Wallace Burnett Sentenced to Two Years in Iowa Penitentiary
Wallace Burnett was convicted in Mitchell county of attempting to extort money from a schoolteacher after a demand to marry her. He fired at her as she defended herself, fled to Minnesota, was arrested, returned to Osage, and received a two year penitentiary sentence amid sensational testimony and alleged conspiracy claims.
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Wallace Burnett
Osage
Mitchell County
Minnesota
Iowa
Ogden
American Forces Move to Take Iloilo in Panay
Manila dispatch reports American troops commanded by General Miller ordered to seize Iloilo the capital of Panay and key port in the Philippines. Units include the Eighteenth United States and Fifty-first Iowa regiments, Sixth artillery battery G, and a signal detach ment aboard transports Pennsylvania Arizona and Newport escorted by cruiser Baltimore. Spaniards are expected to evacuate. insurgents from Luzon have besieged the town but likely will not resist American authority.
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Iloilo
Manila
Panay
Philippines
Miller
United States
Iowa
Sixth Artillery
Mania
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Newport
Baltimore
Luzon
Cubans on a Strike in Santiago
Cuban dock laborers strike for 55 cents a day raise from 1.25 to 1.80. General Wood threatens Jamaica laborers import to resume unloading. Some workers return. twenty miles of Santiago to Holguin road completed, boosting military and regional transport.
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Santiago
General Wood
Jamaica
Holguin
Mining Agent Seeks $1 Million Machinery for Mariopol Mills
Robert G. Wells, linked to the Nicopol-Mariopol mining company, travels to Pittsburg to place orders totaling about $1,000,000 for mammoth mills to be erected at Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. Julian Kennedy of Pittsburg plans and directs contracts for construction of the mills beside the city’s great steel works.
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Pittsburg
Robert G. Wells
Nicopol
Mariopol
Lawton Named To Philippine Command Role
Washington December 30 The War Department assigns General Lawton to service in the Philippines as second in command to Otis with potential to command the forces if Otis becomes governor general His duties require nerve and tact and mark a position of exceptional importance after his role in the Santiago campaign
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Lawton
Philippines
Washington
War Department
General Lawton
Santiago
Otis
Anglo American Agreement Likely Reported
Official circles indicate that joint high Canadian commissioners are near a pact satisfactory to both the United States and Canada. The deal is not expected to meet all initial aims, but is slated for ratification within a week after the joint commission opens on January 5.
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Wasurveron
Dee
United States
Canada
Joint Commission
French Soldiers Killed in New Hebrides Report
News reaches Vicronia that a French warship Eure suffered fatalities after natives attacked in the New Hebrides. A lieutenant and thirteen sailors are reported dead. The report comes via Suva from Honolulu and Australia.
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Vicronia
B. C
Warrimo
Honolulu
Australia
Suva
Eure
New Hebrides
New York
Amany
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
van Wyck
New Law Point Involves Debts Of Legatee Inheritance
Ottumwa report describes Judge Eich elberger ruling that debts of a deceased legatee must be paid from the legacy before distribution to the legatee’s children. Alvin Lewis left a $50 000 estate. nephew W H Lewis died before his uncle, and creditors sought claims against his legacy.
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Ottumwa
Eichelberger
District Court
Alvin Lewis
W. H. Lewis
Double Tragedy Near Clare Ends in Murder Suicide
A Gowrie man named Harry Garvey shot Miss May Thomas at a Clare schoolhouse after riding in from Gowrie on the Rock Island line. He then shot himself. both died within an hour. Miss Thomas had recently rejected his attentions.
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Fort Donen
Dee
Clare
Rock Island
May Thomas
Harry Garvey
Miss Thomas
Gowrie
Teachers Officers Lead Iowa State Association
Des Moines Dec 29 The Iowa State Teachers Association elected officers for the year with F H Bloodgood as president W A Clifford as first vice president Laura B Swan as second vice president Ella Truman as third vice president Dr Thomas Nicholson to fill a vacancy and E Shelton to a three year term on the executive committee Also named are A W Stuart and Amy Boggs to the educational council.
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Educational Council
A. W. Stuart
Ottumwa
Amy Boggs
Waterloo
Flour Mill Fire Destroys Major Plant in Missouri Valley
A large flouring mill owned by A Edgecomb at Missouri Valley was destroyed by fire on December 31 incurring a total loss estimated at 40000 dollars. Local business leaders agree to purchase flour from Edgecomb’s Blair Nebraska mill until rebuilding.
