Rain Drives Crowds From Otumwa Streets In Junken Murder Trial
Centerville Iowa May 25 crowds dispersed by rain as John Junken stands trial for the murder of Clara Rosen. Judge Mitchell and County Attorney Cornell prepare for a high profile case with jury selection postponed to tomorrow morning. Junken shows nerves then calms as guards and defense mix with witnesses and police. The trial could run into next week with potential death penalty on the table.
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Junken
Centerville
John Junken
Clara Ro
Sennecca Cornell
J. C. Mitchel
Roberts
Bray
Mitchell
Price
Albia
Seneca Cornell
J. C. Mitchell
Appanoose County Court House
Clara Rosen
M. A. Roberts
Ottumwa
E. R. Mitchell
Wapello County
F. M. Hunter
John R. Price
Tragic Fire at Commencement Burns Five Children
In Central City Kentucky five children at Mrs B C Boyds school commencement were fatally burned after a girl dropped an electric candle igniting flimsy costumes. The audience turned chaotic but several men saved others by smothering flames with coats. several children were also slightly hurt.
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Central City
B. C. Boyd
Independent Fertilizer Combine Dropped in U S Europe Plan
The proposed 50 million dollar Independent Fertilizer Company to unite European and American plants has been abandoned as some constituent companies refused bankers terms. News from New York dated May 25 reports the setback ends the planned merger.
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New York
N. Y
Europe
Fertilizer C Company
Two Killed and Two Injured in Wreck Near Salisbury
The northbound Norfolk express from New York to Philadelphia and Norfolk collided with a freight train on a side track near Salisbury Maryland on May 25. Engineer Edward T West and a passenger were killed. Baggageman William W Guthrie and express messenger W W Wright were slightly injured.
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Salisbury
Norfolk Express
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Edward T. West
William W. Guthrie
W. W. Wright
Automobiles Replace Trains in Georgia Railroad Strike
In a Georgia strike of railroad firemen, autos from fifty towns in central and northeast Georgia carried passengers on schedule, altering service as trains halted. Tensions rose with armed guards, and a riot threat at Augusta was quelled when Sheriff and deputies saved J. H. Hewitt, a guard who fired on a crowd seeking a fireman on a yard engine.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Georgia
Augusta
J. H. Hewitt
Last American Out at Amateur Championship
Edinburgh May 25 T G Stevenson of Boston the last American in the amateur golf championship is eliminated after Jerome Travers loses to W A Henderson and Stevenson falls to J B Pease 3 up and 2 to play.
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Edinburgh
T. G. Stevenson
Boston
Jerome D. Travers
W. A. Henderson
J. B. Pease
Booth Fisheries Reorganizes Under Frank C. Letts
The Booth Fisheries company, a $5 million firm born from A. Booth & Co., elected Frank C. Letts president. Old offices may reopen soon. the firm inherits a $1,000 rebate penalty from the prior company for rebates tied to Nickel Plate and Lehigh Valley railways, with no sentence until yesterday. Letts heads Western Growers of Marshalltown, Iowa, and the Letts Spencer wholesale network.
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Chicago, Ill
Booth Fisheries Company
A. Booth & Co
Frank C. Letts
Booth
Nickel Plate
Lehigh Valley Railways
Western Growers Company of
Marshalltown
Letts-Spencer Company
Report Big Yield Or Wheat In Texas
Private advices state wheat harvesting has begun in three Texas counties with an average yield of 14 to 15 bushels per acre. Chicago expert H. E. Rycroft calls the estimate 50 percent too high due to drought. May wheat in Chicago holds near 1.35 dollars as prices show little change.
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Chicago
Ill
Texas
H. E. Rycroft
Two Iowans Die Near Tracks In Separate Incidents
In Webster City S C Zitterell was struck and killed by a passenger train near Des Moines street crossing as he walked home. body found next morning after city failed to secure a flagman. In Marshalltown RB Fagerland, 45, was killed by a Northwestern train while crossing tracks. no witnesses.
