Booth Refuses and Eva Takes Command in Salvation Army
New York Feb 25 Ballington Booth and his wife retire from American Salvation Army leadership. Eva Booth placed in command temporarily as London headityers insist. Col Nicol predicts a split while Eva and Ballington resist Anglophone control and vow to retire with backing from U.S. officers and adherents.
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New York
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
America
Evan Booth
London
Stooth
England
Salvationists
Salvation ‘Army
Col. Nicol
Ballington Booths
Eva Booth
India
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Army
Fourteenth Street
Booth
Col
Eadie
Herbert
Herbert Booth
G A R encampment proclaimed for St Paul
Gen Ivan N Walker head of the Grand Army of the Republic sends to Adjutant General Robbins proclamation calling the annual encampment for St Paul in early September He reports opposition to a blue and gray parade planned in New York on the Fourth of July.
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Walker
New York
Ivan N. Walker
Grand Army of the Republic
Adjt
Robbins
Grand Army
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Con. Walker
Holt
New York City
Mitchell editor McBride burned newspaper he owned
Indignation meeting of Mitchell business men led to purchasing the Mitchell Mail outfit and burning it in broad daylight to stop what they termed a long campaign of abuse against local leaders. The incident followed a feud with John D. Lawler and rising attacks on the First National Bank amid farm customers and personal scandal. Police reports are limited.
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Mitchell
L. H. McBride
Mitchell Mail
McBride
Free Lance
MeBride
Bob McBride
John D. Lawler
National Bank
Lawler
Ella Sturgis
Gen. Sturgis
United States Army
First National Bank
Meckride
Sioux City
Meride
Missouri party seeks gold in Venezuela expedition
A party of five Missourians leaves for Venezuela by way of Washington to hunt for gold in disputed territory. They will obtain passports from the state department and letters from Senator Cockrell to American consuls in Caracas and Bolivar City, sail from New York, travel via Trinidad to the Orinoco, then overland to western Venezuela headwaters. They are well armed and local capitalists plan mining development upon location.
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Venezuela
St. Louis
Washington
State Department
Cockrell
Caracas
Bolivar City
New York
Trinidad Island
Orinoco River
Iowa News Letter Report on Barger Prison Release and Liquor Bills
Des Moines correspondence covers attorney Fulkerson's Guatemala mission to free Jesse Barger of Webster City from Zacapa prison with a release order obtained for 100, plus fees to interpreters. It also notes Judge Eichelberger ruling that under the mulet law liquor bills cannot be collected by law, affecting prohibition-era enforcement and potential supreme court appeal.
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Barger
Mr. Barger
New York
Flo
Eichelberger
Feehan
Ottumwa
Supreme Court
Des Moines, Jr
House
Committee On Public Health
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Yeas
Davis
Morrison
Burlington
State Historical Department
Gurtey
Committee On Building and Loan Associations
House Committee On Agriculture
Head Severed in Fatal Double Tragedy Near Pricetown
In Lexington Kentucky on Sunday night Bob Toomey decapitated Henry Benton with an axe at Pricetown after a quarrel over a collar button. Benton had stabbed Toomey, who later claimed Benton fired at him and he killed Benton with a shot after surrendering to authorities.
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Lexington
Bob Toomey
Henry Benton
Pricetown
Here
Benton
Toomey
Bento
Death fallout from a hold up gone wrong in Marion
Orlando Deweese escorts a woman home from church when Virgil Eberly and two friends emerge from behind a tree and demand surrender. Deweese shoots Eberly in the lungs, with Eberly expected to die. Eberly's party reportedly sought only to frighten him.
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Marion
Orlando Deweese
Virgil Eberly
Eberly
Request for Release of German-Born American Soldier
The state department asks Germany to permit Fred Bruns of Lyons County to return to the United States. Born in Germany, he left for America at 15 and earned citizenship papers last spring at age 23. He briefly visited Germany last summer without a passport, while officials consider his service in the German army.
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State Department
Germany
Fred ¥. Bruns
Lyons County
Mr. Bruns
United States
Drake Pardon Wrongly Reported For Notorious Des Moines Robber
The record shows Governor Drake did not pardon Jet Osborn in the 1894 Des Moines hold up case. The sentence was suspended with good behavior terms after Osborn served two years of a ten year sentence. He is described as not an old offender but a young man misled by bad company.
