Iowa News Roundup of Murders Fires and Disasters
A chaotic Iowa dispatch reports Foreman Warner of Coin killed by W J Woolsey who then surrendered in Clarinda. A mystery woman left a bundle with a dead young woman on Mercy Hospital steps. Deputy Wall and Idso arrest Michael and Patrick McCarthy for man slaughter after a clash in Fordan. A coroner returns a death verdict for a baby killed by alleged negligence. Multiple fatal accidents and violent crimes sweep through Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Boone Lake City Ottumwa and surrounding areas. A Des Moines carnival plan gains momentum as funding pledges rise. Other items include corporate filings for the Interstate Telephone and Electric Company and a spate of personal misfortunes and injuries across the region.
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Warner
Coin
W. J. Woolsey
Clarinda
Mercy Hospital
Birlington
Wall
Oficer Idso
Marshalltown
St Anthony
Michael
Patrick McCarthy
Fordan
Gimdtt
White
Slealy
Morrison Township
Reony County
Dakota
Ginder
Maggie Johnson
John H. Johnson
Council
QO. A. Marshall
Boone
Northwestern
My. Marshall
Mwe
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Vondracek
Joseph Pracek
MaWillis Shew
Coggan
Des Moines
Commercial Exchange
BF. A. Ayerkle
Wymansland Company
Ottumwa
Aveikle
Mra Gestman
Oskaloosa
Gestman
Ottumys
Aveikije
Ottumiva
Omaha
Pha Wyman- Nand Company
Billy
Haing
Reed
Sony Clayton County
Jaimes Mallips
Washington
Ditchbroke
Phillips
Interstate Telephone and Electric Company
Woodbury County Recorder
Supp
Chicago
It. Keim
R. W. Stewart
Dubuuque
Dubuque
Charles Aveillie
Woman Rand Co
Lurlington
Aveilke
Wieither
Aveillie
California
Snc
C. W. Owens
Lake City
Roy Pearee
Bert Pearce
Claude Pearce
Eddie Weares
A. J. Pearce
Julius Westring
Eddie Pearce
Mr. Owens
Dows
Minnesota
New Moines
Gulf & Manitoba Railway Company
Iowa
Jackson Southern Railway Company
Dickinson
Clay
Bucna Vista
Sac
Carroll
Guthrie
Adair
Adams
Taylor
Spirit Lake
Storm Guake
Spencer
Sac City
Bedford
Guthrie Center
Greenfield
Corning
Rock Citers
Northwood
Avice
Meadex
Chicago & Northwestern
Ihem
Willien
Hha
Global weather, strikes, and deaths dominate week
The week records 2000 prostrations and 350 deaths in central states amid a miners strike spreading through the east. Major fatalities from a Lexington street explosion and a German hail storm compound a season of calamities. Senator Isham Harris dies in Washington as US and European powers maneuver on Greece Turkey peace talks.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
West Virginia
Eal
Lexington
Manzansas
Great
Forse
Wis
Werler
Sanci
Wartenburg
Germany
Ravana
London
United States
Europe
Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
Washington
Senator Harris
Congress
House
Morrill and
Sherman
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Morocco
Tangier
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg
Novce Vremyaka
France
Tota
Marly
India
Upp
Calcutta
Kenny B. Stone
Raad
Chicago Telephone Co
Nonquitt
Mass
Minnesota
Duluth
Tariff bill progress and senate adjournment noted
Washington July 7 10 The senate advanced the tariff bill disposing of two amendments and delaying a final vote while negotiations continued. Senate leaders signaled endurance as a decision neared. Alison warned of a possible session through the night. The house adjourned as talks continued with a Cuban belligerency matter set aside.
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Senate
Washington
Spooner
Alison
Sanath
Inigh-Alton
Nebraska
Vantow
Housa
Bocusa
Norrow
McMillan
Tennessee
Reed
Dingrey
P Lay
France
Miners in Ottumwa District Face Disorganization
July reports from Yowu Ottumwa indicate all miners in the district are at work but poorly organized and no strike is anticipated by the patrols. Constantinople dispatches note the sultan showing yielding stances as ambassadors expect negotiations to resume soon to settle differences with Greece.
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Yowu
Ottumwa
Lews
Pergtors
Buitan
Constantinople
Greece
Agee Airce
Ruyane
Iowa Patent Office Report Des Moines July 8
Iowa patent office report lists granted and pending patents with inventors in Des Moines Grinnell and Goodell. Items include The Joy Tailor System clothing cutter a clothes pounder rack attachment barrel lifter baby swing and automatic car coupler and locomotive valve cut-off with technical notes and solicitor details.
