Drownings hail storms and a busy Iowa news week
Dane Peter Christiansen from Rock Island drowned in the West Botna River near the shore where depth ran twelve feet. A fierce hail storm near Moulton covered ground with hail to five inches. Keokuk hosts the Old Settler reunion with governors invited. The Iowa Amateur Rowing Association elected officers at Spirit Lake.
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Peter Christiansen
Rock Island
Botna
Moulton
Iowa
Tri-State
Old Settler's Association
Marmaduke
Missouri
Oxlesby
Illinois
Keokuk
Iowa Amateur Rowing Association
Spirit Lake
J. Scott Jenkins
Clinton
J. P. Donahue
Davenport
E. 8. Phelps
Burlington
L. H. Hamill
Ensign
N. T. Guernsey
Des Moines
A. T. Paul
J. L. Hamilton
Ottumwa
E. B. Moner
Ced Rapids
W. J. Romick
Anita
D. C. Kellogg
Thomas O’brien
al O’brien
O’brien
Tragedy at Eldora Farm Ended in Double Death
On a Hardin county farm near Eldora, Grace Rand aged nineteen was found dead with her throat cut after George Johnson killed her then himself. Johnson, a married man of seventy-one, reportedly opposed her engagement and died next morning. Coroners inquiry ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Vanderwerffs
Pella
Fort Madison
Brink
Otley
Des Moines
Vanderwerff Brothers
Buckeye
Hardin County
Eldora
Grace Rand
George Johnson
Johnson
Miss Rand
Mrs. Johnson
State Register
Nineten
Ciri
Alden
Johnsen
Squire Whited
Alien
George A. Johnson
Beng
Stolnnes
Albert Ross
Jeffersonville
Ind
The
River Press
Fort Benton
Kansas
Ist
Poplar River
Peebles
Williamsburg
Ohio
J. R. Erwin
Jacob Wickerman
Erwin
Parnell Proposes Inquiry Into Ireland Trials
In Parliament Parnell moved for a commission to probe the conduct of Ireland murder trials including the Maam thosna case where Miles Joyce was hanged. The motion was rejected after remarks from Sir Michael Hicks Beach and a reading of Gladstone’s letter praising Earl Spencer.
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Parnell
Ireland
House of Commons
Earl Carnarvon
Camervon
Deinwuiry
Marquis of Hartington
Gladstone
Earl Spencer
Puarnell
Fatal fall wounds prominent Dakotah socialite
Mrs. Fred Ream of Dakorah was instantly killed when a horse startled her carriage. She was chatting with a friend when the horse bolted and she was thrown backward, striking her head and dying at once. The item is part of a wider weekly review of accidents, crimes, and disasters across several states.
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Fred Ream
Dakorah
Beam
Statl
Lurlington
Cedar Rapids & Northern
Chicago
Russians Push Toward Zulhar Pass as Ashabad Reinforcements Arrive
Dispatch notes Russian advance in Persian territory near Zulhar pass and frontier moves toward Herat. Reinforcements reach Ashabad while Afghans vow firm resistance. Other items include the Munster bank failure with 8.75 million liabilities, Irish politics, and cholera outbreaks in Spain.
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London Times
Jagsdarabtan
Meshed
Zulhar Pass
British Frontier Commission
Herat
Ashabad
Russia
Alkhanoff
Boy in Parowan Kicked to Death By Horse
Parowan Utah dispatch reports seven year old son of Charles Lyman, a prominent local figure, tied on a horse to herd cows. The child slipped under the horse’s bell and was kicked to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parowan
Utah
Charles Lyman
Clash as 700 Strikers Attack Newburg Plate Mill
Cleveland dispatch reports 700 Polish and Bohemian workers attacked the Newburg plate mill at night. Police formed a line with maces and revolvers, fighting ensued. thirty five strikers were badly clubbed and seven arrested. Several officers injured, including head wounds. Wives carried the wounded away as order was restored.
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Cleveland
Newburg
Etna
Etna Street
McMahon
Aet Qa
Manzelman
Caldwell
Whittock
Reese
Eckart
Iles
Thomas Saunders
Charles Doolittle
James Mulceska
Joan Wieskofska
Joseph Pollack
Mike Kobeck
John Lyons
Mulkeska
Wieskofska
Kopack
Goresch
Sheridan Meets Oklahoma Boomers at Caldwell
Gen. Sheridan and party left Caldwell for Fort Reno after a warm reception by Capt Couch and about six hundred Oklahoma boomers camped near Caldwell. The boomers await Cheyenne outcomes with calm interest while Indians at the Cheyenne agency grow alarmed at potential disarmament efforts. About twelve hundred troops are at Reno and possibly fifteen hundred at Crossfield, Kansas.
