Iowa News Roundup Shows Political Confirmations and Local Disasters
The Senate confirms Joseph McKenna for associate justice. Cedar Falls man Albert Wheeler found in Bowman 8 0. Lenox dealer J T McFee fails with debts of 30 000 to 40 000. Supreme Court rules boards of supervisors may honor bounties on wild animal skins with proper proof. Keokuk Brunt case verdict favors defendant. Sioux City Buckland divorce set aside for perjury. Ice floods pier damage at Keokuk Hamilton bridge. Des Moines Daily News touts low price and wide reach. Elopement in Keokuk ties Virginia Thompson to Will Simms. Riot at Iowa City Cherry Sisters show escalates to arrests. Oskaloosa suit for damages over buggy crash. Lorimer fire destroys eight businesses. Senate panel leans toward a board of control. Fort Dodge suit over a saloon death proceeds. Union Pacific option on Omaha land signals shift of yards from Council Bluffs. Vermillion land claim dispute arises over Van Meter tract. Death and injury from farm machinery accident in Cherokee county. Ringrose family insanity case in Louisiana. Ottumwa arrests for robberies and lynching fears linked to Missouri case. Dubuque grocery firm assigns over 2500 liabilities. Hardin county gas well discovery promises village illumination.
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Lenox
Iowa
Supreme Court
Boards of Supervisors
Buckland
Sioux City
Towa
Keokuk
Keokuk & Namilton Bridge
Des Moines Daily News
The
News
Virginia Thompson
Will Simms
Carthage
Ill
Simms
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Thompson
Keoku
Jerry Everett
Oskaloosa
H. Hasselman
Everett
Skunk River
J. Hasselman
Mino Rogers
Co Rogers
Wm. Hamm
Oayton
Fort Dodge
Dayton
Rogers
Burt
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
A. van Meter
Vermillion
South Dakota
van Meter
Silver Township
Cherokee County
Henry van Sickle
Steve
Joshua McCammit
Steve van Sickle
Michael Ringrose
Louisiana
Ringrose
New York
Des Moines
Charles Ford
Charles Overstreet
Ottumwa
Burch
Edina
Centerville
Larrie Morgan
Adams Express Company
Missouri
Shaw
Ford
Co. P. Belz & Co
Dubuque
Mehlhop Sons & Co
War talk and political notes from around the globe
Dispatches report nine Japanese warships sailing for Chinese waters as Japan mobilizes army and navy to defend the China status quo. Other items note confirmations of Bryan and Conger nominations, editorial stances of the New York Journal, a deadly Donetz coal mine gas explosion, and calls for open Chinese commerce. Zola and Dreyfus tensions in Paris, a major New England textile wage strike, and the death of Benjamin Butterworth complete the week.
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St. James
Yokohama
Japan
China
Manchuria
Corea
Russia
Great Britain
Washington
Charles Page Bryan
Illinois
Brazil
RE. W. Conger
Iowa
New York Journal
Arthur McEwen
Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Donetzner Company
Tagenrog
Sea of Azov
Michael Hicks- Beach
England
Minister of Justice
Emile Zola
Aurore
Zola
Faure
Esterhazy
Paris
Dreyfus
Iowa Legislature Deliberates on Taxation and Bonds
Des Moines reports a flurry of measures in the Iowa Senate and House during the January sessions. Amendments seek state bond issuance for schools, biennial elections, and expanded county clerk hire. resolutions push Hawaiian annexation and a soldiers monument dedication.
International bimetallism debates during the 55th Congress
A sequence of Senate and House reports from January detailing Wolcott and the bimetallic commission talks with Europe, Teller silver parity proposals, Cuba negotiations, postal and military issues, Alaska land laws, and parliamentary clashes.
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Senate
Washington
Wolcott
The
Bimetallic Commission
Commission
Europe
Japan Prepares for War in Chinese Waters
The St James Gazette reports from Yokohama that a Japanese fleet will move to Chinese waters within a week. The movement signals readiness for war and likely targets Wei Hai Wei, with Britain and Japan aiming to preserve the status quo in Manchuria and Korea against Russia and its allies.
