Intelligencer reported killings and standoffs across states
A roundup notes Andy Cox killed Deputy Branham and Chief Wilder in Corbin Kentucky and was shot dead. Other items include New England Y M C A jubilee in Boston, US rejection of a Chinese indemnity guarantee, and multiple local calamities and political moves from Louisville to Denver.
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Andy Cox
Branham
Wilder
Corbin
Boston
United States
Bryant
Louisville
Illinois
Buffalo Exposition
Michigan
West Point
Mission
Madeline Island
Wis
Marquette
Rubens
Lewis Hartman
New York
Rose Violetta
Great Northern
Chicago
Defenbach Insurance
A. M. Unger
F. W. Brown
Swenie
Chicago Fire Department
James D. Hamilton
Robert Arey
Newport
Hamilton
Palmer
Denver
Anna Schultz
Jersey City
N. J
Doctor
Samuel Ludlow
Dry Creek
W. Va
James McLord
Hamburg
Ark
Dexter
Kan
J. H. Watkins
Richard D. Harlan
Rochester
N. Y
Lake Forest
Ill
William Fawcett
Albert Lea
Minn
Seymour
Thomas
Lon Wade
Charley Ross
Atlantic City
Vanderbilts
Nova Scotia
McKinley
Port Royal
Colorado
Hancock
Manila
A Week's Record Home and Foreign Items
A compact digest of industrial news, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad. Reports cover ongoing events, notable achievements, policy developments, and market trends shaping domestic and international affairs.
Notable Obituaries and Celebrations Across States
Brook lyn, N Y marks Barney Morris’s 109th birthday while Alabama Governor William J Samford dies at Tuscaloosa of heart disease aged 56. Ex congressman David Rea dies at his Savannah Mo home aged 78. Mrs McKinley improves daily. Prof Truman Henry Safford, famed mathematician and astronomer, dies in Newark N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Morris
Brooklyn
N. Y
William J. Samford
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Congress
David Rea
Savannah
McKinley
Truman Henry Safford
Newark
N. J
War and World News Highlights From Asia and Europe
Lieut Springer of the Twenty first Infantry was killed by Filipino insurgents at Lipa. Belgian missionaries report rising danger in China surpassing the Boxer revolt. Sir Walter Besant and Robert W Buchanan die in London. Prince Chun sails to Germany to seek reparation for Baron von Ketteler's murder. A Chinese passenger boat sank in a squall with 59 dead. Admiral Seymour in Shanghai says America is Britain’s main commercial rival. Kruger denies knowledge of Boer peace talks. Spanish Cortes opened in Madrid by the queen regent. Chinese court to return to Peking via a remote route for safety. Cuban constitutional convention accepts the Platt amendment. Three thousand veterans receive medals from King Edward in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springer
Lipa
China
Sir Walter Besant
Robert W. Buchanan
London
Prince Chun
Germany
Baron von Ketteler
Chu San
Ning Pi
Admiral Seymour
Shanghai
America
Britain
Kruger
Madrid
Peking
United States
Edward
Notable 1902 World Calamities and Legal Rulings
A roundup of disasters and trials including deaths in car accidents near Flint and Brunswick hangings in Georgia. Fires destroy hotels and businesses from West Baden to Conroe, with many rescued and injured. A New York ferry collision sinks a boat. Russia shipyard blaze kills and costs millions. insurgent captures in the Philippines. legal rulings upholding cigarette tax in Marshalltown Kentucky.
Grand Army En Campment Reports Membership Shifts
At the twenty seventh annual Dubuque encampment Department Commander Davis cited 1891 and 1900 rosters showing membership decline from 20 324 to 11 529. 43 posts dropped. Gains later lifted total to 12 952 across 393 posts. Charity exceeded 1 000 with receipts 4 503.91 and disbursements 3 485.00. Sons of Veterans rose from under 700 to about 2 000 with praise for Guy R Carson. Memorial university at Mason City noted as incentive.
