Roosevelt Faces Senate Departure News and Cockrell Farewell
President Roosevelt rubs newspapers the wrong way as he consults party leaders on federal appointments while Senator Cockrell retires after twenty years in the Senate. The Missouri lawmaker, famed as the Watch Dog of the Treasury, is described as frugal and incorruptible, with a long career shaping fiscal policy and defense.
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Navy
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Senate
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Uncle Sam
Roosevelt Drops Delighted Quip For Election Victory
The president no longer uses the term delighted a broad public smile remains. He attributes the win to the people’s confidence in party principles and the McKinley era, while promising to uphold Republican organization and seek high quality candidates for federal posts.
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White House
Roosevelt
MacKinley
McKinley
Regret for Cockrell Ends Senate Era Of Missouri Veteran
The article expresses universal regret at the retirement of Francis Marion Cockrell a veteran Democrat senator from Missouri. It notes the respect he earns across party lines and his stature among colleagues despite political differences on policy.
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Cockrell
Senate
Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell
Anxious Wife Pressures Debtor Over Owed Money
A fragmentary note shows a worried wife urging her husband to settle a debt before consequences occur. The message mentions a man named Dunner demanding payment and hints at urgent trouble if delays persist.
Treat Him Like a Dog You Shouldn t Growl Like That
A wife admonishes her husband by telling him not to growl in a domestic moment. The fragment reflects a tense marital exchange with implied power dynamics and gendered tone.
Spooner Poised For Cabinet Post In Roosevelt Era
Wisconsin senator Spooner, a stalwart in the recent party clash, is discussed as a potential attorney general in President Roosevelt's cabinet. He may seek to leave the senate rather than surrender his seat, given his four-year term. his legal acumen and role in Panama canal legislation boost his standing, though his departure would be felt as a loss to the body.
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Enator Spooner
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N. Y. Sun
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Chicago Chronicle
Douglas and Folk
St. Louis
Brooklyn Wagle
Ind
Indianapolis News
Democratic Party
South
Louisville
Take It Hither Way
Stage manager notes a young tenor complains about a prima donna who is full of airs. The manager retorts she could not sing without her confidence, highlighting backstage tension and theatrical egos.
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Ally Sloper
Noted Dialogue About Dog Licenses in Yonkers StNEWS
A humorous exchange framed by Yonkers Statesman comments on authorities requiring a dog license if a dog keeps growling. The quip plays on bureaucratic controls and local dog ownership norms.
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Yonlers Statesman
Uncomfortable Meal
Mrs Mugg and Mrs Pugg discuss an awkward dinner and a mutual friend's party invitation. The brief exchange centers on social plans and plans that were never fulfilled, reflecting common weekly social tensions.
Roosevelt Visits Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Eight Hours
President Theodore Roosevelt toured the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St Louis tracing all pavilions and foreign structures. He received gifts spoke briefly and spent time with the Filipino section troops and scouts. The presidential party included Mrs Roosevelt Miss Alice Roosevelt and others.
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St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Philippine Scouts and Constabulary
Tyrolean Alps
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Loeb
Rixey
Washington
Second Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Exposition Company
Francis
Taft Arrives in Colon for Panama Canal Talks
Secretary of War Taft and his party reached Colon aboard the cruiser Columbia. He was greeted by Vice President Arosemena and canal zone commander Gen. Davis, with Minister Barrett, then met President Amador and the Panama cabinet. Taft conveyed Roosevelt's greeting and affirmed U.S. intent to build the canal for Panama, the United States, and humanity.
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Taft
Colon
United States
Columbia
Arosemena
Gen
Davis
Canal Zone
Barrett
Amador
Roosevelt
Japs Storm Port Arthur Fort Link Blown Up
Japanese forces blow up the Ehrling fort north of Port Arthur after tunneling through the mountain. Several hundred Russians killed and 20 large guns disabled. A general Port Arthur attack continues with Nakamura and Saito leading armed sword corps into frontal combat.
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Rome
Ehrling
Port Arthur
Deneen Wins Illinois Governor Vote Over Roosevelt
Official returns from all counties show Deneen with a larger governor vote than Roosevelt by 568. State totals: Roosevelt 632,064 Parker 28,186 Roosevelt plurality 304,178, Deneen 682,982 Stringer 334,922 Deneen plurality 298,010.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Deneen
Roosevelt
Parker
Stringer
Dismantling of World’s Fair to Begin December 1
At midnight December 1 a force of 75 men will shunt 200 freight cars loaded with empty packing cases into the exhibit palaces. Work to dismantle the fair starts as 1,500 carloads are inside the grounds and 100 more lie outside.
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St. Louis
Gompers Reelected AFL President at Convention
Samuel Gompers was practically unanimously reelected president of the American Federation of Labor. The convention voted to meet next year in Pittsburg.
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Gompers
San Francisco
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
Porte orders relief for seized American Bibles at Trebizond
The Ottoman authorities at Trebizond are instructed by the porte to stop meddling with the sale of American Bibles and to return those that have been seized. The directive was issued from Constantinople on November 28.
