Fires and crimes loom large in Iowa news of 1901
A gunny post office blaze at Spergy and a major Ledyard fire cause about 50000 in losses with no deaths. Brickett brothers face binding over in a Webster county murder case. Ward’s bond set at 5000 after a New Jersey capture. State levy fixed at 2.9 mills with funds shifted to state university and agriculture. Ottumwa scavengers die from gas exposure. Fort Des Moines construction planned with Captain Turner detailing survey and sites. Regional incidents include Marshalltown fatalities and train-related accidents.
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Spergy
United States
Ledyard
George
Oliver Brickett
George Guild
Clarence
Yell Township
Webster County
Thomas F. Ward
LeMars National Bank
New Iniersey
I. G. Henderson
Sioux City
Ward
LeMars
Dutty
Dubuque
Tavo
State University
College of Agriculture and Mechanics i Arts
Fred Smith
Charles Garrett
Ottumwa
Smith
Garrett
Executive Council
Board of Equalization
J. 2. Turner
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Capt
Turner
Port Les Moines
Les Moines
Henry Kentson
Marehalltown
No. A
Kailen
Kiley
Parvin chosen grand secretary of Iowa Masons
A brief note reports N B Parvin son of the late I and Parvin being elected grand secretary of the Masons in Iowa. It mentions motives tied to Parvin’s expected decline and notes no family quarrels during residence in Menlo. Also summarized are items on a railroad extension, a property sale and a smallpox quarantine in Cedar Rapids.
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N.B. Parvin
I. &. Parvin
Masons of
Iowa
Parvin
Father Parvin
Wood Jones
Rock Island
Menlo
Mr. Jones
Casey
Rive Aos
Jones
Moeville
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Moville
Sergeant’s Bluff
Sergeant’s Bint
Sioux City
Mx City & Pacific
Northwestern
E. C. Carter
Chicano
Ret
City & Tueitie
Nordern
Wille Gardner
Lewis
Cedar Rapids Board of Health
Santos-Dumont Balloon Flies Around Paris For Prize Try
M Santos-Dumont tests a motor driven balloon from St Cloud circling the Eiffel Tower and Paris landmarks then returns to St Cloud. He claims five circuits around Long Champs Boulogne and Eiffel Tower with a rope break causing a near collision before repairs and further circling. Officials plan today to judge prize of 100000 francs at the Aero club with Prince Roland Bonaparte and M Deutsch observing.
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
St. Cloud
Hillel Tower
Longchamps
Mois de Boulogne
Fiffel Tower
Trocadero
Henry Deutsch
Aero Club
Prince Roland Bonaparte
M. Deutsch
M. Sautous-Dumont
Parc de Meudon
Eiffel Tower
Prize money ordered from Adula capture distributed
Judge Spier of the United States circuit court issued a decree distributing prize money from the capture of the British steamship Adula during the Spanish American War. Forty thousand dollars in treasury funds to be distributed. ownership by Atlas Steamship Co. and charter to Don Jose Solis. capture by Marblehead under Commander McCaila at Guantanamo Bay.
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Mt. Arey
Judge Spier
United States Circuit Court
Spier
Treasury
United States
Atlas Steamship Company
Don Jose Solis
Marblehead
McCaila
Adula
Guantanamo Bay
Navy
National Educational Association Backs National University Plan
Detroit July 12 The National Educational Association reaffirmed its support for a national university devoted to universal education not tied to colleges. The vote defeated a motion to table. Nomination report named Win N Beardshear for president and C M Keyes for treasurer, with Beardshear addressing the gathering.
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National Editorial Association
Detroit
Mich
National Educational Association
Jesse
University of Missouri
Butler
New Yorke
Win, N. Beardshear
Town College
C. MM. Keyes
Wartford
Pat Crowe Sends $240 Draft to St Joseph Attorney
Kansas City, July 15. A St Joseph dispatch reports A W Brewster, a St Joseph attorney and state senator, received a $240 draft from Pat Crowe in Johannesburg South Africa to pay an old legal fee Crowe owed. Crowe has been connected with the Johanneburg kidnaping of Edward Cudahy’s son and once faced larceny charges, which were dismissed for weak evidence.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Star
A. W. Brewster
Pat” Crow
Johannesburg
South Africa
Crowe
Hnaha
Edward Cudahy
Ihe
Beewster
Oil discovery at Granite Oklahoma spouts to surface
In Granite Oklahoma oil was found at 107 feet and spouted to the surface in large quantities. The discovering company plans deeper drilling to seek a gush. Also notes a drop in Maryland tramp numbers since the Boer War era. Newport News reports Kittridge appointed Senator to fill vacancy in Sioux Falls after Senator Kyle’s death.
