Iowa News Briefs Mixed With Tragedies And Local Notes
A varied Iowa roundup reports Mrs. Todd's death by self harm in Oskaloosa, burglaries in Burlington economics, coal strike at White Breast, and ex senator Balter's bid. It notes lightning death near Humeston, drownings in Northampton and Monroe, dairy exports to New York, and a Denver arrest for a Marshalltown murder suspect.
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Joseph Linton
Humeston
Mamie
Estella Lapoint
Mill River
Northampton
Mass
Fort Dodge
Palo Alto Dairy Company
Reasner
New York
Homer Woody
William Moody
Monroe
Skunk
Indian Hole
Floyd Marshall
Denver
Iowa
Marshalltown
Advices From Havana Report Cuban Attack and Aftermath
Reports from Havana describe a Cuban band attacking the suburbs of Havana causing substantial damage and retreating before Spanish troops. Several Spanish officers were wounded as the attackers used dynamite in the assault.
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Havana
England
United States
Bering Sea
Washington
Japan
Hawaii
Japan Not To Recede From U S Japan Relations Tense
Paris reports the Figaro cites Marquis Ito’s mission to Europe to oppose U S annexation pressure. It warns a possible rupture with the United States over Hawaii and notes 30 000 Japanese veterans in Hawaii while Japan’s people resist annexation as dangerous to their gains.
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Paris
The
Figaro
United States
Japan
Marquis Ito
Europe
China
Hawaiian Islands
Ito
Sherman denies Hawaiian annexation resignation rumors
Secretary Sherman was seen in Amagansett on Monday and refused to discuss Hawaii annexation. He stated he would focus on Japan first and return to business in a few days, denying reports that he plans to resign and Whitelaw Reid would be appointed.
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Amagansett
L. I
Sherman
Japan
Whitelaw Reid
Miners Justified in Fight Against Starvation Pressure
Colonel John Lambert Joliet Steel and Wire vice president writes from St Louis that miners face an outrageous condition due to operators driving prices below the market line. He says miners are justified in resisting slow starvation and that public sympathy and manufacturer support align with them.
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St. Louis
John Lambert
Joliet Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Floods Roar Through Waterbury Naugatuck Damages Rail Line
Waterbury Conn July 30 Floodwaters from a Wednesday storm sent the Naugatuck River to unprecedented heights and caused the Manhan Canal to overflow. The river breached banks along the line and the canal torrent washed away about fifty feet of track on the Naugatuck division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad, blocking traffic.
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Connecticut
Waterbury
Conn
Naugatuck River
Naugatuck
Naugatuck Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Today
The table lists the range of quotations on the Chicago board of trade for July 29, showing price movements across futures. It records bid and ask levels for various contracts and highlights notable shifts during the trading session.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Hard Brow for Brewers in Stamp Tax Case
Washington July 30 Brewers challenge internal revenue ruling on stamps for the dollar tax. They argue orders filed before the tariff took effect should count as filled, though delivery could not occur. Commissioner Forman rejects the claim, holding possession by midnight July 23 required for 92 percent stamps. those without actual possession must pay 100 cents on the dollar.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Forman
Illinois Christian encampment at Eureka meeting
In Eureka Michigan on July 31 the Illinois Christian encampment focused its Thursday morning on missionary society business. J H Hardin of Eureka was elected president. He gave the address Go Forward and J H Smart of Centralia spoke on Practical Work in State and District. Afternoon sessions covered Christian education with several papers read.
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Eureka
Illinois Christian
Missionary Society
J. H. Hardin
J. H. Smart
Centralia
Central America United Forms Republic of Central America
A report from Consul William Meyers Little at Tegucigalpa includes a treaty signed by Guatemala Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras and Salvador uniting as the Republic of Central America. It takes effect September 15 and the member nations will be called states within the union.
