French cruiser Kleber baptism sparks political dispute
The French steel cruiser Kleber was baptized at Bordeaux amid a clash between La Lanterne and other Paris papers urging Camille Pelletan to condemn the ceremony as a test of his convictions. Pellean is accused of lacking courage by socialist and free thought presses. The piece also mentions Siam’s crown prince, wartime memory, and various social notes from New York to Oklahoma City.
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Kleber
Bordeaux
la Lanterne
Paris
Camille Pelietan
Mar
Socialisic
New York Society
Siam
Gotham
Various Bullets From an 19th Century Journal Headline
A Philadelphia Medical Journal note reports 140 million germs from a pint of mixed fruit washings. Corsican chestnut bread is described as healthful though less firm. Kentucky horse stock reaches 500,000. state farm averages 93 acres with 2 percent colored farmers. Rockefeller linked to tobacco manufacture. Fishes lack eyelids. trusts total capitalization near 7 billion dollars. Rev Thomas Bone long-time sailor missionary. German postal stages rise to 5,244 in 1900. Peabody society honors John Proctor for Salem 1692. Starch condemned by Philip Stubbs in 1883. Gas lighting began in Baltimore in 1816. Zanzibar sultan Ali bin amoud, educated in England, is 17. A Swansea man, age 99, drinks a daily pint of cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Ali bin @amoud
England
Harrow
Swansea
Wales
Liabilities Exceed Assets In Oto Bank Case
Sioux City report by receiver John B. Scnud son details Cutting & Willett partnership assets at 120519.40 and bank liabilities at 86580.42 plus personal property valued up to 75000. He lists bank accounts, notes securing bills, life insurance, and real estate holdings, with total liabilities including certifyed sums and contingent obligations around 25000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
John B. Scnudson
Oto Bank
Oliver
Distriet Court
Cutting & Willett
Nibiiitics
Messrs
Roperty
van Morel
Nallet Implement
Oto Creamery
Willett
Ife
Cuttle
Were Commission Company
Chicago
Ming
Cripple Creek
Cole
Vfe
Arthur
First National Bank
P. G. Bleuesel
Oto
Ose
Cedar Rapids Wins Cedar Tankds Case Against Water Company
The Supreme Court issued a sweeping ruling in Cedar Rapids Water company vs City of Cedar Rapids. The council rate set June 3, 1900, was found fair, trimming the old rate by about 25 percent. Other decisions included Goerdt vs Trumm reversed and Noss vs Jordan affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Tankds
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Water Company
Council
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Water Company
City of
Linn
Goerdt
Trumm
DelaWare
Coldren
Legare
Greane
Noss
Jordan
Black Hawk
Grunewald
Superior Court of
Shuineman
Sherman
Dickinson
Watts
Grand Lodge of Town
Wreck in Marshalltown Area Kills One Likely Fatal
A Iowa Central wreck three miles south of Marshalltown left four injured and one dead likely. Engineer Gurt and several passengers including Pieman Nelson Benukeman Howriten Winn Douglas were hurt. A farm hand Merrance DPar mer was killed by a train near Dubuque on Sunday.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Dijon
Gurt
Ity
Piemaun Nelson
Oskaloosa
Benukeman Howriten
Winn Douglas
Grinnell
Dubuque
Merrance Dparmer
Theety
Santa Maria Volcano Erupts in Guatemala News
Guatemalan Santa Maria volcano erupts with terrifying roar since Saturday, felt across Nicaragua and nearby nations. No damage reported yet, but widespread alarm persists as authorities monitor lava and ash emissions amid regional uncertainty. Includes a domestic economy fragment about women and spending habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Santa Maria
Guatemala
Salvador
Costa Rica
Coffin House Dedicated in Fort Dodge ExConvict Charity
Hope Hall the ex convict home near Fort Dodge Iowa opened with dedication led by Mrs Maude Ballington Booth of Volunteers of America The large two story building with seventeen rooms sits on the Coffin farm three miles west of the city Funds were provided by L Coffin and Father Coffin known locally as Father Collin with a $10 000 donation The event featured speakers including J N Cownie and Judge Robinson and drew a notable local and state audience
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Anamona
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department
Annals of Town
Hunter
Anamosa
State Board of Control
J. N. Cownie
State Board
Robinson
Passes Denied as College Students Must Pay to Vote
Des Moines reports the Republican state central committee is embarrassed by railroads refusing free transport for college students to go home to vote on election day. Railroads cite 1896 precedent and say no revival. committee will not cover fares, leaving counties to bear costs. In rural districts the action creates GOP embarrassment.
