Senate to investigate Isaac Stephenson election for bribery
The United States Senate unanimously voted to investigate Wisconsin Senator Isaac Stephenson’s 1900 election to determine if bribery or corruption influenced the result, following a recommendation by the privileges and elections committee. Other items note dry national forests, new diplomatic appointments, and various congressional actions.
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Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Comitites
Train disaster near Fort Wayne claims four lives
A Pennsylvania train traveling from Chicago to New York derailed on the western outskirts of Fort Wayne Indiana at fifty miles an hour. Four people were killed and about thirty were injured in the 18 hour service incident.
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Chicago
New York
Fort Wayne
Ind
John R Hazel
United States District Court At
Buffalo
N. Y
Stanisr@d OH company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Olean
Bur. Hasta
Elkins An
Astor to marry quietly amid rumors and travels
The article notes Colonel John Jacob Astor may wed swiftly and secretly. It mentions W. J. Calhoun sailing from Southampton to New York on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie and passengers aboard the Olympic bound for New York including J. Pierpont Morgan. It cites the late John W. Gates’ estate estimated at thirty to forty million dollars, leaning toward the higher figure, and Vice-President Sherman offering to ship ice to troops at Pine Camp, N. Y. Ida Nelson, mother of Battling Nelson, was killed by a fast train near Chicago after stepping from a depots Mil track pass.
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W. J. Calhoun
Ching
Southampton
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sherman
Thomas M. Sherman
Pine Camp
N. Y
Utica
Mrp
Ida Nelson
Battling Nelson
Burnham
Chicago
Fading New Road Interurban To Link Oskaloosa And Waterloo
Lorry Sloan of Circleville C announced and will supervise the grading for a new interurban railway connecting Oskaloosa and Waterloo. The project costs exceed 6.08 million dollars and spans about 100 miles with 500 to 760 workers over time. Coon & Co of Omaha hold grading contract. engineers have spent 12000 in surveys.
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Waterloo
I. F. Stoan
Circleville
Oskaloosa
Coon & Co
Omaha
Sloan
Corps of Engineers
Baptist Pastor Drowned in Iowa River Bathing Incident
Rev. George Forest, pastor of Parkersburg Baptist Church, drowned while bathing in the Iowa River near Parkersburg during the Iowa State Baptist Sunday School assembly. A funeral date and fuller details were not provided in the report.
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Iowa
George Forest
Baptist Church of
Parkersburg
Towa
Mr. Forest
Iowa State Baptist Sunday School Assembly
Key Man Out on Bond After Bank Fraud Case
Denison John J. Moncrief, a young telegraph operator, used a bogus telegram to obtain 225 dollars from the Crawford County bank. He has been released from jail on bail procured by his father, who resides at Emmetsburg, Iowa.
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Denison John J. Moncrief
Crawford County Bank
Emmetsburs
Towa
Barn Destroyed by Hopkinton Lightning at Reed Farm
Dr. B. B. Reed president of Lenox college and Holstein cattle breeder saw his $4,000 barn struck by lightning and burned to the ground. All cattle were in pasture. Total loss estimated at $4,500.
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Hopkinton
B. B. Reed
Lenox College
Farm youth deemed insane years after Ames College grad
Harlan Henry Buck aged 26, a young Fairview township farmer, was adjudged insane and sent to Clarinda hospital. He had graduated last year from Ames college in the animal husbandry department.
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Harlan
Henry Buck
Fairview Township
Clarinda
Ames College
Mrs Rush Taken to Hampton for Crime Claim
Mrs Rush, accused of killing her husband after he flirted with a telephone girl, has improved and been moved to Hampton to face the charge. She says she was forced to do it.
Bank Founded in Lansing by R G Miller in 25,000 Capital
R G Miller, longtime cashier of Bradford Sayings Bank, has organized a new bank at Lansing in Al lamakee county with capital of 25 000 dollars.
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Lansing
Sheffield
R. G. Miller
Bradford Sayings Bank
Allamakee County
Pioneer Minister Dies in Jasper County
Newton reports the death of Rev. John M. Toot last survivor of the first white family to enter Jasper county He lived at Toots Point near Monroe Iowa His year of death is noted as May 184% with his home at the now remembered point.
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Newton -Ward
John M. Toot
Jasper County
Toots Point
Monroe
Iowa
Offices Robbed Again at Duluth Lumber Company
Second break in at the Duluth Lumber Company offices ends with a forced safe opening but only a small sum recovered. Police pursue suspects toward Cedar Rapids after the burglary.
