Hennepin Canal Progress and Iowa Church Feud Update
Des Moines dispatch reports over one fourth of the Hennepin canal completed with lock walls and guard gates finished and further work planned for 25 miles of waterway aiding Milan and surrounding coal regions. Separately, a battle over church control in Des Moines pits the Dubbs and Esher-Bowman factions, with appeals and injunctions shaping the dispute across multiple states. Chattanooga battlefield markings are proposed to honor Iowa troops with state action likely forthcoming.
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Des Moines
Hennepin Canal
Des Maines
Hen‘epin Canal
Jerry Murphy
Davenport
Thomas J. Henderson
Illinois
Mississippi
D. B. Ayneh
Monmouth
Lock 37
John Killeen
Towa
David Sears
Sears, Tit
Vandruff
Lock 6
United States
Rock Island & Peoria
Carr’s Island
Rock River
Milan
Millcreek
L. L. Wheeler
Rouse
J. W. Wooman
George F. Weichart
Dubbs
Esher-Bowman
Evangelical Church
Supreme Court
W. F. Conrad
District Court
Des Moines Confernee
Jacob Auracher
E. S&s
A. Busgard
T. M. Evans
E. E. Hahn
Wesley Juvenal
J. F. Yerger
J. B. Yargy
Samuel Jones
Minerva Day
Gatch, Connor & Weaver
Read & Read
Smith
Bowman
Cuattanooga
Owl
Iowa
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Chickamauga
Lookout Bountain
Proress
Chickary Ridge
Hattanooga
Gettysburg
Chattanooga
Iowatain
Williamson
Osterhaus
Lookout
Clever Woman Serves Theatrical Supper To Please Husband
A short anecdote from the N O Picayune recounts a clever wife who knows how to reach a man's heart through his stomach. After a play they avoided a restaurant, but at home she prepared a delightful supper on a white cloth, pleasing her husband and prompting future theater trips for more suppers. She also recounts a second frugal oyster soup supper made with cheap ingredients to ensure a hearty meal for poor theater goers.
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John
Catharine Cole
N. O. Picayune
A Young Lawyer's Stratagem in Court
Timothy Coffin faced his first public case in New Bedford with no prep. He sought a post ponement claiming his mother’s sudden death in Nantucket. An unseen audience member, his mother, exposed the ruse, leading Coffin to later ensure he faced no such excuses again.
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Timothy Coffin
New Bedford
Coffin
Nantucket
Timothy
Boston Herald
Old Baldy Gen Meades War Horse Dies In 1882
The Detroit Free Press recounts Old Baldy the famed horse of General Meade who died in 1882 near the Abington meeting house in Pennsylvania at thirty years old. The animal previously served General Baker and carried Meade through major Civil War battles including Bull Run Seven Days Battles Antietam Gettysburg and a later wound at Gettysburg.
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Gen. Meade
Old Baldy
Abington Meeting House
Pennsylvania
Gen. Baker
Bull Run
Cour Richmond
Antietam
Aristotle on ideal marriage ages 37 for men and 18 for women
The philosopher Aristotle proposed specific ages for marriage with men at thirty seven and women at eighteen. The statement reflects his views on adult maturity and social roles in ancient philosophy.
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Aristotle
Fate of the Kearsarge and loss of Ala bama wreck
Coton Isthmus of Panama February 9 The wooden corvette Kearsarge lies broadside on Roncador reef off Nicaragua with a total loss but all officers and crew saved. The Alabama privateer is sunk after a famous chase and battle off Cherbourg in 1864. Captain Semmes wounded survivors rescued by Deerhound.
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Port Au Prince
Blowfields
Nicaragua
Old Providence
Roneador
Lieut. Brainard
Colon
Brainard
Admiral Stanton
Kearsarge
New York
Detroit
Rio
Monitor
United States
Alabama
Semmes
At- Can
John A. Winslow
Flushing
S. L
Cherbourg
Winslow
Deerhound
Will of George W. Childs Bequeaths All to Widow
The will of George W. Childs admitted to probate in Philadelphia on February 10. Executed August 1 after the death of Anthony J. Drexel, it leaves the entire estate to his widow absolutely. Executors are George W. Childs Drexel and James W. Paul Jr. Valuation listed as over $100,000 real and over $100,000 personal.
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Philadelphia
George W. Childs
Anthony J. Drexel
Embezzler Frederick Marvin Sought by Marshals
Detroit Mich Feb 10 Deputy US marshals seek Frederick Marvin former cashier of Third National Bank wanted for embezzlement of various notes totaling 100000 dollars. Directors say defalcations plus false representations amount to the loss.
