Murdered German found on Rock Island Island B
William Nagle led officers to Geneva Island and Island B where a burned, kerosene soaked body was unearthed from a cyclone cellar. The victim Carl Brady was identified, with Collette accused of the murder and two accomplices missing. An inquest is planned. Nagle claims the woman acted with others.
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Island B
Carl Brady
Stuart
Rock Island
William Nagle
Nagle
James McElravy
Reynolds
Batchelor
Journal
Lyall Davidson
Geneva Island
William Dugan
Iowa
Mr. Stuart
Collette
Fairport
Eckhart
Muscatine
Josephine Collette
Hill in Strike Figures Arrival as Path to Settlement
St Paul report says North Pacific and Great Northern telegraphers strike enters fourth day with both sides claiming progress. Northern Pacific General Manager Horn expects on time trains. J J Hill slated to arrive August 10 and managers hope his hearing could lead to arbitration of the dispute.
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St. Pauli
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Horn
J. J. Hill
St. Paul
Iowa Football Schedule Seeks 1905 Squad for New Season
University of Iowa manager Nyle Jones calls for candidates on Sept 1 to form the team for 1905. He confirms several returning players and lists the corrected slate of games from Sept 26 to Nov 30 including Iowa vs Coe, Monmouth, Augustana, Chicago, Minnesota, Drake, Grinnell, Des Moines, Ames, and St Louis University, with negotiations with Northwestern reportedly off for the season.
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Iowa City
Nyle Jones
University of Iowa Athletics Today
Jones
Reddy
Griffith
Stoltenberg
Lee
Jordan
Knapp
Atkinson
Iowa
Coe
Monmouth
Augustana
Chicago
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Normal
Grinnell
Des Moines
Drake University
Towa City
Ames
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Northwestern
Milwaukee’s Pfister Indicted in Garbage Contract Graft
Milwaukee businessman Charles F. Pfister, a key political figure and ally of Henry C. Payne and Senator J. C. Spooner, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested for allegedly stealing 14000 dollars from the Wisconsin Rendering Company to win a garbage disposal contract. Direct testimony named Pfister as receiver of the funds with witnesses including F C Gross and bank officials.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles F. Pfister
Henry C. Payne
J. C. Spooner
Wisconsin Rendering Company
Pfister
F. C. Gross
Gross
Henry J. Killilea
Charles Frederick
First National Bank
William Bigelow
Frank G
May divide Yeomen and Guild in consolidation case
In Aurora Illinois August 5 representatives of Yeomen of America and American Guild certificate-holders faced Assistant Attorney General Boys in Springfield regarding their bid to annul the consolidation. Officers allegedly effected it illegally without member vote. Boys pledged to file a bill himself if the Guild does not answer in Kane County circuit court by next Friday, seeking court ruling.
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Aurora
Ill
Yeomen of America
American Guild
Boys
Springfield
Kane County
Mrs. Mary Carlisle Dies at Babylon Home
Mrs. Mary J. Carlisle widow of former Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle died yesterday at her West Islip country home after peritonitis developed three weeks earlier. Funeral services will be held Sunday and the body placed in Babylon cemetery vault until fall, when burial will move to Covington Kentucky.
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Secretary of Treasury
Country Home
Babylon
L. L
Mary J. Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
West Islip
Covington
Drake Loses $1000 Golf Match at Saratoga
John A. Drake, proud of his golf skill, played an eighteen hole match this morning at Saratoga, N Y, against Ed Smith of Ballston for $1000 a side and lost the contest. Horse owner backs his opinion on Drake's prowess.
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Saratoga
N. Y
John A. Drake
Grace Culver Taggart Faces Collapse in Divorce Suit
In Wooster Ohio on August 5 Grace Culver Taggart, defendant in Maj Elmore F Taggart's divorce suit, grew faint as testimony described a slumming trip with men and women to a disreputable house. Augustina de la Cruz, a Filipino servant in Manila in 1901, testified to later entertainment by an army officer in Taggart's room.
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Grace Culver Taggart
Wooster
Elmore F. Taggart
Augustina de la Cruz
Manila
Woman Inflicts Wounds Attempted Suicide in Scissor Attack
Burlington Iowa August 5 Special Mrs Isaac Stone a young married woman attempted death by her own action this morning with a pair of scissors inflicting about one hundred wounds She is expected to die in a grim case of self harm reported from Burlington authorities
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Burlington
Isaac Stone
Yellow Fever Fears Grow in New Orleans
New Orleans reports 487 cases and 95 deaths to date with four more deaths by noon today and fourteen new cases among non Italians. The city remains serious but not hopeless as federal aid is pledged and President Roosevelt acts to place the Marine Hospital Service in charge to enforce quarantine. Secretary Shaw then directs Captain Ross of the Revenue Cutter Service to oversee quarantine efforts in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Shaw
Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
Lee Family Amid Turmoil After Insanity Claim
In New London Iowa on August 5 a mob attacked Green Lee and wife as they were believed involved in the affair. Victor Lee faces strong local opposition after his wife was confined to Mount Pleasant asylum last Wednesday. his parents Green and Mrs. Lee are under medical care following the egg-throwing incident.
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New London
Lee
Victor Lee
Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum
Green Lee
Des Moines Promoter Sues for Breach of Promise
Charles G. Roberts of Des Moines files suit in Omaha alleging Elizabeth Meyer twice jilted him. He seeks $25,000 damages for breach of promise and another $25,000 from her parents for alienating affections. Roberts is described as a theatrical promoter. address not given.
