Notable Week in Washington and National Happenings
A wide range of brief items spans politics, crime, and society. Representative Charles D. Carter clashed in a Washington department store over alleged insults to his daughter Miss Italy Carter. A large hobo convention in Washington aims to address unemployment with James Eads How presiding. General Grant cites high temperance standards among officers and men, with caveats in church and railway work. A farmer delegation from Pennsylvania and New York promotes cooperative marketing bypassing middlemen, claiming 50 000 farmers represented. Beattie trial testimony adds a bearded highwayman angle to a wife-killing case in Virginia. John W Gates estate valued at about 78 million dollars distributes roughly 1 million to distant relatives. main share to son Charles Gates and widow. Water shortages in Cornwall threaten canal operations, prompting factory shutdowns amid a large aviation exhibition for a plane accident widow. Chicago aviator Fred Heegel injured after plunging 50 feet in Freeport. A Jersey City judge reports a record assault case involving a three-year-old boy. Standard Oil of New Jersey fades from active existence in current form. Jennie Powell, age 80, dies from a morango bite in Edwardsville. Three forest fires burn in Park County Montana, fought by rangers and locals. Maryland primary results point to Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. as Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
Southern Pacific rejects drive for union recognition
The Southern Pacific Company led by Julius Kruttschnitt refused to recognize the Federation of Shop Employes at a San Francisco conference. The roundup covers five shop craft unions and 25,000 workers in the federation, signaling a major labor dispute.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman, Lines
Federation of
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Federation
Death notices and marital notices from early 20th century notices
Personal Peter Barr Sweeny dies at his summer home on Lake Mahopac from injuries. Miss Mary Connolly wed to Jon Ellerton at Boston cathedral, nursing Lodge through illness. Joseph Jefferson III dies at Buzzard\u2019s Bay from epilepsy. Upton Sinclair plans a Delaware prison time play. Civil War veteran Samuel Johnston dies in Taylorsville Kentucky. Gen Benjamin H. Grierson dies at Omena Michigan. two Civil War major generals remain. Lincoln appointee brigadier general in 1868 for gallant service.
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Peter Barr Sweeny
Tweed Administration
New York
Lake Mahopac
Jon Ellerton
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mary Connolly
Carney Bostotal
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Boston
Benjamin H. Grierson
Jacksonville
Omena
Mich
Lincoln
Cherson
Mississippi
Interurban Depot to Welcome Fort Dodge Line Change
Des Moines will gain a new interurban route after November 1 as a line is built from the interurban tracks near Kelley to connect with the St. Paul and Des Moines line. Cars from Fort Dodge Ames Boone Rockwell City and other points will enter Des Moines via the Rock Island depot, with the Short Line electrified to Des Moines, and the interurban cars will avoid Des Moines city tracks. Negotiations with Rock Island officials have been completed by the FDMD&S receivers.
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Kelley
St. Paul
Des Moines
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad Company
Rock Island
Boone
Ames
Rockwell City
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern
Des Moines City
Kelly
Park Beautified by Senator Tirrill Gift and German Gardener
Will Improve City Park Manchester Senator R W Tirrill recently donated Riverside park to the city and hired a German landscape gardener to beautify it. the couple also provided a permanent improvement fund of about $50,000. Leads Escape From School Police ask help locating two boys who escaped from the Eldora industrial school Delbert Cordell from Waterloo and Leonard Aytes from Algona are missing.
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City
Manchester
R. W. Tirrill
Germany
Tirrill
Town Falls
Eldora
Delbert Cordell
Waterloo
Leonard Aytes
Algona
Camp Routine At Fifty-Fourth Regiment Maneuvers
Ottumwa notes describe a regular camp routine instituted at the Fifty-fourth regiment camp. Battalions drill as the feature of the program with three battalions under Majors Ball Hollowell and Haines during maneuvers.
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Ottumwa
Fifty-fourth Regiment
Ball, Hollowell and Haines
Stabbing Suspect In Court Dispute Over Dollar
Ottumwa man Jack Donahue lies near death in a hospital after a deep gash to his right groin from a pocket knife allegedly wielded by Charles Hix during two disputes over a dollar. Donahue remains in critical condition with death expected.
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Ottumwa
Jack Donahue
Charles Hix
Donahue
Set Fire Station Contract Let To Baley Marsh Company
Mason City awards the fire station contract to Baley Marsh Company of Minneapolis for 21000 dollars. The building will cost about 25000 dollars upon completion and will be constructed of Bedford stone.
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Mason City
Baley Marsh Company
Minneapolis
Carried From Burning Home By Citizens In Fire
Credited as an invalid, Mrs. J. Quick was carried from her burning Creston home by local citizens as flames surrounded the residence. The house burned completely though some furniture was saved.
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Creston
J. Quick
Queer Accident Causes Death at Ashton
Bernard Boor, 15, son of R. Boor, died after a celluloid comb he held was placed in flames of a gasoline stove. An explosion ignited his clothing and caused fatal burns.
