Complex Iowa county notices and crimes fill crowded dispatches
A sprawling local wire describes crimes, investigations, and odd happenings across Marshall, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Muscatine. Arrests include a suspected confidence man. a murder indictment in Polk County. a split marriage scandal. and a river flood threat from Des Moines.
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Polk County Grand Jury
Fred Crafton
Crafton
Mabel Swartz
Ida Jamieson
Des Moines
Murdered for Money in Camden Woman Found Dead
Crime report from Camden New Jersey details the murder of Lydia Ann Wyatt a colored woman found with a crushed head amid a violent struggle. James R. Moulton her cohabitant was arrested amid evidence of motive a small sum from property sale and a $325 wallet. Police say Moulton offered for dissection the body of a fat 73 year old colored woman to medical students. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Lydia Ann Wyatt
James R. Moulton
Moulton
Philadelphia
Grubb Family Tragedy Haunts St Louis Newspaper Circle
A St Louis reporter Arthur E Grubb died at the dispensary after opium use with a dissolute companion. A grieving mother later learned not only of her baby but also her husband death as the grim message arrived. The event unfolds amid his struggling career and a fatal night out.
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Arthur E. Grubb
St. Louis
Fitzpatric
Grubby
Piper
Gry
Secretary Blaine Hurt Length on the Ground at Strawberry Festival
Secretary Blaine attended a strawberry festival in northern Washington and nearly suffered a serious fall. He stepped on a narrow board walk, slipped, and fell to the ground but reported no injuries after a brief rest. Miss Leiter pinned a red rose on his coat as guests looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Washington
Miss Leiter
Fate
Angel Makers of Vilna Put on Trial
In Vilna Russia six Jews and Jewish women were convicted of murdering babies entrusted to their care and sentenced to six to twenty years. The killings spanned from 1890 with bodies found in a Vilna cesspool leading to sixty five infant remains. Authorities arrested forty five suspects and summoned three hundred fifty witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilna
Russia
Angel Makers
Man of God sentenced in Manitoba whipping case
Father Cheerouse, a Catholic priest from Lilloot village, Manitoba, received one year hard labor for advising Chief Kilipanski to whip a young Indian girl accused of a biblical offense. The chief got six months and two Indian assistants two months each. The girl was tied and whipped with a rawhide, twice, with the judge condemning the priest's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenced
Father Cheerouse
Lilloot
Manitoba
New Westminster
Kilipanski
John
Grand jury panel yields no indictment in coal trust case
Testimony of coal dealers before the U S grand jury failed to reveal any details of the Philadelphia and Reading coal combination. District Attorney Millich at once said no indictment could be warranted as no witness provided actionable evidence. A stray boyish remark on liberty ends the brief note.
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CubcaGeo
United States
Philadelphia
Reading
Milchrist
Landmark Planters House Retained By City History
Historic Planters House in St. Louis is being demolished for a new "New Planters" or "Columbia Hotel" to serve World’s Fair visitors in 1893. The Furniture Board of Trade endorses a Cincinnati Convention bid and the Street Traffic Commission praise. Jockey Club meets to manage a crowded forty eight days race meeting. baseball reorganization draws large crowds and a shift of local players to New York Cincinnati and Boston.
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St. Louis
Charles Dickens
Pony
United States
Columbia Hotel
Louis Furniture Board
Rade
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Grand Rapids
Chicago
H. N. Davis
Traffic Commission
J. A. Reardon
St. Louis Furniture Board of Trade
St. Louis Traffic Commission
St. Louis Jockey Club
Jockey Club
Fair Grounds
Charles Comiskey
St. Louis Browns
Yellow Fever Ravages Santos Breathtaking Mortality Reported
The Samuel B Hale arrived in Philadelphia from Santos Brazil with crew reporting extreme yellow fever outbreaks. Captain Guptill died at sea on March 16 and mate Wes terbergs described streets filled with dying bodies and hospitals overwhelmed. Government actions and mass graves highlighted the crisis for sailors and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos
Samuel B. Hale
Philadelphia
Brazil
Guptill
Mate Westerbergs
Caterpillars Again Delaying Trains In North Carolina
Caterpillars along the southern border of North Carolina are more numerous than last year and delaying trains on the North Carolina Central railway. The insects have not yet attacked crops, according to reports. The piece also notes a social observation about fashionable mothers seeking wealthy husbands for their daughters.
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Raveica
N. C
North Carolina Central Railway
Papa
Democratic convention in Council Bluffs outlines officers and platform
The Iowa Democratic state convention in Council Bluffs on the 11th opened with prayers and speeches. Temporary officers led by Chairman John C. Bills announced credentials, organization, resolutions, and delegates. A platform pledges equal rights before the law and opposes protective tariffs.
