Iowa Raises Levy Aims For 2300000 State Funds Growth In Telephone Firms
Des Moines July 14 The Iowa executive council may fix a levy near 2.3 million tied to recent war claim funds and government surplus. Telephone and telegraph property assessments rise from 280 to 700, signaling industry growth and district toll arrangements. Other notes include a planned review of the Griswold law and possible grand jury abolition.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Storm of June 25 Ravages Sioux and O Brien Counties
Tornado insurance men call the June 25 windstorm the worst in the state since past cyclones. Nearly every farm property in Sioux and O Brien counties was damaged. Des Moines firms logged 220 notices in 36 hours and 532 in total, with about 1000 people suffering losses.
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Sioux
O'Brien
Comanche
Grinnell
Pomeroy
O’brien
Des Moines
Hair Eating Patient Undergoes Second Operation
Miss Maggie Hines at Burlington county jail recovers after Dr. I. S. Bowman removes four pounds of her hair from her stomach in a second operation for the same cause. The surgeon suspects another mass in her intestines, tied to a compulsive habit of chewing hair she claims is unconscious.
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Maggie Hines
Burlington
I. S. Bowman
Severe Storm Hits Southwestern Iowa With Loss of Life
Iowa reports describe a violent storm sweeping across the southwest, producing tornado-like effects in several towns. Rockwell City, Oakland, Whitin g, and Anthony suffer extensive damage to crops, buildings, and livestock, with multiple fatalities reported and strong rainfall causing widespread flooding.
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Iowa
Rockwell City
Oakland
Whiting
R. W. Campbell
William Parker
Anthony
Flood Crisis Deepens Across Iowa Rivers Rise High
Iowa floods intensify with the Des Moines Raccoon Cedar and Skunk rivers 7 to 15 feet above low water as central areas endure 24 hours of rain. In Des Moines 200 residents evacuated their homes while Boone and Fort Dodge recorded nearly four inches of rainfall.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Raccoon
Cedar
Skunk
Boone
Fort Dodge
Weather report notes mixed conditions across state crops
Washington weather bureau reports heavy rains in many areas with some river bottoms flooded. Warmer, drying winds improve crop outlook. Three quarters of corn well cultivated. spring wheat in normal condition with average yield. oats damaged by lodging. potatoes making strong growth. apples below average.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Towa
Treasury issues warrant for state civil war expenses
The treasury department issued a warrant for 465 417 dollars to the state of Iowa. The payment covers expenses for raising and equipping troops during the Civil War, recently approved by the treasury comptroller and funded by congressional appropriation.
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Treasury Department
Iowa
Comptroller of the Treasury
Congress
Dynamite on Fort Dodge Streetcar Track Causes Wreck
A stick of dynamite placed on a Fort Dodge streetcar track was struck by a fast moving car, wrecking the vehicle and injuring three passengers. No arrests have been made.
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Fort Dodge
Wedding of Lieut Harold Sammond and Mary Pierce
Lieut Harold Sammond of the United States infantry wed Mary Le Pierce, niece of Edwin H. Conger minister to China, at the bride's aunt Mrs Ida C Conger home in Des Moines with Dr A L Frisbee of Plymouth Congregational Church officiating.
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Harold Sammond
United States Infantry
Mis
Mary LE. Pierce
Edwin H. Conger
China
Ida C. Conger
Des Moines
A. L. Frisbee
Plymouth Congregational Church
Appointments Made in Iowa Internal Revenue Posts
The president appointed J. A. Sammis of Iowa as collector of internal revenue for the Third district of Iowa, Harry O. Weaver of Iowa as collector for the Fourth district, and Horace G. McMillan as attorney for the northern district of Iowa.
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J. A. Sammis
Iowa
Third District
Harry O. Weaver
Horace G. McMillan
Avoca Jailer's Son Killed in Street Quarrel
Trred Johnson son of A Johnson county jailer at Avoca died from a blow to the head struck by Carl Hector after a quarrel. Hector stepped behind Johnson and delivered the fatal strike.
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Trred Johnson
A. Johnson
Avoca
Carl Hector
Hector
Johnson
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Elections and Local Events
Officers elected for the Society of Music Teachers of Iowa include President Henry Ruffrok and Vice President Jeanette Brown. A Sioux City train collision killed a woman and child and injured others. Iowa rail surveys begin from Centerville to Sioux City. Three Offer man children die from green grapes in Davenport. Twenty ninth general assembly session laws published. North eastern Iowa Press association plans July meeting in Dubuque. Seventh district Republicans renominate John A T Hull. Algona publications consolidate under Starr and Nageard. Ottumwa salesman robbed of 156 dollars on an Iowa Central train. Fort Dodge rural delivery routes slated to start September 1. State Board of Health meets August 6 in Des Moines. Dr Seth M Wilcox leaves Boone for Milwaukee pulpit. Iowa State Amateur Rowing regatta to be held July 22 and 23 at Clear Lake with crews from Sioux City Council Bluffs Ottumwa Dubuque. Severe flood damage south and east of Sioux City. North Liberty tornado carries Niederhieser's house. family survives in a cave. Losses total about 20000 dollars.
