Juryman Bribery Trial Shocks Sioux City Court
May 31 report from Sioux City describes W B Brown of Storm Lake facing trial with juror James E Carter. Fred Walthing of Hawarden, banker and Brown’s brother in law, accused of secret talks. Carter fined 26 dollars and excused. Walthing fined 50 dollars for contempt as court spectators watched. The jury was dismissed and trial set for October.
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Sioux City
Iowa
W. BU. Brown
Storm Lake Ame
Reed
Fred Waltiing
First National Bank
Hawarden
James E. Carter
Brown
Carter
Walthing
Wattkins
Waltkins
Sentences on Crime and Local News Across Iowa
The report records a sixteenth century sensibility across Clarinda and Audubon with items on a twelve year sentence for attempted child rape, a fatal burn death of Edith Kile, a gold bearing quartz inspection in Oregon, a fraternal lodging association in Council Bluffs, indictments over $600 lead theft, strike breaker mobilization to Chicago, an unidentified dead burglar in Blakesburg, and assorted stray items from small-town life. The pieces present court action, local tragedy, mining curiosity, fraternal organization plans, criminal indictments, labor unrest, and an anonymous death with ongoing inquiries.
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Frank Stoops
Clarinda
Judge Thornett
Oregon
Edith Kile
Henry Kile
Audubon
William Kile
Auaubon
Council Bluffs
Masonic Societies
Royal Arcanum
Wabash Railroad
Grant Booten
Joseph Badgett
George Lattimer
Sylvester Stucker
Harry
Frank Currie
Chicago
Blakesburg
Ottumwa
Heya
Hayes
Iowa plan study ends as Capitol notes carry on
Des Moines June 2 1905 legislative committee finished visits to state and regional educational institutions as part of its year long study on a single board of control. They may visit more colleges but no decision yet. Executive council bought a site for a future arsenal costing over 100000. Judge McHenry blocked Barber Asphalt extras payment. National Guard rifle range moved from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines. Cedar Rapids loses range facilities as adjutant general sells state property and leases end.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University of South Dakota
Minnesota University and Agricultural College
Wisconsin University
Northwestern University
Executive Council
Military Department
Cedar Rapids
National Guard of Iowa
Linn County
Adjutant General
Adjutant
Sugar beet industry gains notes of revival in Iowa
All major Iowa railroads filed annual reports with the executive council except one, showing lower earnings than the prior year. Interest in beet sugar factories grows as M M Miller tours Des Moines and Iowa cities, distributing seed and gathering data. Plans include new factories at Muscatine Columbus Junction and Geneseo Illinois, a Davenport beet testing lab, and seed distribution to over 800 farmers to assess sugar content and purity for potential investments.
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Executive Council
Usnels Central Roads
Great Western
Des Moines
Iowa 1A
M. M. Miller
Michigan
East
Weat
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Geneseo
Ill. A
Davenport
Iowa
Miller
Teacup Fortune Telling Becomes Fashionable Toy
In Baltimore an electric are light coats 67.49 a year. In New Orleans 369. In New York City 146. Fashionable Londoners buy a fortune telling teacup engraved with symbols like bell heart horseshoe purse. Tea leaves swirl as objects align to reveal the holder's fortune.
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Baltimore
New Orleans
New York City
London
Two ships escape net in Korean strait battle report
Vladivostok dispatch describes Almaz and Grozny breaking from the fleet in the Korea straits battle. Both Japanese battleships reportedly sunk. Russian losses include Kniaz Souvaroff Borodino Ostialba and Orel with Admiral Rojestvensky wounded. Almaz arrives Vladivostok with damage. Grozny sinks a Japanese destroyer and reaches port.
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Vladivostok
Rojestvenaty
Hotilla
Almaz
Grozny
Golden Horn
Korea Straits
Baltic
Askold
Rimsky Korsakoff
Grozn
Rojestvensky
Kniazs Souvaroff
Borodino
Ostiabla
Orel
Alexander II
Andriftski
St. Petersburg
Straits of Korea
Chagin
Kniaz Souvaroff
Bunny
Tal
Inlaz Couvaroff
Exchange Telegraph Company of London
Alsnaz
Ihs
Kolaz Souyaroff
American Yacht Atlantic Wins Emperor William Cup
London May 30 The American schooner Atlantic skippered by Charles Barr and owned by Wilson Marshall of New York Yacht Club won the cup offered by Emperor William of Germany last night. The Atlantic carried the United States flag across the ocean and broke all sailing records to the Lizard.
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London
Atlantic
Charles Barr
Wilson Marshall
New York
William
Germany
United States
Demolition at Warsaw by Bund Contimen Unchecked
May twenty seventh in Warsaw demolition by the Jewish socialist Bund Contimen proceeds without limit as Jews and Christian allies work together to sweep. Cossacks and gendarmes observe amused spectators while police stay away. standing idle invites danger.
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Warsaw
Bund
Chris
Iana
Sre
Demand for Reform Emerges as Answer to Unrest
St Petersburg June 2 The immediate realization of imperial reforms seems the only means to avert a popular storm. Word spreads that revolutionists and socialists plan to exploit government weakness and renew strikes. Guard regiments are recalled and Cossack reinforcements sent as liberals threaten with harsher rhetoric.
