Various News Briefs and Notes From A Busy Era
A roundup of short items covers the Croton dam strike cost, walking delegates and taxpayer concerns, the origin of coffee, a parlance about a national house speech, the death of Cross the Liverpool dealer, the shear trust collapse, a bicycle brush attachment invention, ancient cypress and cedar lore among tribes, census enumerator resignations and workload, American flour competition with Europe, evolution of U S milling, the elaborate dinner table cutlery scene, a Western woman at an Eastern dinner, Texas quarantine on San Francisco, a German professor’s United States forecast, and a Supreme Court ruling on inheritance tax.
Reinhart Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in Iowa
Open eu r June 7 reports Charles D Reinhart owner of Reinhart flats in Sioux City shot his wife three times and then killed himself with two bullets to the chest. He planned the act after a quarrel while taking her to relatives near Lakeview. The couple’s death shocks neighbors as Reinhart, 28 or 25, sits unconscious in the buggy. Mrs Reinhart, about 35, died. he survived. He owned land in Sage County and was regarded as a quiet citizen.
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D. Reinhart
Charles D. Reinhart
Reinhart
Sioux City
Lakeview
Jlon
Jt Smith
KIME'S STARTLING CLAIM FOR CURE OF CONSUMPTION
Fort Dodge physician Dr. J W Kime declares tuberculosis curable through phototherapy using sunshine condensed and applied to the body or diseased parts by a reflector He has conducted long experiments with tubercle bacilli and his methods are to be shared with the scientific world The approach aims to salvage consumptives not wholly prostrated by the disease and restore health and vigor
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dover
J. W. Kime
Kime
Suspension Repealed for Des Moines Convict Blair
Olie Blair, who had a governor granted suspension of sentence on March 14, was returned to the St Madison penitentiary for violating suspension terms. An attempted insanity declaration was dismissed. Blair, sentenced to eight years in May 1896 for breaking into a railroad car, had been watched for drinking and keeping bad company, and may be moved to Clarinda for criminal insanity if needed.
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Des Moines
Olie Blair
St. Madison
Blair
Ft. Madison
Clarinda
Strike Halts Mason City Yard Construction
About 300 Iowa and Minnesota division workers of the Northwestern railroad walked out in a pre arranged strike over pay. They demand an extra 25 cents a day, threatening delay as the new yards and depots near Mason City advance, potentially blocking the southern entry of the track.
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Mason City
Iowa & Minnesota
Northwestern
Ex Congressman's Insanity Declared in Iowa
Boone June 7 Major A. Holmes former congressman from the Tenth Juana district has been declared insane and sent to the Clarinda state hospital. Insanity commissioners found the case more serious than expected and considered possible relief at the hospital. Dr DeTar said the only hope rested with the hospital and ordered the transfer of Major Molines to Clarinda. The mental decline stems from financial trouble and ongoing ill health.
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Clarinda
Frightful Accident Burned Woman In Fort Dodge
Mrs M M Tabar of Fort Dodge Fort Donen suffered severe burns while washing clothes as a fit seized her. Her arm fell into the seething boiler water, causing serious burns to hand and forearm. She was found after about two minutes and given opiates to ease her agony.
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Fort Donen
M. M. Tabar
Switchman Killed in Burlington Yards at Creston
Creston June 7 switchman Will Sandall was fatally run over by a switch engine in Burlington yards. He was on the night force and had just begun work. The engine rolled forward crushing him, leaving him badly mangled. He was a young man recently married.
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Creston
Will Sandall
Burlington
Night Force
Ihe
Dolliver's Boom Under Way in National VP Talk
Washingon June 6 The Cook County Republican Club Chicago offers to escort Iowa Congressman Dolliver to the national convention with a special train and band for the vice presidential nomination. J M Craig head of the club wires Dolliver. Lorimer and McKinley aides weigh in as Dolliver leads the field with broad GOP support.
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Washingtox
Cook County Republican Club
Chicago
J. M. Craig
Dolliver
Iowa
Towa State Band
Craig
Detroit
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Scranton
Srenton
Dellivers
Congressman Lorimer
Lorimer
Philadelphia
Congress
McKinley
Hanna
Allison
Gear
Henderson
Wreck on Iowa Line Derailed Milwaukee Dining Car
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul train was running through Persia Iowa when the rear diner collapsed and overturned. Five occupants were seriously injured and ten others slightly hurt. The seriously injured include J E Boyer Panora Iowa skull fracture Captain J B Nips Kansas City and J Morize Cedar Rapids. Dining Car Conductor H M Kellogg Manila and porters J Roth and F H White were also hurt. Rail damage caused by heat spread. The injured were transported to Council Bluffs by a special train.
