Iowa News Roundup Mixed Weather Parisial Trials
Recap of Iowa items: rain reports and Drake University campus conversion to a park project. Cherry Sisters trouble in Laporte with audience confrontation. Waterloo women seek injunctions against saloonkeepers. bank and harness firm failures in Clinton and Leon. accidental shooting near Sioux City. grape harvest and low prices. Havana Mora claim interest dispute. Drake term opens Sept with enrollment rise. various local incidents including arrests, escapes, wrecks, and a Sioux City murder scene.
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Cherry
Laporte
Waterloo
MAL Lory Bros
Clinton
Terse news roundup cites exiles and riots across world
Mare Monseska exiled from Russia amid recall rumors for ministers Denby and Eustis. Joan Ingalls declares candidacy for U.S. senator from Kansas. Dead recovered from Hotel Gumry wreck in Denver. Cholera toll rises in Japan with 25 000 cases and 16 000 deaths this year. Futurity at Sheepshead Bay won by Requital for 53750. Lynching reported in New Richmond Ohio. Cable to Hawaii to San Francisco urged. Hawaii votes subsidy. Cuban insurgent executions. Spanish convicts executed as Gomez orders more. Yacht race off Sandy Hook set for September 7 between Valkyrie III and Defender. Havana dispatches describe 1500 Spaniards convoying wagon train attacked by 900 Cubans. Spain loses 170 to Cubans 3. Lynching of four murderers in Yreka California. Dallas aero boys burn Ed McAfee to death. An infernal machine injures Baron Rothschild’s secretary in Paris. China prosecutes massacres. six convicted. arrests ongoing. Nebraska train robbery near North Platte. farmer allied with gang. Ambassador Eustis reports Waller case documents due from Madagascar. Milwaukee blaze destroys Union Steamship and Anchor Line warehouses. loss 400000. Dunning asylum probes trigger charges against Chicago officials led by Healy. Chinese soldiers at Tien Tsin mutiny after pay denial. 100+ killed. Nebraska silver wing opposes Cleveland policy. gold wing meets Sept 5. Joe Patchen defeats John R. Gentry at Washington Park Chicago. El Paso Florida Athletic Club rep seeks Juarez venue for Corbett-Fitzsimmons bout if Dallas fails. Lake City Michigan inquest verdict justifiable homicide. identities confirmed of train hold‑up casualties.
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Grand Rapids
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Decides for the Bannocks in Indians’ Habeas Case
Attorney General Harmon directs United States District Attorney Clarke to sue out writs of habeas corpus for Bannock and Shoshone Indians arrested at Evanston Wyoming for violating Wyoming game laws. Harmon says treaty hunting rights cannot be abrogated by state laws. Arrest based on state law violation.
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Harmon
United States
Clarke
Wyoming
Evanston
Wyo
The Waller Case French Statement on Madagascar Conviction
Paris dispatch reports France and the United States in negotiations over John L. Waller former American consul to Madagascar. The French statement says an American embassy member visited Waller at Clairvaux prison and that Waller’s claim of unjust conviction can only be examined when the Madagascar court martial transcript arrives in Paris.
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Central News
Paris
France
United States
John L. Waller
Madascar
Waller
Clairvaux
Madagascar
Miners Die After Shaft Cage Breaks at Hilltop Mine
Prererspura Illinois August 25 A cage lowered into Hilltop mine broke loose and dropped to the bottom. Seven miners were injured and four are likely to die. The injured include August Nelson with a crushed leg and internal injuries, John Lindberg with a dislocated knee and broken ribs, Patrick Kelly with internal injuries, and Jack Ford with a badly bruised shoulder.
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August Nelson
John Lindberg
Patrick Kelly
Jack Ford
Adams Jenkins
Patrick Hughes
Peter Lawson
Andrew Annesson
Train Robbers Murderers Tracked Near Grand Rapids
Two men matching a Fenneville train robber description boarded a Lake Shore train at Dorr. Detective Geo Powers confronted them. they fired, hitting him in the forehead. They escaped as the officers pursue, and Powers is hospitalized likely to die.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Fenneville
Lake Shore
Dorr
Geo. Powers
Powers
Lincoln Ill. Gunfight After Arrest Near Railroad Yards
A desperado shot his companion and two local guards in Lincoln Illinois after arrests in the railroad yards. Five shots hit Private Watchman G W Blackford and Sergeant Mat Rodgers, with the suspect Albert Phoenix believed at large and threatening lynching if captured.
