Rail Consolidation Hints Amid Morgan Hill Pact Delay
New York June 4 The Press anticipates a sweeping railroad fusion from the Mississippi to the Pacific as Morgan Hill factions reach harmony with Harriman. Details await J Pierpont Morgan's return from Europe. Hill's role implied. ownership remains with Morgan Hill while other rival interests retain a majority stock stake.
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New York
Torrow
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Northern Pacific
Morgan-Hill
Harriman
Great Northern
Union Pacific
St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago Great Western
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Morgan- Hill
Kuwhn-Loeb- Harriman-Gould
Rockefeller and Stillman
Transmississippi
Chicago
Far East
Maximite explosive adopted by United States
New York June 4 The Press reports Hudson Maxim has sold the secret of Maximite to the government after successful Sandy Hook tests. The explosive is described as deadlier than lyddite yet easier to handle, with potential to revolutionize warfare by penetrating armor and enabling incendiary projectiles against warships. Maxim envisions a shift from battleships to torpedo boats and gunboats.
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Maxim
United States
OWA Fish Industry Sees Massive Deposit Growth
Auditor Merriam compiles state financial statement showing large increases in deposits at Savings Banke amid Iowa mattered miscellaneous highlights. Strong entities include OWA Fish industry entities and state auditors. figures reflect dramatic deposit growth and related banking activity across Iowa.
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Merriam
State
Savings Banke
Iowa
Death of Hiram Price Passed Man of Davenport and National Figure
Des Moines reports the death of Hon. Hiram Price in Washington. Price, long a Davenport resident with widespread western ties, served as a Republican congressman from the Second District and as a later commissioner of Indian affairs. He aided Rock Island arsenal and Davenport government bridge projects, had business ties in Davenport, and supported prohibition. His family included a daughter married to Judge John F. Dillon, later a New York bar leader, with another daughter wed to Rev. Robert Colyer.
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Davenport
Conqress
Scott County
Congress
Rock Island Arsenal
Government Bridge
Kirkwood
United States
Price
John F. Dillon
Bar
New York City
Dillon
la Burgoyne
Robert Colyer
Site proposed for Louisiana Purchase fair on Goodfellow land
Northwest World's Fair investigators claim the Goodfellow avenue area in northwest St. Louis, long associated with Gov. William H Clarke and Indigenous treaties, is the ideal site for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Directors and officers have visited owners, reviewed old records, and will present the case to the site committee emphasizing historic ties and suitable natural conditions.
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Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat
William H. Clarke
Territory of
Missouri
Goodfellow Avenue
St. Louis
BH. T. Grether
Lewis EB. Snow
J. M. Williams
Goodfellow
Natural Bridge Road
Gov. Clarke
Council Groves
Lewis and Clarke
Fred Deibel
Jewett Wagoner
John Fitzgerald
H. H. Huers
David Murphy
Ed W. Greer
J. L. Grethar
Edward H. Bickley
Georgs P. Prendergast
W.S. Brawner
M. M. Fitzgerrell
Fred Spangler
H. B. Schilling
W. J. McDonald
W. H. Redemeyer
Sidney DB. Davis
Charles H. Filley
Goodfellow Place
Northwestern to Introduce Wireless Telegraphy in Midwest
Chicago capitalists plan commercial wireless telegraphy in Illinois Michigan Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin within 40 to 50 days. Public trials will test receiving gear in a Legale street office and a sending unit on a tug six miles offshore as messages flash across the lake. The Northwestern Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Co. leads the installation, a branch of the Federal Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Co. which owns the patents.
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Chicago
Northwest
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Legale Street
Northwestern Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company
Federal Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company
Havemeyer Quits Rumor Resignation at Sugar Refining Co
New York rumor says President Tosly Havemeyer may resign as head of the American Sugar Refining Co and be replaced by W B Thomas of Boston. Havemeyer was inaccessible and declined comment. Directors meet tomorrow amid talk of an extra dividend in addition to the regular one.
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Tosly Havemeyer
New York
Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
W. B. Thomas
Boston
United States
Indians Hold Anadarko Council Over Allotment Openings
Chiefs Delpone Wolfe and Quanah Parker lead about 1000 Comanche and Kiowa Indians at Anadarko to choose a delegation to Washington. They plan to protest the opening of Indian reservations and warn that Colonel Randlett may reveal many allotment secrets in the national capital.
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Guthrie
Okl
Delpone Wolfe
Quanah_ Parker
Indiana
Anadarko
Washington
Randlett
Von Waldersee quits Pekin amid grand military display
Pe kin reports a grand allied departure for Field Marshal Count von Waldersee with artillery, bands, and a diplomatic escort. Aide- de- camp Von Rauch stays to escort Prince Chun to Berlin for China to apologize for Baron von Ketteler’s murder. Von Waldersee joins banquet for German minister Mumm von Schwarzenstein before sailing to Japan.
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Pekin
Count von Waldersee
von Rauch
Count von Walderses
Prince Chun
Berlin
China
Baron von Ketteler
Lokal Anzeiger
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
William
von Waldersee
Japan
Germany
German East Africa
Booth Not a Prodigal Son
Mead of Volunteers denies plans to re unite with Ballington Booth and return to the Salvation Army. He says there have been no secret negotiations or letters from his father since he left the country, and that union is impossible due to government and principles of the two movements.
