Campaign buttons and varied opinions in a lively sample
A collection of quick-hit opinions and notices spans politics and law. It comments on Mr Pace as a leading Kansas horse buyer, calls for government service to the people, Spain’s naval needs toward Havana, cruelty to animals, Emperor William’s reading trip, and a legal suit over marriage by breach. It also notes a potential big-money claim by Sarah Ann Angel as Gould’s widow and a New Jersey breach of promise case, all with wry local flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Famine Drives Desperate Mothers in China and Hanoi
Describes famine in China with Tonquin noted as prosperous before last year’s harvest failure. Parents sell children for food, including a Hanoi mother offering three infants to a missionary for eight cents, preferring a European rescuer over hunger.
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China
Tonquin
Hanoi
Dynamite Dick Captured After Three Year Manhunt
Oklahoma authorities finally arrest the young outlaw known as Dynamite Dick after a three year chase. The case involved a $3,000 reward and marks the end of a lengthy pursuit. The youth faces a grim fate as he awaits his day in court.
Western Iowa railway company charter filed in Primghar
Articles of incorporation for the Western Iowa Railway Company, backed by local populists, were filed at Primghar. Planned line runs from Sioux City to Hartley via Paulina and Sutherland with headquarters in Sutherland. Restrictions limit debt, salaries to 2400 dollars, dividends to 5 percent, and one vote per shareholder. Capital stock 750000 dollars, shares at 20 dollars, payable 9 on issue and 2 monthly until paid.
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Towa
Ryan
Sioux City
Western Iowa Railway Company
Primghar
O’bren County
Hartley
Paulina
Sutherland
Riot at Marshalltown ends with assault during band concert
July 3 Marshalltown reports a riot at a band concert when Ashellman, hotel employee, riled a crowd. He was beaten, returned with a knife and pistol, and was subdued by police before serious harm occurred. He had been drinking and had a history of injuring youths.
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Marshalltown
Fair Grounds
Ashellman
Pilgrim Hotel
Murder at Burlington Ends in Fatal Stabbing
In Burlington on July 3, 18 year old John J Crowder fatally stabbed 30 year old Charles Lyons after a dispute over Lyons abusing Crowders young child. The men fought in a dark hallway. Lyons died from a knife wound to the chest. Crowder is jailed.
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BuRlington
John J. Crowder
Charles Lyons
Lyons
Crowder
Dangers of Flirtation On Train Leads to Theft
A Chicago woman met a suave stranger on a trip to the Illinois Central depot. She gave him her purse to buy a sandwich, but he vanished with $235. The man was later arrested and most of the money recovered after a failed escape attempt.
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Dulverr
Chicago
Illinois Central
Inventors Propose Water Drenching Rails Robbers Device
James F. Matthews and Henry L. Sherburne of Topeka Kansas unveil a metal nozzle system to spray boiling water from a locomotive boiler toward robbers. The setup includes cab end nozzles and a rising steel shield to block entry as the engineer speeds away.
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James F. Matthews
Henry L. Sherburne
Topeka
Kan
Wrongly Convicted Man John Mold Freed After Six Years
A Gleeson news note argues John Mold served six years in Ontonagon penitentiary for a murder and should be freed. It cites similar cases where circumstantial evidence wrongfully convicts and calls for the state to compensate him for lost time.
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John Mold
Quette
Ontonagon
McDonald
Helen Gould donation to St Paul sufferers misreported
A fragment notes Helen Gould gave 1000 dollars to St Paul relief rather than 100000 dollars, a misstatement reflecting the donor’s true intent and the public record of the aid.
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Helen Gould
St.aul
Kendall Young Provides Fund for Public Library in Webster City
Kendall Young a pioneer resident and First National bank president of Webster City died recently at Battle Creek. His will dedicates most of his fortune estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars to establishing a public library memorial in Webster City.
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Kendall Young
Webster City
First National Bank
Battle Creek
Farmer Mott Lee Dies by Own Action Near Oskaloosa
Near Oskaloosa July 4 Mott Lee a well to do farmer living south of Lacey committed death by own action. He took a 32 caliber revolver from the house and, after passing his wife and son, went to the barn yard and shot himself to the left side of the head. He was about 50 and seemed cheerful at breakfast with no apparent reason for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Mott Lee
Lacey
Lee
Rev Nelson Found Guilty In Keokuk Trial
Krovk July 3 The Keokuk Presbytery found Rev William P Nelson formerly of Montrose guilty of unministerial financial dealings and questionable moral conditions. He remains suspended until he shows evidence of reform.
