Miners strike ends pay dispute in Cedar Rapids area
Boone County miners who struck for a maise to $1 per ton have returned to work on the 90 cent scale after previously earning 80 cents. Nearby, a venue change motion in the Bever will contest was denied by Judge Wolfe following affidavits from over 200 supporters. Creston suffers an obscene letter writer case, while towns report counterfeiting tools found in Webster City. Reports also note robberies across southern Iowa, a marriage in Fort Dodge, and local public health concerns.
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Boone County
Cedar Rapids
Bever Will
Wolfe
Creston
Craulk
J . George Carr
Webster City
United States Court
Carr
Fort Dodge
Fire firebug threatened with lynching after large Indiana blaze
Geneva Ind November 23 Ten business houses and one dwelling burned yesterday. Oliver Martin jailed on charges of causing the fire. Citizens threaten lynching as losses reach about 25000 with little insurance. This marks the fifth major fire in three months, with one totaling over 100000. Evidence against Martin is strong and local fury runs high.
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Geneva
Ind
Oliver Martin
Martin
Four Bodies Washed Ashore Reported Near Sarnia
Port Huron Michigan reports four bodies washed ashore after a gale. A telephone message from Camelchie, fourteen miles from Sarnia and four miles from the beach, says four men are found. No local report of a boat ashore matches the claim. the victims may be fishermen lost in the gale.
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Port Huron
Mich
Camelchie
Sarnia
Real estate agent Hughes shot on Nez Perces Reservation
Lewiston Idaho reports Hughes a local real estate agent shot and killed on the Nez Perces Reservation after a dispute over a claim. The principal town site is about forty miles away, with two or three Clear Water towns expected to grow as trading points.
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Nez Pereces Reservation
Lewiston
Idaho
Hughes
Nez Perces
Spring Valley Decision Reversed by Judge Stipp
In Princeton New Jersey on November 21 Judge Stipp of the circuit court set aside the jury verdicts for defendants John Quinby John Laurer Joe Lemor Jean Brault and Paul Yerly in the Spring Valley race war cases. Hach had faced a penitentiary verdict. The judge noted alibis for the five men and a motion to arrest judgment for the remaining eight defendants was scheduled for today.
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Spring Valley
Princeton
Stipp
Circuit Court
John Quinby
John Laurer
Joe Lemor
Jean Brault
Paul Yerly
Hach
Washington Declines Joint Action Over Turkish Crisis
A government source says the U.S. will refrain from joining in any coalition to coerce the sultan or dismember the Turkish empire. American warships remain off the scene to press treaty obligations for American citizens. No American missionaries or teachers are reported harmed, with mission property damage tied to anti Christian violence and reparations expected.
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Washington
Turkey
Carlisle hints at treasury reform to Congress
Secretary Carlisle spoke at a New York Chamber of Commerce banquet outlining defects in the currency system but offered no specific proposals. He plans to publish his annual report and present treasury facts to Congress, leaving lawmakers to decide their own remedy rather than retire greenbacks.
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Asia Minor
Terrell
Kharput
Washington
Carlisle
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Treasury
Congress
Blow to Lotteries in U S Mail System
Boston postmaster reports an order from Postmaster General Wilson banning postal money orders to lottery promoters. Remitters will be notified that payment is forbidden and the amount will be returned when a duplicate order is obtained under department rules.
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Boston
Mass
Coveney
Wilson
United States
Iowa Miners Form a New Union in Ottumwa
The Iowa Mine Workers' Protective Association formed after a split from the national Mine Workers of America. District No. 13 separated Missouri miners and re organized the state with sick and death benefits, affiliated with larger bodies but operating independently. J. W. Reynolds of Beacon elected president.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Navy
Coal Miners’ Convention
Mine Workers of America
National
Iowa Mine Workers’ Protective Association
Missouri Miners
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Reynolds
Beacon
Ex-Priest Wagner Acquitted in Embezzlement Case
Ex-Priest Casper J. Wagner, former pastor of St. Mary's church in St. Joseph Missouri, was acquitted yesterday on embezzlement charges. The court ruled he could not be convicted for crookd acts linked to church funds. Wagner had abducted 16 year old Maud Steidel and married her, and he faces a new trial today on a charge of abducting a girl under 18.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Casper J. Wagner
St. Mary's Church
Wagner
Maud Steidel
Playhouse caves in injures and deaths in Louisville
Six boys digging a cave at Grayson Street were buried when a steep embankment collapsed. Two boys died, two were badly injured with broken arms, and two escaped unharmed. Names given include Ramage and Noward Snow. Campbell and Ramage injured. Broad and Baker escaped injury. Debs visit to Chicago features a large workingmen procession awaiting his arrival and an address at Battery D armory.
