News in Brief from National Wire Service Highlights
A summary of briefed items: Alexander Edwin Sweet, founder of Texas Sistings, dies at 60 in New York City. James Shoemaker, Mankato leader, killed by cars in Minnesota. Major skin grafting case at Ashland Wisconsin hospital heals fully. Montana Supreme Court ruling on bond in Pennsylvania case. King Otto’s health critical in Munich. Enron Pacific plans $100 million bond listing on NYSE. Inventor W. A. Morgan debuts a practical rotary engine. Ellis Island detains 50 Servian immigrants bound for Canada. Postal service to China shifts personnel. some to the Philippines. Flint Glass wage talks in Pittsburg. no wage increase expected. Santa Fe railway rebuilds Barstow to Mojave line. Fugitive P. M. Dunn from Indiana. Canker worm outbreak in Jefferson County orchards. Civil service exam notice for June 8 nationwide.
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Alexander Edwin Sweet
Texas Sistings
Bill Sweet
Rev. Whangfoodle
New York City
James Shoemaker
Board of Trade
Mankato
Omaha
Minn
Shoemaker
Sibiey
Dodd's Hospital
Ashland
Wis
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Ore Purchasing
Delaware Surety Company
Pennsylvania
Munich
Otto
Enron Pacific Railway
New York Stock Exchange
Southern Pacific
W. A. Morgan
Indiana
Ellis Island
Lahn
Canada
Post Office Department
China
H. M. Robinson
Atlanta
Philippines
Flint Glass Bottle Manufacturers’ Association
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Pittsburg
Santa Fe
Barstow
Mojave
Abuquerque
Church and Societies Debate on Secret Orders
Des Moines May 29 report from the United Presbyterians judiciary committee criticizes secret orders and oaths as demoralizing to Christianity. It states sessions may exercise discretion in admitting members linked to such associations. The assembly also approves woman suffrage as a civic issue not for ecclesiastical action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Committee On Judiciary of the United Presbbyterians
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Death of Gen George A Stone in Iowa records long service
General George A Stone, aged 68, former Burlington cashier and Civil War officer, died in Burlington after a long illness. He rose from First Iowa infantry lieutenant to colonel of the Twenty-fifth Iowa, brevetted brigadier general in 1865, and later served as national bank examiner for Iowa from Cleveland through McKinley administrations. He lived much of his career in Iowa and remained a Democrat.
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Des Moines
George A. Stone
National Bank Examiner
Iowa
Burlington
General Stone
Saunder
Mount Pleasant
First
Iowa Infantry
Fourth Iowa Cavalry
Twenty-fifth Iowa
White River
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Stone
Savannah
Columbia
8. C
Army of the United States
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Cedar Rapids Strike Ends After Three Months of Turmoil
In Cedar Rapids May 29 the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern strike is settled through the Commercial Club efforts. About 206 machinists boilermakers blacksmiths railway car men and federal labor union members resisted the piece work system and will return to work at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Inds
Cedar Rapide Commercial Club
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Federal
Grand Army Encampment In Dubuque Set For June 4
Preparations are complete for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Dubuque starting June 4. A large gathering is expected with distinguished attendees including Major Conger Senators Allison and Dolliver General Given General Drake Adjutant General Stewart of St Louis and General Smith B Atkins of Freeport. A welcome event is planned for the first evening.
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Grand Army
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Dubuque
Conger
Allison and
Dolliver
Given
Drake
Stewart
St. Louis
Smith B. Atkins
Freeport
Farmer Bowen Cole Dies by Own Hand in Johns Township
Winchester rifle suicide ends the life of Bowen Cole aged about 20s near Plano in Johns township. Neighbors and father Neal Cole reported he had long been of unsound mind and had faced a prior insanity examination in Winchester. He shot himself upstairs just as the sheriff arrived for a second examination, leaving a grisly scene.
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Winchester
Centerville
Neal Cole
Johns Township
Plano
Bowen Cole
G. E. Climie
Mr. Cole
Garfield
Young Bowen
Statistics of Iowa Strikes Reported by Labor Commissioner
Labor Commissioner Wennerstrom will publish a forthcoming Iowa strikes report with state totals for all years. The data shows 68 total strikes, 7,600 workers involved, and costs around 400000 dollars, with 47 union strikes including 40 successes and 7 failures, and 21 nonunion strikes including 2 successes and 19 failures.
