Iowa News Items From Des Moines to Sioux City
The next Republican state convention will be in Des Moines on June 29. A mine blast at Hickory mines killed John Peck and George Houngley. Five cars of Rock Island stock plunged through a Clare Tara bridge, killing several. Bates died after severe injuries at Breda. A boy was fatally struck by a tent pole at Rapids. Burlington Electric seeks $150000 capital to light the city. Various local deaths, trials, and legal notices appear from Ottumwa to Creston and Dubuque. Flood relief efforts expand with funds rising toward $5000 and help reaching Greene to Sioux City.
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Hickory Mines
John Peck
George Houngley
Rock Island
Clare
Tara
Bates
Eagle Grove
Breda
Fred McNitt
Burlington Electric Company
H. Snowden
J. E. Snowden
LeMars
G. W. Weeks
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Charley HeGy
Clinton Lumber Company
Ink
Iowa City
A. C. Cowperthwaite
Iowar City
Alice Goodrich
Des Moines
A. P. Hanchett
Council Bluffs
George Royal
Sidney Baker
Ottumwa
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
R. M. Calkins
Wabash
Iowa Central Roads
Kansas City
Dubuque
Charles Lee
Barney Hansen
Lochner
Lee
Hansen
Tur State Ministerial Association of the Christian Church
Perry
A. M. Haggard
Association
W. M. Semones
de Soto
Creston
E. W. Hine
Galena
H. L. Pfeffer
S. W. Sorspe
Greene
Boden
Boies
Fort Madison
Murdy
Silas Tipton
Moulton
Appanoose County
J. D. M. Hamas
Hatch
George Brockhagen
George L Brockhagen
Ballingall
Babb
Mitchell
W. F. Blair
Livingston
Justice of the Peace
Iiam Roperts
James Keller
Panora
John Turpin
Night Watch
Roberts
Turpin
New York
Howard Emerson
Pius Emerson
Catfish
Howard
Carrington & Emerson
Seventh Regiment
Calliope
Iowa
Sioux City
C. M. Vaux
Fifth Street
Floyd
Vaux
Cpurt
Ldies
Frep Doss
Waterloo
Hattie
Blaine In The Race For President
Washington dispatch reports Blaine expected to be nominated at Minneapolis convention on June 7 and to run if named. Blaine signals readiness to lead, stating he will not seek the nomination but will not avoid it if delegates call him to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
McBride
Blaine
John R. McLean
Minneapolis
James G. Blaine
United States
Enquirer
Our St Louis Letter Reflects Canal Plans and City Growth
St Louis May 30 1892 article notes the Nicaragua Canal convention in early June with emphasis on subsidies and endorsements from national party platforms. It highlights California leader Morris Estee and Don Dickinson advocating in their conventions. It also reports mild flood impact, relief efforts, railroad and levee considerations, and a tax dispute leading to a rate cut while city hall and water works projects move forward.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Central America
Morris M. Estee
California
Minneapolis
Don Dickinson
Detroit
Mississippi
Merchants Exchange
Iid
Municipal Assembly of
House
O’ Brien
Pulp Mill Explosion at Carrollton Grips Town
An explosion at the Carrollton pulp mill tied to the Friend paper mill shook the village. Foreman Emery Blood of Lawrence Mass was killed. Superintendent Steppins of Carrollton was seriously injured and several others hurt. The blast followed a boiler overheating due to water shortage.
