New Iowa laws and acts from the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly
Des Moines reports the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly adjourned on April 7 and passed numerous bills and joint resolutions. Actions include taxation and debt measures, school and library expansions, road and rail regulations, passenger and public works funding, and provisions for hospitals, prisons, and state institutions.
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Des Morves
Hoover
Dubuque
Weaver
Patterson
Blanchard
Ellison
Trewin
State Normal
Funk
Davidson
Saberson
Board of Trustees
Sawyer
Carter
Robinson
Watkins
Nicoll
Gurley
Reed
Blanchara
Lewis
Cheshire
Polk County
Harsh
Senate
Yeomans
Harmon
Mary
Harper
Yeoman
Des Moines
Sioux City
Palmer
Railrand
Independence
Iowa
Dent
Turner
Waterman
Eiheal
Mines
the agric@uiteral college
Justices of the Peace
Chassell
inter@st
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Aes
Antoine Klein
Marion County
Cooper
Pottawattomie
Board of Directors
Ninetieth Birthday Honors Gen George W Jones at Capitol
Des Moines reports Gen George W Jones of Dubuque, first Iowa senator, was feted by the legislature on his approaching 90th birthday. A veteran statesman noted for his role in Iowa and Wisconsin territorial affairs, Jones recounted career milestones and notable colleagues.
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George W. Jones
Capitol
Goodale
Des Moines
Des Mores
Dubuque
United States
Iowa
Leout
Dungan
Stone
George G. Wright
Gov. Jackson
Judge Jenkins Inquiry Opens Over Northern Pacific Injunction
Milwaukee April 11 Congressmen began a formal investigation into Judge Jenkins actions regarding an injunction aimed at restraining the Northern Pacific railroad employer from quitting service with or without notice. Edgar T. Clark grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors testified detailing wage notices, injunction effects on unions, and the two thirds vote needed for strikes. He argued the injunction harmed workingmen and set a dangerous court precedent. Sargent also testified similarly.
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Jenkins
Milwaukee
Congressional
Judge Jenkins
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pfister
United States
Harper
Terre Haute
Ind
Terry
Edgar T. Clark
the Order of Railway Conductors
Congress
Sargent
Delicious puddings and prize for horned beast cure
A Victorian recipe list features Cocoanut Puppine and other puddings with detailed ingredients and steps. The item notes a prize of $5,000 offered by Count Orloff Davidoff for a remedy to cure or protect cattle from plague, with the award overseen by the curator of the Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine in St. Petersburg.
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Orloff Davidoff
Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine
St. Petersburg
Seven Men Die In Michigan Log Road Wreck
New Era Michigan April 11 seven men killed and others injured when a log road engine toppled a six foot embankment after striking a falling tree. Victims include engineer Adolph Shelander and fireman Gus Anderson. Several flames and scalding injuries reported. Staples and Covell log crew had been hauling logs to the river and were nearing completion.
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New Era
Mich
Staples & Covell
Adolph Shelander
Whitehall
Gus Anderson
Frank Shippy
Newango County
Martin Lynch
Charles Wolfe
Lorren Critchell
Allen Critchell
Lorren
Fred Chowker
Henry Starn
Anderson
Shippy
Chicago
West Michigan
White River
Ex Senator A J Cattell Dies in Jamestown
Ex United States Senator A J Cattell of Merchantsville died at Dr Livingstons retreat in Jamestown New York after a period as a patient He would have been 79 years old Cattell served New Jersey in 1866 as a Republican and declined reelection He later joined the first civil service commission under President Grant and served as government financial agent in London in 1873 and 1874.
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Civil Service Commission
Campen
N. J
United States
A. J. Cattell
Merchantsville
Livingston
Jamestown
N. Y
Cattell
New Jersey
Grant
London
Steam Pipe Burst Kills Boy at Humboldt School
A steam pipe rupture at Humboldt school on North avenue and Rockwell street caused a fatal crush as students fled the stairs. A boy was killed while fourteen children were hospitalized at St. Elizabeth's with injuries, and several others sent home.
