Keokuk Incorporates Jeffries Mining Co and More Iowa Notes
The Jeffries Mining Co of Keokuk with $250000 capital is incorporated. A Dubuque carr factory will compete with Davenport's crematory. Rock Island shops location in Davenport secured with an $18000 bonus. A government architect works in Keokuk on a new building. Burlington reports two mules killed in a locomotive incident. Father Maurice Howard, longtime priest, dies in Keokuk aged 74. Grand jury in Manchester indicts Otto Westemeier for murder of his wife. Des Moines drugstore clerk Charles Arnold dies after oil barrel accident. Conneaut Mt Vernon heads northwest colleges. Cedar Rapids sewer ballot. Creston population and press details. Des Moines charity ball nets $100. Sioux City crime up. Davenport measles. Des Moines burglar caught with $348. Mason City to Council Bluffs rail survey. Marengo wedding prompts unusual family ties. Several incorporations filed with the Secretary of State. Mason City fire destroys upper floors of Wood & Wilson block. repairs planned. Des Moines brewery wagon driver fined $100 for displaying kegs.
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Jeffries Mining Co
Keokuk
Carr
Dubuque
Davenport
Rock Island
Burlington
Maurice Howard
United States
Grand Jury
Manchester
Otto Westemeier
Westemeier
Charles Arnold
Des Moines
ConneEult, College
Mt. Vernon
Northwest
Mississippi River
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Marengo
Gosip
Capital Stock
Dubuque Furniture and Burial Case Co
Wood & Wilson
Boston Embezzler Captured After Montreal Escape
William P. Spear a clerk for R H White Co left Boston December 24 1886 with 4600 in silver certificates. In Montreal he was lured into a smuggling trap by a detective posing as partner then brought to St Albans Vermont and Boston where he pleaded guilty to embezzlement in municipal court.
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Boston
Wiliam P. Spear
R. H. White & Co
Montreal
United States
Spear
St. Catherine Street
Wirgin & Wood
Canada
Vis
Wood
Munphips
Money rules the world in quotes from a New York paper
A clipped excerpt reflects on money moving people and business, noting it can drive progress and power, with cynical lines about how wealth propels even those with little to offer. The passage calls attention to economic influence and public perception.
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Buny Argus
New York Mail and Express
House Passes Retaliation Bill With One Vote Against
The Forty-Ninth Congress sees the House approve the Senate retaliation bill to override the President's veto with only one dissenting vote. debates over dependent pensions and river and harbor appropriations accompany the session as the Senate weighs the trade dollar and other measures.
Fall From 260 Feet Leaves Des Moines Youth Alive
Ed Bechtal an 18 year old coal company worker fell into a shaft while helping his father at Polk County mines. He struck a coal bucket 60 feet down, then dropped 200 more feet, breaking a leg and sustaining severe injuries. He remained alive and regained consciousness later with doctors surprised at his resilience. A remarkable accident tale in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Ed Bechtal
Polk County Coal Company
Chicago audience frowns on Lowell speech critic
Reported in the same column is that the government is seen as likely to secure a reliable majority in the German reichstag. Nebraska veterans urge passage of the dependents pension bill over the president's veto through Gov Thayer. A Portuguese man of war seized the Sultan's steamer Kilva and towed her to Mozambique. House committee recommends 1200000 for Milwaukee public building. Mint report shows 1886 gold output near 1880 peak at 35000000. Rhode Island prohibitionists name a full state ticket headed by Peabody and Warner. President may still appoint a congress member to the interstate commerce commission with action deferred. Memorials honor Gen Logan and Judge David Davis. Hoar and Ingalla tied to senate presidency after Sherman’s resignation.