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Nelson
Krovk
Keokuk
William P. Nelson
Montrose
Hager Renominated After Lengthy Ballot
Ninth district Republicans renominated Congressman Hager on the eighty ninth ballot. McPherson withdrew first, and Montgomery County cast the decisive votes for the choice.
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Hager
Counc
Bivers
McPherson
Montgomery County
Big failure at Oska loosa captain assigns liabilities
OskaLoosa July 1 Captain C P Searle a leading real estate man made an assignment with W H Keating named receiver. Liabilities about 30000 with assets about the same. Preferred creditors include A B Howard Mahaska County Bank and A T Miller. Inactivity and inability to dispose of property made the step inevitable.
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OskaLoosa
C. P. Searle
W. Hl. Keating
Howard
Mahaska County Bank
A. T. Miller
Spaulding Theft Case Set for Supreme Court Appeal
Des Moines July 3 James A Howe district attorney filed a bill of exceptions in the state versus Suel J Spaulding case charged with stealing $14000 while secretary of the state pharmacy commission The defense argued he was not a state official Judge Holmes ruled the objections good and freed Spaulding Howe asserts the ruling and appeal will stand as a precedent regardless of the decision and Spaulding cannot be retried under the same statute despite the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suel J. Spaulding
Supreme Court
Des Mores
James A. Howe
State
State Pharmacy Commission
Spaulding
Holmes
Howe
Tragic Drowning as Girl 11 Falls Into Elevator Oats
In Fort Dover on July 3 Ida Bollinger, 11, daughter of Samie Bollinger, fell into an oar bin twenty feet deep during unloading from elevator to rail cars. She was stunned, then sucked under ten feet, found smothered beneath the surface despite swift help.
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Fort Dover
Callender
Ida Bollinger
Samie Bollinger
Clinton County Bonds Bid Draws Nine Offers
Clinton county supervisors opened bids for 75 000 court house bonds at 4 percent interest with 25000 maturities in eight nine and ten years. The Chicago banker won with a bid of 75310 plus accrued interest, others from New York Cincinnati Toledo Cleveland and Chicago with nine bids total. The project will start soon as funds are paid.
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Clinton
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
People’s Trust and Savings Bank
New York
Cincinnati
Toledo
Cleveland
Chicago
Times
Drunken saloon row ends in stabbing. suspect held
William Shuell of Parnell was stabbed near the heart during a drunken quarrel. Five men were arrested and detained. In Crepar Rapips, Sam Smith, who stabbed Shuell, was bound over to the grand jury in $1,500 bonds on an assault with intent to murder charge, with Frank Williams and Frank Powers each held on $1,000 bonds.
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Crepar Ramps
William Shuell
Parnell
Shuell
Crepar Rapips
Sam Smith
Frank Williams
Frank Powers
Man loses sight in horse medicine accident
John Barrels was blinded when a bottle of quicksilver and nitric acid exploded while he mixed the chemicals as a medicine for horses. His mother suffered severe facial burns in the incident at July 5 in James.
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James
John
Palmer Wins Easily in Waterloo to Dubuque Walk
Dravere July 3 Palmer the merchant who started from Waterloo to walk ninety four miles to Dubuque in forty eight hours finished in forty hours and won a hundred dollars for the feat.
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Palmer
Dravere
Waterloo
Dubuque
Alderman Johnson Ousted Over Boodling Charge
Sioux City reports Alderman H H Johnson removed from office by unanimous council vote on the charge of boodling. He vows to contest the case in court.
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Sioux City
H. H. Johnson
Boy Loses Hand To Firecracker Injury
A Sioux City boy, Earl Darling of Leeds, suffered a severe hand injury when a large firecracker exploded in his grip. Doctors amputated the hand to save his life.
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Sioux City
Earl Darling
Leeds
Iowa News Briefs From Across The State
Gov Boies skips Chicago convention. Epworth League to run a Storm Lake summer assembly and training school. Fort Madison official L F Gemmett dies after hunting gun accident leaving wife and six children. Creston Daily News publisher John Hall and editor Peter Rétsen jailed briefly for alleged malicious slander. bail posted. Chariton: Clarence Morton 17 arrested for making counterfeit nickels for a baby. potential small penalty if convicted. Aurelia: Miss Mary Kane dies after being shot by James Mahoney who claims memory loss. Dubuque reports two men vanish from the city. Carl Shettler and Shocke disappear after recent absences.
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Boies
Chicago
Iowa Epworth League
Storm Lake
Iowa
L. F. Gemmett
Fort Madison
John Hall
Creston Daily News
Peter Rétssen
Davenport
Chariton Dispatch
Clarence Morton
Charlton
Miss Mary Kane
Aurelia
James Mahoney
Miss Kane
Mahoney
Dubuque
Carl Shettler
Shocke
Cuban Exiles Report Warning Circulars Circulating
Cubans arriving in New York on the Saratoga carried copies of a warning circular dated June 15 that predicts summer explosions across Cuban towns caused by dynamite. The notices urge inhabitants to flee the threatened areas as private Spanish property and public edifices may be targeted in Havana and other locales.
