Farm Crossing Debate and State Expo Funding Keep Iowa Busy
The Iowa railroad commission weighs a definition of farm crossings with wing fences and guards after farmers from Keokuk county petition for highway-like crossings. Legislature may seek 100000 more for the St Louis exposition exhibit as the commission trims remaining funds. The capitol improvement program begins with Yale locks and interior work, plus plans for a new Mitchellville girls building and other state institution upgrades.
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St. Louis Fair
Capitol Building
Mitchellville
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
R. A. Grove
J. B. Flory
J. S. Root
J. A. Wegner
W. D. Grove
Keokuk County
Rock Island
Capitol
General Assembly
Yale
Legislative Halls
Mullan
Carroll
Barrett
Webster
Hamilton
Iowa
Muscatine
St. Louis
Mrs North Dowie Sues for Divorce from Judge Dowie
Mrs E J North Dowie of Shenandoah files for divorce from her husband Judge John Murray Dowie in Page County District Court alleging cruelty and inhuman treatment and seeks alimony. She is 68 and widowed businesswoman active in church and temperance groups. Dowie denies reports about his son and Miraculous birth claims.
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E. J. North Dowie
Shenandoah
District Court
Page County
John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Dowie
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Benedict
Des Moines
North Dowie
Australia
Zion
Essex
Dead, injured in Royal Blue crash near Westfield
Twenty people perished and 30 to 50 injured when the Royal Blue flyer collided with a suburban train west of Westfield on the Central of New Jersey. Three cars telescoped, fires hindered rescuers, with many victims dying before aid arrived. Names of the dead and two missing are listed. details note the crash occurred after a hot box delay and the express train’s high speed.
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New York
Royal Blue Flyer
Central of New Jersey Railroad
Westfield Station
Rowland Chandor
Plainfield
Edward Curvid
Thomas A. Cuming
Edward Flynn
Elias Giles
Joseph KR. Hallet
Horace G. Hand
Elizabeth
R. W. Happerson
Fred Hardingha
Dunellen
Henry Hoger
Lena Linbarger
Henry L. Mahan
Harvey M. Patterson
West Dunellen
Charles B. Reed
F. A. Smith
C. I. Whayer
Harold W. Tomlinson
Craig Waldron
Edgar W. Williams
James Geekman
Ilarold LeDenteaux
Hardin County Puts Paupers Under Bid System
The Hardin county board adopts a contract plan to care for the poor for the coming year. Bids from four districts will be received by the county auditor until February 2. The lowest bidder will provide care in each district, a policy the board deems to have solved financial concerns and proven successful after several years.
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Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Soldiers Proposed for St Louis Dedication Guards
The Louisiana Purchase exposition ceremonies committee asks Gov. Cummins to send a regiment of Iowa troops to the St. Louis dedication on April 30. An entire regiment is not feasible, so a smaller guard unit is requested. The governor leans toward supporting the plan.
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Iowa Commission
Gore
Cummins
Iowa National Guard
St. Louis
Iowa
Capitol
Committee On
Endless Litigation Follows Reinbeck Creamery Failure
Scheiber and Merrick creamery firm collapsed at Reinbeck with liabilities of 5700 dollars and Basets at 2700 dollars. The company operated creameries in Grundy Center Berlin Dinsdale Crystal Center Clutter and Dysart in Tama County.
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Reinbeck
Scheiber & Merrick
Grundy Center
Berlin
Dinsdale
Crystal Center
Clutter and Dysart
Tama County
Deadly Southern Pacific wreck near Vailsburg
A head end collision between two fast trains near Vailsburg New Jersey causes 20 deaths and as many as 160 seriously injured with many others cremated. Reports cite a dispatcher error and fuel oil fires that engulfed eleven coaches and burned passengers trapped in wreckage.