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James Rusell Lowell
Chicago
Nebraska
Thayer
Mozambique
House Committee On Public Buildings
Milwaukee
Mint
United States
Committee On Military Affairs
Coe Cell
War Department
Rhode Island
Providence
Thomas H. Peabody
Westerly
Anthony M Kimbear
Newport
Frederick W. Warner
Bristol
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South Kington
Elwin Metcalf
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thi
Conger
Maxey
van Wyck
Morrion
Logan
David Davia
Illinoi
Hoar
Ingalla
Senate
Sheriman
Notable Figures in Washington Gossip and Political Echoes
A column lists various high society and public figures across the nation and Europe. Entries include Queen Victoria land ownership in DC, Mrs Pendleton Dandridge visiting Washington, Catherine Wolfe’s illness recovery, Hearst engagement, Verdi’s Milan crown, Gladstone’s health, and tales of wartime figures like Ben Butler and Reagan.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Pendleton Dandridge
Washington
Taylor
Catherine Wolfe
New York
Eleanor Calhoun
Hearst
California
Roger A. Pryor
C. T. Guernsey
Macon
Niagara Falls
Mr. Gladstone
Verdi
Milan
A. M. Hamilton
Alexander Namilton
President vetoes two senate pension bills in Washington
The president vetoed two senate pension bills. One would grant a pension to John Reed the aged father of a deceased soldier based on prior claims and alleged abandonment. He notes legal and moral faults and exposes fraud attempts in pension filings. The other would pension Charlotte O Neal widow of Colonel Richard O Neal. The president questions whether her husband’s short service and death from unrelated disease justify a pension.
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Washington
Senate
John Reed
Charlotte O'Neal
Richard O' Neal
Twenty-sixth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
Grant Memorial Bridge Proposed Over Potomac
A Senate and House bill plans a grand memorial bridge over the Potomac to honor Gen. Grant with a US built structure. The design features granite towers 165 feet above the draw and 250 feet above water, steel arches, and allegorical inscriptions, aiming for monumental character and possible memorial stones.
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Washington Dispatch
Senate
House
Potomac
Rant
United States
T. W. Symons
Engineer Corps
Messrs. Smith, Meyer
St. Louis
Gen. Grant
Five Dakota Mummies Brought to St Paul from Bad Lands
Five well preserved mummies from a cave in the Dakota bad lands were brought to St Paul byWu Allen of Buffalo Gap D T. The bodies include a man woman and three children protected by a lava sealed cave for years. Scientists say they may date 2000 years and the remains will go to the Smithsonian Institute.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wu. Allen
Buffalo Gap
D. T
Wome
Allen
Col
J. H. Wood
Dakota
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Admiral Porter Warns on Harbor Defenses Against German Plans
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Porter urging Congress to shield Boston and New York harbors with heavily armored monitors and heavy guns. He argues torpedoes are unreliable and warns Germany has full port plans. He notes the threat of a fleet of ironclads and questions fort placement around Coney Island.
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Washinton
Admiral Porter
Congresman Lawler
Boston
New York
Porter
Germman
United States
D‘miral
Tron Clada
Winter Wheat Conditions Across Midwest States
Chicago dispatch notes mixed winter wheat prospects across Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kansas. Some counties report precarious or poor outlooks due to sleet and freezing but many areas show fair to good conditions with favorable overall prospects despite regional damage. Corn movement remains light in Ohio Indiana Minnesota Missouri and other western states. Road conditions hinder markets and grain traffic as crops suffer in several states.
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Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Hamilton
Hardin
Kane
Imlitoia
Boone
Coles
Kankakee
Knox
Livington
Marion
Montgomery
Pratt
Pose
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Sangamon
Shelby
Tatwell
Williamson
Tipton
Elkhart
Lendneksa
Hancock
Porter
Ohio
Trem
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Logan
Oho
Clay
Henry
Buchanan
Calloway
Cooper, Franklyn
Howard
Jaspar Lewis
Shelby, Worth
Caldwell
Monroe
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minesota
Johnson County
Allen, Berton
Jefferson
Miami
Osage
Pottawattumie
Wallace
Atchison, Chautauqua
Cawley
Greenwood
Lahatte
Minnesota
Dako
Relics of the late Mrs Stewart to be auctioned
New York dispatch reports private sale of all Mrs. A T Stewart’s personal effects from second floor chambers. Gowns of various styles and fabrics, expensive undergarments, stockings, cloaks, bonnets and gloves fill the space. All jewelry valued at about 40000 will be sold, with relatives as primary bidders. Afterward furniture is to be sold.
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New York Dispatch
A. T. Stewart
Mra. Stewarts
Stewart
Platform of labor advocates at Cincinnati convention
At the National Labor convention in Cincinnati on the 22nd Crocker Kansas explained Oklahoma movement. He pushed a resolution charging land a vast cattle syndicate aided by courts and officers and called for passage of the Oklahoma bill or a summer extra session. Delegates from 31 states heard a platform urging a new national party and sweeping reforms in land, transport, money, labor, and taxation with a plan for direct senator elections and free coinage.
