Multiple Iowa accidents and crimes reported in Cedar Rapids area
The article lists a series of incidents including Miss Mattie Mumford attempting morphine self harm but likely recovering, Cedar Rapids man Harry Lathrop injuring his mother with a revolver misfire, and Pat McNamara fatal reaction to corrosive liniment. It covers embezzler H. C. Sturgis now sought, Lt. Frank Kalk killed near Burlington, and Judge Holmes ruling in the McFarland case among many other local harms and legal actions.
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Pat McNamara
Belmond
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H. C. Sturgis
Oelwein
United States
South America
Europe
Frank Kalk
United States Army
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Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
H. G. Pinney
Oscar Durkee
Boiler Avenue
Cherokee
Justice Green
Pinney
Chariton
Lulu Welch
Lulu
Lock Jaw
Queen arrives seeds of international tension at Alaskan passes
News reports mounting tension as a Canadian official raises the British flag on presumed American soil near White Pass and Chilkoot Pass, with boundary lines shifting from Lake Bennett to Linder Mann and now near twelve miles from salt water.
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Alaska
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Chilkoot Pass
Lake Bennett
Lindermann
Karditza
George
Georgii
Supreme court ousts insurers from Ohio licenses upheld
Columbus Ohio March 7 The Ohio Supreme Court issued a syllabus Friday that removes the National Life Association of Hartford and the Home Life of Detroit from the state and affects about forty similar companies. The court sustains the insurance commissioner against writs of mandamus to compel issuing licenses.
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Cashier Cunning Confesses to Bank Embezzlement
Cincinnati police arrested and jailed Sherwood Cunning, a receiving teller at First National Bank, on a charge of embezzling $23,000. He confessed after breaking down, admitting ongoing concealed withdrawals and falsifying departmental records to hide the money.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Sherwood
First National Bank
President Gates Wins Libel Suit Over Iowa College
Des Moines judge rules in favor of President Gates in the American Book company libel action for $100,000. Court holds a corporation can be libeled for an attack on its business methods and that special damages need not be pled, as the libel is per se.
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Des Moines
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Illinois synod of Swedish Lutherans holds annual convention
The Swedish Lutheran Illinois synod meeting in Sycamore March 7 gathers 160 delegates from Michigan Indiana and Wisconsin. Rev. M. Brickman of Sycamore is elected president with Rev. S. Stark of DeKalb as vice president. Three sessions daily scheduled through March 9.
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Sycamore
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DeKalb
Czarina’s Health Reported Improving in Berlin
Berlin March 5 reports the czarina continues to recover from a mild lung inflammation after measles. The health bulletin notes improvement and the case remains under careful observation by physicians.
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Berlin
McCoy Wins in Two Rounds at Hot Springs Fight
Charles Kid McCoy world middleweight champion boxed Nick Burley of California at Whittington park in Hot Springs on Friday and knocked him out in the second round. Chicago Board of Trade quotations listed for the day in Chicago.
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Hot Springs
Ark
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Kid’) McCoy
Nick Burley
California
Whittington Park
Liberal Majority In London County Council Victory
London voters deliver a clear result with the progressives securing sixty eight seats and the moderates forty eight in the county council election. The Liberal bloc leads the body as the count concludes.
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London County Council
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Moderates
OUR TROUBLE WITH SPAIN WAR PREPARATIONS REPORTED
Washington March 7 The United States and Spain appear to be preparing for war with urgency. President McKinley is quoted as viewing war as imminent and Secretary Long says the government is ready for anything. Navy purchases and fortifications accelerate as coal orders surge and the Maine inquiry proceeds.
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New York Herald Dispatch
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Spanish demand to recall Consul General Lee from Havana
Maprio March 7 Senor Gallony Spanish foreign minister told United States Minister Woodford Spain wants Consul General Lee recalled from Havana and asks replacement of warships with merchant vessels to cut relief aid to the reconcentrados. Washington refused to recall Lee or withdraw the warships, noting they are not fighting ships.
