Iowa Briefs Presage Murders Suicides and Courts
Charles Dixon a Marshalltown merchant shot himself in a suicide. Curtis Murray died after falling under a train at Pacific Junction. Iowa cases include the Cass County bank case verdict, Laurens mortgage scheme, and pension bureau issues with Betta Lockwood. Other items cover trials, indictments, accidents, and political moves across the state.
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Charles Dixon
Marshalltown
Curtis Murray
Burlington
Pacific Junction
Council Bluffs
Isaac Dickerson
Cass County Bank
Laurens
Des Moines
Conklin
Oskaloosa
Wcy
Washington
Mary Dungan
J. N. May
Matengo
Woman's Rights
Pension Bureau
Lockwood
Pension Department
J. W. Turman
New Sharon
Turman
Union County Grand Jury
Harold Land
Alias Summers
Creston Ladies’ Military Band
Land
Helen
Ellen Gilmore
St. Paul
Grand Jury
Dubuque
Mayor Olinger
Board of Health
Halpin
Cullen
Shea
Crawford
Voegler
Schulte
Kauffman
Bauer
Benson
Ryder
LCG
Marshall
Mich
Page
Harvey Page
Wilber
Harvey
Calmar
Willam Arnoup
Coppack
Republican State Central Committee
St. Louis
J. P. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
James Ames
Hayden
Forest City
Ole Nelson
Picot Mound
Mr. Nelson
Nelson
Jim Ames
Ames
Bonds
Minnesota
Mexican troops threaten Jaurez fight halt at border
English reports claim 3,000,000 acres of land opposite Prince of Wales Island. Cecil Rhodes knew about the Transvaal raid. U S asserts damage claim against Turkey. Irish policy critic Salisbury and Monroe doctrine arousing debate. William II doubles navy and Russia expands Pacific squadron amid Japanese buildup. Chicago and St Louis set 15 000-seat party conventions. Old British map challenges Venezuela borders. Crossing notes on Armenian exposure and Cuban affairs dominate dispatches. Wreck of the Hawkins blocks aid to insurgents. Cuban casualties mount.
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England
Prince of Wales Island
Pacific
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Washington
Turkey
United States
Joan Morey
Ireland
Rosebery
Salisbury
William
Bismarck
Vladivostock
Russia
Chicago
Coliseum
St. Louis
Exposition Hall
British Guiana
Venezuela
Coro
Politicians Split Ranks in Venezuelan Regiment Tale
A humorous report recalls a political unit that raised 700 men for a Venezuela Filway mission but fell apart during officer elections. Even the drive to be colonel vanished as factions split over posts like sutler and quartermaster.
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Slogo
Venezuela
sAll
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Omaha Ex-Treasurer
Ex-city treasurer Bolln is re-arrested on embezzlement charges totaling 105000 dollars. His 390000 bond as school board treasurer is missing, prompting Comptroller Westberg to search records for the security. Secretary Gillen recalls obtaining two bonds from the comptroller, including Bolln's.
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Omania
Neb
Bolln
Westberg
Gillen
Olson
Poisoner Pardoned after Homestead Poisoning Case
Hugh Dempsey once sentenced to three years for complicity in the Homestead poisoning after the 1892 strike has been pardoned and released. The Commercial Gazette notes nearly fifty deaths linked to the alleged poisoning, with death dates and doctors’ names filed with the board of pardons in 1895 but kept secret from the public.
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Piersstine
Hugh Dempsey
Knights of Labor
Homestead
Commercial Gazette
Commonwealth
Board of Pardons
Dempsey
Explosion Kills Five At Holidaysburg Iron Mill
A boiler explosion at the Holidaysburg Iron and Nail Company mill in Ho trips payspurne Pennsylvania killed five workers and injured twenty. The boiler blasted through the roof rising 300 feet and crashed into another mill section. Earth tremors and shattered windows followed as physicians rushed to aid the wounded. Cause of the blast is unknown.
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P. C. MerriLat
Irene Severt
Dr. Boatman
Gunn
Merrilat
Sigafoos
Cudahy Packing House
Sioux City
Old Colony Trust Company
Dubuque Light and Traction Company
General Electric Company
William H. Doane
Rhode Island
Lucius H. Bigelow
Magoun
Bath
Bowdoin College
Andover
Yale
Wisconsin
Galena
Ill
Lyons
Davenport
Iowa
Iowa College
Europe
William Royce
Nellie Patten
Geo. W. Argo
Argo
Dakota
Washington
California
Nebraska
Missouri
Royce
Creston
Water Works
Towne
Brewster
Hotripayspurne
Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail Company
Sophomores expelled after late class dinner in Ottawa
Twenty one members of Ottawa university's sophomore class were expelled for defying the faculty by hosting a dinner for female classmates after 10:30 p m at a city restaurant. The students were asked to sign a regret statement. the women complied, but twenty one male students remained obdurate.
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Ottawa
Kan
Ottawa University
Desperate Negroes Gather After Lynching Threat
Over 800 black residents met at Elkhorn West Virginia on February 1 to discuss the lynching of Alexander Jones. They adopted resolutions and formed a committee to urge county officials to prosecute mob members. The six hour meeting aimed to avert renewed violence if authorities fail to act.