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Milwaukee
Corvser
Stnerrs, Dine
Chicago
J.B. Nips
Kansas City
J. Morize
Cedar Rapids
H. M. Kellogg
Manila
Porter J. Roth
Porter Frank H. White
Council Bluffs
Death Found Near Hog Pen at Grexpy Centre
John P. Suttman, former Grun dy county recorder, was found dead in his hog pen at Grexpy Centre on June 9. Hogs had rooted him into mud and were eating the body when found. Cause of death not yet known. he was cleaning the pen at the time.
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Grexpy Centre
John P. Suttman
Grundy County
Musser Gives $30,000 Library Building in Muscatine
News brief reports T. M. Musser, a Muscatine lumber man and banker, donating a $30,000 building to the city Public Library association. Other items note Boone switchman Willis Airhart’s fatal accident, Alaska federal posts for Dubuque men, a near fatal gasoline stove fire at New Hampton, a Schleswig shooting at a meat market, and Archbishop Keane slated to lead Dubuque. The Rome-linked letter claims and a Sheldon land dispute decision are also included.
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T. M. Musser
Muscatine
Public Library Association
Willis Airhart
Boone
George G. Perry
Dubuque
Alaska
Republican State Committee
George Grance
Allison
New Hampton
F. M. Barber
Barber
Schleswig
Gus Bulis
William Sellroeder
Bulis
Sellroeder
Buhs
Keane
Damascus
Catholic University
Washington
Hennessy
Rome
Sheldon
Jimmy” Criffin
United States
James Griffin
Kruger Declares War Not Ended Despite Pretoria Occupation
President Kruger told a Daily Express correspondent aboard a shunted railway coach at Machadorp Station that British forces have occupied Pretoria but the war is not over. He defended burgher resolve, praised Stevan and DeWet in the Free State, and stressed the capital is the government, not bricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
Machadorp
Loxapox
Pices
Transvaal
Daily Express
Lorenzo Marquez
Mr. Kruger
Republic
Boxer Disorder and Political Shift Stir Shanghai News
The China Gazette claims the dowager empress ordered the Tsung Li Yamen to save Europe rather than halt the Boxer movement while viceroys order troops to block foreign reinforcements. AAP reports Huang Tsun railroad damage, with many soldiers bolting and dozens killed or wounded as Boxers patrol nearby. In New York, ex Senator Hill exerts control at the Kansas City platform debate, with a Chicago Platform divergence and a stormy yet quiet convention.
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Fang Tai
Lu Kou Chao
Huang Tsung
Hill
Chicago
New York
Democratic State Committee
Kansas City
David
Dill
Richard Croker
Edward Murphy
Augustus van Wyck
Kan City
Porto Rico
United States
William J. Hrgan
D. B. Hill
Not Fight with Boxers Many Are Reported Killed
Military reports from Suancuat on June 7 describe close engagement near Teking with heavy casualties on both sides. Japanese fleet mobilization alarms rise as Russia allegedly halts a large landing at Taku. The Russian minister in Peking urged Chinese officials to request Russian aid to restore order, but it remains unaccepted.
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Suancuat
Teking
Japan
Taku
Russia
Peking
M. de Giers
Irish Yeomanry Captured Report by Lord Roberts
Dispatch from Lord Roberts reports the surrender of the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry near Lindley on May 1 as Methuen moved to assist. He describes a five hour fight against Loers, about 2,000 to 3,000 strong, with the Irish yeomanry captured and later hoped for release.
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Lord Roberts
Laxnox
Janperi I Yeomany
Pretoria
T Reeret
Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry
Lindley
Methuen
Leilbron
Kroonstad
Spraiue
Loers
Britishers Take Pretoria After Armistice Proposal Declined
Lord Roberts reports Pretoria will be captured unconditionally after Boer leader Botha chooses not to defend the city. A flag of truce brought a surrender offer, accepted to take possession at 2 pm. Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are in Pretoria. many British officers remain at Waterval.
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Lespoyx
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Ian Hamilton
de Lisle
Samberg
Botha
Kruger
Waterral
Advance on Pretoria Follows Evening Fight Near Six Miles Spruit
A war office dispatch reports British forces advancing from Six Miles Spruit toward Pretoria after a dawn march. Henry's and Ross's mounted infantry with five yeomanry companies dislodged Boers from the south bank and pushed them 4 miles under heavy fire from concealed guns. Artillery supported by Stevenson's brigade drove the enemy from positions, checking attempts to outflank. After about two hours of fighting, forces bivouacked on ground gained, with guards near the southern fort and within four miles of Pretoria.
