Thaw Trial Tactics Stir in Hummel Affidavit Evidence
In a New York court on March 17, the Thaw trial saw Delmas switch tactics to seek the full Hummel affidavit. The defense aimed to read parts contradicting Mrs. Thaw’s testimony, while the People introduced the Hummel conspiracy record to contextualize Thaw’s alleged violence. Police described Thaw’s behavior in his cell the night of the tragedy as irrational, though he had previously claimed rational conduct.
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New York
Abraham H. Hummell
Stanford ‘White
Harry K
Miss Negbit
Europe
Delmas
Thaw
Jerome
Delinas
Abraham
Hummell
Hummel
Austria
Switzerland
Paris
Tendertoin
John. Barrett
Thomas F. Lach
Flood destroys track. four hurt near Pittsburg Ohio
Four trainmen were seriously injured when a ground slip weakened by a flood collapsed the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad tracks at Falls ton Beaver River. A caboose plunged 406 feet into the river as an engine derailed. The flagman, badly hurt, managed to signal two following engines.
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Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Fallston
Beaver River
Here
Duel Over Beer Ends In Gunfire In Michigan
In Houghton Michigan on March 39 having consumed most of a case of beer William McDonald and John Augier quarreled over the remainder and began shooting. McDonald was shot through the lung and likely to die. Augier was not hurt.
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Houghton
Mich
William
McDonald
John Augier
Augier
Confession in Brownsville Affair Is Declared Fake
Washington dispatch cites Galveston chief of police stating Gray’s confession, claimed by Major Blacksome as a discharged soldier, is a fabrication. The confession linked to the Brownsville affair was published today but deemed false.
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Washington
Blacksome
San Antonio
Texas
Galveston
Gray
Brownsville
Railroad Man and President Meet Again in Washington
In Washington on March 18 the president held a second conference with B F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island railroad board. Yoakum declined to discuss the interview's purpose, marking the second such talk in ten days with the president.
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Washington
B. BF. Yoakum
The
Rock Island Railroad
Wih Yoakum
Te Prosiceni
Jebba Beached Near Prawle Point With Passengers Safe
London reports the steamer Jebba from West Africa ran onto rocks near Prawle Point just before dawn. Seventy passengers were rescued by breeches buoy and the ship is considered a total loss. In Chicago, Vice President Fairbanks spoke at St Ignatius College and the University of Chicago during St Patrick’s Day events.
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London
Jebba
Prawle Point
Chicago
Fairbanks
Insh Fellowship Club
St. Ignatius College
University of Chicago
Chicago Press Club
Iwacheon
Three Deaths Reported After Fatal Illnesses in Local Area
The report lists three deaths: Chester Cummings died suddenly at 11 30 p m from a probable tetanus or lockjaw after eating ice cream soda, with initial misreports of poisoning. Roger Rog ers, a farmer near Waterloo, died at 1 30 a m from blood poisoning after throat swelling led to infection and sepsis. Harold Blake Mathews, ten months old, died at 11 a m from an illness at the Mathews home on Mulberry Street. the family mourns as EG Mathews travels for work.
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Chester Cummings
Cummings
Banff Street
Mr. Cummings
Thos, Cummings
Eagle Township
Hudson
Ile
O'Keefe & Towne
NR. Rogers
Waterloo
Lamson
Rogers
Jin
Prof
Iowa City
Baby Mathews
Harold Blake Mathews
Ste Mulberry
Mathews
Stock market rout followed by violent recovery
New York March 18 excitment rose as a sudden stock market break unsettled traders. Speculative sentiment judged the recovery too violent and rapid to be healthy. Most active stocks fell one to four points before rebounding 1 to 14 points and easing the excess.
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New York
Wealthy farmer dies by own action near New London
Readable fragments indicate a wealthy farmer in New London county died by self infliction using a double barreled shotgun. The report notes the victim was seven years old and resided near New London. A second fragment mentions President Roosevelt and the Louisville exposition opening with bells and whistles.
