Multisaloon Petition Fails in Mason City Rival Telephone Line Granted
The Mason City petition to secure the multisaloons by petition failed by fifty six signatures. Governor Drake named W. S. Leland of Sioux county to succeed himself on the board of pharmacy commissioners. Ex mayor Stewart of Dubuque received a franchise for a rival telephone line with rates set at 24 and 1, replacing present 12 and 20. Des Moines millinery store suffered heavy fire damage, stock valued at 150000 with 80000 insured. Des Moines curfew law bars under fif teen from streets after night without guardian. Weather service reports winter wheat crop about 300000 acres damaged by alternating cold and mild spring weather.
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Thomas Ray
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Lewis Halverson
Thompson
Joby Steele
Jacob Werm
Eddyville
Steele
Werm
Lacey
Oskaloosa
Holdyville
Atlantic
Atlantic Normal and Business College
News of the Week From Global Conflicts and Disasters
A wide survey notes a ship collision near Verrot Spain with heavy loss, Britain shunning direct Greek blockade while avoiding rupture, and Crete insurgents advancing amid naval shelling. Reports include Spain’s war tolls and debt stance, a Cransvaal Orange Free State treaty, Armenian massacres warning, and a Georgia cyclone aftermath with Arlington Academy damage. Deaths and a Nashville fire atrocity follow.
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England
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Publc
Europe
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Corbett
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National Citizens' Convention Call Issued for May 18
A call signed by R W Binkley and Nichol son for a national citizens' convention in Nashville Tennessee on May 18 invites lovers of liberty prosperity truth righteousness and good government to unite for a citizens league. The list of signers includes Neal Dow Josiah Strong Bishop W X Neude George C Lorimer Theodore L Cuyler Kerr Boyce Tupper and many others from at least twenty four states.
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Nicholson
Provisional Executive Committee
Good Citizens’ League
Neal Dow
Maine
Josiah Strong
D. D
New York
W. X. Niude
Detroit
George C. Lorimer
Boston
Theodore L. Cuyler
Brooklyn
Kerr Boyce Tupper
Philadelphia
Explosion at Dupont Chemical works kills three near Gibbstown
A fierce blast at the Dupont Chemical Company plant on the Delaware River near Gibbstown New Jersey destroyed the separating building and nearby structures. Three men James Henderson Paulshore Carl Wright and Thomas Stilts were killed in the explosion whose shock was felt 23 miles away.
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Germany Withdraws From Concert Over Greek Blockade
Constantinople reports Germany intends to withdraw from the concert after Lord Ballsbury refused to join a Greek port blockade. Vienna says Austria seeks to extend the blockade to the Greek coast with strict measures at Piraeus and nearby ports. Britain may extend the blockade to the gulf of Volos. dispatches note power-wide autonomy talks for Crete are not to be consulted, while reports claim Christians are attacked as the blockade tightens.
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McKinley Accepts Speech at Grant Monument Event
President McKinley notified Gen Horace Porter he would deliver an address at the Grant monument celebration. Gen Dodge received word that the entire state militia would parade and naval ships would participate. Massachusetts notified it would send two divisions of troops. March coverage from multiple cities notes political debates, land bills, and senatorial nominations amid a busy legislative period.
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Marion
New York
Horace Porter
Grant Monument
Gen
Dodge
Adjt
Tillinghast
Bunce
Massachusetts
Congressional Nominations and Senate Actions in Washington
Nominations go to the Senate including Joseph Bristow Binger Berman Hinman and Miner plus Commodore Niner amid debates on immigration and free homesteads. House debates farm tariff and adjourns as minority opposition grows. Senate considersLincoln monument civil service repeal and prize fight bans amid arbitration treaty talks. Flood warnings and Mississippi levee danger follow in the south.
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Washington
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Kansas
Binger Berman
Oregon
Inch
Earnest.g. Hinme
Wisconsin
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Cub
Lodge
OMS
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Cullom
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Gettysburg
Allen
Hoar
Des Moines Patent Office Report on Law Change
Des Moines March 25 an act amending patent laws approved March 3 1897 shortens the time to complete an application from two to one year. A Des Moines inventor filed for a patent for rapid transmission of numbers letters words diagrams and pictures. Infringement may lead to suit for injunction damages and costs. damages are typically the infringer profits. An injunction may threaten imprisonment if disobeyed. Inventors in other states may use the same services. Trowas Gann J Rann ORyie solicitors of patents.
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J. T
Macknburg
Towa
Avis
U.S
Trowas Gann J
Rann Oryie
Solicitors of Patents
Dixon Defends Featherweight Crown in Broadway Club Bout
George Dixon, featherweight champion, fully defended his title by stopping Frank Wine in a 25 round match at the Broadway Athletic Club arena on Wednesday night in New York.
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Prank Grae
New York
George Dixon
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Poulpentiary for Life Conviction Sentences Iowa Man
Orval wn- Phersyn, convicted of murder, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Marshal Finley at Morning Sun, Iowa, reported the ruling in Wapello County on March 26. The case centers on a fatal act attributed to Phersyn in the Morning Sun area.
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Wapello
Iowa
Orval Wn- Phersyn
Marshal Finley
Morning Sun
Far Life
Legislature Notes From Des Moines March Sessions
Des Moines reports March sessions with bills on criminal procedure fish and game roads and banking. The senate and house passed measures including a statewide game and fish wardens bill, rail and road provisions, and a printing reform. A committee report cleared Speaker Byera of implied charges while urging lobbying denunciation.
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