Park Side of Life Adopts Lost White Boy by Black Mammy
A Washington hospital tale follows Leroy Mason a nine year old white boy found begging for his dying mother and cared for by an elderly black nurse Lucy Mason. After the woman dies Leroy writes to his real mother in Buffalo to learn his origins and becomes her adopted son. The piece notes the moral of abandonment and the hope of a true home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steroy Mason
Mammy
Washington
Foundling Asylums
Megro
Sisters of Charity
Leroy Mason
Board of Children’s Guardians
Patent Office
Lucy Mason
Sehild
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
Virginia
Buffalo
N.Y
Leroy
Iowa House Committees Names and Assignments
Speaker Bowen assigns numerous committees in the Iowa House with members listed for each. The lengthy roster covers Ways and Means, Judiciary, Appropriations, Railroads and Commerce, Municipal Corporations, Banking, Printing, Private Corporations, Suppression of Intemperance, Elections, Constitutional Amendments, Insurance, Public Health, Building and Loan, Compensation of Public Officers, Telegraph and Express, Agriculture, Schools and Text Books, County and Township Organization, Roads and Highways, Domestic Manufactures, Mines and Mining, Animal Industry, Soldiers and Orphans Home, Penitentiaries, State University, Senatorial and Representative Districts, Pharmacy, Normal Schools, Labor, Military, Retrenchment and Reform, Pardon, Woman's Suffrage, Horticulture, Public Libraries, Enrolled Bills, Claims, Industrial Schools, Public Lands, Police Regulations, Federal Relations, College for the Blind, Hospital for the Insane, Agricultural College, Institute for Deaf and Dumb, Institute for Feeble‑Minded, Board of Public Charities, Engrossed Bills, Congressional and Judicial Districts, and Rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Iowa House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Eaton
Prentis
Blughes
Dows
Byers
McCurdy
Shambaugh
Stewart
Santee
Towner
Venetian
Stallcop
Wilson
Keokuk
Miller
Cedar
Barringer
Clarke
Dallas
Cold
Graff
Cowles
Sokol
Wright
Jaeger
Conley
Davis
Bengston
Judiciary
Temple
Payne
Hurn
Washington
Hasselquist
Patton
Black
Hawk
Boysen
Sauer
Downing
Gibson
Baker
Harbert
Letts
Fayette
Kendall
Urn
Dunham
Edwards
Jones
Keck
Ayers
Myers
Stratton
Thuenen
Buena Vista
Carter
Sweet
Furry
Lyman
Buchanan
Blakemore
Contey
Theophilus
Marshall
Koontz
Cruikshank
Banks and
Banking
Carr
Hughes
Blake
Bennett
Jenks
Head
Stuckslaeger
Hilsinger
Cruickshank
Anderson
Warren
Way
Lyon
Overfield, Hughes, Temple
Roome
Barkley
Coburn
Nicolaus
Hinkle
Putnam
Overfield
Adair
Hatwk
Cottrell
Dodds
Barrett
Kimball
Kato
Kerr
Kirkwood
McGinn
Insurance
Harber
Glbagen
Weneman
Thuenan
Hansemann
Blume
Wise
Scott
Hiker
Campbell
McAleer
Crouse
Veneman
Kent
Biker
Clark
Hamilton
Howards
Skent
Hansmann
State University
Hassequist
Pharmacy
Townsend
Stuckslager
Labor
Pardons
Eiker
Garr
Fish and Game
Hlurn
College For the Blind
Hospital For the Insane
Agricultural College
Miller of
Institute For Deaf and Dumb
Hoome
Institute For
Board of Public Charities
Kouitz
Congress Bath Privileges Highlight Capitol Habits
An article notes congressional bathrooms in the capitol basement with about 15 tubs on the house side. It states representatives bathe at government expense during sessions, avoiding hotel charges, and using barber shops and government supplied toiletries in both Senate and House wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Congressional
Uncle Sam
Congress
Washington Star
Senate
House
Sioux City Mystery Widow Claim Sparks Sensation
Two women in Sioux City claim to be widow of Dr Gustave Mahe of San Francisco who died there suddenly. A San Francisco attorney sent a telegram to City Clerk Selzer stating Marie Mahe’s widow seeks the remains. The supposed widow denied then admitted she eloped from San Francisco two years ago and refuses to reveal her name. The remains were sent to San Francisco for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Gustave Mahe
San Francisco
Dr. Mahe
Selzer
Marie
Supreme Court Rules Against Des Moines Municipal Utility Plan
The Des Moines Iow a supreme court decision blocks the city from using anticipated revenues to fund a municipal electric light plant if total debt would exceed the constitutional limit. The ruling ends a plan that would have made the city own the utility, prompting concerns that Iowa municipal ownership may be impossible without a constitutional change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Yates Indicted for Manslaughter Arrested in Council Bluffs
Mrs. P B Yates of Tabor was indicted for manslaughter in the death of her daughter Ethel in Council Bluffs on January 5 and jailed in Council Bluffs awaiting a $3000 bond. James called Divine Tealer of South Omaha fled. he has lawyers and resists Iowa extradition claiming cross state crime and lack of license would be issue if Nebraska indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Yates
Tabor
Council Bluffs
Ethel
Iowa
Nebraska
Peters Alive in Oklahoma Relatives Reopen Haddock Murder Case
New Oklahoma reports reveal Henry Peters, indicted for the 1886 murder of Rev. George C. Haddock in Sioux City, was not burned in a brewery furnace as once believed but is living in Oklahoma. The case had long linked Peters to the killing due to his alleged knowledge of the murderers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
George C. Haddock
Oklahoma
Henry Peters
Avas
Peters
Iowa Mason City group seeks state aid for Ames engineering hall
