Notes From The Capital Des Moines 1900 Update
Des Moines sights include Century Fire Insurance filing with secretary of state and 100000 capital stock. Chautauqua features two quartets Avion of Chicago and Apollo of Columbus plus Maud Ballington Booth. Dolliver meets Champ Clark in planned debate. Liquid air experiments by Tripler show under Russell Palmer. Granger leaves Guernsey & Granger. Ringling Brothers circus to Des Moines July 2 with new acts and reduced rail rates. Des Moines College trustees consider a 25000 gift contingent on raising 60000 to 100000, W M Walker chosen canvass leader. J P Stephenson named interim dean. president search paused. Saloon petition challenges filed in Polk county district court questioning signatures and conduct. trial set for September.
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McKinley Congratulates Roosevelt in Telegram
President McKinley sends a congratulatory telegram to Governor Roosevelt praising his unanimous nomination as a high honor. The message notes the executive mission in Washington and the recognition from Philadelphia and Press.
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Roosevett
Washmatox
Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Isasevelt
Philadelphia
William McWinley
Phe-Pa-Ha Sues Indian Agent for Eight Thousand Dollars
Phe-Pa-Ha also known as Jim Peters sues W. G. Malin United States Indian agent at Tama and G. W. Nellis superintendent of the Toledo boarding school claiming 8000 for false arrest and imprisonment. He alleges officials falsely accused him of enticing away a child and unlawfully deprived him of liberty for six days in 1809 case tie to abduction incident.
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Phe-Pa-Ha
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United States
Jim Says
Malin
Reedy
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Toledo
Tama District Court
Iowa
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Des Moines Man Held in Sheldahl Bank Robbery Case
J W Crawley a Des Moines resident living with his wife and employed by a business college was arrested on charges tied to the Sheldahl bank robbery. He sought a habeas corpus writ but was denied, bonds set at 1000, and released pending preliminary hearing postponed to allow state witnesses.
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J. W. Crawley
Mathis
Mystery Along Railroad Track Near Fort Douck
A Copper passenger train between Fort Dodge and Sioux City stopped near Harnant after a flagman reported a man struck by the ahead gravel train. Despite extensive search no body was found as the late Clipper did not halt to investigate. Plus Iowa delegates named officers and a National Music Teachers Convention elected officers with next year’s venue set for Richmond.
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Harnant
Incendiary Fire Hits Creston Creston and Nearby Stores
Fire at Saling s livery barn Harvey s confectionery and Humphrey s grocery caused 10000 dollars in losses with 6000 dollars insured. Incendiary origin reported and one horse burned. Families of Geo Stickland Mrs Turner and others lost belongings with some escapes. Carnegie Library accepted in Ottumwa as voters back 5060 donation and yearly support. light turnout but women carried it by 240 votes.
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Andrew Carnegie
Muscatine
Big Auditorium Burned in Des Moines Losses Totaled
Des Moines reports a Sunday morning fire gutting the new auditorium. Roof collapsed and walls suffered extensive damage. Estimated loss reaches $25,000 insured. W P Chase's invested property about $2,500 ruined. Insurance may fund rebuilding to begin soon.
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Auditor ium contracts let for Des Moines iron work
The Des Moines Bridge and Iron Works won the auditorium iron work contract worth 740 after Crellin company had initially priced it at 1100. The Des Moines project will be rushed with strong energy, the report states.
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Senator Davis Warns China Crisis Could Widen Internationally
Minnesota Senator and Senate Foreign Affairs chairman Davis calls the China situation grave and potentially partitioned, warning of war and lasting global impact. He says the crisis surpasses Civil War stakes and may awaken a giant in China that will assert itself in world affairs for years.
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Pandelraia
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Japan
Wheat failure a calamity across Minnesota and Dakotas
The Times-Herald reports crop expert Snow’s two week survey in Minnesota and the Dakotas calling the wheat situation a national calamity. He assigns Dakotas 20 million and Minnesota 35 million bushels, totaling 75 million versus 200 million last year and 225 million in 1594.
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COLUMN NAD TO FIGHT ABOARD EN ROUTE TO PEKING
A Shanghai dated dispatch reports Vice Admiral Seymour’s column reaching Peking after a long march and repeated Chinese attacks. The column faced five assaults with many casualties among the Chinese noted while foreign losses were trifling.
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Loxpoy
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Iowa guard team wins prizes at state range drill
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports the Fifty-first Iowa team captured first with 908 total points at the state small arms competition. Corporal Charles Harless of Troop A earned an individual Remington award. Other Iowa teams placed, and local notes include Ira Husted's arrest on counterfeiting charges and Des Moines packing plant plans.
