Des Moines Readies Four Day State Convention with Sunday Session
Des Moines reports plan to extend Iowa State Teachers Association annual meeting to four days December 27 28 29 and 30 with Sunday concert and sermons by eminent pastors. Topics include manual training school centralization and rural graded schools. Republican convention and G A R encampment set, farmers outlook mixed, Iowa State Fair revised programs and race meet schedules outlined.
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Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
State Association of Teachers
Iowa
Lyman Abbott
Frank Gunsaulus
Bishop Potter
Parkhurst
Railroad Taxes Show Rising State Burden on Lines
Secretary Davison released a table on railroad property assessments revealing rising taxes per mile from 129 to 167 since 1880. Total taxes grew from 559,765 in 1880 to 1,424,134 in 1890 and 1,509,870 in 1901 while net earnings rose from 5,673,764 to 15,094,072 and mileage from 4,811 to 9,336 miles.
Rand Women Sell Grinnell Property and Plan New York Life
Mrs Ju D Rand and Miss Carrie Rand sell their Grinnell property and return to New York. Reports say Miss Rand and Professor George D Herron may wed in a few weeks. The Rands buy a Fifth Avenue home and a Hudson summer resort. A judge withheld Mrs Herron’s $60,000 alimony decree until payment was received.
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Ju. D. Rand
Carrie EB. Rand
Grinnell
New York
Miss Rand
Prof
George D. Herron
Rands
Fifth Avenue
Hudson
Laws Restrict Fraternal Benefit Associations in Iowa
Auditor Merriam states no fraternal beneficiary association of minors may transact in Iowa unless by laws align with state ban on beneficiary policies for affianced spouses. Illinois law allows such insurance.
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Merriam
Iowa
Illinois
Indicted Muscatine Debt Agency Boss Over Skull Marked Envelopes
E. L. Van Horne, manager of a Muscatine bad debt collection firm, was indicted by the federal Keokuk grand jury for violating section 332. Envelopes bore a skull and crossbones and the words Gad Debt in large letters.
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E. L. van Horne
Muscatine
Keokuk
Smooth Swindler Targets Iowa Mailboxes
A smooth swindler is said to be working along rural Iowa delivery routes. He calls at each house, pretends to be a government inspector of mail boxes, then makes minor alterations and collects two or three dollars.
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Iowa
Great Storm Floods Hit Cities and Railroads
Pittsburgh area endures a vast storm system with 18 inches to three feet of wet snow and heavy rain. Rail lines and electric networks collapse, towns flood along the Ohio and Allegheny rivers, and Chester Massachusetts suffers dam failures with extensive damage and blackouts.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Wheeling
Allegheny
Ohio
Rochester
Fort Wayne
Beaver Falls
Ninth Avenue
Allacanna
Oil City
Allegheny River
World Record Set In Five Mile Pro Motorcycle Race
Clem and Charley Turville set a new world eight lap record at the Velodrome in Sacramento on Friday night with a time of 7 40 25 in the second heat of the five mile professional race while rivals Judge and Stone finished close behind Flow in the Chicago drainage canal capacity reduced to 200 900 cubic feet per minute under war department order as trustees seek to widen the Chicago river.
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Sacramento
Cal
Clem
Charley Turville
Judge and Stone
Chicago
Secretary of War
Chicago River
Wu Tingfang plans conservative reform memorial for China
Washington reports Chinese minister Wu Tingfang prepares a 20 head memorial to the government outlining conservative reforms in administration economy and finances to modernize China and align with world powers while avoiding radical change. He acts on imperial edict inviting officials to aid in solving current distress and to build a secure future.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
China
Mr. Wu
Imperial
Japan
Peking
British Budget Presented By Hicks Beach in Parliament
London reports show Sir Michael Hicks Beach unveiling the empire budget detailing a Boer War deficit of 255.9 million and a proposed 300 million loan. Tax measures include income tax rise, sugar and molasses levies, glucose tax, and an export tax on coal, with sugar and coal duties approved. The war loan and income tax await further action.
