Iowa News Roundup: Cattle Poisoning Fire Theft and Trials
The Iowa roundup reports three thoroughbred cattle killed by Paris green near Raleigh valued at $1,000. Nason & Whitehall in State Center lose goods to a fire and suspected arson to cover theft. A grain crop survey shows May 1 acreage up modestly with 72% planted by June 10. Behrens, a Davenport life convict, hanged herself at Anamosa prison. Grinnell and Des Moines incidents involve disputes, assaults, and a robbery scare over missing savings. Des Moines & Fort Dodge lease and rail plans feature Hooley influence, Rock Island ties, and new directors in New York. Porter shoots wife and self in Dennison amid disputed motives. Baker swindled in Brooklyn. Cedar Rapids Masonic library robbed of relics.
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F. A. Schaefer & West
la Men
Raleigh
Nason & Whitehall
State Center
Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers' Association
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Control
Christina Behrens
Davenport
Anamosa
Woman’s Department
Cullen Gregory
Grinnell
Charles Knodle
Knodle
Gregory
Register and Leader
M. A. Fisher
W. L. Braves
Hart Staves
Marshalltown
Fisher
Staves
Stayes
Mr. Fisher
Mast Bromley
Earl
W. L. Staves
Earl Staves
Lyman Waterman
Creston
Winterset
Mt. Ayr
Arisple
Great Western Railroad
Harry Gay
Arthur Meade
Muscatine
George Landgraf
Qdebolt
Fannie Washington
Sioux City
W. EK. McAlpine
L. G. Boyle
Whittemore
Fort Dodge
Columbus
Ilinois
Whitemore
Edwin S. Hooley
Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railway
New York
Nathan Seeley
Norbert Heinsheimer
Hooley
Rock Island
G. N. Gilmore
Chicago
Carroll Wright
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Des Moines & Fort Doge
Des Moines & Fort Dodge
Sladen -Pania Rumbryg
W. A. Porter
Dennison
Porter
Warner
Charter Oak
Baker
Brooklyn
Fisher's
Banco
Vining
Tama County
Towa
Governor Newbold Dead Succeeds Kirkwood as Iowa Chief Exe
Mt Pleasant June 12 Hon Joshua G Newbold governor of Iowa died of apoplexy in his residence. He became governor in 1877 after Kirkwood moved to the U S Senate, previously serving as lieutenant governor and mayor of Mt Pleasant. Born May 12 1830 in Pennsylvania he pursued law after early schooling and farming.
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Kirkwood
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
Joshua G Newbold
United States Senate
Newbold
Iowa General Assembly
Joshua Howell
Uniontown
Mtt. Pleasant
Cedar Township
van Buren County
General Assembly
Senate
God Bless the Circus and the Wallace Show
Des Moines reports on the Wallace circus drawing orphans and the poor, praising owner B E Wallace for planning family friendly entertainment and benefitting from state subsidies. It notes June 19 Des Moines performances with reduced railroad rates and highlights recent incidents in nearby towns, including an injury to a 14 year old girl and a man’s hospital stay.
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Des Moines
B. E. Wallace
Illinois
Asylum For the Insane
Wallace Circus
Wallace
Retinbeck
Mary Gatcher
Joseph Kyvatochvil
Cedar Rapida
Mercy Hospital
Mullins
Barlow
Striking Chicago hotel workers push to block arbitration
Chicago June 13. About twenty five leading hotels are crippled as waiters and staff strike over wages and hours. The unions demand recognition and individual contracts, refusing arbitration until higher pay and shorter hours are granted. Hotels remain open.
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Chicago
Auditorium
Auditorium Annex
Sherman House
Grand Pacific
Stratford
Palmer House
Bismarck
Kaiserhoff
Thompson
Victoria
Wellington
Lakota
Chicago Beach
del Prado
Vendome
Hyde Park
Windermere
Metropole
Kenwood
Holland
Great
Northern
Virginia
Brevoort
Union
Teamsters
Botth
No Dissent Yet As Servia Accepts Changes
Belgrade June 18 The assassination of King Alexander Queen Draga and four others by officers yesterday morning and the army proclamation of Prince Karageorgeviteh as king appear to be accepted by the capital and Servian people after forty eight hours of developing events. Lincoln June 12 W J Bryan announced the Jefferson club of Fairview would hold a Fourth of July celebration with Mayor Tom L Johnson Richard S Wynne and City Attorney Taylor as speakers to return to simple early day festivities.
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Servia
Belgrade
Alexander
Draga
Karageorgeviteh
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
W- J. Bryan
Jefferson Club
Fairview
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Richard S. Wynne
Texas
Taylor
Chicago
Mgr. Bryan
Prince Peter the new king of Servia educ ated in Belgrade
Geneva June 13 The new king of Servia Peter received his education in Belgrade during his father’s reign He was 13 when the family left Servian soil He studied in Pesth and Temesvar visited Russia and stayed at Cettinje with Prince Nicholas of Montenegro He married Princess Zorla in 1883 She died seven years later They have three children a daughter born 19 and two sons aged 15 and 13 Since 1891 Peter has lived in Geneva His dissipated spendthrift habits estranged him from Alexander III of Russia He later reconciled with St Petersburg with Emperor Francis Joseph aiding his finances Now he lives modestly at Geneva His brother Arsenii served in Russian guards and married Princess de Micoff di San Donato now living in Paris
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Belgrade
Geneva
Servia
Peter
Pesth
Temesvar
Russia
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Cettinje
Zorla
Alexander III
Uiere
St. Petersburg
Prince Peter
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Arsenius
Princess de Micoif di San Donato
Paris
Tragic Belgrade Palace Murders Shock Servian Nation
The Belgrade killings unveil a brutal foray by conspirators who killed King Alexander and Queen Draga after locating them in a hidden room behind a wall. Officers shot the monarch after he begged for mercy, as the queen also faced a fatal fate. Reports say the plot involved promises to Prince Peter Karageorgevitch and planned substitution of the throne. The provisional government tightens guards while favoring Prince Peter amid debates over a republic. Other items mention Venezuela’s revolution ending and an American inquiry into Russian anti Jewish abuses.
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Skupschtina
Karageorgevitch
Ljubonir Vialievics
Peter Karageorgovitch
Austria
Russia
Amains
St. Marks
Obrenovitch
Draga
Semlin
Hungary
Ava Kumovics
Associated Press
Belgrade
Secret Service
Geneva
Peter Karageéorgevitch
Servyia
Peter
Alexander
Muschin
Queen Draga
Petrovics
Theg
Erading Aptthet
War Pavlovics
Peter Karageorgevitch
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Arkansas
Aloha Lodge
Wagonwheel Gap
John Campbell
Colorado
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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Curacao
Jung
Matos
Venezuela
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Peoria
Joseph Greenhut
Whisk, Trust
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