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Central America United
Washington
William Meyers Little
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Salvador
Republic of Central America
Rev Eaton Barred From Prohibition Gubernatorial Bid
In Des Moines Iowa on July 31 the Rev E L Eaton of Des Moines cannot run for governor on the Prohibition ticket this year. Although nominated Wednesday the state constitution requires two years residency prior to election. Eaton moved to Iowa from Racine Wisconsin on Oct 2 1896 to pastor the First Methodist Church of Des Moines.
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John Madigan
Perry
E. L. Eaton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
State Prohibition Convention
Eaton
Iowa
United States
M. W. Atwood
Estherville
N. T. Hellyer
Guthrie Center
M. H. Dunham
Burlington
A. A. Coates
Samuel Phelps Leland
Charles City
Leland
Racine
Wis
First Methodist Church
Rich Find of Native Copper at Six Mile Hill Shaft
Five drill notes in Six Mile Hill shafts were blasted Wednesday and broke up seven tons of ground, over one ton of which was native copper. The discovery is three times as rich as the Calumet and Hecla mine, which has paid dividends of 49 million dollars in less than a quarter century, exciting Lake Superior mining districts.
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Houghton, Mich
Mile Hill
Calumet and Hecla
Lake Superior
Five Democratic Populist Central Committee Members Resign
Winterset Iowa July 30 Five members of the state central committee chosen at a Des Moines fusion convention have resigned. The defectors are George W. Davis first district A W Ricker second L H Weller fourth Theodore W Ivery ninth and M E Smith tenth.
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Winterset
Iowa
State Central Committee
Des Moines
George W. Davis
A. W. Ricker
Scond
L. H. Weller
Theodore W. Ivery
M. E. Smith
Nominations Sent to the Pope for New Orleans Archbishop
Baltimore reports the names of Archbishop Keane Bishop Camillus Paulmass D D of Covington and Bishop Thomas Heslin D D of Natchez have been sent to Rome to select a successor to Archbishop Janssens of New Orleans.
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Baltimore
Keane
Camillus Paulmass
D. D
Covington
Thomas Heslin
Natchez
Rome
Janssens
New Orleans
Nordica Improves After Prolonged Illness
London July 27 Mme Lillian Nordica the prima donna who had been seriously ill at the Hotel Savoy for several weeks is convalescent and improving.
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London
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Savoy
Japan Values US Ties Over Hawaii Annexation
In a Washington dispatch Count Okuma, Japan's foreign minister, urged preserving friendly relations with the United States over Hawaii. He said Japan would not seek war if Hawaii becomes US territory, stressing US interests outweigh Hawaii. Reports say Hawaii may ask King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway to arbitrate the dispute.
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Washington
Okuma
United States
Hawaii
America
Japan
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Monterey Flag Incident Near Settlement
The Fourth of July destruction of a Portuguese flag in Monterey California is nearing closure. A California governor report to the state department says an irresponsible person committed the act, not yet identified, while Monterey residents condemn the insult and await a formal government expression of regret.
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Portugal
Washington
Monterey
Cal
State Department
California
Protectorate Established Over Pacific Islands
Washington reports Great Britain has established a protectorate over Jarvis Island and the Phoenix group including Phoenix Birnle Hull Gardner and Sydney Islands and over Washington New York Palmyra and Johnson islands per official colonial list from London.
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London
Great Britain
Jarvis Island
Phoenix Group
Phoenix
Birnle
Hull, Gardner and
Sydney Islands
Washington (Or
New York) Island
Palmyra
Johnson Islands
Canadian loggers hit as US log duty enforces export halt
The United States raises a two dollar duty per thousand feet on logs starting Friday. Canadian camps face winter closures with about twenty lumber camps stopping and over a thousand workers losing jobs. South River lumber company discusses withdrawing crews. Parry Sound firms may follow suit. Lumbermen oppose retaliatory taxes on pulp logs to avoid worsening conditions.