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Dunnar
Missouri Valley
A. Edgecomb
Tragedy In Weaver Miss Minnie Lange Suicide
Miss Minnie Lange of Weaver Lee county 30 years old daughter of Charles Lange farmer killed herself by cutting her throat with a razor. She never fully recovered after a sunstroke last spring and was well known in the vicinity.
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Merself
Kacutx
Minnie Lange
Weaver
Lee County
Charles Lange
Miner killed in Crooked Creek mine cave-in at Lehigh
Fort Donor December 28. Robert Taylor died in a cave-in at the Crooked Creek Company mine in Lehigh. His body was horribly crushed and not recovered for two hours.
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Fort Donor
Robert Taylor
Crooked Creek Company
Lehigh
Rejected Osteopathy Applicants Hit Iowa Board Decision
The Iowa state board of health rejected 29 osteopathy practice applications after evaluating several osteopathy schools. The board deemed the schools lacking broad study as required by law and questioned degree examinations. A formal policy defining “Regularly Conducted Colleges of Osteopathy” was issued by the state medical examiners with new minimum standards.
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Minneapolis
Des Moines
State Board of Medical Examiners
Bank Burglary at New Hartford Netting About 150 Dollars
Burglars forced the bank door at New Hartford on December 31, drilled a hole through the vault wall and stole silver and change from the counter tray totaling about 150 dollars. The safe front was blown off and the bank interior damaged before the robbers fled after shots were fired.
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New Hartford
Indictments for Murderous Assault in Garwin Area
The grand jury indicted Johann Hansen Frank Landt Julius Landt and Emil Landt for assaulting Rudolph Reichman with attempt to murder. Sheriff Toedt served bench warrants. the four men were arrested at their Garwin area homes and posted $1,000 bail each to await district court.
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Totepo
Johann Hansen
Frank Landt
Julius Landt
Emil Landt
Rudolph Reichman
Toedt
Garwin
Des Moines Ranks In Top Twenty Five For Mail
Des Moines is listed among the leading twenty five U S cities by weight of second class mail handled in the annual report of the third assistant postmaster general. Des Moines sent out 1 923 559 pounds of second class mail.
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Des Moines
Washington
United States
Iowa War Expenses Claim Totaled at 139703.74
Chief Clerk Whelan of the adjutant general's office has tallied the state's claims against the government for expenses in fitting out the Iowa volunteers in the Spanish American War. The total amounts to 139,703.74 dollars.
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Des Moines
Whelan
Adjutant General's Office
Iowa
Spain
Turkey shoot tragedy at Hilltown ends in murder arrest
A shooting during a turkey shoot near Hilltown in Appanoose County left W. B. Shearer dead after being shot in the abdomen by Samuel Moore. Moore surrendered and is jailed in Centerville on murder charges. Both men were prominent farmers.
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Hilltown
Appanoose County
W. 8
Shearer
Samuel Moore
Moore
Centerville
Robert Fellows
Ottumwa
George Hall
Fellows
Wapellc Club
M. Riegelman
Des Moines
New York
Bosquet and Earle
Senator Justin Morrill Dies From Grip Pneumonia
Washington reports Hon Justin Smith Morrill senior United States senator from Vermont died at 1 20 this morning in the 89th year after an illness of under a week Immediate cause pneumonia arising from grip contracted about a week ago He had served in the Senate for more than thirty one years and was regarded as its senior member by service
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Washington
Justin Smith Morrill
United States
Vermont
Morrill
Senate
Shafter to Command California Department January 10
Official notice states General Shafter will resume command of the California department around January 10. General Merriam remains unassigned. Speculation links Shafter to the Columbia or Colorado departments, with possible consolidation of California and Columbia under his command.
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Department of California
Francisco
General Merriam
General Shafter
Shafter
Merriam
Department of the Columbia
Denver
Department of Colorado
Department of Columbia
Kansan Populist Rail Law Set for Quick Enactment
Toreka Kansas December 30 voters approve a railroad reform bill in caucus with a railway board empowered to hear complaints and adjust rates. The measure passes the house 69 to 38 and goes to the governor Stanley for appointment of the board and a March 15 enactment.