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Ashton
Bernard
R. Boor
Last Reunion of Veterans at Mt Vernon Iowa
The probable final gathering of the Twenty fourth Iowa infantry, famed for Civil War service, was held in Mt Vernon this week among veterans and locals.
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Mt. Vernon
Twenty Fourth
Iowa Infantry
Aged Woman Hangs Self in Clinton Home
Mrs. Mary Benthrup aged 60 or older hanged herself at her daughter's residence. The death appears a self inflicted act with no stated motive or cause given. Police and coroner notified.
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Clinton
Mary Benthrup
W. H. Culmary
Ex Senator Smith is Dead in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids obituary notes Dr. Jesse H. Smith died at his home. He was a capitalist and for more than thirty years served as president of the Farmers Insurance Company.
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Smith
Cedar Rapids
Jesse H. Smith
Farmers’ Insurance Company
Factory Quits Muscatine Over Labor Troubles
Hawkeye button factory in Muscatine moves finishing department to Iowa City citing labor troubles, ending local operations and prompting concerns over local employment and ongoing industry challenges.
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Muscatine
Iowa City
Hawkeye Button Factory
Fiftyfourth Regiment in Camp Bishop Opens Ottumwa
The annual encampment of the 54th regiment I N G is in Ottumwa and will be known as Camp Bishop in honor of former colonel R. P. Howell. He is in command with a full band and twelve companies present.
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Ottumwa
Gsi
Bishop
R. P. Howell
300 Teachers Attend Normal Institute
About 300 teachers attend the county normal institute. Prof. R J Lyman of the University of Wisconsin lectures on Labor Leisure and Life, addressing the attending educators.
Historic Gun In Well Prompting Rescue Effort
A brass cannon weighing several hundred pounds lies in a Carlisle mill well twenty feet deep. It was fired to celebrate Lincoln’s first election and later dumped during a wartime dispute. Reported by W. P. Keeney of Carlisle and FE. FE Chapman of Eugene, Oregon, to Supt. B. F. Osborn of the Iowa State Pioneers Association.
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Des Moines
Carlisle
Lincoln
W. P. Keeney
Chapman
Eugens, Ore
B. F. Osborn
Iowa State Pioneers’ Association
Accused of Forgery Clinton Fireman Sought
Police seek Arthur Katerman a Chicago Northwestern fireman on Iowa division charged with forging his father Dr Katerman Ida Grove Iowa to a 1200 dollar check and drawing 900 dollars on the check after securing indorsement from Benny Pahl a Clinton agjur dealer who is responsible for the money.
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Clinton
Arthur Katerman
Chcago & Northwestern
Iowa
Katerman
Ida Grove
People’s Trust and Savings Bank
Benny Pahl
Clinton Aguor
Campaign to Reestablish Still College to Raise $30,000
Des Moines considers a campaign to raise thirty thousand dollars to reestablish Still College of Osteopathy. Preliminary work is to begin soon as students prompt the effort after the college announced it would close.
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Still College
Des Moines
Still College of Osteopathy
Prisoner in Manitoba murder case linked to Anamosa escape
Anamosa prison escape figure Gonvict Charles Smith and half brother A D Mecum face murder charges in Winnipeg after allegedly killing a constable during arrest avoidance. DeGraff praised for Des Moines streetcar strike settlement draws nationwide labor thanks. Two Mormon preachers ousted from Kamvar by mobs of women while street meetings were disrupted. attackers backed by men.
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Anamosa
Charles Smith
Wie
A. D. Mecum
William A. Hamaker
Ananinsa Penitentiary
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Webster City
Kamvar
Man Walks Off Moving Burlington Train Near Barnard
An unknown man stepped from the rear platform of a Burlington train on the St. Joe branch near Barnard as the train ran at 30 miles per hour. He disappeared and no trace has been found since.
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Greston
Burlington
St. Joe
Barnard
Oskaloosa Chautauqua Closes After Expensive Year
The Oskaloosa Chautauqua has closed this year with expenses exceeding 5100 dollars while receipts were about five dollars short of that amount. The event incurred higher costs and ended with a near balance.
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Oskaloosa Chautauqua
Oskaloosa
Train Hits Wagon injures Grinnell resident Charles Horn
Grinnell authorities report Mr Charles Horn was struck by a Town Central train while crossing the tracks in his wagon. The wagon was smashed but recovery is expected. In Cedar Rapids Francis Ritchie, aged 62, a local pioneer, died after a hearty lunch following his 1879 emigration from Ireland to Cedar Rapids in 1880.
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Grinnell
Charles Horn
Cedar Rapids
Francis Ritchie
Ireland
Man's body identified in Towa City burial planned
Brothers from Powe shiek county identified the drowned man found here as Thomas McCaw and will bring the body to Montezuma for burial.
