Feeble minded pupils gain land for Glenwood school
A $2000 appropriation was spent on extra land for Glenwood school. A pig with an elephant like head and a center eye was reported from Ireton. State Auditor warrants issued for Independence Hospital support and improvements. Community veterans reunion planned in Des Moines during State Fair week. Butter and Egg Association meet in Waterloo mid November. Accidental shooting kills 14 year old Eddie Mayman near Kingsley. Iowa boosters and reform notes on butter pioneer John Stewart named. Des Moines public works deadlock halts city improvements under new law. Charles Miller, jailed for larceny, is revealed as a woman and sent to Anamosa. Henderson survives a fatal fall in Council Bluffs. Artesian well at Dunlap shows flow but no surface outlet. Drowned Ed L. Small, Sioux City, 24. Grand Lodge officers elected at Cedar Rapids.
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Glenwood
Ireton
Office of the State Auditor
Independence Hospital
Western Union
Nebraska Telephone Company
Central Union Company
Iowa Central
Des Moines
Carpenter
Conrad Youngerman
John Bailey
Charles Miller
Anamosa Penitentiary
Anamosa
Charles
Dunlap
Ed L. Small
Sioux City
Atchison, Kan
Grand Radge of
Colored Masons
Cedar Rapids
J. K. Hilyard
St. Paul
Minn
J. E. Gilliaur
Keokuk
Doings in Congress and Tariff Debates Scroll Across Congress
The House and Senate debate tariff measures and tax plans. Key actions include amendments on sugar duties, starch provisions, and railway rights through Indian lands. The Fishery Treaty, District of Columbia and post office funding, and wage-era pension veto discussions are noted, with votes on subsidy clauses and defense appropriations.
Wool on free list strikes deadly blow to district industry
Allen of Michigan charged Democrats protected southern products then accused Republicans of sectionalism. After debate, the committee rose and the House recessed until 8 PM to consider private pension bills, but adjourned at 10 15 without action.
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Adams
Illinois
Ford
Michigan
House
Cannon
Fuller
Iowa
Nutting
New York
Hopkins
Gear
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Indian Territory
Idaho
Dakota
Minnesota
Oregon
Allen
Mason and Dixon
Mills bill sparks remonstrance on wool and tariff debates
Washington reports show Dawes leading a large group of wool manufacturers against Mills bill provisions while the Senate and House clash over the subsidy amendment to the post office appropriation bill. Debates touch tariff impact on wool prices and industry health as private pension bills advance.
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Washington
Senate
Plumb
Yeas
Dawes
Dolph
Bland
Post Office
House
Bingham
Outhwaite
Ohio
Grosvenor
Ford
Michigan
Murdered by her aunt at Tecumseh near Terre Haute
Mrs Mary Jenkins shot and killed her eighteen year old niece Hattie Debaun at Tecumseh eight miles north of Terre Haute on the Wabash river. The attack followed a dispute over orchard labor with Luther family neighbors. Jenkins claims self defense while four witnesses dispute her account.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Mary Jenkins
Hattie Debaun
Tecumseh
Here
Wabash River
Putnam County
Junkins
Debaun
Miss Debaun
Murder in Ottumwa motives tied to blackmail
In Ottumwa Iowa on the Old Field edge near the timber a young woman Allice Kelly twenty five to thirty was found dead with throat cut and head battered. A razor and an iron bolt lay nearby and a horse and buggy were hitched. She had recently arrived from Detroit and moved through several lodgings. Authorities speculate the murder relates to blackmail as a possible motive.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Allice Kelly
Miss Kelly
Dick's Hotel
Detroit
Mich
Revere House
Third Street
After the cattle thieves
Mason City July 11 The cattle thief A L Hunt alias John Hall was arrested at McGregor with a shipment bill for cattle stolen Sunday night from Rockwell owner Wm Smith He admitted guilt and named W J Wright as an immediate accomplice who has moved between Marshalltown Creston and Sheffield widening a regional cattle theft ring. the capture could lead to arrests across western Iowa northern Kansas and eastern Nebraska.
