Fires, crimes, and accidents sweep Iowa towns in brief
Afton fire destroyed Draper and Zaun barns and damaged others with twenty five horses harmed. Cres ton sought aid. A county recorder of Grundy County Joan Survimax killed by hogs. son found body. Cedar Rapids barn fire endangers Miss Carria Barto cottage, losses up to 12000. Dewar store robbed of 286 dollars. safe exploded and papers stolen. Alpine Zinc mine reveals vast ore body in Dubuque. delegate appointed for Milwaukee convention. Fort Dodge sues over smallpox quarantine. rider sues over hospital transfer. Des Moines saloons reopen, tens of thousands collected in taxes. Elevator accident kills Arthur Henderson. Train wreck near Persia injures several. Sioux City killer Reinhart shoots wife. Armour & Co dispute with Ralya Market over pork supply contract damages. Boone switchman injured. drowning in water tank near Dows.
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Afton
Draper
George Zaun
Tutton
Creston
Joan P. Survimax
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Cedar Rapids
Carria Barto
Tae General Merchandise
H. Brooks & Son
Dewar
Alpine Zinc Mining ‘Company
Dubuque
C. T. Goldthorpe
Shaw
Towa
International Miners’ Convention
Milwaukee
Maineral
Iowa City
Suaw
Capitol Improvement Commission
State House
Peter A. Dey
Town City
Capitol
Charles A. Cumming
Des Moines
Nenry S. Joss- Hyn
Iowa
William Blake
Strawberry Point
G.C. Osborne
Tabor
Henry M. Belvel
West Davenpark
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Persia
J. E. Boyer
Panora
J. B. Nips
Kansas City
J. Morize
Ai. M. Kellogg
Manila
Porter J. Roth
Porter Frank
Connell Bluffs
Pis Patci
Odebolt
Reinhart
Reinhart Flats
Sioux City
Lakeview
Gdebolt
Ilon
Asa B, Smith
Ralya Market Company
Armour & Co
Shiras
Federal Court
District Court
Woodbury County
Ralya Company
Armour Co
Ralya
Market Company
Coox Paxrox
Boone
George Suit
Dows
Notes From The Capital June 10 1900 Health and archaeology notes
Dr J A Kennedy of the state board of health says smallpox is dying out with fewer cases and Fraser reports no new infections. Boone county tolls eight quarantined families, with only exposure rules. Historian Charles Aldrich reports Lehigh excavations yielding mounds bones pottery and flint tools. New Endowment League formed in Sigourney for marriage endowments. Building costs rise complicating Iowa projects. state institutions funded, court battles looming. Weather service foresees a strong corn crop outlook with potential acreage gains. Buller advances in South Africa as Buller positions forces near Laing’s Nek. Roberts silent, signals planned follow-up attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evlerk
Dodge Township
Boone County
Fraser
Gisease
Charles Aldrich
Atate Historical Department
Lehigh
Uamilton County
Aldrich
Kruger Says Capital Is Here Despite Pretoria Fall
President Kruger declares the government remains in power aboard a shunted railway coach at Machadorp Station. He rejects the idea that Pretoria’s fall ends the war, praising Steyn and De Wet in the Free State and affirming that the republic’s capital is not bricks but the governing body, present in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrengar
Machaidorp
Lonpox
Dung
Transvaal
Machadorp
Kruger
Daily
Xpress
Lorenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Tey
Steyn
DeWet
Free State
Mr. Kynger
Reons Little Speech Declares House Adjourned
Washington June 9 Speaker Menderson announces the House adjournment in a brief address praising the session. He notes earnest effort, unity across debates on national questions, and wishes members a pleasant vacation before the next session. He declares the session adjourned without day per concurrent congressional resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinaron
Menderson
House of Representatives
Congress
Empress Isaacs Edict Denounces Boxer Killing
From Yren Tarn June 10 an imperial edict denounces General Nieh Si Chong for killing rioters and declares deep throne sympathy with the Toxars who are called "proud citizens" It orders Nieh to return with troops to Theopai eighty miles from the disturbances and suggests the powers take control of the railroad to Paking to protect foreign life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empress Isaacs
Tland
Yren ‘Tarn
Neth Si Chong
Toxars
Nieh
Theopai
Paking
MORE TROUBLE AT FORT CURISMAN OVER LOVE VIEWS
Fort CuRISMAN reports trouble as Professor Oscar Chrisman of Kansas State Normal faced a potential dismissal after remarks at Des Moines claiming that man’s love is only sex-feeling. Regents split 4 to 3, tie saving his job for another year. Other brief items cover Pretoria shelling, Whakarewarewa geysers, Otis finally landing after quarantine, and ex Governor Taylor out of the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vrom
Oscar Chrisman
National Mothers' Congress
Des Moines
Kansas State Normal
Chrisman
Professor Chrisman
Irie Yeomanry Captured and Surrender Mentioned
Lord Roberts reports the surrender of the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry near Lindley on May 1 after a five hour engagement with a large Boer force. Methuen hastened from Heilbron to assist but arrived too late, hoping the Irish yeomanry will soon be freed from captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
Burrender
Heghnont
Lonnon
Inperi ] Yeomany
Pretoria
Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry
Lindley
Methuen
Heilbron
Kroonstad
Sprague
Roos
British In Pretor ia City Surrender Report
London reports Lord Roberts says Pretoria was beaten back to near the defenses, Jan Samilton's mounted infantry pursued to within two thousand yards. Botha proposes armistice terms but British commander demands unconditional surrender. Pretoria to be occupied by British forces at two this afternoon. Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are in Pretoria. many British prisoners remain at Waterval. a number have been moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretona
Jan Samilton
Pretoria
de Lisle
My Nue
South African Republic
Sandberg
Botha
Bryan Speaks For Boers At Omaha Sympathy Meeting
In Omaha on June 10 envoy Wessels of the Orange Free State received a large nonpartisan reception. Gov Poynter and Mayor Moores welcomed him. H K Palmer read communications. J Mahoney praised Bryan. Bryan urged Americans to support liberty and not rely on other nations, stressing duty to aid those fighting for freedom.