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Lincoln
Ill
Frank Phoenix
Two More Train Robbers Caught Near Gothenburg
Mason City Nebraska August 26 Two men were captured about five miles east of the town and identified as the suspects in the Union Pacific express robbery near Gothenburg. Village marshal HL Crossley and ex Deputy Sheriff Wm Purcell tracked them with bloodhounds. The prisoners, armed with revolvers, appeared desperate. Deputy Sheriff Hunter and a posse identified them in town.
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Neb
Union Pacific Express
Gothenburg
HL. L. Crossley
Wm. Purcell
Hunter
Posse
Forger Z T Lewis Traced Near Old Home in Ohio
Z T Lewis the Urbana forger once active in forged municipal bonds has been seen near his old Adams county home in a remote cabin. Report says he is in partial disguise with locals wary of outsiders and the countryside is wild and hard to reach.
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West Union
Z. T. Lewis
Urbana
Adams County
Fire destroys Grand Union Hotel at Conyers
Nyack N Y Aug 23 The Grand Union Hotel at Conyers burned down at 3 o clock yesterday with its contents. Loss 85 000 In jumping from a window William A Webb a guest at the hotel broke his leg and was seriously injured Other guests lost all their baggage
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Nyack
N. Y
Grand Union
Conyers
William A. Webb
Twenty-Two Bodies Recovered at Gumry Hotel Ruins
In Denver on August 23, rescuers report twenty two bodies found so far in the Gumry Hotel ruins. Two remain unidentified and the latest recovery may be William D. Dodds of Albany New York, with some personal effects recovered at the site.
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Denver
Gumry Hotel
William D. Dodds
Albany
N. Y
World Wheat Crop Figures From Budapest Estimate 1895
The minister of agriculture reports 1895 world wheat production: importing countries 749,022,000 bushels and exporting countries 1,651,701,000 bushels. The 1894 crop is revised to 2,632,736,000 bushels, making 1895 down by 232,000,000 bushels.
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Buda Pesth
Alarm in New Jersey fires threaten crops and timber
Fires rage near Cape May and Goshen with fifty acres burned as crews from West Jersey and South Jersey railroads battle the flames. Strong winds died, farmers hope for control by tomorrow and fear loss of corn and cranberry bogs in East Vineland and New Italy.
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South Jersey
Goshen
East Vineland
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Fire kills two children in Menominee boarding house
A blaze at a Michigan avenue boarding house kept by John Anderson trapped his two sons John and Matthew, ages 7 and 5, who were asleep and fatally burned. The father was severely burned while saving them. The mother leaped from a second story window with a baby and fractured her leg.
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Mich
Michigan Avenue
John Anderson
John
Matthew
Matthew Anderson
Arena Fire Destroys Robey Columbian Athletic Arena
A fire at Robey Ind destroyed the Columbian Athletic Association arena and Prof James Robertson's hotel last night. The blaze started in the hotel from a gasoline stove explosion. Robertson is in Boston. insurance status unclear. The arena was uninsured. Total loss estimated near $5,000.
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Ind
Chicago
The
Columbian Athletic Association
Robey
James Robertson
Fire destroys seventeen buildings in Rosendale village
A village fire at Rosendale on the Delaware and Hudson canal destroyed seventeen buildings after starting in a barn. The blaze threatened the town for a time, with damage estimated at 75000 dollars and the cause still unknown.
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New York
Kingston
N. Y
Rosendale
Delaware and Hudson Canal
Minister Ransom Reappointed U S Minister to Mexico
Mexico, Aug 27 report says Matt W Ransom of North Carolina will be reappointed United States Minister to Mexico. His return depends on his health and personal wishes. Previous Mexico experience and health concerns influenced his outlook. Since returning home he has recovered his health.