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Toreka
Kan
House Committee
Supreme Court
Stanley
Butler is Repudiated by Confederate Camp in New York
A New York Confederate Veteran Camp resolution condemns Senator Butler of North Carolina for seeking pensions for ex Confederate soldiers from the United States. The vote was unanimous and warns that any southern member of Congress pursuing such pensions will face strong condemnation.
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New York
Beasley
North Carolina
Butler
South
United States
Congress
Ohio Begun at Union Ironworks for New Battleship
Work on the battleship Ohio has started at Union Ironworks in San Francisco. The vessel will be the largest on the coast and among the three largest in the U S Navy. It will be 20 feet longer than the Wisconsin and 40 feet longer than the Oregon with greater displacement and higher contract speed.
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Ohio
San Francisco
Union Ironworks
Wisconsin
Oregon
Torture Allegations Reported Against Carlists in Spain
London dispatch cites Morning Post saying recently arrested Carlists are allegedly tortured to extract loyalty to King Alfonso and to uncover Carlist networks. Official denial acknowledged, but widespread belief claims torture is common in Spanish prisons.
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London
Seville
The
Morning Post
Alfonso
Express Company Must Pay Revenue Stamps
Chief Justice Grant of the state supreme court denied an application for a writ of error to move the express revenue stamp case to the United States Supreme Court. The court recently ruled that the American Express Company must pay for the revenue stamps affixed to its bills of lading.
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Lansina, Mich
Grant
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
American Express Company
Coffin for Every Soldier and Other Ventures
In an anti-imperialism talk Governor Pingree quoted that each soldier sent to Manila should bear his coffin. Hetty Green is cited as the wealthiest woman with vast cash reserves, loaning New York City a million dollars at two percent for three months. Miss Elmine Charpentier of New Orleans died at thirty four after an eighteen year trance that paused only daily for meals.
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Demorr
R. Fuller
Boston
Pingree
America
Manila
Hetty Green
Lucre
United States
New York
Elmine Charpentier
New Orleans
Iloilo Crisis Haunts U S Forces in Philippines
General Otis dispatch from Manila reports Col. Potter sent to Iloilo to contact Spanish General Rios. Aguinaldo's flag found. insurgents occupied the city on the 26th. Spanish troops evacuated southern stations except Zamboanga and Indanan. No cable communication delays confirmation. four days until further word.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
Col. Potter
Iloilo
Rios
Potter
Aguinaldo
Zamboanga
Indnanoa
Madrid
Wells Fargo Robbery Strikes San Antonio Bank Delivery
San Antonio December 30 reports say Wells Fargo officers suffered a large robbery. About 60000 in currency and 600 in gold are missing. A delivery driver is missing, his horse and wagon found abandoned near the city edge.
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San Antonio
Wells- Fargo Company
Greater America Exposition Plans Emerge in Omana
A stockholders meeting in Omana Nebraska elected a 25 member board of directors for the Greater America Exposition. Promoters, who hold the same site and buildings as last year, express strong outlook. The Omaha Street Railway Company subscribes $10,000 to the capital stock.
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Omana
Neb
Omaha Street Railway Company
Guam's Ruler Deposed After Uprising Quieted
The Esmeralda reports that after the Charles ton left Guam in June Spaniards refused to recognize Francis Bortu sach who was briefly authorized to stay as governor. Jose Sisto, a former public administrator, was declared governor in his stead.
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Guam
Manila
Esmeralda
Ladrone Islands
Charleston
Francis Bortusach
Glass
Jose Sisto
Beef supply dispute prompts army beef quality inquiry board
In Washington on December 31 a board of officers is to be assembled to examine the beef supplied to the army following a dispute between Generals Miles and Eagan. The War Department issued the order at General Eagan's request to investigate beef quality.
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Miles
General Eagan
Eagan
War Department
Washington
Des Moines Chosen for Next Western Surgeons Meeting
Dr. H. C. Crowell of Kansas City was elected president of the Western Surgeons' Association. Des Moines was selected as the site for the next gathering.