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Drake
Jet Osborn
Des Moines
Emil Cless
Osborn
Dreams and eyes reveal hidden traits and curiosities
Dreaming of an adversary signals obstacles to overcome. Worms lack eyes as their earthbound life makes vision useless. No two eyes are identical. a glass often reveals differences. A semicircular under eyelid suggests goodness and timidity. A flash of light does not require long exposure for sight. An open eye angled toward the nose hints at intelligence. Jules Cambon, governor general of Algeria, becomes editor in chief of the Journal des Debats, now an evening paper.
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M. Jules Cambon
Algeria
Journal Des Debats
Celebrations Mark Washington Birthday Across Cities
Pageant parades along Pennsylvania Avenue honor George Washington founder of the capital. The cycle corps mocked a ten mile skirmish by river skirmish and the Senate heard a farewell address. Philadelphia hosted arbitration talks with letters from Cleveland and cabinet officials. Roosevelt spoke in Chicago while New York closed business for the day. Johns Hopkins marked its 20th anniversary with Dr White addressing Diplomatic Relations.
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George
Washington
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital
White House
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Brightwood
Capitol Hill
Senate Chamber
Frye
National Daughters of the Revolution
Continental Congress
Inhabitants’ Association
Legion of Loyal Women
Philadelphia
George Washington
Universal Leace Society
United States
Great Britain
Cleveland
Smith
Morton
Wilson
London
Anglo-American Arbitration Commission
Canterbury
John Lubbock
Henry Somerset
Fawcett
Hugh Price Hughes
William KR. Cremer
Parker
City Lemple
Chicago
Union League Club
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Meroy Hall
Non
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Gilman
American Mechanics
Pittsburgh
Disaster in Johannesburg Dinamics Kills and Maims
Reports from Johannesburg detail a massive dynamite explosion at Wiedendorp near the mining region. More than 100 killed and 200 to 300 injured, with thousands left homeless as eight dynamite-filled trucks detonated. Funds and relief efforts rapidly mobilized.
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Transvaal
Johannesburg
Wiedendorp
Wanderers’ Club
Alrea Ly
Krueger
Iowa Senate Advances Codes And Insurance Bills In Late February Session
Des Moines reports show the Iowa Senate passes the constitutional form code provision on sovereignty and jurisdiction, and passes Blanchard bills aimed at limiting insurance company combinations and rates. Other measures include biennial elections, workhouse creation, liquor manufacture under licensing rules, notary deposition exams, and curfew regulations for minors with fines.
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Des Moiney
Senate
Des Moines
Kilburn
Palmer
Blanchard
Carnay
Iowa
Senate Committee On Judiciary
I.a
Trewin
Cheshire
Hospers
Hotchkiss
Bell
Carroll
Chicago to Host Southern States Exhibition This Fall
Chicago officials reached a plan to stage the Southern States and Chicago exposition in Chicago this fall. The south will exhibit at its own expense, Chicago will provide space and manage finances, and exhibits must be moved within 15 days after closing. Dates to be fixed later, with a three month run and unspecified opening.
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Chicago
Swift
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arrival of Victoria brings Dr Jamesday and Jameson men home
The steamship Victoria with Dr Jamesday aboard arrived in Davenport from Port Natal. About 250 of Dr Jameson's men reached London and were sent home. A large crowd greeted them, claiming the Boers suffered 280 killed and wounded at Krugersdorp where Jameson was captured.
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London
Victoria
Jamesday
Davenport
Port Natal
Dr. Jameson
Krugersdorp
Fitzsimmons Declines Rematch Until Corbett Proves Worth
Paso Tex Feb 24 After receiving payment for the checks given him at the ring on Friday Robert Fitzsimmons and party left for New York Saturday night. He announced he would not meet Corbett until the latter proves worthy by defeating Moher and Cheynbki.