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Council Bluffs
Dohany Theater
Charles Fullen
State Central Committee
Mr. Babcock
St Paul's Episcopal Church
S. B. Wadsworth
Pottawattamie County
John C. Bills
Scott
Frank Watson
Benton
J. W. Cahill
Lee
William M. Park
Warren
Frank Saule
Howard
J. B. Butler
Webster
A.randt
Jackson
W. C. Campbell
Shelby
Reading
J. H. Steubenrauch
Marion
C. Q Thorpe
Lucas
Frank Guanella
Pottawattamie
Bills
O. G. G. Phillips
Mahaska
Parley Sheldon
Story
J. M. Sherman
Clarke
Charles Kelley
Montgomery
C. L. Lund
Kossuth
J. C. Keenan
Ida
Resolutions
Theodore Guellich
Des Moines
J. Springer
Johnson
M. M. Ham
Dubuque
E. R. Aers
Winneshiek
G. F. Kirby
Marshall
C. H. Mackey
Keokuk
W. W. Witmer
Polk
George D. Porter
Appanoose
W. F. Cleveland
H. A. Cook
Crawford
John C. Kelley
Woodbury
Vick
J. P
Frank P. Bradley
Audubon
John McCarthy
Greene
F. ©. Brown
Humboldt
P. K. Holbrook
Monona
W. i. Dent
Plymouth
E. S. Phelps
J. C. Winters
Henry
P. H. Judge
Clinton
W. H. Johnson
Muscatine
E. M. Carr
Delaware
John Sager
Bremer
Jerry Green
Floyd
D. D. Murphey
Clayton
Wirth
E. M. Holt
Jones
Irwin Mitchell
W. H. Taylor
Davis
E. W. Perry
A. E. Marressen
Dallas
J. H. Duggan
Union
W. E. Mitchell
Fremont
F. R. Stern
Fayette
John Baum
J. E. Seevers
Edward H. Hunter
E. W. Curry
Decatur
Charles F. Chase
Cass
James Taylor
Fletcher Howard
O'Brien
Committee On Permanent Organization
J. E. Markley
Mason City
E. E. Wilson
Vinton
J. H. Stubenrauch
Vella
Markley
J. H. Shields
TL. M. Martin
L. R. Balter
John F. Duncombe
Col
Charles A. Clark
Edward Campbell, Jr
J. D. Yeomans
Shields
Martin
Campbell
Duncombe
Reque
Silas Gardner
S. L. Mash
Committee On
Iowa Democrats Endorse Horace Boies For President
The Iowa Democratic platform denounces monopolies and calls for free trade and bi metallic coinage. It declares support for Horace Boies as presidential candidate and instructs delegates to unite for his nomination and to vote as a unit at the national convention.
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Democratic Party of
Iowa
Fathers of the Republic
Horace E
Ies
United States
Horace Boies
Senate and House motions and bills in May sessions
Congress action spans May to May 14 with river and harbor and naval bills advancing, amendments debated, and adjournments. Senate moves on Yellowstone park, bimetallic conference, and World’s Fair funding. House passes sundry civil and public works measures, investigates Pinkerton system, and notes Senator Barbour’s death with a memorial adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
House
City of
Paris
City of New York
Pease
Yellowstone National Park
General Conference
M. E. Church
Secretary of War
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Connah Harbor
Pierre
Et al
Mouse
Peiffer
Committee On Commerce
Houser
Meredith
Virgina
Barbour
prigGe
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William Johnson
Tillie Kuebler
Ottumwa
Josten Hierrr
Fockler
West Dubuque
H. A. Suttler
Cedar Rapids
Sutliff Brothers
Sioux City
Kennedy
Bailey
Tipton
Fort Dodge
Ft. Dodge
Gilman
Mt. Pleasants Insane Asylum
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Cedar Rapids Gas Light ¢ Company
National Gas Light and Fuel Company of
Springer
National Gas and At Company
Atems
National Gas and Water Company
Home Company
Federal Court
Pispatcn
Winterset
Jack Harraway
Marshalltown
Albion
Mississippi
Grimmell
Kipling
Musser
Chas. Lutz
St. John's Guild
Montreal
Canada
Order of St. Sulsph
Father Carolin
Father Hennessy
D. W. Krauskup
Dr. James
Webster City
Hathway
Dentist
Fonda
Constable Little
James Dootey
Prescott
William Coons
Dooley
Villisca
Willisea
Stella Somerly
Wyoming
Miss Somerly
Landmark
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