Iowa News Items Highlight Trials and Tragedies
Ex policeman John P Evans found guilty after jury verdict in a case involving destroying ballots in Ward 6 Precinct F Cincinnati. In Grand Rapids Mich fourteen Salvation Army and seven State Holiness Society members arrested for disorderly conduct. released on bail as mayor and police vow to curb the nuisance. Numerous reports follow from Iowa and nearby states including fires, suicides, accidents, and weather impacts across towns such as Red Oak Anamosa Davenport Dubuque Des Moines and Marshalltown.
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Cincinnati
Salvation Army
State Holiness Society
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rome
N. Y
Capital City Gas Works
Philadelphia
Ft. Madison
Globe
Marion
Mary A. Carlson
C. A. Carlson
Red Oak
Anamosa
Iris
Hepburn
Iowa
Plover
Atlantic Democrat
Cass County
Board of Supervisors
State Board
Rock Island Railroad
Audubon
Atlantic
Atlantic Canning Company
Fara
Webster County
W. C. Brown
Rose Dolagher
Tingley
Ringgold County
John Haver
E. Pease
Adams County
Indiana
Nebraska Elitors
Omaha
Pacific Coast
Board of Trade
la Porte
Ind
Higsby Foster
Iowa National Guard
Marshalltown
Annie Carey
Denison
John D. Bush
Dubuque
East Dubuqu
Michael Kane
G. N. Martin
Milwaukee
Leo
Pacific Junction
Des Moines
Hawkeye Insurance Company
Chicago
Iea
Ida Grove
Charles Stout
Ezra Robinson
Selma
Delia Boettcher
Davenport
Rock Island
State Board of Health
Grand Junction
Ottumwa
Lee Brooker
Readville
Ohio
Iowa Fire Losses Rise in June and July
The Constitution of Keokuk reports Iowa fire losses for June and July as the most costly in years. June totalled 338,000 with Muscatine lumber yards 200,000 and several cities incurring significant damage including Salem Waterloo Grinnell Ottumwa Storm Lake and Davenport. July fires reached 325,000 with major losses at Dubuque Cedar Rapids Traer Des Moines Mason City and other towns.
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Iowa
Iino
Monticello
Des Moines
Cu‘cago
Des Moins
Tur
Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
Davenport
Burtis House
Cedar Rapids
Grand
Burlington
Barrett
Ottumwa
Ballingall
Creston
Broad Gauge Street Car Company
Waterloo
U Ne
Comany
Town City
Keokuk
Muscatine
Salem
Grinnell
Storm Lake
United States
Uque
Green
Hubbard
Bonaparte
Traer
Cedar Falls
Des Moines Pottery Works
Mason City
East Des Moines
Neola
Glenwood
Ill-fated Ilomer once northern Iowa center of trade
Obituary notes Ilomer as the old county seat for Webster and Hampton counties. Once a thriving town with Snell and Butteworth store and influence, its prominence ended after Ft. Dodge and Hamilton county seat shifts. Train lines and professionals left. houses moved to rival towns. Now a quiet post office with a few stores, two churches, a school, and a small community of noble residents.
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Agus
Ilomer
Webster
Hampton
Iowa
Snell & Butteworth
Granville Berkley
Judge Meservey
Lomer
Ft. Dodge
Hamilton
Webster City
Homer
Fort Dodge
Missing mail pouch on St Louis route investigated
New York reports a possible $100 robbery on the St Louis to New York mail pouch route. Postmaster Pierson says the pouch for St Louis was delivered to the railway mail service here last month and has not been receipted. Washington was informed, but no local details or exact value of contents are known.
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New York
St. Louis
Pierson
Washington
Belfast
York Street
Mlitary
President Cleveland Signs Oleomengarine Bill With Changes
A broad review of national and local events follows. A debt dispute in Pierce City Missouri ends in a fatal shooting. Fatal family violence reported in Shelby County Ohio. Bloomington Indiana sees an express baggage incident with a burglar at large. Harville Missouri reports a fatal shooting, and a man dies in Kankakee Illinois. Casualties include a Brooklyn bridge incident and a church bombing in Pottsville Pennsylvania linked to liquor-law enforcement. Industrial fires devastate Syracuse and Springfield mills, with major losses in Detroit and a schooner disaster at Sandy Hook. International notes cover Ireland politics, Gladstone’s strategy, and Irish potato troubles, plus European cultural news and Turkish armament.
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Pierce City
Wm. Rex
Drew House
Shelby County
Ohio
Ambrose Arnold
Bloomington
Ind
Harville
John Bradley
Chas. Windigley
Tue
Bradley
Geo. Dugan
Kankakee
Ill
Brodie
Brooklyn
Pottsville
Law and Order Society
Whch
Dav d Walker
Orville H. Short
Syracuse
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Meagher portrait unveiled in Waterford amid bonnie display
The Waterford July 1 celebration drew crowds from Cork Limerick Dublin and other locales to unveil the portrait of General Thomas Francis Meagher. A vast procession moved to a stand where the mayor spoke and Parnellite MPs and others praised Meagher for his services to the union and the Civil War.
