Iowa News Roundup Skips Include Tragedies and Trials
A Cedar Rapids pywitchman dies after being struck by wheels. Miner injuries hint at severe danger in Beacon mines. Trials unfold in Oskaloosa and Des Moines as coroner cases and legal disputes surface. Deaths from coal gas, line of miners, and a fatal accident in Cherokee are reported, plus university resignations and bank failures.
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Beacon Mines
Thomas Seevers
Mary Turk
Geo. Wiggins
Wort Volge
Amugeen
Fonda
Yom Connors
Kim
Aylesworth
Take University
California
Florida
Delano
Lone Tree
Henry Wairbrother
Oskaloosa
Nebraska
Proinct
Dubuque
Theresa McDonald
The
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Rccrnl
Knight
Supreme Court
Jim Paul
Kavita Webster Styra
Des Moines
Spurrier
Pone County District Court
Iowa National Guard
James 4. Ginest
Drake
Iowa Militia
Frank Kessler
Macey
Ackley
Minnesota
Webster City
Keertxin
Frank Nell
Samed Ton
Wade
Tilton
Train Plunges From Trestle. 3 Killed in Pa. Collapse
News notes report a train of the Tittsburg & Western plunged from a high trestle at Shippensville Curion County Pa after a curve failure. Three crewmen died and several were injured in the wreck.
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Tittsburg & Western
Shippensville
Curion County
Tfarmenah
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Company
Union Macifie
Kansas Pacific
United States
New York
Thomas Matt
Pennsylvania
Hales Penrose
North Dakota
Henry Hansbrough
Missouri
George West
Artansas
James Jones
North Carolina
C. Mritchard
New Hampshire
Neab Wiallinger
Connecticut
Orville Matt
Kansas
William Harris
Colorado
Henry Eller
Nahum
Haypin
Quogue
L. F
Olney
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Great Britain
Explosion in Montgomery coal mine injures three
In Montgomery Indiana two miners Andy Gates and John Mount were fatally burned by a keg of powder exploding during a blast in the coal mine. A French miner was fatally injured by falling slate.
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Montgomery
Ind
Jaw
Andy Gates
John Mount
Collision Report Near Stracombe Devonshire Sinks Unknown Steamer
A vessel named Reaih to.New hart was in collision about four miles from Stracombe, Devonshire with an unknown steamer. The other vessel is believed to have sunk with a crew around twenty.
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Rh Reaih
Newhart
Stracombe
Devonshire
Wei Chivago Bourg
Chicago
Board of Trade
Iowa Senate and House Debate Code Work and Grants
Des Moines reports show the Iowa Senate and House drafting code revisions, setting committee structures, and advancing bills on public institutions and amendments. Notable moves include limiting committee clerks, funding Glenwood feeble minded institution, and salary discussions for general assembly staff.
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Movar
Parker
Mills County
Glenwood
Allen
General Assembly
Trial ruling in Tobacco conspiracy case in New York
Justice Lawrence in the supreme court denied the demurrer to indictments for conspiracy against officers of the American Tobacco company. The case was argued recently. Other items note Rudd Smith, famed New York editor, killed by railroad accident at Putnam House after a faulty recap. Benjamin Gandy and Seapright Perry fatally injured in a Jan 18 freight train crash at Glasscaptery, Glaycaptery station.
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W. B Daugherty
8. M. King
Alia
Mt. Mersant
Bullard
Will BK
Senate
Kelmoend
Des Moines
West
Fin Laws Road
German Savings Bank
Fnd
Harry YW. Blackburn
J. W. Geneser
Holmes
Blackburn
Jackson County Grand Jury
Aginst Ion
I. Johnson
F. D. Kelsey
W. Furn
J. C. Murray
W. H. Davies
Maquoketa
John I. Slouve
Exchange Bank
Sloane-Davies
Sloane
Tobacco Wrante
New York
Lawerence
Su-Reme
Sgu
American ‘Tobacco Company
Rudd Smith
New-York
Ally
Putnam House
Naprons Praja
Philadelphia
Benjamin Gandy
Seapright Perry
Glaycaptery N. Fiy
Feading Rail
Congress Debates Nicaragua Canal and Cuban Resolutions
Washington reports show Pettigrew and Morgan pushing measures on the Nicaragua canal and Venezuelan arbitration while Chandler seeks an international silver conference. Franes’ interior appointment sails through, pensions bills advance, and partisan disputes over Cuba and arbitration erupt in tense Senate and House sessions.
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Senate
Washington
Pettigrey
Morgan
Chandler
Frances
Interior
Paseed
Colnoila
Public Notices On Patents And Political Caucus
More benefactors Drs Moryxs Jan 26 patent for acetylene gas generator with pending applications to overcome past limits. A Blanchard patent for wagon box hay rack lifter and interchange without touching. N Stanton patent ventilator air heater for storage helps prevent freezing and eases light and ventilation. F W Stevens patent double section force pump for dwellings. Expedition from Jamaica lands in river Platanon near Havana. Gow Altrold Springfield Dem caucus nominates US senator candidate Ighn R Altgeld with unanimous support urged.
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Drs Moryxs
C. Miuma
W. Unger
A. P. Brosius
Holstein
Iowa
A. Blanchard
Haver
N. Stanton
Collins
F. W. Stevens
Gow Altrold
Hunorad
Springfield
Reform Plan for Cuba Promised by Spanish Government
Washington date line reports the Spanish government has perfected a reform scheme for the Cuban insurgency. Promulgation and application are expected in days, with a general amnesty possibly announced alongside. The plan remains partly secret but is believed to advance reform principles and may extend amnesty to insurgents and political prisoners in Cuba and nearby settlements.
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Washington
Cuba
Olney
Weyler
Havana
Ceuta
Watterman Criticizes Auditor Over Deficit In Iowa
Des Moines Iowa January 25 Senator Watterman of Wapello county delivers a bitter speech charging State Auditor McCarthy with errors in biennial estimates that allegedly push Iowa toward a 500000 deficit. The appropriation committee works to trim unexpended funds to partly balance the gap. The assembly may ax Trans Miss Exposition funding of 10000 and memorial building 25000, while salaries for employees face about a 20 percent cut. A proposed 20 percent cut for members' salaries was voted down.
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E W. Cures
State Democratic Central Committee
Decatur County
Etta Bright
Curry
Adel
RV Linkenfelter
Des Moinés
Newman
Atakes
Detroit
Des Moines
Iowa
Watterman
Wapello County
McCarthy
Assembly
House
Hager Righted Indianapolis Asks AG for State Debt Info
In Indianapolis on January 26 the House adopted a resolution urging the attorney-general to share any information he has on the Vandalia Railway Company debt to the state and then declined to back a Senate resolution for an investigation without AG cooperation. Lieutenant Governor Haggar explained his actions, saying he followed the attorney-general’s advice in adopting the substitute resolution and appointing Senators for the inquiry, with the AG exonerating the lieutenant governor.
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Hager
Indianapolis
House
Vandalia Railway Company
Senate
Haggard
Defenses and improvements urged at coast defense convention
A Florida convention ended with a call for permanent National Coast Defense association. Horace Porter of New York was named president, with resolutions pressing Congress to fund army reform and immediate appropriations for planned war department projects.
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Tampa
Fla
Jantic
Gulf-Status
South
Defense and Improvement Convention
National Coast Defense Association
Orga
Horace Porter
Newnized
Gan. York
Congress
War Department
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