Nation Lectures Across Midwest Tour Plans
Carrie Nation and husband with several followers will tour Chicago Kansas City Des Moines and Sioux City to present their side of the temperance struggle and to raise funds for lawsuits in Kansas. They promise no destruction on this trip while planning extended saloon wrecking tours in the future.
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A. C
Rankin
Pittsburg
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Chicago
Kansas City
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mrs. Nation
Kansan
Kansas
Nation
Maine fund dwindles to about 1300 in relief drive
The Maine disaster relief fund has fallen to roughly 1300 dollars. Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, head of the naval intelligence bureau, holds the remaining balance and handles applications for shares.
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Moncey
Maine
Charles D. Sigsbee
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Washington
Sigsbee
Navy Department
Steve Brodie Dead at San Antonio Bridge Jumper Dies
Steve Brodie the New York bridge jumper and sportsman died in San Antonio Texas on February 1 of consumption. He rose to fame in 1883 with bridge jumping tours that earned him income and notoriety, including a disputed Brooklyn bridge jump. His Bowery saloon near Grand Street remains a landmark. He claimed a net worth of 790000 recently.
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San Antonio
Steve Brodie
New York
Texas
Brodie
New York Bowery
Brooklyn
Bowery
Grand Street
Wreck on Union Pacific Injures Twenty Near Hardin Colorado
Twenty passengers were injured when Union Pacific passenger train No. 3 wrecked five miles east of Hardin Colorado due to a broken rail. Most suffered cuts and bruises. they were taken to Denver by a special train. Leaves Thousands to Church. The will of Mrs Vaughn Marquis was opened in Ashland Wisconsin. She leaves most of a 300000 estate to Presbyterian boards and 10000 to Ashland Church, the Vaughn library valued at 60000 to the city.
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Colorado
Union Pacific
Hardin
Colo
Denver
Vaughn Marquis
Ashland
Wis
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions of
Ilinois
Board of Home Missions of
Wisconsin
Presbyterian Board of Aid of
Presbyterian Board of Aid
Cortexes
Presbyterian Church of
Vaughn
Cleveland Fire Destroys Foote Reed Millinery House
A four story wholesale millinery firm Foote Reed & Co in Cleveland burned causing 289000 dollars in losses with partial insurance. Night Watch Wan Wilson is believed dead. Fire damaged neighboring firms Root McBride Bros and Adams G Ford with further 10000 and 5000 dollar losses. Minor losses also noted.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Foote, Reed & Co
Wan Wson
Root & McBride Bros
Adams G. Ford
Forty Japanese Killed in Destruction of Gunpowder
The North China Daily News reports in Shanghai that during a gunpowder destruction at Shan Iai Kwan an express train was involved and forty Japanese soldiers were killed. The House pension committee recommended raising Rear Admiral Philip’s widow pension from £4 to $50 per month.
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North Chine
Shanghai
Shan Iai Kwan
Philip
House Committee On Pensions
Santiago
Rescue at Sea Near Death for Cuba Crew Aboard Barcelona
The Barcelona arrived in New York from Hamburg with captain and fourteen seamen of the Russian bark Cuba. Abandoned amid a dismasted waterlogged hull, the crew endured a gale as the Barcelona’s boat crew lowered a lifeboat and pulled fifteen men aboard after a grueling night rescue.
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Barcelona
New York
Hamburg
Cuba
Barceclana
Bohn
Parents of Burned Negro May Sue City of Leavenworth
The parents of Fred Alexander, the Black man burned at the stake by a Leavenworth mob in January, seek legal guidance in Kansas City on suing Leavenworth City and County for damages and support. The father, a Baptist minister, has written to influential figures in Kansas and Missouri to raise funds for prosecution.
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Leavenworth
Fred Alexander
Kan
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
New York Hotel Fire Claims Two Lives
A early Wednesday hotel fire at Jefferson and Fifteenth Streets in New York left nurse Elnora Dowing and waitress Elizabeth Reynolds dead. Many guests and employees were injured, with several narrowly escaping via fire escapes or a board between buildings. Dowing jumped from a sixth story window. Reynolds died of suffocation in her room.
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Jefferson
Great Fire in New York Consumes Block After Explosion
An explosion Thursday afternoon January 81 at the W. Wieke Company cigar box factory on East Thirty-first Street New York injures over twenty and starts a fierce blaze by 7 p.m. The fire racks up an estimated $1,502,000 in losses and burns about one city block.
