Des Moines Collision and city policy notes 1904
A Des Moines trolley collision at Highth and Grane harms Barnard McBride who dies at Mercy Hospital. Motorman Win Lingas and the hose wagon crew were involved. Auditor Lucas vows no city payments to aldermen and to halt purchases from council members. Also covered are juvenile court bill provisions, a W T Wood case on Sunday selling, Iowa rulings on stolen goods, and unrelated anecdotes from the period.
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Tes Moines
Highth Street
Grane Avenue
Barnard McBride
Hose 13
Des Moines
Grand Avenue
Eighth Street
Holland
McBride
Iowa News Roundup From Muscatine to Keosauqua
A wide sweep of Iowa items: rail strike at Muscatine and spread fears. 45 typhoid cases traced to infected milk. teen Frank Hink injured by a train at Arthur. Anton Suffolk dies by own hand near Seymour. Henry Kephart near-fatal strychnine case at Plattsmouth with domestic violence ties. two youths in Council Bluffs hold up a saloon then a fatal self-inflicted wound. Davenport investigates bank cashier Meyer over unauthorized loans. Lucinda Greek seeks damages against Joe Moore in Onawa. John Harms reappears in Franklin county trouble after release. Frank Schoffner vs Iowa Central Rail Road moved to Cedar Falls federal court for $8,000. Rowan rebuilding after fire. Italian miner murder near Albia. many local legal cases, injunctions, and a historic marriage annulment suit in Washington county. horticultural hall plans at the state fair and woman's building remodeling. Green Cattle Company sues H. S. Green over bank liabilities.
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Anton Suffolk
Seymour
Milan
Plattsmouth
Neb
Henry Kephart
Bartlett
Iowa
South Main Street
Council Bluffs
Hoy
Martin Lowing
Hayne Avenue
Chicaga
Yas
United States Guaranty & Fidelity Company
Baltimore
Davenport
J. B. Meyer
Farmers and Mechanics' Saying
Fidelity Company
Meyer
McKee
Toss
Lucinda Greek
Onawa
Joe Moore
Monona County
John Harms
Iana Falls
Frank H. Schoffner
Iowa Central Railroad Company
District Court
Hardin F County
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
Chas
Central
Schaffner
Rowan
Bank of Rowan
Thas
Hocking
Albia
Brooklyn
Virginia
Grundy County
Jacobs & Co
August Td, Martens
Martens Brothers
Sioux City
Douglas Street
Marie
Charles Cackley
Keosauqua
Reuben Fenstemaker
Farmington
Hichelberger
Fort Madison
Cackley
Liberty
Waum
Missouri
Washington County
Bailey and
Morrison
Gertie
John A. Leeper
Brighton
Anna Crandall
Leeper
Scott
Lebanon
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Green Cattle Company
Dow City
H. 8. Green
The
Exchange Bank
Buck Grove
Bank of
Iowa Plans Board of Control Bill Killed in House
Des Moines reports the Iowa house defeated a bill to place state educational institutions under a single three member board. A 50 to 41 roll call sent the measure to the judiciary committee for indefinite postponement and urged a three member commission to study feasibility for a future General Assembly in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Des Moines
Iowa
Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Thirty-first General Assembly
Educational Board
Jones
Hart
Temple
Wright
Kendall
Head
Robinson
Chassel
Steward Brendel Ordered Removed for Cruelty Charges
Des Moines April The State Board of Control has ordered James C Brendel removed as steward of the Polk County Insane Hospital men’s department amid charges of revolting cruelty. Evidence supports that he confined an insane woman in a crib, beat a man with a hoe handle, kicked a patient, and treated inmates harshly. The board calls him wholly unfit and seeks his exclusion from all work with inmates. Twelve affidavits support the case. other cruelty and food charges were not upheld.
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State Board of Control
Des Moines
James C. Brande
Polk County Insane Hospital
Brendel
Board of Control
Lew Brendel
Brender
The
Humane Society
Woman's Department
Woman Absent as Burlington Wife Vanishes
Burlington April 8 Mrs Frank Piekel wife of a wood chopper has mysteriously disappeared. Her husband has told conflicting stories. No arrests have been made. Des Moines April 8 B R Conger Albia prominent man narrowly escaped asphyxiation at the Wellington hotel yesterday afternoon. He turned off the gas but it was turned on again and he was found at 4 p m and taken to the police station in an ambulance.
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Burlington
Frank Piekel
Des Moines
B. R. Conger
Albia
Wellington
Ambulanca
Keokuk
Chas. Cackley
Cachktey
Reuben Fenstemaker
Penton Rm
Midnight Fire Destroys Grimes Bank and Hardware
A morning blaze that began in Stewart's bank at 3 yesterday burned the adjacent Prunty hardware in Grimes, destroying the brick structure. Losses total about 11,000 with $6,000 on the bank and $5,000 on the hardware, plus additional damage to an implement dealer and a drug firm. Suspicion points to an exploded or overturned lamp. robber theory under investigation.