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D. Zerfing
Windham
Towa
D. Beekwith
Goodell
Iowa
Luy
Jo G. Hiles
Des Moines
Lo Wm. Goodspeed
Bloomfield
Ann J. Racrw
Onwie
Solicitors of Patents
Message Held Back on Currency Reform Commission
Washington July 8 The president has not transmitted to Congress the proposed message recommending a commission to study currency and national banking reform. He is undecided whether to send any message as party leaders in the Senate and House urge delaying while rail talks continue.
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Arnatel
Washington
Senate
Esilver
Allen, Butler
Heitheki
Kyle
Stewart
Teller Ami Pettisten
Congress
Japan Denies Plan to Annex Hawaii Amid Immigration Talks
Japan asserts protests against annexation are solely about protecting rights of Japanese subjects. Washington reports say negotiations with the United States on immigration proceed peaceably with no cause for alarm. Minister Laaki dispels sensational rumors of Hawaii conquest and denies Japanese plans to supplant Hawaiians. He recently met with Assistant Secretary Day, marking his first visit to the State Department since presenting the protest.
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Washington
Laaki
Japan
Japa
Adviers
Amuno
Wig
Japan Herald
Hawaiian Islands
Day
State Department
Weyler to go home as new Cuba captain general named
Cable dispatches from Spain via Key West report General Weyler is being recalled to Madrid and will resign after returning to Cuba. He may stay on until a successor arrives, with Ramon Branco, Marquis of Pena Plata, named as potential replacement, previously captain general in 1878 Cuba and in the Philippines.
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Spates O Melal Bulcher
Cuba
Teanty Mayan
Yin
Spain
Key West
Weyler
Ramon Branco
Pena Plata
Island
Philippines
Garnishee Law Ruled Unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Indianapolis July 10 The state Supreme Court struck down the garnishee law passed by the General Assembly calling it unconstitutional and void. It held the law interfered with the general exemption law which exempts $600 in household goods and it discriminates as an arbitrary and unreasonable classification.
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Tndianapolis
Ind
Ilt
Supreme
Jagt General Assembly
Literary notes on Davis and Grant letters in July issues
The New York Tribone praises Soldiers of Fortune by Nighwed Iarding Davis as a vital, masterful fiction work with fresh life. The North American Review opens with General Grant’s Letters to a Friend, to Elihn Washburne, spanning eighteen years. Vanity Fair’s July issue is celebrated for colors and exclusive half-tone illustrations. A July 10 item reports Motorman Rey’s arraignment after a river plunge, with $6,000 bonds posted. Candy O’Brien remains hospitalized with injuries but is held for appearance. A Reform Rabbis convention in Montreal condemns a plan for an independent Jewish state in Palestine.
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Davis
New York
Tribone
Soldiers of Fortune
Charles Scribner & Sons
Westerty Second Street
Tresley
Bay City
Midh
Uly
Rey
Mann Auenter
Candy O'Brien
Ralonigatiani
Montreal
Democratic State Convention Nominates Ticket for Iowa
Gold Democrats select ticket for governor and lieutenant governor John Cliggett of Masia City and SIL Mallory of Lucas County, with Won Babb as state superintendent and John Knoepiers for railroad commissioner. Platform denounces popullist or republican shifts, endorses Cleveland administration and calls for limited government, tariff reform, civil service retrenchment, and independence of judiciary. A supplemental resolution backs Iowa’s exhibit at the 1898 Omaha exposition.
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Richknt
Des Motes
Pov Wivernor
Fridge John Cliggett
Masia City
Sil Mallory
Lucas County
Supreme Court
Babb
John Ht. Knoepiers
Peter A. Dey
Mullin
State Central Committee
Nathaniel French
Davenport
Sloane
Charles City
Frost
J. W. Lehan
St. Louis
National Democrats
Town
Mares Eirst
Pay UK
Riple
Popullats Idér
Jefferson
National Republican Party of
Indiannapolis
Republican
Piamdur
Chicago
Stabh Bar Association
Grover Claveland
Towa
Omaha
Wreck on White Mountain Division Kills Several
A freight train on the Boston and Maine White Mountain division was wrecked by a washout four miles north of Woodaville New Hampshire. The accident killed four including engine Patrick Lennon of Whitefield and brakeman Lange of Berlin.
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Eau Auto Y
Woodaville
N. H
White Mountain
Boston and Maine Railroad
Ers
Patrick - Lennon
Whitefield
N.H
Reece Arey
Wanavile
Hy Ee OE
Lange
Brakeman
Berlin
N- Mhree
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