Insane Infatuation Trial Details Confession Tale
Hastings Neb March 26 Julia Horlocker testified via confidante Miss Iva Stewart about a complex love affair with her married employer. The defense framed the case as insanity and recounted intimate episodes from the office and private apartments ending after a newspaper article publicized their conduct.
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Hastings
Neb
Julia Horlocker
Iva Stewart
Miss Stewart
Stewart
Chicago Political Murder Stakes Sampson Candidacy
John F O Malley former state senator shot William H Lyman at Lyons and O Malleys saloon North Clark and Kinzie streets Lyman gravely wounded O Malley jailed The shooting tied to John W Sampsons alderman nomination mob attacks Mormon Elders in Albemarle North Carolina mob chased them after post office visit and threatened lynching
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson
Chicago
John F. O’malley
Twenty-third
William H. Lyman
Lyons & O'Malley
North Clark and
Kinzie Streets
Lyman
Elm Street
O'Malley
East Chicago Avenue
Market Street
O’malley
John W. Sampson
Twenty-third Ward
Chattanooga
Tenn
William P. Jacobs
William H. Jensen
Albemarle
N. C
Steamer Gen. Pel Officers Tortured and Eaten by Cannibals
Vancouver March 26 news from the Warrimoo reports a grievous incident in Dutch New Guinea where three officers of the 1,000 ton British trading steamer Gen. Pel were captured by natives, subjected to horrific torture, and killed and eaten in a savage act.
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Vancouver
B. C
Warrimoo
Dutch New Guinea
Gen. Pel
Plans for Duluth and New Orleans railway merger
Des Moines reports from President Wardell of the Duluth and New Orleans line say talks have arranged a merger with Winona Southern and Western and Green Bay and Winona to form a single system once the Des Moines to Osage segment is finished. The plan forecasts 100 miles open this year and a winter completion near Iowa Falls, with future southwest expansion from Des Moines and a full Gulf to Great Lakes mail route via the trans Mississippi region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth & New Orleans
Drs Moines
Des Moines
Wardell
Winona
Southern & Western
Green Bay
Pittsburg & Gulf Road
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
trans-Mississippi
Des Moines Farmer Kicked to Death in Road Accident
Claybourne Terhune a farmer living northwest of Des Moines was killed while returning from the city with bran. His team swerved while passing a car stopped to discharge passengers, throwing him to the ground and fatally injuring him as a wheel cut his skull and one line, leaving a shoe print as the cause of death.
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Claybourne Terhune
Des Moines
University Avenue
Cedar Rapids Faces First Labor Trouble in History
Cedar Rapids experiences its first labor dispute with painters and paper hangers on a ten day strike seeking 2.50 to 3.00 dollars per day. Plumbers demand ten hours pay for eight, carpenters push 2.25 for eight hours. Building activity stalls amid uncertainty though many projects could start if a settlement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cepan
Rampy
Carpenters
Infant cremated in Quasqueton fire tragedy
In Quasqueton on March 23, the home of John Melick burned. Mrs. Melick carried her two year old from the blaze before collapsing with the baby in her arms. The second child, a badly charred remains, was found in the ruins.
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Ita
Quasqueton
John Melick
Assessment on railroad valuation completed by council
The executive council finalized the railroad assessment on March 24 in Dr. Moines. State Treasurer Herriott was absent and plans to file objections. Net reductions total about 230000 for Rock Island and a 90000 rise for Northwestern, with overall state railroad value increasing from 44633661 to 46130000 despite new lines.
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Drs Moines
Herriott
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Pullman Car Company
Northwestern
Masked Robber Holds Up Train Near Hamburg Iowa
A lone robber with a painted mask boarded the south bound Kansas City St Joseph and Council Bluffs train four miles south of Hamburg Iowa at 1 30 am. He forced Flagman Moore to act as shield through the sleeper and chair car taking 200 dollars and a gold watch. He jumped off as the train slowed and escaped. Reports place theft at 500 to 600 dollars with 50 dollars taken from Union Pacific officials aboard.
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Hamburg
St. Josrrm
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Billy _McGee
Moore
Burlington General
Langdon
Council Briffs
Omaha
Burt
Berry
Union Pacific Road
Ed Steadman Ends Life In Frontier Farm Tragedy
Forrest City March 25 Ed Steadman a prosperous farmer two miles north of the city shot himself with a 32 calibre Winchester near the Methodist church. He sat on the steps and murdered himself with the rifle between his knees after asking a bystander if he had seen a man shoot himself. The ball entered his brain and lodged under the skin above the right temple. He was about 32, single, and had managed a large farm for his widowed mother since his father’s death two years ago. No reason for the act is known.
