Perpetual Franchise Not Exclusive Use in Des Moines Streets
Judge Smth McPherson in federal court holds Des Moines City Railway has a street franchise but not exclusive rights. Turner franchise from 1866 remains in force though its monopoly expired in 1896. Court enjoins city from tearing up tracks. case tests franchise validity with ongoing appeals and no merits trial yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Smth McPherson
E H. R. Mason
Des Moines City Railway Company
Turner
Dr. Turner
City Railway Company
McPherson
District Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Polk County
City Railway
Supreme Court
Howe
Brennan
Big Des Moines Factory Deals Announced by Civic Group
Des Moines lands two new factories through the Greater Des Moines committee. The American Glue company plans a 100 by 150 foot plant employing about 250 with $60,000 in machinery and Cedar Rapids Waterloo Ottumwa Marshalltown waste products used. R O Stutsman Manufacturing to build a two story 50 by 100 foot plant employing about 100, plus a brass foundry and engine work. A large beet sugar warehouse, 150 by 125 feet, will store nearly 1,000 railroad cars, leased from F M Hubbell to Merchants' Transfer, with Denver sugar output to be shipped in from Colorado and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
American Glue Company
R. O. Stutsman Coffee and Peanut
Greater
Ellsworth Packing Company
Agar Packing Company
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
R. O. Stutsman Manufacturing Company
Ninth
Murphy Streets
F. M. Hubbell
Stutsman
Merchants’ Transfer Company
American Beet Sugar Company of
Denver
Colorado
Kansas
Burlington man weds Blanche Cutter in secret ceremony
Warren Beckwith formerly divorced from Jessie Lincoln Beckwith married Blanche Julia Cutter in Burlington by Mayor Unterkircher. The newlyweds arrived from Aurora on an evening train, were escorted to city hall, and left for St Louis and New Orleans. Parents may not have known of the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Warren Beckwith
Jessie Lincoln Beckwith
Robert T. Lincoln
Mount Pleasant
Trial by Telephone Stages Arraignment in Algona
Algona reports a historic arraignment conducted by telephone. Marshal Switzer, tracking Conductor Ed Boyer of the Milwaukee, arrested him for delaying at Algona crossings, then summoned Justice Taylor who, via the phone, declared the railroad man "constructively" brought before him and fined $10, which Boyer paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Marshal Switzer
Whittemore
Ed, Boyer
Milwaukee
Justice of the Peace
Taylor
Boyer
Tragic Train Crossing Death Near Seymour Iowa
A Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul freight train struck three youths crossing the tracks near Seymour. John Pollock of Seymour was killed instantly while Clayton Linn and George Brotelmyer of Jerome were seriously injured.
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Ottumwa
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Seymour
John Pollock
Clayton Linn
George Brotelmyer
Jerome
Fire destroys Dodd & Struthers plant in Des Moines blaze
A Friday morning fire gutted the Dodd & Struthers manufacturing building at Sixth and Center, causing about 103000 in losses. The blaze started on the third floor lab. nearby Chamberlain and Benham factories were endangered but saved. Copper stock valued at 40000 on the fourth floor faced heavy flames, with papers secured in a fireproof vault. West Dodd says the business will reopen within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dodd & Struthers’ Manufacturing
Sixth and Center
Chamberlain Medicine Company
Dodd & Struthers Concern
Chamberlain
Benham Garment Factory
West Dodd
Freed from prison weeps for a new life
Jerome W. Hoot, freed from an Iowa penitentiary after serving time for sending an infernal machine to his wife, laments his lack of friends money and place to live. He says his marked past will reveal him wherever he goes and questions whether repentance changes his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jerome W. Hoot
State’ Penitentiary
Baker leaves Baker Trisler firm to move west
Des Moines report states D L Baker, president and founder, severs ties with Baker Trisler. C H Trisler assumes control as president and GM, with W B Amsbury as vice president and secretary. Baker plans relocation to Southern California after twenty five years in Des Moines book trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
D. L. Baker
Baker- Trisler Company
California
Mr. Baker
C. H. Trisler
Trisler
W. B. Amsbury
Baker
Heywood & Son
Walnut Street
Editors Will Meet In Rockwell City March Meeting
The Upper Des Moines Editorial association holds its semi annual gathering in Rockwell City on March 14 and 15 with a strong program. Harvey Ingham of Des Moines Register and Leader will lecture on A Tragedy of the Frontier Thursday evening and a banquet will follow Friday evening hosted by the Rockwell City Business Men's association. Attendance expected from 50 to 75 editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Upper
Des Moines Editorial Association
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register and Leader
Rockwell City Business Men’s Association
Company H Names New Captain in Iowa Guard
M B Miles longtime first sergeant of Company H Iowa National Guard has been elected captain replacing A M Petite who resigned. Twenty four votes backed Miles with no opposition along with nominations for Colonel Bennett and Major Tinley to retain their current offices. The company plans to begin building a new armory and recruit to standard strength under the new captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