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Towa City
Poweshiek County
Thomas McCaw
Montezuma
Mason City Grocer Shot After Quarrel
Morrell Severns a prominent Mason City grocer was shot in a quarrel with Thomas Brewer who is under arrest as a suspect. Details on motive and condition are developing in the local precinct and hospital reports.
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Mason City
Morrell Severns
Thomas Brewer
Brewer
Doctor Sued for Malpractice in Towa City
Sidney C. Cozine, prominent farmer, files $12,000 malpractice suit against Dr. W. N. Moore of West Branch. Division point remains in Clarion as town rejects loss of Chicago Great Western and Fort Dodge facilities.
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Towa City
Sidney C.cozine
de. W. N. Moore
West Branch
Division Point
Clarion
Chicago Great Western
Fort Dodge
Humboldt Second Dam Completed Across Des Moines River
The Northern Town Power and Light company finished its second dam across the Des Moines river at a cost of 100000 dollars. Next, construction will begin on a 200000 dollar power house and dam at Fort Dodge.
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Humboldt
Northern Town Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Runaway Fatality In Ridon Involving Shields
Newton George Shields of Ridon, age 40, sustained fatal injuries when his buggy ran away and threw him to the curb. He likely died from head trauma as a result of the accident.
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Newton
George Shields
Ridon
Gompers Return Likely For Des Moines Injunction Hearing
Labor leader Samuel P. Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is expected in Des Moines with attorneys to contest a streetcar injunction that halted a recent strike. city railway officials say the case will go to court after fair week, with potential impact on labor and capital nationwide if the injunction stands or fails.
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Des Moines
Samuel P. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Harrigan
City Railwway
Samuel Ze Gompers
W. E. Rolston
City Railway
Gompers
Organized Labor
Chicago Inter-Ocean
de Graff
Doctors making campaign against Miller in tuberculosis row
Des Moines reports a clash as Dr J W Kime of Fort Dodge and Dr Brocklinger of Dubuque attack Rep Charles W W Miller over tuberculosis policy. They claim his lag in health legislation weakens public health, with ten meetings across Bremer county ending in Waverly Miller’s hometown.
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Des Moines
Chas. W. W Miller
Bremer County
J. W. Kime
Fort Dodge
Brocklinger
Dubuque
Tripoli
Miller
Washington
Dr. Wiley
Pure Food
Charlie Miller
Towa
Kime
Frederick Larrabee
Senate
County Boards of Supervisors
House
Collier's Weeky
Collier
Millers
Iowa
Wiley
Waverly
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Italy Carter
James Eads How
Bobo
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Frederick D. Grant
War Department
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New York City
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Chesterfield
W. BR. Holland
Midlothian Turnpike
John W. Gates
St. Charles, Til
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St Lawrence
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Dan A. Kreamer
Chicago
Fred Heegel
Freeport
Jersey City
N. J
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Joseph R. Blumenthal
Standard Oil Company of
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Jennie Powell
Edwardsville
Park County
Montana
Upper Deep Creek
Mount Baldy
Livingston
Maryland
Arthur Pue Gorman
Gorman
Democratic Party
Paul Geidel
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Willian BH. Jackson
Lonquois Ictel
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Louis Keller
Janesville
Wis
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Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Taft
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Birmingham
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St Louis
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Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson Sii
Buzzard's Bay, Mass
Upton Sinclair
State of
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Taylorsville
Gary
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DeGraff
Lawrence DeGraff
Charles Escher
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Botna
James Shade
Kingsley
A. BR. Leffler
Bonaparte
George Burge
Mount Vernon
C. H. Hetchner
Sheridan
W. B. Lessey
Mount Pleasant
Fred McCullough
Hartwick
H. J. Hess
B. McArthur
Howard Vaughn
Marion
Ralph Sher- Taan
A. C. ‘Sykes
Corn Belt Meat Producers’, Association
C. 8S. Huntley
B. W. Crossley
Council Sluis
Charles Russell
Carroll
R. W. Cassady
Whiting
Department of Animal Husbandry
State Agricultural College At
State’ Board of Education
State Teachers’ College
State Agricultural College
State’ University
van Duyn
W. van Duyn
W. C
Heayward
B. F. Carroll
Ward-Deutsche Insurance Company
Hamburg
Doctors
State
Charies W. Miller
Ft. Madison
Cosson
Fort Madison
Bock
Dickinsor ‘County
Lake’ Okoboji
Lake Okoboji
C. A. Wilhelm
Charles A. Wilhelm
Salt Lake City
Maybray
Harry Hammond
United States’ Marshal's
Wilhelm
Polk County
Smith McPherson
A. M. Veyoe
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Morrow
Alvin Reeves
California
State House
J. O. Mahaffey
Jasper County
George Bidwell
Mahaffey
Bidwell
John T. Clarkson
Albia
A. C. Ripley
Garner
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