Iowa News Roundup Reveals Murders and Local Offenses
J W Stone held at Anamosa for murder and attempted murder charges after Kahler shooting in Des Moines. Burlington cook James England dies from coal gas while his family, including a dying wife and two children, are treated for gas exposure. Des Moines News lowers price to 1 a year after circulation gains.
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J. W. Stone
Frank Kahler
Thomas Ariss
Kahler
Des Moines
Anamosa
Polk County
James England
Burlington
England
Des Moines Daily News
Charles Rademasher
Clinton
Ed Ware
Rademasher
Lyons
Ware
John England
Henry Carse
Rock Island
Fred Harbach
J. W. Allington
Webster City
William Ewald
Waterloo
Johanna ‘Thurston
Sioux City
Montezuma
Mexico
Rowe
Rowe Brothers
Polk County Grand Jury
John W. Stone
James A. Howe
Stone
Board of Insanity Commissioners
Anamosa Penitentiary
Recorders’ State Association
Recorders
Annie BE. Hepburn
Polk
W. M. Shepard
Pottawattamie
Ole T. Rickanssud
Wright
W. P. Moothart
Washington
T. P. Powell
Clay
Geo. W. Cochrane
Sac
A. Y. McCorkle
Marion
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
C. F. Curtis
James Wilson
Turbulent Times Marked By Riots and Political Upheaval
Passengers report Captain General Blanco faces mob threats as he mobilizes loyal forces. Havana riots erupt after army officers attack newspapers. US Consul General Lee warns Washington, later signals danger passed. Hanna wins both senate terms in Ohio vote. Bushnell inaugurated governor with brief address and reception. Seminole fears fuel southwest unrest as vigilante actions spark Indian retaliation rumors.
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Havana
Blanco
Porte
London
David Bennett Hill
Bryan
New York
Croker
Hanne
Brazil
Pereira
Mareos
United States
Lee
Washington
Ohio
Marcus A. Hanna
United States Senate
Southwest
Maud
Okla
Hanna
McKisson
Senate
Bushnell
Burkett
Humbert an Enemy to France, Billot Resigns Italian Ambassadorship
Rome reports in diplomatic circles that M. Billot resigned as French ambassador to the Vatican due to the likely fall of the Francophile government. He cites King Humbert's hostility to France and pro Germany stance making a cordial Italy France relation impossible while Humbert remains king.
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Rome
M. Billot
Guirinal
Humbert
France
Germany
Italy
British Destroyers Move North as Edgard Returns Reversed
The torpedo boat destroyers Hart and Handy, with dispatch vessel Alc rity, were ordered northward from Hong Kong on January 14. The homeward orders of the first-class cruiser Edgard were countermanded, altering the immediate naval movements.
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Hong Kong
Jan
Hart
Handy
Alacrity
Edgard
Cleveland urges clemency in Worden murder case
Ex President Cleveland makes a second appeal to Governor Budd for clemency for Walter D Worden who was convicted of murder in the 1894 railroad strike wrecking case reported from Sacramento California dated January 14.
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Cleveland
Sacramento
Cal
Budd
Walter D. Worden
Chicago Board of Trade Prices Range Report
Chicago January 14. The table lists the range of quotations on the board of trade across items traded that day. Prices show shifts and spreads indicating market activity for grains and related commodities.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Elmwood Bank Fails After Cashier's Self Inflicted Death
The State Bank of Elmwood with 50 000 capital stock and 100 000 assets was closed by the state auditor. Cashier Miles Caverly died by suicide during an examiner investigation. deposits will be paid in full and his accounts are reportedly in order.
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State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
John Downie
South Amana
W. F. Harriman
Hampton
P. L. Fowler
Gid Ellyson
R. J. Johnston
Algona
Harriman
Dubuque City
Cullen
Halpin
Shea
Schulte
Volger
Kauffman
Crawford
Broadhurst
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
William Priebe
Crocker
Rademacher
Clinton
F. W. Meyers
H. Frazier
Charles Rademacher
Ed. Ware
Leopold Schneider
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
J. A. R. Elliott
Kansas City
Dexter Park
L. 1
Elliott
Gilbert
John Carrigan
I. C. Weedman
First National Bank
Webster City
Dobson
Secretary of State
Elmwood
Lil) Bank
Peoria
State Bank of
Auditor of State
Miles Caverly
State Bank
Caverly
Indian finance minister proposes gold backed currency notes
Sir James Westland introduced a bill to issue currency notes in India against gold. He said the money market faced extreme stringency as banks remitted capital home and kept little in India. He noted policy debates since 1893 and defended banks while asserting sufficient gold to ensure convertibility.
