Supreme Court Affirms Emma Holman Case Ruling
Council Bluffs Iowa reports assurances that President Roosevelt may attend the National Society Army of the Philippines meeting August 13 to 15. Roosevelt indicated he will try to arrange travel to visit at least one day, with General Dodge pledging to urge him and use influence to secure the appearance.
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Council Bluffs
Roosevelt
National Society
Army of the Philippines
Emerson
Iowa State Society
Grenville M. Dodge
Philippine Veterans
Supreme Court Upholds Holman Claim Against Railway
Des Moines June 3 The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed lower court rulings in the Emma Holman case against the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company. A verdict of 12000 dollars damages stood in Council Bluffs. The plaintiff, injured when an electric car stopped suddenly, died and the administrator was substituted. The appeal argued the action was untimely, but Superintendent Dimmock waived the statute of limitations, binding on the company, leaving the $12008 verdict undisturbed.
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Supreme Court
Railway
Holman
Des Moines
Emma Holman
Omaha
Dimmock
Twenty Five Year Old Corn Demonstrates Longevity
In Creston Iowa on June 3, farmer William Schronover planted field corn kept dry for twenty five years and found it germinated well, yielding a sturdy stand comparable to seed stored more recently. The test supports that properly kept corn retains fertility and remains viable for seed for at least a quarter century.
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Creston
William Schronover
Villisca
City powers on special county property assessment ruled
In Des Moines on June 3 a Jasper county case tested a city right to place special assessments on county property. Edwards & Walker Construction had certificates from Newton for paying work around the county courthouse square and the county refused payment. The court held the county liable in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ila
Jasper County
Edwards & Walker Construction Company
Newton
County Court House
Jealous Farm Hand Shoots Girl Then Self In Cantril
In Cantril Iowa a farm hand Albert Hale age 21 shot Dora Donohue age 16 through the heart and then fatally wounded himself. Hale injured but stable, motive stated as infatuation and jealousy. Dora dies at local hospital.
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Keosauqdua
Cantrit
Here
Albert Hale
Dora Donohue
Hale
Ghouls Rout Undertaking Establishment Raid in Iowa
Ghouls raided John ODonnell's undertaking establishment in this city and were found with the corpse of A. J. Raymond of Chariton. They were routed with no arrests reported.
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Ottuwa
John Odonnell
A. J. Raymond
Chariton
Webster County Man Hangs Himself in Nebrasaka
RED CLOUD Neb June 3 John W Runchey once Webster county sheriff and Hulland hotel proprietor died by hanging himself from a bedpost The suicide ends Runcheys residence in this city and local authorities report no foul play detected
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Webster County
Red Cloud
Neb
John W. Runchey
Hulland Hotel
Conger Goes to Shanghai
Des Moines reports Major BW Conger, United States minister to China, has departed with his wife from Peking to Shanghai. He intends to engage in negotiations on new treaty matters between the United States and China, continuing his duties on the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gonger
Vity
Epitel
Chie Ua
Pekin
Shenghai
China
Propertias
Caina
Mfai
Weaver Dissent Says Kuhn Case Lacked Conviction Evidence
Justice Weaver dissents in the Des Moines Supreme Court ruling in the Sarah Kuhn murder case from Keokuk county. The majority holds circumstantial evidence proves guilt beyond reasonable doubt, while Weaver argues the record does not support conviction and calls for potential rehearing. Kuhn, age 19 at marriage to Charles Kuhn, wife of a lame shoemaker, faced life imprisonment after strychnine was found in beer.
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Justice Weaver
Receivers Sought for Officer & Pusey Bank in Council Bluffs
A petition filed in Council Bluffs district court by J. K. Cooper and others, representing a majority of the bank's creditors, seeks removal of receivers J. F. Murphy and John Beresheim. It urges wind up of the estate by a single receiver, cites excessive administration costs, and notes connections to former bank officers. It claims receivers were appointed without creditor consent and at the urging of Charles T. Officer, administrator of his father's estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer & Pusey
Council Bluffs
J. F. Murphy
John Beresheim
Omcer & Pusey Bank
J. K. Cooper
L. F. Murphy
Beresheim
Murphy and Beresheim
Charles T. Officer
Iowa Crop Bulletin Reports Heavy Spring Showers Across State
The Iowa climate and crop service notes a warm week with frequent showers. Three-fourths of the state received large rainfall, causing crop and bridge damage mainly in the northeast. Reports list towns with rainfall totals and notes delayed corn planting and replanting or abandonment of early acreage. Separately, Iowa Normal Summer School in Cedar Falls drafts 25 enrollment, aiming for 300 more, retaining regular faculty and adding several educators.
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Iowa Crop Bulletin
Des Moines
Iowa Climate and Crop Service
Page
Winneshiek
Clarinda
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Elxader
Ridgeway
Winneshiek County
Waverly
Tipton
Waterloo
Afton
Iowa Normal Summer School
Cedar Falls
State Normal Summer School
Seerley
Dix
Charles City
John Logan
Vinton
Gertrude Childs
Rockford
Harrington
Dubuque High School
Slimmer Donates Home for Mercy Hospital in Waverly
Abraham Slimmer, noted Hebrew philanthropist, deeds his home and surrounding park in Waverly Indiana to the Sisters of Mercy of Dubuque for a new hospital. The property is valued at thirty nine thousand dollars.
