Iowa News Items From An Active Rural County
A sweeping cornucopia of Iowa items details drownings in Keokuk and a gas explosion near Jefferson. Ex Senator Cassatt works in Anamosa hospital, while a Madrid saloon fight leads to damages suit. A Spencer man dies after a duel with a neighbor. other miscues include a Webster City census, Clinton arson cases, and a 115 year old Dubuque barbecue guest legacy.
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Winie
Keokuk
John Elliott
Jefferson
Cassatt
Anamosa Prison
G. C. Evans
Madrid
Snenirr Jones
Johnson County
Litchfield
Frank Field
West Libery
Iowa City
Charles Clifton
Burlington
Willison
Denver
Orleans
Spirit Lake
WaiLe
New Hampton
Charles
Cotant
Webster City
Martin Krantz
Buchanan County
Ludwig
Frank Pierce
W. A. Kinser
R. A. Jones
Madden's Grove
Union County
Kinser
Jones
Creston
W. C. Ellis
Davenport
Bob Perriggs
William Ham
Prescott
Ham
Wii
van Parreen
Clinton
Charles Curtiss
Rock Island
Clinton District Court
August Swanson
Fred Johansen
Hans Rogers
Bryant
William Stuart
North Clinton
John Limbeck
Andrew Johnson
G. M. Davis
Clinton County
ID. R. Markham
Jackson
Girls’ Reform School
Mitchellville
Chicago
Des Moines
Charies Krevi
Michael McCarthy
TERSE NEWS ITEMS
Omaha police board troubles submitted to supreme court. Venezuelan cruiser fired at British schooner. outcome awaited. Cholera in China Corea and Formosa serious. English Commons defeats on home rule. Lord Wotsey named army commander. Ex Supreme Court Justice Strone dead. Zeigler defeats Abbott in Baltimore boxing. Chinese authorities block consuls in Ku Cheng massacre inquiry. Crathie mate blamed for Elbe disaster. Spain to send 25000 to Cuba after rains. 40 cruisers to deter filibusters. Nellie Pietzel murder verdict. Holmes willful murder. Curzon on China missionaries compensation deferral until punishment. R G Dun notes belated season and midsummer shrinkage. Suenr Clarke arrests mob in Spring Valley. 30 plus jailed. New Durrant witness Mrs Leak identified. Sofia dispatch on Bulgarians attack vice frontier. 300 houses burned, 100 killed. Dynamite bomb at refugees crowded into mosque. Denver Hotel Gumry boiler explosion. 25 dead/missing. many injured. Whisky trust sold in Chicago for 9.8 million. Ex-State Treasurer Taylor sentenced five years. habeas corpus grant.
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Amil 30
I. E. Phillips
J. E. Brechtell
Lower Broadway
Council Bluffs
Phillips
Brechtell
Hyzen
Creston
J. A. Hall
Lorimer
J. M. Jackson
Lyman Dickey
Hall
Jackson
Dickey
Pleasant Township
Union County
J. H. Crate
Cox Creek
Sperry
Highland Townships
Clayton County
State Board of Health
Highland Township
C. D. Hendershot
Spencer
Milt Allen
Sheldon
Allen
Ottumwa
Tony Brake
Dubuque
Dyersville
Christian Conrad
Manchester
America
Viadivostock
China
Corea
Formosa
House of Commons
Grex
Lord Wotsey
Duke of Cambridge
Strone
United States Supreme Court
Lake Minnewaska
N. Y
Owen Zeigler
Stanton Abbott
England
Baltimore
Zeigler
Iris
Ku Cheng
Admiralty Board
Spain
Cuba
Nellie Pietzel
Toronto
Ont
H. J. Holmes
Holmes
George Curzon
Suenr Clarke
Spring Valley
Ill
No. 3
Shaft
Princeton
San Francisco
Leak
Emanuel Church
Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Dospal
Macedonian Committee
Europe
Turkey
Gumry
Denver
Tur Whisky Trust
Chicago
Taylor
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Supreme Court
Insurgents Win It In Cuba Battle Report
President Palma reports a secret mission involving four Cubans in New York. A letter dated August 4 describes General Gomez leading 800 Cubans against 1,600 Spaniards from Guyamara toward Port Au Prince. The clash included deaths on both sides and a near ambush of the convoy.
