Mixed Iowa News and Local Incidents Across Counties
The article details a range of events from Iowa and nearby areas including the annual meeting of the Christian Undertaking Society at Willisea in October, a wreck on the Illinois Central near Iona Falls delaying freight traffic, the CB&Q depot fire in Stanwood with about $2,000 loss, and multiple homicides, legal actions, accidents, and weather damage across Johnson, Warren, and surrounding counties.
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Christian Bnundavor Society
Iowa
Willisea
Illinois Central
Ions Falls
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Stanwood
Herman Thede
Davenport
International yacht race and athletic meet highlights
The New York yacht race saw Spruce IV win over Ethelwynn by 7 minutes 41 seconds, as American athletes swept all events against London club entrants. Crum finished third in the 100-yard dash due to an ankle sprain, with Wefers defeating Bradley and leading in the 220-yard run. Snowfell across Wyoming to South Dakota while temperatures spiked in New York and Springfield. Peary’s Kite expedition ship arrived at St John’s. Peary called the voyage a failure but noted scientific discoveries await. Other items include the dedication of the Chattanooga National Military Park, a botched Wisconsin Central robbery, the Barcastegui collision near Havana, a large Indianapolis fire, and the Cotton States Exposition opening in Atlanta.
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Dave Conners
Lenox
Conners
Mesdames
John
Edward Meachem
Little Son
Langfit
Cuba City
Wis
Mason City
Robinson
New York
Spruce IV
Ethelwynn
England
America
Jr. H. Holmes
Philadelphia
London Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
Crum
Iowa
Wefers
Bradley
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
South Dakota
Springfield
Mass
Kite
St. John’s
N. F
Peary
Arctic
National Military Park
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stevenson
General Palmer
Illinois
General Gordon
Georgia
Wisconsin Central
Waupaca
Barcastegui
Mortera
Port Havana
Spain
Admiral Parejo
Ybanez
Indianapolis
Chicamagua National Military Park
END OF BOND SYNDICATE REPORTED DISSOLUTION
New York on September 23 reports the government bond syndicate formally dissolved. Managers distributed checks to members with profits from the syndicate operations, after returning the principal. Estimated profit, after interest, runs slightly under six percent.
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New York
Government Bond Syndicate
Michigan Official Indicted by County Grand Jury
Detroit Mich September 23 The county grand jury probing public officer misdeeds returned its first indictment Frank Marcier former Hamtramck township election board clerk charged with violation of the election law Immediate arrests are expected after all indictments Neglected spellings reflect original text
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Frank Marcier
Hamtramck Township Election Board
Strikes Lead to Union Work Promise in Ishpeming
Ishpeming Michigan September 23 Strikers meet and form a committee to check if all union men will be given work. Old hands likely to be favored though the force may shrink. About 500 to 800 men expected to resume Monday with troops possibly withdrawn by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Pest breeding center of the universe China cholera horror described
Washington correspondent William E. Curtis on the Gaelic from the orient reports China as the pest breeding center of the universe. He cites fearsome cholera outbreaks in Pekin Shanghai and Tien-Tsin with bodies in the streets and locals eating raw cucumbers and melons. He blames cholera on filthy habits and a hot spell after a cool summer.
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William FE. Curtis
San Francisco
Cal
William E. Curtis
Washington
Chicago Record
Orient
Japan
China
Pekin
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Great Britain's Venezuela Question Policy to Be Known
Secretary Olney seeks early British reply on the Venezuela boundary dispute. Ambassador Bayard conveyed State Department views to Britain last August, and Olney, personally interested, aims for a settlement ahead of Congress.
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Washington
Oey
Vizcueia
State Department
Bayard
Olney
Congress
Great Britain
Referee Selection Delayed for Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight
New York September 21 meeting to select a referee for the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout ended without a decision. No referee chosen and the matter was postponed to October 30 by Fitzsimmons manager. Neither fighter or Brady attended. Representing Fitzsimmons, Martin Julian backed "Yank" Sullivan as referee.
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New York
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
W. A. Brady
Martin Julian
Yank” Sullivan
Archbishop Kenrick Dying In St Louis
The heat of the past weeks has depressed Archbishop Kenrick’s health in St Louis Missouri. At over 89 the venerable prelate’s condition has grown seriously weak with attendants alarmed by his frail state and physicians saying long life is unlikely. He remains mentally weak and nearly physically helpless.
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Kenrick
St. Louis
Naval engineering school proposed for New London yard
An effort to establish a naval engineering school at the New London navy yard is advancing. The plan, modeled after Woolwich, England, has been presented to Mayor Johnson and President Cabell of the board of trade and will be reviewed by the board soon. The school would educate officers and involve constructing and testing machinery.
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Naval Engineering School
New London
Conn
Naval Engineering
Navy Yard
Woolwich
England
Johnson
Cabell
Board of Trade
American Book Company Triumph in Virginia Libel Case
A Norfolk Virginia jury awarded punitive damages against The Pilot for libel over a report accusing the American Book Company of bribery in school book contracts. The verdict declared the statements false and the company’s business practices honorable, with the attorney general attesting to uniform terms across states.
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American Book Company
Norfolk
American Book Company of
New York
Via
Set Books
R. E. Byrd
Ginn & Co
Virginia
Toto
Chicago Tribune
More Evidence Against Durrant in Murder Trial
In San Francisco on September 19, testimony tied Durrant to the afternoon of April 3. Martin Quinlan and David Clarke placed Durrant with a young woman on Bartlet street toward Emanuel Church around 4 10 p m, April 3, contradicting his claim of not seeing the girl after the morning departure toward school.
