Iowa News Items Briefs of Fires Accidents and Trials
Right Rev John Hennessy bishop of Dubuque slipped and broke his leg badly. A. R. Fargo a Boone tailor faced insolvency with $1616 liabilities and a $400 wife mortgage. Fires destroyed homes and barns in Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs with multiple injuries. A railroad accident near Muscatine fatally injured engineer John Owens. Several legal cases including Dr Cross bail and school board chart purchases concluded. Pushes on new Pullman cars, injuries in Waterloo, and a flood of miscellaneous local events fill the day.
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John Hennessy
Dubuque
A. R. Fargo
Boone
T. Brown
W. T. Cole
Council Bluffs
Fire Department
D. B. Knight
Knight & Smith
Iowa Millers’ Association
Bright
Muscatine
John A. Owens
Oskaloosa
Emil Liebrich
Burlington
Iowa
Stutsman
District Court
Hilk
Independent School District No
Jackson Township
Benton County
Cross
McCune
Gibson & Powers
Rock Rapids
Col Cochran
Little Sioux
Philips
Algona
Annie Beasley
Waterloo
Pullman
Des Moines
Kansas City
Laddsdale
Rock Island Road
Elden
Frank Cresco
Will Jacks
Harrison-Reiner
Keokuk
Laddesdale
Eldon
Frank Croce
Trenton
Wm. Jacks
Legislature Debates Bills and Brown Investigation in Iowa
The Iowa Senate and House convened with petitions for dairy dairy enforcement prohibition and curbs on obscene literature. They introduced many bills, including state dairy regulation, railroad and prison measures, and a proposed Brown investigation with a special committee to examine auditor Brown and related fees.
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Donnan
Woolson
Clark
Scott
State Agricultural Society
Weber
Supreme Court
Stevens
Casey
Henderson
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Johnson
General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Senate
House
John L. Brown
Bruce Reid
Reid
Brown
Bruce Ried
H. 8. Vail
Said Vail
Hawkeye
State
Monarch
Des Moines
Burlington Insurance Company
Burlington
Vail
Illinois
County of
Cook
A. D
Allen W. Peck
Benson
Berryhill
Boggs
Burgess
Sweeney
Twentieth General Assembly
Caldwell
Wolfe
Gatch
McDonough
Carson
Hutchinson
Schmidt
Congress
Hennepin Canal
Dooley
Trull
Ball
Bradley
Council of
Seymour
Bruce
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Culbertson
Densmore
Keatley
Overholtzer
Redhead
Robb
Schaller
Insurance Commissioner
Stiger
Storey
Teale
Thompson
Clayton
Linn
Weaver
Wilbur
Withrow
Carroll
Dabney
Robinson
Knight
Young
Bolter
Yeas and Pays
Yeas
Walker
State Hospital
Craig
Reynolds
Shaw
Brown and Sherman
Holbrook
Ramsey
Senate moves on suffrage and dairy measures in Des Moines
Des Moines reports show petitions for women's suffrage dairy product safety and a dairy commission while bills address riot reimbursements for Co I 4th Regiment and disease prevention voter registration and a university tax levy. Resolutions call for audit probes into Agricultural Society funding Capitol improvements and the Brown matter investigation. House concurrent resolution on the Brown matter passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchison
Bloom
Sutton
Senate
House
Twentieth General Assembly
State Agricultural Society
General Assembly
Brown
Committee On Rules
Washington Senate and House Debates on Bonds and Indian Affairs
The senate received a Treasury letter stating five million nine thousand eight hundred held by national banks as bond circulation. Bills proposed include Indian service appointments, pension increases, and land patent actions. The Dakota admission bill and Pine Ridge era notices were debated as measures moved toward passage, with the house adjourning after passing a land forfeiture bill amended to include Gulf & Ship Island road exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
McMillan
Board of Trade of
St. Paul
Minnesota
Congress
Mississippi River
George
E. C. Walthall
Mississippi
Lamar
Walthall
Committee On
Judiciary
Pacific Railroad
Morgan
United States
Internal Revenue
van Wyck
Cuslom
Bowen
Senate addresses memory of Hendricks and concurrent bills
Crowded galleries hear memorial addresses for the late Vice President Hendricks led by Voorhees Hampton Sherman Evarts Ransom Spooner West and Harrison as resolutions pass and the Senate adjourns. Bills discussed include patent case limits, electoral college reform, postal notes payments, eight hour rule for letter carriers, national banking capital, pauper labor import ban, convict labor ban and Dakota admission debate. The House considers Shipping fees repeal and pension measures as well.
