Iowa notes at capital from 1903 Woodmen meet
The Des Moines capital notes a stormy session ending in unanimous support for Col Saunders of Council Bluffs as head director candidate over Jerry Green. Officers chosen include Stebbins Iowa City as state consul and Stephany Manning as state clerk. Saunders defeated Green 92 to 67. Other items report Great Western earnings, new Iowa Women’s Clubs board, decline of building and loan business, tax ferret case, kindergartenants centers led by Des Moines, and upcoming bids for multiple towns.
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Des Moines
Woodmen of America
Col. C. G. Sauneders
Council Bluffs
Jerry Green
Frank K. Stebbins
Iowa City
Peter Stephany
Manning
Iowa
Carroll
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
Twenty Eighth General Assembly
Dairy Commissioner Targets Butter Coloring Violations
State Dairy Commissioner Wright Wil weighs immediate prosecutions after Armour Butter Co conviction in Polk County District Court for coloring artificial butter. He plans to push cases against similar violators without awaiting appeals, expecting summer will curb margarine use and applauding the lower court decision.
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Wrieht
Amour Company
Whield
Polk County District Court
Armour Company
Supreme Court
Wright
Jessen
Marriage Commission Urged By Des Moines Ministers
Des Moines May 12 Des Moines Ministerial association debated a proposed state marriage commission. Judge McVey addressed divorce concerns and urged establishing a six member panel of three men and three women physicians to examine fitness for marriage. He warned lax marriage and divorce laws threaten the family and civic order, with calls for moral and legal reforms.
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Des Moines
McVey
Mr Avery
Tawa
Avery
Mr. Avery
Sle
United States
Postoffice Robbed at Kossuth in Bold Hold Up
Postmaster Richard Hedges at Kossuth was forced to open the safe by a masked man on a Crown horse, with $150 in stamps and money taken. The robber fled amid excitement. Hedges, an elderly man, could not resist. Other brief items note actress Della Pringle’s head injuries in a runaway and Adolph Haker’s suicide near Burlington.
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Lossuth
Medinapolis
Wossyth
Richard Hedges
Kossuth
Here
Hedges
Armour Company Quilty Verdict Violates Iowa Color Rule
Des Moines May 9 the Armour D butterine case ended with a guilty verdict after a four hour trial. The state argued the product violated color standards by tinting butter to an ivory hue. The jury rejected ivory white as white, finding the yellow tint unlawful and the company intends to appeal to the supreme court.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Armour D
Supreme Court
Imw
Secretary Wesley Greene Reports Iowa Fruit Prospects
Secretary Wesley Greene releases May estimates from over 100 reports on Iowa fruit crops. Frost damage hit the southern counties hardest as trees bloomed. early growth hardened by mid-April cold, yielding a forecast of a fair fruit crop with varying prospects by fruit type and region.
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Wesley Green
Des Moines
Wesley Greene
Greene
Who Has Ever Successfully Looped the Loop on a Bicycle
Des Moines reports that Diavolo George Vandervoort first looped the loop on a Wiegele in 1901 for Coney Island and Forepaugh shows. He is billed for a May 18 appearance as the act draws wide attention amid circus hype and public curiosity. Burlington reports a man killed by a switch engine in yards. Clinton notes a burglar sentenced to fifteen years and linked to multiple robberies.
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Des Moines
Wu Dieyele
Coney Island
New York
George M. Vandervoot
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Tng
Berlin
Vandervoort
Diavolo
Wiegele
Burlington
John Peala
Burrier
Clinton
George Burrier
Ft. Madison
Dr. Hamilton
Ed Henle
Barker
Majority Oppose Grover Cleveland Committeemen
Chicago May 11 The Record Herald prints interviews with twenty eight democratic national committee men on Grover Cleveland's possible candidacy for president. Of these three favor placing his name before the convention while seventeen oppose and eight sit on the fence. The piece names specific committee members from states across the union and notes varied opinions and strong criticisms alongside praise.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
National Committee
Mr. Cleveland
Democratic Party
Norman
Mack
New York
John S. M. Neill
Montana
James 3B
Traton
North Dakota
Thomas Gahan
Wilnola
D. C. Dunbar
Utah
Adair Wilson
Colorado
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Texas
U. S. Ryan
Wisconsin
State of siege in Salonica amid Turkish guard
Salonica under a proclaimed state of siege with ten foreign warships reported in the harbor. Turkish troops guard every square yard of the town as quiet prevails. Bulgarian officers' role in recent explosions is cited and a potential war with Bulgaria is discussed. In Constantinople the Turkish government apologized for police domiciliary visits to the Bulgarian agency and papers seized. The Porte asked Austria and Italy to withdraw warships from Salonica, a move confirmed.
