Woman Run Over May Be Crippled For Life
Des Moines report states Mrs. A H Groppenhauser shielded her year old daughter from a speeding car at Second and Ridge. The child suffered a minor head bruise. The mother sustained severe injuries to the right leg with tendons ground by the wheels. amputation feared to prevent blood poisoning. The car occupants left the scene without aid.
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Des Moines
Alary
Second
Ridge Streets
A. H. Groppenhauser
Groppenhauser
Fire at the State Capitol in Des Moines
A fire started in the supply room of the Iowa State Capitol from a lit cigar stub in a waste basket. It burned for four hours before detection by staff and janitors. The blaze damaged the floor and desk beneath the basket but was extinguished with water.
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Des Moines
State House
Nellie Taylor To Be Tried Jan 31 In Iowa Case
Des Moines reports Nellie Taylor, once confined after a Union Park baby murder allegation, has recovered and asked for trial. Judge De Graff set Monday July 31 as the start date, following her release to her parents near Ottumwa.
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Nellie Taylor
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Union Park
D. M. Parsons
Mason Quits Court Clerkship in Des Moines
Edward R. Mason resigns after thirty five years as clerk of the United States circuit court. He cites pressure to devote undivided attention to clerk duties and a wish to pursue personal interests as his reasons for stepping down.
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Mason
Des Moines
Edward R. Mason
United States Circuit Court
Pinchot Chosen Conservation Head in Washington
Gifford Pinchot was elected to succeed Dr. Charles Flint as president of the National Conservation Association. Dr. Miliot, at whose suggestion Pinchot was chosen, retains the honorary presidency. Pinchot assumes active leadership and the association’s headquarters will be in Washington.
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Pinchot
Washington, D. C
Gifford Pinchot
Charles Flint
National Conservation Association
Hmiliot
Washington
Iowa Dairymen to Convene at Chamberlain Hotel
A meeting of dairy cattle breeders and others in the dairy business will be held at the Chamberlain hotel in Des Moines on Thursday June 26 beginning at 10 30 in the morning.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Chamberlain Hotel
Fire destroys Hughes home in Boone Iowa
Midnight blaze of mysterious origin razed the residence of banker KH. G. Hughes in Boone Iowa. Miss Hughes discovered the fire upon returning from a social affair. Loss ran to many thousands but was fully covered by insurance.
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Boone Home
Burns
Boone
KH. G. Hughes
Miss Hughes
Chicago to seek prison penalties against meat packers
Federal grand jury in Chicago will pursue two paths against major western packing houses under the Sherman act. The government aims to dissolve National Packing Co and prosecute individual packers, seeking maximum penalties. Evidence targets Armour Swift Morris interests linked to National Packing. Retailers blamed for high meat prices. investigations show retailer profits up to 45 percent.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
National Packing Company
Wickersham
Combine
Sims
James H. Wilkerson
Department
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Wilson
Western
Eiffel Tower in Danger from Seine Flood
Paris witnesses a Seine flood threatening collapse of foundations including the Eiffel Tower. Eastern France suffers interrupted railroad, telegraph and telephone service as many bridges are washed away and canal traffic ceases. Streets flood numerous cities and villages.
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Paris
Seine
Mmany
France
Debt Notice Prompts Cemetery Disinterment Plan
Saginaw park and cemetery commissioners order the city comptroller to notify delinquent cemetery lot owners that nonpayment by March 1 will trigger disinterment. Bodies will be moved to graves in the pauper section of the cemetery.
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Saginaw, Mich
Park and Cemetery Commissioners of
Saginaw
Sheriff slain in Mississippi posse shootout
Magee Mississippi Jan 24 Sheriff Hub bard of Simpson County was fatally shot and Deputy Sheriffs Moore and McCarthy seriously wounded in an encounter with a negro fugitive who was killed by a member of the sheriff s posse.
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Magee
Hubbard
Simpson County
Mississippi
Moore
McCarthy
Bogus butter seized in Chicago raid at Wirth residence
Internal Revenue Inspectors raided Joseph Wirth's home at 3240 Calumet Avenue Chicago and seized 4000 pounds of oleomargarine claimed to be illegally manufactured. The dairy product was found in the basement of the residence.
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Chicago
Joseph Wirth
Calumet Avenue
Internal Revenue
Mystery grows as police hunt beheaded woman's past
Chicago detectives probe the beheading of Mrs. Jennie Cleghorn at 54 West Seventeenth Street. A telegraph from Otto Cook of St. Louis claims the victim as his wife. Officers question ties to a second marriage as sweatbox questioning with Tillie Taylor and John Sexton yields conflicting stories. authorities seek witnesses to clarify family quarrels and the slain woman's former home in St. Louis.
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Chicago
Jennie Cleghorn
West Seventeenth Street
Otto Cook
St. Louis
Tillie Taylor
John Sexton
Twenty-second Street
Sexton
Taylor
15 Men Killed In Tunnel Blast Near Cold Springs
New York report says twenty men drilling a tunnel for the Croton aqueduct near Cold Springs triggered a nitroglycerin explosion as they prepared to set off nearly a ton of explosive. Fifteen died and five were seriously injured. Most victims were young Italians and Hungarians. three Americans among the dead.
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New York
Cold Springs
New York City
Croton
Charleroi Building Collapse Buries Workers
In Charleroi Belgium a building under construction near a viaduct collapsed after rains weakening its foundations. Twelve workers died and many were injured in the ruin, with a score more hurt.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Gas Blast Kills Two in Hillside Michigan
A gas explosion at a Hillside farm in Michigan on January 24 killed Scott Parker, a farmer, and his three year old daughter. The incident occurred when acetylene gas exploded, ending two lives and shocking the community.