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Calcutta
James Westland
Council
India
Arthur
London
Chambers of Commerce
Congressional chaff and Cuban policy in mid January
The record recounts Senate and House actions from January 10 to 15 with executive sessions on the Hawaiian treaty, debates on civil service, immigration, and Cuba, and appropriations including a deficiency bill and horse book publication. Deliberations touch pension, agriculture, and a Miliken tribute, ending with adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fairbanks
Indiana
Davis
Allen
Noube
Norway
Berlin
Perkins
Iowa
Alaska
Mouse
Court of Claims
Methodist Church
South
Seth W. Miliken
Maine
Congress
Insurance compacts challenge head of Nebraska laws
Foreign fire insurance companies in Nebraska sue to test the constitutionality of two acts declaring insurance compacts illegal. A federal court case delays state action with a temporary injunction from Judge Munger and sets a hearing for January 18 in Lincoln.
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Omaha
Neb
Munger
Lincoln
Vatican and Quirinal clash sparks talk of Italian republic
London January 17 Rome's Daily Chronicle cites Civilita Cattolica claiming the Vatican and the Quirinal could be separated, proposing Switzerland or American constitutions as models. It portrays Cardinal Rampolla's policy as steering toward a republic to end papal monarchy.
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London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Civilita Cattolica
Vatican
Quirinal
Holy See
Switzerland
America
Italy
Cardinal Rampolla
Death toll reaches fifty after Fort Smith tornado
Fort Smith Arkansas dispatch reports four more fatalities from the twister adding two deaths from collapsing buildings and a child and a man killed in the Indian Territory six miles northwest of Fort Smith. Storm traced across territory before hitting the city with Burgess Hotel debris believed to hide additional corpses.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Indian Territory
Burgess Hotel
Investigating the Lynching in Earlsboro Oklahoma
United States Commissioner Walter Jones presides in Wewoka as deputies issue subpoenas and warrants to capture the Seminole lynchers. The suspects face kidnapping charges and transfer of murderers from the Seminole nation under Oklahoma jurisdiction.
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Earlsboro
J. T
United States
Walter Jones
Wewoka
Oklahoma
End of London Engineers Strike Near
London reports that London engineers have agreed to drop the forty eight hour demand, signaling an end may be near. Northern engineers have not yet concede, keeping Mr Barnes of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers from joining the yielding committees.
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London
North of England
Barnes
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Hibernians Set National Convention Date in Trenton
Right Rev Bishop McFaul fixed Trenton New Jersey June 27 as the time and place for the national convention of the reunited Ancient Order of Hibernians in the United States.
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Hibernians
Trenton
N. J
McFaul
Order of Hibernians
United States
Funeral for Justice Newman Draws City and State
In Madison on January 17 a large gathering including the city bar state officers and hundreds of private citizens attended a brief funeral service for Justice Newman at his residence. After the rites the funeral party departed to Trempealeau.
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Madison, Wis
Newman
Trempealeau
Fusion endorsed by Minnesota state central committee
Minnesota fusion of all silver elements is officially endorsed by the state Central committee. Chairman Rosing announced at the Jackson banquet and William J. Bryan endorsed the fusion, signaling a decisive shift away from the Ohio plan in Minnesota. Lincoln cousins from Bolshaw and Maryville connected to Abraham Lincoln.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
State Central Committee
Rosing
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Miners Return to Work After Union Mediation
Carlinville Illinois January 12 125 miners resume work as union mediation ends a halted dispute with Nilwood operators. All Macoupin county mines now in operation.
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Carlinville, T
Macoupin County
Coral Boring in the Pacific From the Sydney Herald
The Birksgate returns with Fiji news on Funafuti coral boring led by G. Sweet F.G.S. The bore reached 643 feet by Sept 16 below coral rock with Darwin theory supported. Dr Corney, Prof Sollas, and Prof David note scientific value and expect Royal Society reporting.
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Sydney Herald
Birksgate
Fiji
Funafuti
Ellice
Suva
H. M. S. Royalist
David
John Williams
Dr. Corney
G. Sweet
Rason
Archer
Darwin
Pacific
Royal Society of London
Sollas
Preventing Dreams With Sleepwear and Diet Advice
A physician offers a lighthearted home remedy to reduce disturbing dreams. He links dream frequency to an overloaded stomach and suggests evening meals be easily digested. For a practical fix he recommends extending sleeves with rubber cords or socks to cover wrists, keeping hands and forearms restrained during sleep.
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The
Washington Star
Weather Bureau Change of Weather Joke
A father and son exchange a wry quip about the weather bureau unable to provide a change of weather. The father, tired from effort to open a bureau, vents the joke as Freddie suggests the bureau drawers are stuck.
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Freddie
Weather Bureau
Boston Courier
An Ancestral Exchange on a Biblical Quip
A long-suffering Hatener recalls a youth’s tale of three men staving off 600 Indians for a day. He then asks why the Lord told Ananias to stand forth and adds that perhaps the reason was to let them stand first, second and third in line.
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Senate
Washington
Thoar
Quay
Oklahoma
Secretary of Agriculture
Hatener
Ananias
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