Notable Iowa News and Tragic Accidents In 1900s Des Moines Area
Mrs. M. W. Swisner dies suddenly in Grinnell of heart disease and is taken to Brighton for funeral. Job notices seek reliable fire insurance solicitors in exclusive territory. YWCA Iowa elects Ella Baker of Indianola and others in Iowa City and Grinnell. Dubuque boiler maker Walter Broprrick found dead. liquor linked to his death. Muscatine rector J G White hissed down by crowd as he spoke against Catholicism. lecture canceled. Des Moines area burglaries and hold ups—Dayton and Dana burglars arrested after stash recovered. Cedar Rapids brakeman James Doner killed in yard accident. Mower brothers' hunting gun accident near Woodward kills P H Mower. Highland Park Normal College projects 700 students this term. Dubuque rector Walker resigns. wealthier backers plan Reformed Episcopal church. Lyons church fire from defective furnace destroys two-story M E church. Farmington postmaster Therme dies. Burlingon St Pauls new stone church cornerstone laid. Des Moines federal trial on postage stamp kickback involving Dr George Sander. Australian witness testimony. Mitchellville’s Excite Tommy Mitcnnett recalls early Polk County days. Numerous burglaries, robberies, and a fatal stabbing in Sibley within family feud context.
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M. W. Swisner
Grinnell
Brighton
Iowa
Iowa Business Men’s Mutual Fire Association
Des Moines
Young Women's Christian Association of Iowa
Iowa City
Ella Baker
Indianola
Prof. Call
Iona City
Bingham
Bartlett
Miss Crockett
Grinell
Waliterr Broprrick
Dubuque
J. G. White
Muscatine
van Meter
Strober
L. Clayton
Clayton
Sargent Bluffs Brick Company
Sioux City
James Doner
Chicago, Milwaukee
Mower
P. H. Mower
Perry
Woodward
Lock Aiken
Young Aiken
Young Mower
Highland Park Normal College
Longwell
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. John's
Walker
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Lyons
G. R. Manning
L. L. Therme
Farmington
Lee
van Buren
Tommy Mitcnett
Mitchellville
McGarraugh
Tommy
James Hart
Mitcnell
Coon
Whitechapel
Mercer County
Missouri
Polk County
Linn Grove
de Hree
Britt
G. F. Castle
Charles Barber
Hegg
Castle
Castle & Baker
J. R. Surry
Fort Dodge
Smith
Texas
Dayton
Charles Beadle
Beadle
Bandit Escapes Auburn Prison Through Basement Wall
Oliver Charles Perry the New York train robber cut through a brick partition in his basement cell at Auburn prison to escape. Guards discovered a hole with a towel concealing it. Perry vanished as guards and locals search the grounds.
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Oliver C. Perry
Auburn Prision
Oliver Charles Perry
New York
Perry
Willard
St. Lawrance County
Wiley
Edmunds
Edmund
Chinese consuls urged to press Geary law claims
A San Francisco publication prints a translated memo urging Chinese officials in the United States to lobby senators and congressmen on the Geary law. It claims China has wealth ships and soldiers and warns of retaliation if the registration act persists. It details potential penalties including tagging and tax hikes on American imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wav Kee
San Fransisco
China
United States
St Louis Electric Rise and Race Track Shifts
The St Louis board examines depot plans as a million-dollar terminal rises with art museum like ornament. Electric plants grow, a night school for mechanical engineers opens, and an electrical society forms. Missouri betting law spawns new tracks across the river and downtown pool rooms close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Board of Public Improvements
Union Depot
Missouri
Fair Grounds
Jockey Club
Forest Park
East St. Louis
Madison
Olive Street
Fair Ground
Simpson Targeted in Plot Threat in Wichita Speculation
The Wichita spec ial reports Jerry Simpson warned of a conspiracy to kill him. Letters from McPherson to Harper reveal a plan to hire an assassin for 2009, with Swivel as an assumed name. The story comes from intercepted correspondence shown to populist leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Wichita
Jerry Simpson
Seventh District
IF. A. P
McPherson
Emporia
Troy
Robert Swivel
Harper
Plug’ Simpson
Swivel
Breidenthal
Congressional Committee
E. Cole
Central Committee
Cole
Briedenthal
Devastating Sardinia Storm Wrecks San Sperate
Advices from Sardinia report a late storm and floods more disastrous than any before on the island. Telegraphed casualty estimates rise as San Sperate residents drown and homes are swept away. The flood turns streets into rivers, isolating the village and destroying half its houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sardinia
Mediterranean
San Sprete
Tragedy in Williard Over Narrow Road Right of Way
In Williard Kentucky Sylvester Adams was killed and his nephew Oscar Adams seriously wounded after a quarrel with J R Bennett over the right of way on a narrow road. A confrontation escalated from blows to Bennett drawing a revolver. Bennett fired, striking Sylvester Adams in the heart and fatally wounding Oscar Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Adams
Oscar Adams
J. R. Bennett
Williard
Bennett
Adamess
Adamses
Crespo recounts rise to power in Venezuela
From Caracas General Crespo chronicles his struggle to seize control. He began with eleven followers and, lacking arms, gathered adherents and led 14,000 disciplined troops into Caracas. The Herald prints his dated letter from Caracas. Disraeli's Vivian Grey noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
Crespo
Caracas
Trouble at White Earth Indian turmoil leads to killings
Water Earth Minnesota October 31 Indians at White Earth reservation erupt into a violent scene during a war dance. Chief White Cloud wounds his son William Wright with a knife, several braves are seriously wounded, and Agent Schuler seeks help from St Paul as deputies head to the scene.