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Iowa Evening Press
Webster City
S. C. Zitterell
Des Moines
Marshalltown
RB. Fagerland
Lorimer Attempt Fails in Joint Senate Ballot
Springfield May 25 The expected bid by Congressman William Lorimer for the United States Senate failed to materialize as he stood with only one vote in the ninety fourth joint ballot. The tally showed Hopkins 88 Foss 7 Mason 2 Shurtleff 19 Stringer 10 Lorimer 1 Lowden 2 McKinley 2 Sherman 1 Kelly 11 Wright 6 Browne 1 Collins 16 Walsh 1 Brentano 1 Yates 1 Dietrick 1. The joint session adjourned until tomorrow.
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Springfield
William Lorimer
United States
Hopkins
Foss
Mason
Shurtleff
Stringer
Lorimer
Lowden
McKinley
Sherman
Kelly
Wright
Browne
Collins
Walsh
Brentano
Yates
Dietrick
Mob Hangs Suspect From Telegraph Pole in Pine Bluff
At Pine Bluff Arkansas on May 25 Lovett Davis a Black man accused of attempting to assault a 16 year old girl was seized from the jail by an unmasked mob of about 300 men and hanged from a telegraph pole.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lovett Davis
Immigration debate shapes church population forecast
In Denver on May 25 the Presbyterian general assembly heatedly discussed a projection that U S population may reach 200,000,000 within fifty years. Speakers included Congressman Bennett of New York and Dr W L McEwan of Pittsburg. The assembly adopted the committee report and related items on missions and colleges.
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Denver
Col
United States
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church Today
Congressman Bennett
New York
W. L. McEwan
Pittsburg
Charles Thompson
Board of Home Missions
Colleges
Synodical Home Missions
Sister of Grover Cleveland Dies in Hartford at 79
Mrs Anna Cleveland Hastings widow of Rev Dr E P Hastings and sister of former President Grover Cleveland died at her Hartford home today. She was 79 years old. Her death removes a member of the Cleveland family from public life after a long career in social and religious circles. The funeral arrangements were not announced immediately.
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John Junken
Ottumwa
Fred Rosen
Fred Rosen, Jr
Miss Rosen
Plum Street
G. O. Nelson
Dare Street
Nelson
Clara
Cleveland
Hartford
Conn
Anna Cleveland Hastings
E. P. Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Hold Fears For The Validity Of The Tariff Bill
Washington May 25 Senator Shively warned the senate that the maximum and minimum rate clause may unconstitutional as it delegates legislative power to the executive. Senator Stone defended his vote for a 25 cent per ton iron ore duty and cited an interview with Bryan. The lumber schedule dominated the day with Root Heyburn Borah opposing free lumber and Clapp Burkett McCumber arguing against liberalization. Dolliver shifted stance toward limiting free lumber while doubt remains on impact.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Shively
Indiana
Senator Stone
Stone
Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Root
Heyburn
Borah
Dolliver
Clapp
Burkett
McCumber
Big Will Contest Begun in Iowa City Court
A major will contest opened in Iowa City district court as Daniel and Mary Goetz and Matilda Kalbach challenge the will of Wendel Stoetz, alleging unsound mind and undue influence. They claim the testator cut them off with only $1,200 each while his other children John and Emma received most of the estate including over $25,000 in real property.
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Iowa City
District Court
Daniel
Mary Goetz
Matilda
Goetz) Kalbach
Wendel Stoetz
Big Grove Township
John
Emma
Precedent Set By Ruling Of Judge Howell Iowa Case
Judge R P Howell discharged J B Eckenrode on multiple pure food law counts and fined $100 each by a justice of the peace. He remitted the fines citing that Ohio concerns in another state must be tried under US pure food law, not state law. The state will seek Supreme Court review to establish a first Iowa ruling.
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Iowa City
R. P. Howell
District Court
Iowa
Supreme Court
Howell
J. B. Eckenrode
Ohio
United States
Eckenrode
Three Shaw family perish in Eldon house fire
Eldon Iowa May 25 three children Hazel 12 Lyle 19 Lynn 8 and their grandfather John Carter 75 died when a lamp overturned during a storm started a blaze at the Carter home at 2 am. Mrs Shaw and a baby were away at a restaurant and the father arrived later. the mother is considered distraught and guarded.
