Notes From The Capital 1900 Iowa War Claims And Board Changes
Des Moines notes outline Iowa war claims payable to the state for Spanish American War expenses. About $146,000 total with $91,483.78 paid in 1899. $55,000 likely payable in December under current law. Details include governor and hospital commission costs, San Francisco inspection, and bid-tipping disputes. Also covers state board of control personnel changes, agricultural society reports, school for the deaf, and county pupil counts with farm and manufacturing values.
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Des Moines
Byers
Iowa
Washington Age
Quartermaster
Treasury of
Iown
Adjutant General
Congress
San Francisco
War Department
van Houten
State Agricultural Society
General Assembly
Board of Control
Henry W. Robert
Pottawattamie
Polk
Japan Willing to Withdraw from Peking
London dispatch reports Japan ready to withdraw minister from Peking and other measures urged by concert of powers. Japan says its geography allows prompt military action if needed and is willing to remove superfluous troops. Rumors suggest Russia plans wintering 15,000 troops at Chih Pi.
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Japan
London
Tokio
The
Times
Peking
Russia
Chih Pi
Des Moines jail release follows no prosecution in assault case
Mattie Mash a colored girl released from Des Moines jail after no information is filed against her regarding an assault with intent to commit murder. Her former lover William Foster lies at Mercy hospital after the shooting. Foster declines to prosecute, enabling Mash to walk free.
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Mattie Mash
Des Moines
William Foster
Mercy Hospital
Tanner
Shaw
Alice M. Hiamilton
E. M. Millard
Creston
Afton
Bloomington
Marcus Seigling
Liberty Township
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Salinger
Carroll County
Marion Palmer
Pottawattamie County
Avoca
Roscoe Conkling
Wright Township
Conkling
Palmer
Sioux City
Galveston
Joe C. Weiners
Bird Lukenbill
J. S. Burkhead
Fred J. Burkey
J. 5
Burkhead
D. A. Dillow
Upper Iowa Ice Company
Dillow
Dillon
Methodist Hospital
Boone
J. ¥. St. Clair
Ames
C. H. Jackson
James Nelon
St. Louis
Frank Peyton
John Robson
Kossuth County
Harvey Ingham
Congress
Canton
J. Ackley
Ackley
Hardin County
Mason City
Syracuse
National Military College
Col Ai Sartor
National Sons of Veterans’ Association
W. C. Campbell
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Campbell
Charles Dodson
Dodson
Brott
Iattie Mash
Foster
Paradas
Hus
Robi. Brown
Rees Hoyt
Cumberland
Cass County
Hattie Spies
Louis Spies
Leslie Eastburn
Bloomfield
Eastburn
Grace Porter
Porter
Mary Adams
South Bend
Ind
Adams
Iowa Telephone Company
Indiana
Jesse James
Daugherty
Newton
Mr. Daugherty
Jasper County
John Arthofer
Dubuque
Anton Leiber
Frank Lyman
Gheist
Russia issues ultimatum to China sparks diplomatic flare
Berlin reports a Russian government telegram demanding the Chinese emperor resume direct rule, Prince Tuan be punished, and outsiders expelled. Li Hung Chang rejects most terms, abandons a planned northern departure, and Nanking adds 3,000 troops plus salt-smuggling volunteers for war junks. Seeadler moves toward Nanking with decks cleared for action. Official skels know nothing of German action.
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Li Hung Chang
Berlin
China
German Fleet Society
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Ois
Lokal Anzeiger
Nanking
Germany
Seeadler
Work Of Relief Begun In Galveston After Flood
Governor gayers reports Galveston flood conditions are as bad as feared but communication is restored and supplies will move easier. City clearing advances with Adjutant General Scurry patrolling to prevent depredations. Deaths conservative at 2,000 with property losses at least 10.9 million. Reconstruction hope rises as citizens begin relief work.
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Austin
Tex
Gayers
Associated Stress
Galveston
Scurry
Britain Refuses Peking Evacuation Without Guaranties
London reports Great Britain's answer to Russia over Peking evacuation rejects withdrawing until satisfactory guarantees from the Chinese government are secured. The response aligns with Britain and Germany not evacuating, Austria and Italy awaiting Germany's decision, while other powers show varied withdrawal stances.
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Peking
Londonn
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Italy
Americans Kill Thirty in Tempest of Boxer Conflict
A troop of American cavalry escorting cattle surprised 300 Boxers at Temple Shaho. Thirty attackers were killed and 120 rifles captured as the enemy fled north. Boxers previously attacked Russians guarding a railway project at South Manpo station. reinforcements dispersed them, wounding two Russians. Colonel Pretiekoff was ordered to burn surrounding towns as punitive action.
