Stock company forms canning venture in Independence
A stock company with 10000 capital forms a canning factory in Independence with equal shares to farmers and merchants. Other items: ex Governor Gear of Iowa suffers apoplexy in Washington. Byer fined for oleomargarine law violations in Manchester. Lucia Griffin sues over use of her photograph in cigarette ads. a Webster City woman whipped over turkey dispute. Captain Warner shoots an intruder in Keokuk. Supervisor Strange ouster linked to county fraud and forgeries. warrants and forgery cases tied to Woodbury county funds. burglary attempt at Dallas county treasurer’s Adel office.
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Independence
Gear
Iowa
Portland
Washington
W. K. Boardman
H. F. Byer
Manchester
Delaware
Clayton County
Lucia B. Griffin
Albia
J. C. Mabry
West
Webster City
G. D. Cook
L. M. Harris
Harris
Harr
Mrs. Cook
Captain Warner
Keokuk
Supervisor Strange
Woodbury County Board of Supervisors
Citizens Committee
Bevington
Penelim
Lead and crime tales cross Iowa in busy news roundup
North west of the big mine near Anamosa a new lead vein attracts industrial attention from Milwaukee Road. a carload will be tested for purity. In Council Bluffs John R Huntington is exonerated in a bank shortage case as Emrine shoots at his father in law near the city. a boy shoots back. A West Liberty safe is robbed during a freight train heist with dynamite and a derail attempt. West Liberty authorities capture the robbers. Davenport and Iowa City cooperation follows. A civil suit in Woodbury seeks damages over alleged slander by W S Warfield toward J H D Edgcumbe.
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John Starks
Sheean
Anamosa
Milwaukee Road
John R. Huntington
Citizens’ Bank
Council Bluffs
New York
Orange
N. J
John Emerine
A. H. Emerine
Iowa
A. K. Eames
Emerine
Inlaw
Star
West Liberty
Rock Island
Iowa City
Davenport
Westby
Wavenport
Donahue
Moscow
Des Moines
Order of Tilden
Col. Henderson
Shiloh Battlefield Park
J. H. D. Edgcumbe
Woodbury
W. S Warfield
Howell-Warfield Company
Edgcumbe
Warfield
Turbulent Quitman Race War Enflames Georgia
The conflict began with the killing of a constable by two Black men and spread to whites and Blacks clashing. The governor sent troops, martial law was imposed, and order was restored with the scene now quiet.
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Quitman
London
Buzzard
Keith
Randolph Chasen
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Rtg
Seeley
New York
Russia
Hawaii
P . Ing
Pekin
Tokio
Port Arthur
Tragic Vancouver Murder Suicide Flows From Drunken Rage
In Vancouver British Columbia a laborer George Frederick Ashford shot his wife and three children in a drunken morning attack. The 3 year old and 9 year old were killed. two other sons escaped as Ashford surrendered after a failed attempt to stop a passing car.
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Vancouver
B. C
George Frederick Ashford
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Milo
Ashford
Westminster
Knives In A School Room at Picton Texas
In Picton Texas Professor J B Gay principal of the public school and pupil Wilmar Randolph were stabbed in a Friday incident. Randolph drew a knife when disciplined by the lash. Gay grabbed the boy and stabbed him before both collapsed. Randolph carried home. Gay taken to a nearby residence. Both were not expected to survive.
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Wryspono
Texas
Picton
J. B. Gay
Wilmar Randolph
Randolph
Gay
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Summary
In Chicago today the Chicago Board of Trade displayed a range of commodity quotations. In Massillon Ohio coal miners, 3 000 strong, ended a seven month strike after arbitration ruled the operators’ proposed prices and screen sizes fair and reasonable and acceptable to the workers. One arbitration member declined to sign the report.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Cleveland, O
Massillon
Japanese rout Chinese forces west of Hait Cheng
News from YokoHama, December 26, reports Gen. Kasure attacked Gen. Lung’s position seven miles west of Hait Cheng. After four assaults the 10 000 Chinese were routed with unspecified losses. Tokyo confirms hard five hour fighting and Japanese advance toward New Chwang.
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Yokohamma
Kasure
Lung
Hait Cheng
Tokio
New Chwang
Kone
Japan
Challado
Blaze devastates La Crosse Dry Goods store
Fire swept through the LaCrosse Dry Goods department store in La Crosse Wisconsin just before 9 pm Saturday causing an estimated 100000 in damage. Miss Hattie Lovejoy head milliner was severely burned after jumping from a third story window. Firefighters battled to confine the blaze to the origin building as other structures faced risk.
