Des Moines 1902 Crime and State News Roundup
Allen Koch Riddle of Des Moines, ex night clerk for United States Xpress, is sentenced to two and a half years in St. Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to embuzzlement. Three indictments tied to other larcenies were dropped. State fish law complaints accuse deputy wardens of seineing spawn destroying fish. Lake Okobos spawn seized. State health board replaces Chariton official and rotates presidencies. Drake University chemist elected. weather forecasting via telephones expands to farmers with 6,500 already served. 14,000 rural weather records sent. 228,022 farms in Iowa. Bank superintendents’ meeting set for Buffalo. three telephone companies claim rights to replace Mutual Co. lines in Des Moines. possible lease proposals emerge. Jokes and anecdotes conclude notes.
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Des Moines
Allen Koch Riddle
United States Xpress Company
St. Madison
TMA
Riddle
Rock Island
General Assembly
Rivera
Ceorire A. Delavan
Lake
Okobos
George Chappell
United Sites Weather Observer
Companiles
Lawa
Linc
Mutual Company
Hawkeye
Boone County
Dallas County
Ringgold County
St. Louis
Jonathan
Issy
Des Moines Tornado Kills Two In South Des Moines
A devastating tornado swept through South Des Moines last evening killing two people, injuring several, and destroying homes, churches, and businesses. The Knour family perished, while others suffered head and leg wounds as uprooted trees, collapsed roofs, and wrecked outbuildings disrupted the city. Civil and utility damage spread across the area with numerous structures and a massive elevator smokestack toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mas
Russell Andrew Knour
Lloyd Knour
Mary Knoual
Margaret Boston
Charles McNut
Lima
John McCoy
Knanf
Christian Church of
South Des Moines
J. Fo Irvin
William Jones
Army Post
Proctor Mince
Great Western Yards
South Nast
Southmastery
Des Moines Elevator Company
Chesterfield
Nes Molinos Elevator Company
Tornado at Glenwood Hits Institute for Feeble Minded
A cyclone struck Glenwood Monday night causing extensive damage at the State Institution for Feeble Minded Children. Two girls were killed Maysie Benner Hazel Wright, eleven injured. Damages exceed 70000 dollars with dormitory boiler room and several buildings ruined. Seven girls hospitalized with various injuries but expected to recover.
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Institute For Feebble Minded
Glenwood
Jess
Maysie Benner
Hazel Wright
Mary Hebert
Anna Delaney
Myrtle Dickinson
Mita Newton
Harrison Johnson
Rolla Rath- Dry
State Board of Control
Clarinda Man Killed by Lightning During Storm
Clarinda May 25 John Cons of this city was struck by lightning during an electrical storm and killed instantly. A bolt passed through his right shoulder and down the body after he went to a window to pull down a shade. His 7-year-old son was badly shocked and may not recover. Several other occupants of the house were rendered unconscious by the shock. Barbers in Paris are legally required to wash their hands after attending a patron before starting work on another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
John Cons
Local Wind Storm Destroys Buildin g and Stores
A wind event demolished a works company building at the site erected last year and caused structural losses running into thousands of dollars. Several storefronts at the location were blown in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Works Company
TWO KILLED AT BUXTON MINING CAMP
A cyclone hit Buxton near Oskaloosa on May 27 at 9 30 PM, killing Georgian Blakey and Herbert Rhodes and injuring eleven others from the Blakey and Rhodes families. Homes wrecked, both two story houses torn from foundations, and graves fears for the injured. Miners Blakey and Rhodes worked in Buxton mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Blakey
Rhodes
Dlakey
Albin
Berringer
Buxton
Cyclone hits Rolfe causing extensive damage and one death
A May Sunday cyclone struck Rolfe killing Yong Foo and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Buildings were wrecked or unroofed, banks and shops damaged, and many homes destroyed or damaged. Townspeople sought shelter in caves and cellars as roofs and fronts were blown away.
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Rolfe
Yong Foo
Tremont
Oxford
Staite Savings Bank
First National Bank
Rolfe Roller Mills
Rolfe Brick and Tile Company
Rock Island
Grant & Sons
Councilman
Gill
Opera House
Morahan
Reveille
Wieme! Drag Co
Me Uire
Johnson
Stoner
Barna
Wind Storm Ravages Neola Causing Major Property Loss
May 25 report cites the worst wind storm in the county striking Neola between 7 and 9 pm. Damage there totals about 4600 dollars, with nearly every frame building damaged and hundreds of chimneys toppled. Roofs and boards flew, plain glass shattered, and electrical storm accompanied heavy rain. Livery barns Tracey Bros and F S Tonton wrecked, horses unharmed but vehicles scattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neula
Tracey Bros
F. S. Tonton
Tragic Death: John Phelps Killed On Freight Train
John Phelps, 19, son of A C Phelps, died after being struck on a freight train near Avoca while returning home. He and Jasper Howe were with the fray when Phelps fell between cars. Phelps had lived in this city all his life. the article notes higher sudden death rates among men than women.
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Atlantic
John Phelps
A. C. Phelps
Hoe
Avoca
Jasper Howe
Cyclones Roil Nebraska Toll in Fatal Storms
Hastings Nebraska May 26 A string of severe storms produced the worst tornadoes in years across Clay Franklin and Kearney counties. Fifteen dead, about twenty injured, and many homes destroyed. Loss estimated at sixty thousand dollars. Names listed of victims in Norman Upland Pauline and nearby areas with multiple fatalities including a Lutheran minister.