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Constantinople
The
Porte
Trebizoid
Derailment Injures Thirty Five Near Columbus Mississippi
A Mobile and Ohio passenger train derailed one mile east of Columbus Mississippi injuring 35 people. Most injuries were slight. none expected to be fatal.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Columbus
Miss
Anglo Russian North Sea pact drawn without punishment
London dispatch notes that the text of the Anglo Russian agreement on the North sea affair has been released. Morning papers condemn the pact for lacking any punishment for those responsible for the attack.
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London
North Sea
Rothschild bullion buyer absconds from Wood Street works
London reports the bullion buyer for Wood Street Smelting, long run by the Rothschilds, has fled with peculations exceeding 1.25 million dollars. The Rothschilds refuse to summon police and the works have been shut down.
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London
Wood Street
Rothschilds
Large Tobacco Shipment Sent Abroad From Janesville
One of the largest tobacco shipments ever made from Janesville Wis has been sent to Antwerp. The consignment totaled 3 000 cases of leaf tobacco destined for a foreign port.
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Janesville
Wis
Antwerp
How Missouri Was Won
An analysis praising the persistent Republican effort to turn Missouri into a solid GOP state. It credits educative influences, newspaper coverage, and the Cardwell investigation for exposing Democratic ties to corporations, pensioning reform and school fund issues, and notes a gradual rise in republican growth through determined activism.
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Missouri
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Searchlight of Truth
Cardwell
State Board
Democrats offer colorless platform after Bryan eloquence
After Mr. Bryan’s eloquence the Democrats present a colorless platform and a candidate seen as barely more than a name. The piece argues Democratic disorganization and failure to persuade independent voters, with Parker’s prospects viewed as unlikely for better government.
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Bryan
Democrats
Parker
Indianapolis News
Ind
Bryan and Parker referenced in a political appraisal
The piece argues Bryan supports the Democratic Party despite defeats and faults in Parker's camp. It notes Parker’s telegram was awkward for western and southern Democrats, while praising Bryan as a persistent critic. It calls for open debate and unity against what it labels crooked tactics.
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Shepherd Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party
Parker
Troy
N. Y
Cleveland
Late political opinion mixed on Democratic ticket prospects
Editorial clippings recount varied reactions to the 1900 presidential race. Critics from St Louis to Louisville note disagreements within parties, question Roosevelt and Bryan positions, and discuss labor unions and southern dynamics. The era's papers debate leadership, unity, and strategy.
Firm Fails in Ottumwa Manufacturing Firm
Janey Manufacturing, capital 125000, a major Ottumwa producer of farm implements, passes to receiver Joseph Dain of Dain Manufacturing. Judge F W ichelberger of Wapeno county district court names Dain as receiver with 50000 bond. Calvin Manning, prominent banker, among interested parties and applicants for receivership.
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Janey Manufacturing Company
Ottumwa
Joseph Dain
Dain Manufacturing Company
F. Wichelberger
Wapeno County
Janey Company
Calvin Manning
Iowa National Bank
Jury Finds Jimmie Seibert Not Guilty in Nelson Murder
After a brief trial the Oskaloosa jury returned a verdict of not guilty in State v Jimmie Seibert charged with killing J N Nelson with a shotgun Seibert claimed self defense for his sister Mae Seibert Nelson came to the Seibert home with Charles Carpenter a man already jailed for attacking Mae Carpenter fled Seibert’s home while Nelson was wounded.
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Oskaloosa
State
Jimmie Seibert
J. N. Nelson
Seibert
Nelson
Charles Carpenter
Mae Seibert
Carpenter
Des Moines Woman Dies After Carbolic Acid Ingestion
Mrs Mary Hubbard of Des Moines swallowed carbolic acid near an out house behind her home. She collapsed and died after being moved to Warren Jacksons home across the street. Neighbors described as Black and White, with Dr Conkling and Dr Miller assisting.
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Mary Hubbard
Des Moines
Warren Jackson
Conkling
William Golden Held on Embezzlement Charges in Jesup
Judge Platt releases bondsmen in the case of William Golden and holds the defendant to the Independence grand jury in February on his own recognizance. Golden, a Jesup elder and Civil War veteran, is accused of embezzling about $800 from township and school funds while serving as township clerk and school treasurer. He has sold his home and furnishings to meet obligations.
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Platt
William Golden
Independence Grand Jury
Golden
Jesup
Inventor Robert Wright Ends Life Over Failed Invention
Robert Frederick Wright hung himself in his barn in Marshalltown after despondence over poor sales of a wagon axle cutting machine and patent rights. He left a wife and three young children. Wright previously lived in Hawarden and sought buyers across counties and states.
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Robert Frederick Wright
Marshalltown
Wright
Hawarden
Faces Twenty Charges Against Ralph Jepson
Ralph Jepson, owner of the National Suit company, was arrested in Independence by the Bankers' association on 20 counts of passing worthless checks in Walworth Wisconsin and Manhattan. Detective Beck says there are 20 other cases across western states. Requisition papers to transport him to Wisconsin were halted by a habeas corpus hearing.