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London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Great Britain
Michael Hicks- Beach
Michael Hiens-Benach
Sune Eens Eeneernannea
Trade Review highlights favorable crop reports and strong demand
R G Dun notes favorable crop reports and heavy bank clearings boosting the economy. Record railroad earnings and flowing spring goods support an encouraging business mood while Wall Street shows potential for a near-term reaction. Gold holdings exceed 500 million with a large reserve against notes and public certificates.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Wall Street
United States
Canada
the Evening Post
United States Treasury
Iowa Post Office Clerk Salary Readjustments List
The annual salary readjustment for Iowa post office clerks covers Des Moines Ames Atlantic Boone Burlington Chariton Cherokee Canea Cornell Bluffs Creston Davenport Decorah Denison Dubique Emmetsburg Fairfield Fort Dodge Fort Madison Grinnell Independence Iowa City Iowa Falls Lemars Manuoketa Marion Marshalltown Mason City Mount Pleasant Muscatine Newton Osage Oskaloosa Ottumwa Perry Red Oak Shenandoah Sac City Washington Webster City and other towns. Clerks receive new pay scales ranging roughly from $300 to $1,000 plus adjustments, with several towns listing multiple grade increases and additional clerks allocated to postmasters.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ames
Atlantic
Boone
Burlington
Chariton
Canea
Cornell Bluffs
Creston
Davenport
Decorah
Denison
Dubique
Emmetsburg
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Grinnell
Independence
Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Lemars
Lyons
Manuoketa
Marion
Marshalltown
Mason City
Mount Pleasant
Muscatine
Newton
Osage
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Perry
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Sac City
Washington
Webster City
Fire and Tornado Losses Among Iowa State Institutions
State board of control reports total fire losses at 623776.43 and tornado losses at 35626.94 across all state institutions from 1841 to present. Fire losses span general and educational institutions with values 4611307.37 and 1590559.10 respectively while tornado losses total 32773.20 at general and 5853.74 at educational institutions. Summary outlines combined totals and distribution.
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State Board of Control
Fort Madison
WHI Delay Negotiations and Notable Masonic Celebration
Secretary Hay delays canal treaty talks with Great Britain until senate disposition is clear. Indications say ratification requires U S control over any canal region in Nicaragua or elsewhere. In Chicago the Scottish Rite marks 100th anniversary with Oriental Consistory reunion. Samuel Brown, 78, longtime wool dealer and chamber of commerce member, dies in Milwaukee. In Montevideo rumors of military conspiracy surface with officers watched. Gen Carambula and Col Tezanos arrested, per New York Herald dispatch.
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Hay
Great Britain
Senate
United States
Nicaragua
Chicago
Milwaukee
Samuel Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Montevideo
New York
The
Herald
Carambula
Tezanos
Tragic Snowslide Destroys Colorado Train Crew
In Boulder Colorado four railroad workers were killed after two engines on the Ward to Boulder passenger train were struck by a massive snowslide and hurled into a chasm near town. The deceased are Engineers Hannon and Mitzgerald Fireman Miller and Conductor Bair.
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Col
Colorado & Northwestern
Ward
Hannon and
Mitzgerald
Miller
Bair
Great Yield in Dawson Mines Expected to Top Record
James H. Ardern of a Dawson mining company arrived in Seattle en route to London. He said the Dawson camp clean up this year would reach a conservative 30 million dollars, the largest output in Klondike history.
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Seattle
Wash
James H. Ardern
Dawson
London
England
Dawson Camp
Klondike
Keane Preaches Temperance at Dubuque Confirmation
Archbishop Keane urged hundreds of confirmands at St Patrick’s church in Dubuque to abstain from alcohol He warned against drinking or even tasting liquor and said he aims to keep Catholics out of the liquor trade He may bar sacraments to those in the liquor business if needed to achieve temperance goals.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Dubuque
Keane
Millionaire Joel Goldenburg Dies of Heart Failure
New York news reports Joel G. Goldenburg founder of Goldenburg Bros. & Co. race importers died Friday night from heart failure while awaiting a streetcar. He resided at the Hotel Netherlands and had a net worth over two million dollars.
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New York
Joel G. Goldenburg
Goldenburg Bros. & Co
Goldenburg
Netherlands
Sabin Reports $90 Million Telephone Combine
John I. Sabin is said to be perfecting in New York a $90,000,000 telephone combine that will control major companies nationwide with headquarters in Chicago.
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Telephone Combine
Chicago
John I. Sabin
New York
Major North Main fire consumes 15 businesses in Keswick
A Keswick dispatch reports fifteen North Main street business houses destroyed by a Saturday morning fire including the Monte Carlo theater. Total loss estimated at 30000 dollars with no insurance.
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Sacramento
Cal
The
Bee
Keswick
North Main Street
Monte Carlo
Record Stock Exchange Volume Hits New Peak
New York April 20 The aggregate sales of securities on the stock exchange Friday reached 2,195,200 shares the largest single day’s business on record. Earlier this year January 7 saw 2,127,500 shares and several days since have ranged from 1,800,000 to above 1,900,000 shares.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Mine Cage Collapse Kills Twenty-Six Natives
A cage loaded with workers collapsed into a deep shaft at Geldenhuis mine in the Transvaal Colony. Twenty-six natives were killed in the accident reported from Johannesburg on April 17.