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Olduhonna Guthrie
O. T
Granite
Kittridge
Pirre
Jiervied
A. B. Kittridge
Sioux Falls
Kyle
British Concede, Yacts Aiding Boers Amid War Rumors
A London dispatch to the Tribune cites the Daily Mail claiming the government withholds full war-conditions from the public. It alleges Britain seeks peace talks with the Boers while publicly vowing to finish the war and notes deteriorating conditions in the Cape Colony.
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Tenea New York
Tribune
London
Gape
The
Daily Mail
British Papers Turn Against Kitchener Over War Censorship
London July 15 British criticism of Lord Kitchener grows as the Vlakfontein affair prompts unity among opposition papers and concerns over South Africa. Rumors circulate of General Sir Bindon Blood succeeding Kitchener, amid tensions between Lord Milner and the war office. Officials scramble to justify censorship while public demand for full details rises. Conservative hopes fade if elections were held now, and talk spreads of a new liberal coalition including Rosebery Devonshire Chamberlain and Asquith to form a cabinet.
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London
Vloktontein
Waterloo
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Sir Bindon Blood
Transvaal
Lord Milner
Cape Town
Milner
Kitchener
Vlakfontein
War Office
Liberal Party
Daily Mail
Times
War Department
Lord Roseberry
Duke of Devonshire
Enouneilj
Joseph Chamberlain
Ilil Asquith
Leprosy cases in U S prompt call for segregation
Washington July 13 The surgeon general says more material is needed but evidence already shows at least 1000 lepers in the United States, most of them immigrants, with strong recommendations to Congress for their segregation. Columbia Wins Again in Timesman's Point race.
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Washington
The
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Congress
Columbia
Constitution
Texas
Conger Denies Looting Charge In Letter To Paper
New York July 13 Sarah Pike Conger wife of Minister Conger forces the New York Evening Journal to publish her denial of looting charges in Peking. She states she was not involved and was opposed to looting, and she seeks no part in the story. The paper printed her letter after a libel suit was filed for damages.
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New York
Sarah Tike Conger
Conger
New York Evening Journal
China
Claude
Sarah Pike Conger
Trade With World Posts Record Exports Over Imports
The fiscal year ending June 30 1904 shows US imports at 822 756 334 and exports at 1 487 656 544, with a surplus of 664 900 011. Exports exceed last year by 96 173 462 and surpass the 1898 high by 49 467 835. Hawaii and Porto Rico are excluded, altering totals. Sioux City lineman John F Pitzpatrick killed by 3 000 volt shock while lifting wires. coroner investigates.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Sioux City
Tohn F. Pitzpatrick
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Steel mill strike threat ends without agreement in three companies
A three day conference between American Sheet Steel, American Steel Hoop and American Tin Plate, subsidiaries of United States Steel, and the Amalgamated Association of Tin, Steel and Tin Workers adjourned without accord. President Shaffer ordered a no strike and no work for Monday, July 13, broadening potential action to include Federal Steel, National Steel, and National Tube if needed. About 45,000 skilled workers and many more could be affected nationwide.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American ‘Lin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association Lad
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
National ‘Lube Company
State seeks interest on Civil War funds and tied cases
Des Moines July 15 1901 Attorney General Mullan issues an opinion to Governor Shaw affirming the states right to recover interest on funds used to equip Civil War troops if rights have not lapsed and that recovery must be handled by official state legal offices. About 300000 dollars involved. An opinion also holds foreign corporations must pay Iowa filing fees. Slot machine case upheld. County clerks association elected officers and set budget aims. Plans for Des Moines army post construction discussed. Wheat fire destroys about 300000 bushels in Ames County.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Shaw
Lothrop
Sioux City
Martin
Hites
of State
American Grain Puriuer Construction Co
Pierre,&. C
Davenport
Ites
Duncan
Jesse Hammond
With Street
Supreme Court
State Association of County Clerks
John GC
Ate
Des, Moines
C. GC. Pugh
Adel
JC. M. Seper
Nevada
Yies
J. C. Leach
Bloomfieldsté
Tom
EldoPi
J. G. Marner
Tow’ City
J. H. Merckens
Fairfield
C. R. Graves
Osage
Wt.p. Ellison
Indianola
C. G. Strauchan
Mt. Ayr
Board of Supervisors
Marshalltown
R. B. Turner
Quartermasters Department
States Army
Des Muines
Washington
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