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Society of Music Teachers of Iowa
Henry Ruffrok
Des Moines
Jeanette Brown
Ottumwa
Charles H. Bohn
Mount Pleasant
Robert Seney
P. Banty
Sioux City
Iowa
State Board of Health
Seth M. Wilcox
Boone
Milwaukee
Wis
Towa State Amateur Rowing Association
Clear Lake
Council Bluffs
Ottunmwa
Dubuque
Col Alonzo Abernethy retires after 21 years at Cedar Valley Seminary
Col. Alonzo Abernethy completes 21 years at Cedar Valley Seminary Osage guiding 1824 students. He retires from active school work at 66 but remains on the state university board executive committee. His career spans public school leadership from 1872 to 1877 and a lifetime of education.
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Alonzo Abernethy
Cedar Valley Seminary
Osage
Col. Abernethy
State University
Board of Regents
Change the Quarters for Odd Fellows Encampment
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows moves the Patriarch Militant encampment drills to a mile track west of Des Moines replacing the state fair grounds east of the city. Prizes total 10 000 dollars. Railroads offer a single fare week. President Roosevelt plans to visit Des Moines during the encampment.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Des Moines
Mile Track
State Fair Grounds
United States
Roosevelt
Debs Invited to Speak in Des Moines Before Labor Day
Des Moines socialists plan to bring Eugene V Debs to the city for an August 31 address the day before Labor Day. Last year a Chicago speaker caused a heated dispute leading to the socialist branch’s ejectment from union rooms. The plan aims to mirror the earlier impact on the labor movement without using the holiday date.
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Des Moines
Socialists
Eugene V. Debs
Labor Day Committees
Chicago
Trades and Labor Assembly
Debs
Iowa
Canadian Lands Syndicate Forms to Develop Prairie Colonies
The Syndicate Land company with a 1,000,000 capital has filed articles of incorporation and claims millions of acres in Manitoba and Assiniboia. It plans rapid colonization and development, selling lands to settlers who pay in money and labor. Agents will recruit emigrants from western states. home offices will be in Des Moines. Incorporators are Alexander Mc Rae, B C Bowman and William Wilkinson.
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Syndicate Land Company
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Iowa
Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Des Moines
Alexander McRae
B. C. Bowman
William Wilkinson
Homesteaders Win Land Case Ruling Enjoins Railroad
Judge QC P Shiras of the federal court in Sioux City ruled against the Sioux City and St. Paul railroad over land titled to homesteaders. The decision affects 25 000 acres and 40 lawsuits overturning a prior Interior Department ruling in favor of railroad purchasers.
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O’brien
P. Shiras
Sioux City
Osteopathic association forms corporation leadership named
The Iowa Osteopathic association adopts a corporate status giving it control over listing colleges meeting osteopathic standards for the state board of health. C. M. Procter of Ames serves as president with O. Mclfadden of Davenport as vice president J. S. Baughman of Burlington as second vice president and Ella Ray Gilmore of Sheldon as secretary. The annual meeting is planned for January.
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Iowa Osteopathic Association
State Board of Health
C. M. Procter
Ames
Mclfadden
Davenport
J. S. Baughman
Burlington
Ella Ray Gilmore
Sheldon
Coroner's jury rules Wagener death is drowning
After days of hearings in the Ma tilda Wagener case the coroner's jury returned a verdict that death was due to drowning in the Mississippi at Dubuque on June 11. The jury could not determine if the death was murder or self-inflicted.
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Matilda Wagener
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Harvard President Eliot Nominated for National Education Association
In Minneapolis on July 11 the National Education Association held a general session with Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University as a featured speaker. Delegates then moved to department meetings as the convention continued toward its Friday close.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Educational Association
Crop Conditions Report Broad Weather Impacts Across Regions
The weekly crop conditions summary notes favorable temperatures in most northern regions except New England, with abundant rains in several valleys but drought persists in the Central and East Gulf districts. Texas sees favorable temperatures with scattered showers, while the Rocky Mountain plateau reports cold, snowy weather and frosts. Corn prospects vary by state, with improvement in central valleys but Missouri showing cultivation issues from excess moisture. Nebraska and Iowa progress with cultivation and normal conditions in parts.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
New England
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
Central
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Texas
Rocky Mountain Plateau
North Pacific Coast
Nevada
Utah
California
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Trade Outlook Shows Broad Strength Amid Weather Hurdles
R G Dun Weekly Review notes good news across industries despite hot weather and new labor disputes. Railway earnings for June rise about 9.9 percent from last year and 20.6 percent above 1900, with iron and steel still active though coal and coke shortages curb pig iron. Wheat exports down from last year, shortages in farmers’ receipts persist, and overall trade looks poised to maintain heavy tonnage.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Strength of the American Army in the Philippines Chart
Lieut. Col. C. R. Edwards presents a chart of U S Army strength in the Philippines from 2,491 in June 1898 to 69,420 in December 1900, then declining to about 23,000, with a further drop to around 18,000 after troops are ordered home. The rise reflects Manila battles, Dewey's warning, Boxer campaign redeployments, and volunteers drawn to the archipelago.