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Slimmer
Waverly
Abraham Slimmer
Sisters of Mercy of
Train leads to Cedar Falls death on trestle bridge
Mrs Gerbert Htt was killed by an Illinois Central train while wheeling her baby across a trestle in Cedar Falls. Pliers lay along the track for forty feet and the baby was thrown about twenty feet. The tragedy occurred while en route to a Philpot child’s funeral, with a train wreck reported about twenty four hours earlier nearby.
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Cedar Falls
Gerbert H Tt
Illinois Central
Philpotehild
Weather report notes improved winter wheat in several states
The Weather Bureau’s weekly crop summary for the week ending May 26 reports improved winter wheat conditions in Nebraska Kansas Illinois Indiana and Michigan along with good activity in Missouri California and Texas. Heavy rains slow planting and some flooding areas. harvesting begins in Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and southern Kansas. some states report promising yields while others face poor outlooks in the middle Atlantic and east gulf regions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Middle
South Atlantic
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Ohio
Missouri
Pacific
Oregon
California
Rocky Mountain
Middle Valley
Nebraska
Kansas
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Middle South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
San Joaquin Valley
Mississippi Valleys
Central
West Gulf States
Elizabeth Clarkson Dies in Des Moines at 82
Elizabeth Colescott Clarkson widow of Coker F Clarkson mother of James S Clarkson of New York and R P Clarkson editor of the Iowa State Register died in Des Moines after a two day illness. She was eighty two years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Colescott Clarkson
Des Moines
Coker F. Clarkson
James
Clarkson
New York
R. P. Clarkson
Iowa State Register
Sagasta Seeks Limited Cabinet Changes in Spain
Madrid May 80 The Spanish premier Sagasta hopes to limit cabinet reshuffles to filling the post of Minister of Public Worship Works Commerce and Agriculture left by Can elajas, aiming for a smooth transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Senor Canelajas
Resignation of French Premier Reported in Paris
Paris on May 30 reports the formal resignation of Premier Waldeck-Rosseau to the cabinet at today's meeting. A public announcement is planned for June 3.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rosseau
Quado
Feel Scarcity of Coal in New Jersey Towns
New Jersey towns report anthracite coal shortages. Basfern village has had several nights without electric light. The steel plant faces 200 layoffs. Lamps replace lighting in Ridgewood. In Spring Valley the sill mill, pipe factory and shirt works, employing 700, will shut down.
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New Yomar
New Jersey
Basfern Village
Ridgewood
Spring Valley
Angry Elephant Kills Man at Brooklyn Circus
Tops the elephant of Forepaugh and Sells crushed Joshua Blunt of Fort Wayne at the Brooklyn show grounds after he jabbed the animal with a beer glass. Trainers saluted the elephants with taps. Blunt approached with the drink and was fatally attacked. The keeper and crew removed the body after the attack.
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New York
Forepaugh & Sells Circus
Kileld
Brooklyn
Joshua Blunt
Fort Wayne
Blunt
Keapera
Tops
House Public Lands Committee Delays Land Leases
Washington May 30 The House committee on public lands discussed leasing public lands and decided to defer the matter to the next congressional session. Representative Shallenberger opposed the HU bill citing gold redemption for silver dollars and asset currency by national banks. His Democratic colleagues praised his remarks.
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Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Congress
House
Shallenberger
Wood reports on Cuban administration to Root in Washington
General Leonard Wood, former military governor of Cuba, arrived in Washington aboard the Kanawha and gave an oral report to Secretary Root detailing the completion of his Cuba stewardship, troop withdrawal arrangements, and the May 20 inauguration of the Cuban republic. He plans a full conference with the president and Root and is expected to stay in the capital for about six weeks to close Cuban military government affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Wood
Cuba
War Department
Root
Wood
Cuban Amnesty Bill Narrowed to Native Born Americans
The Cuban Congress in Havana on May 30 reconsidered the amnesty bill for Americans under sentence or jailed in Cuba and added an amendment limiting amnesty to native born Americans. The bill with the amendment was sent to the senate to exclude naturalized American citizens from release.
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Havana
House of Representatives
Cuba
Senate
Regents Deny the Report on Wisconsin Presidency
MILWAUKEE May 6 The Lincoln Neb report that Chancellor Andrews was offered the Wisconsin presidency is denied by the regents. Dr A J Pyle a member of the selection committee said the claim had no truth and Andrews’ name had never come before the committee. The presidency remains open.
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Regents
Milwaukee
Lincoln
Neb
Andrews
University of Wisconsin
A. J. Pyle
Balzac novels judged unfit for libraries in Chicago court
In Judge Hutchinson's court on May 30, Balzac's novels totaling fifty-one volumes were discarded after a three hour review. The judge ruled the set unfit for libraries of respectable people and improper for children.
