Amendment vote stirs Iowa politics amid election changes
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Iowa's 1904 biennial election amendment debate. Supporters tout lower costs and less disruption while opponents warn of weakened political organization. new separate yellow ballot and broader turnout are planned. Reports also note crop forecasts, insurance rate protests, and court rulings shaping campaigns statewide.
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Friends of the Amendment
Wood-bury
Sage
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Des Moines
Murderer Freed After Clemency In High Profile Iowa Case
Charles Cackley, who confessed to killing constable Reuben Fentzenmaker at Bonaparte 37 years ago, was released from a 15 year sentence after Governor Cummins granted clemency under public pressure. Once a fugitive with a history of escape attempts, he later lived under an assumed name in Washington County, Missouri, before this admission and sentencing.
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Charles Cackley
Gov. Cummins
Iona
Cackley
Reuben Fentzenmaker
Bonaparte
Washington County
Missouri
Death Message in Bottle Claims Killer of Iowa Sheriff
A bottle recovered from a Missouri River sandbar contained a paper declaring death by Ed Carns the slayer of the Monona County Iowa sheriff. The note, odor of whisky, surfaced with a suggested Northward origin and is tied to the Onawa sheriff Strain case. The finding occurred as townsfolk watched a minstrel show.
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Fred Morley
Missouri River
Ed Carns
Monona County
Iowa
Omaha
George Morley
Sheriff Strain
Onawa
Champion Beef Eater Dies After 85 Pounds Raw Meat Feat
Phil Melloy of Dubuque famed as the world's champion eater collapsed and died after eating 85 pounds of raw beef. An autopsy by six doctors showed stomach juices permeating the walls. A taunting wager by youths spurred the boastful challenger to attempt the feat.
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Phil’ Melloy
Dubuque
Melloy
Girl Slayer Pardoned After 7 Years In Iowa Prison
Delilah Fails, 27, whose photo graced metropolitan papers after her murder of Jerome Kern, leaves Anamosa prison a free woman. Her lover Will Kern, son of the slain man, will be released next March and they will wed. Gov. Cummins granted parole amid broad public demand. The crime stirred wide debate as the motive and justification were hotly discussed.
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Pretty Delilah
Metropolitan
Jerome Kern
Anamosa
Will Kern
Cummins
Kern
Kern, Jr
Des Moines Colored Citizens Plan Mass Meeting
At a joint Des Moines gathering of Negroes and black churchmen during the National Congregational council session, plans were made for a monster mass meeting to show appreciation for bequests from James Callanan to colored schools and institutions.
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Des Moines
National Congregational Council
James Callanan
Eddyville Man Seeks 65 000 From Masonic Lodge
An elderly man named McKinzie stays in Eddyville pursuing a civil claim for 65000 dollars alleged injuries from 40 years past against the Masonic lodge.
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McKinzie
Eddyville
Masonic Lodge
Japanese General Assaults East Port Arthur Forts
Reports from Tokio Chefoo and Mukden describe a series of Japanese assaults on positions north of Port Arthur and along the Rihlung and Sunghohowlan mountains. Parallels include fires at Port Arthur, shell hits on ships, and heavy fighting around Buddhist temple hill as Japanese and Russian forces exchange artillery and infantry attacks.
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Keekwan Group
Port Arthur
Rihlung Mountain
Sunghohowlan
Old Port Arthur
Sevastopol
Chefoo
Fort Arthur
Rihlung
Mukden
Buddhist Temple
Wumingtsun
Waitao Mountain
Elevator collapses under Ontario elevator in Buffalo harbor
The Ontario elevator sank into Evans slip on Sunday near Buffalo. It contained about 370 000 bushels of barley with much at the bottom. Loss from grain and building is estimated at 350 000 dollars. Investigations point to foundation settling due to quicksand and dock changes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ontario
Sweethearts Take Poison in Crisis in South Bend
Daniel Daust and May Probst, sweethearts, were found in a stupefied condition after taking strychnine in a personal crisis. They refused to explain their motive as local physicians intervened to thwart the suicide attempt.
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South Bend
Ind
Daniel Daust
May Probst
Panama prepares for first birthday celebration
Elaborate arrangements are under way in Colon Panama for the isthmian republics first birthday. The liner Dixie is at Colon and her commander is authorized to participate in all suitable ways in the celebration.