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LaCrosse
Wis
LaCrosse Dry Goods Company
Slone
Hattie Lovejoy
California Mineral Output Reaches New High in 1893
The biennial report from the state mineralogists notes most gold comes from quartz mines and the 1893 gold yield was 12,422,811 with silver at 2,157 totaling 12,949,968. Overall mineral products approach 19 to 20 million annually, with many other substances adding value.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
French Band Raids Nowata Under Outlaw Leaders
The French band of outlaws led by Jim French and Cherokee Bill raided Nowata on Saturday night. They stole $190 from the safe, released the agent outside, and rode east, while the passenger train arrived safely about thirty minutes late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowata
Crakemore
I. T
Jim French
Cherokee Bill
Here
Eyes Photograph Plan Abandoned After Murder Damage
In Torexa Kansas on December 26 a proposed experiment to photograph Mrs. Matson s eye, linked to her murder, proved impractical as both eyes were too badly damaged by the killers to yield any impression. The project is abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torexa
Kan
Matson
Fire destroys hotel and natatorium near San Antonio
A fire at 3 a.m. gutted the Hot Sulphur Wells hotel and natatorium near San Antonio Texas. Guests escaped with near misses and none saved personal belongings. Loss estimated at 17000 dollars, fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Football Player Dying After Overexertion in Scranton
Thomas Cahill, manager of the Scranton Baseball association and former Louisville American Association player, is dying from football related overexertion that caused hemorrhages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pailadelratia
Thomas Cahill
Scranton
Killed at the Same Place in Watertime West Virginia
In McDowell county Charles Buffalo was shot and killed by CG J Updike a prominent coal dealer. Three years earlier Buffalo killed an Englishman named Mathess within yards of the same place.
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Watetimne
W. Va
McDowell County
Charles Bifalo
CG. J. Updike
Buffalo
Mathess
Condition of Miss Stevenson in Asheville
In Asheville on December 26 Miss Stevenson shows little change in condition and rests occasionally. She is thought to be gradually sinking with some relief at times.
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Asheville, N. C
Reverend McGlynn Named Rector of St Marys Church
The Rev. Dr McGlynn is to be rector of St Marys church in Newburg New York until a vacancy arises in a prominent Catholic church in the city.
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McGlynn
St. Mary's Newburg
New York
Dr. McGlynn
St. Mary's Church
Newburg
Jury Declines Indictment in Conspiracy Case
The grand jury at Pitrspure on December 2 ignored the bills for conspiracy to defraud against Harrison Dingman president Andrew Wall vice president and R R Mitchell superintendent of the Fidelity Building Loan and Investment Association of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrspure
Harrison Dingman
Andrew Wall
R. R. Mitchell
Fidelity Building, Loan and Investment Association of Washington
Man Held on Hydrophobia Possession in Jail
William P. Smith of Fall River Massachusetts is jailed in Soutn Beno Indiana after biting at a railroad station floor during a police takedown. Doctors diagnose hydrophobia and call it incurable. He arrived from Ottawa Illinois and awaits word from relatives as he exhibits doglike behavior in jail.
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Soutn Beno
Ind
William P. Smith
Fall River
Mass
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Ottawa
News from Abroad: Sea Losses Amid Great Storm
Reports from Great Britain detail a weekend storm causing massive damage and high casualties across towns in the north and west. Telegraph lines fail, properties are ruined, and ships suffer, with at least dozens killed inland and the sea toll possibly near one hundred. The American ship Kennebec sank after breaking adrift and wrecking a tug.
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Lonpvox
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
Kennebec
Port Blakely
Belfast
Wreck on Manchester Express at Chelford Kills Thirteen
A Manchester to London express on the London and North Western line wrecked near Chelford when a runaway freight car struck the train. The collision derailed several coaches, leaving thirteen dead and many injured as rescuers worked by lantern light.
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Chelford
England
London & Northwestern Railway
Manchester
London
Floods in Holland Raise Rivers and Dikes Threaten
Heavy floods from a storm flood the Netherlands with the Maas and Rotte rivers rising twelve feet. Rotterdam areas flood as markets become lakes. Dikes threaten to fail and several houses collapse. At Recht, drownings occur as a boat capsizes and lines of communication are cut.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Maas
Rotterdam
Recht
Frontier turmoil drives abandonment of farms in Oaxaca region
A courier on the Guatemala border reports widespread frontier disorder. Farms and ranches are being abandoned as residents seek safety from rampant bandit and outlaw violence following soldiers' movements.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Guatemala
Flood Drowns Dendermonda Town and Surrounding Villages
In Brussels dated December 26 a flood from the Dender overflow inundated Dendermonda at the Dender Scheldt confluence. Residents fled after the alarm tocsin with significant property losses reported. Nearby villages Andegeme Denderville Mespelacre Appels and Baesrode also submerged.