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Transvaal Colony
Geldenhuis
Explosion Kills Benjamin Sandon in Wisconsin and Injures Two
In Chippewa Falls on April 1 Benjamin Sandon was instantly killed while thawing dynamite. Thomas Moore and George Yates were injured. Moore is gravely hurt. Sandon’s body was thrown about a hundred feet into the river. All victims reside in Apolina. Also note Cedar Rapids to host the Republican state convention on August 7.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Benjamin Sandon
Apolina
Thomas Moore
George Yates
Sandon
Juror Split in Frey Brakeman Robbery Trial
The jury in Ed Frey’s sensational case found 11 for conviction and 1 for acquittal and was discharged. Frey alleged Chief Detective Fallis battered him to obtain a confession and later offered money to end Frey’s troubles.
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Ed Frey
Frey
Fallis
Line Extension Planned for Chicago Great Western to Sioux City
Samuel C. Stickney, Chicago Great Western general manager, authorized W. S. Stevenson of Union Terminal Railway to tell Sioux City residents the line would extend from Clarion to Sioux City this year. Work to start in 30 days.
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Samuel C. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
W. S. Stevenson
Union Terminal Railway Company
Sioux City
Chicago Great Western
Clarion
Stickney
Marital status delays Davenport Three-I league debut
T. EB. Joyce of Ilimira New York, signed to play first base for Davenport in the Three-I league, reports he has married since signing and his wife objects to his travel, delaying his joining the club.
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Davenport
T. EB. Joyce
Ilimira
N. Y
Weather crop service reports tough March in Iowa
The first bulletin of the season notes frequent March storms—snow sleet and rain—dropping field work across the state. Northwest districts show limited sowing of wheat oats and clover. grass wintered well and pastures look good. winter rye strong. winter wheat promising. farm animals healthy. cold wet weather hindered early pig crop. fruit buds uninjured.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Arly
Sage
Iowa
Crop Service
Weather Crop Service
Easton Sentenced to Jail by Iowa Supreme Court
James H. Easton, president of the First National Bank of Decorah, faces the state penitentiary after the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a conviction for receiving a deposit while the bank was insolvent in August 1806. His lawyers argued the state law did not apply to national banks. Easton plans to seek a federal Supreme Court appeal.
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James H. Easton
First National Bank of
Decorah
Iowa Supreme Court
Easton
Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Tragedy in Mason City Wife Kills Husband Then Self
Mrs H B Tunure rose from bed in Mason City and fatally shot her husband before turning the pistol on herself. The children woke to find a fire started by clothing and extinguished it, but the mother died in burns. Coroner's jury found the act committed while temporarily insane.
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H. B. Tunure
Mason City
Dell McCord Returns Home From Klondike Frontier Quest
Dell McCord arrives in Marshalltown on his first return to the United States since venturing to the Klondike in 1898 with the Starbuck party. The homecoming surprises his family as he declares he is through with the country after a brief but prosperous stint followed by bankruptcy.
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Dell McCord
Klondike
Marshalltown
States
Stockholders Face Double Liability After Sioux City Firm Sinks
Iowa Supreme Court rules against appeal in the Fidelity Loan and Trust case. The decision leaves stockholders of the defunct Sioux City firm exposed to double liability. With capital stock at 500000 dollars, creditors could claim that amount from all stockholders if pursued by law.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Fidelity Loan & Trust Company of
Sioux City
Wrecked Bank Vander Lemars Bank Foreclosure and Flight
The Lemars national bank closed its doors and vice president Thomas F. Ward fled with an estimated shortage of 30 000 to 50 000. Ward left a sick wife and a one week old baby. In a letter he blamed the board of trade for ruining him.
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Lemars National Bank
Thomas F. Ward
Ward
Board of Trade
Iowa News Roundup: Fires, Politics and Odd Losses
A batch of Iowa notices reports a bank starting in Corwith with Way as president, a guard practice in Cedar Rapids, several fires in Collins and Centerville with huge losses, a suicide in Ida Grove, a Republican state convention set for August in Cedar Rapids, Muscatine tax delinquencies, archbishop Keane's investiture in Dubuque, and other local events. Notables include William Zimmer’s 102nd birthday in Clinton and a Des Moines road project start, plus deaths, appointments, and gifts across the state.
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Ida Grove
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Charles Sadorris
Dewitt
William Bradley
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Adel
van Meters
Robert I. Kelley
Penn College
Oskaloosa
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Richmond
Ind
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