Iowa State News Highlights Patents and Local Events
Iowa readers see a roundup of recently granted patents to citizens across Davenport Oakland Valley Keokuk Muscatine Cedar Rapids and other locales plus notes on a Fort Madison reunion and coin collectors interest. The piece covers a 1804 silver dollar find a Whitney packing house lease in Atlantic and a spate of local crimes and incidents including a Davenport murder suicide and a Waterloo arrest.
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C. ©. Marvel
W. A. Overing
A. N. Townsend
Lucas
J.D. White
Worthington
Contrasting Turmoil From Arkansas Labor Push to Chicago Fire
Reports detail a wage strike by Tate plantation laborers near Little Rock Arkansas with mob threats and a deputy shooting a ringleader. Also covered are Chicago fire casualties at Benton hotel, a German infant tragedy in Buffalo, and varied national updates including political moves and a powder works explosion.
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Arkansas River
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Democratic state convention at Des Moines adjourns
The Democratic state convention met at Des Moines at Forster’s opera house with about eight hundred in attendance. A. R. McCoy of Clinton served as temporary chairman and committees on resolutions and the central committee were named. The platform endorsed Cleveland, condemned the last Republican legislature for miners’ relief, favored local option or a minimum license, and addressed temperance. Debates over back pay for senators led to adoption of a censure resolution. Cato Sells was named secretary of state and Paul Guelich auditor. Fusion with Greenbackers was approved with two ticket compromises. The body adjourned after nominating key tickets and officers.
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Kinne
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A. W. Miller
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W. J. Kelly
Iowa
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Vi. C. Jones
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Isaac Pendleton
Woodbury
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Monona County
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Keokuk County
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Audubon County
Judge Delivers Varied Sentences in Boycott Case
The court records show Paul Holdort receiving two years and ten months, Michael Stroh six months, and Daniel Danety Hauser ten years and ten months in the state prison for actions tied to the boycott. The judge noted misled defendants and suggested counsel could have offered a rebuke.
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Eee
Michael Stroh
Daniel Danetyhauser
Gladstone Re-Elected in Midlothian Amid Bitter Struggle
UK election dispatches report Gladstone securing Midlothian amid a fierce contest between Gladstonians and unionists. Early tallies show Conservatives and Parnellites winning seats, with shifts across Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and more as the political scene tightens. A later note quotes Gladstone urging Irish settlement before British legislation proceeds. Also reported is a Atlantic storm loss of eight torpedo boats with fifty drowned.
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Brown Impeachment Trial Ends Testimony on Wednesday
The impeachment trial saw a motion by Senator Knight to halt further testimony fail by a large majority. Jurors heard from janitors and witnesses about late work and pay disputes linked to Auditor Brown and the state treasury. The court then adjourned after discussing bank accounts and salary arrangements, with rule changes guiding how votes would be counted.
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Tama Jim Wilson
Laura Berry
Ball
Lake Shore Strike Tensions Rise In Chicago Area
Four strikers were arrested at 2 P M after being fired on by Pinkerton guards. They blocked a moving train by pushing a flat cart and attempting to switch tracks. Pinkerton reinforcements arrived at Root Street and Lake Shore restored service. Most of the Pinkerton force is armed and a train guard accompanies each run. Anxiety grows over potential action by switchmen at other points, with stockyard areas noted as possible trouble spots.
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Lake Shore Company
Chicago
Lake Shore
Tammany Celebrates Independence Day in New York
Tammany Hall in New York hosted a four hour Independence Day celebration with prominent guests Senator Vance Samuel J Randall General E L Viele and Congressman Dewdney. The event marked Democratic return to national power and restoration of Democratic principles amid patriotic sentiment.
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Tammany Hall
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Samuel J. Randall
E. L. Viele
Dewdney
Boycotters Sentenced for Conspiracy at Theiss Garden
Convicted boycotters including Theiss, proprietor of a concert garden, were arraigned in New York court for sentence. Judge Barret condemned the act as a lawless violation of public peace and free immigration. He called the distribution of circulars a conspiracy equal to blackmail and warned that unpunished conduct would lead to savagery.
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New York
Barret
House committee reports adverse on Randall tariff bill
The Ways and Means Committee ordered an adverse report on Randall’s tariff bill amid voting on Hewitt provisions. Democrats supported the adverse motion. Republicans abstained due to mixed merits. Morrison to prepare the report. Republicans to refrain from filing one. Breckenridge to report adversely on Findley’s tobacco tax resolution.
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Hewitt
Reed
Hiscock
Morrison
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Findley
Prohibition Debate at Massachusetts Republican Conference
Boston July 5 The Massachusetts state Republican conference is called for Monday to decide the party’s stance on temperance and the propriety of sending delegates to the Chicago national anti-saloon convention The call endorses New Jersey Republicans May 26 resolutions and Vermont Republicans June 6 urging a firm stand against liquor interests and support for laws to restrict liquor traffic and close saloons.
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Corruption and Bribery Allegations Hit St Louis Politicians
Reports claim corruption and bribery charges around the St Louis municipal house of delegates. Twelve members allegedly ineligible at election and evidence of money influence in railroad legislation surface. A Monday grand jury testimony could implicate passage of Forest Park and Carondalet street railway bills. Fire at Eckert Swain flouring mills on Canal Street damages property about $70 000, insured $65 000, caused by sparks from a rocket on Sunday night.
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Grand Union Hotel Promises European Plan in NYC
The notice promotes the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central with 613 rooms costing from $1 daily. It claims elevator service and a restaurant with top fare, and notes convenient horse cars stages and elevated rail to city depots. It touts cheaper, first class lodging for families compared to other hotels.
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Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
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