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Mason Crry
A. L. Hunt
John Hall
McGregor
Wm. Smith
Rockwell
Kansas
Nebraska
W. J. Wright
Marshalltown
Creston
Sheffield
Notable Crimes and Global Wrap of Late 19th Century News
Richard Carter in New York killed his wife then died by suicide after her departure over infidelity. Sumner C. Welsh’s appeal and Chicago bail set at 5000 dollars. Missouri governor denies commutation for Hugh M. Brooks but grants a four week respite. A pair of incidents in Butler Springs and Allentown report accidental injuries and fatalities. Western Distillers Association plans a 300000 bushel Omaha elevator for whisky supply. Parnell requests parliamentary inquiry into Times charges. UK House declines. Prince Alexander Battenburg survives a 40 foot fall. horse dies. Public warns about ineffective medical providers in Omaha. Turkey boosts reserve fund to 10 million amid Balkan concerns. Western Australia reports a gold discovery backed by Melbourne merchants. Missoula reports A. E. Rich killed by cars en route to Spokane Falls. burial arrangements forthcoming.
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Richard Carter
New York
Carter
Sumner C. Welsh
Chicago
Missouri
Hugh M. Brooks
Maxwell
Butler Springs
Ind
Western Distillers Association
Omaha
Whisky Trust
Parnell
Times
National Party
Commons
Wilfred Lawson
House of Commons
W. H. Smith
Prince Alexander of
Geo
Joslyn
Western Newspaper Union
Turkey
Austria
Russia
Bulgaria
Western Australia
Melbourne
Missoula
Montana
A. E. Rich
West Union
Spokane Falls
Fourth of July 1888 Jubilee Marks Century of Western Progress
The Northwest celebrates July Fourth 1888 with a grand jubilee tied to the Declaration anniversary and the centennial of civilized settlement in the region. Proponents link a century of white cultural progress from wilderness to arts and industry, noting the Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati as a milestone.
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Northwest
United States
West
Cincinnati
Ohio
German Ex-Empress Victoria Under De Facto House Arrest
The Pall Mall Gazette prints Berlin correspondence dated July 10 claiming the Dowager Empress Victoria is confined at the Friedrichskron palace in Potsdam as if under arrest. The piece suggests officials aim to pressure Her Majesty to yield her husband’s papers.
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Lonpox
the Pall Mal. Gazette
Berlin
Friedrichskron Palace
Potsdam
Victoria
Cleveland Nominated by Democratic Committee Informal Ceremony
The National Democratic Committee and the Columbia Democratic Club notified Grover Cleveland at the Arlington Hotel on June 26 1888 that he was chosen by acclamation as the party’s standard bearer for the November election. He spoke of duty to the people, the Constitution and warned against encroachment while praising democracy.
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Nationalemocratic Committee
Columbia Democratic Club
District of Columbia
Arlington Hotel
White House
Collins
Chas. D. Jacob
Kentucky
Washington
Grover Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
United States
Democratic Party
Congress of the
National Democracy
Columbia Club
Democratic Campaign Committee Names Discussed at White House
William H. Barnum, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, met with the President at the White House for a brief discussion on the composition of the Democratic Campaign Committee. The President proposed several names, but they could not be learned at present.
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William H. Barnum
Democratic National Committee
White House
Democratic Campaign Committee
Democratic Reply to Republican Criticisms Sparks Rousing Crowd
Hon John G Carlisle introduces speech amid uproarious cheering. He rebuts GOP charges of slavery resumption and pension abolition and accuses Republicans of entrenched patronage. He praises Grover Cleveland, attacks Republican record, defends civil service reform, and argues Mills bill would lower wool duties from 66 to about 40 percent.
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John G. Carlisle
Carlisle
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic
Democratic victory brought growth not ruin says Manchester Union
The Manchester New Hampshire Union counters Republican warnings from four years ago about Cleveland era ruin. It argues manufacturing thrived, rebel debts and pensions were not pursued, wages rose in decent hours, and tariff reform would aid honest business and common people while delayed relief harms taxpayers.
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Manchester
N. H
Union
Blaine
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Congress
Tariff battle focuses on whisky and tobacco relief
The St Paul Globe argues Republicans insist on keeping high tariffs intact and seek relief by scrapping taxes on whisky and tobacco. It frames the issue as right against monopolistic power, urging Democrats to rally under Democratic banners against the Western Republicans' demand for cheaper life costs.
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St. Paul Globe
Dem
Blaine
Paris
Maine Statesman
President Alters Indian Bureau Order Excluding Language
The president altered the order of the Indian bureau removing the use of the Indian language from the School of the Red Men. The Senate judiciary committee plans to report the nomination of Melville W. Fuller as Chief Justice without recommendation.
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Indian Bureau
School of the Red Men
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Melville W. Fuller
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J. M. Hinkle
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Louis Suess
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A. B. Hollister
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Eddie Mayman
Kingsley
John Stewart
H. C. Henderson
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