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Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Vailsburg
Esmond
J. M. Hilton
Cambridge
Mass
W. Bruce
R. RR. Wier
George McGrath
Suffrage Bill Defeated by Kansas Senate
Topeka Kansas January 29 The state senate voted down the woman suffrage bill. It would have allowed women to vote for presidential electors without a constitutional amendment. The house and Governor Bailey supported the measure. Deadly Boiler Explosion in Anniston Alabama
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Topeka
Kan
State Senate
House
Bailey
Tragedy on Malcolm Island Claims Eleven Finnish Victims
A Vancouver Times dispatch reports a blaze at a communal living house on Malcolm Island near Vancouver. Twenty four families resident. eleven women and children died, 17 injured as residents struggled with no water supply. many leaped or were forced from windows, and many men aided others despite burns.
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Seattle
Wash
Times
Vancouver
Malcolm Island
H. H. Hermanson
Lafbacca
F. Sort
Mr. Latibata
Dakota
Union talks resume as miners and operators meet
In Indianapolis the Indiana Ohio Illinois and Western Pennsylvania coal groups met at the English hotel to negotiate pay and conditions. A joint scale committee sat all day with no settlement and a subcommittee was formed to study demands and report back. Both sides seek an early end to the dispute though no yield plan is set.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Wreck Claim Three Lives In Fog Cattle Die In Crash
Cloverdale Illinois February 3 two Illinois Central stock trains collided in dense fog early Monday. Three men died four seriously injured and several others hurt. The second engine failed to heed a signal and crashed into the first train demolishing the caboose. Fireman killed. engineer jumped to safety. Both trains wrecked and many cattle perished.
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Cloverdale, Hil
Here
DIES OF STARVATION STAR LOUISE SEARLE IN NYC
Louise Searle, a renowned light opera star, died of starvation after midnight in a cold lodging at 633 West Houston Street. She performed with Emma Abbott's company in grand opera and later sang the principal role of Gabriel in Edwards Rice Evangeline company.
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New York
Louise Searle
West
Houston Street
Emma Abbott
Edward E Rice
Gabriel
Godfrey Hunter Jr Acquitted in Guatemala Murder Trial
A Guatemalan court acquits Godfrey Hunter Jr. of the murder of William Fitzgerald of Grand Rapids Michigan. A cablegram to William Hunter from Guatemala City cites 38 witnesses who testified to a conspiracy against Hunter Jr. during the trial.
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Louisville, Ky
Guatemala City
William Hunter
Godfrey Hunter
United States
Guatemala
Godfrey Hunter, Jr
William Fitzgerald
Grand Rapides, Mich
Famine in Sweden prompts urgent relief from Chicago
The Tribune reports from Lulea Sweden that famine can be averted only by rapid shipment of supplies. Thousands of tons of food needed to feed 100000 people. towns of 5000 require 1200 tons of flour plus provisions already sent. Separately Springfield Illinois reports Joliet Wilmington Dwight Railroad licensed to build Joliet to Dwight with branches to Coal City and South Wilmington.
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Chicago
the Tribune Special
Lulea
Sweden
New Railroad
Springfield
Secretary of State
Carpenters Strike in Wyoming Valley
Six hundred carpenters and joiners in the Wyoming valley go on strike after contractors refuse wage rise from 32.50 to 34 per day. The stoppage affects Wilkesbarre and nearby areas as workers press for higher pay.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Venezuela Seeks Hague Ruling on Preferential Claims
The notes from Venezuela's Herbert W. Bowen reject a two thirds ten percent split of customs receipts for the allies and propose submitting the preferential treatment issue to The Hague. Negotiations at Washington aim for a compromise to avoid broad penalties while maintaining bloc interests. A separate Chicago note reports Frank Schlatter, the so called divine healer, alive in the city after years of notoriety.
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Washington
Web
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
London
Rome
Berlin
LaGuayra
Porto Cabello
United States
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Bowen
Hague
la Guayra
Venezuelan
Chicago
Frank Schlatter
Christ
Mexico
Fireman Killed in Wreck on P E Railway
In a wreck on the Philadelphia and Erie railway on St Marys hill Fireman Elliott Walker of Renovo was killed and Engineer James Collinge was fatally scalded.
