Oil interests seek control of Des Moines ice plants
In Des Moines a Standard Oil affiliate led by M. J. Westlake seeks to buy the city ice plants, with A. L. Clinite negotiating options on all but two plants. The ice business represents about 1.5 million dollars in value amid claims of limited profitability.
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Des Moines
Standard Oil Company
A. L. Clinite
Crystal Oil Company
Clinite
M. J. Westlake
Jersey City
Ll. J. Welle Company
Jesse Ells
Two Ottumwa Men Robbed On Train Near Chariton
Burlington police and secret service captured two alleged robbers linked to the Ottumwa men’s box car assault. The trio fled at Tower as the freight ran at forty miles per hour. two Ottumwa victims were wounded and robbed of 11 dollars.
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Burlington
Ottumwa
Chariton
Tower
Monroe
Lucas County
Will Boyer
Burke
Albia
Maj Elias Cosper Dead In Rockford IL At 76
Maj Elias Cosper paymaster of the old Seventy fourth Illinois volunteers died suddenly at age 76 in Rockford Illinois. He long served as manager of the John P Manny Reaper company.
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Elias Cosper
Rockford
Old
Seventyfourth
Illinois Volunteers
John P. Manny Reaper Company
Sioux City to Make Recount
Sioux City plans a recount after challenging the federal census. Mayor Burton, acting with the City Council and Commercial Association, will review names lists in Washington and re-enumerate to reveal discrepancies, expecting the official count to be at least 5 000 too low, including a district counted 1 000 short.
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Sioux City
Federal Census Bureau
Commercial Association
A. H. Burton
Washington
Census Bureau
Polk Directory Company
Suspected Bandit Arrested in Avoca After Train Robbery
A man identified as Fred W. Spurlang was arrested in Avoca three miles south of town after detectives and secret service traced him from Minden to Avoca. He matches the suspect who fled after a Kansas City train robbery and wore a red sweater per witness description.
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Blutts
Oct
Avoca
Kansas City
Chasssaxter
Secret Service
Fred W. Spurlang
Illinois
Seward
Neb
Minden
Sioux City Warned by Woman Fends Off Post Office Robbers
A tip from a Winterset woman halted a Sioux City post office robbery planned by the same gang that looted St Joseph Missouri. The attack was abandoned after authorities surrounded the building. Also, William F Brower a Moville clerk, is jailed for embezzling about 24000 from his employer over six months.
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Sioux City
Winterset
Iowa
Postoffice
St. Joseph
William F. Brower
Moville
Coleman
Brower
Hog cholera rages in Iowa spreading to markets
Des Moines reports an unusual number of young hogs sent to market in the last ten days due to a cholera outbreak. The disease has hit Grimes, Storm Lake, Sac City and other points along Milwaukee and Rock Island lines, with rapid mortality and statewide spread worries among farmers and rail freight agents.
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John W Stone
Industrial Department For the Insane
Mt. Pleasant
Grand
Henry County
Burlington
Des Moines
Daily News
Fli Harding
The
News
Vaid
L. A. Wilkinson
Iowa
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Storm Lake
Sac City
Milwaukee
van Meter and
Stuart
Rock Island
Creditors Hold The Sack In Knoxville Absconding Case
Knoxville reports Austin Ghrist, a local business man, vanished with a team and buggy after mounting debts. He forged notes and used bank collateral, leaving behind forged papers and an estimated $10,000 in bearing liabilities with about $5,000 in forged notes.
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Knoxville
the Express
Austin Ghrist
Shive
Pella
Christ
West Main Street
East Robinson Street
Dodd Denies Seeing Man Implicated in Eldon Bank Raid
In Ottumwa district court Dick Dodd testifies he never saw Samuel J. Ritchie who was arrested in Baltimore on the Eldon bank robbery case. Ritchie says his name is S. J. Bryant and Pinkerton agents provided help. Captain W. Forsse of Pinkerton is in attendance as past convictions of implicated parties are pursued.
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Ottumwa
Dick Dodd
Eldon
Samuel J. Ritchie
Baltimore
Dodd
Ritchie
J. Bryant
Chicago Pinkerton Agency
W. F. S‘orsee
Chicago
Scarcity of Freight Cars Hits Midwest Railways
Oct 12 in Dubuque reports say the Illinois Central and other roads face a severe car shortage. They push shippers to unload quickly at destinations to free cars for grain dairy and livestock moving west amid rising demand and cooler weather.
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Dubuque
Tlinois Central
Hawarden Woman Hangs Self in Cellar
Mrs. A. Sunden mother of Mrs. Walter Smith of Hawarden was found dead in the cellar, having hanged herself with her bed sheets during the night. She failed to respond at breakfast and was discovered after a search. The deceased had a history of mental distress.
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Hawarden
A. Sunden
Walter Smith
Murder in Second Decree Verdict in Iowa Case
In Iowa, the case State vs Royal Branch for the Lavina Cameron killing ends with a murder in the second degree verdict. Ft. Dodge papers filed for $3,000 damages against the city over a defective sidewalk with five top attorneys hired.