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Des Moines
Omana
H. C. Crowell
Kansas City
Western Surgeons’ Association
Consuls merit system agitation in Washington gains momentum
Reports from Washington note calls to remove consul appointments from politics, favoring a merit system. Ambassador Hitchcock cabled that a rail contract for 80 000 tons was awarded to the Pennsylvania and Maryland Company. The Times Venice correspondent denies Carlos’s abdication plans and asserts his resolve to fulfill his role.
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Washington
Hitchcock
St. Petersburg
Secretary of State
Pennsylvania & Maryland Company
London Dispatch
Venice
the Times
Don Carlos
Havana
Cuba
United States
Nebraska
Omaha National Bank of Omaha
Chemical National Bank of New York
Bartley
New York Bank
Omaha Bank
Francis E. Greene
Schiefferlin
New York City
Admiral Schley to Lead Fleet to European War Area
Secretary Long has chosen Rear Admiral W S Schley to command a squadron for foreign stations once vacancies arise. Schley’s flagship will be the Chicago as the fleet heads to Europe. Sampson remains in command of the Atlantic fleet as changes circulate through the Nile yards and divisions.
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Europe
Washington
Long
Wfield S. Sehley
Sehley
Chicago
Sampson
H. F. Picking
Bos Navy Yard
John W. Pilips
Brooks Navy Yard
Henry Howison
Commod Phillips
North Atlantic
Romero Dies Former Mexican Ambassador to the U S
Romero, Mexican ambassador to the United States, died at 4 yesterday morning at age 62. His body will be sent to Mexico for burial. He backed the creation of the Pan American bureau and remained active in its progress. He married a Washington woman years ago and their home was a social center.
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Washineton
Ambassar Romero
Mexico
Mex
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Mada Romero
Romero
Gen Grant
Mystery on a Samoa warship report stirs pacifist fears
A dec 31 note discusses an American warship near Samoa and analyzes press claims about President McKinley and his congressional message. It cites Vossische Zeitung predicting British support would block German dominance and limit Germany’s exclusive control chances.
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Bert
Samoa
McKinley
Congress
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Germany
American flag raised at Mariel amid relief efforts
Havana reports Colonel Sayl hoisted the American flag over Mariel's municipal building in a solemn act of peace. He spoke of paternal love and protection rather than dominion as 500 rations were distributed to the poor and the town celebrated with a ball before the colonel travels to Casas and Bahai Honda to distribute more rations.
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Havana
Sayl
Mariel
Caas
Bahai Honda
War Department Inquiry Reports Beef Supply Criticism
Washington December 30. The war investigating commission held a short session focused on executive business. No witnesses were ready for examination. The commission released a report to General Miles on the beef supply for soldiers. The findings substantiate his strong denunciation of the canned beef.
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Washington
Warvestigating Commission
Nesses
Miles
Hanna Hopefal For His Bill
In Cleveland on December 29 Senator Hanna said the bill to promote American merchant shipping should pass this session. He noted a Senate majority favors the measure and expects House approval at an early date. The proposal seeks subsidies for certain freight carrying vessels built in the United States to bolster American trade with foreign nations.
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Cleveland
Congress
Hanna
House of Sentatives
Iea
Large Opium Cargo Arrives in San Francisco
The steamer China has landed the largest opium cargo into the port, with 660 cases valued at half a million dollars and a total weight of about 1100 pounds. The duty assessed reaches 162 360 dollars at six dollars per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Star China
Conspiracy Against France Reported by Brussels Bonapartists
A Brussels dispatch reports a large Bonapartist conference led by Prince Victor Napoleon with Ma Legoux re-elected president. In thanking supporters, he urged action: the time of watching is done and the hour for combat has arrived.
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France
Loudon
Brussels
Impo
Victor Napoleon
Ma Legoux
Intriguing Bits From Various World Sights
Read about daily pins production in Birmingham 37 million in factory terms. Fire-flies used ornamentally on Caribbean islands. nets catch them for display on ladies heads at balls. Vienna telephone girls wear uniforms. dust from street outfits affects office instruments. Descriptions include skirts waists sleeves bra and yellow stripes.
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Birmingham
England
W Indies
Vienna
T Street
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Island of
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Mauch Chunk
Abyssinia
Switzerland
Bloodgood
State Association
State Board of Health
Senator Morrill
Kansas
Wells-Fargo Company
Admiral Schley
Uni States
Apia
Bertin
Ine
Wich
WAR Department Inquif
Hanna Hopefal
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