Debate over Iowa Regents Bill Dominates Disrupted Session
In Des Moines March proceedings feature a lengthy senate debate on the state university system. Professor Curtiss faces sharp questioning, Whipple and Gilliland clash on faculty lobbying and funding. The regents bill, tied to Cummins politics, confronts opposition from anti Cummins forces and some Cummins adherents. Judge Kinne’s sudden death adds to legislative instability as discussion continues into the week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Curtiss
Ames
Turner
Tesday
Mareh
aAffer
Ida
Lowa Ciysendin
Towa Assembly
Cummins
Senator Whipple
Yoles
General Assembly
Friends of State Volleme
Giumeé
Erlelsimn
Rator Whipple
Lenny Gilliland
Whipple
Tie Sudo
Estent
Professores Cirtiss
Polden
Benitor Gilhilband
Urele
Glace de Marnaenis
Otners
State College
State Normal School
State University
Ams
Gilland
Board of Regents
T. G. Kinne
State Board of Contra
Kinne
Jawai Ehariae
Penn
Dee Calle
Cunning
Nami
Winne
Cumoyins
Ansed
Amunel
Adultery Case In Oelwein Hotel Leads to Warrant
Report from Oelwein recounts a hotel registration by a couple under aliases then real names Massingham and Cutshaw. A warrant was issued by Cutshaw’s husband, Massingham released after defense and lack of witnesses. Cutshaw seeks divorce and alimony while Massingham’s background noted near Independence.
Power Struggle Echoes in Statehouse Over Bills and Speaker
Readable portions describe anger in the upper house as senators accuse Speaker Cunneen of blocking or reshaping measures. The dispute centers on joint bills and funding for public buildings and irrigation. Disgruntled senators claim the speaker uses procedural power to favor allies while penalizing opponents.
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Seine
Canin
Adepuwad
Serthe Byto
Cunneen
House
Siel
Ynemas
Rieed
Woman Survives Suicide Attempt After Domestic Distress
In Sidney on March 17 Mrs Pearl Gaga attempted self harm during a personal crisis involving marital separation. A passersby or local aid restored her to consciousness and doctors expect recovery. Gaga had recently separated from her husband and worked as a domestic helper.
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Sidney
Pearl Gaga
Gage
Hus
Dani
Alce
Dead Boy Vannie Miller Identified In Marengo Inquest
A Marengo inquest reports the body found near a railway line is Vannie Miller. Deputy coroner Dr. S C Wernham oversees the investigation. The unknown man, about 30, well dressed, carried two purses and three pennies. A torn letter signed Vannie Miller and a partial history note link him to Colorado Wyoming and Freeport. The jury absolved the railroad of blame, concluding accidental death by a moving engine or car. Remains were buried in Senecand Township with local undertaker help. Miller is son of John H. Miller, previously from Waterloo, with mother remarried to Dinmer Shen.
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Vriday
Renenrson
Vannie Miller
Mareho
Marenge
Ian Otis Tollaws
Martengo
Maurel
WT. Ryhearson
Wiverlag
Vinnie Miller
Trim
Freeport
Winnie
Catheriane
Tard
Towa
A. m. Maren
Heard
Oscar Bonner
A. Marengo
Woodard Pickle
Union
Jayecox
S. C. Wernham
Colorado
Wyoming
Preeport
M. J. Perkins
3 Sonic
John H. Miller
Dinmer Shen
Marjackets
Buh
West
Bronze Monument For Jefferson Memorial Planned In Central Park
Monuments for Jefferson New York March 16 Preparations are under way to raise a fund for a bronze statue in Central Park honoring Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle. About a third of the 30000 goal has been pledged. Sculptor William Frederick MacMonnies, based in Paris, agrees to carve the monument. Lincoln Trust Co will be treasurer, with drives in fifteen eastern cities and in Japan. Subscriptions begin at 2 dollars.
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New York
Central Park
Joseph Jefferson
Aeter
Rip van Winkie
William Frederick MacMonnies
Paris
Lincoln Trust Company
Jadan
Walsh's Assets at New Tark Hearings on Railroads Sale
Representatives of Chicago clearing houses and major banks met in New Tark March 16 with leaders of Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and Pennsylvania railways to discuss selling Walsh railroad properties including the Tae Mana Southern and Mileaga Southern lines. Attending were officials from First National Bank, Continental Bank, Olmots Trust & Savings Bank, and Walsh creditors led by President Wy U1 Newman and Vice Presidents W. G. Town and John Garatenen, among others.
