Three Men Arrested in Estherville Whitecapping Raid
Three men Charles Peterson Win Sanford and L Young were arrested for complicity in the whitecapping raid on the Emmet house in Estherville. Peterson and Sanford were bound over to the grand jury amid expected more arrests as officers hold clews to other offenders. Detective Downey of Chicago was kidnapped by the attackers and horsewhipped driven onto the prairie where he nearly froze to death.
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Emmet
Estherville
Charles Peterson
Win Sansford
L. Young
Peterson
Sanard
Ofenders
Downey
Chicago
De Witt Resident Found In Destitute Illness
Theodore Flynn, a longtime De Witt resident, was found in a miserable shack in a pitiable state. He lived by a small truck garden that supplied his winter food but refused county aid or almshouse admission. He had been ill five days with no food, fire, or medical care before being taken to a neighbor’s home.
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Theodore Flynn
de Witt
Arden
Ted
Iowa Resident Insane Law Opinion Clarifies Residency
Attorney General Mullan submits to the state board of control an opinion on nonresident insanity. He says Iowa residents do not lose their Iowa domicile until they establish a new one elsewhere. Therefore, Iowans who move to Minnesota and become insane before acquiring Minnesota residency remain liable to Iowa for care, with charges continuing at the county of origin.
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Mullan
State Board of Control
Iowa
Minnesota
Accidental Shot Kills Jeremiah Harrington on Farm North of Sioux City
Jeremiah Harrington was fatally shot on his farm five miles north of Sioux City when the shotgun in his hands discharged as the trigger snagged on a fence while he crawled through. His young son witnessed the instant death during a hunting expedition.
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Jeremiah Harrington
Sioux City
Youn
Indictment Is Returned For Murder Of Samuel Crafton
WW F Reynolds of Sioux Falls has been indicted by the Sioux county grand jury for first degree murder in the August crime near Treton. Samuel Crafton, a colored missionary, is named as the victim.
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WW. F. Reynolds
Sioux Falls
D. D
Sioux County
Samuel Crafton
Treton
Alvord Man Arrested After Attempted Assault Charge
Carl Witrock of Alvord was arrested on an information sworn by widow Mrs. P Kohl. The preliminary examination found insufficient evidence for bail and the case was sent to the grand jury on the charge of attempted criminal assault.
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Carl Witrock
Alvord
P. Kohl
Various Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Deaths Fire and Legal Action
News in Brief covers fines for Harry Fields for quail violations in Waterloo, a Dubuque sanitarium head dying after a streetcar chase, a $20,000 damages suit in Fort Dodge over a September injury, a golden wedding in Allerton, a Des Moines suicide, IowaMaster Plumbers officers elected in Davenport, a civil war veteran death and other local notices. Also reported are Osceola fire damage, a Des Moines govern ment posting, Dubuque travel woman death, Boone furniture fire loss, Burt postmaster deadline, Shell Rock rural delivery start, Dubuque death stats, Muscatine jail note, Oelwein coal chute fire, and Mount Ayr gas tragedy.
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Harry Fields
Waterloo
Thlleprandt
Kegler
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
A. W. Beckett
Rock Island Company
Earlham
Sloan
Tie
Osceola
John C. Wolz
Town City
Ife
Maj. E. Latta
Government
Washington
Charles Donahue
Finley Hospital
Mann Bros
Boone
Burt
Shell Rock
Butler County
Rcorder
Wid" Noble
Svith
Muscatine
Davenport
Chicago Great, Western Railroad Company
Oelwein A
U. M. Clayton
Mount Ayr
Lima
Cast Iron Rule Could End Iowa Mine Explosions
State mine operators push a cast iron rule to require miners to cut coal before firing to prevent deadly blasts. Drilling and powder charges are blamed for explosions. shot firers may be required, funded by operators, with miners resisting. Gov. Cummins forms a committee including Stout Phillips Reese White to investigate and report.
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Lowa
Gov. Cummins
James FE. Stout
Des Moines
J. J. Phillips
Ottumwa
J.P. Reese
Albia
J. E. White
Oskaloosa
A Happy Reunion After Long Separation
W N Clark, a Manchester area farmer, left his wife and six children for South Dakota in 1887. A railroad wreck near Sioux Falls left him severely injured and brain damaged, unable to identify himself for years. Believing him dead, the family moved to Arkansas and Joplin Missouri. Clark later found a daughter in Oaks South Dakota and the family reunion occurred in Joplin.
