Iowa News Flash From Burlington To Oskaloosa
A long stream of Iowa items includes a Cedar Rapids drowning of 9 year old Lee Blanchard after coasting on the river ice. Marshalltown audits accuse Mayor Pierce of 1056.40 short in accounts. Des Moines News manager P B Durley dies of blood poisoning. Intercollegiate oratorical winners are announced. Newton votes against school bonds for 10000. Jury awards David Henderson 1000 in a malpractice suit. Triplets born near LeMars with thirteen siblings. Gravity fire destroys four business buildings. Des Moines fraud cases and indictments proceed. Public relief efforts for India underway with Des Moines leaders.
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Standard Oil
Pennsylvania
Lee Blanchard
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Pierce
P. B. Durley
Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Alice Starbuck
Penn College
Thomas Osborn
Wesleyan College
Sydney Heald
Cornell
Newton
Aties
David Henderson
Dubuque
Finley Hospital
HH. L. Stout
Abraham Slimmer
Joe McGarraugh
Leon A. Harvey
Thomas
District Court
Humboldt County
Owl Lake
George Pearsons
Pearsons
E. N. Lee
L. L. Sharpnecker
Aluminum Speciality Co
Waterloo
J. W. Stafford
David Barnes
Carbondale
Barnes
Council Bluffs
Deere, Wells & Co
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Railroad Company
The
Implement Company
March
Des Moines Dispatch
House Committee For
Aluminum Specialty Company
Aluminum Novelty Company
Washington
Lee
Tom Sharpnack
Terrible Sombrerete mine fire kills 175 workers
A blaze in two Sombrerete mines in Zacatecas Mexico traps 175 miners. Ventilation and water flooding fail to save them. officials fear all are dead.
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Sombrerete
Zacatecas
Mexico
Senate Battles Over Indian, Naval, and Cuba Issues
From Feb. 22 to Feb. 28 the Senate and House wrestled with the Indian appropriation bill and related measures. Debates touched civil service, Cuban affairs including the Sanguilly case and Americans imprisoned in Cuba, and territorial appointments. The House advanced post office, currency, and anti scams while the Senate passed the naval and monetary bills and approved the anti-railroad ticket scalping act.
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Senate
Mills
Texas
Ruiz
Guanabaccoa
Cuba
HOUSE
Grosvenor
Allen
Hill
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Jules Sanguilly
Sherman
District of Columbia
W. J. Bryan
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Post Office
State Department
Sanguilly
Call
Limited degree of invention in patent practice explained
Iowa Patent Office reports an explanation of the phrase limited degree of invention with examples from screws and gimlet pointed screws. It notes simple changes can be patentable when they produce a new or improved result and adds that valuable information on obtaining and selling patents is available from Thomas G. and J. RaLrn Onwie, solicitors of Patents.
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Drs Moines
Kertland
Nebraska
Thomas G. and
J. RaLrn Onwie
Solicitors of Patenta
Dawes Commission Adjourns To Resume In Indian Territory
The Dawes Indian commission meeting in Washington adjourned to reconvene at Muscogee Indian Territory between March 12 and 15 to continue reorganizing the five civilized tribes and to begin compiling citizenship rolls. The Chickasaw delegation failed to block the Choctaw agreement.
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Dawes Commission
Washington
Dawes Indian Commission
Five Civilized Tribes
Muscogee
Indian Territory
Greece Settles to Keep Army in Crete Irrevocable
Athens reports Prime Minister Delyannis affirmed the government will maintain the army in Crete. Greece will not seek war with Turkey unless Thessaly is invaded or great powers judge the Crete position intolerable. No Macedonian invasion or Greece Bulgaria accord.
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Olney
Lee
Sanguilly
Turkey
Greece
Cuba
Spain
United States
Gomez
Republic of Cuba
House of Lords
Salisbury
England
Crete
Great Britain
London
The
Times
Athens
Delyannie
Thessaly
Macedonia
Europe
Bulgaria
Delyannis
Turks Violate Armistice Near Candia
Turkish forces, armed by the Candia governor, launched a sortie to seize strategic points around Candia Crete. They attacked and inflicted heavy losses on Christian forces. Harbor vessels commanders protested to the governor over what they termed an armistice violation.