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Stewart's Bank
Prunty
Grimes
Stewart's
D. S. Prunty
W. J. Stewart
W. McLain
J. P. Davis & Co
Davis
Senate Reject Mrs Kuhn Keeps Prisoner in Penitentiary
Des Moines April senate action defeats efforts to pardon Sarah Kuhn of Keokuk county famed for the poisoning case. The pardon committee recommended mercy but the senate adopted the report except for Frank Hall of Council Bluffs leaving Kuhn in custody. The Kuhn case has been a long debated pardon saga before both houses. The young widow faced murder allegations for poisoning her elderly husband.
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Des Moines
Senate
Frank Hall
Council Bluffs
Sarah Kuhn
Keokuk County
House
Kuhn
Binding twine lobby killed bill for Anamosa plant
Des Moines April 6. The binding twine trust ran a large lobby to defeat a bill allocating 250000 to establish a binding twine plant at Anamosa. Representative Dow said the lobby aimed to kill the measure, with Powers supporting the bill and Cheney Lundt and Jones opposing. The proposal failed 44 to 31.
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Anamosa
Des Moines
Binding Twine Trust
Dow
Powers
Cheney
Lundt
Jones
Woman Suffrage Defeated in House Vote
Des Moines reports the House defeated woman suffrage, despite more yes than no votes. The measure was sent to vote without debate. Wright of Webster moved to cut off debate and require a record vote, resulting in 42 to 39 against. It fell nine votes short of a constitutional majority with no further effort to revive it.
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House
Des Moines
Wright
Webster
Murder in Sioux City Leaves Man Dead
Walter Williams, colored, wounded Orville Johnson, colored, with a razor at Fourth and Pearl streets. Johnson died thirty minutes later at Samaritan hospital. The motive involved a woman, Nell Jacobs from Minneapolis. Williams, a waiter at the Elks club, has not been arrested. Johnson recently arrived from Chicago where his mother runs a sporting house.
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Sioux City
Walter Williams
Orville Johnson
Fourth
Pearl Streets
Johnson
Samaritan Hospital
Nell Jacobs
Minneapolis
Williams
Elks’ Club
Chicago
Dearborn Street
License Requirement for Insurance Agents Passed
Des Moines April 7 The senate approved the Divil bill already cleared by the house requiring all insurance agents operating in Iowa to secure state auditor licenses. Iowa company agents pay 50 cents annually while foreign company agents pay two dollars. The measure aims to raise professional standards and curb solicitation for non legitimate Iowa operations.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Towa
Iowa
Prizes for Floyd County hired help contest
Floyd County Agricultural society offers premiums for the best hired girl and best hired man on a farm in Floyd county. The contest runs April 20, 1904, to September 6, 1904, and is limited to county farmers' help.
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Hidora
Floyd County
Congress Debates Pension, Post Office Bills in April Sessions
Congressional records show April debates on the Carmack inquiry into executive old age pensions and on the post office appropriation bill with limited progress. Across days, the Senate and House tackled land law repeal, pension bills, postal reforms, and the Lewis and Clark centennial, with notable speeches by Warren, Morgan, Hepburn, and Grosvenor while bipartisan action faltered on several measures. The week featured approvals, amendments, and procedural votes shaping early April congressional business.
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Washington
Carmack
Senate
Warren
Gibson
Mallory
Secretary of the Interior
Post Office
House
New York City
Portland
Ore
Morgan
DeArmond
Missouri
Grosvenor
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Panamd Fbx
Military Academy
Hepburn
Secretary of Agriculture
Quarles
District of Columbia
Carenegie Institute
Eulogiss
Hanna
Foraker
Scott
Cockrell
Platt
Connecticut
Cullom
Blackburn
Liking Fairbanks
Daniel Perkins
Depew
Beveridge
Dolliver
Swayne
Congress
Blution
Judiciary Committee
Ana
Philippines
S&c
Doroth Phabet
Doroth
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Boylan & Shitg
John Lucas
Lucas
Lieas
Ffe
W. T. Wood
McVey
Duncan
Wood
Iowan Supreme Court
State of Iowa
Joseph Raphael
Charles Raphael
Jack Hawk County
A. S. Blair
C. W. Brown
Waterloo
Brown
Raphael Boys
Raphaels
Nebraska
Paris
Loueb Park
Boston
Emerson
the News
Muscatine
Frank Hink
Arthur
Hink
Twine Trust
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