Iowa House Adopts Bill to Reorganize Supreme Court
Des Moines April 7 report that the Iowa House passed a bill reorganizing the Supreme Court and raising salaries from 4000 to 5000 a year after amendments. The measure, influenced by the State Bar Association, would streamline terms and case assignments while preserving higher pay. The day also saw various fiscal and administrative proposals advancing in both chambers.
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House
Supreme Court
Des Moines
State Bar Association
Senate
Harlan
Glenwood
Cherokee
George Stanley
William
Joe McRugitons
Emmett
Mount Pleasant
Anderson Ville
Herron Innes Mohies
Pass Ae
State Reform School
Brakeman Falls From Train In Mysterious Crash
A brakeman fell from a moving train on No. 24 near Tama while the car derailed. He sustained ankle injuries and possible head wounds. Fellow workers aided him as they sought medical care in Cleveland. Authorities report the incident is under investigation with no official cause determined yet.
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Wester
Hrhenin
Tama
Ted Roi
Toy
Ufsund
Lee
Iowa House Debates Millage Tax for Education
Des Moines reports the Iowa House and Senate advanced bills to levy millage taxes for five years for the State University State College and State Normal school boosting annual levies to fund education. Expected funding totals and ongoing appropriations are outlined with emphasis on construction and fire loss needs.
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House
Des Moines
State University
State Calipse
Senate
State College
State Normal School
Board of Regents and Trustees
Iowa
Saings Banks
Fish All Game Commission
Boards of Educational Examiners
Miss Belle Mann Goes Away
Miss Bette Mann a Monona county schoolteacher has disappeared while her husband, the county superintendent, was away at a county schools examination. Parental searches have included warnings and inquiries. neighbors report no trace since her last known plan to visit Omaha. She is about 2 years old and described as well dressed with a neat appearance.
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Belle Mann
Gnawa
Bette Mann
Monona County
Hida
Omaha
Stiss Miana
Time for adjournment debated as Iowa Senate votes
DES MOINES April 4 The Iowa senate debated adjournment and passed the Lewis resolution setting April 9 as adjournment time while not agreeing with House amendments. The Nolan Crawford contest report was received by the senate after prior rejection of ballot counting. The governor’s salary and county superintendents salaries were discussed, with increases debated and a unanimous bill granting homestead exemptions to veterans advancing. House defeated Elkins pardon and hearings continued with speeches from numerous members. A separate item reported the appointment to a homeopathic superintendent at the Junin Hospital amid a death by suicide from Peter Dybury’s farm.
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Des Moines
Senate
Lewis
Cass- Shelby
Appropriations Committee
Emimert
Bruce
House
Senate Committee On
Kinrosa
Hubbard
Railvad Marparainna
Elkins
Wesley
Representative Menniken
Representative Sweet
Dunham
iMarr
Wards
Wilton
Washington
Tlarn
Eiking
Hamana
Ryaliwiey
Des Motnias
Aee
Central Jad AM
Junin Hospital
eUpathsars
de Tershowe
Wii O
Mann
Roston
Manengta
Dovtoy
Great Western Hard at Work in Council Bluffs
April updates detail preparations for the Great Western project linking Dodge and Bluffs. The BRL-OOULREHS Uncle Wihuston Brox firm leads the work and staffing across several city-volunteer zones. An official, recently back from Kansas after six weeks, remains to decide who will oversee the newly opened allotment in town.
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Great Western
Council Bluffs
Port Dodge
Counseil Bhunlts
Brading
Mave Leen
Kansay Fly
Allied People's Party Formed in Louisville Conference
A new political body named the Allied People's Party of the United States was formed in Louisville on April 4. The alliance brings reform elements opposed to both major parties and aligns with planks for executive and referendum powers and government ownership of public utilities. Delegates represented multiple groups, but only the People's Party and Public Ownership Party authorized forming the alliance.
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Allied People’s Party
Louiaville
Louisville
People's Party of the
United States
Kansas City
People's Party
St. Louis
Omaha
Cincinnati
Fusion Populists
Nodultista
Referendum League
Union Tabor Party
Public Ownership Party of
St. Lous
Prohibtion Party
United Chrisian Party
Paderewski at White House Musicale Guests
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a large White House musicale last night with Ignace Jan Paderewski performing. The venue featured abundant flowers and plants, followed by a dinner for eighteen with guests including Secretary and Mrs. Hay Senator Hanna and several members of Congress and officials.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Hay
Hanna
Paderewski
Moody
Lucius N. Littauer
Kitson
Cornelius N. Bliss
Reeve -Merritt
West Roosevelt
Phelps
Winslow
Cecil Beaux
More Pay for Firemen on Rail Road Wage Scale Revision
New York April 4 The wage scale for railroad firemen has been revised after conferences between railroad officials and a men’s delegation. Company officials say concessions will materially increase the men’s earnings and that no friction remains over the schedule though exact increases are not yet determined.
