Increase in County Taxable Real Estate Valuation in Iowa
Official auditor returns from Iowa show a net increase in taxable real estate value across 75 counties, totaling about 14.0 million dollars and a 4 percent rise since last assessment. Realty valuations dominated by real estate add a projected 70 percent rise. 15 counties posted decreases, with 189 yesteryear’s total real property assessment at 301,618,831. The council may reset real estate figures to 1899 levels while keeping personal property unchanged.
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Des Moines
Mertam
Tews
Iow
New Life Insurance Firms Forming and Outsiders Admitted
Des Moines July 2 The second part of the auditor of state annual insurance report shows several new life and accident firms organized under various types. Capitalizations range from 4 000 to 50 000 with headquarters in Des Moines and Cedar Falls. Iowa and non Iowa companies include joint stock town companies mutuals and stipulations. Fraternals and associations also listed with numerous entries across Iowa and outside.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Tows State Bar Association Opens July Sessions in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Iowa hosts the annual Iowa State Bar Association July program with sessions starting July 16 at 10 00 am in the Dohany Opera House. Headquarters are at the Grand Hotel as committees announce arrangements for the event and lodging.
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Tows State Bar Association
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Bar Citton
Dohany Opera House
Uni Agssociation
Grand Woetel
Leral
Tragic wedding day ending as groom shoots himself in Clarinda
Thomas T. Rogers aged 27, who was to wed Miss Finez C Plank, shot himself minutes before the ceremony at the bride's home. Guests gathered about twenty heard the pistol blast. Rogers died an hour later. He had inherited $12,000 three years prior and spent nearly all of it. He had asked the minister to perform the wedding earlier in the day and warned his sister before the act.
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Ella
Clarinda
Thomas T. Rogers
Finez C. Plank
Rogers
J. C. McKinnon
Mr. Rogers
C. J. Aigslin
Clermont
Increase of Property Values Shown by Returns to State Auditor
Iowa assessors report a large rise in real estate and personal property values over two years. Seventy five counties show about 12 million more in realty and 5 million more in personal property, totaling roughly 60.9 million and 20.1 million respectively. State board delays in abstracts push equalization back.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Equalization
Clover Rich Leaves 33 Cattle Dead in Field
W C Prichard, a Ida county farmer, planted 100 acres of mammoth clover. He drove 847 head of feeding steers into the field and found them voracious. Illness followed and by days later thirty three steer deaths occurred valued at about 1500 dollars.
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Rich
Des Moines
W. ¢. Prichard
Ida County
Auctioneer Lon Piper Dies at Albia Sale
Lon K. Piper an Albia auctioneer died suddenly while conducting a sale of western horses. He cried out that he was falling then collapsed, dying in front of bystanders as he attempted to secure a raise in the bid. The well known figure in southern Iowa is reported to have collapsed while at work.
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Dlea
Albia
Lon K. Piper
Value of Towa Real Estate
Official returns from auditors in seventy five Iowa counties to Auditor of State Merriam show a net increase in value of real estate in the state of 11549838 since 1889 when realty was last assessed. This indicates a total net increase of about 14000000, equivalent to an increase of 4 percent.
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Towa
PRS
Iowa
Merriam
County Supervisors Plan State Tour to Inspect Poor Farms
Council Bluffs June 24 The county supervisors intend a state tour next month to inspect county poor farms and gather information on management.
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County Farma
Council Bluffs
Board of County Srperovisors
Fragmentary Report on Zinc Ore Discovery and Zinc Ore Value
A partial transcription describes a zinc ore discovery and claims the ore’s value rose due to the zinc content. Mentions a mine or facility and shipments to Chicago for testing, with unclear names and dates. The fragment notes a diver or worker activity and potential construction at a rail lodge site as context.
Jessie Morrison Guilty of Manslaughter in Eldorado
In Eldorado Kansas this afternoon Jessie Morrison was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. The jury deliberated about thirty hours with a holdout for acquittal reported. Morrison’s lawyer filed an appeal as she was placed in custody, and her brother Tayward Morrison and Olin Castle’s family were mentioned amid the park concert nearby.