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Senate
Hendrics
Voorhees
Hampton
Sherman Evarts
Ransom
Spooner
West
Harrison
Townshend
United States
Congress
Worthington
America
International American Congress
Murphy
O’neil
Missouri
Steamboat Inspection Service
Bureau of Navigation
McAdoo
Ingham
Brumm
Caldwell
Tennessee
Willis
Kentucky
Morrison
Illinois
Committee On Ways and Means
Adams
Committee On Banking and Currency
Thomas
Illi
Naval Retirement Bill Proposed for Distinguished Navy Officers
On behalf of the committee on Naval Affairs, the bill to authorize voluntary retirement of certain officers who have rendered conspicuous service in battle or completed thirty years in the navy was called up. The House prepared to act while the measure remained pending.
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Mason City Cemetery Association
Glass
Committee On Judiciary
Committee On Penitentiaries
Johnson
Brown
Senate Committee
Burdick
Whiting
Weaver
Iowa
Territory of
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Fitz John Porter
House
Dingley
Reuben F. Elwood
Illinois
Nofs
Committee On Naval Affairs
Legislative committees and reorganizations listed with members
A detailed roster of legislative committees names and current members across Ways and Means, Appropriations, Railroads, Insurance, and more. It includes Hutchinson, Burdick, Sweeney, Woolson, Clark, Glass, Parrott, Miles, McCoy, Gatch, Doud, and many others, plus subcommittees like MOUSE and Congress districts.
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Hutchinson
Burdick
Stephens
Barrett
Deal
Chambers
Parrott
Payneer
Scott
McCoy
Fulton
Duncan
Henderson
Bloom
Judiciary
Robinson
Miles
Woolson
Glass
Sweeney
Clark
Reiniger
Carson
Gatch
Wilkin
Doud
Knight
Wolfe
Casey
Sutton
Young
Donnan
Balter
Schmidt
McDonough
Cheseboro
Dodge
Gault
Deal Young
Earle
Underwood
Dannon
Caldwell
Chubb
Johnson
Bayliss
Poyneer
Duncan Chubb
Whiting
Hendrie
Chesboro
Carr
Rider
Cassatt
Dooley
Young Woolson, Clark, Payneer
Woolson, Gatch
McCoy and Johnson
Banks
Chambers, Whaley
Cassatt and
Parrott, Gatch
Knight Dodge
Weber
Clark Hutchinson
Johnson and Schmidt
Knight and Robinson
Whaley
State University
Agricultural College
Young, Parrott
Bolter
Hutchison and Gault
College
Chesebro
Payncer
Miller
Claims
Ryder
Chubb and Dodge
Miles, Stephens
Caldwell, Wolfe, Balter and
Scott, Whiting and Hendrie
Ryder, Carr and Reiniger
Barrett and
Young, Clark and
Yeber
Parrott and Cassatt
Mouse
Rumors and International Tensions Dominate Foreign News
A Hong Kong paper cites an emperor in his tenth year seeking a marriage alliance. German petitions push back against a government monopoly bill. In Panama, five Chileans face trial for robbery. a guard killed them and a pregnant woman with child near Lipizs. Greece vows to fight Turkey, Macedonia and Albania gird for action as naval moves and Salisbury notes weigh on stocks.