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Burliegtorr
Specelal
Sam Summers
the Sutchle
New London
Louisville
Louisville , Exposition
Roosevelt
White House
Death Rate Low at Waterloo Presbyterian Hospital
At Presbyterian Synodical Hospital in Waterloo over 647 operations in two and a half years, only 26 patients died. Many cases involved severe accidents and some patients were near death on arrival. The record is praised as very gratifying, underscoring the hospital’s value and the need for continued funding and endowed beds to maintain care.
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Presbyterian Synodical Hospital
Abergjily
Primary Nomination Amendment Sees Suit Against Plurality
Des Moines March 18 Special: Senator Gilliland ends floor debate by backing Dunham amendment to raise nomination vote to 85 percent. McManus backs 35 percent. others support substitute to preserve convention and deter Democrats. Gilliland says aim is to save something out of the wreck. final vote 32 to 15 against the original plan, amendment adopted.
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Des Moines
Gilliland
Dunham
Pion Takibe
McManus Dem
Saunders
Whipple
Tomer
Durham
W.ipple
Wisconsin
Bald
Gillilland
Bontiam
Bruce
Bleakly
Elerick
Foley
Gale
Jameson
Page
Clark
Jones
Lambert
Nichols
Smith
Stookey
Taylor
Wade
Whiting
Confession in Fraud Case Ties to Chicago Western Railways
A confessor, B. Hollendors, in a pay pad scheme with Chicago Great Western railway, asserts a full admission of involvement. The county jail inmate, held on multiple counts, awaits court action as officers withhold details. Marriage news notes Elizabeth N Harrison wed to Avastin E Smith in Waterloo. A city banner display marks Grover Cleveland's 70th birthday. A Sparks farm barn fire destroys livestock and farm assets near Corning.
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B. Hollendors
Chicago Great Western Railway
Tme
J.B. Morse
Melbommé
HoWienhors
W. ¥. Siberty
Claude Johnson
Thirty days for theft and license hearing noted
The court will hear Camt J Miller's liquor license application on April 24 alongside the P J Marlin vs Property Mutual Insurance case. Several similar matters are set for hearing with rumors of out of court settlements or continuances. Austin C G was sentenced to 30 days in county jail after pleading guilty to petit larceny, with $10 fine and costs, and property returned. G C Kennedy reported Herbert Minds resigns as editor at Y M C A following a stay in Senilie Washington. plans to travel to Detroit with a new office device.
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Camt J. Miller
P. J.marlin
Property Mutual Insurance Association
CG. Austin
Ossian
Waterloo
Henry H. Fay
A. B. Kepford
G. C. Kennedy
Herbert Minds
E.sitor
Y. M. GC
Suveraliarson
Detroit
Cps
Senilie
Washbington
Burglar Breaks Up Service at Oakland Church
Rev Charles R Brown of First Congregational Church Oakland was preaching when a burglar entered the vestry and fought with the sexton stealing the communion plate. The burglar was captured and jailed. Police Judge Isaiah Van Metre, ill recently, is slowly improving and may return home on pleasant days.
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San Francisco
Charles R. Brown
First Congregational Church of
Oakland
Sexton
Isaiah van Metre
Death of Baby Boy Wilson in Iowa City Home
Lester Mortis Wilson, two months old, died at 6 30 AM after a brief illness from membranous croup at the family home AML West Third Street Iowa Dairy Separator employee Thomas Wilson and wife Moum Losa were quarantined for diphtheria. A private funeral was held at 2:00 PM with burial in Fairview.
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Thomas Wilson
Moum Losa
Little Ben
Lester Mortis Wilson
Aml West
Third Street
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Commercial Street
Fairvlew
Shehan Farm Sold for 430000 Near Catholic Cemetery
J H Riley completed the purchase of the 280 acre Shehan farm one mile west of the Catholic cemetery for 430000. The property, highly improved and productive in Blackhawk county, has been rented to John Essink who took possession March 1. Riley plans a permanent investment and may later divide about forty acres in smaller tracts.
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J. H. Riley
Shehan
John Essink
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Woods
Blackhawk County
Riley
Morning-Feely Contested Election Hearing In Des Moines
The Mor nin Feely contest in Blackhawk county faced a motion to dismiss by former Senator Courtright of Waterloo claiming lack of standing and insufficient facts. The committee adjourned as Representative Clary was ill, and the case moved to Tuesday.