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Chicago Eleaing House
John Re Wish
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rock Istanaecompany
Walsh Railroad
Tae Mana Southern
Mileaga Southern Railways
Chitaga Clearing House
Worgim
First National Bank
EB. A. Mann
Com Tix Change Bank
J. RB. Hutchings
Olmots Trust & Savinga Bank
Istitations
Patnechnal Walsh
vVailroads
Wy U1
Newman
W. G. Town
John Garatenen
Lake Shore
Janes McCren
Railways Confront Creditors In Chicago Pact Talks
Involving the Pennsylvania and President Robert Mather and the Rock Island company, a lengthy conference ended without public statements though sources say a settlement was reached amid stern creditor demands. Chicago creditors reportedly set a $25 million minimum for the rail properties, with offers to be submitted by the combination.
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Pennsylvania
Robert Mather
Rock Island Company
Chicago
Walsh
Lake
Shovesden
Ville Lock
Olin
Algeciras Conference Deadlock Persists
London dispatches reflect split views on a rapid breakthrough versus ongoing impasse. Algeciras reports show no conference sessions held due to stalemate and uncertainty over when delegates will reassemble. French and German instructions cited as the cause of stalled discussions.
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London
Eng
Algeciras
Daily Mail
Standard and Telegraph
Spain
Boy shot by accident during revolver cleaning
D G Green a 19 year old resident of Shilliam's addition was accidentally shot in the abdomen while attempting to remove old cartridges from a revolver. The bullet lodged near the kidney and an operation to remove the ball began at 5:30 PM. It is feared recovery may be unlikely. He had been working on Woods Brothers' site this winter.
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Shilliam
Carridges
T Lim
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Green
Dunham's
Young Green
Woods Brother
Des Moines
J. C. Kinne
Board of
Eosytral
Ridge Road
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Judge Kinne
Central
Larrabee
John Downie
Kinne
Supreme Court
Dig
Kinne, Humel& Branshaw
Brent
Polke County
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Death Reaps Ripened Harvest in Waterloo
Two elderly residents died within hours of today’s noon. M M Doven of West Eleventh Street, 92, born in Germany in 1817, leaves a daughter and two sons with a Lutheran church funeral planned at 3 20 p m Monday. William T Meyers, 70, of 618 Butt Street, died after months of illness, with no children but a wife and four siblings surviving. no funeral arrangements yet.
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West Eleventh Street
Germany
Meena Leash
Frank MM. Doyen
Parkersburg
George Deyen
Spirit Land
Decedent
Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Church
Walnut Street
Rev. T. Wal
Myers
Wiliam T. Meyers
Butt Street
Brights Distuse
Mr. Meyers
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Black Hawk County
Spring Creek Township
Missouri
St. Joseph
Blatt Street
Waterloo
James
Washington
Nathan Myers
Catherine Crumline
Miers
Bring Creek Township
Witte Assures Russians Protect Jews From Massacres
Adaips Krns, president of the executive committee of the Independent Order of war Brith, received a cablegram from Premier Witte stating the Russian government intends to protect all Jews from massacres allegedly planned at Baster.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Adaips Krns
The
Independent Order of War Brith
Witte
Baster
Hermann Must Stand Trial in Oregon Official Case
Washington March 47 Justice Gould of the district supreme court overruled the demurrer to the indictment against Representative Binger Hermann of Oregon former commissioner of the General Land Office. He is charged with destroying certain letterpress copybooks alleged to contain public records.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Binger Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
Independent News Service plan and Bell opposition outlined
Des Moines reports that the Towa Independent Telephone association moved to form a press bureau to gather and distribute Iowa news akin to the Associated Press. The plan includes aDes Moines clearing house hub, telegraph links to larger towns, and distribution to evening and morning papers. A separate push will raise $250,000 to oppose Bell’s toll access, with stock subscriptions from about 300 lines statewide. Judge J C Kinne, longtime Des Moines jurist, dies at 82.