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Willed
Williamsport
Philadelphia & Erie
St. Mary's Hill
Elliott Walker
Renovo
James Collinge
Elevator crash maims seven in Denver building fall
The failure of an elevator cable in the Joseph Creswell building at 1626 Blake street caused seven people to be maimed and bruised, with one possibly crippled for life. The car fell three stories on Monday.
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Denver
Col
Joseph Creswell
Blake Street
Public Debt Falls by 3.2 Million in January
The monthly statement from The Public Debt in Washington shows total debt less cash in the treasury on January 8, 1903, at 943,942,653 dollars, a decrease of 3,222,116 dollars for the month.
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Washington
Record of Reciprocity in GOP History
The piece argues that Blaine and McKinley supported reciprocity within protectionist policy. It cites 1890 1896 and 1900 Republican platforms praising reciprocity as essential to republicanism while noting Democratic repeal under Wilson. It asserts Blaine McKinley and recent conventions as authorities on true Republicanism and Americanism.
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Grover Cleveland
Blaine
Republican National Platform
William McKinley
United States
McQkinley
A Democrat's Delusion Critique From The Courier Journal
The article rebuts a St. Louis Globe-Democrat critique by tracing party origins and slavery debates from 1784 to 1861. It argues Republicans of 1854 61 aligned with Jeffersonian anti slavery ground while Democrats shifted toward pro slavery. It notes trust measures and references Roosevelt leadership and tariff debates.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
Jefferson
Congress of the Confederation
Ohio River
Congress
Ohio
Calhoun
Rhett
Benton
Douglas
Courier Dournal
West
Iowa appoints ten delegates to Detroit good roads conference
Gov Cummins announces ten Iowa delegates to the international conference on good roads to be held in Detroit Michigan on February 13 and 14. The list includes Milton Remley Henry Wallace Allan Dawson D W Norris Jr Herman Granner W H Stafford Thomas Adams Al Power Ed Kuntz Judge E H Thayer George Ball E D Chassel H E Stanberry W G Laws George R Estabrook and Harry E Hull.
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Gov. Cummins
De‘troit
Mich
Milton Remley
Iowa City
Henry ‘Wallace
Des Moines
Allan Dawson
D. W. Norris, Jr
Marshalltown
Herman Granner
Hubbard
W. H. Stafford
Blairsburg
Thomas Adams
Tenox
al Power
Bloomfield
Ed Kuntz
Wesley
E. H. Thayer
Clinton
George W. Ball
Fairfield
E. D. Chassel
UeMars
H. E. Stanberry
Mason City
Col. W. G. Laws
Cedar Rapids
George R. Estabrook
Harry E. Hull
Williamsburg
Telephone Company Unites In Iowa Auto System Overhaul
A major deal closed in Waterloo unites the Commonwealth Telephone Company the County Telephone and Telegraph system the Waverly Telephone Company Hardin County company and Parkersburg and La Porte systems with Cedar Valley. The purchase promises a revolution in Iowa telephone methods by introducing a complete automatic system replacing the old setup.
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Waterloo
Commonwealth ‘Telephone Company
The
County Telephone and Telegraph System
Waverly Telephone Company
Hardin County Company
Parkersburg
la Porte Systems
Cedar Valley
Iowa
Grand Jury Indicts Claus Light for Wife's Murder
Pocahontas grand jury has indicted Claus Light for the murder of his invalid wife after a quarrel in which he allegedly assaulted her and knocked her down. Mrs Light's deathbed deposition accuses her husband, and she reportedly asked that her children be kept from him.