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Louisville
Twenty Eighth
Grayson Streets
Ramage
Noward
Snow
Louis
Campbell
Walter
Will
Ley
Otto Broad
Fred Baker
Grayson Street
Debs
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Battery D Armory
Pledged to San Francisco state convention pledges rise
The Pittsburgh friend letter about renting rooms for the national Republican convention remains unconfirmed. Confidential reports say twenty one national committee members have pledged to San Francisco and railroads would provide a $25 round trip rate. In Whiting Indiana a Standard Oil storage tank exploded, shattering nearby windows and sparking a large blaze that was controlled by midnight.
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San Francisco
Columbus
Ohio
Clarkson
Pittsburg
National Committee
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Eighteen Year Old Charged With Brownsville Triple Murder
Knoxville reports Charles Hurd, a black man, accused of murder of Jasper D. Kelley. He was seized from Wartburg jail by a 20 man masked mob, forced entry with a sledge, and hanged at an oak tree 100 yards from the jail after the keys were taken.
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Brownsville
Ore
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Hurd
Jasper D. Kelley
Wartburg
Langtry
Triple murder charges crown two state cases
In Brownsville Oregon Lloyd Montgomery, 18, is jailed on coroner's jury murder counts for his parents and D. B. McKeecher, after a house shooting. A bloodstained rifle and his air gun link him to the crime scene. In Ashland Kentucky James Dewitt is jailed for the murder of wife Mrs Dewitt found in woods near Grayston with throat binding marks. He denies guilt claiming suicide by his wife. The case stirs fears of lynching.
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Brownsville
Ore
Lloyd Montgomery
John Montgomery
McKeecher
Montgomery
Young Montgomery
Ashland
James Dewitt
Gray‘son
Dewitt
Maunderer
Necatur
Vaeer Smith
Hdna Luehert
Gambler shoots Faro dealer in Turf saloon incident
Oklahoma City on November 22 reports Parish Cox a faro dealer shot and fatally wounded Al Wagner after Wagner, who had been drinking, threatened Cox. Police investigated the Turf saloon scene and the fatal shootingmarked the night’s violence in the city.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Parris Cox
al Wagner
Wagner
Cox
Daughters of Rebekah Increase Officers Salaries
The Daughters of Rebekah in Springfield Illinois approved pay raises for the president to 100 dollars plus expenses for inspections and the secretary to 350 dollars and expenses. Kate A. Troxell of Canton won the Lincoln orphans home director seat. The grand lodge session advanced bills and installed grand officers, concluding with four knightly ranks bestowed by Patriarchs Militant.
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Daughters of Rebekah
Springfield
Ill
Orphans’ Home
Lincoln
Kate A. Troxell
Canton
Odd Fellows’ Grand Lodge
Gibson Case Postponed in Sangamon County Court
Springfield November 22 The people against Milroy H Gibson Chicago legislator indicted for bribery was set for trial in Sangamon County Circuit Court but not reached due to a prior case occupying the day Gibson attended and witnesses were ready Trial likely to proceed tomorrow
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Gibson
Springfield
Ill
Milroy H. Gibson
Chicago
Sangamon County
Senator Sherman Improves After Cold Illness
Washington Nov 18 Senator Sherman confined to his house with a severe cold is somewhat better today and hopes to be able to leave his room to walk outside and regain strength as he recovers from the illness.
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Sherman
Washington
Canada and U S Patents Reported From Iowa Office
Des Moines reports Canada patents granted for a coal handling car loader by Thomas Beck and a reversible lifting jack by Nick Weiler of Milwaukee. U S patents issued earlier to them. new allowances include a hay rake side delivery loader by C W Baird of Millersburg and an auxiliary conveyor for grain and weed seed separation by Nathan Cornish of Garner. Also an innovative geometrical sphere teaching aid by Albert Cowles of Des Moines. Debs released from Woodstock jail at midnight. plans include speeches in Terre Haute and Milwaukee and a six week stay at American Railway union HQ.
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Exchange
Chicago
Francis Schlatter
Denver
Boulder
Col
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Woodstock
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Hayward
Catherine K Ing
Minneapolis
England
United States
Norfolk
San Francisco
Marblehead
Des Moines
Canada
Thomas Beck
Nick Weiler
Milwaukee
Wis
C. W. Baird
Millersburg
Iowa
Nathan Cornish
Garner
Albert Cowles
Thomas G
J. Raton Orwie
Solicitors of Patents
Ill
Mr. Debs
Big Four
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Armory
Debs
Battery of dynamite guns guards Golden Gate harbor
San Francisco reports the Port Point bluffs battery, the largest of its kind, ready to shell any invader within three miles of the Golden Gate. A December test will be conducted before General Graham and Presidio officers using live shells to simulate warfare.
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San Francisco
Cal
Port Poini
Golden Gate
Milroy
Pacific Coast
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Graham
Presidio
Law Is Unconstitutional in Sun Day Closing Law
Chicago November 18 Judge Gibbons ruled Saturday that the Sunday closing law passed by the last Thieles legislature is unconstitutional.