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Curiaco
Humboldt School
North Avenue
Rockwell Street
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Fire Losses Across United States Rise This Week
The weekly fire losses in the United States ending April 7 are estimated at 2,583,085 dollars. Since January 1 total fire losses reach 36,287,785 dollars across the country.
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New York
United States
Robbery Suspect Arrested in Rosaville Connection
William Sheesley was arrested in Rosaville and taken to Cambridge where he faces a robbery charge. He and an accomplice allegedly robbed a Henry county farmer of $1,000 after the farmer hid $4,000 under his home. The farmer distrusted banks and his adopted son and Sheesley took $1,000.
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Rosavillx
William Sheesley
Cambridge
Sheesley
Henry County
Defiance match talks surface in April boxing note
Peter issues a challenge defiance for a proposed fight. Jackson writes Corbett asking about his intentions regarding the bout and offers to fight him privately for ten thousand dollars a side.
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Peter
Jackson
Corbett
Burglars Make a Rich Haul in Cleveland Store
Burglars entered the Home Secure company on Ontario street Sunday night and stole watches, diamonds, and jewelry worth 40 000 dollars. A London bank robbery followed as a bag containing 7 775 pounds in notes was stolen from Smith Payne Smiths bank on Lom bard street.
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Cleveland
Home Secure Company
Ontario Street
London
British Columbia Bank
Lombard Street
Smith, Payne & Smith’s Bank
Spooner Testifies In Jenkins Inquiry On Injunction Power
Ex Senator John Spooner testified he drafted the strike order and much of the petition backing the injunction. Witnesses argued the injunction was legal but harshly viewed by labor leaders. The Jenkins committee concluded its work and may urge laws to curb future injunctions while not recommending impeachment of Judge Jenkins.
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Spooner
Milwaukee
John
Jenkins
Wilkinson
Wilson
Sargent and Clark
F. W. Arnold
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
G. P. Miller
W. J. Curtis
Thomas F. Oakes
Kendrick
Northern Pacific
George P. Miller
St. Paul
Congress
Congressman McGann
Chicago
McGann
Boamer
Terry
Stone
Washinton
House Committee On Judiciary
Lodge
Rep . Mass
England
American Congress
Cobden
United States
Peffer
Democratic caucus votes to repeal ten per cent bank tax
Washington April 12 The Democratic caucus approved repeal of the 10 percent prohibitory tax on bank issues with no dissent. It backed amending the Brawley and Spencer bill to repeal the state bank tax and allow time for debate. About 102 Democrats attended, with Bryan Nebraska and Lane Williams Illinois opposing any repeal.
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Washington
Brawley and Spencer
Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Committee On Rules
Messrs. Bryan
Nebraska
Lane and Williams
Illinois
Buried Alive Mystery Raises Grief in Iowa Town
In West Union Iowa April 12 a 15 year old girl died after a tooth extraction and anesthesia and was buried. A later exhumation revealed signs of life and distress including broken coffin glass blood on the hands and torn hair. Garrett acted for the Burlington in a separate note about world fair buildings. The House passed a bill to protect Yellowstone Park game.
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Butt
Glenwood
Senate
Ray
Boardman
Murray
Oreens
Turner
Steeste
Penrose
Olson
Frederick M. Hull
Ansimosa Penitentiary
Diedrich
Spearman
Mount Pleasant
Eaton
Clarinda
Independence
Wilken
Miller
Young
Calhoun
Pomeroy
Blanchard
Robinson
MM W. Richardson
Jackson County
Iowa State Agrcultural Society
Wirely
Dies Moines
Groneweg
Ranck
Saberson
Fort Madison
Waterman
West Union
J. Tuckish
Protivin
Howard County
Garrett
Burlington. St. Louis
L. C. Garrett
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Yellowstone Park
Washington
House
No Funds for the Court in Cleveland Money Shortage
In Cleveland on April 12 Judge Ricks told grand jurors there is no money to pay them and urged service without compensation. The court’s business is at a standstill due to Congress withholding funds for the judiciary. Behring Sea Warning Issued. President Cleveland issued a Behring Sea proclamation warning against violating the seal fisheries act. A. A. Meyers Arrested for Bank Swindle in Lancaster. Meyers, a tannery operator, is charged with securing 7000 from Lancaster County National Bank through false representations as his liabilities exceeded 60,000 months earlier.
