Governor Boies Urges Statewide Reform Of Institutions And Tax System
The Iowa governor presents a biennial message detailing the state’s finances, proposes consolidating and reforming state institutions for cost efficiency, favors cheaper humane care for chronic insane, shifts in county roads, revisions to corporation and printing laws, and advocates local option for liquor control with a focus on municipal and township measures. The address critiques current county and state management, urges prudent budgeting, and calls for general statutes to regulate liquor traffic.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Hese
Board of Control
Menpeeirane Sennitttet
Orace Boies
Constitution of
Common School
Menor
Man Receives Life Term for One-Cent Mail Robbery
In Omana Nebraska on January 9 Judge Dundy sentenced Wertz to twenty months and a $100 fine for a prior post office robbery. Squires got two years and a $1,000 fine for conspiring to rob a train. De France, age 20, received life imprisonment for holding up a mail carter at Gordon with a revolver during the theft of two mail pouches.
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Neb
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Wertz
Squires
de France
Gordon
Burwell
United States
Train Robbers Caught in Illinois Central Heist Near Mayfield Creek
Detective Pat O'Keefe arrested three men James Breckinridge William O'Brien and Frank Brown for the November 11 Illinois Central train robbery near Mayfield Creek bridge. BrownTurned state's evidence leading to Breckinridge and O'Brien arrests. Plunder valued under 1509. Preliminary hearing expected here this week with possible witness delays.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Mayfield Creek Bridge
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William O’brien
Frank Brown
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Henry O’brien
Circuit Court
Charlestown
Jesse James
Brown
Cairo
Iowa Governor Frank D. Jackson Inaugural Address
Governor Frank D. Jackson delivers Iowa's inaugural urging tariff protection for farmers and labor, maintaining a gold and silver currency, fund public schools, road building, heightened jury reliability, and temperance while praising Columbian Exposition and urging memorials for Civil War veterans.
Iowa State Teachers Meet Delivers Reforms and Appreciation
The Iowa State Teachers Association wrapped its thirty ninth session in Des Moines with elected officers led by President W. M Beardshear and committees calling for expanded normal school facilities, higher budget for pedagogy, and a three week county institute fund. They praised J. B. Knoepffer and thanked local committees and press for support. They urged legislature to fund county institutes and restrict tobacco sales to youths under sixteen. The issue of tramp nuisance is rising in New Hampton with camps in schoolhouses. Miss Jessica Boies, daughter of Gov. Boies, died in Waterloo at twenty nine after heart and lung illness. Unmarried lawmakers in the Twenty fifth General Assembly listed.
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Cedar Rapids
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Ottumwa
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Fort Dodge
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Mount Vernon
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Story
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Pottswattamie County
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Mills County
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Iowa Legislature convenes with caucus picks and governor talks
Des Moines reports opening of the Iowa General Assembly with Senate Lieut Gov Bestow presiding. Hutchins named permanent secretary and Republican caucus officers chosen. Senate committees named, Governor's message received, and inaugurations described with subsequent sessions and pardons overview. House selects speakers and conducts contested-seat reviews, then canvasses governor and lieutenant governor results.
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Des Moines
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Iar
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Miles
George F. Green
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Taylor
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Polk County
S. J. van Gilder
Warren County
Henry Stone
Marshall County
Doles Decision Demand for Provisional Government Surrender
Honolulu January 1 1888 Dele presents US demand for the Provisional Government to yield restore the Queen Liliuokalani and outlines the American position. Willis quotes outline that the provisional government lacks Hawaiian consent and that restoration requires amnesty and reestablishment of the constitutional order. The note reports Dole has not complied and Willis has taken no steps to enforce.
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Victoria
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Cortain
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Foreign Office
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Interior
W. Smith
Étersi
Albert S. Willis
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Nate
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Hawaiian Islands
Boston
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Lilivokalarl
J. O. Carter
Dole
Turpentine Explodes Wrecking Flint Hardware Store
A Sunday morning blast at J. B. Wilson’s hardware store in Flint Michigan destroyed the building and damaged nearby shops. The fire caused about 15000 dollars in total losses, with 8000 dollars insured, and shattered windows across the block.
