Burrows Presses for Vote On Lorimer Case Tonight
Washington Feb 24 Friends of Senator Lorimer gather in the Senate chamber signaling a vote before adjournment. Senator Burrows, chair of privileges and elections, indicates a vote will occur, hinting at a possible night session if needed. Beveridge from Indiana begins the third installment of his opposition speech, recapping charges from the investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer
Senate
Burrows
Senator Burrows
Committee On
Beveridge
Justice Harlan Still In The Hole
Washington February 24 Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court has not saved enough from his salary to repay a $1,000 loan taken at his marriage Albert Rosenthal a Philadelphia artist told the house appropriations committee Rosenthal has nearly finished a collection of former justices portraits and offered it for purchase Harlan said I would like to have that portrait I borrowed $1,000 when I was married and every year since I find I still owe that amount All the Justices are poor McKenna wanted to buy Moody portrait but the price was too high
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Washington, D. C
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Appropriations Committee of the House
Albert Rosenthal
Philadelphia
Rosenthal
Supreme Bench
Congress
Harlan
Mr. Rosenthal
Justica McKenna
Justica Moody
Supreme Court
Justice Moody
Exoneration of Prof Kennedy at Ames College
Des Moines Feb 24 Ex education board clears Prof W J Kennedy animal husbandry department Iowa State College Ames of charges. An unrelated note mentions H I Wood of Omaha as North British and Mercantile general agent and Davenport Woman's club event on March 14 titled Fire Insurance Benefit.
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Waterloo
H. IN. Wood
Omaha
Neb
North British & Mercantile Company
F. J. Hardisty
Wond
Davenport Woman's Club
Woman Vanishes After Dinner in Clinton Home
Mrs Maria Benson aged 32 of Clinton Iowa vanished after inviting friends to dinner. She left a note apologizing for not being in but could not stand it. Her husband left her last August and she had hinted at self harm. Police believe she may be dead.
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Clinton
Maria Benson
Dr Wiley campaigns against drug fiends in nation
Washington Feb 24 Dr Harvey W Wiley a noted pure food expert launches a national campaign against drug fiends He vows universal prohibition of many drugs and alcohol and urges proper control He praises the medical profession yet says more must be done His fiancée Miss Anna C Kelton president of Staunton Equal Suffrage club is a Congressional Library clerk and daughter of the late Adjutant General Kalton
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Washington
Harvey
W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Republican Club
New York City
Wiley
Anna C. Kelton
Staunton Equal Suffrage Club
Dr. Wiley
Miss Kelton
Kalton
Congressional Library
Train Leaps Bridge as Chile Disaster Kills Many
Valparaiso Chile Feb 24 A railway train jumped the track on a bridge near the American Braden copper mines and plunged into the ravine below. Fifty persons were killed or injured. Several Americans are among the injured.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Man Charged With $37,000 Theft Held for California Trial
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb 2 3 Charles Barratt charged in San Francisco with theft of bullion valued at $37,000 in transit on the steamer Humboldt. He remains in county jail awaiting arrival of San Francisco officers to take him to California for trial.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles Barratt
San Francisco
Humboldt
California
Rock Island to Extend Des Moines Short Line
H A Mudge president of Rock Island announces the St Paul and Des Moines line will be made first class and extended south through Marion county coal fields to connect with the Kansas City division creating a new Kansas City to Twin Cities route via Des Moines.
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Nes Moines
H. A. Mudge
Rock Island Railroad
St. Paul
Alumnus to Present Gold Medal in College Oratorical
Dr. F. G. Sags, an alumnus of Town State Teachers' college, will travel to Cedar Falls tonight to present the gold medal awarded in the annual oratorical contest. The event is a major college highlight and attendees from Waterloo are expected.