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Senate
Twentieth
General Assembly
Treasury
Fish Commission Fund
Byers
Seventeenth General Assembly
McQuinn
Milliman
St. John
Watkins
Hoover
Boards of Supervisors
State Agricultural Society
Chassell
Cherokee
Linderman
Davis
Nietert
Board of Education
Blanchard
Stone
Moore
Andrews
Supreme Court
Marshalltown
Twentieth General Assembly
The
Agricultural College
Anamosa
Order of United Workmen
Secretary of State
Henderson
Harmon
Buchanan County
Kilbourne
Waterman
Acts Twenty-first General Assembly
Twenty-fourth General Assembly
Independence
Twenty-third General Assembly
Trewin
Edmonds
Morrison
John A. Johnson
K. Johnson
Bylls
United States
Jones
Gen. Jones
Vincennes
Ind
Wisconsin
Dodge
Congress
Michigan Territory
Iowa
van Buren
Northwest Territory
Harrison
Polk
Michigan
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
John C Fremont
Martin van Buren
Franklin Pierce
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
John Bell
Alexander Stephens
Lincoln
Benton Douglas
H. C. Hansen
Des Moines
J. A. King
H. W. King
Hansen's
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr. King
Goodale
G. G. Goodale
Afton
Tingley
Balderson
Kird
Kidd
al. Balderson
Mr. Goodale
Cleveland
Circuit
Ricks
Washington
Lancaster
A. A. Meyers
Lancaster County National Bank
Meyers
Man Fatally Stabs Father at Quannhassee Resort
Harry Fox aged 28 attacked his father William Fox at Quannhassee hunting resort near Bay City Michigan, stabbing him in the chest in a fatal assault on Monday night.
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Bay City
Mich
Harry Fox
William
Quannhassee
Great Northern Strike Ties 1500 Miles of Rail
A widespread railway strike shuts down about 1500 miles of main lines from Larimore North Carolina to Spokane Washington and from Havre to Butte Montana. All classes of workers stop, with some trains delayed or halted and mail trains largely allowed to run.
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Great
Butte Yard
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Railway Company
Devil's Lake
N. C
Washington State
American Railway Union
Helena
Atlantic Express
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Debs
Uniontown
Leith
Oliphant
Brownfield
Kyle, Wynn and Redstone
H. ©. Frick Coke Company
Martin and Fairchance
Fairchance Furnace Company
Review of Trade Faces Multiple Obstacles to Improvement
R G Dun and Co notes in its weekly trade review that improvement is hampered by strikes in building and other sectors, coke shortages closing iron works, and a coal miners strike looming. Favorable crop reports support higher fall hopes, while gold exports and consumer demand influence prices. Failures decline overall, with 218 U S failures this week versus 187 last year and 34 in Canada versus 22 last week.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Thirteen Are Lost in Glucose Plant Fire at Barrra O
Thirteen workers missing after a blaze at the American Glucose company in Burra O New York as fire consumed the upper floor. Families wait at the morgue, with search likely delayed 24 to 48 hours due to extreme heat and ruin.
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Burra O, N. Y
American Glucose Company
Gov Altgeld in Danger and other late telegrams
Gov. Altgeld's physician reports locomotor ataxia in the Illinois governor while at Biloxi Miss. Postmaster General Bissell orders short one word names for new post offices with historical or common local usage exceptions. Charles Goodrich found guilty of murder and sentenced to five years. U.S. mint director Prestor reports 1893 gold production valued at 35,950,000 dollars up 78,455 ounces. Gen Henry W Slocum dies of pneumonia at his Brooklyn home.