The State Brick and Tile association of Mason City pledges to ask the legislature for an appropriation to build an engineering hall at Ames and a ceramic laboratory for scientific study. Iowa clay products exceed 2 million dollars annually. Officers elected include J A Cross president and D W Stocke vice president. Prosperous Creamery at Roland reports growth. 6,705,738 pounds of milk processed in 1899 yielded 61,141.49 dollars in butter sold in New York, with 54,858.89 dollars paid to farmers. A possible murder mystery arises as Nate Linniger and Roy Sigalus discover a decomposed body on Pulford island near Savanna, wrapped in a carpet, identity unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Brick and Tile Association
Mason City
Ames
Iowa
J. A. Cross
Boone
D. W. Stocke
Cedar Rapids
Robert Goodwin
Redfield
F. A. Stephenson
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Roland
New York
Nate Linniger
Roy Sigalus
Savanna
Pulford Island
Iewen
Settlement in breach of promise case Martha Parker v Dalien
In Moulton vs Chillicothe suit, Mrs. Martha Parker aged over 60 sought 10000 damages. Circuit court jurors awarded 250 to Parker. Parker’s attorneys plan to seek a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Parker
Moulton
T. Ki. Dalien
Chillicothe
Iowa Legislature Elects Gear to US Senate in Surprise Vote
Des Moines reports that both houses elected John H. Gear of Burlington as United States senator to succeed himself amid party split over Fred J. White. Joint sessions set to ratify two-house actions, with bills introduced on compulsory education, direct senate election, voting machines, library grants, and state school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John H. Gear
Burlington
United States
Fred J. White
Senate
Hayward
Davenport
Wallace
M. l. Temple
Clarke County
Woolson
Temple
James H. Gear
United States Senate
Gear
White
Cheshire
State Agricultural College
Ames
C.C. Carpenter
Larrabee
Shaw
Healy
Balter
Congress
House
Cedar Falls Normal School
State Historical Department
State Manual School
Harrison County
Fourth Judicial District
Fifteenth District
State University
Sergt
Charles Floyd
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans
Burning of Chinatown Report From Sioux City
Chrys Moller a broker from Tiept sin China arrives to recount the Chinatown fire by a vigilance committee in Honolulu port. He recalls ten blocks in the city core cleared for a park while celestials were expelled to a hilltop area. Daily pestilence deaths estimated at about a dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Chrys Moller
Tieptsin
China
Chinatown
Tlonolulu
Max. Moller
Supreme Court Reverses R R Rate Case Ruling
The Supreme Court reverses the South Dakota circuit court ruling in the case of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad Co versus the South Dakota railroad commissioners. It remands for an inquiry into the railroad’s earnings in the state to determine the equities of the rate cap dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Railroad Commissioners
South Dakota
Circuit Court of the United States For
District of
Supreme Court
Emigration from Germany Drops as Numbers Fall
The article notes 1898 emigration at 20,960 from Germany with Bremen and Hamburg as main ports, down from 43 per 1000 in 1897 and 232 in 1891, and compares past years 1881 220,900 and 1891 120,090. United States received 17,232 and other regions the rest while Montana voters tax pay.
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Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
United States
America
Brazil
Canada
Africa
Asia
Australia
Beveridge Speech in Senate Argues for Continued Philippine War
Troy Times reports Senator Beveridge in the U S Senate delivering a maiden speech on the Philippines. He calls Filipinos barbarous, urges a strong American government, and argues for ongoing war to establish lasting American rule and stability in the archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Philippines
Beveridge
Indiana
United States
Senate Chamber
Senate
Archipelago
The
India
China
Pacific
American Congress
Manila
Senator Beveridge
Aguinaldo
America
Washington
George
Troy Times
Political Drift and Bryan in the 1890s Debates
Compiled excerpts show columnists across papers debating William Jennings Bryan. Topics include wage tariffs, Philippine policy, coinage, and the Chicago platform with quotes from Globe-Democrat, Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Washington Star, Cleveland Leader, Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, Iowa State Register, Kansas City Star, and reference to Gen Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Bryan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bryan
Cincinnati
Commercial ‘Tribune
Washington Star
Chicago
Cleveland
Dukane
William Jennings Bryan
Gaswell
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Altgeld
Iowa State Register
Grover Cleveland
Andrew Jackson
Kansas City Star
Reforming faith in democracy. a St. Louis view
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat denounces the Democratic Party as corrupt and ineffective, contrasting it with Republicans. It cites historical missteps in New York, St. Louis, and Missouri, arguing reform requires excluding the Democrats from any movement and upholding Republican principles and platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
New York City
St. Louis
Republican Party
Bryan shifts on expansion and Philippine policy
The Chicago Times-Herald notes Mr. Bryan’s shift toward accepting territorial expansion including remote areas if governed by capable people. It questions his revised view of the Filipinos while contrasting past praise with current stance and citing expansionists who see the islands as a trust for civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Spain
Oriental Islands
Democratic Party
Chicago Times-Herald
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Mason
Oversfield
Scent
Stucksleeger
Mr. Speaker
James
Yates
Iowan Tilemakers
Montana
Democratic Reform
Moses
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