Iowa News in Brief on Officials and Legislation
Mr W A Hunter becomes warden at Anamosa with J H Gurley as deputy and J G Mallory as clerk. Johnson Brigham named state librarian, selling Midland Monthly to Conaway and Shaw who plan a Brigham-led stock editorial outfit. The February issue features Mary J Reid on Octave Thanet and Western Realists. Barbers push license exams. a clause banning talk during service is proposed. Linn county debates a new judge and courtroom space. county fair funds tied to anti gambling affidavits. Democrats oppose biennial elections but may back a future constitutional amendment after legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Brigham
Midland Monthly
Messrs
Iowa legislators visit Trans Miss Exposition in Omaha
Iowa lawmakers inspected the Trans Miss Exposition grounds and buildings in Omaha last Saturday and endorsed a national scope for the event. They urged a liberal appropriation to ensure Iowa is well represented among states amid debates in Des Moines over funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Omaha
Des Moines
House Enacts Teller Resolution on Silver Bond Payability
The House swiftly passed the Teller resolution declaring U S bonds payable in silver after Senate approval. Only one Republican dissented, Henderson of North Carolina, as Col Henderson closed the GOP debate with a ten minute speech. Speaker Reed participated actively, unusually having his vote recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
House
North Carolina
Representative Henderson
Iowa
Col. Henderson
Buasley
Reed
Senate Bill Lets Counties Draw Interest on Deposits
The senate passed a bill allowing counties to earn interest on state bank deposits as agreed by the county treasurer board of supervisors and banks. Some counties suspect treasurers profit, but Jones county uses deposits with board directives. Widespread cheap money and high unemployment are blamed for rising crime and a wave of tramps. Davenport Quad cities banks trim deposits from five to four percent after March 1 due to lower rates and money glut. New York Emigrant Savings Bank cuts mortgage rates to four percent. other institutions may follow.
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Jones County
Senate
Board of Supervisors
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport Republican
Emigrant Savings Bank of
New York City
Iowa
Express Supports Loud Postal Bill Reform
The Express notes many Eastern publishers send sample copies and books via postoffice pound rates. It agrees some concerns will be affected but argues government should not carry books sent as regular publications. It supports the Loud bill as a reform and urges passage.
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the Express
Postoffice
Habitual criminal act called for in senate bill
Senator Ellison proposes a habitual criminal act that would sentence a second felon to 15 to 30 years in prison. The plan aims to reduce professional burglars and robbers entering towns from neighboring states. Supporters say it will protect law abiding citizens and remove habitual criminals from society.
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Ellison
Senate
Drake
Iowa
Towa
Observation on age and wisdom and obstinacy
A reflective line notes that age makes some men wise while others obstinate, suggesting partial accuracy in the old saying and inviting consideration of how experience shapes character.
Free silver and party lines dominate senate vote
The senate debate on free silver ends with 47 in favor and 32 against. A breakdown shows silver Democrats, silver Republicans, gold Democrats, and populists supporting repudiation, while Republicans mostly oppose it. The piece argues that Republicans alone defend the nation's commercial honor.
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House
Bacon
Mills
Texas
Bate
Tenn
Mitchell
Wis
Berry
Ark
Money
Miss
Chilton
Morgan
Ala
Clay
Pasco
Fla
Cockrell
Pettus
Daniel
Rawlins
Utah
Jones
Roach
Anchorage
Republican Party
Government urged to curb Alaska immigration amid gold doubt
Capt. Ray, special representative of the War Department, reports to the Klondike that the government should limit migration to interior Alaska for those lacking two years of food. He disputes major gold finds, notes no significant placer mines in eight months, and says few newcomers have earnings while many are destitute along the river.
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Ray
War Department
Klondike
Alaska
Leutgert Case Closures. Attorneys Prepare Closing Arguments
The testimony in the Leutgert case has closed and now attorneys argue to the jury. The closing phase follows a lengthy trial with the prosecution and defense presenting their final positions.
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Leutgert
Decorah blaze, deaths, and a flood of 1898 plans
The Advertiser cites Tipton plans for more building in 1898 and reports Barker siblings preparing to head to the Klondike in spring. It notes the Maquoketa teachers institute lasting one week from March 28, a Decorah furniture store and Odd Fellows hall three story fire with $20 000 loss, and a coroner’s verdict on a railroad collision blamed on a blinding snowstorm. Also covered are Hickey Kane’s Tipton bankruptcy, the Donahue child’s fatal burn near Ryan, county poor master petitions in Delaware, the death of Will J Nietert in Asheville, Iowa Iron Works’ New Orleans transfer boat contract, a Great Western wreck near Fredericksburg, and various arrests over temperance actions. The Burlington murder case, the University of Town suspensions, and Miss Edith Cushing’s injuries from sophomores’ kidnapping are described, with the March 24 term end in sight.
