Pardon measures and legislative aims in Des Moines
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports on pardons and paroles by Gov. Shaw, proposed legislation on public money interest, and a broad slate of session topics. It notes committee rosters, executive board actions, bank deposits growth, planned excursions, and a pending court claim in Washington.
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Shaw
Des Moines
United States
W. B. Allison
J. P. Dolliver
Senate
Ways and Means
J. M. Junkin
Montgomery County
Appropriations
Warren Carst
Carroll
Thomas D. Healy
Webster
House
M. L. Temple
Clarke County
John Hughes
Iowa
George W. Clarke
Dallas
Congressional Districts
Railroad Committee
Corporations Committee
Committee On Cities
Eaton
Herriott
Eteeseeteereenee
Eugene Secor
Winnebago County
Secor
Gilbertson
Executive Council
Boards of Supervisors
Treasuries
Board of Supervisors
Mullan
Treasury Department
Washington
Court of Claims
Secretary of the Treasury
Gov. Shaw
Fierce Naval Fight as Lautaro Sunk in Panama Bay War
In Panama Jan 21 Colombians attacked by sea sinking the Lautaro and beaching the Darien. Gen Alban killed on the Lautaro as American sailors rescue wounded from the blaze and aid in extinguishing the fire. Treachery rumors swirl amid rapid-fire exchanges and frantic city activity.
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Panama
Colombia
Darien
United States
Alban
Lautaro
Chicuito
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Guiteau
Padia
Padilla
Las Boyedas
Chienito
Philadelphia
Chaffee Reports On Philippine Insurgency Areas
Gen Chaffee in the annual report outlines disturbed areas in southern Luzon and islands Samar Mindoro and Cebu with insurgent groups. He cites guerrilla tactics and native fear of aiding Americans, notes evolving local governance trials, and reports Laguna capture of an insurgent woman Agueda Kahabagan and a missing dug out canoe with 11 men.
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Manila
Chaffee
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Samar
Mindoro
Cebu
Company I
Wade
Bohol
Secret Service
Lavon
Eighth Infantry
Agueda Kahabagan
Woman fires at dancers killing two musicians
At a Morris Creek sponsored mining region dance six miles south of Montgomery West Virginia on a pay night, Lillian Williams used a revolver wounding Powell Calloway and killing William Slaughter and Ralph Johnson. She was jailed to escape lynching.
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Montgomery
W. Va
William Slaughter
Ralph Johnson
Powell Calloway
Morris Creek
This County
Lillian Williams
Here
Williams
Slaughter
Johnson
Calloway
European Royals and World Transport Curiosities
The article notes five reigning European princes over 80 and nine over 70 in Continental Europe. It highlights Holland’s mail routes surpassing 30,000 miles, with a semimilitary postman uniform and handsome corps. It praises Buda Pesth streetcars as the world’s best, imitated in Washington, and mentions an electric underground railway with porcelain stations and 42-seat cars at four cents fare. It also cites Gen Weyler’s order limiting Spanish officers to marry at 25 with income equal to a captain’s pay, aimed at blocking a union with Senorita Consuela De Janz.
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Europe
Holland
Buda Pesth
Washington
Gen. Weyler
Senorita Consuela de Janz
Urban Population Growth in North South Divide
Washington reports census data showing northern cities growing faster than the nation as a whole, with northern urbanization higher than in the south. Between 1890 and 1900 city populations over 25,000 rose 41 percent as 36 new cities joined the 494 existing.
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Washington
United States
Death Sentences, Jurists and a Noted Violinist
Lord Kitchener confirms the death sentence for the ler Commandant Scheepers who was captured last October and will be shot next Saturday at Graaf Reinet. Judge William H. DeWitt, longtime Montana jurist and former Republican committee member, dies of heart trouble in Butte. Joseph Burke, famed violinist and accompanist to Jennie Lind in 1850 51, dies in New York at age 86.
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Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Locomotive Tiremen
Des Moines
Congress of the
United States
General Assembly
Congress
Graaf-Reinet
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Butte
Mont
William II, DeWitt
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
National Republican Committee
New York
Joseph Burke
Jennie Lind
Burglar Awakens Parson. Pastor Tries Calm Aid
A burglar entering the parsonage awakens the sleeping pastor who reassures the intruder with a calm offer to help search for money. The exchange is reported by the Boston Watchman in a terse, period voice.
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Boston
Vintage Travel Ad and Remedies Snippet
A jumble of early 20th century ads and sayings mentions rail routes from Chicago to St Augustine via Pullmans and several cities. Also references Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as quick cures. Includes a quoted moral about hurry versus pennies saved and names from Pleasant to Vanburen, Ind.
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Hale
Pike
Queen and Crescent Route Through Trains and Cars
Through trains diner observation palace day coaches and sleepers link the North to New Orleans and Florida with fast schedules. Also notes a proverb about losing a friend and a cough remedy and a facial dye brand.
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New Orleans
Florida
Ends of Things in a Distant Age
The text notes that Greater New York covers 318 square miles versus Greater London’s 700. It credits wireless telegraphy as last year’s chief scientific event. It mentions agricultural department funding, and California’s new tree scale treatment using oil spray and caustic solution to turn into soap.
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Greater New York
Greater London
Agricultural Department
Department
Treasury
California
Man Credits Kidney Pills For Pain Relief After Two Decades
Marshfield Missouri resident J Fy King shares a decades long struggle with lame back kidney disease. After trying many doctors and remedies he reports immediate relief from Daddy Kidney Pills and seven months of improved comfort. He urges others with kidney issues to try the product.
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Marshfield
J. Fy King
Dodd
Local singer promotes Peruna as winter remedy at Willows
Miss Maud Palmer of Cataraug Ont writes praising Peruna for curing a severe cold then breaking a lingering illness within ten days. She urges regular use during winter, claims prevention of colds and diseases, and offers a free catarrh booklet from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus Ohio with doctor’s gratis advice.
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Maud Palmer
the Willows
Ont
United States
Perua Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartmay
Hartman
Ae Tlartoinn Sanitarium
Mrs. Datto-Hore Aims to Tease With Quiet Talk
A quirky item from Brooklyn Eagle notes Mrs. Darkey and Mrs. Billins old reputations as gossip or quiet talkers. The piece humorously questions how Mrs. Billins earned a bore-like image while recounting a failed plan to speak only about Bing and avoid talking behind anyone’s back.
Wisconsin Central Ry. Schedules and Dining Cars
The Wisconsin Central Railway offers daily trains from Chicago Central Station to St Paul Ashland Duluth and the Northwest with sleeping cars and dining service A La Carte. Nearest ticket agent Jas CG Pond Gont Pass Milwaukee Wis provides further information. Use discretion in declarations of incredulity.
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Wisconsin Central Ry
Chicago
Central Station
12Th St
Park Row
Hale Front
St. Paul
Heat
Putin
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief for Women
Advertises Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as the leading kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming to ease female ailments misattributed to womb trouble. Highlights symptoms such as back ache nervousness headaches urinary changes and urges readers to test urine for signs of kidney distress.
None of Them Suspected Kidney Disease Helped Me
Gertrude Warner Scott recounts severe stomach pain misdiagnosed as cancer until Swamp-Root kidney remedy rebuilt her health. Her testimonial claims weight gain and restoration of daily life after doctors failed. Advertisement offers free sample bottle and a book from Dr. Kilmer & Co. to readers.
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Virton
Iowa
Jony
Gertrude Warner Scott
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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