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Corbett
Paso
Tex
Robert Fitzsimmons
New York
Fitzsimmons
Moher
Cheyn- Bki
Many Patents and Egg Totals Highlight City Industry
The article notes 1 167 patent options in retail and fashion aids plus 2 045 painter supplies and 1 023 fire extinguisher models. It also reports Bronson Michigan poultry keepers counting eggs from 320 hens yielding 82 782 and 24 827 eggs from 270 hens totaling nearly a carload.
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Montara
Bronson
Mich
Hansen elected president of Northern Oratorical League
Henry W. Hansen of the State University of Iowa was chosen president of the Northern Oratorical League based in Iowa City. The league includes Chicago and Northwestern universities Iowa Michigan Wisconsin Oberlin college. The annual contest is set for May in Chicago. The new leader was a winning speaker in the Iowa Chicago debate.
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Henry W. Hansen
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Chicago
Northwestern
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Oberlin College
Centerville Tragedy as George Jones Kills Leah Martin
George Jones fatally shot his sweetheart Leah Martin and her mother Mrs. W J Martin before shooting himself in Centerville. Motive cited as objection to his attentions. Leah, about 20, was widely liked among friends. The couple had dated for many months.
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Centerville
George Jones
Leah Martin
W. J. Martin
Pioneer Lawmakers Elect Officers and Urge Memorial Ball
At the biennial session in Des Moines the Pioneer Lawmakers association elected Col. John Scott of Nevada as president and BD. IF. Gue of Des Moines as secretary. J. M. Davis and Frank A. Sherman of Des Moines were named assistant secretaries. The group adopted a resolution urging the state to erect a memorial ball.
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Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association
Des Moines
Col
John Scott
Nevada
BD. IF. Gue
J. M. Davis
Frank A. Sherman
Death Probe Seizes Men In Sheldon Case
Al Bull once a livery stable proprietor at Ashton and later in stock business at Sheldon was arrested there with an unidentified man on suspicion of involvement in the death of Maud Strawn the Sheldon high school girl whose body was found in her room.
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al ‘Bull
Ashton
Sheldon
Maud Strawn
Sale of Humeston to Shenandoah Railroad at Auction
In Keokuk federal court Judge Woolson ordered the Humeston and Shenandoah railroad sold at auction to the highest bidder in Clarinda in late March. Bids must be at least 500000 dollars.
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Keokuk
Woolson
Humeston & Shenandoah
Clarinda
Jury verdict in Clinton case against railway firm
The jury in Clinton found for Smith against the Chicago and North Western Railway for medical services to Dent Olney injured on the railroad, awarding $1,110 after 45 minutes deliberation. The case has spanned several years in court.
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Clinton
Smith
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Dent Olney
Burlingon Train Yard Accident Claims Three
Joseph Westerbeck, 78, was picking up corn in Burlington railroad yards when an engine backed up between two cars and crushed the drawbar through his body. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Joseph Westerbeck
Burlington
Prominent Journalist Dr. F. McClelland Dies at 62
Dr. F. McClelland a Linn county legislator and Cedar Rapids Times editor died at his home at age sixty two. He was a pioneer in professional journalism and state legislative work.
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F. McClelland
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City jury fixes affections at one dollar in breach suit
Miss Lucretia Hagan files for retrial of a breach of promise suit against Edward Golden after a jury valued her plea at one dollar. Other brief items note Fidel the pacing stallion dying at Cedar Falls, Leo Lehman’s fatal blood vessel burst, and various local incidents from Iowa in September releases.
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Sioux City
Lucretia Hagan
Edward Golden
Fidel
Cedar Falls
Rivenburg & Son
Leopold Lehman
Lehman's Bank
Burlington
Burland & Feldman
Mason City
Sheffield
Sarah Smith
Clinton
Warren
Preston
John Parks
Glenellen
W. H. Baker
L. S. Dorchester
Southwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Marshalltown
Hlinois
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids
Frank Heckert
Hnson
Red Oak
Congressman Henderson
Ellen Bradley
Epworth
John Bradley
Company C
Twenty-first Iowa Infantry
Z. H W. Wicks
Davenport
John Coffin
Humboldt
Muscartine
Charles W Page
Dick Sharkey
Creston
Thomas
Frank Brown
Frank Keyes
S. W. Wilson
C. H. Hall
Shenandoah
Louis Fisher
Iowa Falls
A.X. Chamberlain
State Center
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