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Jary
Tessie Morricon
Oln Castle
Miss Morrison
Jessie Morrison
Cecil
Eldorado
Olin Caustic
Tayward Morrison
Jessie
Enormous Grain Crop Predicted for Region
Chicago, June 28. Northwest grain traffic officials forecast the wheat crop for 1901 will exceed all records. The Dakotas and Minnesota are expected to harvest 185,000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels, surpassing last year’s 100,000,000 and the 1898 peak of 175,000,000 in those states.
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Chicago
Ill
Northwest Territory
Price Cases Are Decided in Manila Bay Prize Suit
Justice Bradley in the equity court ruled the Manila bay and Santiago bay prize cases. Claimants win on vessels captured and property taken from captured vessels but lose on property captured ashore. Ships sunk and later raised count as captured. shore property is not prize.
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Washington
Justice Bradley
Equity Court
Manila Bay
Santiago Bay
County Treasurer Slain Fire Follows Assault in Courtroom
Alfred Norlin, Masden County treasurer, retired from his office in the courthouse crying fire. Fire crews extinguished a blaze started in the treasurer’s books after he was slugged and his pockets relieved of cash. The assailant then allegedly set the fire to destroy records and loot.
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Masden
Neb
Oelock
Alfred Norlin
Norlin
Mrs. McKinley Drives With President During Illness
Mrs McKinley’s condition improved enough to take a brief drive with the president this forenoon. She was taken downstairs in a rolling chair and accompanied to the side entrance where they entered the car Wage. The outing lasted about forty minutes.
Kursain Not to Try Again
Petersburg dispatches the Times report that the Russian minister in Pekin stated negotiations on Manchuria would reopen. Official circles dismiss the London Times claim as entirely inaccurate.
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Kursain
St, Petersburg
London Times
Pekin
M. DeGlers
Manchuria
Pope Ill in Rome Report From Vatican Aid
A Paris dispatch reports the pope seriously ill in Rome. Ny Lapponi, his attending physician, remains at the bedside as Vatican officials express concern over the pontiff's health and heart condition.
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Pops
Paris
Petit Bleu
Rome
Ny. Lapponis
Vatican
Barger Sentenced Five Years for Felonious Assault
Thomas G. Barger, convicted in Hudson county court of Jersey City last week for felonious assault on Rev. John Keller of Arlington, was today sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.
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Vive Venra
New York
Thomas G. Barger
Hudson County
Jersey City
John Keller
Arlington
State
Gomez Heads to New York on Havana Departure
Havana dispatch reports General Maximo Gomez sails for New York today via Tampa accompanied by Governor General Wood's private secretary.
William H Millgsham Becomes Chicago Fire Chief After Forty Years
After forty years of service in the Chicago fire department, William H Millgsham has been elevated to chief, reflecting a long career with the city’s firefighting service and leadership responsibilities.
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Chicago Fire Department
William H. Millgsham
Wheat Exports Drain St Joseph Elevators
St Joseph Missouri June 28 Bush orders from Ch BO Bruman today cleaned up every bushel of wheat, cam and barley in the elevators. More than 500000 bushels went out of the city for export in the last week at 76 cents a bushel. About 440000 bushels stored in the St Joseph and Grand Island Company elevator at Elwood Kansas were shipped to Chicago during the week.
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St. Joseph
ST. Yosepil
Ch BO Bruman
St. Josoph & Grand Island Company
Elwood
Kan
Chicago
Banks and Panics Suppress Public Bank Records
A critical view argues that banks and the Clearing House misrepresent the true financial state after the panic. It asserts heavy loan calls, large declines in deposits, and a distrust of bank statements amid financial power by trusts and corporations.
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Clearing House Association
War clouds over Europe and Boer conflict linger in editorial note
The piece questions a looming European war sparked by financiers and warns against alarmism from Mr Stead while arguing no imminent conflict over the Clayton Bulwer treaty. It notes Boers gaining sympathy in the United States and suggests Britain faces a tenuous, evolving political climate amid empire entanglements.
