Experts Complete Bond of Control Accounts Review
Des Moines August 22 Philip H Skinner and William N Medges expert accountants appointed by the executive council have nearly finished examining the board of control office accounts. Their report will show the accounts in perfect condition and praise the system as efficient with merit-based staff. They note possible eliminations in some accounting details but see no need if essential functions are preserved. They commend the purchasing by bidding for savings and quality for state institutions. They suggest extending board supervision to include all county institutions. They doubt any state has a superior system to Iowa's.
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William N. Medges
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Board of Control Office
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Billings Guts Tasty Days to Fight Card Bill
Ames Iowa Aug 24 Joe Billings a young man who tried to beat his hotel bill at the West House yesterday was jailed thirty days by Dusie Haverly He claimed to be an agent for a Chicago tailoring house and worked the night clerk for $5 in payment for being appointed agent He cut the screen threw his baggage to the ground and after a moment retrieved it then went toward the depot The clerk notified the marshal who arrested and fined him Cedar Rapids Aug 23 Mrs T M Sinclair to dedicate a $40000 Third Presbyterian church memorial to her late husband Work begins at once the building will seat 660 with Sunday school rooms for 400 Denison Aug 24 Northwestern flyer ran over an unknown man near town The body mangled beyond recognition was picked up in pieces Sioux City Aug 23 Ernest Porter 10 washed from a raft in the Missouri river and drowned Aug 22 Tall Tall Aug 23 burglars blew open the Tall post office safe taking $472 in stamps and $150 in cash Des Moines Aug 19 Steele of Ostengthy secured injunction in federal court at St Louis restraining Kirksville osteopathic schools from circulating false Des Moines exclusion stories and suing for $50000 damages Enthusiasm will lead a man to do things a common sense would not drive him to attempt.
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Chicago
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Edwin Jr
United States
China
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St. Louis
Kirksville
Populists Nominate State Officers in Des Moines Meeting
Twenty delegates attended the state populist convention in Des Moines. Ed H Weller John Youngermann AM A A Stanford and Andrew Macomber were absent except for regrets read by the secretary. The body endorsed the Omaha platform and nominated Weller for governor Engle for lieutenant governor McDonald for supreme judge McDowell for railroad commissioner J C Jarland for superintendent of public instruction surprised by party move toward creating a Des Moines party newspaper.
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Ed. H. Weller
John Youngermann
Stanford
Andrew Macomber
Lawich
L. I. Weller
Alli Reed
State Centri] Committee
Muscatine
Oiisha
Oll
State Cmder
TL. If. Weller
Chickasaw County
Perry Engie
Jasper County
J. R. McDonald
Polle County
Jake McDowell
Shelby County
J.C. Iarland
Woodbury County
Pierced by a pine stick in Iowa railroad yard
Multiple Iowa items report on accidents and deaths. Engineer Frank Bender of Waterloo, on the Illinois Central, was fatally struck by moulding ripped from a box car in Fort Dodge. A council deadlock at Estherville produced a nominating vote for B. F. Robinson. Burglar threats, serious injuries from a cannon accident, a suicide near Prairieburg, a Washington correspondent Nettie Banford-Chapin’s death, and two sisters drowning near Maquoketa are noted with terse local details.
Stool Officials Resume Star Tin Plate Plant Work
Stool officials reported resumed operations at the Star tin plate plant in Littsburg after a partial equipment phase. Strike conditions remained quiet at other points, with Amalgamated workers praising restraint and awaiting mills to operate without strikebreakers. Superintendent Tarper claimed 100 workers are at the Star plant with no defections.
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Star Tin Plate
Littsburg
Star
American Tin Plate Company
Pennsylvania
Tarper
Czar Considers South African Mediation Amid Boer War
Dispatch from Copenhagen reports Russian circles say the czar plans to broach South African intervention to William II and Loubet. He may seek a private audience with Neuger in France to obtain Boer position statements and craft an action plan. Locally, Missouri funds shortfall and a bullion robbery sentencing are noted.
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Copenhagen
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Cour
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Neuger
Sheriff Leads 27 Men in Lynching Battle at Court House
In Asheville Alabama on August 24 Sheriff North and 27 deputies fought a mob of about 400 armed citizens intent on lynching condemned negro Iynehdim Brown. Three mob members were fatally shot and Brown was moved to Birmingham for safekeeping until his execution date.
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Thundy
Striking Steel Mills See Varied Activity Across Regions
A Pittsburgh summary shows mixed mill status with some mills running while others idle. Managers report readiness to start as strikers add numbers, and officials anticipate a key conference within days that could shift the strike’s trajectory.
Navy closes inquiry on Howeison service matter
Washington reports the Navy Department views the Howison inquiry as a closed incident for now, with a court to decide next steps. Hackett has not received a reply on a requested statement, while Lemly begins compiling witnesses for the court of inquiry. Also noted are Germany’s refusal to leave Tientsin University and Conger urging action on the German occupation disrupting Dr Tenney’s educational work.
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Sehley Court
Canada
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France breaks diplomatic ties with Turkey over broken promises
In Constantinople the French ambassador M Constans informed the sultan’s first secretary that all relations between France and Turkey are broken. Constans said the sultan failed to honor a personal promise given at the Vieliz palace about quays purchase and disputed French claims, making continued diplomacy impossible.
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Venezuelan and Colombian War Movements Escalate
The Willemstad Curacao correspondent reports 800 Venezuelan troops under General Davila moving toward Rio Machay to reinforce Colombian revolutionaries led by Uribe Uribe with ammunition supplied by Caracas. General John Pietr, a rebel leader, is captured near Magdelian but released by President Castro.
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Beet sugar production grows in United States
Washington Aug 24 The United States is nearing the ability to produce ten beet sugar worth 100000000 as British consul Wyndham reports. four Illinois factories three Nebraska and three Colorado under American Beet Sugar Co will employ thousands. climate favors beet cultivation and US sugar consumption rivals world totals.
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Drunkard issue at Soldiers Home prompts reform
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines August 24 1808 reports the Soldiers Home neurology on drink habits as the main discipline barrier. Commandant Horan states drink is root of most troubles. a new pension law with withholdings reduces insobriety. Biennial period notes need for improvements costing about 57 thousand dollars. Treasury totals near 1.8 million with detailed fund breakdowns. Attorney General opinion says college trustees must pay their own trip expenses. Insurance company suit over assessment argues double taxation. Portrait of Mrs Pauline Swalm hung in state historical building. her son-in-law, Cal Swalm, US consul, present. Additional notes cover letters from Gen. Sirett’s father and Cape Colony martial law. a copper mine idle in Phoenix. a Jerome street tale.
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