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Flint
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J. B. Wilson
Wilson
Monetary Conference Off Said Cleveland Notification
A public note from Baron Solvins, late Belgian minister to England, reports a telegram from the U S president stating he declined to convoke a monetary conference. The note, sent to Lord Rosebery on November 23, notes the U S decision amid current circumstances.
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Baron Solvins
England
Lord Rosebery
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Women Frozen to Death in London and Belfast
The cold spell continues with a 9 degree frost in London. A woman's body was found frozen to death during the night at Sam. Heavy snowfall hits Wimble don with drifts up to four feet. In Belfast another woman froze to death Sunday night and numerous injuries from icy streets are reported.
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Sam
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Flor ence Arrested for Schultz Murder in Cherokee
W S Flor ence arrested in Sioux City and sent to Cherokee to answer charges of murdering Martin Schultz and his wife on September 10. He is 18 and has given a sworn statement that amounts to a confession. The couple, farmers, were killed at home and 800 dollars taken from the house.
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W. S. Florence
Cherokee
Martin Schultz
Florence
Schultz
Cleveland Sells Municipal Bonds for Park Improvements
Cleveland authorities sold $500,000 in 4 percent municipal bonds at a premium of $11,700 to the Citizens' Savings and Loan association. Proceeds will fund park improvements and provide jobs for many idle men in the city.
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Citizens’ Savings & Loan Association
Iown Animal Cruelty Statute Summary
The statute prohibits torture torment deprivation of sustenance cruel beating mutilation unnecessary cruelty and abandonment of animals. It imposes punishment by up to thirty days in county jail or a fine up to 100. It covers cruel driving transporting with inhuman manner and neglect to provide food drink shelter or weather protection.
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Jast
Graham & Weber Store Closed by Attachment in Creston
The Creston grocery firm Graham & Weber faced closure after an attachment of 825 filed by J. H. Patt, enforcing creditor action against the business.
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Graham & Weber
Creston
J. H. Patt
Stage Hold-Up Nets $800 From Mail Sacks
A lone highwayman halted a stage between Bowie Station and Solomonville on Tuesday. He demanded the mail sacks be surrendered and did not threaten the sole passenger aboard, escaping with $800.
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Southern Pacific
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Notable Dignitaries and Collectors in Foreign Circles
Erxe Orro of Bavaria is confined in Fuerstenried Castle near Munich. Sir Henry Tremporne owns a vast cigar collection from around the world. Khedive of Egypt gifts seven mummies to the National Museum in Washington. Brazilian minister Menponca, once an editor, published a republican paper. Susanna Beaver, Ruskin friend, died at Coniston after a letter from Ruskin. Saran BernearpT acquires two jaguars as exotic pets. Bernhardt expects a zoological garden home for her wild animal interests.
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Munich
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Toronto
George Eliot
Tux Khedive
Egypt
National Museum
Washington
Menponca
Brazil
New England
Susanna Beaver
Coniston
England
Mr. Ruskin
Pilgrimage Draws Nearly Sixty Thousand Mohicans
A vast influx of Moh people to Medina last year earned about sixty thousand individuals the status of hadji. The historic trek underscores enduring religious and cultural ties within the community.
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Medea
President nominates John M. B. Sill for Korea post
The president sent to the senate a nomination for John M. B. Sill of Michigan as minister resident and consul general of the United States to Korea.
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Michigan
Washineton
Senate
John M. B. Sill
United States
Korea
Fourteen Years for Murder in Wisconsin Case
Micwavuxker reports Jan 10 that Freak Jurasin ski shot and killed a boy named Frank Favs on September 4 over an alleged wood theft and has been sentenced to fourteen years at Waupun.
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Freak Jurasinski
Frank Favs
Waupun
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