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New Yor
Havana
Saratoga
Cuba
Thousands Greet the Bolting Republican On His Return
Denver welcomed Senator Henry M. Teller with a massive, non partisan surge of support. An escort parade formed after his train arrival from Cheyenne and a 30,000 strong crowd heard his address. Six white horses drew the carriage until 500 youths halted it and dragged it forward by rope.
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Denver
Henry M. Teller
Cheyenne
Teller
Sensational Minnesota manifesto on party candidates
The Silver Republicans of Minnesota issue a landmark manifesto refuse to back McKinley for president Clough for governor or any Republican congressional candidates. Signers include Lieutenant Governor Frank A. Day Congressman Charles A Towne ex Congressman John Lind state Senators Morgan Sanborn Howard and Smith.
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Minnesota
McKinley
St. Paul
Minn
Clough
Congress
Frank A. Day
Charles A. Towne
John Lind
Morgan, Sanborn
Howard and Smith
Explosion at German Arsenal Kills Forty-Two, Injures A Hundred
A blast during a fire at the arsenal near Fort Moselle in Lorraine kills 42 workers and wounds about 100, according to Gentix. Initial reports cited seven dead.
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Gentix
Fort Moselle
Lorraine
Star Packet Raimaneth Founders Off Suakin
The Star Packet boat Raimaneth bound from Suakin to Suez broke her shaft and foundered on a rock. Sixty people drowned, most of them Greeks, in the Suakin area on June 2.
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Suakin
Raimaneth
Suez
Taubeneck says populists will not compromise without Teller
St Louis July 3 Hon H E Taubeneck chairman of the peoples party national committee rejects any compromise with Democrats that excludes Senator Teller for president. He denies endorsing Bland and says populism cannot align with old parties while principled aims remain.
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Teller
St. Louis
H. E. Taubeneck
People's Party
Democratic Party
Taubeneck
Bland
America
Cretan Insurgents Push Turks Besieging Kandane
On July 4 Arunus reports Cretan insurgents defeated Turkish forces between Kissam and Selino, killing 200 and capturing three cannons. Turks were advancing to lift the Kandane siege where 1,600 Turkish troops are besieged by rebels.
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Arunus
Kissam
Crete
Selino
Kandane
James Addison Guilty In Land Grant Fraud Case
The jury found James Addison guilty of attempting to defraud the government with a disputed Span ish grant covering 17 000 000 acres in Arizona. Sentencing is postponed to July 18 to hear new trial arguments.
Riot at Berea quarries ends in gunfire exchange
In West Vienna Ohio on July 2 deputies and strikers at Berea stone quarries exchanged over 106 shots. No fatalities reported though many injured. Strikers aimed to drive out non union workers. sheriff requested troops from the governor. Warrants sworn for several deputies on charges of shooting to kill.
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West Vien
Ohio
Berea
Illinois Delegates Rally Behind Bland Favor McLean Stand
In Chicago 30 of Illinois 48 delegates pledge to back Bland for domination and 30 support McLean for second on the ticket. A temporary chairman likely to be Senator Hill unless opposed by the convention. In Denver Senator Teller denies any truth to claims he will block Altgeld from the convention.
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Illinois
Bland
John R. McLean
Hill
Denver
Teller
Chicago
Altgeld
No Hope as Rescue Crew Delves Deeper in Cave
Winke Esparre Pa July 6 Still digging at the cave is the only news from the Twin shaft. During the night there were indications of another squeeze and men were sent back to timber the weak spot. The third fall has been struck by the rescuers, the other two having been cleared away. The advance toward the supposed location of the bodies of the unfortunate miners is very slow and there is absolutely no hope entertained that any of the men are alive.
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WinkeEsparre
Woman Fires at Baldwin in Court Over "Lucky" Seduction Case
Miss Lillian Ashley of Boston, in a sensational San Francisco court scene, drew a revolver and fired at Baldwin after walking up to him during the case over seduction under promise of marriage. The shot grazed his scalp after a bystander intervened. authorities deem her mind unstable.
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Lucky
San Francisco
Lillian Ashley
Boston
Baldwin
Cholera Returns in June Reach 4419 Cases 3508 Deaths
Cairo dispatch reports June cholera in Egypt totals 4419 cases and 3508 deaths according to the Daily News.