M. B. Miles
Iowa National Guard
A. M. Petite
Mins
Bennett
Tinley
Fifty-fifth Regiment
Whalen Improving After Northwestern Yard Accident
Superintendent W H Whalen of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway is improving in Eleanor Moore hospital after a yard accident. If progress continues, he may return home by the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whalen
Boone
W. H. Whalen
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Eleanor Moore Hospital
Northwestern Yards
Bank Cashier Killed Jumping From Street Car
R B Felton cashier of the State Bank of Underwood was killed in Council Bluffs while leaping from a street car to avoid a collision with a string of Great Western freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
R. B. Felton
State Bank of
Underwood
Great Western
Smoot Retains Senate Seat After Close Vote
Washington observers witnessed the final outcome as Reed Smoot held his Utah senate seat with 42 yes votes to 28 against, plus 18 paired. overall 51 to 37 with 3 Democratic and 9 Republican defections. The vote followed intense petitions from women’s groups, while cheers erupted from supporters after the tally. The House then advanced the large post office appropriation bill restoring pay provisions for postal workers. The Senate also approved the naval and river and harbor appropriations totaling 100,727,807 and 92,720,472 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Smoot
Senator Wetmore
Senate
House
Blackburn
Clark
Montana
Daniel
Teller
Burrows
Clapp
Dupont
Hale
Hansbrough
Hemenway
Kittredge
la Follette
Smith
Committee On
Wisconsin Rail Commission Sets Two and a Half Cent Fare
The Wisconsin state railway commission ordered railways to charge a flat two and one half cent passenger fare. It recommended 500 mile family mileage books for ten dollars after an extended hearing with railway representatives. The commission was created by last legislature to fix rates and regulate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Railway Commission
Wisconsin
Six Seamen Drowned In Shoreline Disaster
Six seamen lost their lives when the Philadelphia and Reading Coal company barges Girard and Alaska went ashore and broke up off Highland Light Massachusetts on Monday. The captain of the Girard and one seaman were saved, hauled ashore in the breeches buoy by the Highland Light life-saving crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Light
Mass
Philadelphia, & Reading Coal Company
Girard
Alaska
Highland Light Station
Death by his own hand of Mexican Central official
A private telegram from Mexico City reports E. E. Styner, former general manager of the Mexican Central railroad, died there from wounds self inflicted. The El Paso dispatch notes Styner’s death occurred in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Mexico City
E. E. Styner
Mexican Central Railroad
Ptomaine Poisoning Claims Two Children Near Hillsboro
In Hillsboro Ohio a three year old boy and five year old girl, children of farmer Fred Fenner, died Wednesday afternoon from ptomaine poisoning sustained at their home two miles south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Fred Fenner
Girl Shoots Man Then Herself in Marlon Illinois
Nora Turner daughter of H. Turner Harrisburg Michigan shot Robert Kennedy Monday and then killed herself. She had warned Kennedy she would kill him if he did not marry her. Both are reported to die.
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Man
Marlon
Ill
Nora Turner
H. Turner
Harrisburg
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Cleopatra
Mme. Recamien
Mar
Goethe
Athens Chamber Recalls Marathon Battle in 1910 Commemoration
The chamber of deputies votes to mark the Marathon battle 24 centuries after its occurrence. The ceremony will occur in parallel with the forthcoming Olympic Games and includes jointly held observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Chamber of Deputies
Marathon
Fast Train Wrecks Near Johnstown and Mines Camp Collision
A Pennsylvania railroad express between New York and Chicago wrecked near Mineral Point eight miles east of Johnstown. Thirty nine injured nine seriously, no fatalities. Telegraph lines down, 54 aboard. eight injured moved to Altoona. In Salt Lake City Clinton Leigh killed and Seth Taft died later from injuries after a collision at Bingham mining camp. Speaker Harry Josephs lightly hurt. Leigh was Salt Lake Herald writer.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Mineral Point
Conemaugh River
Altoona
Salt Lake City
Clinton B. Leigh
Salt Lake
Seth Taft
Wayne County
Harry Josephs
Bingham
Leigh
Washingtons Birthday Observed Across Greater New York
Flags of every size waved in New York and abroad as Washingtons birthday was celebrated. Financial district activity paused and shops closed while flags hung from windows in poorer districts and immigrant neighborhoods. In Vienna and Berlin receptions for the American colony were held at the American embassies with diplomats and families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Washington
Fifth Avenue
Financial District
Vienna
Washington
Supreme court upholds John Day Smith law ban on hanging details
The Minnesota Supreme Court sustains the constitutional validity of the John Day Smith law forbidding publishing details of hangings. Pioneer Press Dispatch and Daily News faced indictment after printing complete hanging details of William Williams. Case remanded for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Supreme Court
