Iowa Fight and Flood News Highlights Wave of Incidents
A flood damage article notes the Des Moines river bank caving in near Keokuk with grain hay and livestock lost. A Burlington man drowns after slipping at Dudley. Various Iowa crimes and trials include Dooley murder verdicts, thefts, abductions, and a perjury arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Collins
Duluth
New Albany
Clinton
Houston
Council Bluffs
Samuel Hass
Laramie Plains Land and Cattle Company
Ora Haley
John Dowha
John B. Rush
Mason City
Marshall
Birch
Parsons
Pattersons
Millikan and
Johnson
George Guy
Mabel
Keokuk
Kansas City
Guy
Bittinger
Victory Township
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
West Union and District Court
Hoyt
State of
Iowa
Sioux City
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
J. J. Garland
Eagie Grove
M. D. O'Connell
Fort Dodge
Thomas Hutchinson
John Clancy
E. W. Fowler
Charles Winnell
Burlington
Samuel Williams
Duck Hollow
Williams
Josefh Soruen
Anna Sopher
Muscatine
Hershey
Gossip and plans for Jefferson barracks revival in St. Louis
Our St. Louis Letter discusses Secretary of War Elkins near Fort Jefferson barracks with a projected investment of over a quarter million dollars and a post revival that could boost local real estate values. It highlights summer social life on front steps, promenades lit with electric displays, and nearby retreat options within easy reach of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Stephen B. Elikins
St. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
United States
Robert Bringhurst
Grant
Twelfth Street
Paul Cornoyer
Paris
Gen. Grant
Conneryer
John SS Marmaduke
Neilson Cole
John C. Wikinson
Ilumin
Cion
Liberty
Union Depot
New City Hall
Washington Avenue
Columbus
Vic
Washington
Mary
Boston
New York
Rerts
Asylum for Rebels Sparks Border Security Alarm
The Daily Advertiser Nogales Arizona urges vigilance against armed Mexican rebels and horse thieves along the border. It notes increased horse and mule thefts in Sonora and Santa Cruz valley areas and warns Arizona shall not become a recruiting ground for rebel bands. The disappearance of Garza and Jose Sandoval’s appearance fuel fears of a developing revolution.
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Daily Advertiser
Nogales
A. T
Sonora
Saric
Santa Cruz Valley
Arizona
Garza
Jose Sandoval
St Paul Land Case Involves Million Dollar Property War
A United States Circuit Court case in St Paul targets title to land worth nearly four million dollars. The suit, brought for the widow and children of a Mexican War soldier, claims the heirs held a vested interest that followed the 160 acre warrant through hundreds of transfers to 500 holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
United States Army
United States Land Office
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Rail merger eyes Mason City route to Kansas City
At Mason City a proposed absorption of the Mason City and Fort Dodge line by the Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City is announced. The Stickney and Hill interests have long linked with Hill. Hamilton Browne plans a two percent tax to connect Mason City and Manly eight miles, with probable local aid.
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Sig DeClair
Lillian Fielding
Ashland
Wis
Marshalltown
DeClair
Mason Conrad
Sioux City
Conrad
J. R. Smith
Fort Dodge
Smith
Dayton
Austin
Tex
J. W. Britton
Avoca
Britton
F. A. Turner
Bond
Miss McDonalo
Bain
Independence
Des Moines
Kain
Clarence Wiilson
Burlington
Iowa
Dudley
Ottumwa
Albia
Wilson
W. C. Brown
Hannibal & St. Joe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
J. J. S. Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Abegal Mossman
Charles Block
Hazlewood
Poweshiek County
Mason City
Ft. Dodge
Chicago, St. Laws
Kansas City
Stickney and
Hill
Hamilton Browne
Manly
Bold Robbery by Dalton Gang Stuns Cherokee Strip
A Santa Fe passenger train near Red Rock in the Cherokee Strip was held by masked robbers linked to the Dalton gang. They seized the engineer and fireman, and robbed the express car of money and packages worth about $5 000 while two men inside repelled the assault. A Grethrie posse pursues the band.
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Dalton
Mack
Blaine resigns as secretary of state in 1892
The Department of State in Washington announces on June 4 1892 that James G Blaine has submitted his resignation from the office of secretary of state which he was appointed to on March 5 1889. President Benjamin Harrison accepts the resignation immediately in a brief exchange of correspondence.