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Eldon
Hazel
Lyle
Lynn
Jack Shaw
Fredonia
John Carter
Carter
Lela Shaw
Roosevelt Camp Visit Sparks Rifle Proof Strength
Nairobi May 25 AP staff correspondent reports Col Roosevelt and son Kermit are in good health after a two day stay at the Heatley ranch camp on Nairobi river. The pair impressed locals with accurate rifle fire and Kermit recently killed a hyena in close range. Roosevelt condemns bogus dispatches as inventions funded by bribery.
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Nairobi
Associated Press
Roosevelt Camp
Heatley Ranch
Roosevelt
Kermit
Col. Roosevelt
Big Sum Raised by Lambs At Their Entertainment
New York May 25 Forty thousand dollars was the amount realized by the Lambs club at their entertainment last night. In the cast were DeWolf Hopper Raymond Hitchcock Eddie Foy Wilton Lackaye Dunston Farnham and other noted actors. There was Belasco Augustus Thomas Charles Klein A L Erlanger George Broadhurst and other prominent authors and managers in the role of stage personages and supers. In all 150 stage celebrities took part in the entertainment.
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New York
The
Lambs Club
DeWolf Hopper
Raymond Hitchcock
Eddie Foy
Wilton Lackaye
Dunston Farnham
Belasco
Augustus Thomas
Charles Klein
A. L. Erlanger
George Broadhurst
Brown for Shippers. Railway President Defends Action
Lincoln Neb May 25 W C Brown president of the New York Central lines defended recent national congress enactments and interstate commerce commission rulings favorable to shippers. He denounced railroad rebates passes and discrimination in favor of large shippers.
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Action of Commerce Commission
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Commercial Club
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
National Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Man Dies Former Auditor and Odd Fellow
M. P. Shorts longtime Burlington resident and former county auditor and prominent Odd Fellow died in Phoenix Arizona from tuberculosis on May 25.
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Iowa Evening Press
Burlington
Firemen Drown Watchman While Fighting Basement Blaze
Des Moines reports a night watchman W. T. Allen aged 50 at the Dodd and Struthers lightning ray factory died during a basement fire. He raised the alarm and entered the blaze. firemen flooded the basement unaware of his presence and found his body in water after the flames were extinguished. The cause was given as smoke suffocation or drowning.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
W. T. Allen
Dodd and Struthers Lightning Ray
Allen
Tragedy in Eldon Claims Shaw Family of Fredonia
Jack Shaw of Fredonia learns his three children Hazel Lyle and Lynn died in a house fire at their grandfather John Carter in Eldon. Mrs Shaw and the infant survived. Shaw relatives rush to Eldon as details remain scarce.
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Fredonia
Eldon
Columbus Junction
Tia
Jack Shaw
Hazel
Lyle
Lynn
John Carter
Shaw
William Shaw
County Poor Farm
Marengo paving bid moves ahead after injunction denial
The district court refused to grant a writ of injunction against contractor James Horrabin of Des Moines. Judge Howell ruled Horrabin may proceed with the Marengo paving contract as terms require, despite local opposition and bitterness over the project.
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Iowa City
Marengo
Howell
James Horrabin
Des Moines
Sixteenth Anniversary Of South Muscatine Ladies Aid
The South Muscatine Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church marks its sixteenth anniversary tomorrow. The event will be celebrated at Mrs. W. S. Van Atta’s home in Bloomington township, the founder of the society organizing it sixteen years ago. About fifty members will travel by wagonette from the church at one o clock.
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South Muscatine
Weather Outlook For Iowa And Illinois Tonight Through Wednesday
Iowa forecasts show rain tonight with possible showers continuing into Wednesday. Illinois expects rain or showers in the extreme south, with unsettled weather extending tonight and Wednesday. Sunrise is 4 21, sunset 7 22, moonset 12 16 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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