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Omaha
Neb
Elizabeth Meyer
Charles G. Roberts
Des Moines Today
Roberts
Des Moines
Chinese refuse to handle freight on Manchuria steamer
In Yokohama on August 5 a boycott against American goods began with Chinese refusing to handle freight on the Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria bound for Hong Kong. A meeting to organize the action is planned for tomorrow.
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Yokohama
America
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Two Black men slain by mob in Mississippi city
Memphis reports say Ed Lew and Kid George, Black men, were fatally harmed by a mob in Hattiesburg last night while the pair faced charges as accessories in a grave court case involving a convict guard. The incident underscores ongoing racial violence and legal tension in the region.
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Memphis
Hattieburg
Miss
Ed. Lewis
Kid” George
J. G. Smith
Roosevelt greets peace envoys. oil tank tragedy reported
In Chanute Kansas on August 5, Dudley F. Chambers, treasurer and assistant general manager of Southwestern Oil and Gas, was found dead in an oil tank on the Burghardt lease. He descended a ladder into the tank to gauge oil depth and likely suffocated from gas while unconscious.
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Chanute
Kan
Dudley F. Chambers
Southwestern Oil and Gas Company
Burghardt
Chambers
STOPPED THE PASSENGERS
Chicago Aug 5 The gamblers syndicate have learned Chief Collins will not back down from stopping pool selling on board the City of Traverse He vows to win and shut the floating poolroom down Attorneys for gamblers warned of damages but were unmoved The planned lake trip yesterday failed as few “speculators” boarded at the Lake Shore railroad stop near 1 o clock with police not obstructing
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Chicago
Chief Collins
Traverse
Lake Shore
Uth
Mitchell to Quit Miners. Possible Retirement at Pennsylvania Meeting
Wilkesbarre Pa Aug 5 Despite statements by President John Mitchell that he would continue organizing the miners he is quoted at a meeting in Olyphant as saying I may not long be with you in this great movement The night and day work is too much The remark unsettles many miners and fuels speculation on whether he will stop organizing or decline re election next January
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Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Olyphant
Two Iowa Pastors Sue Officials Over Temperance Petition
In Albia, Ottumwa, two leading church pastors filed suit in district court seeking an injunction to stop Monroe county auditor from blocking citizen examination of the Mule petition for licensed saloons and to restrain the board of supervisors from canvassing the petition on August 8. The petition claims 65 percent of voters signed, though temperance supporters doubt several signatures are genuine.
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Ottumwa
Albia
District Court
Monroe County
Board of Supervisors
Petition to Witte on Jewish Treatment in Russia
Adolf Kraus of Chicago leads a B n ai B r ith committee to urge Sergius Witte to improve Russian Jewish conditions. Baron Schlippenbach arranges the meeting in Chicago with a New York venue to be set by M Witte.
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Adolf Kraus
Chicago
B'nai B'rith
Sergius Witte
Russia
Baron Schlippenbach
New York
M. Witte
Paul Kelly Gang Rampages as 59 Policemen Pursue Them
In New York the Paul Kelly gang launched a riot with 59 policemen in pursuit. They smashed windows, vandalized eateries, and attacked staff in the Lower East Side as authorities attempt to apprehend the notorious group. No clear arrests or outcomes announced.
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New York
Paul Kelly
Lower East Ae
Peace Commissioners Meet Aboard Mayflower At Oyster Bay
Population elated with op portunity of seeing them. Salutes fired today envoys presented to the president. Russians were on a warship left New York this morning and went to Oyster Bay where they were formally received by President Roosevelt on the Mayflower. At luncheon the two peace commissioners were entertained and the president proposed a toast to the welfare and prosperity of the sovereigns and peoples of the two nations. He hoped for a just and lasting peace speedily concluded between them.
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Oyster Bay
Peace Envoys Arrive as Roosevelt Welcomes Japan and Russia
In Oyster Bay at noon the President boarded a Mayflower launch after a Japanese peace mission ship anchored nearby. Salutes rang out as Baron Komura Takahira and their suite met Roosevelt, while Russian envoys Witte and Rosen received the nineteen gun ambassadorial salute aboard the Chattanooga. Harbor crowds gathered to watch the arrival prior to formal introductions.
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Oyster Bay
J. West Roosevelt Pier
Dolphin
Galveston
Winslow
Naval Review
New York
Baron Komura
Takahira
Roosevelt
Sergine Witte
Baron Rosen
R Ah
United States
Tacoma
Witte
Rosen
Chattanooga
Missouri Senator Denies All During Cross Examination
Jefferson City Aug 5 During the trial of Senator Frank H Farris on a charge he faced a rigorous cross examination by General Hadley but he maintained denials of every material allegation made by Former Lieutenant Governor Lee on the witness stand.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Frank H. Farris
Farris
Hadley
Lee
Fight at Sigourney Discharged clerk battles former boss
Oskaloosa reports Wood Adams a recently fired clerk at the White Hotel in Sigourney attacked his former employer with a beer bottle and then wounded himself with a razor, slicing 11 gashes. Both were in critical condition and may die.
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Oskaloosa
Wood Adams
White Hotel
Sigourney
Weather for Iowa and Chicago Aug 5
Weather for Iowa and Chicago with cooler tonight and Sunday. Moon sets at 10 p.m. Sun rises at 4 48 and sets at 7 06.
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Chicago
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