Great Property Loss Reported All Over the Middle West
May 27 dispatches describe tornado damage across Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. Victims named include Maggie Blettner Hazel Wright Mollius Rhodes Eliza Baker and Russell A Koauft among others. Des Moines Glenwood and Doniphan county faced fatal and nonfatal injuries with extensive property loss and numerous buildings wrecked.
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Ter Moines
Iowa
Glenwood
Maggie Blettner
Hazel Wright
Adaza
Jows
Neil Buxton
Georgia Buckley
Borbert Rhodes
South Des Moines
Russell A. Koauft
Mary Eckert
Anna Delaney
Myrtle Dickinson
Etta Newton
Harrison Johnson
Rolla Rathisun
Buxton
Mollius Rhodes
Melle Rhodes
Eliza Baker
Buston
Rhodes
Des Moines
Packing House
Maithouse and Agar Packing Company
Adel
Webster City
Sioux City
Milwaukee Road
Rock Island Lings
Menlo
Howell
Severance, Kas
Doniphan County
Moray
Tpecurah
Wes Moines
Towa
Boone
Ragcoon
Oskalonsa
Shenandoah
Evidence Secured Accomplice Tells All In Cincinnati Bribery Case
State's evidence shows an accomplice turned informant in Cincinnati, handing over checks and documents linked to alleged payments. Washington reports the post office department notes Miller and Dulns in the scheme with Ryan company checks totaling 5,400 dollars and cash payments of 1,100 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Postoffice Department
Miller
Dulns
John
Ryan
Ryan Concern
Mae
Stockholders Sue Directors for Alleged Salt Fraud
Salt White Pales May 27 A suit by National Salt Company preferred stockholders accuses four directors Archibald S. White Masons Bardsley R T Squires and Norton of conspiring to overvalue the United Salt acquisition. It alleges favored contracts and overpayment for the Leroy plant, seeking 1 605 487 in damages.
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White Pales
National Salt Company
Unitet Salt Company
Archibald S. White
Jmasons
Madrid Auto Race Dropped in Paris May 27
Paris officials halted the second stretch of the Paris Madrid automobile race due to government interdiction. Many contestants withdrew. Marcel Renault suffered a near fatal collapse but later rallied. A string of accidents and speed threats drew wide concern as trackers observed speeds around high miles per hour and a dog was crushed under a car during the perilous event.
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Paris
Marcel Renault
Clarence Macre
Washington
Louis Renante
M. Gabriel
Steen
Chartres
Jarret
Woman Charged With Murder in Poison Parcel
Grand jury indicts Mrs Lizzie McCarmack for first degree murder for sending poisoned whiskey to a Cincinnati woman, causing one death. Michael Rockman, famed Minnesota hurdler and holder of the Western Intercollegiate high hurdles record, will not compete in Chicago due to a strained muscle.
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Lizzie McCarmdek
Jerson
Michael Rockman
Minnesota
Chievag
Reliance Victory Extends Cup Defense Lead in New Race
New York May 27 Reliance won a second cup defense race against Columbia and Constitution over a 45 mile triangle course in ideal conditions. Constitution challenged strongly, briefly outsailed in places, but Reliance finished about 21/2 minutes ahead of Columbia and 1 41 behind Constitution, with Constitution earning cheers for its plucky effort.
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New York
Relance
Columbia
Constitution
Reliance
Ide
Ike
Lee
Barr
Gould Offers Bloodhounds In Hefferman Murder Case
Tarrytown May 27 Edwin Gould offered bloodhounds to police to track the killers of John Hefferman the coachman shot while with his sweetheart Miss.
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Tarrytown
Edwin Gould
John Hefferman
Miss
Fugitive Girl in Madrid Faces Return to Moorish Harem
A European scandal unfolds as Queen Christina of Spain weighs sending Farimar back to Morocco after she escaped the sultan’s harem. French lobbying by Mme Loubet and others seeks protection for the girl who conversion to Christianity. Madrid awaits the sultan’s response and possible action. The fate would be grim if she is sent back.
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Madrid
Christina
Loubet
France
Farimar
Marocco
Seville
Mohammed Torres
Spain
Tangier
Nisht
Jack
Cadiz
Chriatisatty
Mme. Loubet
Queen Christina
Morocco
Four Years the Penalty for Killing a Subordinate
Berlin reports Ensign Hussner was sentenced to four years imprisonment and degradation for killing an artilleryman Hartman on Good Friday after a saluting dispute. The public prosecutor sought six years and dismissal from the navy, but the court imposed four years.