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Ralph Jepson
National Suit Company
Independence
Bankers’ Association
Walworth
Wis
Manhattan
Beck
Wisconsin
Farmer sues three neighbors for 10000 damages
Joseph Schaupp, a farmer near Dunlap, sues Henry Hendkie Jacob Herges and J A Southwell for 10000 alleging masked men dragged him from his home last December and beat him. he claims the masks fell from the three defendants.
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Joseph Schaupp
Dunlap
Henry Hendkie
Jacob Herges
J. A. Southwell
Fear of arrest drives boy to deadly act in Council Bluffs
Leroy Meessner, 12, in Council Bluffs drank carbolic acid at home after playmates frightened him with tales of police intervention. Though several boys had stolen chocolate from a freight car, Meessner was not believed involved. He died by his own action.
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Leroy Meessner
Council Bluffs
Messner
Multiple Fatalities and Legal Actions Across Iowa Headlines
A runaway horse in Albia kills Mrs. Hollingsworth. Prof. Hollingsworth injured. Grand jury indicts William Kling for second degree murder in the Egly shooting. Sioux City mayor H Tu Warner dies from Bright's disease after years of wealth. Burlington man Carl Peterson dies in dynamite accident. John Bloom shoots and kills his eldest son near Shenandoah. Des Moines rapids canal closed for winter. National Oratorical League formed with University of Iowa as member. Iowa journalist John G. Schultze plans to switch careers. Tragic wreck claims two Iowa youths in Canon City. Lena Herzoff dies of hydrophobia in Sioux City after dog bite.
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H. C. Hollingsworth
Albia
Carl Peterson
Burlington
John Bloom
Shenandoah
Frank
Des Moines Rapids
National Oratorical League of State Universities
University of Iowa
John G. Schultze
Hardin County
George McKay
Prof. McKay
Iowa State College
Wendall Howard
I. B. Howard
Ames
Canon City
Lena Herzoff
M. Herzoff
Sioux City
Maine disaster victim’s commission saved by Iowa family
J P Merritt of Red Oak brought a duplicate commission of his brother Darwin R Merritt who died with the Maine in Havana harbor in February 1898 to Curator Charles Aldrich at the state historical department. The commission copies will be archived and a portrait kept with the paper.
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J. P. Merritt
Red Oak
Des Moines
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department
Maine
Havana
Aldrich
McKinley
Long
Navy
Merritt
Historical Department
Darwin R. Merrit
W. W. Merritt
Montgomery County
Spirits Meet at Capital Convention Promises Miraculous Revelations
The state spiritualists convention, January 19 to 21 in Des Moines, features famed mediums Mrs Bliss Green of Chicago Moses Hull of Wisconsin and Miss Cora L V Richmond of Chicago. They promise dramatic manifestations and messages from the dead with Spirit clothed in flesh. Max Hoffman aids preparations at Yeoman hall where sessions will cover association business and spiritualist meetings.
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Des Moines
Bliss Green
Chicago
Green
Moses Hull
Whitewater
Wis
Morris Pratt Institute
Cora L. V. Richmond
Church of the Soul
Yeoman Hall
Max Hoffman
Marion school board bans football in town case to state official
Two Marion high school players defied a board rule prohibiting football. The county superintendent ruled the ban within the board’s authority and suspension lawful. The case advances to the state superintendent for final decision. A contention that big schools must field football teams sparked the controversy.
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Linn County
Marion
A. L. Kinzer
Robert McGowan
Marion School Board
Youngest Iowan in Army Henry Van Winkle's Early Service Record
Henry Van Winkle of Mount Ayr claims the honor as Iowa’s youngest Union Army recruit at 15 years 9 months and 12 days. He enlisted October 13 1862 at Washington Ta in company K Twenty fifth Iowa Infantry under Captain Ilmore. Born January 1 1847 he served in Missouri Arkansas and along the Mississippi before a pneumonia discharge after the siege of Vicksburg. His home was Amesworth at enlistment.
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Henry van Winkle
Mount Ayr
Iowa
van Winkle
Mr. van Winkle
Washington, Ta
Twenty-fifth
Iowa Infantry
Captilmore
Missouri
Arkansas
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Ainstworth
Man Pleads Guilty in Des Moines Fraud Case
Letson Balliett once tied to the White Swan Mining Co of Oregon pleaded guilty in federal court in Des Moines to fraudulently using the mails. His second trial, after an earlier conviction, was ended by a guilty plea following a higher court order.
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Letson Balliett
White Swan
Oregon
Des Moines
Judge grants injunction over Iowa Falls vaccine rule
In Iowa Falls district court Judge Richards issued a temporary injunction blocking the school board from barring pupils who are not vaccinated as prescribed by the state board of health. The ruling permits students inoculated by homeopathic methods to attend school.
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Iowa Falls
Richards
School Board of
State Board of Health
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