State Bankers Association Opens Convention at Marshalltown
The 10th annual meeting of the Iowa State Bankers association convened in Marshalltown with 150 delegates present and more expected. Speeches by Senator J L Carney and Hon Calvin Manning highlighted discussions on money and taxation. adjournment was set for 2 pm.
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State Association
Marshalltown
State Bankers’ Association of Iowa
J. L. Carney
Calvin Manning
Ottumwa
Helzell
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Kansas Pharmacists Meet Fort Scott Brief
Kansas Pharmacists association members heard several professional papers this morning in Fort Scott Kansas. Will Build a New Line Santa Fe Surveying corps to start west from Whitewater Grant county to Phoenix Arizona to build independent Pacific coast line if Atlantic sale fails at foreclosure July 8.
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Kansas Pharmacists
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
Whitewater
Grant County
Phoenix
A. T
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Split in Prohibition party over money plank in Indiana
May 27 report from Pittspore notes a probable split in the Prohibition party over currency policy with factions threatening to secede if gold or free silver is adopted. Leaders quote positions of Levering and Bentley signaling a broad platform clash on money, suffrage, and prohibition.
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Pittspore
Prohibition Party
Joshua Levering
Bentley
Nebraska
Levering
West
St. John
Cook County
Chicaco
Altgeld
Exciting Bull Encounter Leaves Man Safely Aligned
Ed Pulliam faced a charging bull while crossing a pasture near Jefferson on May 26. The animal struck him, throwing him two rods, but he climbed a tree and stayed there for two hours until the bull wandered away. He descended and returned home unharmed.
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Iowa
Jefferson Jefferson
Ed Pulliam
Pulliam
Tros
Walling Trial Commences in Newport Ky May 27
Walling murder trial opened before Judge Helm in Newport with Prosecution by Lockhart and Nelson and defense by Colonel Washington and Shepherd. Thirty-two examined, six jurors accepted before recess as the case moves forward in the Pearl Bryan case lineage.
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Walling
Newport
Alonzo Walling
Pearl Bryan
Helm
Lockhart
Nelson
Scott Jackson
Washington
Shepherd
Fatal Fall Over a Precipice in Lanorr Wy May 27
Thomas Hayes, while intoxicated, fell over a precipice near Cody City and was instantly killed. Hayes plunged 100 feet. report notes death in the remote Wyoming area and the dangerous conditions.
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Lanorr
Thomas Hayes
Cody City
Hayes
Vancouver Bridge Disaster Claims Dozens in Victoria Crowd
Crowded street car over a bridge collapsed into the bay during a sham fight at Macaulay Point. About 150 feet of span gave way, plunging cars and passengers into the water. Sixty five bodies recovered. many victims identified and listed, including Mrs Adams and Frederick Adams. Saved include W A Robertson and Canon Paddon. Superintendent Wilson and four children survived. one boy drowned. The disaster ended the planned review.
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Victoria
Frederick Adams
RE. Carmichael
J.B. Corpon
Vancouver
Epmonds
Nathan
Spring Ridge
Hosst
Arthur Fullerton
Heather Bell
Wilson
J. A. van Boekkelen
Port Townsend
James M’curry
Annie
Macaulay Point
Storm toll rises in Polk and Jasper counties May 27
Reports from Des Moines and Jasper counties show storm damage worse than expected with over twenty dead and several in critical condition. Names mentioned include Mrs. Phaflen of Valeria and Mrs. Shell. ongoing fears for more fatalities amid extensive destruction. In Sherman Texas a blaze at Williams & Bower restaurant and candy factory threatens Ely Cook’s jewelry and multiple brick buildings, with losses nearing $125,000.
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Jasper
Des Moines
Charles Phaflen
Valeria
Shell
Orella Whitney
Sherman
Tex
Williams & Bower
Court Square
Ely & Cook’s
Storm Cloud Work Destroys Oak land County
A May 27 cyclone in Oak land county left a half mile wide by 16 mile long swath, destroying movable goods. Forty seven people were killed outright and as many injured, with some fatalities expected. Crowning of the czar and czarina in Moscow completed smoothly. Nicholas II’s proclamation forgives arrears and halves land tax. exiles' sentences are reduced. Populists nominate Ridgley for congress in Cherryville district.
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Colorado
Denver
W. H. Klott
Halloes
Hamilton
Polo
Derrott
Oakland County
Crear
Moscow
Nicholas II
Edison Develops New Vacuum Lamp For White Light
The Electrical Review reports Tesla perfecting a vacuum tube lighting system with white bright light and minimal energy. Edison claims a second lamp using a Crookes tube coated with a new fluorescent crystal converts Roentgen rays into white light with little heat and high efficiency, aiming for commercial, economical incandescent use.
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New York
The
Electrical Review
Nikola Tesla
Tesla
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Iowa and nation in brief crop and disaster notes
Iowa weekly crop bulletin notes good plowing weather on dry soils but less bottom land acreage and weed growth. General Fairchild buried with brigadier honors in Madison Wisconsin. A Missouri mother drowns her three children then kills herself amid temporary insanity. Glass factories to shut down across most of the country except one. Lincoln hospital patient dies from a blow amid hospital tensions. Congressional proceedings highlight a relief resolution for St. Louis sufferers and river improvements aid, plus Senate amendments and a contested election case discussion.
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Iowa Crop Bulletin
Des Moines
Iowa Weekly Crop Bulletin
Pitrssone
Western
Pittsburg
Davin
Johnson
St. Louis
Washington
House
Secretary of War
Bartholdt
Lamont
Senate
St.Paul
Little Rock
Johnson-Stokes
South Carolina
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