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London
St. James
Yokohama
Japan
China
Manchuria
Corea
Russia
Great Britain
Iowa Patents Highlight Minnesota and Iowa Leads
Des Moines reports 388 U S patents with Iowa at 14 and New York leading with 68. The feature notes A M Welch of Winterset secured one patent and explains new U S patent term rules allowing foreign filings without shortening the patent term. Public notice offers free information from Thomas G Onwie Co. patent solicitors.
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Des Moines
U. S
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakota
Illinois
New York
A. M. Welch
Thomas G. Onwie & Co
Solicitors of Patents
Racing bill introduced in Illinois legislative session
The racing bill was introduced in the Illinois House by Representative Carmody of Cook. It allows 45 days of racing from May 1 to November 1 and legalizes gambling at pool boxes on races run. Racing by electric light is prohibited.
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Senate
Washington
Gallinger
Committee On Public Health
West
Missouri
Morgan
Springfield
Ill
Representative Carmody of Cook
House
Chicago Board of Trade Quotation Table Jan 21
Chicago Board of Trade quotations table lists daily range figures for corn wheat oats and other grain contracts as of January 21 with bid ask levels and settlement values reflecting market activity and price movements.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Renee
Elected by Bricklayers Peoria action on eight hour day
In Peoria Illinois on January 22 the Bricklayers and Masons International Union adopted resolutions to hold a vote by subordinate bodies on establishing a universal eight hour work day starting May 1 1899. Votes are to be returned by November 1 1898. The convention adjourned to meet next year in Hartford Connecticut.
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Peoria
Ill
Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union
Hartford
Conn
Literary Notes and Periodical Highlights Review
Harper's Magazine features The New Northwest progress study and notes by Wheelock. Sternberg on infectious disease, currency reform by Conant, and various fiction and travel sketches populate the January issues across outlets. Southeast features callouts on Outing and The Deling, with artistic plates, and Klondike prospects detailed in Demorest's.
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Harper's Magazine
Northwest
Wheelock
Pi Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Georg Sternberg
United States Army
Popular Science Monthly
Sternberg
Charles A. Conant
Washington
Ican Monthly Review of
C.L. Andrews
Io Juneau
Alaska
Des Moines
M Stichter
United States
Sidney
Australia
Tralian
Carrier Banks
Leigh Leslie
Eugenie and
Evans
Deling
Churchman Hewitt
Hihold
Fk Fenwick Miller
Grace Peckham Murray
Alice Meynell
Jacob A. Riis
New York Fire Department
Cnes
Heroes of Peace
Jay Hambidge
Desleune
Ohio Senate to Probe Domestic and Foreign Trusts
Senator Valentine introduced a resolution to appoint a senate committee to investigate trusts operating in Ohio. The panel aims to uncover the nature and plans of these organizations and their impact on commerce, with Senator Hanna favoring most trusts.
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Ohio
Columbus
Hanna
Valentine
Senate
Favorable Senate Report on Bryan Nomination
Washington January 20 Senate foreign relations committee favored Bryan as minister to Brazil and approved transfer of H Conger from Brazil to China in a diplomatic reshuffle.
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Bryan
Washington
Jan
Sena Committees On Foreign Relations
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
H. Conger
China
Illinois Live Stock Dealers' convention acts to incorporate
Springfield IL Jan 22 A Priday Session of the Illinois Live Stock Dealers convention appointed a committee to incorporate under state law. Topics included marking fat stock hog production sugar beets public sales and breeding pure bred stock. Col Fulkerson discussed prospects for state funds for exhibiting Hy stock at the Omaha exposition.
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Springfield
Illinois Live Stock Dealers
Col
Fulkerson
Omaha Exposition
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L. L. Rice
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James A. Braman
D. B. Grindrod
Samuel Thompson
Isaac Persinger
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