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Department OF State
Washington, D. C
Secretary of State of the
United States
James G. Blaine
Executive Mansion
Secretary of State
Benjamin Harrison
Lon. Jas. G, Blaine
Wheat stocks decline in Minneapolis and California flood report
Minneapolis reports private elevators hold 790000 bushels of wheat, down 453000 from last week. Sacramento levees break, flooding extensive Central California farmland. Ishpeming memorial parade blocked by Knights of the Golden Circle and Sons of St George over Hibernians banner dispute.
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Minneapolis
Sacramento
California
Knights of the Golden Circle and Sons of St. George
Ishpeming
Mich
Order of Hibernians
Owa Prohibitionists Convene in Des Moines State Meeting
The Iowa Prohibition party met June 1 in Des Moines with K W Brown as temporary chair and D B Turney urging a plea for G W Potts. Delegates from 46 counties attended, officers were chosen, and a platform backed prohibition, suffrage for natives, arbitration, and labor equality. Committees appointed and resolutions adopted after debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Des Moines
K. W. Brown
Harmon Cook
A. A. Coates
Mr. Brown
D. B. Turney
G. W. Potts
R. M. Dihel
E. R. Bate
P. A. Zickafoose
A. L. Taylor
W. A. Dorcas
D. M. Hunter
C. A. Beverly
C. 8. Hart
Y. D. Thomas
C. Brooks
Jacob Glen
J. O. Jacob
F. A. Zick
W. B. Berry
M. E. Goddard
W. W. Vinson
J. M. Woodward
Enoch Potter
E. F. Hoag
F. A. Zickafoose
E. J. Russell
J. J. Milne
J. M. Hanson
C. T. McCaughan
J.T. Young
J. A. Treat
8. H. Taft
Wilmot Whitfield
State Central Committee
J. T. Gibson
A. Gilley
C. H. Selleck
C. R. McFarlin
H. D. Smith
J. L. Scott
Beal
A. B. Hammer
N. A. Evans
J. M. Brown
Joseph Boyd
Isaac T. Gibson
Dunham
B. Turney
Potts
J. W. Glasgow
Louisa County
Iowa
Coun
W. Lorimer
Taylor County
Rev
S. W. Tulleys
Pottawattamie
H. Taft
Humboldt County
Lleventh
Alexander Hartley
Ida County
Thomas E. Carter
Isaac T. Gibson Henry
John Dorea
A. Gilly
Marengo
M. J. Whitney
Belmont
Dundee
H. G. Parker
Mason City
Burchinal
Malcolm Smith
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
R. L. Turner
Oskaloosa
J. W. Murphy
W. A. Campbell
Perry
B. V. Draper
Cain
F. A. Ferguson
Clearfield
Stuart
T. D. Thomas
Red Oak
John G. Lorbeer
Humboldt
Scranton
T. EK. Wheltmore
Cherokee
J. Marshall Brown
Sioux City
G. H. Taft
A. B. Whitmore
D. M. Dibel
Wm. Orr
Committee On Resolutions
Prohibition Party
United States
National Women’s Christian Union
Turney
Turne
Des Moines Store Promises DirectFrom Manufacturer Model
A Des Moines emporium touts a large four wall operation with private dress makers Madame Cunningham and Mrs Parker. It pledges direct from manufacturer pricing, free bus service, depot delivery, and customer guarantees while hosting multiple departments and in store amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Madame Cunningham
Stevenson
Paris
France
Kansas City
Alene Parker
I . Iowa
Marshall Field & Co
Cincago
I. Compton
Brookins
T& Public
Stat of
Iowa
If Emery Co
Harrises
Hanks-Bery Co
Michigan Defeats Yale 3-2 In Tight Ball Contest
The Michigan baseball team edged Yale 3 to 2 in a close game. Pitcher Herman of Racine Wisconsin received a $17 fine for playing ball on Sunday.
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University of Michigan
Yale
Herman
Racine
Wis
Kings Dorrheters and Sons
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Benton
Franklinco
Ella G
Toledo
Prober Depere
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Gorman
Illinois Central
E. A. Burrock
Harlan
James Dooley
Crafton
Mabel Swarts
Brapen Campbell
al Berwinkle
Vosburg
Gilman
Heart
Santa Fe
Blaine
OWA
Wright County
J. G. Parker
Erroordo
Malcom Smith
Linn County
P. C. Hogle
Davis Coun
T. G. Orwig
Polkcoun
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