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Des Moines
Republian
State Central Committee
Ryan
Escheated Estate Seeks McCullum To England For Inheritance
William McCullum, a wealthy Canadian farmer, plans to travel to England to claim a fortune of £250,000 said to await him. The estate escheated to the crown after years without a valid claimant, having been left to McCullum’s father who moved from Scotland to Prince Edward Island fifty years ago. A wealthy relative’s death created the fortune, but regal formalities were never pursued due to the father’s poverty at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCullum
England
Des Moines
Dallas
McCullom
Scotland
Prince Edward Island
Swedish Woman Applies For Naturalization In Webster County
Fort Dodge Iowa reports that County Clerk Charles Catby notes a Swedish domestic’s request for naturalization papers may be the first in Webster County’s clerk of courts history. She seeks protection from immigration laws during a planned Sweden visit, requiring personal appearance for final papers. she was married to a local employer’s family. If a male foreigner becomes a citizen, his marriage to an un naturalized woman would naturalize her, a reversal of the typical effect for this case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Charles Catby
Webster County
Clark Calby
Charles Crawford
Haw
United States
Sweden
Chile in a Plight Secret South American Treaties
Santiago Chile October 27 a local paper cites Chilean foreign minister saying the secret treaties with Colombia and Ecuador are not tied to United States interests. It notes the arrangements reflect Chile's precarious 1901 1902 position amid Pan American concerns and potential conflict with Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Cotombia
Bucador
Mexico
Argentina
Strait of Magellan
United States
Mapleton pastor is arrested for rape in Iowa town
Mapleton Iowa Oct 28 Rev G B Mc Kay longtime Methodist pastor was arrested on a rape charge filed by W H Kraft uncle of Ida Kraft 15 the alleged victim He wed the girl after fleeing town to Onawa for safety and faces trial there as Mapleton residents threaten vigilante action The minister 36 had served the Jo ial and Union churches near Kraft home and enjoyed a good reputation before the scandal erupted
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Mapleton
G. B. McKay
W. H. Kraft
Ida Kraft
Rey
McKtay
Hollister
McI
J. . Scott
Onawa
McIkkay
McKay
Joial
Union Chanel
Kraft Ome
Supreme Court backs municipal water works in Des Moines case
In Ottumwa water works dispute, Judge Weaver's opinion strengthens municipal ownership in Iowa. Des Moines city contract for a 400000 water plant faced private suit claiming indebtedness beyond constitutional 5 percent limit. High court reverses lower court, ruling such a debt is not forbidden under the constitution. The McFarland bond case, involving funds alleged misappropriation in 1895, is docketed for week submission but may settle out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Weaver
Ottumwa Water Works
Iowa
McFarland
Vensis Department of the State
Burlington Man Indicted in $20000 Express Robbery Case
Howard Mahannah of Burlington is indicted by the federal grand jury at Keokuk on involvement in the $20000 express robbery that shocked Burlington and Chicago. He was once a employe of the express company and later presented partially burned $20 bills for redemption after a house fire. Authorities say the bills show mildew and burial to destroy value, and Mahannah was arrested for mutilating United States money.
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Cecil Rhodes
John Tweed
London
Grant Monument
Riverside Park
New York
George Sr. Baer
White House
Army of the Potomac
Burlington
Qet
Howard Mahannah
Federal Grand Jury
Keokuk
Chicago
Mahannah
The
Express Company
Muhannah
Ex- Press Company
United States
READY FOR CONVENTION Iowa Equal Suffragists Meet Des Moines Week
Des Moines hosts the state convention of the equal suffragists on Tuesday through Thursday with delegates arriving including state president Mrs Adelaide Ballard of Hull. Carrie Chapman Catt will speak Wednesday evening as head of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Evelyn Belden, ex state president and leader of the legislative committee, plans to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Adelaide Ballard
Hull
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Women Buffrage Association
Evelyn Belden
Sioux City
Washington
Jong
The
State Association
Two Miners Die in Colfax Blast
In Colfax today two miners were killed and one injured when rock collapsed after a blast. Dominick Tong was fatally injured and Folin Hellas Gonna, an Italian, died instantly. Kilata Burled under rock as debris struck.
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Kilata
Tone
Oppose Intoxicants Call to Union of Christian Denominations
The Society of Friends at Indianapolis closes with a call to all Christian governing bodies in the United States to appoint delegates for a Washington conference on the second Wednesday in March 1906. The aim is to take concerted action against the evils of the liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Society of Friends
United States
Washington
Injunction Dismissed Over Masonic Temple Tax Bill
The injunction to stop the sale of Chicago's Masonic Temple for unpaid taxes was dismissed. The Masonic Temple Fraternity association paid $28,377 in back taxes to the county treasurer to settle the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternity Association
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Raymond
Masonic Temple Fraternity Association
Courtyi Tresenter
Wu Tsi Fung Recall Signals Shanghai Mission
Wu Tmi Fung Chinese minister recalled today ordered to Shanghai by the most direct route. He will probably leave within two weeks and becomes minister of commerce and a member of a joint commission to regulate commercial treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Washington
Bernhardt in Berlin in Royal Theater Debut
Berlin reports Mme. Bernhardt’s first post 1870 German appearance in fedora at the Royal Theater before nobility. Emperor William and the empress sent a wreath and may attend a matinee. she was repeatedly recalled amid tumultuous applause and flowers after the performance.
