Iowa State News Roundup From Dubuque To Burlington
Burglars entered W J Contillion Dubuque attorney home and stole valuables including $65. Fort Dodge boot and shoe factory to open with 300 pairs daily capacity using a temporary building. December revenue in southern Iowa totaled $327,302.60 vs prior year gains. cigar tax up over $15,000. Des Moines vetoes disorderly house ordinance while Burlington murder links surface in Anangast inquiry.
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FP. J. Blake
John Klausen
Fort Dodge
Distrct
Iowa
Hosford
Richard Gruner
Dubuque
Gruner
Iowa Central Railroad
Miller Wayland
Morning Sun
Elmer Reese
Wyoming
Ill
Typhus Spread in New York and Clergy Disputes Stir News
The week reports rising typhus cases in New York while Archbishop Ireland accuses Archbishop Corrigan of undermining papal influence and aiding slanderous documents. Presidential electors met in 41 state capitals, voting Cleveland 270, Harrison 144, Weaver 24. Union conflict erupts as Pennsylvanian railroad head Perry pressures workers, discharging 5 who sided with the union.
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New York
Ireland
St. Paul
Vatican
Corrigan
America
Mgr
Satelli
Union
Cleveland
Harrison
Weaver
Perry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
Pensylvania Company
United Action
Gleason Threatened by Anonymous Letter Over Dyn amite Case
P G Gleason acting as mayor of Long Island City during election contest tried to direct the coroner's inquest into the East River tunnel dynamite explosion. He reported receiving a bold threat letter warning him to drop investigations and promising to take his life. The note was postmarked New York City station H.
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Capitol
Harrison
Reid
W. W. Bain
Buchanan County
Chartie McDonald
Des Moines
Bain
Waterloo
Dawson
Mullan
Burlington
Nellie Loren
Cora Bedillion
Frant Cunningham
Iona
Cunninghams
Sheldon
Ira E. Brown
Brown
Traverse
Ottumwa
Jonathan Carbon
New York
P. G. Gleason
Long Island City
East River
Greason
P. S
New York City
Supreme Court
Gen. Butler
Washington
Lowell
Mass
Colorado
Wyoming
Paul Butler
Lowel
Merton Escapes State Prison Amid Sudden Abroad Urge
Harry A. Merton, one year from Gratiot County for forgery, escaped from the State prison in Jackson Michigan. He took a few items belonging to Clerk Tabor and is believed to have been inspired by his sister planning a European trip.
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Jackson, Mich
Harry A. Merton
Gratiot County
Clerk Tabor
Senate and House actions in early January congressional notes
Senate debated suspending silver bullion purchases and quarantine measures with limited progress. DC appropriation and Norfolk & Western entry bills advanced then postponed. Quarantine bill passed, anti option discussions continued amid adjournments and memorial services for Senator Kenna. House approved Cherokee outlet accession bill funding.
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Senate
Hionaroy
Secretary of Treasury
HOUSE
District of Columbia
Funeral of General Butler Delayed for Lowell Arrival
Washington January 14 Grand Army posts nationwide telegraphed relatives requesting a delay so they could reach Lowell to participate. The funeral will be held next Monday with the body placed on the train for Lowell this afternoon.
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Lowell
G. A. Ki
Washington
Grand Army
Blaine Sinking Again as Physicians Hold Little Hope
Wasninoros January 14. Mr. Blaine remains near death with no sign of recovery. Doctors say rallying is possible but unlikely given his present fragile state. Relatives cling to brief improvements while clinicians warn against premature optimism as weather shifts provoke renewed complications.
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Wasninoros
Mr. Blaine
Manley
Blaine
Washington
Governor Pecks Advice on Lands and Roads
Mapisoux Wisconsin January 14 Governor Peck before the joint assembly delivered a message urging restraint on lending trust funds from the Public Lands Commission to favored borrowers and stressing that defaults defeat the trusts purpose. He also urged funding for the Wisconsin building at the World’s Fair and a plan for uniform country road improvements. Secretary Baker reports Michigan had no major cholera fears in late 1892 due to sanitary work and fewer disease cases overall.