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Washington
Panama
Isthmian Republic
Dixie
Colon
Local Business Executive Dies of Heart Failure
Cornelius Shields general manager of the Consolidated Lake Superior Corporation in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan died suddenly Friday from heart failure.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Cornelius Shields
Consolidated Lake Superior Corporation
Des Moines College Elects Kalamazoo Leader as President
The board of trustees of Des Moines College in Marshalltown Iowa on October 28 unanimously elected Herbert L. Stetson current president of Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo Michigan as president of Des Moines College.
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Marshalltown
Des Moines College
Herbert L. Stetson
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, Mich
Simon Lake No 10 Submarine Torpedo Boat Launched
The submarine torpedo boat Simon Lake No. 10 was launched at Newport News shipyard on Thursday. It is the third of five boats believed destined for Russia or Japan now completed.
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Newport News
Russia
Japan
Death of ex governor Nash in Columbus home
Former Ohio governor George K. Nash died Friday morning in the bathroom at his stepdaughter’s home on Jefferson avenue Columbus. Born August 4 1842 in Medina county he served in the Civil War and held several public posts including judge and governor. He had been in frail health for over a year and left no surviving wife. Stepson Deshler is in Japan.
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Columbus
George K. Nash
Worthington E. Babcock
Jefferson Avenue
Nash
Ohio
Hfe
Medina County
Oberlin College
Ohio State Journal
Franklin County
Supreme Court of Ohio
Hanna
Deshler
Japan
Public School Attendance And Costs In 1904 Report
The commissioner of education's report for the year ending June 30 1904 shows 16,009,361 pupils or 20 percent of the population in public schools. Total system cost is 251,457,625 dollars, up 16 million from the prior year, averaging 3.15 per capita and 22.75 per pupil.
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Washington
Commissioner of Education
Secretary of the Interior
District of Columbia
Fire at St Petersburg wedding leaves many dead
In St Petersburg on Sunday evening a fire at a wedding in a poor district killed 11 guests and left five missing amid fears others perished. The tragedy follows the wedding celebration and has shocked the community.
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St. Petersburg
Mrs Cornwell Dies from Coal Gas Poisoning in De Ray
Detroit, Oct 29. Mrs Charles W Cornwell dies at her home in De Ray and her husband is dying from coal gas exposure caused by a defective stove Thursday night.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles W. Cornwell
DeRay
Ex-Alderman Murphy Found Guilty in Bribe Case
Milwaukee jurors convict ex Alderman William Murphy of soliciting a bribe tied to a side track ordinance passed by the common council in 1899. Murphy’s counsel will appeal to the supreme court. he was admitted to bail in 3000 dollars.
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Milwaukee
William Murphy
Common Council
Murphy
Supreme Court
Lamont official from Illinois held on embezzlement charge
Captured in Marquette Michigan, Nels Anderson, treasurer of Lamont, Illinois, was arrested and taken to Chicago by a detective. He is under indictment for embezzling city funds.
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Marquette, Mich
Nels Anderson
Lamont, JI
Chicago
First Audubon county home sold to mill owner
The Natty Hamlin homestead at Troublesome creek in Extra township, the first settlement site in Audubon county, changes hands to Saren Anderson for the Extra flouring mill property. Nathaniel Hamlin and associates settled the area in 1851, and the old homestead now transfers as Douglas Hamlin plans to move to Exira and lead the mill.
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Extra
Audubon County
Natty .Hamlin
Saren Anderson
Nathaniel Hamlin
James Hamlin
David Holgerton
Mahaska County
Troublesome Creek
Extra Township
Natty
Douglas Hamlin
Exira
San Pablo Company Sells Land and Assets to Delaware Firm
The San Pablo plantation in Campeachy including outfits and rail links, and mahogany exports, sold to International Lumber & Development Company, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Philadelphia. J. E. Blythe coordinated the stock sale, closing the deal in Pennsylvania.
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San Pabilo Company
Fin Campeachy
International Lumber & Development Company
Delaware
Philadelphia
San Pablo Company
Campeachy
Iowa
J. E. Blythe
H. O. Weaver
Ernest Hart
J. E Blythe
Pennsylvania
Farmer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
William Peddicord a farmer near Perry beat his wife with a club in the barnyard, fatally injuring her, and then killed himself in an adjoining corn field. Their child found the unconscious wife and the dead husband as the family faced debts and a farm legacy in her name.
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Illiam Peddicord
Perry
Penddicord
Peddicord
Sensation in breach of promise suit in Waterloo
Waterloos social circles buzz as George W. Bowder files suit for 18500 against Mrs Effie Hartman Curtiss widow of W D Hartman and Chicago born KE Curtiss a Waterloo couple. Bowder claims 3500 for money expended in the case as the prominent real estate dealer from Minneapolis now Waterloo resident.
