Abandoned Cherry Survey Sparks Electric Line Plan
Des Moines officials report Chicago capital backing a plan to build an electric railroad from Winterset to Greenfield via the Cherry survey route, with a connection to the Des Moines Interurban. The Rock Island still plans Greenfield service via its southwest route, while Cherry’s line faced cutoff due to proximity to the Omaha main. The Des Moines Southern purchase chain ends with Stickney and the GC B Q, in a deal involving Cherry, the Chicago Great Western, and eventual Rock Island ownership.
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Des Moines
Webster
Grand River
Lee
Cherry
Greenfield
Douglas
Jackson
Harrison
Grove
Rock Island
Omaha
Winterset
Des Moines Southern
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
Prometer
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Officers Elected by Bankers for Coming Year
Davenport July 30 Officers were elected by the Iowa State Bankers association with F F Potter of Harlan as president Frank Y Locke Sibley as vice president J M Dinwiddie Cedar Rapids as secretary and David H McKee Mediapolis as treasurer They voted a standing reward of 1000 for arrests and convictions of bank robbers in Iowa and 500 for information leading to arrests The association now has 700 members with 200 added in the past year Dinwiddie noted if funds matched the American association the word forger would be unheard in Iowa He also said rewards could deter robbers and boost enforcement.
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Davenport
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
F. F. Potter
Harlan
Frank Y. Locke
Sibley
J. M. Dinwiddie
Cedar Rapids
David H. McKee
Mediapolis
Iowa
J. M. Dinwiddle
Iowa Association
Dinwiddie
American Association
Tucker Is President of Memorial University
Frederick Derming Tucker, head of the Minnesota State university agricultural department, is chosen to lead Memorial university in Mason City. A Yale graduate and Massachusetts native, he has taught at Washington University St Louis and Minnesota State University, and served as a Congregational pastor. President Northrup of Minnesota university endorses him and plans to install him in late August.
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Minnesota
Mason City Memorial University
Mason City
Frederick Derming Tucker
Agricultural Department
Minnesota State University
Memorial University
Massachusetts
Yale
Washington University
St. Louis
State University
Minneapolis
Northrup
Minnesota University
Maher and Allen Recover After Atlantic Shooting Fray
Maher and Allen, victims in the Atlantic shooting, are improving as of Monday evening and expected to recover barring blood poisoning. Sines, held as a witness, is released on $200 bonds with his father 8. C. Lines of Adair as surety. Ackers and his wife remain jailed on attempted murder charges as defense attorneys DeLano and Meredith continue to represent them.
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Atlantic
Maher
Allen
Sines
Adair
8. C. Lines
Ackers
DeLano
Meredith
Isenhart in Jail after Bigamy Case
Albert J. Isenhart Iowa Central fireman was captured in North Bend Nebraska and jailed in Hamilton county awaiting preliminary hearing and district court trial. The case follows his marriage to Emma Mitchell of Clemens last week. A separate Farmington report notes a mob pursuing a Black man named Clark accused of assaulting Gertrude Hess, with the danger of lynching near Medill.
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Isenhart
Webster City
Albert J. Isenhart
Iowa Central
Emma Mitchell
Clemens
North Bend
Neb
A. W. Little
Hamilton County
Farmington
Clark
Gertrude Hess
Beouil A
Med Ll
County Attorney Davidson Moves Against Clayton County Board
Clayton county attorney T M Davidson announces he will file information before August 20 charging county supervisors H G Jenkins Harry Meder and B H Schoulte with misappropriation of funds illegal payments and maladministration. He cites a $75 county atlas page contract and issues surrounding the late treasurer Retgnitz and school fund warrants. He argues the county bears responsibility for funds in the treasurer's custody and Heckel's repayments.
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Charles Retgnitz
Heckel
Millville
Retignitz
D. D. Murphy
District Court
Small Boy Mauled by Pigs Near Marengo
Marengo August 1 A two and a half year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Slaymaker, was found outside a hog pen with extensive injuries after possibly entering the pen to retrieve a pig. He bears a five inch gash on the head, crushed foot, and multiple serious wounds to the thigh leg and shoulder. doctors say he will live but be scarred for life.
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Marengo
A. H. Slaymaker
Pisgah Bank Trustee Finds Assets to Cover Liabilities
Council Bluffs July 31 W B Reed appointed as trustee for Pisgah Bank says liabilities total about 26000 and assets are ample to cover them. He expects creditors will be paid in full with little delay, the only hold up being converting real estate to cash.
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Reed
Council Bluffs
W. B. Reed
Pisgah
Iowa
Governor Mickey to Attend Des Moines Exposition
Governor John H. Mickey of Nebraska is invited to the state fair in Des Moines. He replied he hopes to attend and planned to join the reunion of his Eighth town cavalry regiment. Colfax news reports landlord J F Cline of the Cottage House disappeared, causing anxiety among his family.
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Mickey
Des Moines
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
John Simpson
State Agricultural Society
Tam
Eighth Town Cavalry
Colfax
J. F. Cline
Cline
Iowa Senator Pushes Stronger Primary Elections Law
Des Moines August 1 Senator Crossley Madison county vows a more vigorous push for a primary elections law in the next session with support from colleague Greene He believes Iowa must regulate primaries as firmly as general elections and cites The Register and Leader in backing the issue The bill would require party registration in primaries and extend penalties to violations to match those in general elections It contemplates city applicability by size and outlines separate party tickets printed for each primary with voters selecting by stated or declared party affiliation
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Crossley Wii Peralst
Des Moines
Crossley
Madison County
General Assembly
Greene
Senator Crossley
Register and Leader
Iowa
Crissley
Bullet Wound Leaves Theodore Koch Near Death
Dike July 30 Theodore Koch a 23 or 24 year old man living with his brother four miles east of town lies in a critical condition from a bullet wound to his forehead. The cause is uncertain with foul play or accident suspected though self infliction is commonly thought. A neighbor saw him at 9 o'clock and he was later found unconscious in his room with wounds to his nose and forehead. He was taken to town for medical care.