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F. G. Sags
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Alumni Association
Waterloo
Senatorial Voting and Reform Bills in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines Feb 24 Today's vote featured a featureless Iowa Senate session with Ream introducing a bill to add canvassing boards for precincts over 500 votes. House committee opposed Pickford county educational boards and Edmunds sought 5000 for hog cholera serum production. Reformed Presbyterians protested a vote fining nonvoters. Moore proposed filling vacancies in Iowa National Guards by promotion. Wilson Cosson law extended to boards and councils. Glenwood upset Malvern as county seat change rules passed. Sumner health secretary salary hike to 3000 proposed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ream
Senate
House of Representatives’ Educational Committee
Pickford
Edmunds
Page County
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Clarinda
Moore
Linn
National Guard Ordered to Taylorville Strike Response
Springfield Feb 24 Gov Deneen ordered four National Guard commands to Taylorville after a Christian County sheriff appealed. Major Charles C Summers Fifth Infantry Springfield leads troops who will reach Taylorville by 4 pm today to address a strike by employees of the B I Z Paper Bag Company.
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Deneen
Christian County
National Guard
Taylorville
B.1 Z Paper Bag Company
Charles C. Summers
Fifth Infantry
Russians Oust Jews From Tchernigov Province
St Petersburg report says Governor Maklakoff ordered mass expulsion of Jews from the Tchernigov district in Little Russia. Two hundred nineteen families, wealthy landowners and manufacturers, were marched through heavy snow to the district outskirts despite the cold. Police opened houses and drove residents into the streets before sending them away from the province. a committee’s appeal to the governor failed, prompting appeals to St Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Maklakoff
Tchernigov
Russia
Reciprocity bill reported to Senate from finance committee
Washington Feb 24 The McCall bill to implement the Canadian reciprocity agreement was reported to the senate today by the committee on finance without recommendation. The panel voted 6 to 7 neither favoring nor opposing the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Committee On Finance
Battle Today Imminent In Mexican Revolt Near Juarez
El Paso reports Col Radage reached Lute Puro, 69 miles south of Juarez, with Gen Madeiro nearby and a battle expected today. Peter Blatt of Pittsburg seeks U S intervention for his son Edwin M Blatt, 21, arrested bearing arms with insurgents while en route from El Paso to join the revolt.
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Woman found dead in pool of blood at home near Baxter
Newton reported Feb 24 that Matilda Hermesmeier a 45 year old wealthy resident who lived alone half a mile west of Baxter was discovered by her nephew Herman Klammberg in a pool of blood with signs of struggle. Authorities believe foul play may be involved and an inquest was set for that afternoon.
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Newton
Matilda Hermesmeier
Baxter
Herman Klammberg
Klammberg
Wedding First Leads to Tragic End in Iowa
Will Bohnhoff a 35 year old German farm hand shot himself in a barn after attending the employer’s daughter Pauline Honsprecken’s wedding to Ernest Sleveka. He drank whisky before the fatal act and disappeared after the ceremony. his body found 24 hours later.
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Wyooming
Will Bohnhoff
Bohnhoff
John Bonspiecken
Pauline Honsp
Bonilla Declines the Presidency in Honduras
Puerto Cortez Honduras Feb 24 General Manuel Bonilla leader of the revolutionary movement withdraws formally as a candidate for the provisional presidency and there are prospects of an early agreement with the government.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Manuel Bonilla
Revolutionary Movement
Decorators Strike Over Open Shop Move In Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa February 24 special report painter and paper hanger decorators went on strike to forestall a March 1 plan by local contractors to lock them out and establish an open shop in the city no new developments were reported.
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Dubuque, Fa
Dubuque
Prisoners Fight at Anife Battle Ends in Fatal Stabbing
Anamosa Iowa February 24 Two inmates at the state reformatory fought with knives last night. One man was stabbed through the jugular vein and kidney and is dying. The other inmate was uninjured. Authorities refuse to divulge names.
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Anamosa, Ta
State Reformatory
Bank Robbery and Post Office Hijack in Fort Dodge Area
Fort Dodge Iowa February 24 robbers dynamited a local bank near Fort Dodge and later hit the post office. They took valuables and fled toward Des Moines as residents heard the blasts and offered little resistance.
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Fort Dodge
Callender
Des Moines
Wrestler William Baldwin Dies From Neck Injury
William Farmer Baldwin of Tiffin Iowa died at a local hospital after his neck was broken in a wrestling match on Wednesday night. The accident occurred in Town City Ta on Feb 24.