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Mapisoux
Wis
Gov. Peck
Wisconsin
Joint Assembly
Commissioners of Public Lands
Péck
Lansing
Mich
Baker
State Board of Health
Michigan
Deadlock resolves in multiple state legislatures
Reports from several states detail caucuses and maneuvers as Democrats, Republicans, and Populists struggle for control. Edward Murphy wins a senate nomination by 58 to 5 in one caucus. Notable stalemates and court actions occur in Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Montana, with governors contested and mandamus threats shaping the sessions.
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Rvsaxy
Demo
Edward Murphy
Denver
Senate
Toreka
Kan
House
S Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Repubicans
Houve
Fnow
Lixcos
Neb
Jan
Matison
Wis
Peck
United States
Hartronp
Conn
Democratice Caucus
Charles French
Hanuimssrne
Quay
Ross
Dunlap to Star in Northampton Bank Robbery Drama
In New York James Dunlap, pardoned after fourteen years for the Northampton Bank robbery, will star in a stage dramatization of the crime to be produced before the current season ends.
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Nobber Dunlap
New York
Northampton
James Dunlap
Charlesetown
Fire destroys Devil's Lake mill and elevator
Yesterday at 4 a m a fire consumed the Devil's Lake mill and elevator destroying 15000 bushels of wheat and 4600 sacks of flour. The total loss is estimated at 43000 dollars with about 26000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Devil's Laker
N. D
Devil's Lake
Clark Nominated in Democratic Senatorial Caucus
In HknLeNA Montana on January 14 Clark received 27 votes in the caucus with the Dixon men absent. The forthcoming joint session remains uncertain and a problem to resolve.
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Hknlena
Mont
Clark
Dixon
Alaska Packers Association Movement Reported in San Francisco
A San Francisco statement on January 14 reports a plan to form a syndicate of thirty eight Alaska salmon canneries. The Alaska Packers Association would be based in the city with a $5,000,000 capitalization to cut operating costs and limit yearly catches to prevent market glut.
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San Francisco
Cal
Alaska Salmon ‘Canneries
Alaska Packers’ Association
Wakefield Rattan Company fights whip trust plan with plant expansion
SpRineriep Mass January 14 The Wakefield Rattan Company with a capital of several million dollars and branches in Boston Chicago and San Francisco will, if the proposed syndicate plans for a whip trust are carried out, establish large whip manufacturing plants in Westfield and across the Middle and Western States in opposition to the syndicate faction.
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SpRineriep
Mass
Wakefield Rattan Company
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Westfield
Alcatraz inmates assault jailer as guard intervenes
In San Francisco on January 14 prisoners confined on Alcatraz Island attacked Prison Sergeant Duffy as he led about fifty convicts in a line. They pelted him with rocks and knocked him unconscious before armed guards stopped them, citing unbearable treatment.
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San Francisco
Cal
Alcatraz Island
Duffy
Gen Benjamin Butler Dies At City Home
Gen Benjamin F. Butler, noted soldier statesman and mill owner, died suddenly at his city home at 1 30 yesterday morning after a long public career. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Wasnisheron
Benjamin F. Butler
City
Didn't Lynch the Negroes
Maryland roads blocked by snow and fear of a lynch mob. Four condemned men remain in jail after Gov Brown’s intervention earlier. 250 posse members guard the jail with 40 officers on duty. Citizens thumb Bibles as tensions run high and authorities keep a firm front.
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Maryland
Castertown
J. H. Hill
Gov. Brown
Millington
Posse Comitatus
Plummer
Race War Fears Rise in Jackson Tenn Wake of Knife and Shootout
A Greenfield arriving report describes escalating racial violence in a Tennessee farm community. White mobs attack a Black family house. shootings, beatings, and arson threats drive Black residents to quit work as tension and warrants for violence surge.
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Jackson
Tenn
Greenfield
Six Cents for Being Struct Eau Cramer Wis
A jury awarded Alderman Greene of Altoona City six cents damages against Jefferson Kenniston the hotel keeper for assault and battery over a sidewalk dispute. Greene a streets and sidewalks committee member confronted Kenniston who grew angry and struck him on the right ear injuring the drum.
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Eau Cramer
Wis
Alderman Greene
Altoona City
Jefferson Kenniston
Greene
Committee On
Kenniston
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