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W. Wieke Company
East Thirty-first Street
New York
Army Reorganization Bill Advances to President for Signature
After a two month congressional run in the current session the army reorganization bill passed its final Senate stage by a 38 to 0 vote and now goes to the president for signature. A conference report will be arranged to align the bill with both houses.
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Senate
Congress
United States Army
Novel Anti Pass Bill Sparks Hairebrained Debate in Illinois
Representatives Nehe introduces a bill to bar members of the Illinois legislature from accepting free railroad travel. A proposed penalty of imprisonment draws uproar and laughter. Paddy Donovan cleared in Selvidere New Jersey manslaughter case from a Phillipsburg exhibition on New Year's Eve.
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Nehe
Illinois
Paddy Donovan
Ully Donovan
Philadelphia
Selvidere
N. J
Frank Welch
Phillipsburg
St Louis Mayor Rejects 35m World’s Fair Bonds
Mayor Zinuentein of St Louis refused municipal assembly authority to issue 35 million in bonds for the World’s Fair. The decision marks the most costly local borrowing he has faced and triggers a major policy clash in the city’s plan for the event.
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St. Louis
Zinuentein
One Killed and Three Wounded in Boston Row
A shooting in the Italian quarter of Boston left one man dead and three others seriously wounded on Wednesday. Suspected gunman Sabezel Fula was arrested and charged with murder.
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Llaian
Boston
Sabezel Fula
Riotous Crude Attack Destroys Liquor Premises
A violent mob smashed rear-entry doors and smashed glass fronts of several saloons. Liquor interiors were dumped, a proprietor was struck and injured, and two other nearby joints faced similar destruction. Crusaders ended with a sidewalk prayer meeting singing Nearer My God to Thee.
Sister Placed in Jail Over Insanity Claim
Elon Hogan a novitiate at the Emergency Hospital was declared sane by Probate Judge Bergerson and ordered released from the county jail where she had been confined since last Saturday night. The arrest followed a claim by the mother superior that Hogan was insane and had $65 belonging to the hospital concealed. Miss Hogan spoke of mistreatment at the hospital and allegations were raised against hospital management. Her sister of charity remains in custody with Sheriff Cudlip at the jail.
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Michigan
Mother Superior
Iron Mountain
Mich
Elon Hogan
Bergerson
Cudlip
Gleason
Sister of
Charity
Sherif Cudlip
Bostick's animals perish inBaltimore fire
ABaltimore fire destroying Bostick's winter quarters killed seventy five or more animals including many exotic species. Electrical wiring is suspected as the cause and only a few large animals survived. Loss is estimated around 400000 for animals and 20000 for the building.
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Frank C. Bostick
Zoo
Cyclor- Mina
Baltimore
Bostick
Market quotations from multiple cities show cattle hogs and grain prices
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and New York with No 2 and mixed grain prices including wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Prices vary by grade and location with values like wheat No 2 around 7T4e to T5e and hogs from 3.00 to 6.30 in several markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
York--Catthe
Des Moines challenge to Titus biennial election amendment
Lawyers dispute Titus proposed amendment to change to biennial elections arguing multiple changes to the constitution were one subject. Opponents say the measure alters election terms, legislative meeting time, and court chief justice rules. Attorneys contend changes are tied to the biennial shift and necessary, not separate questions.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Mullan
Supreme Court
Frightening Tragedy of Elkader Schoolgirl Frances Clift
A young Elkader girl Frances Clift, age 11, died by her own hand after writing farewell notes to a playmate and on book fly leaves. She was regarded as a bright pupil who had recently expressed distress over schoolwork.
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Frances Quinn
Elkader
Frances Clift
Hig Foot
Dora Elvidge
Frances
Webb
Railboard declines depot move in LeGrange case
Iowa railroad commissioners on January 28 refused again to order the Northwestern depot moved closer to LeGrange. The decision cites public travel needs over town interest, but requires the railroad to move the depot nearer the town once a highway exists and to build a freight spur.
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LeGrange
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Northwestern
Tawn
Iowa Millionaire Taken to Los Angeles After Wreck
Iowa timber merchant Artemus Lamb of Clinton was moved from Rock Springs state hospital with his wife and niece to Los Angeles after a wreck near Julliard Wyoming. He faces slim recovery odds and was among twenty nine injured in the fall from an embankment.