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New York
Palma
Cuba
Gomez
Guyamara
Port Au Prince
Isaiz
Morton’s Silver Lesson for Free Silver Advocates
Secretary Morton pays agricultural department staff entirely in silver on pay day. About $1,000 in sixty pounds of coins is distributed in canvas bags to clerks messengers and laborers, provoking mixed reactions from recipients.
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Morton
Agricultural Department
City Officers Arrested on Warrant Forgery Charge
Lexcotx August 16 City Clerk J S Phillips and Water Commissioner George Hawkins were arrested on a warrant by Bank President W P Norcross charging forging city warrants and obtaining money under false pretenses Norcross bought the warrants the day prior for 1100 and found duplicates and worthless paper Bondmen could not be secured and the arrests caused a major city sensation.
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Lexcotx
J. S. Phillips
George Hawkins
W. P. Norcross
Norcross
Death from Yellow Fever in New York
Burt E. Hyde died after contracting yellow fever while aboard the Ward Line steamer Seneca from Havana. Hyde, isolated on Swinburne Island after arriving August 12, died as health authorities notified his Rockville, Connecticut family.
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New York
Burt E. Hyde
Hoffman
Swinburne Island
Hyde
Havana
Ward Line
Seneca
Doty
Rockville
Conn
Train Crash at Aurora Rocks Bleaching Works Siding
A passenger train collided with a car loaded with sulphuric acid after an open switch caused a wreck near the bleaching works north of Aurora. One boy died, another will die, with five others injured including several boys playing on the acid car. The engineer and fireman escaped unharmed. a wrecking crew cleared the track by night.
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Aurora
Til
Thomas Rost
Charles Chilvers
Arthur Robinson
Fred Robinson
J. Munch
Charlson
William Farwell
Nancy Smith
Chicago
van Wert
Batavia
Tom Rost
Rost
Appointment Illegal Allegation Hits Washington
Acting Attorney General Conrad decides delivery of a salary increase to a New York minister is barred. The advisory note from the government suggests illegal action or impropriety surrounding the appointment.
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New York
Washington
Conrad Decid
Chain of Poison Suspects Tightens in Crown Point
Crown Point Indiana reports a widening probe into a poison scandal. Sheriff Hayes holds Mrs Wrightstadte and her son John in jail amid expectations the Williams family possess crucial knowledge. More arrests are anticipated as investigators close in on the case.
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Crown Point
Ind
Horseford Park
Wrightstadte
John
Williams
Hayes
Heavy Storm Sweeps Pittsburg Causes Damage
A violent rainstorm struck Pittsburg Pennsylvania last night causing building damage and widespread wire interference. Forty five hundredths of an inch fell in twenty minutes as streetcar service halted and losses across the city mount.
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Pittsburg
Fireman Killed in Ontario & Western Crash at Bernhardt Bay
Early today the Ontario & Western No. 29 westbound crashed into two boxcars protruding from a siding at Bernhardts Bay near Oneida. A fireman was instantly killed, engineer Kinney and head brakeman J. Breed were badly injured. Responsibility not fixed.
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Middleton
N. Y
Ontario & Western No. 29
Bernhardt’s Bay
Oneida
Kinney
J. Breed
Germans Decorate Graves Despite Ban at Amanvillers
German veterans from Darmstadt crossed the border to Amanvillers to lay wreaths on 1870 war graves. French police remained polite but ordered removal of inscriptions from the wreaths.
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Paris
Darmstadt
Amanvillers
Father shoots son in dispute over horse at Archer Ave store
Chicago reports 53 year old German grocer Jacob Schlesser shot and killed his 22 year old son John in front of their store at 4811 Archer avenue yesterday around 5 pm. The father was drinking and arrested at the sixth precinct.
