New Cabinet Office Discussed By Hepburn and President
Representative Hepburn and sub committee members met with the president to talk over the proposed department of commerce. The president said he had not formed an opinion on which bureaus to include and suggested cabinet officers nominate representatives to advise on detachments for the new department. The measure will likely be carried over to the next session.
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Hepburn
Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce
Senate proposes Cuba annexation and statehood plan
Senator Elkins introduces a joint resolution in the Senate to annex Cuba and admit it as a state named the State of Cuba with a republican government. The constitution would be submitted by January 1, 1904, debts not charged to the federal government, and a $100,000 appropriation set to implement the plan.
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Washington
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Senate
Cuba
Republic of
United States
Republic of Cuba
Elkins
Texas
Republican Party
Trust Bill Introduced Citing Industrial Commission Recommendations
Representative Bell of Colorado introduces a trust bill based on industrial commission findings. It requires annual treasury filings with corporate details and classifies stock by payment type. Watered stock faces 2 percent annual assessment and railroads discriminating in interstate transport could be shut and placed under court receivership.
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Washington
Bell
Colorado
Industrial Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
United States Circuit Court
Bodies of American Prisoners Found After Ladrones Attack
The bodies of a sergeant two corporals and four privates of the Fifth Cavalry captured May 10 at Binangonan Rizal have been recovered. Most were hewn limb from limb and four could not be recognized. Nine men are identified as part of the ladrones band, including two Teresa police members. The soldiers were buried together.
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Ladrones
Manila
Teresa
Morong
Return of Exiles in Rural Russia
In St. Petersburg on June 16 exiles banished from rural districts in 1901 are being allowed to return home. Interior Minister Von Plehwe is urging petitions for readmission. Among returnees is Prof. Leshoft, educationalist once involved in Saratoff disorders and whipped. Red-haired parentage allegedly causes gray hair in children.
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St. Petersburg
von Plehwe
Interior
Leshoft
Saratoff
Iowa News Digest From 1902 Wide Storms And Trials
Frank Robinson of Nevada shot his sweetheart and rival in Kansas City and is disowned by his father Then buried in potter's field. Martha Zepter and Charles Hebner sue Jesse Wells and Margaret Rathburn for 30000 over a stolen diamond ring case following Judge Silvera’s discharge of the pair. A Harris Nickel state railway show tent collapsed at Sigourney injuring 50 to 60 people. Drake University student Pell barred as amateur after admitting running in open contests. Dubuque storm damages frames, trees and crops. one man may die from lightning. Ravenna steamer wreck near Dubuque leaves crew dead and missing. Sioux City gambling seeks local license 200 per year amid lack of ordinance. Grinnell Washington High class 1902 suffers windstorm injuries. several students trapped in a brick schoolhouse collapse. Iowa College Grinnell marks 51st anniversary with graduates and notable visitors. Will of Judge Hubbard filed. large estate and bequests to widow and heirs. Omeara, a former Des Moines figure, dies in Cerrillos after a governor’s office career. Enduring storms, accidents, and legal actions mark Iowa news.
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Nevada
Kansas City
Potter’s Field
Martha Zepter
Charles H. Hebener
District Court
Polk County
Jesse Wells
Margaret E. Rathburn
Des Moines
Young Wells
Silvera
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Hebner
Sigourney
Clara Campbell
Samuel Utterback
Pell
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Angus
Carroll
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Donahue
Maquoketa
Ravenna
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Ilegal
Supreme Court
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Ashbury
Albert Hefley
White Line Transfer Company
Greenwood Park Street
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Morris
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Dr. Linn
Samuel Wellington
Wellington
Judge Hubbard
Frank F. Dawley
Charles E. Wheeler
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Miss Buckley
J. H. T. Main
Dan F. Bradley
Andover Theological Seminary
Massachusetts
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Seath Muscatine Lumver Company
St. Louis
Judge Hubbard Dies From Runaway Injuries at Farm
Cedar Rapids May 138 Judge N M Hubbard died from injuries after a runaway near Coldstream farm. The prominent lawyer and political figure, long active with the Northwestern railway and state campaigns, was born September 24 1829 in Oswego New York. He served in the Civil War and held district judge and counsel roles. He leaves two daughters and a son.
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Shaw
Northwestern Railway
Iowa
Nathaniel Mead Hubbard
Oswego
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Alfred
New York
Marion
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Iowa Volunteers
New Insurance Firm to Write Burglary Policies in Des Moines
Articles of Incorporation filed for a Des Moines insurer to cover merchandise and household goods loss from burglary on a stock basis. Initial paid capital likely $50,000, to rise to $100,000. Two policy classes planned: burglary only at $5 per $1,000 and broad burglary or theft losses at $10 per $1,000.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Insurance
Iowa
Insurance Committee of the House
Des Moines Army Post Under Construction Begins
Work on Fort Des Moines has begun under Major R. B. Turner. Contracts totaling about $200,000 cover fencing grading sewer lines plumbing steam heating and electrical work with A. W. Sprague O. P. Herrick H. C. Clark Harris and Alger and Arthur Frantzen Co. named as contractors.
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Des Moines Army Post
Government Reservation
R. B. Turner
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Turner
A. W. Sprague
Chicago
O. P. Herrick
H. C. Clark
Delaware City
Delaware
Harris & Alger
Camden
New Jersey
Arthur Frantzen Co
Waterman resigns from Iowa Supreme Court forms law partnership
Davenport judge Charles M. Waterman resigns from the state supreme bench effective July 1 and forms a partnership with ex Congressman Joseph B. Lane of Davenport to practice law. Gov. Cummins will appoint a successor, with the unexpired term ending December 31, 1908, and political computation follows the convention.
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Des Moines
Davenport
Charles M. Waterman
State Supreme Bench
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Joseph 8. Lane
Waterman
Cummins
McHenry
Supreme Court
Fort Madison
Matt Hunter
Homer Holland
Mt. Ayr
Barnstomer
Roosevelt May Visit Des Moines In September Grand Lodge Meet
Des Moines chatter links President Roosevelt to a western trip with the Soveragy Grand Lodge I O O F meeting scheduled September 15 to 20. Secretary Cortelyou hints the Des Moines stop may fit the president’s plans. Also notes a local penny savings report and the extortion conviction of ex policeman John F. Carter with a $200 fine and judge’s lecture.
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M. A. Raney
Marengo
Roosevelt
Soveragy Grand Lodge
O. F
Odd Fellows
George B. Cortelyou
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