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Leva City
Duluth Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Grasshopper Swarm Darkens Sky Over Jones County
For about an hour the sun was obscured in parts of Jones county as a massive grasshopper swarm passed over in sections, casting shadows and drawing attention from residents.
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Monticelia
Jones County
Madison County Chautauqua Opens With Rev. W A Sunday
The Madison County Chautauqua association opened its first session with a lecture by the baseball evangelist Rev. W. A. Sunday, drawing attendees to the winter venue and kicking off the season with a notable speaker.
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Madison County Chautauqua
Winterset
Madison County Chautauqua Association
W. A. Sunday
Aged Engineer Found Dead in Des Moines
Jerry J. Goodwin aged 79 longtime railroad engineer was found dead in a rear shed at his home 626 West Sixth Street by his wife. Death was attributed to old age.
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Des Moines
Jerry J. Goodwin
West Sixth Street
Sentenced for Forgery in Council Bluffs Court
In Council Bluffs district court Ora Morrison was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for forgery after earning $14.50 on a forged check, the offense committed five days earlier.
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Council BluffsIn
Ora Morrison
Will Select River-to-River Road for Transcontinental Route
Dr. F L Bartlett of Denver touring Des Moines praises River-to-River dirt roads as among the finest in the nation. He says Des Moines will be a key point on the transcontinental auto route for tourists heading to the Panama exposition in San Francisco in 1915, as a representative of the Colorado highway commission selects routes from New York to San Francisco.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hawkeye State
F. L. Bartlett
Denver
San Francisco
Bartlett
Colorado Highway Commission
New York
Injunctions Are In Fashion in Ottumwa Case
Fairfield Judge Hunter issues an injunction restraining Mrs. Francis Fry from reading on or visiting premises of her son-in-law W. BR. Brereton near Glasgow. Brereton, married a year, alleges overbearing interference by his mother-in-law before seeking relief, with the ruling likened to the DeGraff street car mandamus in popularity.
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Fairfield
Hunter
Ottumwa
Francis Fry
W. BR. Brereton
Glasgow
Brereton
DeGraff
Missing Heirs Sought in Iowa Estate Case
Des Moines Chief of Police Geo Yeager received a Nashville letter asking him to locate Pride and Jack Bostwick who are believed to be in Iowa. The two young men have fallen heirs to part of an estate in Nashville and the estate cannot be cleared until they are found.
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Des Moines
Geo. Yeager
Nashville
Tony
Pride
Jack Bostwick
Iowa
Peculiar Accident at Hope In Interurban Service
Mrs. Dave Hennesy lies near death after a peculiar accident on the Hope interurban. While she cooked in a construction car a motor car crashed into the cook car, spilling hot coffee water and vegetables and causing terrible burns.
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Boone
Dave Hennesy
Hope
Wheat yields vary by crop in local threshing
The threshing shows winter wheat averaging about 23 bushels per acre in the area. Oats yield poorly, roughly 12 to 40 bushels per acre. Spring wheat yields range from 7 to 12 bushels per acre.
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Hilcott
Clinton Man Drowns During Social Outing on Mississippi
Clinton young man Albert Terry aged 22 drowned while operating the Swannan boat on the Mississippi after taking a party of society women for an afternoon ride. He fell overboard during a machine adjustment and disappeared from sight.
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Clinton
Albert Terry
Mississippi
Saul
Pay for Civil War Service to Creston-James Cruzen
Creston-James Cruzen of this city received a draft from the Ohio state auditor for $13 for services in the Squirrel Hunters, a Civil War era group akin to a national guard. The payment reflects claim under veterans' service arrangements.
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Creston
James Cruzen
State of
Ohio
Squirrel Hunters
National Guards
Church To Be Dedicated In Swea City
The First Methodist Episcopal church of Swea City was dedicated Sunday with services led by Rev. J B Trimble D D. He was assisted by district superintendent Rev. Robert Smylie.
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Algona
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Swea City
J. B. Trimble
Robert Smylie
Heavy Stock Shipments Across Burlington Division
One hundred and fifty ar roads of stock were handled on this division of the Burlington in one day last week. Farmers rushed their stock to markets due to short pasture and scarce water.
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Creston
Burlington
League Closes Meeting in Annual Convention
Marshalltown Iowa State League of Postmasters of the Third and Fourth Classes adjourned after re electing the old officers and selecting Spirit Lake as the next meeting place.