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Hastings
Neb
Nebraska
Clay
Wranklin
Kearney
Norman
Daniel McCurdy
Robert McCurdy
John Wehleven
Earl Bicon
C. A. Tipple
Upland
John Peters
Chris Lamers
Pauline
James Mumaw
Frank Quigg
Flora Palmer
John Palmer
Fairfield
Chinese Grow Insolent Amid Southern Manchuria Evacuation
May 26 dispatch cites a Vladiovostok letter noting growing disorders among Chinese and Manchurians in Mukden and Kirin after Russian troops evacuate southern Manchuria. About 60,000 Chinese at Harbin and 50,000 along the Manchuria line flee or camp as laborers herded east. A Russian timber concession on the Yalu prompts a $1,500,000 corean company to employ thousands, with many officers from the Chinese Eastern railway and own steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vladivottock
Novoa Vremya
Mukden
Kirin
Chinese Eastern Railway
Horrible Russian Infanticide Case Reflects Fanaticism
Vienna May 25 reports a shocking case from Vanjanda Russia where a believer named Aslamasow killed his infant son in a church after dreaming God promised restoration of health if he sacrificed the child. The act followed his recovery from illness amid local superstition and awe at the supposed holy act.
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Russia
Vienna
Kishenev
Vanjanda
Aslamasow
Aslamna
Turks Burn a Village Near Seres in Macedonian Conflict
Morning Leader dispatches report the Macedonian committee says Turks burned the village of Banitzi near Seres. Only 48 of 500 villagers escaped as many women and girls were outraged and murdered with bodies cast into the water. General Wheeler missed Confederate reunion parade attention and left New Orleans for Washington after not being invited.
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London
Sofia
Morning Leader
Macedonian Committee
Banitzi
Seres
General Wheeler
New Orleans
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Washington
Postoffice official Miller charged in mail fraud case
Washington May 26 Postmaster General Payne dismissed Daniel V Miller assistant attorney general for the postoffice department for accepting a bribe in the John J Ryan Co case. Warrants issued for Miller and a partner or go between. A post office inspector went west from Cincinnati to aid arrest. The bribery amount was several thousand dollars in cash and a check.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
Payne
Daniel V. Miller
John J. Ryan & Co
Miller
Post Office
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Ind
James N. Tyner
Ryan Company
St. Louis
Covington
Arnold Company
Postoffice
W. F. Vickery
R. M. Fulton
Glven
Fulton
United States
Beach
TIDAL WAVE DOWN VALLEY ENID OKLA HURTS LIVES AND HOMES
A cloudburst west of Enid Oklahoma at midnight caused $300,000 in damage and left hundreds homeless. A three foot high water wall swept through the Enid bottoms, submerging about a hundred houses as rescuers worked through the night. Damages and tales of distress spread beyond Enid with more losses feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Senid
Okla
Enid
Eni
Oblatuima
Inona
Max O'Rell
Paris
Paul Blouet
New York
Deadly Paris Madrid Race Halted After Fatal Accidents
In the Paris Madrid automobile race from Versailles to Bordeaux, nine people died and six were seriously injured in the first stage. Premier Combes banned further racing on French soil, with Spain likely to follow. Louis Renault set a fast time at Bordeaux, but multiple wrecks and a fatal overturn near Honneval marred the event.
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France
Paris
Versailles
Bordeaux
Premier Combes
Marcel Renault
Lorraine Barrows
Renault
Barrows
Destructive Elmo Tornado Claims Nineteen Lives
A deadly tornado swept Elmo Missouri eight miles south of Blanchard last evening. Nine people died and five were injured as the storm destroyed the Wabash depot and the Masonic temple, where a general merchandise store housed townsfolk. Only five of fourteen residents escaped death, with several injuries possibly fatal.
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Blanchard
Iowa
Elmo
Missouri State
C. C. Calhoun
Cassius Gell
J. J. Alvis
Leonard Bradley
Minton Huff
Gus Huff
Ore Strangler
D. L. Starkes
George Verry
Wabash
Masonic Temple
Tir Path
Insurgent losses in Balkan battles near Monastir and Presba
Vienna reports about 1500 Mace donian insurgents killed near Smerdigh, with refugees in a church and houses burned by Turkish troops after a 30 hour engagement. Separate dispatches note May 21 fighting near Mogil north of Monastir and ongoing clashes with insurgents in the Malesh range southwest of A push and collapse of fighting details.
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Vienna
Smerdigh
Presba
Salonica
Conntaminn
PLC
Mogi
Monastir
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Mogil
Teselv
Malesh
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the Herald
Boytlan
Shite
Pebllahers
Elbora
State Board of Health
J. A. Melhiven
Chariton
Adams
Costamary
Drew F. Kennedy
Prof Kinney
Drake University
Macey
Eli Gaines
Smith Melherson
Rose de Tar
Wabash Railroad Company
Bred A. Bennett
Sioux City
Chas. B. Mills
Clinton
M.A. Buel
Girnady Center
National Association of the Superintendents of
Buffalo
King
Tawa
S. ‘F Johnson
Association
Glanwood
Tastings
Britain
Ane
Drew Carnegie
LaFollette
Railroad Lobby
Madison
Wis
LaFollett
Honneval
Chartres
M. Porter
Hhe
Elmo, MO
Brer Williams
Posse
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