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Des Moines
House Committee
Grandmother Wilkins Found Dead in Bed at 76
Grandma Wilkins, 76, was found dead in bed at 8:00 Monday morning by her son George. She had retired in apparent good health Sunday night and likely suffered a heart attack after bedtime. She lived with a son in Mt. Vernon township and leaves another son, a farmer in the same township.
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Grandma Wilkins
Gear Falls
George
Mrs Jerry Mosher Stricken By Paralysis In Powagiac
Mrs Jerry Mosher former Cedar Falls and Waterloo resident and mother of Mrs M Jacoby of Enid Oklahoma was stricken with paralysis March 7 at her son Herbert’s Powagiac home. She is in critical condition and aunt of Mrs G H Fellers R B Kingsley and Mrs A A Cheney.
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Jerry Mosher
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
M. Jacoby
Enid
Oklahoma
G. H. Fellers
R. B. Kingsley
Minneapolis
A. A. Cheney
Herbert
Powagiac
Wich
Court Term Mixes Actions in Probate Criminal and Chancery
District court opened with a varied docket including Lucinda Johnson vs city over city limits, Andrew Schwendemenn charged with uttering a forged instrument, Joe Hurley linked to a larceny case, and probate proof of Francis Clifford will. March 26 features Hurley trial and Anna El. Hottys et al. suits, with March 27 Dawes and Austin hearings, plus promissory note actions and other damage cases set for later dates. The Bath Packing case delays until April 6 after amended petition shifts.
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District Court
Anoon
Lucinda Johnson
Taiks Sea
Andrew Schwendemenn
F. 5
Merrian
Joe Hurley
Hurley
Golden Eagle
Francis Clifford
iAnna el. Hottys
Hilzabeth
Lucinda Johngenn
Waterloo Mo
Ansij L
Partea
Laporte
Walter Austin
Mary B. Gifford
Lyons
C. R. Core
Mary Marshall A.M. ‘Chamberlain
J. Mi Mallen
W. H. Phelps
State
M.d.philleo
Philleo
Independence
Asylum
Reiff & Sims
Pioneer Banker Frank Mansfield Dies at 52
Frank M. Mansfield prominent Shell Rock banker died early Sunday after an eight to ten week illness. He organized the F M Mansfield Bank Logging Co in 1883, later reorganized as Shell Rock Banking Co. He retired from active work in 1907 but remained a respected figure with ties to Pythians and Masons. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM conducted by Knights of Pythias. Mansfield left a widow and two children.
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Shell’ Rock
Frank M. Mansfield
Citdeen
Mansfield
Lble
Iown
F. M. Mansfeld ‘Banklog Company
Shell Rock
Ma “Manfield
Knights of Pythias
Briner
K.P. Todge
Pat Buell Rooks
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago Moh 18 1907
The Chicago cash market shows hog prices weakening with mixed and butcher grades around 6.55 to 6.80 for good to choice heavy hogs and lighter prices for rough heavy and light hogs. Cattle and sheep markets opened steady and closed steady to slow respectively with estimated tomorrow hog receipts around 20,000. Local notes mention corn oats barley prices and a misleading ad for Helilater’s Ready Mountain Ter with an unrelated compliance note about employing minors.
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Chicago
Moh
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Harold Mathews
N. R. Rogers
II Health
Waterloo Ropu Belt Company
Sycamore
East Third Street
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Rapa Belt Co
Waterloo Skirt and Garment Company
J.B. Hollendors
Bendaman
Harrison-Smith
Elizabeth N. Harrison
David” Harrison
Avastin
E. Smith
Blut
Revoc
Orange Township
Grover
McClellan
Grover Cleveland
T. W. Sparks
Corning
Austin
Justice’s Office
Church of Plate
Fine Property
C. A. Lewis
Don R. Lewis
Bath Packing Co
Business Activi
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Bive “Tock Market
Helilater
Wangler Bros
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Ray Corson
K. B. Corson Homme
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