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State Range
Iowa
Charles Harless
Asted
Belle Plaine
Cedar Teapids
Des Moines
Des Moines and Liverpool Packing Company
Harry West
Des Moines and Liverpool
John Whitworth
Liverpool
England
Whitworth
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Waterloo
Relief Reaches Fehring As Admiral Seymour Arrives
Shanghai reports say legations in Peking were safe on June 17 and Admiral Seymour with the relieving column is said to have reached Peking. Chinese sources note the viceroy’s yamen burned at Tientsin, with reports of Kwanghi's capture and the Waku railway destruction.
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Peking
Suaneuai
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Tien 'I'sin
Bombardment of Tien Tsin Reported with Consulate Attacked
Acting Secretary Hackett received a cable from Admiral Kempf dated Chefoo June 21 reporting that Tien Tsin is being bombarded and that the American consulate and other foreign concessions are being destroyed. A relief party with 120 American marines under Major Walter is en route.
Troops sail routes Manila to China and far seas
Regiments move from Manila toward Tien Tain Mantua with Ninth Regiment ordered to Manila then to China. Gunboat Concord with marines sails reportedly for China. Buena Ventura sails for Hongkong with troops and stores. Diplomatic corps report safe in Peking. Admiral Seymour arrived. Buller advances near St Anderton. Boer surrenders rise. Native uprising kills commissioners and police in Gambia. Denmark’s left maintains majority while king keeps right ministry. London edition prints Bible with New Testament before Old.
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China
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Concord
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Bathurst
West Africa
Gambia
Sankanndi
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Denmark
Party of the Left
Allied forces clash at Tien Tsin amid foreign casualties
Four thousand allied troops defend Tien Tsin as fighting intensifies with possible Thursday reinforcements. Eight hundred Americans participate in the action alongside Germans and British forces. Chinese forces reportedly possess many guns, while 1,500 foreigners are said to have been massacred per Japanese sources relayed to Shanghai.
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Tien Tsin
China
United States
Nashville
Chee Foo
Shanghai
Bombardment of Tien Tsin Continues as Concessions Burn
Reports from Cun Tao dated June 23 describe relentless shelling of Tien Tsin with foreign concessions nearly all ignited. The American consulate is razed, Russians occupy the rail station but face pressure, and reinforcements are urged amid heavy casualties. Missionaries potentially murdered. Li Hung Chang acts as intermediary with powers.
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Tien Tsin
China
Aku
New York
Leonard
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Wood cuts salaries amid Cuban university scandal
Havana June 23 postal frauds are overshadowed by a Cuba university scandal that exposes under professors earning 24,000 dollars a year. Seventy two professors and twenty four assistants, some with no classes, drew extra government salaries. General Wood ordered reforms, shrinking the list to forty six.
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Count Muravieff Dead Russian Foreign Minister Dies
Count Michael Muravieff, Russian minister of foreign affairs, died suddenly on Thursday after an apoplectic fit. He had just finished coffee and ordered lunch when he collapsed. His work on universal peace spurred the Hague peace conferences called by the czars last year.
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Hague
British Convoys Captured as De Wet Advances to Machadodorp
June 21 dispatches report British penetration into Transvaal reaching Machadodorp with heavy artillery activity. Boers allegedly abandoned Machadodorp and withdrew north. General De Wet operations along Roberts era communications cited two convoys captured and 300 workers with fifty soldiers taken prisoner.
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Loxvon
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Machadodorp
Lorenzo Marquez
Machadedorp
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Alkmaar
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Lord Roberts
Amnesty for Rebels Proclaimed by MacArthur in Philippines
General MacArthur formally announced President McKinley’s amnesty order granting free pardons to Filipinos who joined the rebellion, requiring only an oath of allegiance to the United States. Prominent leaders Buencamino Paterno and others welcome the move as a path to Aguinaldo’s surrender, with peace terms unchanged for war violators.
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MacArthur
Masiua
McKinley
Buencamino Paterno
Aguinaldo
United States
Russians Attack Peking as Relief Force Reaches City
Shanghai reports say a Russian relieving force arrived near Peking and immediately engaged on two fronts with heavy artillery. Chinese losses and fires at the legations are noted, with conflicting accounts of casualties among foreigners. Reports from Berlin and Shanghai mention French and German officials killed or missing, and Japan mobilizing troops for transport. The British cruiser Undaunted blockades the harbor as Chinese forts endure further bombardment.
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Daily Express
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Tung Ching
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Undaunted
Peace Terms Arranged for Filipinos in Manila Meeting
In Manila thirty political prisoners attended a peace meeting to influence Aguinaldo and General MacArthur. Proposals include amnesty, loans to the Pili property, use of revolutionary generals in the navy, funding for needy soldiers, guaranteed personal rights, civil government establishment, and expulsion of friars.
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Peace pledge by Chinese viceroy to protect missionaries
Reports from Wasminevox and Monocacy cite Chinese officials asserting they can maintain order and safety for foreign missionaries in the Yangtze provinces. A U S gypboat Monocacy was bombarded near Pei Ho river as tensions flare with gunfire along riverbanks and forts. The text notes a candidate’s failed second assessment.
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Hay
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