Iowa Items Reflect Disaster, Daring, and Daily Life
A Iowa roundup details a Washington convention for the PEO. tall tales of the smallest Iowa man and a Shellsburg resident, age 83. It notes a Davenport painter, a council bluffs cathedral fundraiser, a Mur ray veteran’s suicide, and a Dubuque rail incident. Further items cite Maquoketa citizens’ water protest, post office boycotts, an artesian well, Burlington library readers, and Cedar Falls factory start. Also listed are thefts, tax actions, river trade, fireside tragedies, and civic plans across many counties with dates and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E.O
Washington
Iowa
William Dwigans
Shellsburg
Davenport
Episcopal Cathedral
Council Bluffs
Church Society
Alexander Senney
Murray
Senney
Co. C
7Th Ohio Vol. Infantry
Ife
Peter Thielen
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Pocahontas
Sam
Federal
Fort Dodge
Sheldahl
Public Library of
Burlington
Calliope Creamery
Cedar Falls
Violent Incidents Linked to Septembers Across States
Neighbors John Wyatt and Demps Loftin in Marshall County Kentucky quarrelled at a funeral. Loftin killed Wyatt with seven stab wounds after a prior rock attack. A Michigan Central freight wreck near South Logan injured crew with Newman crushed and Captain Davis surviving. Rail theft suspected. Also reports of fires, crimes, and disasters across the U.S. including Huntsville Alabama pistol killing, Czar protection details, and widespread weather impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wyatt
Demps Loftin
Marshall County
Loftin
Wyatt
Loften
Michigan Air Line
South Logan
Thomas Davis
Id. Newman
Newman
Davis
Campbell
Parnell
New York
Celtic
Europe
Dublin
Knights of Labor
Frank Young
Oscar Harron
Fred Hundhausen
St. Louis
Huntsville
Ala
Thos
Mason
Theodore Roach
Roach
Bulgarian Assembly Seeks Czar Support For Union
The Bulgarian national assembly debated messaging the Czar about Bulgaria Roumelia union and Bulgarian independence. Russia indicated recognition of the Regency and urged calm before the prince election while criticising ministerial links. a German bank declined a Bulgarian loan proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly
Bulgaria
Russia
Roumelia
Brooklyn Fire Devastates Town Center in Brooklyn Iowa
A morning blaze in Brooklyn Iowa causes heavy losses exceeding 75 000 with most of the business district destroyed. Fire teams from Grinnell and Marengo battled the flames near an old elevator owned by T J Holmes Son with many stores offices and residences damaged or ruined. The Chronicle building and bank vaults are destroyed and insured losses are reported as critical figures rise toward 100 000. Community leaders including Mayor Flork and T J Holmes are in critical condition from the heat while the town vows to rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Wales, Jr
Holstein Friesian Association
Iowa City
Breeders’ Gazette
Mercedes
Albia
Marion
Spirit Lake
Davenport
John Morrell & Co
Ottumwa
Crescent
Lew Apple
Guthrie Vidette
Apple
David Porter
Dubuque
Tie
Brooklyn
Iowa
T. J. Holmes & Son
Grinnell Fire Company
Marengo
Drs. Conaway & Busby
George Phillips
Chronicle
Holmes’ Lumber Yard
John Smith
Holmes’ Elevator
Ed. Smith
J. F. Talbot
Dr. Tristan
E. Givin
M. Davidson
First National Bank
A. Rolland
D. F. Jones
W. T. Holmes
Poweshiek County Bank
W. T. Sharp
A. Roman
D. F. Jones & Co
W. S. Stephenson
Grinnell Company
Flork
H. G. Cummings
T. J. Holmes
Indians Shipped to Florida From San Carlos Reservation
A train of ten coaches carried Chiricahua and Warm Spring Apaches from San Carlos Arizona to Florida under Col Wade and Maj Dickie. Guarded by three infantry companies the group includes many squaws and children. Officials say they pose little threat but may cause trouble if provoked.