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Spruit
Loxpoyx
War Office
Spreit
Henry’s
Ross
West Somerset
Dorset
Bedford
Sussex
Naval
Royal Artillery
Pretoria
Stevenson
Poly Carens
Jeff Hawk
Goonmanry
Maxwell
Tudor
Jan Hamilton
Bivenac
Boxers Reported Engaged With Chinese Troops Near Taku
Report from Chinese official sources says 4000 Boxers surrounded 1500 Chinese troops between Ofa and Yong Tsun with ongoing fighting. Initial Boxer losses claimed at 509 killed, while Chinese casualties are uncertain. Nearby, 30 of General Nieh's troops encountered Boxers three miles along the Taku road, 21 Boxers killed. No word from Pao Jing Fu for three days amid believed critical conditions and possible Chinese defeat. French cruisers Entrecasteaux and Jean Bart and Russian cruiser Lossie have arrived at Taku.
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Tipx
Isis
Ofa
Yong Tsun
Nieh
Taku Road
Pao Jing Fu
Flag Over Pretoria Signals British Victory in Pretoria
June 7 Loxnox British occupation of Pretoria reported as complete with the flag raised atop the government offices. Lord Roberts telegram notes a restrained but enthusiastic reception as the Grenadier Guards led the march past in the square. Some officers who had been prisoners observed the ceremony.
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Pretoria
Loxnox
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretortia
Grenadier Guards
Senate approves Cuba extradition bill and ships armor plan
Congress debates and passes a Cuba extradition bill while authorizing armor plate for naval vessels. Senate approves war surcharges, river surveys, and a Louisiana expo appropriation, with House action on Mississippi levees and a public works package amid clashes. riotous House scenes over Corbin and Miles promotions mark June actions. Senate and House reach a compromised naval armor provision.
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Nate Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
House
Oae Naval Committee
Washington
Amone
Henderson's Little Speech Ends Session Adjourned Without Day
Speaker Henderson declares the House adjourned sine die after a session marked by earnest effort and partisan debate. He praises members for meeting great challenges with courage, appeals for a pleasant vacation, and wishes a return to duties refreshed. The adjournment follows a concurrent congressional resolution.
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Wasnixetos
Henderson
House of Representatives
Five Houses of Congress
London Fears War Between Japan and Russia
A dispatch from London reports rising anxiety over imminent war between Japan and Russia. Diplomatic circles foresee conflict, with panic spreading through financial markets and overshadowing South Africa news. The situation prompts intense discussion on likely outcomes and global impact.
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London
Japan
New York
Jame
The
Herald
Russia
Qimpeng
South Africa
British and Chinese forces clash near Peking in new flare
A Sownehai dispatch reports dowager empress orders Fen Neih Si Chong with 3,000 men to guard the Peking railroad amid fierce fighting with Boxers. 200 dead lie on the field as one hundred eight British marines with a machine gun move to break from Tien Tsin to Peking, part of about 900 British landed overall. Also, General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama is named brigadier general in the regular army.
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Lonpox
Sownehai
Fen Neih Si Chong
Peking
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Wheeler
Wasmyotoy
Joseph Wheeler
Alabama
Notes from the Capital Des Moines June 9 1900
Chintz bugs menace Des Moines gardeners with fears for vegetables and a few complaints about crop damage. Washington school reports Lydia Spieth a perfect attendance graduate. Smallpox cases decline statewide with Fraser showing no new infections and one infant death. Historian Charles Aldrich returns from Lehigh with extensive mound and bone bed discoveries. Executive council restricts building and loan stock classes. legal opinions suggest court action for changes. Endowment League formed in Sigourney to fund marriages via $506 per member. Rep. Smith McPherson resigns as congressman to become federal judge in southern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
Shaw
Supreme Court
Remley
Joan
Wold
Boxers in Control as China Faces Railway Sabotage
Dispatch from Tien Tsin dated June 6 reports Boxers and anti foreign outrages along the Pekin railway. General Nieh hesitates to advance with sixty troops as cabins burn and telegraph lines are cut. Foreigners fear traffic may not resume until foreign powers take charge of the line. United States Consulate in Pretoria reportedly struck by shell during occupation.
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Tlonnos
Dunes
Tien Tsim
Lieft
Tien Tsin
Lekin
Nieh
Lofa
Pekin
United States
Leynox
Pretoria
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