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Cairo
Daily News
Russia Wins Free Trade in Northern China
The Novosti agency reports Russia has secured absolute freedom of trade in northern China, a result of negotiations that expand Russia’s commercial access and influence in the region.
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Russia
St. Peterspurg
Novosti
China
Not Enough Steamers to Accord the Stranded Gold Hunters
Hutchinson arrived from Cook Inlet with a report of 1,700 people on Six Mile and about the same on Resurrection creeks. About 750 miners earn from 2 to 15 dollars daily. the rest lack work. Many flakes are blown away by wind, and prospects seek the Yukon as Copper River Indians reportedly go on the war-path. Steamers may not meet summer departures from Cook Inlet. The Dora carried 125 passengers from Sitka on June 8.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ear Fiutchinson
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Norma
Kodiak
Hutchinson
Six Mile Creek
Resurrection Creek
Placer
Yukon Country
Sitka
Glassworks Shutdown Threatens 17000 Jobs in Glass Sector
In Millville and southern New Jersey, dozens of glass factories suspend operations for a sixty day summer vacation. About 17000 workers including men and boys face layoff as green bottle plants halt with manufacturer consent and some flint glass departments join the shutdown amid weak demand and foreign competition.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Millville
Pierssure
Union
Green Glass Bottle
Flint Glass Factories
Green Glass
Treasury Statement Shows 1896 Deficit and June Surplus
Treasury figures indicate 1896 receipts near 326.5 million and expenditures about 252 million, yielding a 25.5 million deficit. June receipts exceed outgo by 1.15 million, but July is expected to produce a nearly 10 million deficit due to interest payments and sugar bounty settlements.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Miners Trapped in Pittston Shaft Collapse in Pittston Pa
Rescue efforts proceed as roof caves in at Twin shaft in Pittston. Officials warn the bodies may lie beneath fallen rock and coal with recovery unlikely for weeks or months. Families fear for missing workers as a small army of rescuers labor in dangerous conditions.
Bloodshed at Brown Hoisting works sparks 4th of July chaos
In Cleveland on July 4 a non union man shot a worker at Brown Hoisting. Police rescued the struck man as a mob besieged a shop to lynch the culprit. Troops were ordered, two companies arrived, and the prisoner was jailed as guards held the scene.
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Cleveland
Brown
Mrs Stowe Dead, Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin died yesterday at Hartford Connecticut after suffering congestion of the brain and paralysis. She had been unconscious for forty eight hours.
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Hartford
Conne lHantrorp
Conn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
8000 Men Thrown Out as Mills Closed in Mahoning Valley
All mills in the Mahoning valley shut down awaiting a rate per ton for smelting. Manufacturers offer $4 per ton while the Amalgamated association demands $4.50. Over 8000 men idle as a result of the stoppage.
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Mahoning Valley
Yourasrows
Obie
Amalgamated Association
Buck gang hanged at Fort Larry Ark July 2
Rufus Buck Louie Davis Lucky Davis Naomi July and Sam Sampson were executed after conviction for murder and manslaughter. President Cleveland refused to intervene. Also notes old copper-toed shoe idea netted $100000 and Heaton’s metal button fastener invention. A dental extraction bleeding case from England uses ethyl chloride spray and wool plug treatment.
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Fort Larry
Ark
Rufua Buck
Louie Davis
Lucky Davis
Naomi July
Sam Sampson
Buck Gang
Cleveland
Mina Assausl
Maine
Heaton
Providence
England
Hind
Three Robbers Loot Canal Street Depot on Subway Line
A trio robbed the Metropolitan Elevated Canal Street depot in central Chicago. One man guarded the ticket window with a revolver while the others seized all the money. The heist occurred during a period when trains passed the depot every three minutes.
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Chicago
Cubcaneo
Canal Street
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
Ated
Literary Notes Highlight Kipling Arts and July Magazines
The July issue opens with E Kay Robinson on Kipling and barrack-room ballads. The Ladies Home Journal features Joan of Arc by Ella Asbands Ho, plus Arthur Warren on Burns. Outings and other pages offer seasonal recreations and cheerful verse by Eugene Ware and James Whitcomb Riley.
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Kipling
Clare’s Magazine
E. Kay Robinson
King
Iach
Ladies’ Home Journal
Joan of Archer
Ella Asband Ho
Mary of Burns
Arthur Warren
Robert Burns
A Monthly
England
United States
Marion Crawford
St. Peter's
Taigne
Crawford
Rome
Creawford
Spain Exports Metals Worth 15 Million in 1800
A brief note outlines Spain's richness in iron copper tin and quicksilver with exports reaching 15 million dollars in 1800. The excerpt also mentions remedies and foods such as fresh lettuce and strawberries claimed to aid insomnia and dental tartar.
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Spain
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