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Salonica
London
Times
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Porte
Austria
Italy
Infernal Machine Found On New York Dock Aimed at Umbria
A 100 pound dynamite infernal device with an electric mechanism was found on a Cunard line pier in New York. A letter received before the Umbria sailed indicated a plot to sink the steamship which departed at 2 pm. Police say the author was a well educated woman and the writer’s name is not released. The crowd was cleared as the device was removed.
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New York
Cunard
Cunard Line
Planned 300 Murders Confessions Tie See Yup to Slayings
In San Francisco on May 12 two See Yup leaders, Chinese Highbinder presidents, confessed to a conspiracy to kill 300 members of the Chinese educational society. Other suspects deny the confessions, claiming the educational group is blackmailing See Yup. Also from Kentucky a murder case prompts potential need for a special legislature session as Curtis Jett awaits transfer details.
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San Francisco
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Society
See Yup Society
Educational Society
Kentucky
Lexington
Curtis Jett
Madison County
J. B. Marcum
Jett
Jackson
Injunction Enjoins Omaha Merchants in Labor Dispute
Judge Dickinson issues a sweeping injunction barring businesses from salting goods to union shops and from boycotting union labor. The order targets the Business Men's Association and about fifty others amid a strike involving the waiters' union and other unions. The measure aims to curb threats and conspiracies, with 3000 workers affected and many establishments closed as Omaha stalls.
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Omaha
Neb
Dicknson
John O. Yeiser
Eoming Men’s Association
Waiters’ Union
Omaha Local 73
Business Men’s Association
Business Men's Association
Omaha Builders’ Exchange
Dickinson
China satisfied says Conger on Manchuria assurances
In Pekin May 12 French minister reports that Conger, per instructions, has notified the Chinese government of Russia s assurances given to the United States through Ambassador McCormick and Cassini and echoed by the Russian charge at Pekin The Chinese officials are not gravely concerned and are relieved by Washington s advices from Hay Cassini talks and the Japanese minister confirming the joint action report with Britain Japan and the United States fading away long feared entanglement
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Conger
Rusela
Manchuria
Pekin
Russia
United States
McCormick
Cassini
Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Japan
Supreme Court Upholds Morrison Verdict in Eldorado Killing
The Supreme Court of Kansas affirmed the lower court ruling in Jessie Morrison's case, convicting him of killing Mrs. Olin Castle in Eldorado. The decision imposes twenty years' imprisonment, with Justice C Pollock noting the murder as a vicious act unprecedented in modern criminal history. A separate item reports Frank M Barnett, a Washington bureau clerk, accused of stealing from the government by creating fictitious accounts and intercepting checks totaling about five thousand dollars.
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Supreme Court of Kansas
Morrison
Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Castle
Eldorado
C. Pollock
Jacks
Washington
Frank M. Barnett
Bureau of Ethnology
Alabama
Barney
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Arson & Smith, Publishers
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Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Great Western
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
T. J. Mietcher
Marshalltown
M. C. Cors
Spencer
Gibson
Ames
Menza R. Burks
Oskaloosa
Harriet Lake
Independence
Leopard Levy
Waverly
C. A. Albrook
Hardin County
Kenyon
Ilegal
Anite
Barrett
Connect Bluffs
Oskaloos
Dubuque
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Arton
Algony Alta
Ayrshire
Bloomfield
Sisters of St. Francis Convent
Dunlap
Durant
la Motte
Linn Grove
Moville
Nashua
Ocheyedan
Sheldon Tabor
Wall
Cassidy
Casey
Bobbie
Hawkeyedom
Marriage Commission
Knoxville
Della Pringle
New England States
Corse Payton Stock Company
Adolph Hacker
Blank
Stuvday
Faris Witch Bott
Grover Glevelans
Democratic National
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Devidad
Macedonia
Askub
Turkey
Igapars
Monastir
Gorestrovo
Demir-Hissar
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China
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