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Candia
Island of
Crete
Favor Autonomy for Crete
Opinion in St. Petersburg shifts toward Crete autonomy as the best solution to the long standing question. Greece is not backed, though credited for uniting the powers.
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Crete
St. Petersburg
Greece
McKinley Declared Well and Returning to Washington
Canton Ohio March 1 Dr T H Phillips said Major McKinley is a well man and able to travel to Washington He will be in Canton Monday evening to bid farewell but there will be no handshaking He may speak briefly if he desires but must rest and receive no callers during the rest of his stay.
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McKinley
Canton
Ohio
T. H. Phillips
Washington
To Vile Claims Against Spain
Henry W. McDonnell, a Point Clair Alabama planter with a large Cuban plantation near Havana, arrives in Washington alleging a series of degradations. He failed to see Secretary Olney but plans a written statement and seeks aid from Representative Stallings to push a Congressional investigation.
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Spain
Washington
Henry W. McDonnell
Point Clair
Ala
Cuba
Havana
Olney
Stallings
Congress
Senate meets briefly as bill on school attendance eyed
Springfield senate adjourned after a five minute session with a sparse quorum. Senator Bogardus introduced a bill requiring children aged 7 to 14 to attend school at least 16 weeks per year. Adjournment set for Monday at 10 a m.
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Lina
Springfield
Senate
Bogardus
Des Moines
Funk
Blanchard
HOUSE
Weaver
United States
Evans, Hayes
Dow
Senate Passes Jibb Bill Prohibiting Oleomargarine Coloring
Lansing March 1 the Senate passed the Jibb bill prohibiting coloring oleomargarine and other butter substitutes to resemble butter. The measure is certain to become law.
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Bogus Hatter
Lansing
Mich
Senate
Louisiana parish drought aid appeal from Claiborne official
St Louis March 1 J T Coldwell of Claiborne parish Louisiana is in the city seeking aid for drought stricken residents. He says the parish has about 112000 inhabitants with 4000 destitute.
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St. Louis, Mo
J. T. Coldwell
Claiborne Parish
Louisiana
Senator Moroche sails for McKinley inauguration
Havana reports Senator Moroche of El Liberal Madrid travels to the United States to attend the inauguration of President elect McKinley, marking a diplomatic observance of the new administration.
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Havana
Moroche
el Liberal
Madrid
United States
McKinley
No New Bills After March s6
Springfield dispatch reports the house committee on rules setting March 20 as the final day to introduce bills.
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Springfield
House Committee On Rules
To Reopen the Parochial Schools in Manitoba
Archbishop Langevin says the Manitoba Dominion settlement terms remove hope for public funding. He will reorganize the Roman Catholic school board and reopen parochial schools in all districts immediately.
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Winnipeg
Man
Langevin
Manitoba
Dominion
Des Moines Legislature Moves on State Affairs and Bills
Des Moines pages report a flurry of measures including a five senator inquiry into state institutions and sugar beet, rail rate reductions for corn transport, and a bill on county and city government. Bills on salaries for officials, judicial merit, garnishments, and the mulct liquor law advance or face amendments as committees review costs and procedures.
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Carney
General Assembly
House
Senate
Justices of the Peace
Carroll
Alexander
Craig
Benson
Act
Harriman and Healy
Ellis
Kessemer Iron Pool Meeting in Cleveland
The Be semer Iron Association met in Cleveland on February 25 to adjust pool rates. A representative from each mine stated his suggested pool rating and the group adjourned for a week to deliberate. They foresee no immediate end to the pool and expect prices around those of 1895, lower than last year.
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Kessemer Iron Pool
Cleveland
Ohio
Besemer Iron Association
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