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Des Moines
Wennerstrom
Iowa
Warranted Search in Missing Man Case Unveils Shortage
Grinnell authorities issued warrants for N Williamuth and Charles Orcutt after a year and a half of financial trouble at a local grocery venture. Debts and overdrafts totaled about $1,000. A raid of Orcutt’s home found flour, soap barrels, tobacco, and canned goods, suggesting crooked dealings.
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Grinnell
N. Willamuth
Charles Orcutt
Woman's Missionary Home Society Elected Officers
The Cedar Rapids district Woman's Missionary Home society met in Cedar Rapids and elected officers: President Mrs. Alice Kessler Iowa City. Vice President Mrs. Mary E. Mason Marion. Corresponding Secretary Mrs. W. D. Cannon Iowa City. Recording Secretary Mrs. W. A. Hubbard Cedar Rapids. Treasurer Mrs. J. S. Smith Mt. Vernon.
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Woman's Missionary Wort
Cedar Rapids
Woman’s Missionary Home Society of the
Alice Kessler
Iowa City
Mary E. Mason
Marion
W. D. Cannon
W. A. Hubbard
J. S. Smith
Mt. Vernon
Adeino Gibson Heads to West Point by Bicycle
Oskaloosa May 27 Adeino Gibson of this city earned a cadetship to West Point through a district examination and has departed for West Point on a bicycle. Since the exam he has studied at Town State College in Ames for the finals at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Oskaloosa
Mason City and Fort Dodge Election Results
In Fort Dodge on May 27 the Mason City and Fort Dodge road held its annual stockholders meeting. Directors elected were J. W. Colt Myron T Herrick Arthur Fairchild Jas J Hill and H A Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City and
Fort Dodge
Mason City & Ft. Dodge Road
Mason City & Fort Dodge Road
J. W. Colt
Myron T. Herrick
Arthur 8. Fairchild
Jas. J. Hill
H. A. Hutchins
Girl Graduate Is Kired Sheldon's Rifle Accident Fatality
In Malvern on May 27 Miss Jeanette Stipe died after a 22 caliber rifle fired by Miss Henrietta Sheldon during a target shooting outing with two girls from Tabor. The accident occurred when the rifle discharged and struck Miss Stipe over the left eye.
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Kired
Malvern
Jeanette Stipe
Henrietta, Sheldon
Tabor
Sheldon
Miss Stipe
Girl 12 Scalped in Wutton Factory Accident
Frances Ring aged 12 employed in a wutton factory fell against a revolving shaft her hair caught and she was scalped. Her injuries will probably prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Frances Ring
Maufmin Weeks Another Graft Unfolds in Des Moines
DES MOINES May 27 Another chapter in the career of C Kanf man former manager of the American Paper Stock company here emerged as he collected $1000 on sight drafts before leaving the country He courted Miss Adleman promising marriage and said he had a wife to divorce He then induced Miss Adleman’s father to lend him $750 before he departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maufmin
Des Moines
C. Kanfman
American Paper Stock Company
Mies Adleman
Migs Adleman
Insurance report details Iowa fire business in 1900
Des Moines May 28 1900 annual report of State Auditor Merriam outlines fire insurance activity in Iowa for 1900. It shows premiums collected by Iowa stock and mutual companies, losses paid, and ten year table of risks written and losses, with state and county mutuals, premiums and loss percentages, plus figures for non Iowa and other lines of insurance. Also notes tuberculosis hospital statewide plan and possible legislative funding.
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Des Moines
Merriam
Iowa
Joint Stock and Mutual Companies
Fidelity Insurance
Hall Insurance
Stock and Mutual
Fire
Sioux City
Towa State Medical Society
R. B. Contil
Doctor C P Hill Dies in Lincoln Hospital
Beatrice Neb May 28 Dr C P Hill a Virginia resident and practicing physician in this county died last Wednesday after a brief illness. He visited Cook Scott undertakers to select a coffin and arranged for a vault at Evergreen Home cemetery.
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Beatrice
Neb
C. P. Hill
Lincoln
Virginia
Cook & Scott
Himgelf
Evergreen Home
Mellstedt 6 Coming New June Music Festival
Mellstedt 6 Coming, Omaha plans a June musical festival headlined by the Bellstedt band of Cincinnati. Throughout June there will be two concerts daily, afternoon and evening, with railroads offering reduced rates to enable broad attendance.
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Omaha
Bellstedt Band
Cincinnati
Timber Culture Investigation Team Formed in Iowa
Frank G. Miller of Red Oak, a recent Iowa State College graduate, joins a U S Agriculture Department sponsored party to study timber growth and tree culture in western Nebraska and other states. The mission focuses on field work under federal direction.