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Berlin
Ensign Hussner
Hartman
Dation
Hussner
Navy
Unearthly Case Near Ardeley Club Draws Police Interest
Sarah Campbell at Ardeley Club area links to a Dobbs Ferry hospital death. Hefferman died after a brief conscious period. description of assault was incomplete. Mr. Gould’s stake is tied to fear of assaults on wealthy residents. Police may accept Gould’s offer. bloodhounds possibly to be used.
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Sarah Campbell
Ardeley Club
Hefferman
Dobbs Ferry
Gould
Wisconsin News Briefs Wide Ranging Wisconsin Incidents
A flood of short dispatches from Wisconsin recounts robberies and injuries including a $190 hold up in Oconto, a Northwestern passenger fatally striking sheep near Eldorado, and J. E. Welge of Burlington injured but recovering after a pilot strike. Other items note a $70,000 Grand Rounds high school dedication, a fatal shooting at Homestead, a missing Racine man, lightning damage in Kenosha, insurance fraud trial at La Crosse, and various local mishaps and political remarks.
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Frank Clayton
Oconte
Eldorado
Northwestern
Thomas Cain
Brownsville
J. E. Welge
Burlington
Campbellsport
Johanna Farrell
M. Farrell
Pears
Gustave Gustafson
Grosspark
Beloit
Milwaukee
Oscar Frederickson
Homestead
Louis Nelson
Florence
Joan O'Hare
Racine
Lhfe
Kenceha
Jess
Ernest A. Sanders
Marshall
la Crosse
Appleton
Kenosha
Ben Stehl
Avery
AL Milton
Jal
Spillman
Edgerton
H. Ohde
Whitewater
Calppena Falls
Chippewa Falls
New Richy Catholic
Bloomer
Schwebach
Glaser
Angelus
Starvey Woodmen
Mount Vernon
TW. Bs
Bahewek
Baraboo
Lois B. Lecount
Merrill
Light Brigade
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorshie
Ab Waukesha
W. G. Miller
St. Joseph's Church
de Soto
William Tibbetts
Ira Sehrake
Schraké
Musser
Jenner
A. Pinch
Rosendale
Ripon College
Miss. Elizabeth
St. Joseph, Mich
J. L. van Warmer
Finley, Barrel & Co
Chicago
Matthew Grosbier
Marshfield
William Harels
John Henry
Janesville
Blasley
George H. Ray
la Follette
Double tracking planned from Fond du Lac to Green Bay
Reports state the Chicago and Northwestern railroad will begin summer work including surveys and substantial construction for double tracking on the Fond du Lac to Green Bay line. In Appleton William Gruetsmach told police eight assailants of his Delgo wagon helped terrorize his family. he allegedly fired revolvers near his home and damaged property with dynamite. In Grand Rapids lawyers filing against 30 railroads to block state taxes under the new ad valorem law plan to drop suits and restart, arguing a Michigan Supreme Court decision supports that the amendment clashes with the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Chicago & Northwenferd Railroad Company
Fo du Lac
Green Bay
Appleton
William Gruetsmach
Delgo
Grand Rapids
Supreme Court of Michigan
Wife Beater’s Terror Falls in Wilkes Barre Court
Wilkes Barre Pa May 47 After years as the terror of wife beaters Dorahue appeared in mayor’s court charged with beating his own wife Police found him in bed refused to dress and was taken to the station house He was held on 300 bond to answer assault and battery charges the grand jury in season now awaits action
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Wilkesharre
Statia -House
Seaston
Hanna in Retreat Over Roosevelts Ohio Endorsement
Ohio Senator Hanna signals no further opposition to endorsing President Roosevelts candidacy at the state Republican convention. He cites a telegram from Roosevelt requesting endorsement and says he will not oppose, though some close to him doubt the advisability of backing the measure this year. Foraker hails Hanna’s shift as favorable for party unity.
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Cincinnati
Ryan
Christiancy
D. V. ML
Miller
Jana
Sewelor
Hana
Buckeys State
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanna
Roosevel
Roosevelt
Foraker
Washington
Senate
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