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League
Marshalltown
Iowa State League of Postmasters
Spirit Lake
Veterans Gather in Keokuk for Iowa Regiment Reunion
Keokuk hosted the annual reunion of veterans from the First Iowa regiment to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Many veterans attended, sharing memories and saluting their service.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Wilson's Creek
Labor Trouble In Dubuque Strikes Building Trades
In Dubuque a strike of the building trades unions draws interest from state authorities. State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn is expected to intervene to help resolve the disruption and oversee negotiations.
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Dubuque
Bes Moines
van Duyn
Building Trades
Boy Drowns In Cedar River Incident Near Business District
Harry Connolly an 11 year old boy and his younger brother were ash oring and wading in the Cedar River in view of the business section when they wandered into a hole. Harry Connolly drowned in the incident.
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Waterloo
Harry Connolly
Cedar River
Harry
Boy Injured In Free Fight In Logan Park
Fred Truscott aged 13 lies in Logan home in critical condition from concussion after a free fight in the city park. Police report no other serious injuries and investigation continues as community braces.
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Logan
Fred Truscott
Thorne to Speak at Old Settlers Picnic and Rally
Railroad Commissioner Thorne will deliver the principal address at the old settlers picnic in New Virginia on August 19. He will speak to the farmers at Stanhope on September 6 at the grain dealers rally there.
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Thorne
Des Moines
New Virginia
Stanhope
Fire destroys large barn near Blairsburg
Webster City report says the barn and adjoining sheds of John Sloan near Blairsburg were struck by lightning and burned. It caused about 5000 dollars in damages, marking the largest barn loss in the county.
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Blairsburg
Webster City
John Sloan
Sairsburg
Here
Perjury case and Moon law issues surface in Iowa
Des Moines reports a life prisoner B Fisher who died in prison near Madison is widely believed innocent of a first degree murder conviction from 1877. Testimony by Howard was later proven perjury after he was found to be imprisoned. Fisher pressed for new trials and parole without luck before his death at 51. Also: Moon law Berger case, Fire Marshal Roe on Dubuque yard fires, canning compound warnings, and Columbus Day push by Knights of Columbus for October 12 holiday nationwide.
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Des Moines
B. Fisher
Ort Madison
Fisher
Emmett Reed
Bradford
Supreme Court
Howard
Reed
Bedford
State
Iowa
State Parole Board
Cosson
Chris N. Jepson
Sioux City
Charles Berger
Carl Jones
Berger
David Mould
Ree
Dubuque
Roe
Dixon
Marshal Roe
Des Moines to Get Nothing From New Auto Tax
Des Moines learns the state road tax will not fund cities. county share per township set at 53 dollars. Auditor Harry B. Frase clarifies the law directs all auto tax revenue to counties for road work, not incorporated towns. Hayward defends using express for license plates to save money, calling a Webster City Journal report baseless.
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Des Moines
Harry B. Frase
Bosh
Hayward
Webster City Journal
Express
War on Fake Scales and River Improvement Plans
Eleven state inspectors of the food and dairy department will receive scale testers next week to begin statewide inspections of all scales and measures. The move aims to curb malpractices in food and milk trading as the office of seals of weights and measures cannot move to Des Moines until after the next legislative session. Also, plans involve the Des Moines River project with 23 locks and dams between Keokuk and Des Moines and power plant construction, pending government approval. Meanwhile a button workers strike threat looms in Muscatine after McKee and Bleven factory discharged several employees, prompting union agitation and possible action if reinstatement does not occur.
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State Food and Dairy Department
Office of State Sealers of
Des Moines
Iowa City
Barney
Food and Dairy Department
Muscatine
E. W. van Duyn
McKee & Bleven
Button Workers’ Union
Mine Conditions Probe Urged by Secretary Sumner in Iowa Mines
Secretary Sumner and State Mine Inspector Sweney plan immediate formal demands to Iowa mine owners to end unsanitary working conditions. After visiting all Iowa mines for a personal investigation, they will publish sanitary rules for mines in the state. Edward Marke of Des Moines named clerk of the new state anticonit department by Sumner. Go For Big Game: Hubbell and Smouse head to Alaska with state credentials to hunt protected game and deliver pelts to the Iowa state museum.
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Iowa
Sweney
F. C. Hubbell
W. C. Smouse
Alaska
Seattle
Gall
Towa
Towa State Museum
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