John Day Smith
Pioneer Press
Dispatch
Daily News
William Williams
Bunn
Theemurrer
Bailey Warned Oil Trust In Opinion To Reenter Texas
Austin Texas Senator Bailey told a legislative committee he was approached by Standard Oil officials after the Beaumont oil boom to advise on reentering Texas. He said he wrote an opinion warning that any attempt to do business would land them in the penitentiary with fines and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Bailey
Standard Oil
New York
Beaumont
Roosevelt Heads to Boston and Groton to Visit Sons
President Roosevelt departed Washington Friday afternoon for Boston and Groton Massachusetts where he plans to spend Saturday and Sunday visiting his sons Theodore and Kermit who are enrolled in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Boston
Groton
Mass
Theodore
Kermit
Prominent New Orleans Lawyer Hewes Gurley Dies
Hewes T. Gurley, a leading New Orleans attorney and partner of Eugene D. Saunders who was named a federal judge, died Friday from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewes T. Gurley
New Orleans
Eugene D. Saunders
Federal Court
Drug House Destroyed In Steubenville Fire
Beall and Steele's wholesale drug house in Steubenville Ohio was completely destroyed by a Wednesday fire. The blaze caused an estimated $100000 in losses with adjacent buildings sustaining about $35000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Beall & Steele
Finsen Ray Blinds Professor in Colorado Case
Dr J C Shedd of Colorado College likely blinded for life after experiments with the Finsen ray a newly discovered powerful electric ray at Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
J. C. Shedd
Colorado College
What Men Most Admire in Women Charm defines the attraction across sexes
The essay argues charm, not beauty, drives lasting appeal. It contrasts a man’s and a woman’s ideal partner, noting trust and dependence in the ever womanly, while the woman’s woman leans toward masculine traits. It ends claiming charm remains undefined yet universally magnetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Tea and the Japanese subsidy debate in the press
Charles Edward Russell argues in Everybody's that Japan did not subsidize tea exports but used funds to promote Japanese teas through branch teahouses in New York Boston Montreal Chicago and other cities. He says the government sought to capture foreign trade from American firms and will finish the work with a new act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Russell
New York
Boston
Montreal
Chicago
Japan
Tokio
Nun Butterfly Threat Looms Over Central Europe Forests
The feared nun butterfly appears across Bohemia with threats to adjoining Saxony and Silesia. Officials from the ministry of agriculture form a commission to investigate the outbreak and assess potential damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Saxony
Silesia
Ministry of Agriculture
Language Barbs Stir Cleveland Plata Dealer Dialogue
A Cleveland exchange about a man labeled a drinker freshens an ongoing talk about reliability. The quote contrasts steadiness with drinking habits, throwing light on local reputations and social attitudes.
Peruna ingredients examined by the United States Dispensatory
A critique of Peruna’s claimed effectiveness cites the Dispensatory for its ingredients Hydrastis Canadensis Corydalis Formosa Cubebs Cedron seeds and Oil of Copaiba. Each is described as a tonic digestive stimulant or mucous membrane remedy with uses in catarrh stomach and liver conditions and chronic infections. The notice invites readers to send for testimonials to gauge public opinion on Peruna as a catarrh remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Peruna
The Motor Voice Discovery by a Rider on a Bus
A young woman on a motor omnibus discovers the motor voice phenomenon as she attempts to talk while riding. She realizes this modern nuisance affects speech and voices and leads to the eerie realization that she cannot keep her voice from echoing or fading.
Col Silas Burt Re-elected Civil Service Reform Leader
Col Silas W Burt, newly elected president of the Civil Service Reform association, previously served as a naval officer under the first Grant administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Silas W. Burt
Civil Service Reform Association
Free your system from neuralgia with pink pills cure
A Detroit woman recounts years of neuralgia relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes severe headaches weight loss and hair turning white before trial. After three months she gained ten pounds and no longer suffers nerves. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady at 50 cents per box, six for 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Creasere
Boulevard West
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
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Crossng
Dodd & Struthers
Pennsylvania Flyer
Minnesota Supreme Court
OIL Trust
Texas
By Julia Magruder
Joseph B. Bowles
U. S
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Eastern Washington Farm Lands
BIG Bend Land Company
Washington Street
Spokane
Aéarest Office
M. V. Richards
Southernly
Mobile & Ohio R. A
Washington, D.C
Chase West
Chemical
St. Louis
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D. C
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