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Forrest City
Ed Steadman
Forest City
Methodist Church
Briefes From Mason City And Surroundings
In a Mason City runaway Charles Brandon was killed when his buggy wrecked. Two companions were injured and the horse died from a broken neck. A Washington hotel servant contracted smallpox. the hotel is quarantined though officials say no spread risk. Sperck & Cochran’s Ft Ode saloon was robbed of 400 dollars in cash and checks via a basement entry and trapped door to the safe. No crew found. In Oskaloosa Walter Hart Graves and Robert Davenport were found guilty of charges tied to the December 18 attempted hold up and shooting, one for assault with intent to cause great bodily injury and the other for assault with intent to commit manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Charles Brandon
Allen
Washington
Sperck & Cochran
Ft. ‘Ode
Oskaloosa
Walter Hartgraves
Robert Davenport
Marion Thompson
Lust
Freight rate talk eyed by four states and Minnesota
Railway commissioners of Illinois and Missouri invite the Jewish board to meet in St. Louis to discuss a uniform classification for freight rates on farm implements. Minnesota is expected to join. In Van Horn, March 23, Gus Waterstraub was killed when a blasting charge ignited during an examination after a misfire. He died within hours.
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St. Louis
Des Moines
Railway Commissioners
Illinois
Missouri
Jows Board of Railway Commissioners
Minnesota
van Horny
Gus Waterstraub
Legislative actions move bills through Iowa senate
Des Moines reports March 10 to March 28 cover the legislature passing measures on teacher exams, liquor canvassing bans, notes and mortgage stamps, dairy assistant appointments, and building loan reporting. The Cheshire taxation debate advances with telegraph company bills, while pension and midwifery issues see mixed progress. The house and senate address pay, adjournment, and public library matters as reforms loom in education, taxation, and state governance.
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Senate
Des Moines
Board of Educational Examiners
Fitchpatrick
Prohibition
Porter
Lyon
Ball
Hubbard
United States
Charles Floyds
Sioux City
HOUSE
Prentis
Renate
Drs Moines
Cheshire
Blanchard
Noush
Wilsorr
Washington
Boards of Supervisors
Dows
SHALE
Nat Des Moines
Yates
Twenty Sixth General Assembly
Cornelius Moelchen
Harrison County
Fifteenth Judicial District
Trewin
Senate Tariff Split Suggested For Porto Rican Bill
The Republican Senate caucus committee instructed Senator Foraker to separate the tariff feature from the Porto Rican government bill and push the House tariff bill through without amendments. The committee rejected all proposed changes and urged passage as received from the House.
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Senate Harmony Committee
Foraaker
Washington
Republican Senate Caucus Committee
Foraker
House
Army Post Established in Des Moines Senate Passes Bill
Des Moines March 26 The senate in Washington passed the bill to establish a United States army post in Des Moines. President McKinley is expected to sign promptly. The post will be created within eighteen months with a regiment of troops stationed on site. The project involves about 1 500 000 dollars in investment and will add a town of 1 500 people to Des Moines, distributing 1 000 000 dollars annually.
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Muure
House
Maton
Iowa
Gane
St. Louis
Kendall
United States
Campbell
Senate
Byers
Washington, D. C
General Byers
National Guard
Guard of
Des Moines
United States Army
Washington
McKinley
Congress McPherson Chosen for Federal Judge Post
In Washeton March 26 Congress man Smith McPherson was selected by the Iowa delegation for the federal judgeship created by John Woolson's death. Present were Senators Allison and Gear and Congressmen Hedge Lane Cousins Lacey Hull Hepburn McPherson and Dolliver. Forty two ballots were taken with McPherson voting for Walter I. Smith until the final vote.
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Congress Smith McPherson
Washeton
Smith McPherson
Iowa
John 8. Woolson
Allison
Gear
Hedge
Lane
Cousins
Lacey
Hull
Hepburn
McPherson
Dolliver
Walter I. Smith
Relief of Mafeking Seen Farther From Rescue
London dispatch reports Colonel Plumer has retired to Crocodile Pools and Mafeking appears farther from relief. Telegraphed notes say the base of supplies and hospital were moved to Gaberones, while Boer tactics on March 15 and 16 aimed to conceal siege gun removal from Mafeking.
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Mafeking
London
Plumer
Bulawayo
Times
Gaberones
Steyn Deposed as Free State President Reported
It is reported here that Mr. Steyn has been deposed from the presidency and public affairs of the Free State are being administered by a committee at Kroonstad.
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Steyn
Springyontein
The
Free State
Kroonstadt
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William
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Grate
Townsend
Ways and Means Committee
State Board of Control
R. ©. Barrett
Ingram
Mt. Ayr
Geo. D. McClain
Shiras
McClain
Mt.Ayr
Shannon City
Allendale
Army Post
Woolson
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