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Dubuque
Grand Army of the Republic Department
Davis
Department
Adjutant General
George A. Newman
Cleveland
Sons of Veterans
Guy R. Carson
Iowa
Memorial University
Mason City
Cattle Thief J. W. Dewitt Arrested in Logan Heist
Farmer J W Dewitt five miles north of Logan jailed after stealing 35 head from Henry Grobe in James township Pottawattamie county. He sold the cattle for 2008 dollars to Kennedy Co in Logan and hid in the woods when officers closed in. Cattle valued about 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Dewitt
Logan
Henry Grobe
James Township
Pottawattamie County
Dewitt
Kennedy & Co
Cousins
Council Bluffs
Rural Delivery Expands in Iowa With New Routes
On July 1 additional rural free delivery will begin in Hedrick Keokuk county with two carriers on 52 miles serving 1 630 people. at Ioka the post office will be supplied by rural carriers Jacob Lindsay and C C Wilcox. Paullina O Brien county adds two carriers on 47 miles serving 1 175 people and Germantown post office will be discontinued. Sidney Fremont county gains one carrier on 30 miles serving 25 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Jacob Lindsay
C. C. Wilcox
Ioka
Paullina
O'Brien County
W. F. Schildts
W. H. Hitler
Germantown
Sidney
Fremont County
Iowa convention denounces divorce at German Lutheran synod
The Iowa annual convention in Burlington of the German Lutheran Synod of North America adopted resolutions denouncing divorce as a sin except in adultery. The measure states only the innocent party may remarry and that divorced members who remarry shall be refused synod membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Burlington
German Lutheran Synod of North America
Conference
Synod
Iowa college at Grinnell names Matlack new music head
The trustees selected H. W. Matlack of Oberlin to replace Prof. R. G. Cole as head of the conservatory of music. Prof. J. E. Boodin and Prof. Charles G. Conner, who were serving temporarily in philosophy and academy, were reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa College At
Grinnell
H. W. Matlack
Oberlin
R. G. Cole
Conservatory of Music
J. E. Boodin
Charles G. Conner
Accademy
Iowa University report highlights record attendance and growth
President George F. MacLean presented a year overview with 1 542 total attendees the largest in school history. Liberal arts led with 802 students while 337 graduates spanned liberal arts law medicine homeopathic medicine dentistry and pharmacy. New schools added and extended outreach noted with 84 lectures. Commencement included 48 philosophy 24 arts 23 science degrees and several special diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. MacLean
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Board of Regents
College of Liberal Arts
Law
Liberal Arts
Dentistry
Iowa School of Political and Social Science
McLean
A. Whitney Carr
College of Law
College of Medicine
Jennie E. Slavata
Benjamin Boardman
Portsmouth
Thomas Andrew Kingland
Forest City
James E. Gow
Greenfield
Henry S. Arnold
Davis City
Clarence W. Loesbe
Greene
Oldest Couple Lauded for 62 Years of Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Cole of Sibley are celebrated as the region’s premier aged pair. Born in Vermont in 1813 and 1821 respectively, they wed January 1, 1840 and will mark sixty two years together next New Year’s Day. They moved west in 1845, landing in Chicago before settling in Kane and later Iowa towns, now residing in Sibley for 30 years. Both are active Methodists. Mr. Cole has served as church officer 65 years and was a Whig and abolitionist in earlier days. They remain healthy and mentally sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement C. Cole
Sibley
Vermont
Iowa
Fayette
McGregor
Cole
Lost Stocks: Franklin Cattleman seeks $9000 man
A Mott of Franklin county says he was deceived out of 9000 dollars. He owned a Cerro Gordo stock farm and told his manager Don Londegan to ship cattle to a Chicago commission house for settlement in Buffalo. Londegan reportedly sent stock to a different firm and failed to meet Mott, who now pursues the money source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Mott
Franklin County
Mott
Cerro Gordo County
Don Londegan
Chicago
Buffalo
Londegan
Matt
Buffalo Midway
Upper Iowa University closes commence ment exercises in Fayette
Commencement exercises at Upper Iowa University in Fayette mark the close of the term. Ground is broken for the David B. Henderson library funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of 25 000. Under President Guy P. Benton the year sees 50 000 added to permanent value and endowment. S. B. Ziegler of West Union is elected president of the board of trustees, succeeding the late Dr. E Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
David B. Henderson
Andrew Carnegie
Guy P. Benton
S. B. Ziegler
West Union
Aix la Chappelle
Harrison
Board of Trustees
E. Fuller
Iowa National Bank Condition Report May 5
The abstract shows Iowa banks not including Des Moines reported an average reserve of 32.36 percent. Loans and discounts rose from 50,806,233 to 54,407,60. gold coin increased from 1,793,571 to 1,885,254. total specie from 2,955,427 to 3,184,140. lawful money reserve grew from 204,707 to 4,830,393. individual deposits climbed from 51,517,139 to 57,168,935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Banks of
Iowa
Des Moines
Forty-ninth Iowa to Hold Camp and Spanish War Reunion
The Forty-ninth Iowa National Guard unit will conduct its annual encampment in Dubuque during the week of July 21 to 27. A reunion of Spanish War veterans who served in the Forty-ninth Iowa volunteers will take place alongside the encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-ninth Iowa
National Guard
Dubuque
Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteers
London Facts and Figures From The Era
Heard in London notes several items on urban life including the British museum library’s 32 miles of shelves and a rise from 1000 han som s in 1880 to over 7000 today. It cites daily suburban arrivals of 960000, 16 solicitors struck off, congestion losses of 2 154 000 pounds yearly, and evening dress gaining favor among the smart society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Museum
Wolfe Barry
Smart Society
Pike County Miracle Heals Farmer After Kidney and Rheumatic Pain
William B. Sullivan of Velpen Indiana a 49 year old farmer and brother of ex representative Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties suffered kidney trouble rheumatism chest pain and back misery for two years. After three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he recovered fully declaring a month ago I was a cripple today I can do a hard day's work with no ache or pain. The cure is described as miraculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velpen
Ind
William B. Sullivan
Sullivan
Pike
Dubois
Dodd
Mr. Sullivan
Indiana
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Milwaukee Medico-Psychological Convention
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Lowell
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M. Kreely
Arcadia
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Bertha Stewart
Lawrence O. Mellett
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C. A. Pearson
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Baldwin
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John Gray Foster
Philippine Commission
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Montreal
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B. F. Tomkins
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Thomas Applegate
William Humphrey
Flint
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Monadnock
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