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Omaha
Neb
Orange Free State
Poynter
Moores
H. K. Palmer
Republican State Central Committee
J. Mahoney
Cleveland
England
Ingland
Ro Bets Army Car Off and Wires Cut Near Kroonstad
General Forestier-Walker reports from Bloemfontein that telegraph lines north of Kroonstad have been cut by a force estimated at two thousand with six field guns, as reinforcements move toward Kroonstad and Wim from Cape Colony. Rumors suggest Mitchel Hodgson besieged at Kommassi and forces of the Ashantis rising, with fifty thousand in arms and the rainy season hindering white mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hroonstad
London
Forestier- Walker
War Office
Capetown
Lonnuns
Accra
Fredrick Mitchell Hodgson
Gold Coast Colony
Mkommassi
Congress Debates Navy Armor Policy and Senate-House Conflicts
Washington reports a Senate move to safeguard deposits in banks, while the House backs Senate amendments funding the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and Mississippi River work. bitter clashes erupt over promotions and Corbin, with Lentz clashing on Corbin and Corbin’s sons in army. Senate approves armor plate plan. House delays adjournment as conferees clash on ocean surveys. continued stalemate prompts abrupt procedural shifts and new conferees.
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Senate
Washington
Une
United States
Ventigrew
HOUSE
St. Louis
Mississippi River Commission
Arnadr
Biltz
Hlouar
Trotans
Lents
Ohlo
Tull
Iowa
Goner Corbin
Lentz
Corbin
Hull
Lenty
Qcenerala Miles
Shnawd
Secretary of the Navy
Znorrow
Strapelo
Congress
Naval Committee
Ohio
Coeur d' Ajene
Can't Save Foreigners Chinese Viceroy Declares Powerless
Loxvon June 11. The China situation grows graver as Boxer movement spreads and Russian Turret action looms. A St Petersburg dispatch hints Russia will act alone if Western powers hesitate, while French agents retreat in southwestern China and the throne shows secret sympathy with the Boxers. British signals from Peking and Shanghai confirm outrages and a dowager empress appoints anti foreign generals to suppress the Boxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxvon
China
Tung ‘Lingan
Russi
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mong Tse
Yu Nan Fu
France
Claude MacDonall
Peking
Shanghai
Hoxer
Dowager Empress Orders Chinese Guards at Peking Rail Line
Shanghai dispatch reports the dowager empress orders 3000 troops to guard the Peking railway amid a fierce Boxer battle near the capital. About 200 dead, 900 British sailors have landed to enforce a passage from Tientsin to Peking, signaling Britain’s strong stance in the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpux
Shanghai
Fen Neih Si “Chong
Peking
Nien ‘Tsin
Britain
Boers Surrender Conditions Amid Durban Fight News
A Durban dispatch reports Boer leaders at Laings Nek after a heavy fight on June 4 offered conditional surrender, which was rejected as unconditional. It notes Filipino leader Gen. Pio del Pilar captured near Manila on June 9 and describes Boer prisoner movements from Pretoria to Nooit Gedacht, with British forces advancing.
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Lonxpox
Durban
Laings Nel
Holler
Moaniva
Pio del Pilar
Manila
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A. J. Worses
Tenth Town
Clarinda
De'Tar
Hulmes
Major Holmes
Fort Dodge
Charles Anderson
Andersen
Anderson
Ux Supreme Circle of the
Royal Circle
Springfield
Witttas Hanson
Thomas Burgers
Cochrane
Wis
Firty-ank
Tes Moines
Treasuries
Saprem
Executive Council
Supreme Court
Remley
Endowment League
Sigourney
Koolkul County
G. I. Bartow
A. CG. Bartow
G.I, Utterback
State Board of Control
Board of Control
J. R. Sage
Buller
Lospex
Laing
Nek
Bor
Wah
Curisman
Mit
Lonvoy
Whakarewarewa
New Zealand
Otis Fe
San Francisco
Angel Island
I. &. Otis
Meade
Otis
Mx-Goy
Taylor
Lewisville
William S. Jaylor
Irie Yeomanry
Bryan
Bohes
Berts
The
Daily Express
Waterval
Whey
Nooit Geduche
Louis Kotha
Otha
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