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Buverizuyp
W. Va
Elkhorn
Alexander Jones
Jones
Krout Admits Guilt In Wells Fargo $35,000 Theft
George Krout, a Wells Fargo express agent, confessed to stealing an express package containing $35,000. He claims his father, also imprisoned, was uninvolved. Detectives took him to Illinois to pursue remaining property, with the father living there.
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Colorado Spraines
Col
George Krout
Wells-Fargo Express
Ilinois
Canadians Rob American Forests Near Boundary
Complaint from settlers in Teton and Chateau counties alleges Canadians have denuded forests on the U S side of the boundary and seized millions of dollars worth of lumber in recent years. The inspector referred the matter to the interior secretary.
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American Foresta
Butte, Mont
Teton and
Chateau Counties
Secretary of the Interior
Collapse of a French Church near Angers kills eight
A terrible accident Sunday at Manlexrier near Angers in Maine et Loire caused by the village church collapsing during mass. Eight persons were killed and sixty injured in the disaster.
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Paris
Manlexrier
Angers
Mainet Et Loire
Fire destroys Waubaca department store in Wisconsin
Fire swept yesterday through the large two department store of E. B. Knapp on Main street in Waupaca Wisconsin. The blaze spread to adjacent buildings causing a loss of 25000 dollars.
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Waapaca
Wis
Waupaca
E. B. Knapp
Main Street
Reed Wins in Louisiana Republican Convention
In New Orleans on February 3 the Republican convention closed at 3 30 o clock yesterday morning. The Reed faction controlled the organization throughout the proceedings.
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Reed
Louisiana
New Orleans
Cause for Thanks at Dinner Table
A frustrated father berates the family for not giving thanks at dinner while a child complains of the meat. The exchange turns to memory and gratitude as the mother reminds of grandpa’s illness and the boy quips about soldiers at a funeral.
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Mable
Pater
Mamma
Iowa Legislature Debates Age of Consent and Reforms
Des Moines reports January 28 to February 3 cover petitions to raise age of consent, prohibition proposals, prison reforms, and bids for hospitals, libraries, and levees. Bills include dairy herd inspection, school industrial posts, liquor manufacture, primaries, and suffrage amendments with adjournments and caucus actions.
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Drs Moines
Senate
Des Moines
Cherokee
House
Lathrop
Bonaparte
Byers
John L. Brown
Carney
Marshalltown
Ellis
United States
Iowa
Hurst
Carpenter
Mississippi River
Waterman
Kilburn
Classen
Davis
Evans
Griswold
Hospital of the Insane
Independence
Huntley
Brown
Klemme
Lambert
McAchran
McNulty
Morrison
Keokuk
Tibbitts
Wheeler
Finch
Bell
Harvey
General Assembly
Erickson
Penrose
Committee On Public Health
Harper
Phelps
Berry
Ellison
Baldwin
Dubuque
Rea
Grundy
Carroll
Pusey
Trewin
Rowe
Eaton
Judiciary Committee
Harriman
Mitchell
Meeting the Cubans Near Pinar del Rio in Cuba
General Marin acting captain-general of Spain in Havana departed with staff and prominent merchants to scout Pinar del Rio. He reached San Antonio de Los Banos with a cavalry detachment. Marin aims to strengthen forces before joining Gomez and linking with Maceo. Front communication is broken. Spanish officers expect a major engagement before Marin’s return.
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Satisfury
Great Britain
Transvaal
Marin
Weyler
London
Ambassador Bayard
Cleveland
House of Representatives
Edinburg
England
Juper Payne
Chicago
Apviers
Cuba
Havana
Gomez and
Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Cuamaman Gowpy
Indiana
Republican State Central Committee
Harrison
St. Louis
White House
Tuk
Hawkins
Garcia
Long Island
Mr. Gladstone
Key West
Sabanilla
San Antonio de Los Banos
Gomez
Setback for the State in Kellar Shanks murder trial
In Terre Haute Indiana on February 3 the state faced a setback as a witness testified that after Clara Shanks funeral investigators found no murder evidence at the Kellar premises. A stain on Dan Kellar trousers believed linked to Clara’s blood was deemed a paint stain during the initial inspection.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Kellar- Shanks
Kellar
Clara Shanks
Dan Kellar
Clara
Damaged Books with Clasps Raise Shelf Safety Concerns
A report notes that books with clasps or raised sides risk damage when placed on shelves. Readers and librarians consider protective measures to prevent wear, breakage, and misalignment of volumes.
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Iowa News
Apotone Neise
Ottumwa
Colville
Wash
Neise
H. S. Smith
Mason City
Smith
Francis Davis & Son
Goodhue
Minn
Cox
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Clinton
George Cox
Low Moor
Witte Wiltr
Grorck Mraor
Anamosa
Jaurez
Omaha
Congress
Doubleday
Polk
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Muscatine Island
Committee On
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Armenia
Funk
Gurley
Hendershott
McArthur
McDowell
Martin
Scott County
State of Iowa
Parker
Spaulding
Temple
Whittier
Drs Morses
Garst
Hipwell
Young
Hinkhouse
Merriam
Treasury
Captain Luke
Nolan
Crow
Alien
Brady
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Dowell
Benedict Home
Hendershot
Wilson
Finkbine
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M. S. Butler
Johnson
Watters
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