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Caldwell
Kansas
Sheridan
Fort Reno
Couch
Oklahoma
Reno
Crossfield
Miles
Inspector Armstrong
Wild Hog
Wolf Robe
Little Robe
Raven
Arapahoe
Darlington Agency
Henry Stafford
Dyer
Washington fire destroys four newspapers and press rooms
A blaze on the night of the 16th devastated the Daily Post, National Republican, Washington Critic, and Sunday Gazette in a building owned by Stilson Hutchins. Editorial rooms and presses were ruined. total loss estimated at 150000 with two thirds insured. The Evening Star aided by sharing space and papers to continue publishing.
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Highmore
Northwestern
Dakota
Huron
Brighton
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Road
St. Joseph’s
Delhi
Cincinnati
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Howard Douglass
Church Musical Company
Miss Wheeler
James T. Martin & Co
Philadelphia
Washington Dispatch
Daily Post
National Republican
Washington Critic
Sunday Gazette
United States Electric Company
Builins
Stilson Hutchins
Post
The
Republican
Critic Press
Cuantier
Washington
Gazette
Thomas L. Morrow
Evening Star
Federal Officers Appoint Postmasters and Officials
The President appointed postmasters including Wm A Lewis at Ewart Michigan Theoore W Avery Glenwood Iowa replacing A L Stevens Gardner A Wilder Circleville Ohio replacing H E Lutz Lyman W Reddington Rutland Vermont replacing A H Tuttle Charles W Fiels superintendent at Hot Springs Arkansas formerly House of Representatives doorkeeper L D Sale of Michigan librarian of the Patent Office replacing Weston Flint W T Carrington collector of customs for the district of Teco Louisiana and Francis Hinderwdof of Massachusetts named consul to Glasgow Massachusetts to Glasgow.
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Wm. A. Lewis
Ewart
Mich
Theoore W. Avery
Glenwood
Iowa
A. L. Stevens
Gardner A. Wilder
Circleville
Ohio
H. E. Lutz
Lyman W. Reddington
Rutland
A. H. Tuttle
Charles W. Fiels
Hot Springs
Ark
Fields
House of Representatives
L. D. Sale
Michigan
Patent Office
Weston Flint
W. T. Carrington
Tec'o
Francis Hinderwdof
Massachusetts
United States
Glasgow
Consular and Judicial Appointments Listed
Kentucky resident Alexander Davezac named as Consul at Nantes. W M Desmond and Heuben P Pleasants named U S Marshals for Iowa and Louisiana, plus Reagan for Texas and Newlin for Delaware. Desmond, Massachusetts born, longtime Clinton County sheriff. Reagan brother to John H Reagan. Also John M Burnett and Charles B Harney named U S Attorneys for Alabama and Maine. Treasury names D L Perkins Chief in sixth Auditor’s office. Gilbert H Carter appointed Pension Agent at Columbus Ohio. New civil service rule directs apportionment of 150 pension office appointments under 1885 act, to follow census population and timely needs.
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Alexander Davezac
Kentucky
United States
Nantes
Wm. M Desmond
Iowa
Heuben P. Pleasants
Louisiana
Richard B. Reagan
Texas
Charles M. Newlin
Delaware
Desmond
Massachusetts
Clinton County
Reagan
John H. Reagan
John M. Burnett
Alabama
Charles B. Harney
Maine
Secretary of the Treasury
D. L. Perkins
Gilbert H. Carter
Ohio
Columbus
States
District of Columbia
Fatal Flames Strike Albany Factory and Stables
A blaze at Broadman and Gray piano factory and adjacent North Pearl street stables in Albany on the 12th killed John A. Luby and Daniel Wheeler, with injuries to E. J. Wallen and Rufus K. Townsend. Five horses and much property perished as crews battled the fire. origin undetermined, losses around $30,000 with $20,000 insured.
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Albany
John A. Luby
Daniel Wheeler
Broadman & Gray
E. J. Wallen
Rufus K. Townsend
Franklin Townsend
A. W. Burch
Pearl Street
Livingstone Avenue
William Kilbourne
F. J. Wallen
John A. Lub
Althoug
McQuade
Mr. Luby
Mr. Townsend
Fred Wallen
Fred Walken
Wheeler
Townsend Iron Factory
State National Bank
Cholera scare hits New York as Patrick O'Reilly nears death
Reports from Fifth Avenue and 119th Street describe laborer Patrick O'Reilly, ill at home, as possibly having Asiatic cholera. Doctor Conant declares plain diarrhea though neighbors fear genuine cholera. board of health to investigate as tension rises.
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New York Dispatch
Health Department
Patrick O’reilly
Public Works Department
Fifth Avenue
119Th Street
Conant
Contagious Disease Bureau
Patrick
O'Reilly
Fire Reaps Tragedy In Clearfield County House
A Grahampton area home of Evans in Clearfield County burned around 11 PM on the 16th. Six of nine children sleeping upstairs died. parents and three others slept downstairs escaped. The blaze, likely incendiary, left no clues for the culprits.