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Brussers
Dendermonda
Dender
Scheldt
Andegeme
Denderville
Mespelacre
Appels
Baesrode
Plan to Wreck a Train Frustrated in Nebraska
Pattrsmouth Neb December 26 A plan to wreck the Burlington fast mail was frustrated by an accident. A track walker found logs lashed to the track on a sharp curve just in time to prevent the flyer from crashing into the obstruction.
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Pattrsmouth
Neb
Burlington Fast Mail
Man Shoots Fiancée in Lover’s quarrel near Florida
Robert Rouse killed his fiancée Betty Hayden in Florida Missouri amid a planned December wedding. He fled the scene following the fatal shooting yesterday.
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Parts
Robert Rouse
Betty Hayden
Florida
Burglars Blow Open State Bank at Mansfield
In Mansfield Illinois early yesterday burglars blew open the State bank wrecking the safe. The amount stolen is not yet known though not expected to be large. Authorities pledge effort to catch the thieves and a heavy countywide reward is said to be offered by bankers. The bank operates under a state charter with 25000 dollars capital.
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Cnamrains
Ill
Mansfield
Trial at El Reno Mourns Murder Case Evidence Ends
The Beal murder trial in El Reno Oklahoma Territory closes testimony with the defense audaciously citing a $300 offer from Dr Pinquard to testify insanity. Prosecution asserts a deliberate malignant killing and questions surrounding jury bribery rumors. Grand jury investigation noted with a late afternoon jury deliberation.
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el Reno
O. T
Fred M. Beal
Francis McKennon
Guthrie
Pinquard
Counterfeiter Arrest in Mexico Reveals bogus money network
Manuel Arriga, tied to a large false mint operation in the City of Mexico, was captured with several agents. The gang sold counterfeit coin at 37 cents on the dollar and operated a thriving, widespread scheme exposed by authorities.
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Ciry
Mexico
Manuel Arriga
Republic
Arriga
Oleo Margarine Evasion Probes Reach New Jersey
Trenton December 26. Following a Supreme Court ruling on oleomargarine traffic the state becomes a distributing center. Dairy Commissioner McGuire says firms are complying with laws and intends to prosecute many for evasion. Complaints target Jersey City’s largest dealer with more actions forthcoming.
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Trenton
N. J
United States Supreme Court
McGuire
Jersey City
Murder Reported On Lake Shore Rail Line Near Doughton
In Youngstown Ohio three tramps murdered Charles Rocco of the Youngstown car works. Rocco boarded a freight box car to return home when ambushed by the trio, shot, robbed, and flung from the moving train. The assailants fled and were not apprehended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Doughton
Lake Shore
Charles Rocco
Rocco
Charles Jones Sentenced in Train Robbery Case
Hellena Montana December 26 Charles Jones a train robber has been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Jones and three others held up a Northern Pacific train at Greycliffe eastern Montana in August 1893. The other three men were killed in the chase and Jones previously faced a hanging before a new trial.
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Hellena
Mont
Charles Jones
Jones
Northern Pacific
Greycliffe
Montana
Big Snow Blockade Raised in Cal at Noon
Dunsmuth California December 26 The snow blockade caused by a heavy fall was raised at noon yesterday and delayed passenger trains are now moving. The deep snow on the track broke the rotary plow and while repairs were underway passengers enjoyed a merry time in the snow.
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Dunsmuth
Cal
Congress Daily Roundup December 19 22 1899 Senate House
Na vy department submits Hawaiian correspondence to foreign affairs. Shiloh battlefield park bill passes. currency bill debated by House with opposing views. December 20 Quay proposes president residence. statue presents for Stark and Webster. census and justice budget passes. pension granted to General Be Banks widow. December 22 free entry for Cotton State Exhibition passes. adjournment set. currency debate continues. Senate notes no major action.
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Washington
Navy Department
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Shiloh
Senate
HOUSE
Census Department
Department of Justice
Be. Banks
Gen. Stark
Daniel Webster
Atlanta
Springer
Brothers Kennedy Hanged for Lowry Murder in Jasper
In Jasper Tennessee on December 18 John and Gen Kennedy were executed for the murder of James L Lowry. The men were hanged yesterday after legal proceedings in local court.
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Jasper
Tenn
John
Kennedy
James L. Lowry
Koetting to Be Tried Monday in Milwaukee Case
Ex banker John Koetting faces trial next Monday after a state authorities set the date yesterday in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The defendant is charged in a financial matter with details released by the Milwaukee district attorney's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Dee
John BR. Koet
We's
Connecticut Murderer Hanged for Skinner Murder
Job Cronin was hanged in Hartrronp Connecticut for the murder of Albert Skinner, the execution following the case.
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Connecticut
Hartrronp
Conn
Job Cronin
Albert Skinner
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