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Chicago
Jacob Schlesser
John
Archer Avenue
Sixth Precinct
Artificially Created Diamonds Now Practically Real
For over five centuries chemists sought to reproduce a diamond by artificial means. After extensive study and failures a limited number of stones were imported by a leading diamond merchant. The gems appear genuine and are cut by regular cutters, with some cases exceeding the value and quality of natural diamonds.
Scandal at Massillon Charged With Grave Misdeed
Massillon Ohio reports shocking municipal revelations following ex Clerk Bayliss deficit of 2700 dollars. Authorities locate further accounts totaling around 6000, with signs of noncompetitive contracting and a strong boodler ring, as investigations begin and public demand to dig deeper grows.
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Massillon
Bayliss
Denver Building Collapse in O Donnel Block
A two story brick building at Santa Fe and Ninth avenues in Denver known as the O Donnel block collapsed yesterday without warning. Injured were Mrs L Miller hit on the head Fred Miller six months old severely bruised Captain E V Williams arm cut and severely shocked. Cause uncertain though heavy rains may have loosened roof supports drawing walls to the center. Damage about 10000.
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Denver
Colo
Santa Fe and
Ninth Avenues
O'Donnel
L. Miller
Fred Miller
E. V. Williams
Rocky Mountain Carriage Works
Suit Over Price of Twelve Slaves Begun in Circuit Court
Bloomington Illinois August 17 George A Hill a young lawyer filed in the Circuit Court a suit to recover the price of twelve slaves sold thirty seven years ago William Lewis the plaintiff heir to the original owner says he never transferred his interest and that Ferre owes him $5000 Lewis resides in Chicago and argues the claim not outlawed because Ferre has lived in Missouri and Indiana since the sale and has never been a resident of Illinois
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Bloomington
George A. Hill
William Lewis
Ferre
Chicago
Missouri
Indiana
Illinonis
Rioters Arrested in Spring Valley Miners Detained
Sheriff Clark and twenty deputies seized thirty six miners in Spring Valley after a Sunday riot and drove them fifteen miles to the county jail for a preliminary examination by Judge Swangle. Most detainees are reported as Italians.
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Spring Valley
Clark
Princeton
No. 3
Swangle
Courtroom shooting ends in fatality at Platte City trial
In Platte City Missouri Watt Reed shot Newton Winn during a petty circuit court trial. The crowd clashed as factions supported the men over a hog theft dispute. Reed fled toward the door but was arrested. Winn died from bullet wounds with Reed jailed amid threats from opponents.
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Platte City
Watt Reed
Newton Winn
Reed
Winn
Plattsburg
Clinton County
John Cross
Cross
Omaha Muddle in Supreme Court Fire and Police Cases
Four papers in the Omaha fire and police cases were filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court in Lincoln. The attorney-general’s quo warrant of the petition and the contestants’ stipulations and answer are among the documents. The filings recount the history of the bill creating the new board and the old board’s challenge to it. The defense argues unconstitutionality and questions authorization of Churchill and Russell to appoint, amid government cooperation.
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Supreme Court
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Suprex Court
Bemis
E and
Deaver
Churchill and
Russell
Lynch mob forms as Kentucky man held after assault
In Lexington a large crowd gathered outside the jail after Mitchell Smith was jailed for a criminal assault on a white man. The victim identified him, and Judge Fleck ordered guards to protect the prisoner from a possible lynching as men awaited reinforcements from Payne Station where Smith resides. A confrontation was anticipated.
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Dail
Lexington
Mitchell Smith
Parliament Supports International Currency Reform Plan
A commons discussion on currency reform led to forming a parliamentary committee to study measures to remove the divergence between gold and silver values. A public St. Pancras meeting urged government action and urged joining other powers in an international agreement to settle the currency question.
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London
H of Commons
MC International
St. Pamer
Attempted assault on child ends with arrest in Chicago
Six year old Miller was assaulted by 40 year old Arthur Bi in the Park hotel apartments on 68th street and Jeff erson. Parents nearby. mob threatened lynching but Blume was rescued by police and jailed. Child seriously hurt.
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