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Marvin
Detroit
Mich
United States
Frederick Marvin
Third National Bank
Cleveland signs Repeal Bull on Wasumeron day
The act repealing the federal election law was signed by the president shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday on Wasumeron. The move ends months of debate and directs changes in federal election policy.
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Cleveland
Michigan Day at the Fair Aims for March 12
An enthusiastic Michigan gathering in Frisco plans Michigan’s day at the fair on March 12. Governor Rich and General Alger will be invited to attend. It is announced that Vermont Governor Fuller will attend Vermont’s day on March 3 at the fair.
Iowa State Band Leaves Mid Winter Exposition
San Francisco February 10. Due to local musicians opposition the Iowa State band will depart the midwinter exposition and return to Iowa after February 27.
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San Francisco
Iowa State Band
Iowa
Iowa Senate and House Move on Bills and Memorials
Des Moines reports show the Iowa Senate and House advancing numerous measures. Bills include limits on mortgage charges and drunkness treatment, salaried justices and constables, anti imitation butter, and suffrage for women in municipal and school elections. Committees recommend locating a soldiers' monument and extending district judges, with appropriations for schools, prisons, and the insane hospital.
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Senate Des
Iowa
Senate
T. C. McCall
Story
RS Smith
Butler
Boardman
Groneweg
Funk
Perry
Chantry
Reynolds
Craig
Everall
Finn
Dungan
Des Morriss
Iowa School For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Boards of Supervisors
Des Moines
Waterman
Iowa Geological Survey
Twentieth General Assembly
Iown Industrial School
Mitchellsville
Industrial Home of the
Knoxville
The
State University
Iowa City
Finch
Committee On
Watkins
Benedict
Clarinda
Stekivers
House
State Agricultural Society
School For the Deaf
Ninth Judicial District
Anamosa
Committee On Insurance
United States
Twenty-Second General Assembly
Fort Madison
Des Mornxgs
Iowan Academy of Sciences
Hipwell
Hennepin Canal
Committee On Railways and Commmerce
Elections Committee
Chassell
Tested Recipes From Ohio Farmer
A collection of home baking instructions including Suet Puppine with suet sugar molasses raisins flour soda salt and milk. its steam time one and a half hours. A sauce for Puppine using water flour butter and flavorings. Buckwheat Cakes with yeast, salt, buckwheat flour and soda. Buttermig Cake with sugar raisins buttermilk shortening flour spices soda molasses and coconut for a royal finish.
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Ohio
Icio Records Show Young Illinois Convicts Predominant
Icio reports 1,420 convicts with 86 percent under 40. Only 10 percent of Illinois convicts are uneducated, indicating a young, educated inmate population.
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Icio
Illinois
Relief funds for miners in England total £101,714
The record states the amount received and expended for miners during the recent general strike in England totaled £101,714, reflecting the relief effort's scale and financial flow.
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England
Dynamite Thieves Loot Two Banks in Ohio Towns
A gang used dynamite to crack the Standard Oil office in Lia and the Deshler bank. They escaped with about 6,000 dollars from each raid, blowing safes, damaging interiors, and leaving little trace. The Deshler postmaster reported losses of stamps and cash, while a dark lantern and three rough tracks hint at the robbers’ route. The total Deshler loss nears 25,000 dollars.
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Lia
Standard Oil Company
Deshler
Lima
Atllo
Standard Oil
Mrs Lease Wins to Remain on State Board in Kansas
The Supreme Court of Kansas rules Governor Lewelling cannot remove Mrs Mary E Lease from the state board of charities where she serves as president. The decision is unanimous with a populist member joining Republicans. J W Freeborn named as usurper. Lease plans to stay, denies bribery charges linked to state contracts and vows to fight any allegations.
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Supreme Court of Kansas
Torexa
Kan
Mary E. Lease
Supreme Court
State Board of Charities
Lewelling
Lease
Senate
J. W. Freeborn
Paris Train Wreck Kills Seven Near Compiegne
A midnight derailment near Compiegne, 52 miles from Paris, topples twelve coaches onto the engine. Seven dead, twenty injured, including an American with Bel gian origin noted on a bag. Engineer and assistant escaped but held for inquiry.
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Paris
Compiege
Man Dies Saving Home Fire In Osage
Osage Iowa February 9 John Birran collapsed and died from the shock of attempting to save John Fordham s house from fire. Firemen fought the blaze but Birran died on the scene or en route to medical care with neighbors and volunteers assisting.
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Osage
John Birran
John Fordham
Woman Dies at 109 in Independence
Lucy Evans died in Independence on Tuesday night at age 109. She came to the city in 1826 and retained a sharp memory of events before the 1800s. Local elders over 70 corroborate her age and recall she was already aged when they were children.