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Dike
Theodore Koch
Young Koch
Hutchinson Home Cashier Returns From Trip to Nebraska
Pisgah Bank cashier E C Hutchinson, recently at large, arrived in Council Bluffs from western Nebraska where he went to arrange a land deal for his father A M Hutchinson. He plans to reopen the bank within days and says creditors will not lose a cent. Cow Gives Birth To Three Calves. Des Moines, July 29, a Shorthorn cow bore three calves April 29, all thriving. owner B B Pyle plans to exhibit them at the state fair. Girl's Relatives Pay Losses. Iowa City, July 31, a check covered losses to thirteen banks and merchants from a young woman who forged and fatified recently. relatives indemnified all losers.
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Pisgah Bank
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
E. C. Hutchinson
Pisgah
Iowa
A. M. Hutchinson
Des Moines
Simpson
State Department of Agriculture
B. B. Pyle
Hartford
A. C. Hoffer
Johnson County
Iowa City
Hubbert Elevator Burned in Lightning Strike
Hubbert's elevator at Fort Worth? No, Fort of His House Council Bluffs July 28 Peter Reed barricaded his home and threatened to shoot. he held a son with him while driving his wife and three children away. arrested without bloodshed and to be held for drunkenness. Two youths drowned near Leon July 27 Fred Hall 18 and Frank Forbes 17 drowned in the river near Leon.
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Council Bluffs
Peter Reed
Leon
Fred Hall
Frank Forbes
Disaster at Lowell powder magazines kills many
A blast at two gunpowder magazines near Lowell Massachusetts killed at least nineteen and injured dozens. A nitroglycerin leak led foreman Clarendon Goodwin to pour nitric acid on it, triggering a massive fire and explosion that collapsed nearby houses and sent debris across the river.
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Lowell
Mass
United States Cartridge Company
Concord
Clarendon Goodwin
Amadee Boulanger
Goodwin
Wiggtorgile
St. John's Hospital
Conclave in Rome Hears Calls for New Pope Amid Tense Unity
Rome August 1 The largest conclave in Catholic history has assembled in the Sistine Chapel to elect Leo XIII's successor. Sixty two cardinals and hundreds of attendants are effectively prisoners within the Vatican. Italian cardinals’ rivalry risks blocking a unified vote though many expect a choice within days. Observers foresee possible dramatic Vatican policy changes once the new pope assumes office.
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Rome
Sistine Chapel
Leo XIII
Vatican
Cardinal Herrana Y Espinosa
Valencia
Rampolla
Serafino Vannutelli
di Pietro
Gotti
Oreglia
Leo
Holy See
Last Tribute to Pope Leo in Sistine Chapel Mass
Rome reports the last tribute to Pope Leo with a third great requiem mass in the Sistine chapel. Cardinals gathered in violet robes and red ermine capes, escorted by guards, as incense filled the chapel and the Sistine choir sang Libera Me Domine. Prayers began across Rome for guidance in the conclave to elect the new pope.
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Rome
Leo
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Cretonio
Congregation of Sacred Relics
Sistine Choir
St. Peter
Cannot Manufacture Life. Claims of Indianapolis doctor debated
New York July 29 report on an Anderson Indiana physician who says he created life from animated substances resembling germ like forms. Pasteur Institute doctors in Paris tell the Herald’s correspondent that the atoms could only have originated from materials or outside sources and may have been attached to the walls of the apparatus or present in substances used in the experiment.
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New York
Anderson
Ind
Pasteur Institute
Paris
the Herald
Funeral of Pope Leo XIII Enshrouded in Ceremony
In Rome on July 26 the funeral of Leo XIII concluded with a solemn entombment. An immense cortege and vast crowds filled the Vatican corridors as the pontiff lay in state. Italian guards cleared the chapel while bells tolled noon marking the pope’s final tribute.
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Rome
Leo XIII
Christ
Church of Rome
Leo
Castle of
St. Angelo
Cardinal Orgelia
Rumors of Cuban Uprisings Reach Havana Officials
Reports from Santiago province confirm eastern Cuba saw sixty armed men gather near villages in the Cauto river district demanding former revolutionary army pay. Leader Pupo, brother of a bandit killed by rural guards, prompted mobilization orders for rural guards and volunteers. officials say the danger has passed and disturbances were staged by released bandits.
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Havana
Senor Yero
Interior
Bayamo
Santiago
Cuba
Cauto
Revolutionary Army
Revolutionary Party
Pupo
Rodriguez
Reyes
Lora
Danville arrests man who led mob in fatal attack
Danville Illinois July 31 police arrested Winfred Baker the man said to have led the mob in the fatal attack Saturday night He was found working in a small coal mine west of Danville He came from Kentucky recently armed when arrested Seventeen arrests in total with more warrants outstanding and up to twenty five more expected by Saturday night.
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Danville
Winfred Baker
Baker
Kentucky
Moring
Wenderness
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Bdoitlan & Shith, Publishers
Aldora
Rews
Tucker
Hawkeyedom
Davidson
Clayton County
Hutchinson
Hubbert
Marcom
Lindon
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Schalajjska
The
Don
New York Herald
Pope Leo
Pope
Gauto River District
Washington
Bureau of Insular-Affairs
War Department
Philppines
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