Fire and crime tales across Iowa and nearby towns
Monticello livery stable fire valued at 16000 dollars eyed. Albert Lees jailed in Iowa City for theft from Patrick Donovan including a 600 dollar bank deposit certificate 40 in cash a silver watch and a revolver. Mrs Jones and two children perished in a Knoxville area home fire. Many frauds lawsuits and suspicions populate a wide regional ledger of misfortune and justice.
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Monticello
Albert Lees
Iowa City
Patrick Donovan
Newport
Silas Jones
Knoxville
Mr. Jones
Cyrus Green
Geneva
Green
Wm. Hancock
Frank Brown
Keokuk
Burlington
Brown
William King
Davenport
Creston
Oklahoma City
Timpus
First National
Chariton
J. R. Itehheld
Young Lady
Oklahoma
Anti-Horse Thief Association of
Des Moines
J. D. Merrill
L. Robb
Charleston
O. B. Cobblerton
Grand Worthy
J.T. Cameron
West Grove
Davis County
W. T. Proper
Bonaparte
Paris Abbott
Thayer
Huldah Peterson
Otto Peterson
Frank Watson
Lessy Brewing Company
Wm. Welch
Carl Pfaffe
Watson
Toney Mess
Chicago & Northwestern
Moingona
Carroll
Evans
Boone
Tral
Meis
Mess
Charles Collyer
Danville
Edith Young
Collyer
Illinois
Ottumway
Henry Watterson
Cleveland
Breckinridge
Allison
C W. Cope
Ed. McNamara
Anamosa
McNamarry
Marshaes
General News Roundup of Turbulent Events Across the Nation
Reports detail the Cook gang wrecking a Missouri Pacific train in Indian Territory and terrorizing nearby towns. The Japanese diet adopts a stance against foreign interference in the China war. New York grand jury indicts ex-police on bribery charges. A mob attack in Washington Court House leads to militia deaths and a sheriff murder case. Quantrio train robbers are pursued to Cincinnati and Cumberland. Tammany mayoral candidate Nathan Strauss declines. Grant is nominated. The czar’s health worsens in St. Petersburg. A Cumberland arrest reveals boodle loot. A brutal assault in Washington Court House ends with sentencing and militia violence at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Ayres
P. Ayres
Knoxville Journal
Duncan
Davenport Business College
Merchant
Bennington
Iowa
Cedar Falls Gazette
Butte, Mont
Daily
Inter-Mountain
Manchester Press
Daily Republican
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Dairy Association
The
Agricultural College
Iowa Dairy
C. L. Gabrilson
New Hampton
United States Revenue
United States
Marshal Wray
Monroe
Wapello
Ottumwa
Wray
Bill Cramer
Secret Service
James Dooley
Fort Madison
Eldridge
Adams County
Dooley
W. H. Coons
Nellie Coons
Prescott
Villisca
Supervisor Strange
Woodbury County
J. Kelly
Justice Linn
Kelly
Justice Ferris
Strange
Cook
Missouri Pacific
Indian Territory
Japan
China
Grand Jury
New York City
Washington Court House
Colonel Coit
Nathan Strauss
Tammany
New York
Executive Committee
Hill
Grant
St. Petersburg
Senate
Cumberland
Quantico
Cherry Run
Express Company
Dolby
Mary Boyd
Court House
Convictions Hoped In Interstate Commerce Indictments
The Interstate Commerce Commission praises federal grand jury indictments against violators of the interstate law. It claims strong evidence will lead to convictions, though railroad men doubt the ability to obtain damaging testimony under Judge Grosseup's interpretation, noting likely no confessions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Grand Jury
Grosseup
Poor German immigrant earns one million from cure discovery
Schrage, once penniless and penniless immigrant with a small drug business, is now a millionaire after a chemistry breakthrough. A syndicate paid him 100000 cash and agreed to 100000 annually until totaling 1000000. Swanson Rheumatic Care Co advertises the remedy with testimonials and agents wanted.
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CnicaGco
Philadelphia
Swanson Rheumatic Care Company
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Indians Becoming Good
Col J S Hutcheson reports Cochiti Indians dying at about one per day from a mysterious disease. Requests for medicinal supplies to the Santa Fe agent are unanswered and Washington authorities will be notified.
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Albuquerque
N. M
J. S. Hutcheson
Cochiti
Santa Fe
Washington
Canadian garbage burners visit Montreal works modelled on Leeds
New York city commissioners Edson Andrews and Delehanty inspect a Montreal garbage disposal plant modeled on Leeds. Charles Thackeray explains a 190 foot chimney incinerator with top hoppers and ash pits, designed to keep fires burning continuously while using garbage as main fuel.