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Teking
Taku
Temple Shaho
South Manpo _ station
Pretiekoff
Russians Withdraw From Peking Amid Rail Blockade
Officials report Russian forces will pull back to Tien Tsin due to rail lines not reaching before winter. Peking occupation this winter is deemed impossible without railway link, with some factions proposing leveling Peking before retreat.
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Peking
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Alvin Appeals for Aid After Devastation in Trouston
Alvin Texas reports a flood of ruin with 95 percent of local houses ruined leaving 6,000 homeless and without shelter or provisions. Crops are lost and urgent relief is demanded to avert widespread suffering and famine. A separate note mentions a new disease called the telephone ear affecting girls who handle many calls.
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Alvin
Trouston
Tex
Associated Press
R. W. King
Texas
Prince Ching Captured and Held Near Peking
Reports from Peking via Taku and Shanghai state Prince Ching, leader of the conservative pro foreign party, was found in the western hills twenty eight miles away and is being held for a conference aimed at enabling contact with the dowager empress. The dispatch includes an offhand, incongruous church remark not part of the political item.
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Prince Ching
Peking
Taku
Shanghai
Pepe
General Strike Ordered by United Mine Workers
At 5:15 yesterday President Wilson signed the document calling out 142,000 miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite region from their work on Monday morning. Three district presidents reported 134,500 of 143,000 men would join the strike, signaling one of the era’s largest labor actions.
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Indianapolis
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
General French Captures Barberton Rollers in Transvaal Move
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts noting French occupied Barberton with cavalry. Prisoners freed, locomotives and rolling stock seized, easing transport strain. French claims three weeks of force supplies and a week for horses, plus captured Mauser rifles and ammunition. Cattle and sheep stocks cited, Barberton depot role confirmed. French forces remain 35 miles behind cavalry due to wagon logistics over the pass.
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French
Transvaal
London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Machadodorp
Barberton
No Fear of Epidemic as Galveston Health Board Responds
Galveston on Sept 17 reports a hopeful outlook after a storm with state Health Officer Dr Blunt stating no epidemic danger. The city board of health passes a resolution endorsing precautions and emergency hospitals operate in every ward. Ursuline Convent serves as a major hospital with doctors and nurses. all public and private hospitals are at capacity. medical supplies remain in demand.
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Galveston Board of Health
Galveston
Blunt
City Board of Health
Ursuline
Galveston Destruction Report Seeks Immediate Aid
Five thousand victims are reported in Galveston after the September 11 disaster. The Post’s Houston contact relays Walter J. Jones, Galveston mayor, stating one third of the residence section is swept away, hundreds are homeless, and transportation limits hamper relief. Immediate aid is urged to evacuate women and children to Houston and other cities.
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Houston
Tex
Post
United States
Galveston
Walter J. Jones
Mr. Jones
Five Thousand Dead in Galveston Storm Toll Rises
The Galveston death toll nears five thousand with 2 701 identified by The Post from various sources. Bodies burn ed buried at sea beach inland and in marshes complicate counts as officials warn the total may exceed 5 000. Helen Gould funds 50 000 army rations for Galveston sufferers arriving from Jersey City.
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Houston
Tex
the Post
Galveston
Major Jones
T. G. Lowe
Helen Gould
New York
Amos S. Kimball
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Miss Gould
Strange sights as American troops in the Philippines observe a service
Soldiers witness a strange scene in Manila with a ten carvice in their honor, prayers and singing, and a aged saint image bearing a legend about Reliable Condensed Milk. An old padre cites patriotic symbolism while commerce and old coins appear, reflecting lingering depreciation and remedies for indigestion.
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Philippines
Morley’s Liver and Kidney Cordial offers kidney relief
A vintage warning touts Morley’s Liver and Kidney Cordial as a system renovator that can prevent danger from kidney and urinary troubles. It urges timely use, claims a positive cure, and ends with advice to consult the druggist. It also likens jewel care to infant care.
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Warner Mny
Morley
Cascarrets Candy Cathartic Health Ad Card
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a natural bowel remedy for from headaches to cancer, promising painless relief and easy movements. It highlights a 10 cent starter price, metal boxes, and the C C C stamped on each tablet, warning against imitations.
Railroad half fare round trips to West and Southeast
Advertisement lists Missouri Pacific routes with half fares plus $2 for round trips to the West Southwest and Southeast. Tickets on sale September through December 1900 on specified Tuesdays. Inquiries directed to agents or H C Townsend St Louis. Also includes several promotional drug and patent medicine notices praising Parkens Harm Balsam Hindercorne Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Morley's Wonderful Eight and a general prosaic moral about practicality.
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H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Missouri
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Winslow
Bey Ae
Carter
Ghapgore
A. J. Tower
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