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Evans
Grahampton
Clearfield County
Limestone carving linked to Santa Cruz fraud exposure
A block of limestone near Santa Cruz, California yielded the place where an alleged petrified man figure was carved, and the fraud has been removed from exhibition. Separately, a note cites a Chinese Jewish community that emigrated there about two hundred years before the Christian era.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
China
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Fairfield
D. M. McElroy
Physicians and Surgeons
D. H. Stever
K. J. RB. Monfort
Ions
Oliie
H. Spencer
Jeth
Luis. Ward
King’s Grocery
Calvin Snook
Mysician
Pairnfield
N. Steele
All Ours
Ss. F. Hamiliond
Sh. Woltimington
Pairfield
Clark
N. W. Cor
E. Roop
J. D
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Palrfield
Ofice
Sullivan’s Grocery
PE. J. L. Stiarp
James
Clarke
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J. B. McCoy
Ff Piorney and Couselor
Lowa
Notary Pulse and Loan
McGaw
Wilges
J. M. Hinkle
Wilson & Ninkle
LAW
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Abstreets
Je Tersen
Llection Busin
P.O
MW. C. Raney
Asttorney
X Paarrfienp
Owa
Bell’s Grocery
Wolruiest Corner Square
A.W. Jaques
Brighton & Jaques
South Side Square
J.M. Galvin
Ww. G. Ross
Calvin & Ross
Law Notaries Public
East Side
Richardson & Co
Jos. R. McCrackin
McCrackin Bros
Cor. Square
Low A
I. D. Jones
C. D. Fullen
Jones & Fullen, Attorneys AT Law
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Jefferson County
Wwe
W. McCrackin
Hirst National
F. Wilson
Geo. D. Temple
Southeast Corner Park
Wells & Garrettson
Fairfield, Owa
G. D. Clarke
Clarke & Son
Worthwest Corner
Farfield, Tew
Thomas Bell
Rolesale and Retail
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Tribune Office
B. Gaints
K. H. Eirkpatricke
New Firm, New Place, New Woods
Gaires
Mianpatrick
Charter Oak
Tinweare
Graniteware
Jordan Block
West Side
N. M. Bright & Son
East Side Park
the Fairfield
Messenger & Elliott
H. C. Rowntree
Rearer Wells & Garrettson. Bank
Warret
Robert Kaestner
Peenent
1St West St
Wilkings
Tilson
W.C. Lewis
McKenney’s
Mackin, Collins and
Burkley
Council Bluffs
M. L. Doherty
Holland, Grundy County
Independence
Delos Donnance
LeClaire
Mississippi
Fred Wendt
Eagle Point
Oskaoosa
Forney
Clarksville
Butler County
Miss Shaffer
James Harrington
Ackley
Jane Balden
Cedar Rapids
Marion Denny
John Riley
Dubuque Lumber Company
R. T. Roe
Menominee
Guttenburg
Roe
Holabird
A. P. Miller
Miller
E. B. Thompson
Ames
Thomas Bris
Mr. Osborn
Shocklea
Chas. Morgan
James Corbett
Geo. Work
Flint Hills
Davis County
East Dubuque
Union County Poorhouse
W. C.T. U. of Iowa
Seventh Iowa Infantry
Jackson
Thirtieth
Iowa Infantry
Santa Feralroad Company
Las Vegas
State of New Yor
Weekly Review
Ashville
N. C
Baltimore
Debuick
Colorado
Niagara
Reynolds
Oak
Northwest
Jones
Buffalo
Bath Island
American Falls
Niagara Falls
State of New York
Joseph Taylor
Michael Dorar
Easton Penitentiary
Taylor
Geo. Verder
Justice Foote
David Hart
Richmond & Danville
Hart
Dennis Johnson
Colonel Waring
Ringgold
Waring
Denver & Rio Grande Road
Denver
Brean
Peoria
Minnesota
Madison
David Lewis
Watertown
Wis
Mr. Lewis
Freeport
Alice
Minnie Cruse
Lewis Russell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Board of Health
Munster Bank (Limited
Cork
Dublin
London
Parnellites
Calcutta
India
Politische Correspondence
St. Petersburg
France
England
Asia
Tonquin
Germany
Robert Burke
Komaroff
Persian
Sarakh
Puli-Khatun
Saragossa
Aragon
Catalona
Matino
Magallon
Foster
Washington Arbitration Commission
Waterford
Austria
Hungary
Berlin
Spain
Jacu
Gen. Sheridan
Capt. Couch
Boomers
Albany, N. Y
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New York
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