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Carrollton
Friend
Emery Blood
Lawrence
Mass
Steppins
Bank sues Sam C Scottin over note and hidden conveyances
Merchants National Bank of Burlington sues Sam C Scottin for 5000 on a note. After a writ of attachment levied on several lots, Scottin conveyed them to R B Scottin, William G Hoerr, and Aloys Wilhem. The bank seeks to have the conveyance declared void for lack of consideration and underlying indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ National Bank of Burlington
Sam C. Scottin
Scottin
Wm. G. Hoerr
Aloys ‘Wilem
Proclamation urges州 aid for Sioux City flood victims
Iowa Governor Horace Boos urges immediate statewide relief after the Sioux City flood of May 18. He states about 1,000 families homeless and 167 dwellings destroyed or untenantable, with nearly $200,000 needed for basic relief and calls on mayors and citizens to organize committees to collect and forward aid to Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
State of Iowa
Towa
State of
Iowa
Des Moines
Horace Bors
Fitzpatrick Hangs for Murder at Pittsburg Jail Yard
Patrick Fitzpatrick was hanged in the county jail yard at Pittsburg Pennsylvania at 11 o'clock after a morning march to the gallows. He prayed with priests before stepping onto the trap and declared that young men should abstain from liquor. He died of strangulation after nine minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Samuel Early
Pittsburg
Fitzpatrick
Father Griffin
Eleventh Street
Early
Romance Real Life Ends With Unlikely Trio Under One Roof
In Norman Oklahoma Territory Mrs. A. Blackburn marries J. B. Jackson after divorcing her husband J. Blackburn who had left for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe counties. Jackson’s prior manslaughter conviction and Blackburn’s westward move reveal he is Jackson’s long lost brother. The three are now living together peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Guthrie
O. T
Blackburn
J. B. Jackson
Leavenworth
Kas
Jackson
Greenwood County
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Columbia City
Ind
Battle in Jail at Ft. McKinney Ends After Fumigation Threat
Deputy Sheriff Wilkins patrolled Ft. McKinney Wyoming jails and faced Kinch McKinney a negro horse thief who fired two revolvers. Jail officials returned fire with no injuries. McKinney held out until 4 PM when the sheriff warned of fumigation with sulphur forcing surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Ft. McKinney
Wyo
Kinch McKinney
McKinney
Wilkes
Edgewood Carpenter J A Topp Found Dead in Davenport
J A Topp of Edgewood in Clayton County died in Davenport in a case believed to involve self harm or morphine overdose. He was about 50 and known as a well off carpenter who drank during visits to Davenport. A partly emptied bottle of laudanum was found with him and the body awaits relatives' word.
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J. A. Topp
Edgewood
Clayton County
Davenport
Towns Wiped Out by Floods in Arkansas and Illinois
May 30 dispatch describes widespread flood destruction along White and Arkansas rivers. Desha county lacks dry soil. Hollender, Chicot City, Red Fork and Pendleton cleared from map. Relief steamers struggle to reach starving survivors. vast plantations ruined. fences gone. waters recede eight tenths of a foot.
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Little Rock
Ark
White
Arkansas
Desha County
Hollender
Chicot City
Red Fork
Pendleton
Arkansas Valley
From Despair to Hope in Illinois Towns and Farms
Floods subside slowly as Illinois towns recover. By May 28 flood damage remains visible with mud, wrecked buildings, and obstructed roads. Government gauges show a four inch drop in 24 hours. Businessmen form committees to raise cash for sufferers while women collect clothes and food for relief.
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Illinois
Axton
Flood recedes as St Louis area clears slow traffic pick up
Four inches fell from Thursday noon to yesterday. Traffic increases slowly and more hauling from railroad yards resumes. Flood damage to embankments is being repaired by hundreds of workers while relief committees rush collections. New Madison and Venice show brighter prospects as water drops about half a foot overnight.
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St. Louis
New Madison
Venice
Mississippi flood halts lumber mills in Minneapolis
The May 30 report notes high water in the Mississippi at a standstill with only two of fourteen mills operating. Expected to last five to six days, the boom company at the upper gap holds a 12,000,000 log jam, preventing any turning while water remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Mississippi
Reading's Profits in April 1892
The Philadelphia and Reading railroad reports April 1892 gross traffic receipts of 1 701 44 with traffic expenses 1 012 674, yielding operating profit 688 766 and monthly profit 739 522. After charges for improvements 8 760 and one twelfth of fixed charges 625 000, the month shows a surplus of 105 762.