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Toronto
Work of Lutheran Synod Opens Second Day
Baltimore Md July 31 The fifth biennial English Evangelical Lutheran synod convention resumed with prayer led by Rev J Nickel Akron Ohio and moved to business Officers were elected for the next two years and committees formed Rev F Kriegele Kerners Store Va named president Prof A M Meyer St John’s College Winfield Kan vice president Rev William Schoenfeldt New York secretary and A E Succop Pittsburgh treasurer were elected
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Baltimore
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod
J. Nickel
Akron
F. Kriegele
Kerners Store
A. M. Meyer
St. John’s College
Winfield
Kan
William Schoenfeldt
New York
A. E. Succop
Pittsburg
Engineers Board to Survey Great Lakes Atlantic Canal
The secretary of war announced the appointment by the president of Major Charles W. Raymond Alfred Noble of Chicago and George Y. Wisner of Detroit to form a board of engineers. They will survey and examine a deep water route from the Great Lakes to Atlantic tidewaters and report to Congress at the next session.
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Viana Ship Canal
Washington
Secretary of War
Charles W. Raymond
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Alfred Noble
Chicago
George Y. Wisner
Detroit
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Congress
Condition of Gov Drake in Centerville
Gov. F. M. Drake was brought home from Des Moines in a private car and is resting at his Centerville home. Doctors say he is a sick man and will not return to Des Moines until late August.
Fatal Coal Mine Accident in Athens Illinois
A mine accident at the co operative mine in Athens Illinois on Thursday morning killed John Johnson fatally injured Joseph Dollar and seriously injured three other workers as timbers fell while props were being placed.
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Athens
Ill
Cooperative
John Johnson
Joseph Dollar
Governor Bushnell Illness Confines Governor at Springfield
Columbus report says Governor Bushnell has been confined to his Springfield residence since last week by illness. Officials state the illness is not serious, but friends remain somewhat apprehensive about his condition.
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Bushnell
Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Iowa Patents Allowed For Fire Engines and Harvesters
Des Moines July 28 patents have been allowed but not issued to G W Cox of Stuart for an electric fire engine using battery power to spray water and chemicals. A T Dowden of Prairie City for an automatic vine carrier potato harvester. C J Page of Des Moines for a portable chemical fire extinguisher. Jo W Locke and A M Anderson of Bode for a rotary steam engine.
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G. W. Cox
Stuart
A. T. Dowden
Prairie City
Page
Jo W. Locke
A. M. Anderson
Bode
Taos
Gaxnpd
J. Raten Onwie
Solicitors of Patents
Oil Well Discovered Near Hartford City Throbs City
A 600 barrel oil well near Hartford City Indiana stirs excitement as it lies within a mile of the courthouse on the S S Carroll farm and is owned by the Manhattan Oil Company. The surrounding area remains largely undeveloped and largely unleased.
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New Oi
Hartford City
Ind
Court House
S. S. Carroll
Manhattan Oil Company
Christian Workers Conference Opens in Northfield
The general conference of Christian workers began in Northfield Mass on Thursday evening with strong attendance. It runs through August 16, with speakers and teachers from the United States England and Asia among the noted divines and evangelists.
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Hatfield
Mingo
W. Va
T. V. Powderly
Immigration
Robert J. Tracewell
Treasury
Moses P. Handy
United States
Wheeling
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cuba
Gomez
Weyler
Christian Workers
Northfield
Mass
General Conference of Christian Workers
England
Asias
Concessions Made to Germany in Indemnity Talks
Constantinople July 31. Ambassadors revise the indemnity clause to suit Germany. It awaits foreign officers approval. Another meeting will be held Saturday to conclude negotiations for the ambassadors.
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Germany
Constantinople
Powell Eyes Yukon River Dredging Venture
Irvin Powell of Kankakee Illinois proposes using a dredge boat on the Yukon and its tributaries arguing daily yields of 3600 to 3700 in yellow metal. He plans to form a stock company if he can attract backing for the mining venture.