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United States
Water Earth
Minn
White Earth
White Cloud
Minnesota
William Wright
Schuler
St. Paul
American Minister to Resign
Dispatch from Glenns Falls New York reports General George S Batchelder minister to Portugal plans to resign soon He will move to Paris to act as agent for three prominent insurance companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glenns Falls
N. Y
George S. Batchelder
Portugal
Paris
Forest Fires Threaten Rail Traffic In Sunbury
Forest fires near Sunbury Pennsylvania on October 29 threaten railroad traffic and hinder company operations as crews fight the flames and try to prevent disruptions.
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Sunbury
Corneille’s Melite Debuted At Age Twenty One
The playwright Pierre Corneille produced his first drama Melite at the age of twenty one. The work marked his entry into French tragedy and the early phase of his literary career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corneille
Melite
Adams Express to Handle All Burlington Lines After Jan. 1
Boston report states the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad will contract Adams Express to carry all its lines starting January 1. Previously the Burlington system east of the Missouri River used American Express and west of the river used Wells Fargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Burlington
Boston
Mass
Boston News Bureau
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Adams Express Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
American Express Company
Missouri River
Well-Fargo Company
President Clarrison Cancels Indiana Campaign Dates
Washington Oct 31 President Clarrison will likely avoid further campaign speeches. He had planned five talks in Indiana and might add brief remarks in Illinois and New York before the election. White House officials say Indiana engagements are canceled and he may speak in other states instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washrneton
Clarrison
Indiana
Illinois
New York
White House
Assault at Greencastle School Ends in Fine
J M Teester principal of the colored school was assaulted in his room by Berry Ernest another colored man whose daughter the teacher had chastised. The scene caused a schoolwide commotion and for a time Teester was believed to be fatally attacked. Ernest was fined for the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
J. M. Teester
Colored School
Berry Ernest
Teester
Ernest
Punishment of Soldiers in General Court Martial Trials
Washington reports 2060 general court martial trials this year with 1847 convictions. The act summary notes desertion punishments as inadequate for enlisted men.
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Washington
Lord Salisbury on Uganda retention by late government
London October 31 Lord Salisbury answers a correspondent stating the late government always contemplated keeping Uganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Salisbury
Uganda
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THE
Ames Times
Long, Hardin
TOWA
Wm. Walker
St. John’s Episcopal Church of
St. Paul’s
Cosgrove
Davenport
M. Flavin
V. M
St. Ambrose Church
Burnquist
McMaster
Dana
Jefferson
Grand Junction
John Thompson
Frank Luther
Drnvers
Milwaukee
J. Hatt
Champaign County
Ill
Geo. Dukes
Sibley
Crowhall
Hall
Osceola County
George
George Sander
Quarry
Inman
Australia
San Francisco
Union
Ciles
Dance
Chicago
Milwaukeer
Wis
Great Wholesale District
East Water Street
Third Ward
Milwaukee Gas Company
Foley
Racine
Kenosha
Oshkosh
Lake Michigan
F. Dohmen & Co
M. Block
Bob & Kipp
Roundy, Peckham & Co
Jacob Wellaner & Co
Johnson Bros’ Cracker Factory
American Biscuit Company
National Distilling Company
Broadway
Buffalo
Detroit
Milwaukee Street
Jefferson Street
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Union Oil Company
J. L. Hodges
J. E. Patton & Co
Patton
Buffalo Streets
Bubb
B. Scheffelz & Son
Johnson Bros
Chicago & Northwestern
Lake Front
James Hannon
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
Somers
National Guard
Milwaukee River
Harbor
Waukesha
J. B. Bennett
Williard, Ky
Disraeli
Vivian Grey
American Express
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