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Montreal
Quebec
Edson, Andrews and
Delehanty
New York City
Leeds
England
Charles Thackeray
Pension Ruling Sets Two Key Dates for Service Termination
Washington October 23 Assistant Secretary Reynolds rules that section 7401 limits legal termination of service in pension cases to two dates the actual discharge date for causes other than term expiration and the disbandment date when the organization ends after service term. The Interior Department will accept War Department records on commencements as final and vacates pay-based period determinations.
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Washington
Reynolds
War Department
Interior Department
Tribunal to rule on British claims after Valparaiso revolution
Reports from Valparaiso indicate a tribunal will hold its first meeting today to adjudicate British residents' claims for damages from the recent revolution. Claims filed total about $300,000 and are increasing as more arrive.
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New York
Valparaiso
Chile
Iowa Patent Office Report Des Moines Oct 22 1890s
Iowa inventors receive allowed United States patents not issued yet. Names include G L Smith and Peterson for an automatic hog watering trough, E Stanley for Des Moines incubator, A Grinnell for a horse powered saw mill, R G Whitlock for a plug tobacco receptacle, W S Elliott and C A Barnes for a wheel cultivator harrow with dual bars and outward curved teeth. Printed patent drawings and specs copies available for 25 cents.
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Thomas G. and
J. Ratru Orwie
Patents
Farm Loans Ad From Security Loan & Trust Co
Des Moines firm promotes farm loans and security loans with guaranteed fit. Advert mentions Tilden Des Moines address and immediate relief claims for a cough cure.
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The
Security Loan & Trust Co
Des Moines
Order of Tilden
Hansen
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations and State Comparisons
The Chicago Board of Trade quotation table lists today’s price ranges. Notes mention Great Britain’s universities count and rankings for Mississippi Kentucky Massachusetts across crops and industries. A new wool adulteration method uses wood pulp in yarn production.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Great Britain
Mississippi
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Robbed Express As Bandits Loot Cash On South Kansas Route
A Kansas City to Memphis express train was wrecked and looted near Correta five miles south of Waconer I T. The Cook gang fired on the train wounding several passengers and stole $500 from the local safe. Eight gunmen, two white and six mixed race, fled after a volley as deputies pursued.
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Waconer
I. T
Kansas City & Memphis Express
Cook
Correta
Here
Ford
Whistled
Bill Cook
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
W. J. McKee
United States Indian
Windom
Muskogee
Express Company
Ross Station
Bull Creek
Gang of Eight
Cloakmakers Riot in Brooklyn Ward
A 400 strong mob in Brooklyn's Twenty sixth ward rioted with clubs shears and revolvers after rumors New York agents sought to weaken the local cloakmakers union. Two men mistaken for agents were roughed up before police dispersed the crowd with no arrests.
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New York
Twenty-sixth Ward
Brooklyn
County Treasurer Murdered in Orangeburg
County Treasurer Robert Copes was shot to death in Orangeburg while returning with tax collections. Gov. Tillman sent bloodhounds to pursue suspects and offered a $500 reward. Five African American men were reportedly arrested on hearsay evidence and lynched after the coroner's inquest.
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Columbia
S.C
Robert Copes
Orangeburg
Tillman
Wreck on the Illinois Central at Rutland
A northwest bound Illinois Central freight derailed at Rutland LaSalle County on Saturday night after a box car separated and toppled a track. Two Austrians in the derailed car were killed and a third severely injured likely to die. A tramp in a following coal car escaped injury.
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Mrvonk, NL
Rutland
LaSalle County
Illinois Central
Embezzlement Charge Against Center County Official
Associate Judge Collins Faulkner of Center county was jailed in BellEvonte for trial in quarter sessions on embezzling borough Phillipsburg school district taxes. Shortage exceeds $5,000. Sureties Adam Moyer and Hugh Adams had Faulkner arrested. taxes due on the 1802 duplicate during his year as tax collector.
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BellEvonte
Collins Faulkner
Center County
Quarter Sessions
Phillipsburg
Adam Moyer
Hugh Adams
Faulkner
Fall River Weavers Strike Grips City Mills
In Fall River Massachusetts on October 19 a large strike disrupted mills in the northern city section. Five thousand workers gathered at a strikers meeting at Southpark and a parade drew about 1100 weavers with 400 women among the procession. Strikers claim employers broke faith with them.