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Waterloo
Effie Hartman Curtiss
George W. Bowder
Minneapolis
Waverly
Two Die in Depot Fight at Nebraska City Junction
At the Burlington line switch station in southwest Iowa two men died following a confrontation with agent Frank Sells. Sells ordered trespassers away, a quarrel ensued, and he fired at the nearest tramp fatally wounding him. A second tramp shot Sells, killing him. the shooter was later captured at McPaul and jailed in Sidney.
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Nebraska City Junction
Burlington
Iowa
Frank Sells
Sells
McPaul
Sidney
Rock Island Seeks Control of Iowa Elevators
Negotiations underway between Rock Island railroad representatives and Iowa elevator owners aimed at making the railroad sole owner of all elevators along its Iowa branches. Counsel man elevators are the largest holdings among grain firms in Iowa, and talks focus on this firm alone.
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Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Rock Island
Counselman
Spirited Away General's Girl Mystery Unfolds
Father Lambert of Lake City claims ten years ago he spirited away the daughter of Gen. Kuropatkin from Russia. Secret service teams have pursued the case for months. The girl is now believed to be in Maryland. Full statement released.
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Father Lambert
Lake City
Russia
Gen. Kuropatkin
Secret Service
Maryland
Plan for an electric road from Fort Dodge to Iowa Falls
Iowa State news reports that an electric railroad linking Webster City, Fort Dodge, and Iowa Falls is more than a possibility. gypsum mill owners of Fort Dodge are named as promoters. A Webster City resident was shown plans and received a detailed explanation of the project, which has been kept largely secret.
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Webster City
Fort Dodge
Iowa Falls
Iowa City correspondent expelled after Wilcox quote flap
Kenneth D. Steere, Iowa City correspondent for the Des Moines Capital and Chicago Record-Herald, was reprimanded and expelled from recitation in the history department after publishing a story claiming Prof W. C. Wilcox stated Kansans are crazy half the time. The faculty confirmed Wilcox's request that Steere withdraw from the department following the publicity.
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Kenneth D. Steere
Iowa City
Des Moines
Fatal stabbing during merrymaking in Ottumwa
Mary Chesser of Ottumwa was slain in a room where she and a companion were merrymaking. A scream was heard, she appeared with a bleeding throat, and died within moments. An armed stranger fled after a struggle with two men who confronted him.
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Mary Chesser
Ottumwa
Grief Fells 16-Year-Old Boy in Barn Loft Suicide
Alfred O Dell aged 16 son of M M O Dell carpenter of New Market hanged himself by tying a rope to a barn loft beam and leaping from the loft door in grief over his parents reproof. Small boys onlookers reported the death after a few minutes. He had smoked for two days prior.
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Alfred O’dell
M. M. O'Dell
New Market
Explosion at Abbott & Son Powder House Near Marshalltown
A powder house containing tons of powder and dynamite at Abbott and Son in the Marshalltown suburbs exploded early in the week. Two tramps spotted near the site were not found. No fatalities occurred, but workers would likely have been killed had the blast happened later.
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Abbott & Son
Marshalltown
Bicycle Ghost Mystery Rider Unmasked in North Fort Dodge
A North Fort Dodge resident reports the so called bicycle ghost is a somnambulist girl of high society. She rides a bicycle around the block in her night dress while asleep, solving the month long fright.
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North Fort Dodge
Vein of Coal Found in Union County Promises Large Yield
A new coal vein discovered in Union County signals a promising large yield. Also reported: elopement of Julia Ness and Theodore E. Boller in Des Moines. jewel thefts by Smith and Cohen. Des Moines College appoints Herbert N. Stetson as president. Iowa Baptist convention denounces divorce. Several local incidents and legal actions across the state noted, including court cases, crimes, and civic projects.
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Union County
Des Moines
Julia Ness
Theodore E. Boller
Smith and Cohen
Des Moines College
Marshalltown
Herbert N. Stetson
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Iowa Baptist Convention
St. Louis
Iowa State College
Ames
Nick Enwright
Sewall
Rossville Gap
Gap
George Nusser
Marengo County
Truman Gilchrist
West Fork
H. W. Schlueter
Polk County Court House
C. S. Medbury
Oskaloosa
Supreme Court
Osborn Brothers
Poweshiek County
Madrid
S. I. Shaw
Pleasanton
Leon
Henry Klein
Alton
New York
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Polk County
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