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Cincinnati
Crocker
Kansas
Oklahoma
United States
Jesse Harper
Ilinois
Committee On
United States Treasury
United States Senate
Republic
America
Illinois
Congress Faces Ten Day Deluge of Public Business
Washington dispatch outlines the final ten days of Congress with 88 page House calendars and 1 175 measures. The Senate calendar lists 26 wages with numerous general and specific bills awaiting action as leaders plan suspensions of rules and key appropriations and pension measures.
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Congress
Washington Dispatch
Eail
Committee On
Committee On Appropriations
House
Clark Tueday
Senator Pike
New Hampshire
Fisheres
Senate
Messrs
Cameron and Hale
Department of Agriculture
de Moines
Cilie
Pieilie
Pactic
Conference of conservatives in London backs reform and Ireland policy
London dispatch reports a largely attended Conservative conference in which Lord Sidisbury urged reform of procedure to restore work capacity and courtesy in the Commons. Attendees pressed for a local government bill for England Scotland Wales with Ireland extension. A Catholic Tory condemned Archbishop Croke and urged trial by jury in London. Sir William Vernon Harcourt notes Liberal party efforts to reunite on Gladstone's Irish policy.
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Houses of Commons
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Marquis of Sidisbury
Lord Randolph Churchill
House of Commons
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Edward Deliste
Middle Leicestershire
Croke
Cashel
Irish Nation League
William Vernon Harcourt
Liberal Party
Gladstone
Adams Found Guilty in Stamp Theft Trial
Bobby Adams was tried in the United States district court in Minneapolis for stealing stamps valued at $14,000. The jury returned a guilty verdict this morning and Adams surged toward the bench shouting to Judge Blodgett. The judge deferred sentence.
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Chicago
Bobby” Adams
Minneapolis
Post Ofice
United States District Court
Adams
Blodgett
Tribune Job Printing Offers Neatly Executed Services
The Tribune advertises job printing of every description, neatly and promptly, at reasonable rates.
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the Tribune
Railroad meeting on inter state commerce law aims and lake of consensus
Pacific coast and western railway managers convened to study the inter state commerce law. A two per region committee was formed to question authorities and draft procedures until federal guidance arrives. North Western freight chiefs debated flour and grain rates from Minneapolis, favoring small west bound increases to shield local rates under the new law.
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Chicago Dispatch
Pacific Coast and Western Railway
J. C. Brown
Texas & Pacific
Northwestern Roads
Minneapolis
Clark
Mellen
Miller
Hanley
Truesdale
Harris
Poor Prospects for Passage of Preemption Law Repeal
Washington report says the bill to repeal the Preemption Timber Culture and Desert Land Act faces likely failure as House and Senate clash over section eight. Opponents, led by Cobb and Payson, resist court redress for cancelled entries, while opponents warn repeal may not curb fraud in timber and mineral lands.
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Major Strait
Minnesota
Senate
Cobb
Hugh Price
Wisconsin
United States
Earthquake Toll Soars in Italy and France Across Cities
Dispatches report massive destruction across Genoa Riviera and Menton with about 2000 deaths. Bayards church collapse kills 300. 800 killed at Bussara. Shocks hit Parma Turin Cosenza with wells drying in Nice and Mt Anna undulations noted. Military guards guard wrecked sites as villages on terraces are nearly destroyed.
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France
Genoesee Riviera
Bayards
Menton
Parma
Turin
Cosenza
Batavia
Sicily
Mt. Anna
Turin Observatory
Nice
Mentone
Bussara
Porto Maurizio
Will Protect Female Virtue and Ford Pardoned
New Orleans dispatch details the slaying of John C. Kirkpatrick by Dr. T S Ford of Shreveport over his wife alleged seduction. Ford pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to fifteen years. Petitions for his pardon circulated, Gov McEnery replying he cannot preempt the pardoning board, urging punishment for the “destroyer of female virtue.”
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New Orleans
John C. Kirkpatrick
T.S. Ford
Shreveport
Ford
Grand Cave
Gov. McEnery
Pardoning Board
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