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Hong Kong
China
Reichstag
Germany
Panama
Mocha
Tarapaca
Lipizs
Enciente
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Albania
England
Lord Salisbury
Pension fraud case and multiple early 20th century crimes
The case of Mrs Mary A Humpheys alleged pension fraud is under US commissioner review in Indianapolis after her arrest near Tullahoma Tennessee on the 15th. She is charged with drawing an 88 per month pension since 1872 despite claims of non marriage. Also noted is a Chicago gambling raid arrest of 220 players including Thomas Cloonan and a Kansas City forgery case where John Whitney forged William Hamilton drafts for 14500 dollars linked to several banks. A French statesman Hippolyte Mellon Victor Charamanle is reported dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Humpheys
United States
Indianapolis
Pension Department
Tullahoma
Tenn
Humphreys
Mary A. Hickman
George Harkins
Chicago
Thomas Cloonan
Kansas City
John Whitney
William Hamilton
United States National Bank of Omaha
Northwestern National of Chicago
American Exchange of New York
Whitney
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R. G. Orwig Publishing Company
Hoard
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Beloit
Wis
R. P. McGlincy
Elgin
Montgomery County
Finch & Hayward
Downs
Ward
D. F. W. Parker
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Company
Estherville
Joe Severn
Oak Hill
Cedar Rapids
Smith McPherson
Baren R. Sherman
William Larrabee
Said Brown
Chamberlain
Coleman
Deitz
Davenport
Finn
State House
Board of Arbitration
Lyons
Guthrie
Bayard
Guthrie County
Pattee
E. W. Stier
Tipton
Riverside
Washington County
Iowa Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Spencer
Ruthven
Kossuth
B. R. Sherman
J. L. Brown
J.W. Cattell
Go Larrabee
Hayes
Governor’s Square
Redman
H. F
Washington
Janes
Kanas
Ingalls
Plumb
Fort Riley
Kansas
Arthur
Cleveland
Hendricks
Holman
Sayers
Warner
Able
Alabama
Louisiana
Committee On Public Lands
Holmes
Indiana
Sherman
Kota
Butler
Wilson
Mahone
Committee On Public Buildings and
Portland
Oregon
Oshkova
Vicksburg
Miss
Sioux City
Pueblo, Col
Stoors
Texas
Ingall
Call
Florida
Secretary of the Treasury
Teller
Logan
Tlouse
Ways and Means
Converse
Page
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Lathrop
Baldwin
Dent
Killen
Hotchkiss
Riley
Greenlee
Hamm
Story
Cousins
Dobson
Roach
Schee
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Roberts
Riley Storey
Cass
Nachtwey
Kline
Linehan
Hayzlett
Cherokee
Harris
Hamilton
Sweet
Hammond
Rustad
Hart
Clinton
Wright
Gates
Rice
Wyland
Nelson
Dietz
Custer
Mitchell
Wiley
Holbrook Baldwin
Gus
Anderson
Smith
Mahaska
Barnum
Kent
Penny
Montgomery
Moore
Agnew
Warren
Bailey
Liobrook
Manderscheid
Peterson
Meservey
Hotchkiss and
Wilson of
Rustid
Baily
Welch
Larson
Cline
Garrett
Clarke
Manderschied
LaForce
Colesman
Welch, Ranch
Hammond and
Moore Schaller
Densmere
Chamberlin
Garrett and
Rauch
Russell
Hammond Burgess
Pottawattamie
Shaw and
Harris and
Craig and
McCarthy
Mandershied
Kobb, Rice and
Hart of
Lathrop, Butler
Burgess and
Commerce
Lyon
Board of Public Charities
Hart of Pottawattamie
Soldiers
Anamosa
Hospital For Insane
College For the Blind
Institution For Deaf and Dumb
Bradley, Bailey, Agnew
Foreign News
Hippolyte Mellon Victor Charamanle
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