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Town City
William “Farmer” Baldwin
Tiffin
New Bank Opens in Kelley With Citizens Savings Bank
Prominent stockholders from Ames and Kelley capitalists organize a new bank in Kelley named Citizens Savings Bank. It will have a $10,000 capitalization and begin business within days with W. C. Sand of Kelley in charge. The report notes involvement of Smoke Martin Standard as a local figure.
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Union National Bank of Ames
Kelley Capitalists
Kelley
Citizens Savings Bank
W.C. Sandis
Stove Explodes Injuring Child Near Ackley Iowa
Terrific blast at Klaas Grominga farm two miles east of Ackley Iowa injures a three year old boy. Left forearm bones broken and face cut and cinders splashed. Fire tore kitchen fixtures, stove blown to pieces and a window shattered. Cause of the explosion remains a mystery.
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Ackley
Klaas
J A Oly Secures Secretary for Mason City Club
Mason City Iowa February 24 special reports the Mason City Commercial club has hired John A Sly of Waterloo as secretary for the coming year He previously served as secretary of the Waterloo club for a year and will assume duties immediately.
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Mason City Commercial Club
John A. Sly
Waterloo
Commercial Club
Sly
Waterloo Club
Beveridge Attacks Depew in Lorimar Report Debate
Senator Beveridge of Indiana delivered a forceful speech accusing bribery and corruption in a senatorial election and charging Senator Depew with endorsing the Lorimer report without reading the full testimony. The exchange included Depew admitting he had not seen the complete record, only briefs, and amid gallery applause the sergeant at arms faced threats to clear the galleries.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Depew
Grtimer
Senate
New York
Beveridge
Senator Batley
Mr. Beveridge
Wild Gods Chase For Corpo
Mason City Feb 24 special anonymous letter to the secretary of the M B A lodge described a police search of about a score of houses in the southwest town part. An Odd Fellows committee and an M B A committee aided the search for the missing bookkeeper and lodgeman J S Dunn but the body was not found.
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Mason City
M. B. A. Lodge
Odd Fellows
J. S. Dunn
Acquit Woman of Stealing Diamonds
St Louis jury finds Lillian McDonald not guilty of robbing a home of diamonds valued at 8000 dollars. Diamonds vanished from a house where she reportedly worked as a servant. She faces possible prosecution in Chicago for robbery from Ira J Mix’s home.
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St. Louis
Lillian McDonald
Chicago
Ira J. Mix
Chiago
Hardware Dealers Elect Officers at Iowa Convention
The Iowa Hardware Dealers association closed its state convention in Des Moines with resolutions attacking the narcotic post and urging lower first class postal rates and higher second class rates. George Haw Jr of Ottumwa was elected president, C. T. Gadd of Des Moines president, and A. R. Sayles of Mason City secretary and treasurer.
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Tes Moines
Iowa Hardware Dealers’ Association
Narcety Post
George Haw, Jr
Ottunswa
C. T. Gadd
Des Moines
A. R. Sayles
Mason City
Weather snippet from February twenty four bulletin
Fragmentary forecast notes with markings from Buchanan Optical Co and Syndicate block. Mentions temperatures or readings at 7 a.m. and small distributions, but overall text is unreadable and partial.
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Syndicate Block
Gatas BO
Sean Ven
Rate Defeat Hits Market Prices Decline
New York and London stock markets react to Interstate Commerce Commission decision opposing freight rate increases. Heavy selling drives declines of 2 to 4 points from prior close as western rail stocks and industrials slide. Early London trading mirrors U S losses with a later partial recovery and mixed noon tone.
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New York
Interstate Commercia Commission
London
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Tariff Association
United States
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Wickersham and Mondell in House Fracas over Alaska Lands
Washington Feb 24 A heated clash broke out on the house floor when Alaska delegate Wickersham rushed Mondell during debate on a coal lands leasing bill. Fists flew as members seized the combatants. Apologies followed and the house adjourned amid the uproar.
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Wickersham
Congress
Alaska
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Olmstead
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Tawney
Mr. Wickersham
Representative Mendeli
Vaudeville Performer Faints Onstage
Al Weber, a vaudeville performer, fainted while preparing a backward turn from a twenty foot platform and fell, breaking an arm and sustaining other injuries before the audience realized what happened.
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Dubuque, Ta
al Weber
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