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Chicago
Balzac
Keane to Succeed Corrigan as New York Archbishop
London dispatch reports the pope will nominate Archbishop Keane of Dubuque to succeed the late Archbishop Corrigan of New York at the June consistory. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail notes Keane’s selection would fill the New York post.
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Keane
Corrigan
London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Dubuque
New York
Railroads Reach Agreement Between Burlington and Rock Island
ST. LOUIS May 20 The Republic reports a compact between the Burlington and Rock Island systems. It reportedly includes the Wiggina Ferry and new world’s fair terminals for both lines, plus a Burlington passenger station and a viaduct from Twentieth and Walnut to a wharf near North Market Street via a circuitous route.
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ST. Louis
the Republic
Burlington
Rock Island
Twentieth and
Walnut Streets
North Market Street
Return of Hill Near Crater as Mount Pelee Erupts
Fort de France Martinique May 28 The volcano Mount Pelee erupts with a massive smoke plume. Prof Robert T Hill US geologist returns from Morne Rouge after nearly reaching the crater and reports intense activity with no sane man venturing toward the crater. He notes explosive gas oxidation and dramatic, dangerous phenomena, while Kennan and his party are reported safe on a northern plantation.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
Mount Pelee
George Kennan
M. Le’Huerer
United States
Cincinnati
Fernand Clerc
Kennan
Robert T. Hill
National Geographical Society
Mount Felee
Hill
Mont Pelee
Morne Rouge
St. Pierre
Deux Choux
Record Immigrant Arrival Surges at New York Port
At New York May 29 25 000 immigrants are due to arrive this week, boosting May totals to about 6 000 or 90 000 and breaking two decades of monthly records. Deportations rise with 760 ordered in the first twenty six days of May, as most new arrivals come from Austria Hungary Italy and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Russia
Senate panel blocks schedule on Statehood omnibus act
The Senate committee on territories voted against setting a time to consider the omnibus Statehood bill. It would determine admission for Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona into the Union.
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Territories
Washington
Senate Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Governor Ousted From Church After Unbecoming Conduct Charge
LITTLE ROCK May 29 After a lengthy discussion in the Second Baptist Church the congregation voted to withdraw fellowship from Governor Jefferson Davis on charges of unbecoming conduct filed some time ago.
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Little Rock
Second Baptist Church
Jefferson Davis
Paul J Sorg Dies in Middletown After Illness
Dayton Ohio May 29 Hon Paul J Sorg former congressman and powerful tobacco manufacturer died at his Middletown home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Sorg
Ohio
Dayton
Raultis Milionaire Tobacco
Middeltown
Cases Come Up Last of June
The Interstate Commerce Commission injunction cases against fourteen eastern Missouri lines over rebates will be argued before Judges Grosscup and Faillips in Chicago on June 23. The ruling will settle the court's jurisdiction in these premises.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Ciger Points
Grosscup and Faillips
Chicago
Livestock Market Report From South Omaha Prices Trend
The South Omaha market shows lower midweek receipts than last year with steady to slightly softer cattle prices. Best beef steers held near yesterday’s levels while packs bought the good lots. hogs advanced about a nickel and sheep and lambs stayed steady with some clipped lambs around 9.50 and spring lambs near 97.00.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Kansas City Market Summary Teems With Mixed Beef and Hog Notes
Kansas City cattle prices show beef steers down 25 cents with strong stockers and feeders around 275 to 5.25, cows mixed lower, calves near 22.76 to 6.50, heifers 8.50 to 66.03. hogs steady to lower with heavy around 7.22 to 6.00, sows about 6.80, pigs near 6.00. sheep steady to strong with lambs 5.40 to 7.50, wethers 4.30 to 6.15, ewes 4.80 to 6.15, stockers and feeders 2.00 to 4.66.
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Kansas City
Decoration Day at Arlington with Roosevelt Oration
At Arlington Cemetery on Decoration Day a vast crowd gathered to hear President Roosevelt deliver the keynote address. Veterans from 1861 and 1898, plus Grand Army of the Republic members, paraded and attended monument and grave decorations. Hay read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as Roosevelt spoke to an enthusiastic audience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
H. B. Hay
Lincoln
Roosevelt to Come West on Two Trips Next Fall
President Roosevelt plans two western tours next fall, one through the southwest and one through the northwest, to fulfill promises from last winter. He will stop in Springfield, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan, in late September, with other undetermined points en route, and visit San Antonio in late October. He may also accept an invited bear hunt in Mississippi hosted by the governor, with a possible New Orleans stop nearby.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Southwest
Northwest
Springfield
Detroit
Mich
San Antonio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Eastern Potentates Witness Parade in Berlin
In Berlin on May 11 the annual spring parade of the gartigons in the Berlin military district took place. The weather was superb as the shah of Persia rode in an open carriage drawn by four horses and Crown Prince Chawla Maha Vajiravudh of Siam joined on horseback. Emperor William led the second regiment of the guards past the shah, who acknowledged the salute by standing.
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Berlin
Berlin Military District
Shah of Persia
Siam
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Iowa
Mulcts the Corporation
Conger
Shanghai
Wbge Weaver
Train
Sagasta
Iangry
MT. Pelee
America
Arlington Cemetery
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