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Curiaco
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
American Silica Sand Works Burned Near Millington
The American silica sand works near Millington, Plano, Illinois, owned by an Eastern glass factory syndicate, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is listed at 15000 dollars. The plant capable of thirty carloads daily paid farmer Jacob Budd a royalty of 30 dollars per day.
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American Silica Sand Works
Plano
Millington
Eastern Glass Factories
Jacob Budd
Irvine Held for Murder in Nebr. Killing
Coroners jury finds the killing of Montgomery by Irvine felonious. Irvine has received around a hundred telegrams from prominent Salt Lake figures offering sympathy and various forms of aid.
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Lixco.ux, Neb
Montgomery
Irvine
Salt Lake
National Lead Company Incorporation Filed in New Jersey
Burra o New York May 30 The certificate of incorporation of the National Lead company of New Jersey which has bought all lead works in the country was filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday The capital stock is 30 000 000
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Burra O, N. Y
National Lead Company
New Jersey
Prohibition Split Fades as People's Party Chooses Ticket
Indiana People’s Party State convention at Masonic Hall in Indianapolis with about six hundred delegates elected S. W. Williams permanent chairman. The platform rejected prohibition in committee and on final vote, while endorsing silver coinage and a flexible national currency. Ticket listed: Governor Lacey Templeton, Lieutenant Governor Jesse L. Hobson, Auditor Lewis C. Kasten, Treasurer Townsend Cope, Attorney General D. H. Fernandes, State Statistician C. H. Bliss, Superintendent J. H. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana People's Party
Indianapolis
People’s Party
Masonic Hall
Templeton
W. Williams
Knox County
Committee On Resolutions
St. Louis
Farmers’ Alliance
Lacey Templeton
Benton County
Jesse L. Hobson
Wabash
Lewis C. Kasten
Allen
Townsend Cope
Jennings
D. H. Fernandes
Madison
C. H. Bliss
Howard
J. H. Allen
Vigo
C. Vincent
B. F. Street
Omaha
Blaine Found Physically Sound After Health Check
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Blaine underwent a full medical examination by Dr. Pepper of Philadelphia. The physician found no organic disease, noting only a slightly strained nervous system and advising eye care and regular exercise.
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Dr. Pepper
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Blaine
Banquetted Jury Shocks Des Moines Federal Court
In Des Moines Iowa on May 30 Judge Woolson censured John C Newton after a jury acquitted him, the president of the Des Moines and Kansas City railroad, of conspiracy to defraud the government. Newton had banqueted the jurors at the Saverne hotel and was discharged along with the panel.
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John C. Newton
Woolson
de Moines
Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines & Kansas City Railroad
Newton
Saverne Hotel
Gen Abel D Streight Dies at 63 in Indianapolis
Gen Abel D Streight, famed for leading the Libby prison escape of 168 Union officers, died at his Indianapolis home at 4 AM of Brights disease aged 63 after months of illness. He asserted on his deathbed that he originated the tunnel plan, a claim fiercely debated. Streight was a lifelong Republican who lost the 1880 gubernatorial nomination to Albert C Porter after a bitter contest.
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Indianapolis
Abel D. Streight
Libby
Bright
Gem Streight
Heas
Streight
Reunion of Unitarians in Boston at Music Hall
About a thousand Unitarians attended the first annual festival and reunion at Music Hall Boston on May 3. Archibald Lowe opened with a welcome speech to clergy followed by remarks from Edward Everett Hale Mrs Char Ames Mrs Mary A Livermore Horace Davis San Francisco John Snyder St Louis Thomas RK Slicer Buffalo and Rev John Cuckson of Boston.
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Boston
Mass
Reuni Music Hall
Archibald fLowe
Edward Everett Hale
Char Ames
Mary A. Livermore
Lorace Davis
San Francisco
John Snyder
St. Louis
Thomas RK. Slicer
Buffalo
John Cuckson
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Ames Times
Long, Hardin
Maine
Nicaragua
Oklahoma
Gen. A. D. Streight
Libby Prison
Unitariaans
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