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Waterford
Ireland
Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Thomas Francis Meagher
Samuel J. Tilden Dies at Aug. Morning in New York
The Nation mourns as Samuel J. Tilden dies peacefully after a sudden illness. Born February 9, 1814, in New Lebanon New York, he studied at the University of New York and Yale briefly, became a famed reform governor, Democratic presidential nominee in 1876, and a leading party statesman. He never married.
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New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Greystone
N. Y
Samuel Jones Tilden
Jackson
Jefferson
New Lebanon
Columbia County
Yale
University of New York
Horace Greely
New Yorkty
S‘ae
Agip
Natonally
Ross Twvel
Sweetha
Charred steam tug blasts bombs in lake near Chicago
Chief of Detectives John Shea chartered a steam tug and a small party to the lake two miles east of the crib. They exploded five bombs made by the red flag apostles. A gas pipe with a rubber bag sank, a float attached, and a five foot fuse set off a blast that shook the boat and sent a water jet high into the air. Fish were blown from the lake as the explosion expanded.
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Chcaco
John Shea
Crb
Red Flag Apostles
Air Ship Project By Professor Patterson
In San Francisco on July 31 Professor William Patterson reports he must suspend work on his airship due to lack of funds. He seeks twelve thousand dollars to finish the 180 foot long hull and 48 foot breadth craft and aims to demonstrate aerial navigation by October 1 in the attempt to fly 6,000 pounds from San Francisco to New York.
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San Francisco
William Patterson
New York
Mail pouch theft shocks St Louis area
A mail pouch from New York to St Louis carrying over one hundred thousand dollars in cash and valuable papers was stolen between New York and Indianapolis about a month ago. Detectives have pursued the case with no arrests yet and authorities are tight lipped about details.
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St. Louis
New York
Louis
New Yok
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Michigan Agricultural College Faces Student Professor Clash
In Lansine Michigan on July 31 students at the Michigan Agricultural College clash with a professor after a junior is expelled. The expelled student’s reinstatement demand spreads through the student body threatening mass departure if unmet. The board of control has been summoned and college business stands still.
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Mica
Michigan Agricultural College
Colege
Contro
Degrad
Promotions At C R J and P Railroad Elevate Management
The C R J and P Railroad announces promotions and new duties. E St John becomes Assistant General Manager after a long rise from 1864 in passenger and ticket work. E A Holbrook becomes General Ticket and Passenger Agent succeeding St John. George H Smith moves to Assistant General Ticket and Passenger Agent.
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St. John
Mr. St. John
Iowa
West
E. A. Holbrook
George H. Smith
A Soldier's Bride and a Dug Out Home
General Sherman recalls a young bride who joined a poor second lieutenant on the western plains. Her dug out quarters ten by fifteen feet became a charming home with simple furnishings. She hosted a supper of coffee, fried ham, cakes and jelties from the commissary, leaving a lasting impression on the general.
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Sherman
Plains
Saratoga
Doings in Congress A Brief Synopsis of Pro CE Proceedings
The article summarizes Senate and House actions on bills and resolutions. Key items include Hoar’s anniversary celebration committee, conference on the surplus resolution, tobacco packing law, river and harbor funding, alien land ownership limits, and a pending fortification appropriation.
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Hoar
Library Committee
America
Sherman
Skar
Sewell
Hawley
Voorhees
Gorman
Eustis
Conference
Alligon
Aldrich
Beck
House
Finance
United States
Senate Reaches Agreements on Bills and Adjourns
The senate and house debated sundry civil and appropriation bills, with agreements on pension and public building measures. A conference report on the deficiency bill was approved, and a 2:10 secret session preceded a 6:30 adjournment until 10 am tomorrow.
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St. Louis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Senate
Stannard
Conference Committee
Sesson
Congress Advances Multiple Appropriations and Reports
The conference committee reports agreement on the deficiency bill and adjournment resolution with an amended time. Senate approves funds for the Mississippi and Missouri river commissions, the Bartholdi statue item retained, and the library item funded. The river and harbor bill, sundry civil, and surplus measures move forward as sessions extend.
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Hale
Allison
House
Senate
Mary J. Nottage
Wilson
Jacob Roniser
Yeas
Mississppi River Commission
Congressional Library
Senate and House Actions Move on Grants and Surplus Resolution
The Senate approved a joint resolution accepting gifts tied to Ulysses S. Grant from William H. Vanderbilt and Julia Dent Grant and passed bills on veterans pensions and the immediate delivery system. A conference report on the surplus resolution was debated as the House mourned Samuel J. Tilden and adjourned, with ministers for Mexican extradition and Cutting noted in Belmont’s foreign affairs remarks.