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Yukon
Kankakee
Ill
Irvin Powell
Alaska
Klondyke
Powell
Three Killed at Cherokee Nation Political Picnic
News from Miami I T reports a free-for-all fight at a Horse Creek picnic in the Cherokee nation that left two negroes and one Indian dead. The clash followed a large political gathering of national and Downing party followers during the off year canvass ahead of next Tuesday’s election.
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Miami
I. T
Horse Creek
National
Downing
Irish Prisoners to Be Freed After Redmond Efforts
London July 30. John Redmond spearheads movement that may lead to early release of five surviving Irish prisoners Wilson Burton Dalton Flanagan and Fetherstone serving life terms in Portland prison. Duke and Duchess of York visit expected to coincide with a general release of Irish political prisoners.
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London
John Redmond
Wilson
Burton
Dalton
Flanagan
Fetherstone
Portland
Duke and Duchess of York
Foes of Liquor Convene in Sixteenth Temperance Meeting
The National Temperance Society held its sixteenth annual convention in Ocean Grove New Jersey on July 30 with fees on alcoholic liquors totaling several thousands discussed. Joshua A Baily of Philadelphia addressed the assembly, responding to Rev Dr Peter Stryker who gave the welcome in the Auditorium.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
National Temperance Society
Joshua A. Baily
Philadelphia
Peter Stryker
Women’s Temperance leaders urge Lady Henry Somerset stay
The national executive committee of the British Woman's Temperance association, with 100 representatives from across Great Britain, voted to ask Lady Henry Somerset to remain as head of the group. It is believed she will comply with the request.
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London
British Woman’s Temperance Association
Great Britain
Henry Somerset
Widow of Lieut Schwatka Denounces Klondike Influx
In Benton Harbor Michigan on July 31 the widow of Lieut Schwatka the attic explorer described the Klondike rush in Alaska. She urged government action to halt migration and warned passes into the gold fields are strewn with skeletons of miners who died from cold heat malaria or starvation.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Lieut. Schwatka
Klondike
Alaska
Golden Region
Coins of the Embryo Republic on sale in city this week
The first Cuban government authorized coins will be issued next Tuesday with a contract for 3,090,000 dollars of coinage. The 900 fine silver pieces resemble a shilling and carry the motto Patria y Liberty and the head of Liberty. Designed by Jose de Zayas and Philip Martigny, the coins bear six stars for the six Cuban states and are sold for 1 in United States money to fund the revolution.
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Embryo Republic
Jose de Zayas
Philip Martigny
Gadde of Liberty
Lierty
Leone Molina
Republica de Cub
Republic of Cuba
Oriente
Camaguey
Las Villas
Manzas
Havana
Occidente
City
Social Bureau
No. New Street
United Money
Carr
United States
Importation of German Birds and Their Spread in Oregon
Detroit Free Press notes that 400 German songbirds were imported to Oregon in 1889 and 1892 at about $2000. Nightingales died out. skylarks multiplied across the Wilmette valley from Portland to Roseburg. Other species include black woodlarks thrushes finches and linnets. The piece warns imported birds may threaten crops through disease and ecological imbalance.
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Ore
Germany
Tf State
Wilmette Valley
Roseburg
Australia
Mim Detroit Free Press
The Woman Lawyer
A Chicago source quotes men claiming women lawyers are capable and persistent, especially in divorce cases and child matters. They argue women are fluent, quick to see points, and stay in office, resisting distractions. The piece reflects 19th or early 20th century attitudes toward gender in law.
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Chicago
Ternity
Child Nearly Paralyzed by Tick in Waitsburg Neck
An 8-year-old girl in Waitsburg contracted paralysis after a tick buried itself in the neck and caused a bad reaction. The tick was later removed and the child has since shown improvement.
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Rs. D. Reese
Waitsburg
A Pair of Old Uns
A note about Alex Ferguson and his sister Reg Carrollton living near Ander He js 105, with Reg described as four years old.
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Alex Ferguson
Reg Carrollton
Ander
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