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Fred
Loren Barker
Wapkinton
Klondike
Jackson County Teachers’ Institute
Maquoketa
Odd Fellows
Decorah
Illinois Central Railroad
Alburnett
Hickey & Kane
Tipton
First National Bank
T. C. Donahue
Ryan
Board of Supervisors
Delaware County
Manchester
Will J. Nietert
Representative Nietert
Linn County
Asheville
North Carolina
Nietert
Exchange Bank of
Walker
Iowa Iron Works
Dubuque
Texas Pacific Railway Company
New Orleans
Great Western
Fredericksburg
Grim
Ferguson Supply House
Johnson
Minneapolis
Benton County
R. C. Roberts
Burlington
Fannie Rathburn
Mary
Stormer
Abe Stormer
State University of Town
Edith Cushing
Davenport
Schaeffer
Death of the wife of Anamosa Eureka’s senior editor
The wife of the Eureka’s senior editor died Tuesday evening at age 80. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Congregational church with Rev. Millikan and Rev. Corbyn officiating. The notice expresses deep sorrow from family and pays tribute to a life of faith and memory.
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Eureka
F. Millikan
J. I. Corbyn
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Anamosa Teachers’ Wyoming Trip Snowbound
A party from Anamosa including Prof. A Palmer and others faced a ten foot drifted return from a Wyoming teachers’ association trip last Saturday. Their carriages stalled eight miles from town and teachers walked waist deep through snow to a farmhouse for shelter and supper. After two rooms and pine board bunks, morale held as they waited for transport and eventually reached Anamosa, deeming the meeting a success.
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Anamosa Journal
Anamosa
Teachers’ Association
Wyoming
Profs
A. Palmer
Warren B. Grege
Supt. Cowan
Byerly
Jeffries
Langan
Ewing
Morpheus
Palmer
Lamp explosion endangers mayor’s residence in quiet town
A lamp exploded at Mayor Quirk’s home Monday evening but caused no damage. In Dubuque, John Lavery and Hugh Lavery of South Temple Hill were noted as seriously ill, with Lavery a brother to Hugh. At Cascade Driving Park stockholders meeting January 17 debt of about $800 was discussed, and a committee raised $700 from local businesspeople with notes bearing 7 percent interest, to cover last year’s expenses and stabilize finances.
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Quirk
John Lavery
Dubuque
Hugh Lavery
South Temple Hill
Lavery
Cascade Driving Park and Fair Grounds Association
A. V. Devlin
J. M. Hayes
C. D. Baldwin
Boy Fractures Collar Bone In Wayne Township
The four year old son of Mr Wooster in Wayne Township fell and fractured his collar bone. The injury was not diagnosed until Wednesday and was relieved by Mrs Dr Gray who reduced the fracture.
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Wooster
Wayne Township
Dr. Gray
Acetylene Gas Explosion Destroys Columbus Junction Drug Store
An acetylene gas leak caused a massive explosion at the T. H. Hendricks drug store in Columbus Junction yesterday. The blast shattered the building and damaged merchandise worth up to $8,000. Proprietor T. H. Hendricks and several workers were injured, with burns and cuts reported among several witnesses.
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Columbus Junction
T. H. Hendricks
James Connor
Mascatine
W. W. Wilson
H. F. Noy
Finestusiness House
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A humorous column notes no marriages in heaven due to lack of widows and jokes about Adam’s rib and appendicitis. It observes aging and knowledge, and mentions Al Dirksen and wife lacking fuel. Township trustees have been notified and steps will be taken to aid them.
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New York Press
Heaven
Adam
St. Peter
al. Dirksen
Oxord Mirror
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W. A. Hunter
J. H. Gurley
Decatur County
J. G. Mallory
Vinton
John Mahin
Muscatine Journal
Iowa Penitentiaries
Teller
Yeller
Senate of the
Iowa News
Soo
The
Advertiser
DOE
Royal
Bane Absolutely
Royal Baking Powder
New York
County Papers
Cascade Courier News
Star Clothing Mouse
Awaraea
M. W. Herrick
Mon- A ‘Itcalle
Jones Vo
Delaware
Linn
Ohlee
J. W. Coxsee
Monti- Acallo
Monticallo Bank
J. N. Hughes
Borney
Usdar Rapids
Jonge County
W. A. Micick
Congregational Church
Monticello
T. B
Kent
Malo Street
Center Junction
J.E
E. L. Dilmore
M. D. Djhysicians and Surgeons
Sycamore Street
First Street
D. &. Rundle
Monticello Bank
Wm.j. Coughlan
Hicks & Eilers
Matthtessen
J. H. Lathrop
Oxford Junction
C. J. Wilson, M.D. C. M
Fulton, Iowa
Catarrheger
Nooure
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