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Chariton
State of
Iowa
Royal Branch
Lavina Cameron
Ft. Dodge
Minnie Simmons
Wealthy Eldora Farmer Ends Life in Despair
H. Rhodes, a wealthy retired farmer of Eldora, died by self inflected wound cutting his throat with a razor in October. The act is attributed to despondency over ongoing ill health and resultant distress.
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Eldora
Oct
D. H. Rhodes
Hall of Fame nominees named by New York Senate
The New York University senate confirmed 30 choices from 252 candidates for the Hall of Fame. Among those named are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, Benjamin Franklin, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow, Washington Irving, David Farragut, Samuel Morse, Henry Clay, George Peabody, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert E. Lee, Peter Cooper, Horace Mann, Eli Whitney, James Kent, John Adams, and Asa Gray. The final Hall will include fifty names, with more to come.
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New York
Senate of
New York University
Senate
Hall of Fame
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
U.S. Grace
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry W. Longfellow
Washington Irving
Jonathan Edwards
David G. Farragut
Samuel F. B. Morse
Henry Clay
George Peabody
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robert E. Lee
Peter Cooper
Horace Mann
Henry Ward Beecher
Eli Whitney
James Kent
Joseph Storey
John Adams
William Ellery Channing
James Auduoon
Elias Howe
William Morris Hunt
Gilbert Stuart
Asa Gray
Pingree Wins Tax Plan and Repeal of Railroad Charters
Lancing Michigan October 15 The legislature adjourned after enacting two Pingree aims The first is a joint resolution to submit to voters a constitutional amendment giving the legislature power to tax corporate property by value The second repeals special railroad charters. Experts estimate railroad property taxes would more than double if adopted.
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Lancing
Mich
Pingree
Li Hung Chang Seeks Peace Talks At Legations
Earl Li and Prince Chang meet with British and American representatives in Peking to begin negotiations for peace. Li Hung Chang favors Tsung-li Yamen as meeting place while Li notes doubt over a decree banishing Prince Tuan and Yang Luh withdraws from peace commission.
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Peking
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Jung Chang
General Chaffee
Wilson
United States
Conger
Earl Li
Li Hung Chang
Prince Chang
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Yang Luh
Prince Tuan
Wisconsin Sets World Speed Record on Santa Barbara Trial
The battleship Wisconsin achieved a new world speed record for its class on a four hour trial off Santa Barbara California. The official average speed was 17.25 knots beating the Alabama’s mark by 0.15 knots. The ship covered 64 miles with a 3 56 56 run including a turn and tidal adjustments.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Wisconsin
Alabama
Brave Acy of W. 8. Ament Rescue Mission
London special reports from the Times recount W. S. Ament leading fourteen carts from Peking to Tung Chow to save twenty three missionaries. A precarious situation in Wei Chau prefecture and rebel control in six districts threaten Canton’s stability. Prince Ching says the emperor will return to Peking when negotiations improve.
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London
The
Times
Peking
Tung Chow
Conger
United States
Ament
Hong Kong
Wei Chau
Canton
Prince Ching
Recommendations on Army in Porto Rico in Davis Report
Washington Oct. 12 The war department releases Brigadier General Davis's Porto Rico report. It calls for postwar garrison strength beyond gun crews, notes San Juan fortifications and strategic value, and anticipates a naval station and coaling base. It credits natives as soldiers, cites relief costs and hurricane aid, and reports absence of bayonet at local elections.
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Porto Rico
Washington
War Department
Davis
Department of
San Juan
Spain
United States
West Indies
Quartermaster’s Department
Act of Congress
New Ocean Greyhound Vessel Sets Passenger Record
The New Ocean Greyhound, famed Deutsch pd0 displacement 13 20, carries 1 057 passengers and sets a new record. Advertisements claim Bitters cures of constipation indigestion biliousness and garfield tea proclaims itself nature s remedy. A humorous note on a vain woman and twins closes the short item.
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Deutsch
Sora
Amon
Miners Accept 10 Percent Wage Increase With Conditions
Scranton reports the anthracite miners, after a two day convention, approve a 10 percent wage rise offered by mine owners if the advance is paid through April 1, 1901 and the sliding scale is abolished in Lehigh and Schuylkill regions. If rejected, arbitration is favored and work remains halted until formal acceptance is received.
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Scranton
Lehigh
Schuykill
Yellow fever outbreak in Havana reports illnesses and quarantines
Havana officials report 113 new yellow fever cases since October 1 with Major Peterson and Frank Hayes among the ill. Natalie Brown also contracted the disease. Four hundred and twenty eight Spanish immigrants are quarantined for smallpox aboard their arrival vessel. Local health officials conduct house to house checks amid sanitation measures.
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Peterson
Frank Hayes
North American Trust Company
Natalie Brown
Trust Company
Health Department
Gorgias
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