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Iowa
Artemus Lamb
Clinton
Julliard
Wyo
State Hospital
Rock Springs
Los Angeles
Smallpox Case At Davenport School Sparks Vaccination
Kelen, 13, daughter of Henry Pauli a Davenport florist, attended school while ill with smallpox. One more pupil case found. All students were vaccinated by order of the board of health. town Girl filled Migg Stella Thomas. Sears oll and a Chicago resident was crushed by an elevator in the YWCA building last Saturday.
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Kelen
Henry Pauli
Davenport
Board of Health
Migg Stella Thomas
Sears
Turlington
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Chicago
Fire Destroys Block on Walnut Street. Major Losses Reported
A large fire consumed the Frankel building and surrounding stores on Walnut Street Sixth Avenue. Firemen battled amid live wires and outages as crews saved neighboring properties. Heavy losses included Younker Bros A & I Fredrich Utica Building Company and others totaling about 682000 with 600000 insured. The Frankels report 450000 loss with 300000 insured.
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Walnut
Sixth Avenue
Beaides
Firankel
Frankels
Younker Bros
A. & I. Fredrich
Utica ‘Building’ ‘Company
C. J. Seely
C. W.rogg
Betsy and the B ar Burglary in Cherokee
A nocturnal burglary at Frank Davis’s Cherokee home between midnight and 4 am ended with Mrs. Davis waking her sleeping husband and creating enough disturbance to scare off the intruders. Thieves stole about $30, a suit of clothes, overcoat, gloves and other wearing apparel.
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Cherokee
Frank Davis
Iowa Farmer Found Dead On Nebraska Side
John Worrell, a Monona County farmer from Lincoln Township near Onawa, was found dead January 30 on the Nebraska riverfront edge of the ice. Blood was on him, rumors of foul play swirl as his wagon team lay tangled and dead on the riverbank. His traveling companion returned home unable to explain the incident.
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Monona County
Nebraska
John Worrell
Lincoln Township
Missouri River
Onawa
Worrell
Fraternal Congress Improves Iowa Association Prospects
The Iowa Fraternal Congress met in Des Moines last week. Iowa laws allow benefits to any beneficiary named in a will, limiting admission of some outside associations. Efforts aim to admit the Iowa group fully while representatives from all Iowa fraternal associations attended the session.
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Iowa Fraternal Congress
National Organization
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Association
Prisoner Escape From Burlington Court Vanishes
Frank Smith, a government prisoner bound for Davenport for bootlegging, escaped from Officer Fuller in a Burlington waiting room after feigning intoxication. Despite a search, he remains missing. Also, Mrs. FL W. Writz of IceMars survived a runaway crash with injuries to her head while her mother and sister fled the carriage. Doctors doubt her recovery.
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Frank Smith
Keokuk
United States Court
Davenport
Burlington
Fuller
FL W. Writz
IceMars
Landlord Vanishes. Debts Unpaid At Union Hotel Fort Dodge
David Robinson, Union hotel landlord in Fort Dodge, disappeared leaving several thousand dollars in unpaid debts. His wife and daughter were secretly sent away last week, suggesting a planned departure. In LeMars a man named Pat McCoy reports a holdup northeast of town, his buggy and horse taken and about $9 from his pocket also stolen.
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Andlord
David Robinson
Union
Fort Dodge
LeMars
Pat McCoy
Iowa Will Not Exhibit at Pan American Exposition
Iowa will have no exhibit at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo. The state board of agriculture might have spent about $4,000 for that purpose but Attorney General Mullan ruled the board had no right to use its funds. Smallpox cases were reported in multiple counties including Jefferson, Dubuque, and Montgomery.
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Iawa
Lowa
Buffalo
State Board of Agriculture
Cengral Mullan
Rural lines and county telephones push Iowa connections
Rural Iowa towns expand long distance lines linking Eldora to Whitten and Liscomb to Conrad. A planned county network would connect Hubbard to Ze, Work to New Providence, and other routes as farmers seek coordinated exchanges with cities. Growth worries insurers and lawmakers as state lines grow.
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Astern
Iowa
Eldora
Whittenssi
Liscomb
Conrad
County
Bangor
Liscom
Arneysment
Albion
Union
Marshalltown
New Providence
Farmers
Hubbard
Local Happenings and Projects Report
Community notes reveal an early closing movement in Grinnell and a newly established post office. A brick school building is completed at Moorhead, a milling company organized, Walnut Jogs being built, and Henderson prepared for shipment. Frank Blackster, 2 Cox Don, injured in a serious car crash. Town County to appoint supervisors.
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Grinnell
Moorheall
Henderson
Frank Blackster
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