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Hillside
Mich
Scott Parker
Assassins Seek Life Of Italian Detective Longobardi
Chicago police uncovered plans to ambush Detective Sergeant Gabriel Longobardi by two Italian assailants seeking to kill him for his actions against the Black Hand. The second attempt in six months followed a stiletto attack as Longobardi waited for a car near Gault Court and West Chicago Avenue. He fired twice at the escapees after the assault, but they vanished into an alley. no injuries were disclosed beyond a torn coat and a shoulder wound.
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Chicago
Gabriel Longobardi
Black Hand Society
Benedetto Cinene
Ufe
Longobardi
Cinene
Gaultcourt
West Chicago Avenue
American shoe prices rise as tariffs loom
Berlin reports American shoe manufacturers rush shipments to beat Germanys February 7 tariff rise. A major supplier expects a 50 cent average increase per pair. Newspapers fear a tariff war, while some critics call for compromise. Socialist and radical papers urge lowering meat prices by opening frontiers, echoed by butchers appealing to the reichstag.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Reichstag
Bandit Robs Iowa Bank in West Burlington
A lone bandit wearing a tramp outfit entered the West Burlington Savings Bank in Iowa, held a revolver to cashier Victor Johnson, and demanded money. Johnson handed over $60 in cash over the counter, and the robber fled toward the railway yards.
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Burlington
West Burlington
Heinze Indictment Quashed Marking Court Action
New York January 24 Judge Hough sustained the demurrer for Attorney John B. Stanchfield and quashed the indictment against F Augustus Heinze in Mercantile National Bank case. Death penalty noted for Jan Pouren in Riga court martial for murder of Dr Katterfeld in Courland province.
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Hough
Federal Court In
New York
United States Circuit Court
John 3B. Stanchfield
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Jan Pouren
St. Petersburg
Riga
Katterfeld
Kurland
Wreck on Canadian Pacific Train Claims Many Lives
A Canadian Pacific passenger train wreck at Spanish River near Sudbury on January 24 killed about 45 people and injured many more. Four cars plunged into the icy river, trapping passengers underwater until heroic rescues by Conductor Thomas Reynolds and others. Survivors describe a frantic scramble as ventilators and roofs were used to escape, with several injured but eight ultimately saved from the water.
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North Bay
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Spanish River
Sudbury
Thomas Reynolds
W. J. Well
David Brodie
District of
NIP PLOT AGAINST MADRIZ
Managua government orders arrest of all conservative leaders in Managua Granada Masaya and Rivas amid a discovered conspiracy. Two Managua leaders Benjamin Izindo and Fernando Solorzeno first to be arrested. Wholesale arrests expected in Granada. War between liberals and conservatives clearly defined.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Madriz
Granada
Masaya
Rives
Benjamin Slizondo
Fernando Solorzeno
Train hits street car in blinding snowstorm
In Cleveland on January 24 a Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad train struck a Union avenue street car. One passenger was killed and four injured as the motorman failed to see the oncoming car due to a blinding snow storm.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Union Avenue
Four Train Robbers Struck Missouri Pacific No. 8 Near Eureka
In St Louis on January 24 a large posse with over 100 deputies pressed a hunt for four gunmen who robbed Missouri Pacific train No. 8 near Eureka. They rifled mail sacks, opened hundreds of letters, and damaged the express car safe. Two suspects boarded west of Eureka. two others signaled the train east of Eureka. A $1,000 reward was posted by post office inspector W. W. Dickson for each captured robber.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Hureka
Jefferson City
Eureka
Castlewood
W. W. Dickson
College Men to Aid Census in New York
Three hundred students from Columbia and other New York colleges will take the competitive examination for census enumerator here. Alexander Cumming of the census bureau, a Yale and Harvard graduate, says college undergraduates will provide better results and faithful service. Enumerators work from April 15 to 29, eight hours daily, and may attend lectures during remaining hours.
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New York
Columbia
Alexander Cumming
The
Census Bureau
Yale
Harvard
Steel Earnings Near Forty Two Million
New York January 24 The United States Steel Corporation will publish its quarter ended December 31 1909 earnings after the market closes Tuesday following the regular dividend meeting. Early estimates indicate earnings around 42 million dollars with a likelihood of being higher.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Jamestown Steamer Lost With All Aboard
Reports indicate the river steamer Jamestown, sold to the Argentine Navigation Co for use on the Plata river, is presumed lost at sea with all hands. The vessel was last heard from December 6 after passing Virginia Capes on its voyage.
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Washington
Fenar
Jamestown
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Argentine Navigation Company
Plata River
Virginia Capes
Warlike mood in Honduras sparks revolutionary talk
Guatemala City reports that war materials supplied to Gen. Toledo by former Honduran ally Zelaya are being sent into Honduras. Preparations for a revolutionary movement against Guatemala are said to be under way. Royal Hunters In Africa details the Duke and Duchess of Connaught with Prince Arthur and Princess Patricia departing London for an East Africa hunting expedition, with Nairobi as their base.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Toledo
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
Africa
London
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Prince Arthur
Princess Patricia
East
Nairobi
Col. Roosevelt
Freight conductor dies after Chicago Heights collision
Terre Haute Ind Jan 24 Albert Dode freight conductor on the Chicago Southern died in a hospital here from injuries suffered in a train collision at Chicago Heights.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Albert Dode
Chicago Southern
Chicago Heights
Spain's Troops Return From War in Madrid Welcome
Madrid on January 24 welcomed returning Spanish troops from Melilla with a cordial reception as the city and streets were festively decorated in color and celebration.
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Spain
Madrid
Melilla
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Heinze
Reynolds
Alfonso Rousel
Soo
Brodie
Morrison
W. J. Bell
General Hospital
Sudbury Hospital
Cleveland
POSSE
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