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Durrant
San Francisco
Cal
Martin Quinlan
Bartlet Street
Emanuel Church
David Clarke
Quinlan
American sugar planter expelled from Cuba seeks relief
John Sowers of Sagua Cuba, imprisoned by General Campos and ordered to leave within 24 hours, passed through Washington heading to Warrenton Virginia. He will reopen his case with the state department and seeks heavy indemnity from Spain. He asserts Cubans strive for independence, opposing oppressive rule.
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Washington
John Sowers
Sagua
Cuba
Campos
Warrenton
State Department
Sowers
Spain
Cuban torpedo sinks Spanish cruiser Barcastegui in Havana harbor
Letters from Havana quote Cuban revolutionary leader and Captain Enrique describing a torpedo attack launched from Guantanamo by ten Cubans using a new device. The Barcastegui sank within minutes, forty six lives lost including Admiral Delgado Perejo. the Morteza suffered minor damage.
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Philadelphia
Barcastegui
Havana
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Morteza
Delgado Perejo
Cuban
Carlos Enrique
Guantanamo
Enrique
Troops win a victory near Santo Domingo
Official advices from Havana dated September 24 report a column of troops engaging insurgents near Santo Domingo. Five insurgents were killed, twelve wounded, and four captured. The troops also seized six saddle horses and several arms.
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Havana
Santo Domingo
Regulars Join Insurgents in Cuban War
From Tampa Florida dated September 24 Spanish newspapers arriving from Cuba report several companies of the regiment of Havana have joined the insurgents.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Regiment of
Havana
Government orders 60000 Mauser rifles for Cuba
Madrid September 24 The government has ordered 60 000 Mauser rifles in Germany for the use of the army in Cuba.
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Madrid
Germany
Cuba
Yacht race talks near end of season in London
The secretary of the Royal Yacht squadron informs Laycock Goodfellow Bell that £1000 was offered for a race between Defender and Valkyrie NL in American waters. He fears it is too late in the season to arrange the match and has cabled the New York Yacht Club.
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London
Royal Yacht Squadron
Laycock, Goodfellow & Bell
Defender
Valkyrie NL
New York Yacht Club
Teo
Rio de Janeiro Steamer Arrives in Honolulu in Quarantine
News from Honolulu reports the City of Rio de Janeiro arriving at ? o'clock this morning after a voyage from China. The ship is now in quarantine amid expectations of cholera updates.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
China
Forty fourth Southern Illinois conference meets in Metropolis
The forty fourth annual session of the Southern Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Metropolis Illinois yesterday and will run through the rest of the week and Sunday with ceremonies and meetings across the city.
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Metropolis
Ill
Southern Illinois Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
After Meat Packers Prominent Men
New York officials report the U S government will hand over beef price investigation proofs to Illinois authorities. President Cleveland and lawyers expect a state indictment in Cook County against leaders of Nelson Morris & Co Hammond & Co Armour & Co and Swift & Co for alleged Chicago price fixing.
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Uni
Cleveland
Harmon
Morton
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
United States
Cook County
Nelson Morris & Co
Hammond & Co
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Leaving Chattanooga After Fort Worth Era Ends
Tennessee troops totaling 900 broke camp at nine yesterday morning and headed home. Ohio troops depart at one this afternoon on two special trains to Cincinnati. The week featured hierograph experiments by the Fourteenth Infantry with sun flash signals covering over twenty miles and about 100 messages transmitted and interpreted.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ohio
Cincinnati
Fourteenth Infantry of
Snodgrass Hill
Lookout Mountain
Alabama Iron for Honolulu Contract Won by Bessemar Firm
The Howard Harrison iron company of Bessemar Alabama secured a Honolulu city contract for 30 000 tons of iron pipe for waterworks. Vice President Nichols returned from St Louis with the signed deal after competing with numerous American and European manufacturers. This follows Aniston Pipe company securing 5 000 tons for Tokyo two months earlier.
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Alabama Iron
Honolulu
Birmingham
Ala
Howard Harrison Iron Company
Bessemer
Nichols
St. Louis
Alabama
Anniston Pipe Company
Tokio
Denial of Greely Relics Boat Rumor at Cape Sabine
Sensational report from the Kite crew claims they carry bones of Greely expedition members from Cape Sabine. Officials including Lieutenant Peary deny any such relics are aboard.
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St. Johns
N. F
Kite
Greely
Cape Sabine
General Greely
Peary
Landslide in Quebec Buries Five in Champlain River
A Champlain county landslide on the Champlain river during Saturday night leveled Zephirim Normandin's house and buried five family members. Three children escaped by leaping through a window, one later becoming an infant. Rescue crews recovered the five bodies as the river bank flooded and more destruction threatened downstream.
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Quebec
St. Luc
Champlain County
Champlain
Zephirim Normandin
Otha
Gold Coin of Light Weight
Rochester banks shipped 250000 in gold to the sub treasury in New York but the balance on delivery showed a shortage of 1500. Banks contributing 50000 lose 320 and others less. The face value was correct but weight caused the discrepancy on the delicate balances.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Ipswich Fire Destroys Main Business District
A special dispatch from Ipswich South Dakota reports the entire business portion of town burned in the early hours yesterday. Two blocks were consumed in the blaze, with a total loss estimated at 60 000 dollars and insurance coverage of 20 000 dollars.
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South Dakota
Minneapolis
Minne
Ipswich
Nominated for Senator in Iowa City District
Iowa City on September 23 reports that Cyrus Ranch, chairman of the democratic state central committee, was nominated for senator by the democrats of the twenty fifth senatorial district yesterday.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Eix
Cyrus
Ranch
Democratic State Central Committee
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