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Europe
Mr. Stead
United States
England
Philadelphia Times
Congress
John Bull
Great Britain
South Africa
Republican Party Critique by Opposition Advocate
A Democratic newspaper quotes a prominent opponent of the Republicans accusing the party of lying about public acts and rapidly changing front on policy. The piece questions the trustworthiness of Republicans to govern, noting the paradox of a rival advocating opponent policies.
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Republican Party
Republican Party Labeled Departing From Moral Ideas
Editor notes George Gunton cites a May magazine piece arguing the Republican Party has fossilized from a mission driven party of moral ideas into a self serving, boss controlled entity. He asserts urban anti Republican sentiment and revolutionary administrations gaining ground, signaling losing national confidence.
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George Gunton
Republican Party
Party
Unite States
Succes
Philippine civil government plan labeled a farce
The Taft Philippine commission reports a form of civil government for the archipelago that critics call a farce. Despite supposed elections, the commission can veto actions and remove officials, undermining civil liberty and making Filipino elections seemingly pointless. The piece warns Taft that voters may be fooled and stresses skepticism about the plan.
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Taft Philippine Commission
War Department
Taft
Political comment on tariffs and foreign policy sparks protests
General Chaffee’s remarks on the Anglo American alliance provoke opposition as officials defend it as an after dinner speech. Negotiations for the Danish West Indies face resistance from inhabitants. Tariff on Puerto Rico and Cuba promises stoke concern while Nicaraguans push cana building promises. Senator Cullom seeks foreign relations chair and urges tariff reform over reciprocity. Manila scandals deepen with civilian punishments and press backlash after editor Hice’s deportation. Panic predictions rise for both parties amid Wall Street influence and debated financial legislation. One third of the world’s population linked to tobacco use.
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Chaffee
Danish West India Islands
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Panama
Hanna
Wall Street
Cullom
Senate
Manila
Hice
Bryan
McKinley
Hanna and Co
Can Metals Feel A Lecture On Metal Sentience At Royal Institution
Professor Jagadis Chunder Bose demonstrated that metals may exhibit electrical responses to actions such as striking pinching poisoning and antidote exposure. The galvanometer readings suggested distress, prompting jokes about a society to prevent cruelty to metals according to the London Mail account.
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Royal Institution
Jagadis Chunder Bose
London Mail
Society For the Prevention of
Monument honors Sullivan in London cathedral
A monument is planned for Sir Arthur Sullivan in St Pauls Cathedral London. The proposal also endows a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music and rejects erecting a statue on the Thames Embankment.
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Sullivan
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Royal Academy of Music
Rand
Thames Embankment
Offer Morgan Declined by Heidelberg University
Years ago Heidelberg University offered J. Pierpont Morgan the chair of mathematics and dangled a salary boost from 500 to 600 dollars a year to lure him, but Morgan declined the offer.
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Morgan
Heidelberg University
J. Pierpont Morgan
Women and Law Debate at Gray's Inn
Sir John Cockburn argued in favor of admitting women to the legal profession at Gray's Inn. He cited qualities such as intuition persuasion and eloquence as fit for law and urged that the time had arrived for women to study and enter the field.
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John Cockburn
Gray's Inn
Big Losa In Insurance Premiums
Fire insurance companies face an estimated loss of nearly 1 million dollars yearly as the steel trust decides to lay away its own insurance. Most policies expire in June and will not be renewed, reducing premium income for insurers.
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Big Losa
Big Steel Trust
Learry
Dodd's Kidney Pills credited with curing Mrs Freeman
Mrs Anna Jones Freeman of Hodgeman County suffered years of headaches back pain and urinary trouble before using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Within a week headaches and pains eased and she regained full health. The article notes rising demand in Pawnee and Hodgeman Counties and praises Remington Typewriter sales growth.
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Christian Science
Jetmore
Kans
Anna Jones Freeman
G. G. Jones
Burdett
Hodgeman County
Dodd
Freeman
Pawnee
Hadgeman
Mrs. Freeman
Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease
Are you using Allen's Foot Ease the only cure for swelling itching burning sweating feet corns and bunions. Shake Allen's Foot-Hose into shoes. 25c at druggists and shoe stores sample free. Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. Woman is most attractive when most womanly.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
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