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Des Moines
Towa Independent Telephone Association
Iowa
Associated Press
Independent Telephone ‘Clearing House
Iowa Evening Press Association
E. HH. Martin
Webster City
Marlin Telephone Company
Ule
Independent
Beit Lines
Independent Lines
Bell
Martin
Bell Company
Bell People
Sioux City
P. C. Anamane
Tlarkwell City
Chames Gerring
Boone
Averill
Cedar
I. E
Bellamy
Knoxville
E. @. Martin
J. C. Thorne
Pairfield
George N. Bansy
Peculiar Divorce Case Shocks Montezuma Court
March 16 in Montezuma the court granted I B Brande a divorce from FB kh Brande. Brande a Grinnell lumber dealer and grand juror witnessed his wife’s testimony for divorce while he overheard in an adjoining room the evidence about true bills against alleged county lawbreakers. Spectators noted the odd sequence and the Elcumatine scene.
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Montezuma
I. BR. Birande
Kh. Brande
Brande
Grinnell
Iisband
Lrandé
Grinnell Alimony Arrangement Revealed in Divorce Case
Not living together as husband and wife since January, Mrs Brande testifies. He has supported her, renting a $57.50 monthly Grinnell home while he occupies a furnished downtown room. They attended a Grinnell party together, though no petition had been filed. She seeks alimony of $00 per month.
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Brande
Grinnell
Rural delivery routes listed for May first in Iowa and D C
Iowa and Washington D C announce rural delivery routes to start May 1. Details include route lengths of 15 to 20 miles, populations served of around 280 to 1 484, and 26 to 70 houses per route. Names appear for carriers substitutes and postmasters in several towns such as Iowa City Jamaica Modale and Sigourney.
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Washington, D. C
Andrew
Jackson
Iowa City
Lloyd W. Pareh
Mora B. Parch
Jamaica
Clinton FL Marin
Roscoe Sawyer
Modale
William A. Parcell
Lewis W. Gord
Henry J. Ackley
Nevada feud ends in damages suit over horse site brawl
Albert Waltz a minor sues Sam Gail and Archuor Etnire for 1000 dollars claiming he was jumped, beaten and disfigured during a family feud at a Cole horse site melee. His father, defendant in a sensational divorce case, brings the action as next friend.
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Nevada
Cole
Etnire Boys
Waltz Boys
Albert Waltz
Sam
Gail
Archuor Etnire
Young Waits
Elaire
Mareh
Man shoots at ex wife in Anamosa area.
Henry Mernette, a local resident with prior prison terms, returned to the village after parole and threatened his divorced wife. He fired through a window missing her and nearly hit their son. Mrs. Mernette alerted Marshal Smith and exchanged shots. Mernette was captured and sent to Carroll for trial, likely returning to Anamosa prison.
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Coon Rapids
Henry Mernette
Isis
Rare eight-stamp U S set sells for 2501 dollars
New York collectors auctioned a complete eight-stamp 1861 issue from A H Scholls for 2501 dollars. The face value was 1.75 dollars. The notes recount wartime issues and Confederate use during the Civil War era and the hurried preparation of a different stamp issue.
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New York
N. Y
United States
A. H. Scholls
Earliest Postage Stamp Set Purchased by Boston Firm
A Boston firm bought the new stamp set issued after a prior month, marking these as the earliest usable for mailing. Earlier issues hold value only to philatelists, and the post office department reportedly lacks a set.
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Boston
Post Office Department
Verdict Reaches Defendants in House Contract Case
After nearly seventeen hours the jury found for the defendant in the Rovert m vs H. L. Bloom case with a verdict of 145. The defendant sought remitting 45, yielding a 100 judgment. Plaintiff claimed $185.03 for a residence erected on the east bank. The house cost around 1,292. Architect Stewart testified as did multiple jurors who toured the site. The long deliberation ended with a verdict amid concerns over contract adherence to plans and specs.
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Rovert m
H. L. Bloom
J. A. Gilmore
Jesse Gonge
W. P. Hoxie
Munger
Severs Lands From Waterloo City in Two Trials
In the Wa terloo case of John P Peek and William Knowles against the city, the third severance suit, the court with Judge Blair this forenoon dispensed with a jury. The decision split 360 acres severed to plaintiffs. Fr G Wilson et al led by Wilson Halliday and Mears Lovejoy. The second suit James Hy Pak et al awarded about 2320 acres to plaintiffs. Attorneys for plaintiffs Meats Lovejoy. for city Swisher and Williams.
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John P. Peek
William Knowles
Waterloo
Blair
Fr. G. Wilson
Ed. Fh. Wilson
C. B. Halliday
Mears & Lovejoy
Clinintitts
James Hy Pak
Plainiff
Meats & Lovejoy
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