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Pocahontas
Claus Light
Light
Eloping couple arrested on Northwestern train in Sterling
Mike Glenn and Miss Belle Chapman, a Nevada couple who eloped to marry in Chicago, were arrested on a Northwestern train arriving in Sterling Illinois. The sheriff at Nevada sent the arrest instructions. The girl is about 16, claiming to be nearly 18, and the man is 45.
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Mike Glenn
Belle Chapman
Nevada
Chicago
Northwestern
Sterling, Ill
Town Stockmen Killed in Northwestern Road Wreck
Four stockmen named Charles K. Coe of Woodbine B Lane of Vail A A Amey of Scranton and J Peterson of Battle Creek were killed in a wreck on the Northwestern road at La Vox Ill. Twelve other caboose occupants were taken to Chicago on a relief train with auris burns and other injuries described as serious.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
la Fox
Ill
A. A. Amery
Scranton
Coe
Woodbine
Lane
Vail
Charles K.coe
B. Lane
A. A. Amey
J. Peterson
Battle Creek
la Vox
Sheriff Orders Halt to Davenport Bouts
Sheriff MacArthur followed Gov. Cummins directives to stop the planned match between Joe Flaherty of Lowell Massachusetts and Mayes Muhs of Durant Iowa in Davenport. The program was canceled along with several other near term contests.
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MacArthur
Gov. Cummins
Joe Flaherty
Lowell
Mass
Mayes Muhs
Durant
Davenport
Safe Brown Open Heist at Dayton Post Office
Two cracksmen blew open the Dayton post office safe, exchanged shots with the marshal, and escaped. The interior was wrecked, and most of the money or stamps had already been moved to the bank the previous night.
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Dayton
Bank Raid Foiled by Fearful Robbers in Webster County
Frightened by Roys, robbers fled after boys scared them near the Vincent bank in Webster county. The men had partly broken the door and left behind a can of dynamite and a bottle of nitroglycerin.
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Vincent Bank
Webster County
Central Iowa Osteopathic Association Formed at Iowa Falls
News in brief reports the formation of the Central Iowa Osteopathic Association at Iowa Falls. Other items note divorce proceedings against Prof. A A Gaylord by Nora A Gaylord, a $10,000 fire ruin in Vinton including city hall and other buildings, and a first gray fox sighting near Oakland.
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Central Iowa Osteopathic Association
Iowa Falls
Clinton
A. A. Gaylord
North Side
Nora A. Gaylord
Vinton
Grand Army Hall
Bickel & Latham’s
Bermato
Oakland
Boone Humbert
Henry Pond
Sioux Rapids
Cherokee
Tuna Valley Pressed Brick Company
Toledo
Marshalltown
W. H. Myers
Milford
Bright
Northern Building Company
Davenport
H. Connor
Tipton
West Liberty
Algona Stock Food & Cholera Care
Ottumwa
Andrew Carnegie
Mount Pleasant
Winterburne
Lanesboro
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marion
Frank van Duren
Fort Dodge
Ira L. Welch
Iown
Humboldt
New York
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Board of Control
Jarre
Glenwood
Fort Mundison
Eldora
A. E. Shorthill Company
Town Board of Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Eastern
Virginia Coke Company
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Downie
State Board of Control
Gilbert N. Hauger
H. C. Frick
National Memorial University
Sons of Veterans
Frick
Hanugen
D. B. Henderson
Allison
Dolliver
Tacey, Hedee
Smith
Thomas
War Department
National Guard
Department
Adjutant General's Office
New Jersey
Hazleton
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lofty
Robert Moyer
Weatherly
Tred Gerhardt
Delano
Towne
John N. W. Rumple
Second Town
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rumple
Calcutta
Van
Edward
Catanatrophe
Arizona
Anniston
Ala
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Bursing
Pacific
Ilinois Central
Cloverdale
Young Hunter
Fitzgerald
Allies
Wild
Hague Tribunal
Mr. Bowen
Theodore Roosevelt
Inter Ocean
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Iowa State News
Telephone Companies
Unite
Roys
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