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W. N. Clark
Manchester
South Dakota
Clark
Dakota
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis
St. Luke's Hospital
Ife
Ifea
Arkansas
Joplin
Oaks
S. D
Iowa Delegates Named to National Mothers Congress
A list of Iowa women selected as delegates to the National Mothers congress in Washington includes Mrs. Adelaide Ballard Trull, Mrs. M. J. Coggeshall Des Moines, Mrs. Evelyn H. Belden Sioux City, Mrs. Kate Powers Sheldon, Mrs. Marion Kemp Waverly, Mrs. Eunice Barnett Independence, Dr. A D King Des Moines, Mrs. Siddie Richards Waterloo, Mrs. Anna Steinberg Hull, Mrs. Mary Clements West Union, Mrs. Alice Glass Mason City, Mrs. Emily Phillips Ottumwa, and others such as Mrs. Clara Ritchie Des Moines and Dr. M Townsend Marshalltown.
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Iowa
Mothers’ Congress
Washington
Adelaide Ballard
Trull
M. J. Coggeshall
Des Moines
Evelyn H. Belden
Sioux City
Kate Powers
Sheldon
Marion Kemp
Waverly
Eunice Barnett
Independence
M. A. Emsley
Mason City
C. W. Reynolds
Panora
Irene G. Adams
Cresco
Waterloo
J. J. Booth
Clara M. Ritchie
L. Swindler
Yale
Mary Collins
Superior
J. Iz. Ulm
Perry
T. L. Green
West Union
M. Townsend
Marshalltown
Mabel J. Smith
Paton
Iowa oil fields hailed as independent of Standard Oil trust
State Geologist Samuel Calvin spoke in Iowa City praising local discoveries as independent from the Standard Oil trust. He noted samples from Frederika in Bremer County show high grade kerosene suitable for lamp use, unlike other states where refining and refinery dependence are common. He emphasized Iowa owners hold a unique advantage in oil quality and readiness.
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Towa
Standard Oil Trust
Samuel Calvin
Iowa City
Iowa
Union
Standard Oil Company
Frederika
Bremer County
Retracted Suit Over Pulpit Slurs Settled Out of Court
Jerry Lynch of Rock Valley sued Rev. Father J. M. Phelan for 5000 dollars accusing slander. Settlement requires a written retraction read from the pulpit. Phelan admitted saying the city’s saloon keepers ran homes and that Lynch was unfit to be a citizen and should be run out of town.
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J. M. Phelan
Rock Valley
Jerry Lynch
Father Phelan
Lynch
Phelan
Iowa Academy of Science adopts forest protection resolutions
The Iowa Academy of Science in Ames approves measures urging Congress to protect national forests. One proposal calls for setting aside Leachlake Indian reservation timber lands for park and forestry use. Another advocates withdrawing government timber land from settlement entry.
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Congress
Iowa Academy of Science
Ames
Leachlake Indian
Iowa Senate Passes Blanchard Bill for Trolley Tax Vote
Des Moines reports 80 to 12 senate approval of the Blanchard bill authorizing a tax vote to fund electric trolley lines. Other measures include hospital funding for Independence, fair aid, and constitutional amendment moves to widen representation and curb rail passenger passes.
State Board Proposes Expanded Quarantine Powers
The Iowa state board of health drafted a bill to empower it to take charge of local quarantine and vaccination in cities unable to cope with smallpox epidemics. Des Moines was cited as failing to act, but conditions were later deemed less dire. The board urged vaccination of postmasters and suggested fumigating mail, warning of potential millions in damages.
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State Board of Health
Des Moines
Mullan
Boards of Health
State Board
Pair of Knit Slippers From Mrs McKinley Found
Lawrence Noble McKay a 12 year old Des Moines boy found a package containing knit slippers with Mrs Ida McKinley engraved on the card. A note in a separate envelope from the president’s widow expressed thanks for his Christmas gift and the flowers Lawrence sent to Mrs McKinley brightening what was described as a sad holiday season.
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Ida Saxton McKinley
Lawrence Noble McKay
Des Moines
Lawrence
Canton
Chattanooga Battlefield Lookout Mountain Monuments Fund Request
A commission from the Twenty fifth general assembly located Town troops positions on the Chattanooga battlefield but funds were lacking for monuments. An appropriation of 135000 is now asked. With 150000 needed for Vicksburg monuments unavailable next period, 35000 may be voted for Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge monuments.