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Washington
Matt W. Ransom
North Carolina
United States
Mexico
Ransom
T. & Man-of-War at Algiers Washington Aug 27
The navy reports the cruiser Marblehead under Admiral Kirkland has arrived at Algiers to join the European squadron. She may cruise the Mediterranean and may proceed to Turkey if American interests require protection after the Tarsus school incident though current relations at Tarsus appear settled.
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Algiers
Washington
Navy Department
Marblehead
Kirkland
Africa
Mediterranean
Turkey
Tarsus
Bank Officers Arrested in Newkirk Bank Case
Perry C T Aug 27 Dr Jamison Vanwater president and Cashier Blanchard of the defunct Bank of Commerce of Newkirk arrested under grand jury indictments charging cheating and swindling after the bank failed four months ago.
Reavis Habeas Corpus Petition Denied in Land Grant Case
Santa Fe New Mexico August 27 The petition of James Peraita Reavis held on default bond for links to the Peraits land grant fraud seeking release on habeas corpus has been denied by the court.
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Santa Fe
N. M
James Peraita Reavis
Peraits
Settlement Arranged in Colonna Family Custody
A Naples dispatch reports Prince and Princess Colonna have a settlement. The princess will have charge of the children and pay the prince 60 000 francs annually.
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Colonna Puys
London
Naples
Princess Colonna
Feud Ends in Fatal Boat Row at Victory Wisconsin
A crew dispute aboard the steamer Menominee at Victory Wisconsin on August 27 led to the mate being stabbed and killed at the dock. The incident occurred while the vessel was tied up at the Mississippi River town.
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Victory
Mississippi River
Dead man identified in Powers slaying case at Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids officers confirm the man shot by a posse at McBain is George F Smalley, accused of killing Detective Powers as authorities pursued Chicago and West Michigan train robbers. Conductor Rice to visit today to verify if he aided the hold up. Police believe the other three suspects are near the Lake Shore in Pentwater area as they track clues from Bas t en in Oceana county.
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Marcus
Clayton County
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Cedar Rapids
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Claire
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Pentwater
Basten
Oceana County
Durrant Seeks Alibi Evidence With Two Witnesses
Theodore Durrant's lawyers plan to prove via Marius Burnett and Edward McPherson that he was on Market street at the time prosecutors say he mutilated Blanche Lamont in Emanuel church. It is admitted his initial account of Minnie Williams's murder night was false, as he claimed he went to the armory but became absorbed in Christian Endeavor material and rode downtown.
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Charles Hagel
Eldora
Hubbard
Boylan
Pisparen
Minneapolis
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Louise Hawkins
Durrant
San Francisco
Cal
Theodore Durrant
Marius Burnett
Edward McPherson
Market Street
Blanche Lamont
Emanuel Church
Minnie Williams
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Signal Corps
Christian Endeavor
Tunnel Foiled Prisoner Escape at County Jail
In Detroit on August 27 a wholesale delivery of nearly all prisoners confined in a county jail ward was halted when a nearly finished tunnel was discovered. The inmates had labored weeks to tunnel into the corridor with doors to be left open for their escape.
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Detroit
Mich
Insurgents Gain Ground in Cuban Action
Reports from Tampa dated August 27 describe General Fin Gen... no. Passengers arriving from Cuba say Genera Rin Sanchez fought Colonel P co’s forces in Santa Clara, routing them and taking prisoners. Rumor places General Maceo at Jiguang in Santiago province. In Quines near Matanzas a 100 strong band under a doctor’s leadership joins the insurgents. Prominent Holguin figures reportedly join the rebels.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Generafin Sanchez
P Co
Santa Clara
Maceo
Jiguang
Santiago
Quines
Matanzas
Tramps Missing After RR Wreck Near Millersburg
A freight wreck on the Cleveland Akron and Columbus railway near Millersburg Ohio yesterday caused a car to leave the track and eleven cars to derail. Three tramps riding the freight are missing and believed buried in the debris.
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Millersburg
Ohio
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
Carpenter in Malden tries to kill wife then commits suicide
Daniel J McLeod a Melrose carpenter attempted to kill his wife Mary McLeod on Washington street Oak Grove yesterday afternoon and shot himself dead. The woman was badly injured but expected to recover. She had left him and refused to return.
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Mass
Daniel J McLeod
Melrose
Mary McLeod
Washington Street
Oak Grove
McLeod
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