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Mead of Volunteers
New York
Babington Booth
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Beth Clibborn
Condition of Mrs McKinley at Washington
Washington June 4 Doctor Rixey said Mrs McKinley’s condition showed no change after three hours in the White House last night. At 11 she rested comfortably though previously the illness had weakened her and she remained very weak. Cheerfulness slightly rose and there is hope she will again show her former vitality.
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White House
Washington
Rixey
British Fire on Frenchmen in Tientsin Riot
June 4 dispatch reports a serious affray in Tientsin between international troops. British fusileers acting as police tried to prevent French soldiers from breaking into houses and were attacked with bayonets and bricks. In self defense they fired in the air drawing about 200 German reinforcements to aid the French.
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Tientsin
Rough Riders College opens with first student arrival
Charles Hays Speyers, the first entrant at Rough Riders College in Cody Wyoming, arrived from Pittsburg. Soon, numerous students at Crater City will join him as opening arrangements progress and a large class begins instruction in riding roping and shooting.
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Rough Riders’ College
Cody
Wyo
Charles Hays Speyers
Pittsburg
Crater City
Rough Rider School
Increased Bank Deposits and County Valuation Drop
Des Moines reports show state and savings bank deposits rising since 1890 based on the auditor of state's compilation. Council Bluffs notes county supervisors will review lower assessed valuation, with a township-wide decrease totaling $724,914 from 1899 to 1901, dropping from $7,631,172 to $6,906,258.
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Des Moines
Merriam
State
Council Bluffs
Board of County Supervisors
Gift for College in Dubuque Promises Expansion
DES MOINES June 4 Bishop Keane bought two valuable lots in Dubuque and gave them to St. Joseph's college. The gift completes the landscape for a major expansion, with a $50,000 addition to be built next fall.
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Des Moines
Bishop Keane
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s College
City
Mivery Dany in Jane to Play Omaha June Engagements
The famous Bellstedt band of Cincinnati is in Omaha throughout June with two entertainments daily including Sundays. A large tent seating several thousand has been provided for the concerts, which are proving grand musical treats.
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Mivery Dany
Jane
Bellstedt
Cincinnati
Omaha
Iowa University students earn living while attending college
President Maclean reports about 200 Iowa University students earn all or part of their living on campus. Fourteen of the workers are women. The university supports student labor, with much copying done by students on pay and a steady increase in odd jobs available to students.
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Des Moines
Maclean
Iowa University
Marriage Was a Failure in Plymouth County
Mrs. Jane T. Coustland of Plymouth county seeks a divorce after six years of marriage to an ex convict. She alleges he signed a contract waiving her estate and then squandered her money, flirted with the hired girl, and cheered when the hired man struck her. The couple wed when she was 64 and he 31.
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Plymouth County
Sioux City
Jane T. McCaustland
Shase
Lost boy Jacob Webb returns after seven years
DES MOINES June 3 A remarkable tale from Ottumwa tells how Jacob Webb who vanished at age 14 while fishing with peers and presumed drowned by his foster mother has reappeared. He recounts a world wander with no coherent account from companions who vanished too.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Jacob Webb
Jacob
Brakeman Briley Killed in Railroad Yard Accident
W W Briley a brakeman on the Northwestern railroad was instantly killed in the local yards of Council Bluffs. Briley from Boone came in on the fast mail and planned to depart on freight No 22 in the evening. While between two cars making an air coupling the train moved slowly and he slipped and fell under the wheels.
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Council Bluffs
W. W. Briley
Northwestern
Briley
Boone
Bellstedt Draws Crowds for First Omaha Concert
Bellstedt's band opens a month in Omaha with a popular first concert. Tickets rush as thousands seek to hear the new music and added stars. Railroads plan reduced rates to boost attendance for the event. Clinton report notes editor Mark McKee met President McKinley in Cedar Rapids and rode back on the president's train after dining with cabinet members.
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Bellstedt
Omaha Inne Ist
Clinton
Mark McKee
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Runaway horse crashes through Henry Louis drug store
A runaway horse in Iowa City on June 3 smashed the glass front of Henry Louis’ drug store, tore through the entire shop, and exited via the back door, causing a dramatic scene and likely damage to fixtures.
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Like & Bull
Iowa City
Henry Louis’ Drug Store
Three Shots At Young Girl In Des Moines
Charles Neil, 19, an employee of the Jewett typewriter factory, entered the Mercer home and fired three shots at Effie Mercer, 13. He took deliberate aim but the shots failed to injure. Neil fled, was captured, and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily injury. He was bound over to the grand jury.
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Des Moines
Charles Neil
Jewett Typewriter
J. W. Mercer
Effie Mercer
Grand
Lambs Wool Introduced as Old Apple Drink
Victor Smith notes the beverage lambs wool is simply roasted apple juice with spiced ale. He recalls the traditional Irish feast Ta mas ubhal or lammaa ool and explains how the name morphed into lamb's wool over time.
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Victor Smith
Teachers and Old Maids Preferred in Rural Life
A farmer's wife writes to the American Agriculturist that seventeen summers of hosting boarders yield a simple verdict: maiden ladies and school teachers are the best guests because they are most content. The piece contrasts charm with practicality, noting how social roles influence domestic harmony among summer boarders.
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