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Twenty-fifth General Assembly
Chattanooga
J. A. Young
Washington County
J. D. Fegan
Clinton
Ankeny
Corning
F. P. Sherman
Oakland
Col. Miller
Oxford
Vicksburg Commission
Vicksburee
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Kitchener’s 50 Mile Drive Surges Against Boers
London reports detail Lord Kitchener’s vast movement to clear the Boers from Block-House lines. The operation formed a continuous 50 mile line, with Kitchener directing every maneuver and staying in close contact with all details. Boers fought bravely, breaking through several charges but the British effort remained the decisive framework of the campaign.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Two Serious Wrecks Kills Seven in Arkansas and Pennsylvania
In Arkansas near Little Rock seven men were killed and at least 14 injured when a 15 ton boulder crashed into a work train cab. Names include Samuel Simon Booneville I L Jones Orange Yester Henry McGee and two unknowns. In Pennsylvania near Horseshoe Curve three were killed four fatally injured and two seriously hurt as freight trains wrecked on a steep grade.
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Tittle Rock
Ark
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Little Rock
Samuel Simon
Booneville
I. L. Jones
Boonville
Orange Yester
John Williams
North Little Rock
Ienry McGee
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Car for the Prince Idler built in Wilmington shops
The Wilmington Pullman Palace Car Company completed work on the Idler a palatial observation and state room sleeper for Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite. It features bronze and mahogany interiors blue plush upholstery electric lighting and brown tapestry curtains with electric fans for cooling.
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Wilmington
Del
Pullman Palace Cir Company
Itenry
Prussia
Deserter Killed and Rail Wreck Reported
Manila February 15 Panay scouts under Capt Walker in Samar captured seven rifles and many bolos after killing several Filipinos and their renegade commander Winfrey a deserter from the Forty third regiment. Long who deserted with Winfrey remains with the Filipinos. Cleveland February 13 Erie Train No 10 wrecked 40 miles from the city after leaving tracks 26 injured due to spreading rails.
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Panay
Walker
Samar
Winfrey
Forty-third Regiment
Long
Cleveland
Erie Road
New York
Mahoning
Phalanx
Bank Robbery at Saline County Bank Stone Fort
Bank burglars blew open the safe at Saline County bank in Stone Fort fourteen miles south of Harrisburg Illinois. About $3000 in currency was taken. Bloodhounds followed the trail for four miles but the scent was lost.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Saline County Bank
Stone Fort
Supreme Court Affirms City Liability on Invalid Public Works Certificates
Iowa Supreme Court rules that when a city funds improvements and issues certificates to assess abutting property the city is liable for the certificates if proceedings are later found illegal. The Fort Dodge Electric Power Co. v Fort Dodge case held contractor certificates invalid but city bears loss.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Fort Dodge Electric Power Company
City of
Fort Dodge
Power Company
Prince found guilty of manslaughter in Kennedy murder
Will Prince convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree for complicity in the murder of Philip H. Kennedy. Kennedy was shot and killed by his wife Lulu Prince Kennedy on January 10, 1901. Prince's punishment set at two years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
Will Prince
Philip TH. Kennedy
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Kaiser Wilhelm Model Car and Photo Archive
The Kaiser’s car has four speeds up to forty mph and a Philadelphia photographer notes over 700 photographs of the emperor exist. England’s king has more than 300 pictures. The Kaiser tracks rifle manufacturing and has an armory with a rifle range and ongoing tests to obtain precise data on notable rifles.
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Germany
Philadelphia
England
Iis
Peculiar Tax Offset Case Arises in Polk County
A delinquent taxpayer owing 1200 dollars sought to offset taxes owed to the county against his money and credits. The county treasurer refused, and a suit was filed to determine if such offset is lawful. No prior rule exists in the law books for this issue.
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Polk County
Marquis of Dufferin Dies at Clandeboye Ireland
The Marquis of Dufferin former governor general of Canada and longtime British diplomat died Wednesday morning at his home Clandeboye County Down Ireland. The obituary notes his prominent service in the British empire. A separate dispatch from San Juan Puerto Rico reports a fire at Caborojo near Mayaguez destroying 17 houses and the city hall. Many city records were burned with no damage estimate yet.