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Fall River
Fal River
Mass
Southpark
German deputy taunts ministry over silence in benches
A German deputy mocked the ministry saying on the benches there is nothing but profound silence. The English Lords earn 200000 in salaries with the lord chancellor at 20000 and sergeant at arms 7500. Germany’s Bundesrath has 58 members appointed by state governments for each session.
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House of Lords
Germany
Mob Attacks Jail Over Child Assault Suspect
Hicksville Ohio October 23 A mob attacked the jail at 2 AM to lynch Charles O Neil the colored man accused of assaulting a 3 year old girl Mrs Bert Heckerman. Marshal Fry had ten extra police sworn in and kept the mob at bay amid continuing threats.
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HicksviLle
Ohio
Charles O'Neil
Bert Heckerman
Fry
John D Williams schooner and Falcon reported lost
Philadelphia reports the three mast schooner John D Williams under Captain Longstreet is believed to have foundered off the Jersey coast after sailing for Providence October 10th. It carried eight crew members. The British steamer Falcon under Captain Billet, bound from Philadelphia to Johns, N. B., has also been given up as lost with all hands.
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Philadelphia
John D. Williams
Longstreet
Providence
Jersey
Schoon
Falcon
Bilett
Johns
N. B
Desperate Fight Between Prisoners in Indian Territory Jail
Word reached Little Rock on October 23 of a deadly jail brawl at Tablequah Indian Territory. Prisoners Eli Levy Chase Starr and Bob Dalton under death sentence fought with a razor and chair. Starr was fatally wounded, Levy fractured skull, Dalton injured.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tablequah
I. T
Eli Levy
Chase Starr
Bob Dalton
Levy
Starr
Dalton
Stevenson Given Quiet Rest Then Banquet In St Louis
Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson rested at his hotel in St Louis after a day of quiet activities. In the afternoon a banquet hosted by prominent Democrats was held at the Southern hotel before he departed on the 7 40 train to Keokuk Iowa where he was scheduled to speak.
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Democrats
Stevenson
St. Louis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Southern Hotel
Keokuk & Northwestern Railway
Keokuk
Iowa
Guatemala Mexico Tensions Prompt War Fear
In Quesaltango Guatemala on October 23 opponents of President Barrios distributed 500 rifles in rural districts within a fortnight. The concentration of Mexican troops on the frontier arouses fear of war and a possible revolution with Barrios among the first killed if conflict erupts.
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Guatemala
Mexico
Quesaltango
Barrios
Prussian Farmers Affirm Loyalty to King in Address
The Kreutz Zeitung reports East Prussia Farmers' Alliance deputies told Emperor William they oppose no king their land’s protector. They pledged to sacrifice their last drop of blood for him, emphasizing unwavering loyalty.
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Berlin
Kreutz Zeitung
William
East Prussia
Catholics Score Wins in Brussels Reballoting
Eighteen Catholics secure seats as reballoting for the Brussels chamber of representatives proceeds without incident. Early returns show clerical victories over the liberal socialist coalition, with Catholics winning seats previously held by liberals.
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Brussel
Chamber of Representatives
Brussels
Eulogies on the Death of James Anthony Freuda
In Loxpon on October 23 leaders praise the late James Anthony Freuda. The Times calls his passing a closing chapter in the country’s literary life while The Daily News says Britain has suffered an almost irreparable loss to letters.
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James Anthony Freuda
Loxpon
Anthony Froude
The
Times
Litera
Prussian Cabinet Eyes New Press Restrictions
Berlin officials report further cabinet meetings ahead of final decision on repressive policies for socialists. Potential measures include a strict press law with provisions against glorification of crimes and criminals.
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Berlin
American Mex treaty talks reported in United States papers
In Mexico City on October 23 reports claim negotiations for a commercial treaty between Mexico and the United States are under way. Officials in all departments deny knowledge of any such treaty.
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City of Mexico
Mexico
United Stat
Ezeta Alleged to Carry 30000 Sewn in Clothing
In San Salvador a rumor claims Antonio Ezeta carried thirty thousand dollars sewn in his clothing aboard the Beington. The report provokes laughter as disbelief spreads about the former ruler’s hidden funds.
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San Salvador
Antonio Ezeta
Three Nicaraguan Revolutionists Reported Shot in Managua
Government forces reportedly executed three revolutionists captured in Managua on October 2 after a clash with a band of insurgents.
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Nicaraguyn
Managua
Nicaragua
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Owa
Quantico, Va
Cincinnati
Paraguay
Anna
Buss
Rebuss
Omnibus
New York Commission
Patent Office Report
Marshal
Chas. O'Neill
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