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Las Vegas
N. M
San Carlos Reservation
Arizona
Florida
United States Infantry
Wade
Dickie
Geronimo
Fisheries Question and Canadian Vessels Seizures
The state department has received no orders for releasing Canadian vessels seized in Alaskan waters, and no official questions have reached the secretary. Ottawa rumors attributed to a Dominion cabinet member are viewed as fabrication, given the scant information and grave responsibility involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ottawa
Dominion Cabinet
Tragic Erie to Ashtabula line collision kills dozen
A nickel plate passenger excursion from Ashtabula to Niagara Falls collided with a local freight near Silver Creek New York. At least twelve were killed and many injured as wrecking trains rushed to the scene. Names of the dead and injured include residents of Erie Dunkirk and Mayville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrato
Nickle Plate Road
Ashtabula
Ohio
Niagara Falls
Irving
Silver Creek N. Y
Silver Creek
Erie
United Press
Dunkirk
Lake Erie
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
Buffalo
Wm. Loomis
David Sharpe
Willie Sharpe
Charles Hersh
John Meyers
Rositer
George Heiller
John W. Zeiffert
W. P. Reynolds
Willie Heidel
Henry Gebhardt
Pittsburg
John F. Gebhardt
Stephen Culbertson
Samuel W. Tracey
Kersage
Charles Dillon
Eric
A. W. Coburg
Titusville
A. Campbell
John Sherliner
Chas. McSparren
St. Vincent Hospital
Brewer
Mint Circular Details Free Shipping for Minor Coins
Washington dispatch reports the director of the mint issued a circular on the distribution of five cent nickel and one cent bronze coins. These will be shipped from Philadelphia via Adams Express to addresses served by Adams Express free of transport charges for orders of twenty dollars or more, payable on receipt by the mint superintendent. For locations outside Adams Express coverage, delivery may go by registered mail at government expense, with the registering fee paid by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
Philadelphia
Adams Express Company
New York
Geronimo Capitulates End of Pursuit in Southwest
Nogales Arizona reports Lieut Clark delivers Gen Miles message that Geronimo’s band, exhausted and short of provisions and ammunition, offered to surrender unconditionally after marching with Capt Lawton. This dispatch notes Indians were faint and hungry and ready to lay down arms.
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Geronimo
Nogales
Ariz
Lieut
Clark
Calabasas
Miles
Lawton
Philadelphia Mayor to Be Impeached for Misconduct
A Philadelphia committee finds Mayor Smith guilty of misdemeanor and maladministration. It cites improper receipt of licenses, failure to regulate pawnbrokers, improper handling of city funds, and protection of a private secretary’s misuse of public money. Impeachment is urged. the council delays action to study the report as impeachment powers rest with the select council. Mayor Linton resigns amid the controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Linton
Common Council
City OF
Philadelphia
William B. Smith
Claridge
Select Council
Linton
Army of the Tennessee Holds 19th Reunion Banquet in Rock Island
The 19th annual Army of the Tennessee reunion ended with a banquet for 300 in Rock Island Illinois. An adjourned meeting at Harper’s Opera House set Detroit as the 1887 meeting site and named Gen. M M Force as orator with Col Augustus A Jackson as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Army of the Tennessee
Harper's Opera House
Detroit
M. M. Force
Cincinnati
Augustus A. Jackson
Tuthill
W. T.sherman
J. F. Howe
St. Louis
W. D. Leach
Cedar Rapids
C. E.lonstrum
Galesburg
Charles H. Smith
Cleveland
A. V. Bohn
Leadville
Col
C. Plumber
J. C. Degress
Austin
Tex
C. C. Chadwick
J. W. Hill
Rosedale
Kas
Edward H. Wolfe
Rushville
Ind
Edward Spear
Minneapolis
George B. Hogin
Des Moines
L. M. Dayton
A. Hickenlooper
Gen. M. M. Force
Dodge
Rawlins Monument
Riots by Moonlighters in Dublin Near Gen Buller HQ
Moonlighters rioted last night near Gen Buller’s Dublin headquarters. Bailiff Win. Cuffey, evictor of a woman, attended Mass at Debcarra chapel and was attacked by worshippers including twelve evicted women who beat him insensible. The priest and chapel leader faced angry demonstrators for granting him mercy.