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New York
Blockhouse Country under Martial Restrictions in Natal
April 4 Durban reports general train service halted nationwide north of the Tugela River. Authorities enforce blockhouse protection from Ladysmith to Co. Inne area. Permits needed to travel beyond. Town guards at Tady tunith Dundee and New Castle are armed and mobilized to deter movement.
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Durban
Natal
Trai
Tugela River
Ladysmith
Co. Inne
Tadytunith
Dundee
New Castle
Postoffice Dynamited in Covington Bank Heist
Post office in Covington Indiana was blown by dynamite in an early morning robbery. Burglars escaped with a large amount of cash, and investigators search for leads. Local authorities say no one was injured in the blast.
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Covington
Ind
Fortifications Bill Reported by House Committee
Washington April 4 the House Committee on Appropriations reported the fortifications appropriation. It authorizes six million five hundred fifty two thousand seven hundred fifty two dollars for fortifications and related projects.
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Washington
Hous Committee On Appropriations
Topeka Wattotuy Chooses 48 Delegates for State Convention
In Topeka Kansas on April 4 the Topeka Wattotuy selected 48 delegates to attend the forthcoming state convention to be held on data 24.
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Kansas
Popullats Mest
Topeka
Tovmka
Kan
Wattotuy
Ube
Vopuhbl
Dressed Beef Advances
Chicago HL April 4 report shows an advance in dressed beef prices per pound with higher costs affecting wholesale meat markets. Details indicate a per pound rise influencing buyers and vendors in the trade.
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Owehalt
Boston Brewers Walk Out Over Hour Demands
About 1 800 workers at Boston breweries quit in protest after a brewer refused to grant shorter hours. A second wave of 000 botthery and engineery displays appeared in the breweries within twenty four hours, as twenty four local workers are affected.
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Boston
Horton
Boston Beeweries
Atric
Trewerken
Man Sentenced to Fourteen Years for Family Killings
Burt A. Magee was convicted of murder for the May 28 fire at his mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Hershberger’s home near Watsekit. Three family members died, including Hattie Magee and Calvin Magee. Magee and his 2-year-old daughter escaped. The jury delivered a sentence of fourteen years in the penitentiary by a compromise verdict, after an earlier deadlock and a prior trial.
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Wotsekn
Burt A. Magee
Magee
Mary Hershberger
Watsekit
Flight of the Birds Speed and Migration Wonders
The piece notes extraordinary bird flight speeds during migration. It cites the northern blue threat traveling 540 miles per hour, 4800 miles from Egypt to Heligoland in nine hours, and Virginian plover flying 9600 miles Labrador to North Brazil. It explains high altitude flight reduces air resistance enabling these feats.
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Egypt
Heligoland
Labrador
Brazil
Triumph for American Actress Calypso in Ulysses at His Majesty's
Mrs. James Brown Potter, debuting as Calypso in Stephen Phillipa’s Ulysses at His Majesty's, drew mixed reviews. The Daily Mail praised her charm while noting modest elocution faults, and the Daily Chronicle lauded her captivating, dual persona as Calypso and Circe, marking a noteworthy triumph.
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James Brown Potter
London Critica
Her Majesty's Theater
Calypso
Stephen Phillipa
Ulysses
the Daily Chronicle
Advice to My Children and a Clerical Siblings Tale
A long respected manuscript by Catherine Aaroness le Poer titled Advice to My Children is recalled by descendants. They say Miss Francey Power Cobbs noted virtuous guidance and denounced vice, while a Curraghmore church visit sparked an anecdote from a churchgoing descendant. An Irish clerical figure allegedly praised hearing the reverend's curses.
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Catherine Aaroness le Poer
Francey Power Cobbs
Curraghmore
Epeale
Archbishop Frederick Temple to Crown Queen Alexandra
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Frederick Temple, has been chosen to crown Queen Alexandra. Temple, primate of all England since 1896, is 72 and won the right to perform the coronation over the Archbishop of York by the court of claims.
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Canterbury
Queen Alexandra
England
Frederick Temple
All England
York
Court of Claims
Dewey Replies To Coal Purchase Question
A dispatch records a Washington inquiry to Admiral Dewey about his large coal purchase for the Asiatic squadron. His curt reply to Bradford, Chief of Bureau of Equipment, Washington, was simply to burn the coal in the ships, stating why he bought it.
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Dewey
Navy Department
Washington
Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Peculiar Rail Track Disaster Delays Cairo Mail
A railway breakdown near Brindisi caused the Cairo mail train to run twenty four hours late. Heavy rains filled the embankment’s gallery, and the thirty year old embankment gave way, leaving the rails and sleepers suspended in midair as shown in an illustration.
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Africa
Brindisi
Cairo
Bellamy Storer tipped for Berlin ambassadorship
Bellamy Storer, currently minister to Madrid, is said to be slated for the Berlin ambassadorship to succeed Andrew White when he retires, likely next fall, contingent on Ohio senators not opposing the appointment. The piece also mentions a Madrid vacancy and Henry Wrostead Oliver of the Sultan as a related rumor, with Hassan Pasha described as a wealthy and corrupt Turkish official.
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Bellamy Storer
Berlin
Madrid
Andrew White
Oliver
Hassan Pasha
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