hayday in the majority and Brown in dissent. Details reference a dispute over land entitlements and a legal process in the Ninth Circuit.
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Clark
Washington
Maroh Bo Bang
Chirk
Manzania
United States
Ieee
Jrredybire
Moana
Wieser
Andatouth Cent Theopilitan
Justica Holmes
Circuit Court
Gireath
Yusticoe Hayday and
Brown
Undefined title from fragmented legal notice
Fragmented OCR text appears to describe a legal or court matter with references to parties and dates obscured by garbled characters. No clear names, places, or actions are readable enough to determine a coherent event, outcome, or deadline for a concise summary.
General Assen Hindrances and Bills Passed in State Legislature
Des Moines reports indicate a committee was named to attend Colonel Henderson's funeral. A majority primary bill was defeated 28 to 20. others passed include debt limits, county tax levies, public archives care, health board funding, and forest fruit planting. Wills and various bills cover prohibitions, taxation, and state services. House rejected a suffrage amendment. several bills address liquor penalties and insurance rules.
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House
Usq of Supervisors
Isa
State Board of Health
Lahejay
Town City
D. J. Yl Derson
Frudden
Grealey
Wise
Person
Freeman and
Springer
Des Moines
Smith's
Harper
Ericson
Smith Liel
Kun
Wilson
Engish
No Sunday Baseball Says The Sera
Tes Moines March 1 The yesterday passed the Garst bill Whiting theatricad or athletic exh Hons on Sunday for which an mission fee is charged. The test of the War follows any person of HORS Fi The that ay oof the OUT tatbid SiR staat ge Any Wie boal or ape athy grvant pee one athiote ce atalitinn.
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Lamhert
May Neborroy
Smith
Pesemmy
Stiri
Lifelwlagor
Payette
Wine
Wn I
Kembdy
Dave Tapris
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Treasury
Philippine Committee
Philippines
Standwatiers
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Yaad Ion
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