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Fedora
Thera
Berlin
Sarin Gernardt
Germany
Royal Theater
Leith
Wiliam
Mme. Bernhardt
Posters Riot injures seven in Chicago mixup
Seven men were severely injured in a riot on Morgan and West Monroe streets as the American Posting service attempted to push bills. The Morgan Street car line was suspended and a riot call sent in. The crowd dispersed after police arrived. no arrests were made.
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Chisago
Chicago
Morgan and
West Monroe
Morgan Street
Conductor killed in Rock Island head end collision
Conductor Elmer Forest of Eldon was fatally hurt in a head end collision on the Rock Island between an extra and a freight near Brighton Iowa on October 29. The freight crew disregarded orders.
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Rock Island
Ottumwa
Ottuumwa
Elmer Forest
Eldon
Brighton
Market report from Sioux City and other Midwest exchanges
The Sioux City live stock market shows hogs mixed heavy and common between 60 and 70 cents per pound, cattle varied with butcher and feeder rounds, and receipts around 2,000 to 3,000 head. South Omaha and Kansas City quotes follow with hogs steady to lower and cattle steady to lower, while grain and provisions in Chicago show mixed cash quotes and futures activity. Minnesota and Duluth wheat markets list bid ranges for No 1 hard and No 1 northern futures and on-track values.
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Sioux City
Seth
Gattle-Pat
Chisago
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Indian Ste
Weullee
Coal Commission Begins Its Work
The coal strike commission opened at 2 p m in the Interstate Commerce building with all members present. Miners led by President Mitchell and District President Faby presented their case. operators and railroad interests outlined their positions. Mitchell pledged a broad inquiry into anthracite conditions while operators favor a restricted scope, with preliminary steps including a Scranton field investigation slated for Thursday.
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Washington
Get
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Commission
Mitchell
United Mine Workers and District
Faby
Thecou
Net
Pennsylvania and Reading
E. B. Thomas
The
Wire
Walter
Lehigh Valley
Truesdale
Tackawanna
Wilcox
Delaware and Hudson
John B. Herr
Beranton Coat Company
Eve Ham Coal and Tron Company
J. A. Yorrey
Francis I. Gowan
Lehigh Valley Company
Grine J
Gray
Baer
United States
Bazer
Scranton
Mines Reopen Across Wyoming Lackawanna Regions
Wyoming and Lackawanna regions show near full operation in the anthracite field, the Wilkesbarre region reports 95 percent of miners back. Lehigh remains slow with Pardee & Co. and Coxe Brothers idle, while Lehigh Wickesharre Coal Co. resumes some collieries. Output expected to rise though hazards like falls slow progress. seven more collieries in Hazelton restart.
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Wyoming
Lackawanna
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh
Pardee & Co
Coxe Brothers
Lehigh and Wickesharre , Coat. Company
Witues
Wyoming and Lackawanna
Lickawanna
Delaware & Hugson
Hazelton
Volcanic Ash Falls Alarm Mexican Towns
Mexican towns from San Juan Bautista Tabasco to Salina Cruz report ash showers and a rising fear as a mountain near Palinque is said to erupt. Indications point to Palinque as the center of disturbance with reports of fire and smoke, sparking prayers and mass alarm amid scientific notes of wider regional geothermal awakening.
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Mexico
Mexico City
San Juan Baptista
Tabasco
Salina Cruz
Palinque
Cornitan
Chiaspas
San Cristobal
Casas
Guadalupe Sierga
Varianle
West Indies
Central America
Young Gets It First Promises General Promotion
Washington reports General Corbin states Major General B. M. Young will be the next lieutenant general of the army. He notes Milea retires next August and adds the promotion will be enjoyed by others as well.
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Washington
B. M. Young
Corbin
Milea
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Algona Advance
R. W. Hayes & Co., Publishers
Algona
Dee Brown
Morgansfield
Kentucky
Sallie
Saide Gother
Margaret McKinley
Nelee
Abner McKinley
Oklahoma City
Miss McKinley
Sarah Bernhardt
Admiral Rodgers
Japanese
Hirai Sukekichi
Commodore Perry
Japan
Hira
Admiral Odgers
Philadelphia Medical Journal
Corsica
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Bone
Welland Ganel
Peabody Historical Society of
Peabody
Mass
John Proctor
Salem
Philip Stubbs
Baltimore
That City
Knud
Messrs. Cutting and
Mouey
Coffin House
Rev. G. & McKay
Tda Kraft
Ames
H. L., Kimberly
West Liberty
Chicago and Northwestern
Kimberley
Mason City
Fred Cummins
Charles City
Grain Markets
Minneapolis
Duluth
Coal Commission
Bver
United Mine Workers
Young
Miles
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