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Independence
Lucy Evans
Sheriff Dickson Killed Near Warton in Shootout
Warton Texas February 9 Sheriff Hamilton Dickson was killed near town by Braddock the murderer of Constable Townsend Braddock was immediately shot dead by deputies per the report
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Warton
Tex
Hamilton Dickson
Braddock
Townsend
Mansfield Is Released In Schilling Murder Case
Horace Mansfield, named as principal in the murder of Louis Schilling, was released from custody Wednesday afternoon. Authorities declare William Alguire’s story false, while Alguire persists in his charges and protests Mansfield’s release.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Horace Mansfield
Louis Schilling
William Alguire
Mansfield
Fruit and Fixtures Realized $289.56 at World Fair Sale
N M Dunlap for the horticultural exhibit board reports proceeds from the fruit and fixtures sale at the World’s Fair totaled 289.56, with 8290.56 turned into the state treasury as the amount realized.
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SpRinerie.p. II
N. M. Dunlap
Board of Control
Post Office Robbed in Daykix Nebraska
Burglars entered the Daykix post office in Nebraska by forcing the front door and blew open the safe belonging to Postmaster S B Carpenter. They took about 200 in postage stamps and other valuables, totaling roughly 250.
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Daykix
Neb
B. Carpenter
Sudden Death at St. Columbkill’s Church
In Cleveland on February 9 Mrs. Richard MecQueerney a 73 year old widow of Irish origin died suddenly at 6 35 am while reciting a prayer at St. Columbkill's church.
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Cleveland
St. Columbkill’s
Richard MecQueerney
Ireland
Texas Train Robbery Wreck Leaves Crews Injured
Robbers remove rails at a White Oak bayou high bridge and trigger a passenger train wreck on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line. Brakeman Joe Elliott and agent Lou Morris suffer multiple wounds. crew and passengers work to rescue others as a relief train heads to the scene.
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Houston
Tex
Lou Morris
J. W. Carter
Death in a Cyclone Hits Louisiana Mississippi
A north Mississippi cyclone devastates plantations and farms from Greenville to Washington and Bolivar counties. Two deaths reported, including a woman killed when a cabin collapsed near Greenville. At Port Hudson La a cyclone killed a child and injured six, causing about $5,000 damage.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
W. L. Nugent
Greenville
Miss
William Brady
Washington
Bolivar
Port Hupsey
S. A. de Lambres
Hueston
Chambers Place
Gladstone vows to fight House of Lords to bitter end
Paris reports Mr. Gladstone, visiting Biarritz during the British Commons recess, declares he will not resign. He says he intends to battle the Lords to the end and that democracy will prevail in the future.
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House of Lords
Paris
the Patrie
Gladstone
House of Commons
Biarritz
Bay of Biscay
Minnesota farmer killed in feud over swamp road
Joseph Stanley, a Mayhew Lake farmer in Benton County, was shot dead by neighbor August Jahn. Stanley’s son William, 18, was wounded in the side but not seriously hurt. Jahn was arrested as the feud stemmed from rights to a road into a swamp two miles from the Stanley home.
Prof Barnard Honored With Arago Medal
San Francisco February 10 Prof Barnard of Lick Observatory has received the Arago gold medal from the French academy for discovering Jupiter's small satellite in September 1892. The award is the highest astronomical distinction and has been conferred only twice before.
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San Francisco
Barnard
Lick Observatory
Special Vaccination Train From Lima To Chicago
The Pennsylvania sent a special train with doctors and vaccinated employees between Lima Ohio and Chicago to boost immunizations during the outbreak and prevent spread.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Lima
Vaillant Executed at La Roquette in Paris
Vaillant was beheaded this morning at La Roquette prison in Paris after being convicted for throwing a bomb into the French Chamber of Deputies on December 9. The crowd, heavily controlled, watched as guards, Deibler, and assistants prepared the guillotine and carried out the sentence with no disturbance.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
la Roquette
Vaillant
Place de la Roquette
Gardes Re Anne
I Zens
Gardes Republicaine
Rue de la Roquette
M. Deibler
Deibler
Diebler
M. Diebler
Prison de la Rochette
Chamber
Abbe Lemire
Count de Lanjunais
Carnot
Pardons Committee
Vailllant
Court of Cassation
Four Skelton Brothers Kill Bank Cashier in Tennessee
In Stevenson at noon Sunday R C Ross cashier of the Bank of Scottsboro was shot dead by four Skelton brothers Bob Tot Jim and John over relations with their sister Annie Skelton. F D Bloodsworth, a brother-in-law of Ross, was wounded in the arms. The Skeltons were armed and in jail at Scottsboro awaiting further action.