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Dublin
Buller
William Cuffey
Belcarra Chapel
Cuffey
The
National League
Freehold
N. J
South Carolina Railway
Lincolnville
Knightsville
Burlington & Northern Railroad
Potosi
Ill
Hyde
la Crosse
Jersey City
Gen
Win
Debcarra Chapel
Belo Named Minister to Austria for Washington
Washington reports Col Belo proprietor of the Galveston News will be the new minister to Austria. He has spent weeks in the Adirondacks fishing and hunting with the president, returning to take up the diplomatic post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
N. Y
Robert Peasley
Midland Railroad
Samuel Hill
Hill
Peasley
Delhi
Charles E. Basselle, Jr
Chicago
Boston
New Jersey
Jennie Lassell
Providence
New York
Norfolk
Henry Myers
Baltimore
Myers
Washington
Col. Belo
Galveston News
Austria
Adirondacks
Revenue and drug store licenses rise under Clark law
Davenport reports August revenue in Iowa districts tops prior year despite the Clark law. Licenses issued mostly to druggists selling liquor, with large shipments to interior towns. Observers note spirits manufacture and illicit transfers to Illinois distilleries boost federal takings.
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Iown
Illinois
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Ilinois
Lowa
Charleston Rebuilding After Earthquake Faces Tariff Battle
After an estimated five million dollars in damage, Charleston must rebuild its sea port facilities and homes. The article argues tariffs on lumber glass and hardware hinder recovery, calling protectionism an artificial burden worse than the quake itself, citing Chicago's wartime relief as precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Aladdin
Chicago
Congress
Wise Mr. Wiggins Predicts Global Earthquake Wave
Professor E Stone Wiggins submitted documents to Canada's marine minister claiming he foresaw a March last year earthquake surge in the south and a continuation into October. He warned southern states California and parts of South America would be affected. He linked quakes to shifts in the earths gravity center and even speculated catastrophe if a satellite altered its orbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wiggins
E. Stone Wiggins
Minister of Marine
Ottawa
California
South America
Wiggins
A Holiday for the Dead Hits Chinatown Traditions
A New York World report describes Chinatown’s annual Day of the Dead with white glass bracelets, feasts for spirits, and hiring of servant figures. Joss temple at Chatham Square is central with rice papers and a roast pig, as mortuary processions, ceremonial fires, and grave visits unfold amid crowds and opium-fueled revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Chinatown
Hong Kong
New York
Joss
Park Row
Chatham Square
Yuet Sing
China
Jess
Evergreens
James Naughton
Mott Street
Tom Lee
A Ceylon Snake Adapts to a Veranda Spotlight
In Ceylon a venemous snake hid along wooden rafters under a planter’s veranda. A bystander alerted the planter, who used a stick to drive the reptile away before it could strike, as the snake moved between rafters during a rainy cool day.
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Ceylon
Heber
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Kossuth
Budd
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Burlington Insurance Company
Finley
United Pieces Signal Service
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Portland
Spain
Poland
John Fitzgerald
Irish National League of America
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Sequisteaux
Mexico
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Granche City
Texas
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Hernandez
Maurice Cruz
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Omaha
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Ft. Russell
Brady
116Th Ohio
Minnie Clark
Launton
Mass
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State Board of Health
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Jackson County
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Edward Jenks
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London Corn Trade Journal
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Saltillo
Tagblatt of
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Freemenblatt of
Beechersburg
London
Carmine Cora Merosi
Subiato
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