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C. R. Edwards
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
United States Army
Philippines
Nila Bay
Dewey
Washington
Manila
China
National Education Association elects Eliot as president
The National Education Association meeting in Minneapolis selected Harvard president Charles W. Eliot as president of the association after a eulogistic nominating speech by Nicholas M. Butler of Columbia. W. N. Davidson of Kansas was chosen treasurer and outgoing president W. M. Beardshear of Iowa was named first vice president. The group planned a National Teachers' Federation to unite grade teachers nationwide with a goal to improve classroom tone and benefits for teachers students and parents. By adjournment 20 000 to 25 000 attendees heard addresses from leading U S figures and resolutions urged Congress to create a department of education with a cabinet head and to restore the Bible in schools. Next year’s meeting is slated for Boston with Eliot likely to lead again.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia University
W. N. Davidson
Kansas
W. M. Beardshear
Iowa
Minneapolis
Minn
National Educational Association
National Teachers’ Federation
Thorty
United States
Congress
Department of Education
Boston
Eliot
Harvard University
Vatican Replies on Fr iars in Philippines
Government messages reveal Vatican refusal to withdraw friars within a fixed time, citing conflict with Spain. It promises friars will not return to parishes and allows entry of priests of other nationalities, notably Americans, to the islands.
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Washington
War Department
Gov. Taft
Vatican
United States
Root
Rome
Philippines
Holy See
Spain
Wisconsin Pioneer Judge Hubbard Dies After Long Illness
Harvey FE Hubbard a pioneer resident of La Crosse died Friday morning after a three month illness. A former postmaster under President Pierce he served as the city’s youngest postmaster and long time criminal court judge. He was deeply connected with early western Wisconsin history.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Harvey FE. Hubbard
Ife
Pierce
Criminal Court
Crop prospects vary by region with generally favorable outlook
Across Missouri and Ohio valleys crop conditions improve or hold steady while southern states show poor prospects. Harvesting progresses in the Lower Missouri valley and Ohio valley with favorable yields noted for oats and spring wheat. Apples and peaches show mixed results in Michigan New York New England and Oklahoma Kansas also sees improvement while other areas remain inferior.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Gulf Districts
Missouri Valley
Slinois
Nebraska
Middle Atlantic States
Lake
North Pacific Coast
California
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Upper
Michigan
New York
New England
Kansas
Oklahoma
Baptist Young People Convenes Second Day in Providence
The Baptist Young People's Union convention opens its second day with prayer meetings at First Baptist Church and Infantry Hall. Rev. E P Fuller and Rev. Walter Calley address attendees on call to battle and girdle of consecration. The nominating committee lists and elects officers for the coming year, including President John H. Chapman and several vice presidents and officials.
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Providence
R. I
Baptist Young People’s Union Convention
First Baptist Church
E. P 'Uller
Detroit
Mich
Infantry Hall
Walter Calley
Boston
John H. Chapman
Illinois
George Miller
Maryland
Thomas Trotter
D. D
Nova Scotia
Samuel Seymour
Pennsylvania
H. W. Reid
H. E. Osgood
Chicago
Ira M. Pierce
J. W. Low
Mor rison gets twenty five year term for murder
Jessie Morrison was sentenced in Eldorado Kansas to 25 years in the penitentiary for second degree murder in the June 1900 slaying of Mrs. Olin Castle by razor cut. A new trial motion was overruled and an appeal to the supreme court is anticipated.
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Jessie Morrison
Mrs. Castle
Eldorado
Kan
Weather improves corn crop and grains in July report
Government July report notes June condition gains for winter wheat oats barley rye and hay while spring wheat slips slightly. Wholesale trade restricted yet warmer weather boosts retail. Fall business strong in the West.
Des Moines Flood Tears Homes as River Rises
The Des Moines river stood 21 feet above low water mark early Thursday, rising three feet in ten hours. Hundreds of homeless flood victims spent the night in schoolyards and parks with scarce food or blankets. Officials fear malaria and typhoid epidemics as damage nears a million dollars.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Treasury issues first order under Philippine civil government act
The Treasury Department released regulations for refunds of internal revenue taxes paid on articles shipped to the Philippines since November 15, 1901. Refunds cover whiskies beer wines spirits and tobacco with several millions expected but not yet estimated.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Philippines
Secretary of the Treasury
Bear Creek Destroyed by Fire Near Appleton
Fire swept Bear Creek, 30 miles northwest of Appleton, destroying a dozen stores, the post office, depot and lumber mill. Originated in a millinery store at four am Friday. by noon the blaze raged with damages near 100000 dollars. Residents fought it with buckets.
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Appleton
Wis
Bear Creek
Chicago & Northwestern
Yates Names Judge Mesick New Trustee at Illinois Home
Gov. Yates appointed Judge Joseph B. Mesick of East St. Louis as trustee of the Illinois soldiers and sailors home at Quincy replacing C B Chandler of Macomb who resigned.
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Springfield
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