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Chicago
Gibbons
Fire, wrecks claim multiple lives in early 1900s incidents
Casualties include a Lowell mass fire destroying a five story brick building with losses at least 359000 while fires rage on Little Kamia near Parkersburg West Virginia. A train collision at Union Springs Alabama kills Fireman Morris and injures Engineer Lawrence. A Santa Fe rider dies leaping from a moving train in Strong City Kansas. Additional wrecks occur near Marshall Illinois and Cleveland Ohio with fatalities and many injuries.
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Lowell
Mass
Little Kamia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Union Springs
Ala
Morris
Lawrence
Santa Fe
Strong City
Kan
J. E. Smith
Chicago
Marshall
Ill
D. H. Hammond
Grandvieto
Rockport
Ind
Cleveland
Charles Bierce
Flora
Iola
Assumption
A. Epstein
Ber Hn
Wis
Slabtown
William Schultz
Sheboygan
Ward Leonard
Wabash River
Vincennes
Ohio River
St. Paul
Summit
Mich
Alfred C. Murtay
Green Bay
Frank Stocks
Loss of Italian bark Carlo near Cape Horn after collision
Details from London report that only four of Carlo’s nineteen crew survived after a collision with Condor. Other items note the Turkish sultan’s probable deposition, Senor Thedim’s health scare, the Czarina’s newborn daughter, and a fire destroying Ottawa’s Canadian Pacific railway station.
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Carlo
Cape Horn
London
Turkey
Senor Thedim
United States
Rome
Czarina
Russia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa
Ont
Crime spree across towns fuels fires and feuds
A chaotic rash of incidents across states leaves two killed and four injured after an express derailment near Rome. Fires destroy Purcell buildings and threaten arson suspects. Feuds kill Kilgore and Jones with Handley badly wounded near Birmingham. A feud-driven shooting injures Swanson at Brush Fort. Exposition theaters close for immorality and a fraud order targets a California bond outfit. Bandit Brady is convicted in California while a bank misdeed prompts receivership talks in Baltimore. A Philadelphia murder plea brings a 20 year sentence and other crimes touch Minnesota, Chicago, and Coal Creek.
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New York Central
Rome
Purcell
O. T
Handley
Post Office Department
United Indemnity Company of
Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Brady
Marysville
Browning
Oregon Express
Wheatland
Sherif Bogard
Brady
Perkins Square Building and Loan Association of
Baltimore
Mark B. Ambler
Joseph Hodgitts
William
Philadelphia
W. A. Shoemaker
Holmes
Pitzel
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Minn
John Townsend
Armour Avenue
Chicago
Cincinnati Hospital
Peter W. Breene
Leadville (Cola.) Savings and Deposit Bank
Anxiaus
James Myers
Franklin
Ind
R.S. Pitzpatrick
Newitcrery Eadh
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Iowa News Condensed
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Charlotte
Henry Tager
Burington
Charles H. Dale
Ottumwa Courier
Gov. Jackson
Dubuque County
Farmer's State Bank
Dyersville
Black Bank County
Sohn Westi
Sarmel ‘Sini
Sevena
Lowa
Iree
Shenandoah
Arimore Lumber Yard
Aunkdosva
Ivho
Taion County
Bende
George L. Berton
Herman Hes
Lally
Cedar. Rapids
Tom ‘Bally
Frank Curran
Jéns ‘Conradson
Primghar
Algyer
Etis
Federal Court
Charles ‘Dale
Ottumwan Courier
Bridget Lally
Tom Lally
Tom
Curran
William Brainard
Chres
Cedar ‘Rapids
Starner
Pleasant Valley
Simpson Hamilton
Henry Anebale
Mike
Secretary of the Interior
Sioux City &St. Paul
Supreme Court
O'Brien County
Bentonsport
Julius Greef
Sigourney
Fairfield
P. Stapleton
Risk & Huftsead
New Sharon
W. P. Hammond
D. Littlechild
Littlechild
Sibley
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Tenth
Louise Pearsons
Os. M. Green
J. J. Dolliver
sGeorge Hinrichsen
Davenport
N. S. Taylor
Fontanelle
St. Petersburg
Brighton
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Benj. Pietzel
H. AH. Holmes
Philadephia
New York Journal
Rency Recommendations
Days Criminal News
Tennessee
O. O. F. Grand Bodies
Indiana
HE. H. Nebeker
State Central Committee
Gowdy
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Trinidad
Armenia
Cincinnati
Sydney Strong
Walnut Hill Congregational Church
Norman Plass
Vine Street Congregational Church
Montreal
William Osler
Johns Hopkins University
R. L. Gault
Bright
Patent Office
Toston
American Board
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Towa
Minnesota
Nebraska
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Danbury
Cann
Conn
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Raiatea
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Via
Pee Peate
Mante
St. Johns
N. F
Union Bank
Robert Thorburn
Augustus Harvey
Walter Bain Grieve
William Joseph Donnelly
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