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Marquis of Dufferin
London
Ireb
Canada
Inglish
Clandeboye
County Down
Ireland
San Juan
Porto Rico
Caborojo
Mayaguez
Lipton to Attend Olympian Games in Chicago 1904
Sir Thomas Lipton will accept the committee invitation to be present at the 1904 Olympian games in Chicago and hopes to bring the new America's cup challenger to sail on the lakes if possible. Victim of an Automobile in New York. A seven year old boy Henry Thies was struck and killed by an automobile occupied by Edward R. Thomas and three friends. Thomas was arrested for homicide and released on bail. Plague in India ravages Punjab with 1000 deaths daily under the new non intervention regime per Lahore dispatch.
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New York
Henry Thies
Edward R. Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Thomas
Plag Rac
India
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lahore
Punjab
Young Turk Forms Football Club in Constantinople Expelled
A young Turk who organized a football club in Constantinople has been expelled from the city. The move follows authorities cracking down on political or nationalist activities linked to sports associations.
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Constantinople
Negroes Seek Large Land Purchase For Settlement
A Black man from southern Alabama has been in Mills county seeking options on extensive tracts in the Nishnu bottom of White Cloud township near Tabor. The aim is to colonize Black settlers for farming and gardening.
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Alabama
Mills County
White Cloud Township
Tabor
Review of Trade and Industry Amid Storms and Surges
New York February 15 R G Dun & Co Weekly Review notes progress despite heavy losses from floods snow blockades fires and explosions. Labor improves disputes at woolen mills resolved coal mine tensions averted rail wage gains. Rail earnings down 3.5 percent year to year due to storms and reduced grain movement. Iron and steel face overexpansion with slower deliveries as buyers look abroad. Pig iron January output 1 450 000 tons with stocks 154 200 tons vs 670 531 tons October 1 1900. Failures 240 in U S and 33 in Canada down slightly from last year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Florida
United States
Canadah
Alliance Formed Between Japan and Britain
London reports a five year treaty between Japan and England to prevent Corea or China dismemberment and to unite against aggression in war. The accord ends Britain’s isolation and surprised parliament and observers, with Premier Katsura confirming the Anglo-Japanese alliance as offensive and defensive in scope.
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London
Japan
England
Corea
China
Yokohama
Viscont
Katsura
St. Louis Exposition Officials Seek Exhibit Funding
Washington February 14 government board leaders for the St. Louis Exposition told the House Expositions Committee the exhibit budget. Congress has allotted 250000 for the building but not the exhibit. J T H Brigham head of the board and associates estimate 800000 for the exhibit and desire a 450000 building.
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Washington
Government Board
St. Louis
House Committee On
Fatal Dynamite Explosion in Springfield Townships
Henry Ford was killed and Joseph Carl and Evan Thomas badly hurt by a dynamite blast at the Robinson Merrill Pottery clay bank in Springfield Township Akron Ohio Feb 14. Two charges were placed. one exploded while workers investigated the other. Thomas burned severely and the others were nearly smothered before rescue.
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Akron
Henry Ford
Joseph Carl
Evan Thomas
Robinson-Merrill Pottery Company
Springfield Township
Tord
Diaz to retire as president within six months
A Dallas based source with Mexican links says President Diaz will resign within six months and General Reyes will succeed him. The claim cites an agent in Mexico City as the source of the information.
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Dallas
Tex
el Paso
Mexico
Diaz
Reyes
Berlin Census Shows 75,000 Idle in Unemployment Sweep
Berlin reports a February 2 census finds 75,000 unemployed and about 40,000 partially employed as the tallying continues. The spread of joblessness comes as relief measures struggle to keep pace with the downturn.
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Berlin
Bryanite test of democracy guides 1896 and 1900 shows political discipline
The writer cites Washington Star remarks on a “Bryanite test” that bars certain Democrats from backing Bryan in 1900 if they opposed him in 1896. Names like Hill Watterson Olney and Gorman appear as examples, with commentary on party regularity and shifting loyalties.
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Bryan
Hill
Washington Star
Will
Virginia
Maine
Watterson
Kentucky
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Olney
United States
Mr. Gorman
Maryland
McKinley
Opposition in Default and the Need for Honest Criticism
A Troy Times reprint argues a capable opposition party is essential for republican health. It faults Democratic leadership for blind hostility to Republican policies over the Philippines, praising past Democratic vigor and urging intelligent criticism from all factions.
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