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Dus Moines
Frank G. Miller
Red Oak
Iowa State College
Ames
Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
Live Stock Market Report From South Omaha and Kansas City
Cattle supplies were light with strong demand and higher bids on prime beef cattle. Hogs showed a heavy early run with prices opening down but closing near yesterday’s levels, while sheep and lamb demand was uneven with good demand only for quality offerings. Kansas City data mirrored the mixed tone with steady to higher figures for cattle and hogs and steady to higher sheep and lamb values.
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South Omaha
Hansa City
Huye
Sitle
Kansas City
Texas
Tanner's Grave Lot Near Lincoln in Springfield
Former Governor John R. Tanner to be interred at Oak Ridge cemetery beside President Lincoln. Widow Mrs. Tanner purchased a 7000 foot lot along the driveway to the Lincoln monument, about 300 feet from the monument, for $3000. Funeral Sunday afternoon expected to draw statewide military and civic groups. Union miners' meeting called to plan a miners’ attendance in a body.
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Springfield
Lincoln
China Accepts Indemnity Terms May 25 1900
Berlin reports semi official word that Pekin ministers will not reduce the indemnity below 450 000 000 taels and that China accepts the terms, promising reimbursement of expeditionary costs. A Berlin Ulk cartoon shows Count von Waldersee departing China on three empty trunks labeled Victories Acquisitions Indemnities with a caption questioning the worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Pekin
China
Ulk
Count von Waldersese
Waldersee to leave Pekin for Japan around May 31
Berlin May 25 The London press claim Count von Waldersee told Chinese authorities he would not leave Pekin until the court resigned and that he had met Emperor Kwang Su. Berlin officials deny this. He is said to depart Pekin May 31 or shortly after for Japan, with uncertain plans to return via the United States or Shanghai.
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Berlin
Tondon
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Kwang Su
von Waldersee
Japan
United States
Shanghai
Excursion Steamer Umpire State Beached Near Brockville
Excursion steamer Umpire State beached near Brockville Ontario with nine feet of water in the hold while carrying 600 excursionists from Prescott and Brockville en route to Kingston for Queen Victoria's birthday celebration. Firemen left the port holes open.
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Watertown
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Brockville
Ont
Prescott
Kingston
Lady McDonald Accused Of Looting In Peking Scene
A Herald dispatch from Pekin reports diplomats defending Lady McDonald saying she did not loot the Forbidden City. They describe witnessing an American wife and a curio dealer attempt to steal a cupboard with an American soldier aiding the opening, while Lady McDonald and others protested. The American representatives offered no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Pekin
Empress
Minority report defeated in Cuban constitutional convention
In Havana on May 25 the minority report of the committee on relations was defeated 19 to 9. The majority report will be read tomorrow and debated with a final vote expected Monday. Senor Zayas called the minority too conservative and may persuade two other conservatives to switch. Havana merchants and clubs plan a benefit for Jacksonville relief with proceeds aiding Cuban orphans. Troduca exchanges contributed $500 tonight to the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Committee On Relations
Senor Zayas
Jacksonville
Troduca
Hay on indemnity plan could ease European demands
Secretary Hay tells the Bulletin that European demand for indemnity seems excessive and the United States may yet propose a plan to reduce demands. He adds that powers have rejected the current plan but no final action is decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
The
Bulletin
Hay
United States
Lumber Inspection Bureau Hearing in Chicago May 25
Reports from the lumber inspection bureau and committees of the National Hardwood Lumber Associations were presented. The bureau said New York and Boston markets had not endorsed its work and urged uniformity in the inspection system.
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Uniform
Chicago
Lumber Inspection Bureau
Inspection Bureau
New York
Boston
Cadets Decline Offers After West Point Expulsions
Three of five West Point cadets expelled for insubordination B C Mahaffy Raymond A Linton and John A Cleveland declined lucrative posts offered by General Francia Kinton Greene president of the New York and Bermudes Asphalt company They told Greene and Andres they would plead for reintratement to the academy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cypltat
New York
West Point
B. C. Mahaffy
Raymond A. Linton
John A. Cleveland
Francia Kinton Greene
New York and Bermudes Asphalt Company
Greene
Avery Andres
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P. M. Dunn
Forest
Clinton County
Ind
Jefferson County
Illinois
National Bureau of Blanchards
Treasury Department
United Presbyterians
Steve
Gen. Stone
National Bank Examiner of
the Insurance Report
Goma
Miliday
Chaffee
Ministera Te Lady McDonald
Theas
Valng
Agatoat
Amert
Minority Report
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