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Giov. Altgeld
Springfield
Altgel
Biloxi
Miss
Wasuieron
Bissell
Curcaeo
Charles Goodrich
Cron
Wilmette
United States
Washineton
Prestor
Mint
New Yor
Henry W. Slocum
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Slocum
Deadly Milwaukee theater fire claims nine firemen
Milwaukee reports a catastrophic blaze at the Davidson theater and Davidson hotel on Third street early Monday. Nine firefighters died as the roof collapsed while rescue efforts saved survivors including John Crowley who, after hours trapped, received last rites.
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Mil
Newhall
Davidson
Milwaukee
Onler
Eighth Street
Frank McGurk
Park Street
Fred Kroesschmuer
Pipeman Chemical Company
Capt . Campbell
Foley
Twenty-seventh Street
Alice Ries
Company No
James C. Freeman
Leutenant Company
Frank Winne
Chemical No
Thomas Morgan
John Farrell
Chemical 0
Theacer
John Crowley
Tom Morgan
No. 1
Crowley
William Crowley
Father Haven
Fox
Miss Jackson
Hosital
Worst Storm in Fifty Years Shuts Down City
St Jolly New Brunswick April 11 a storm of unprecedented force halts traffic and rail service. Schools are closed and streets empty. Harbor vessels and wharves ride out the gale with no disasters reported to date.
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St. Jolly
N. B
Deaths of a Railway President and a Missionary
Richmont Ind April 11 William Parry president of the Cincinnati Richmond Fort Wayne railroad died in this city Monday. Detroit April 11 Thomas P Tuite ex city treasurer arraigned on embezzlement charge and refused to plead or post bail. Denver Cal April 11 Rev W M Thompson aged 87 author of The Land and the Book and longtime Asia Minor missionary died at his daughter's home.
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Richmont
Ind
William Parry
Cincinnati, Richmond
Detroit
Mich
Thomas P. Tuite
New York
Denver
Cal
W. M. Thompson
Asia Minor
Famous Lawyer John Graham Dies After Amputation
New York on April 1 reports criminal lawyer John Graham died Monday after his right leg was amputated Sunday afternoon. Death came suddenly as relatives slept nearby in the Metropolitan hotel. A second item notes Berks county’s oldest masonic lodge marking its 100th anniversary from April 9, 1794, in Reapine, Pennsylvania.
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New York
John Graham
Metropolitan Hotel
Reapine
Masonic Lodge
Berks County
Tariff Reform Debates Highlight Wealthy vs Poor Tax Burden
Senator Peffer and colleagues clash over the Wilson bill and tariff reform. Discussion centers on revenue, protection, and who bears the burden, with calls for reform toward indirect taxation and targeted duties on luxury goods while protecting domestic industries.
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Great Britain
Peffer
Hill
Department of State
Democratic Party
Treasury
House
Congress
Jefferson
Brooklyn
Coxey Good Roads Bill Reported Adverse
Washington April 11 The Coxey good roads bill introduced by Senator Peffer has been reported adversely by the committee on education and labor.
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Washington
Peffer
Coxey Good Roads
Committee On Education and Labor
Cadwallader Trial Opens Over Bank Defraud Claim
In Madison on April 13 the trial of Albert A. Cadwallader ex banker of Superior began in U S court. He is charged with defrauding the First National Bank of Superior of 40000 while president of the bank.
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Madison
Wis
Albert A. Cadwallader
Superior
First National Bank
United States
Senator Chandler Seeks $300,000 immigration law funding
Washmeton April 13 Senator Chandler introduces an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill proposing a $300,000 appropriation to enforce immigration and alien contract labor laws.
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Washmeton
Chandler
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Missouri
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Oklahoma
Central Africa
New York Elevated
Legislature
A. G. Cattell
BY Spooner
Behring Sea
Review OF Trade
Glucose Company
Henry Hefner
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National Bank of
Hefner
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Davidson Theater
Cadwallader
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