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Woodford
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Lee
Cuba
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Spain buys ships from Brazil and France
London March 5 Spain has purchased two cruisers four thousand tons each at twenty three knots with ten guns from Brazil built by Armstrongs. She may secure two similar cruisers from France and is negotiating for ammunition in England. French financiers aid Spain paying cash for most staff and giving security for the rest. Spain bargains for three more ships but has not concluded.
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Brazil
London
Spain
Armstrongs
France
England
RUSHING THE WORK AT ARMY AND NAVY POSTS
Activity at the New York arsenal continues with shells and projectiles shipping to harbor fortifications. A 12 inch mortar battery is due for testing at Sandy Hook before deployment. Unmounted guns await carriage construction while ammunition stocks rise to allow immediate use in magazines.
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New York
New York Arsenal
Sandy Hook
Proving Grounds
War Looms Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
A Herald San Jose dispatch says war between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is unavoidable with Costa Rica cut off from outside telegraphic lines. Wires to San Juan are intact but authorities block all communications. The correspondent reports a grave situation with troops rushing to the frontier daily.
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the Herald
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Herald
San Juan
Acquitted After Death In Maude Murder Case
Guthrie Oklahoma March 1 evidence from government special agents shows Sampson the other victim had a complete alibi forty miles from the Laird home at the time of the murder. Lincoln Mc Geisey the younger of the two Indians was long considered innocent amid the burning death verdicts.
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Okla
Laird
Maude
I. T
Lincoln McGeisey
Sampson
Senate Defeats Seat for Corbett in Oregon Race
In a 50 to 19 vote the Senate refused to seat W. Corbett as Oregon senator, while consideration of Alaska homestead and railroad right of way bills continued. House actions included a $20 million war vessel appropriation proposal and passage of a civil act after lengthy debate.
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Iowa Patent Office Report urges foreign patents for U S inventors
March 7 report from Des Moines notes the Paris 1900 World Fair inspires U S inventors to seek foreign patents. Eureka Blotter Bath Co of Chicago asks for British French German and Canadian patents for their Blotter Bath. Six Holstein Indiana inventors with US patents seek twelve foreign patents for a calcium carbide method and an electric furnace.
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Ralph Orwig
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Exiled Philippine Chiefs Reported as Planning New Uprising
Hong Kong March 7. It is said that chiefs banished from the Philippine islands for insurrection have arrived here and received a letter from Manila asking their support for another uprising against the Spanish government.
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Georgios Confesses Involvement In King George Attempt
Athens March 3 Georgios a workman was arrested for involvement in the attempt on King George. He confessed being an accomplice of Karditza and said Karditza coerced him into the conspiracy.
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Athens
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U. S. Grant Rally for California Senate Bid
In San Diego on March 5 a gathering of leading Republicans endorsed U S Grant for the California United States senate seat and outlined steps to promote his candidacy.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Senate
California
Revolution Story Denied Cable Dispatch From Caracas
Washington reports a cable from Caracas via Haiti stating that the Venezuelan uprising is of no importance and that the government is supported by the whole country, according to the Venezuelan minister in Washington.
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Iowa Senate Debates Tax Proposals and Board of Control Bill
Des Moines reports show the Iowa senate debating a tax on gambling houses and houses of ill fame and altering county insane taxes. The house and senate also consider bills on committee pay, barber licensing, teacher training, and public health, with adjournments and continuations into early March. The board of control bill receives strong advocacy, and Healy delivers a landmark defense, while other measures face postponement or passage.
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Des Moines
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Pas
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J. D. McGarraugh
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Constantinople reports on Crete plan for Prince George
The Standard’s Constantinople correspondent notes Admiral Skrydloff, en route to Crete to command the Russian squadron, was not received by the sultan. The palace says he is instructed by the czar to land Prince George of Greece in Crete, with Djevad Pasha ordered to oppose the move by any means.
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