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Cuattanooga
Tenn
R. C. Ross
Bank of Scottsboro
Stevenson
Bob
Tot
Jim
John Skelton
Annie Skelton
F. D. Bloodsworth
Ross
Skeltons
Double Tragedy in Boston Ends in Suicide and Murder
Walter Johnson a 30 year old Swede living in Gloucester shot and killed Miss Carrie L. Andrews 17, a music student, in the Warren building on Park Street before killing himself. Johnson had sued Andrews for breach of promise after their two year acquaintance and had threatened her life as the engagement ended amid parental opposition.
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Boston
Walter Johnson
Gloucester
Carrie L. Andrews
Warren Building
Park Street
Miss Andrews
Essex
Johnson
Secretary Carlisle's new bonus issue delayed
The New Kens Washmeton reports Secretary Carlisle's new bonus issue will not be ready for delivery before the middle of the present month.
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Kens
Washmeton
Carlisle
Gas Pumps Power 75 Mile Reach in Mercer County
Several Ohio cities including Springfield Dayton Piqua Sidney and Troy receive gas via 500 horsepower pumps in Mercer County. The pumps have just begun operation, force the gas 75 miles and maintain pressure.
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Sprixevren
Pope Leo Prohibits Clergy at Spanish Bull Fights
In Rome the Telegraph correspondent reports the pope approved a decree forbidding clergy from attending bull fights in Spain. Priests are ordered to refuse absolution to a dying matador.
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Leo
London
The
Telegraph
Rome
Spain
Lee
Battle ashore and at sea near Rio de Janeiro reported
A January 11 clash between government forces and rebels near Rio de Janeiro saw four Rio civilians killed by a shell in the city. Fire from Fort Santa Cruz Fort St John Fort Lage and others failed to damage the Aquidaban which anchored near Tamandare after a half hour fight. The Guanabara and Cobras island cruisers fired on shore batteries with limited effect. An unknown man was later wounded.
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New Yorks
Aquidaban
Santa Anna
Arela
Rio
de Sierro
Fort Santa Cruz
Fort St John
Fort Lage
Aquidabar
Fort St. John
Des
Fort Sage
Fort Santa Crag
Fort Villegaignon
Tamandare
Cobras Island
Trajana
Gumiral da Gama
Ponta da Areia
Madana
de Velho
Rio de Janeiro
Senate Votes to Repeal Federal Election Laws
Washington feb 9 the bill repealing all federal laws regulating congressional elections passed both houses by 39 to 25 and awaits president clevelands signature. detailed roll call lists 12 yes and 15 no with senators from arkansas wisconsin california and others among those voting yes or no.
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Washineton
Chardier
Cullom
Dixon
Dolph
Dubois
Frye
Gallingey
Hale
Hawley
Higinna
Hear
Lodge
Perkins
Pratt
Proctor
Quay
Sherali Squire
Teller
Washburn
Wilson
Fatal train strike kills Mrs. Myers in Grand Rapids
A buggy carrying Mrs. Esther Myers and Miss Nora Gray was struck by a flying switch engine on Grand Rapids and Indiana tracks at Welby Avenue. Mrs. Myers died immediately while Miss Gray, badly mangled, was taken to Butterworth Hospital where she is not expected to survive. Gate keeper Jerry Ryan was blamed for the accident.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Esther Myers
Nora Gray
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Welby Avenue
Tragic Fly Wheel Accident Claims Kankakee Worker
Charles Davis, 37, died early Tuesday at the Kankakee Electric plant when he fell into a fly wheel while working on an engine. He was torn to pieces. death was instantaneous.
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Kankakeer
Charles Davis
Kankakee Electric Company
Ex Police Justice Uepen Suicides by Morphine
Thomas Groom an ex police justice and coal combine manager here killed himself with morphine on Wednesday morning. His business troubles are cited as the probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uepen
U. T
Thomas Groon
Failure of a Big Commission Firm in San Francisco
The old commission house of Seotchler & Gibbs has assigned. Liabilities range from $200,000 to $250,000, said to be fully covered by assets, but the assets consist of stock not readily convertible into cash.
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San Francisco
Seotchler & Gibbs
Moonshiners Captured as Stills Destroyed in Polk County
Revenue officers seized fifteen moon shiners at Fort Surra Arkansas Feb 9 from Polk County mountains. Ten illicit stills were destroyed while gangs remain active with many members at large.
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Fort Surra
Ark
Polk County
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Ekearsarge
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Deshler, O
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France
Alguire
Med Ia Church
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Louisiana
Minnesota
Prof. Barnard
Four Brothers Riddle
Tennessee Bank
Henderson
Caseyville
Union County
Buck Young
Nancy Jones
Grand Rapids
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