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St. Petersburg
Trussia
Dugachev
Catherine
Tsar to Convene National Assembly to Address Internal Situation
June 2 St Petersburg reports say an imperial decree may call a national assembly to meet the internal situation. M Witte led peace advocates at Tsarskoe Selo while war party waned. Diplomats say the emperor holds the decision, with peace as the expected outcome.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe Selo
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
National Assembly
Lorenz turns state's evidence in post office scam trial
Lorenz of Toledo testified against William G. Crawford in a conspiracy case tied to supplying post office department gear. He and August W. Machen had pleaded guilty earlier, with Machen sentenced to two more years and Lorenz granted a severance.
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Washington
Sunel
George £. Lorenz
Toledo
August W. Machen
Samuel
Dillon B. Groff
Post Office Department
Machen
Lorenz
Crawford
Ita
Postoffice Department
Postal Device and Lock Company of
New York
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild Dies at 78
Parla May 27 Baron Alphonse de Rothschild head of the French Rothschild bank and governor of the Bank of France died at 4:30 yesterday morning from acute bronchitis aggravated by gout. He was 78 years old. The eminent banker had been sinking slowly for days with no imminent threat of death. A London police detective bears the appropriate fate of Ferrett.
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Baron Rothschild
Parla
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Rothschild
Bank of France
Anander
Togo Victorious in Fog Shaped Russian Defeat at Sea
Tokio reports a decisive Japanese victory as torpedo boats attacked under fog, a Russian cruiser was sunk, and Admiral Rozhdestvensky’s fleet suffered massive losses while Togo’s battleships and armored cruisers pressed the fight. The night battles continued until dawn.
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Tokio
Togo
Japan
Tsu Straits
Krusentern
Tsu Islands
Rojestyvensky
Kniaz Suvaroff
Rojestvensky
Sissol Velik
Vogo
Voelkersam Killed Leading Russian Battleship Squadron
Rear Admiral Voelkersam, commander of the Russian battleship squadron, was killed on May 27 in the conning tower of his flag ship Oslaba during the battle. He departed Cronstadt August 25 with Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron and his unit reportedly fired on British trawlers in the North Sea, mistaking them for Japanese torpedo boats.
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Gonning
Tokio
Iune
Voelkersam
Oslaba
Cronstadt
Rojestvensky
North Sea
No Discipline on Boats Off Honkode Bay
Dispatches aboard the Empress of Japan report German masters of collier vessels supplying the Russian fleet at Honkode bay say discipline was lax aboard most ships. They describe officers as clever men yet unwilling to work, noting only one or two Russian ships showed expected warship discipline.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of Japan
Rojestyensky
Honkode Bay
Woman dislikes men who understand her
A woman expresses frustration with men who claim to understand her feelings. She asserts that true comprehension is rare and longs for interactions based on genuine listening rather than assumptions. The remark hints at broader gender dynamics in communication.
Naval disaster shocks Russia as ships harmed
June 1 dispatches report heavy losses for Russia at the Tsushima battle. Only four Russians reached Vladivostok while Japanese losses are three torpedo boats sunk and about 200 men killed or disabled. Admiral Rojestvensky is captured and wounded. Tsarist leaders hold urgent conferences.
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London
Tsu Island
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Almaz
Grozny
Bravi
Terosiakiy
Tokyo
Tokio
Russia
Tsargoe Selo
Alexieff
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Voelkersam
Washington
Togo
Nebogatoff
Nicholas I. Orel
Apraxia
Senyavin
Sas
Bonaparte to Succeed Morton as Navy Secretary
Washington June 2 President Roosevelt announced that Charles J Bonaparte of Baltimore Md will be appointed secretary of the navy to succeed Paul Morton who plans to retire July 1 and move to New York to oversee subway plans for surface lines The statement also says no other cabinet changes are likely soon with Secretary Shaw intending to retire probably next February and Moody considering remaining longer in the cabinet.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
New York
Shaw
Moody
The Loss A Man Had To Say The Greater Ig Hia Reputation
A fragment notes a man facing a loss tied to his reputation for wisdom. The unreadable text leaves unclear who is involved, where, or when the event occurred.
Equitable Mutualization Restraint Granted in Brooklyn
Justice Maddox granted a motion by Finnallin B. Lord restraining the directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from mutual izing the company. The adjudication against mutualization to remain in force only pending trial of the action.
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Equitable
New York
Finnallin B. Lord
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Eight Thousand Carrier Pigeons In Service To Germany
Eight thousand trained carrier pigeons are kept in use by the German army, serving as a communications asset in military operations.
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W. £. Brown
Storm Lake
Fred Wattkins
Howarden
J. E. Carter
Johnnie
Johnnnie
Mr. Jones
Judy
Philadelphia Press
Rymes
Rhyngar Welker
Philadelphia
W. H. McHenry
Civic League
Barber Asphalt Company
Almiaz
London Police
Areo
Ferrett
Admiral Rotestevensky
Morton
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