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Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Julia Dent Grant
U. S. Grant
House
J. R. Eggleson
Mississippi
Allison
Conference Committee On
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Morison
House of Representatives
Samuel J. Tilden
Morrison
Bland
Breckenridge
Hacock
Cannon
Brown
Belmont
N. Y
Hitt
Mexco Ad
Mexico
Cutting
Congress Ends Session With Narrow Advances
The House passed bills removing political disabilities for Seth M Bouton of Virginia and Benjamin P Loyall of Virginia, and approved funds for a congressional library site in Washington. A conference disagreement delayed others including an act on preemption and inner culture. The session closed sine die after brief remarks and adjournment.
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Seth M Bouton
Virginia
Plank
Shous
Beck
House
Twelfth Mehican Volunteer Infantry
Senate
Benjamin P. Loyall
Conference
Hawley and Gorman
United States
Pope Leo XIII's Keen Interest in American Affairs
A Rome correspondent notes Leo XIII follows US matters closely and guides the Baltimore council’s agenda for 1884. He monitors the Washington Catholic university project and the American college in Rome, aiming to fuse priestly training with national educational aims. He would back the American college’s growth as a parallel to Washington’s national university.
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United States
Rome
New York Sun
Baltimore
Catholic University At
Washington
Amerean College
Arthur
Leo XII
O'Connell
American College
National University
President's Expense: White House Costs Exceed 125000
The article breaks down the president’s compensation and expenses including a 50 000 salary plus 36 004 requested for subordinates and clerks. It lists private secretaries assistants staff and ushers with varying pay, plus 3000 incidentals and nearly 40000 more for repairs fuel greenhouse gas and stables. The total White House cost is reported over 125000 annually.
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White House
Eeen
San Fran
Matthews rejected by Senate in DC register case
The U S Senate rejected Matthews, a colored Democrat nominated for DC register of deeds, after a secret session. The report said charges were not sustained, but the committee opposed the nomination as an insult to District residents. The writer labels the move a test case and accuses Republicans of intimidating Black voters to stay with the party.
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Cleveland
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District of Columbia
United States Senate
Inter-Ocean
Ingalls
Senate
Democratic Party
Coulor
Asin Volue
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South
New York Soldiers Home Ballot Rights Questioned
The Des Moines Leader notes a surprising omission by Republican journals regarding a New York law dispute. It recalls that veterans at the Soldiers Home there were once allowed to vote but faced loss of ballot access due to state actions and court rulings. The piece urges Republican investigation into whether political interests influence veterans’ voting rights.
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Des Moines
Republican Legisature
New York
Republican Supreme Court
Republican Party
Don Cameron Predicts Democratic House and Hazy Senate
Don Cameron tells the Philadelphia Times the next House will be Democratic and the Senate may stay Republican only by a narrow margin. He lists vulnerable states Virginia Indiana New York Connecticut New Jersey and warns Republicans face losses if Pennsylvania elects a Republican legislature.
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Don Cameron
Philadelphia Times
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Senate
Virginia
Indiana
New York
Miller
Connecticut
New Jersey
Cameron
Caricaturists Prosper Under High Demand and Salaries
The piece notes that caricaturists command high pay while demand exceeds supply. It cites Nast earning about 10000 yearly from Harper's and flexible work, Keppler Belwerzman and Gillam Zimmerran Hamilton profits from their outlets, Bar on de Grin earning 1000 yearly for the New York Geogram, and Matt Morvan under contract at 100 yearly for battle paintings. It suggests spring poets might try drawing.
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Nast
Harper's
Keppler
Belwerzman
Boston Young Woman Compliments Wedding Ring
A Boston woman told her lover the ring he gave her is the handsomest she has ever received. The note conveys happiness and affectionate praise for the fiancé’s gift.
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Boston
Green Mountain Boys and Vermont Democratic Resilience
The piece lauds Vermont Democrats for enduring decades of electoral defeats until federal gains shifted fortune. It notes the 19th century patience, party loyalty, and the recent Democratic convention as a sign of enduring national and state success, praising the Green Mountain Boys for faith and perseverance.
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United States
Vermont
Govenor
Washington
True Democracy in a Free Government Debate
The Courier Journal argues that democracy protects individual liberty and warns against government overreach. It criticizes Republican plans for expansion of federal power and cites pensions, public works, and education as areas of concern, stressing strict constitutional interpretation.
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Courier-Journal
Democratic Party
Willis
Blair
World’s Largest Dictionary Project Aims to Reform English Lexicon
New York World reports a British Philological Society effort to create a giant dictionary eight thousand pages in length far larger than Webster’s. It would document word histories with quotations and usage shifts, open to all works, and complete after many delays and millions of slips to classify.
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New York
England
M. Litre
Academy
Brothers Grimms
Vieira
British Philological Society
New York World
Noted foot racer Dan J. Ross arrested in Springfield theft case
Dan J. Ross, a well known foot racer, was arrested at Springfield on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property and was taken to Omaha to face charges of crookedness.
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Dan J. Ross
Springfield
Omaha
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