Sheldon Assumes Editorial Control of Topeka Daily Capital
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon takes over the Topeka Daily Capital with a plan to steer the paper on novel lines aimed at influencing readers to seek the Kingdom of God. He outlines a Christian, nonpartisan policy with emphasis on prohibition, social reform, and selective news prioritized by moral significance.
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Topeka
Ixan
Kan
Kingdom of God
Charles M. Sheldon
Capital
Jesus
Maine
California
Africa
Philippines
Charles M. Shieldon
Mnopeka Daily Capital
Famine in India and Militarism Debate Lead Capital News
The Capital reports India famine urgency with Abbott Curzon notes and a 1200 word militarism discussion from Dr Richard H Thomas. It also covers Kansas prohibition debate statements by politicians and editors, plus a Y M C A Colorado appeal for a Denver consumptives home. The week’s leading editorial outlines policy in a Christian daily.
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India
J. E. Abbott
Bombay
Lord Curzon
Baltimore
Richard H.thomas
Kansas
Eoitor Sheldon
Colorado
Denver
Frankfort unrest eases as Goebel case arrests loom
In Frankfort the public mood calmed after arrests tied to Gov. Goebel’s assassination. Rumors of militia actions faded as officials warned of further warrants. Gov. Taylor stays in Frankfort awaiting federal court rulings. In Louisville Hazelipp is jailed on conspiracy charges linked to Goebel plot. Admiral Dewey Manila case slated for April 9 Supreme Court argument.
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Frankfort
Davis
Goebel
Beckham
Taylor
Caleb Powers
John Davis
Mazelipp
William Goebel
Central Asylum
Gov
Bradley
Mr. Hazelipp
Grayson County
Lakeland
Louisville
Dewey
Manila
Supreme Court
Iowa Senate Passes Bills on Prisons and Education Roles
Iowa lawmakers advance measures reducing prison wardens bonds and clerks bonds while funding state costs in prosecutions for escapes. They also move on memorials for Shiloh monuments Lookout Mountain positions and Missionary Ridge sites, plus finish funding for the state historical building. House actions include adjournment plans and a new normal college consolidation vote.
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Des Moines
Senate
Congress
Iowa
Shiloh
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Clark
Dallas
Des Moines, Jr
Fitchpatrick
Knoxville
Riis
Board of Control
Historical Department
Committee On Public Health
House
Hughes
Committee On Building and Loan
Subcommittee On
Judiciary
State Supreme Court
Committee On Elections
Hawk
State Library Commission
Anamosa
Attachments dissolved in Plankinton bank case settlement
St Paul March 12 Mitch Mlo special to Dispatch reports that two months after the Plankinton bank failure little progress toward settlement occurred because attachments on the property blocked terms. A motion to dissolve attachments was granted by Judge Smith Saturday. Opposing counsel plan to appeal to the supreme court.
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St. Paul, Minn
Mitch- Mlo
S. D
Fire destroys Omaha Tent and Rubber Co. plant
A morning blaze in Omaha Nebraska consumed the Omaha Tent and Rubber company stock valued at fifty thousand dollars and gutted the building housing it. The loss on the structure is estimated around seventy five thousand dollars.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha Tent and Rubber Company
Black man shot by own group in Mississippi incident
In Hernando Mississippi on March 12 Thomas Clayton a Black man was struck by members of his own race over a criminal incident involving a ten year old girl. Bullets from a dozen Winchesters were fired into his body at his cabin door.
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Hernando
Miss
Thomas Clayton
Ife
Way Stations and Rail Developments Worldwide
Mexico bought US railway cars worth 78000 dollars in November. The first electric line in Mexico marked by a new word motorista for Tuotorman. The Brooks locomotive works built last year the largest locomotive, a 12 wheeled 365000 pound engine with tender, at Dunkirk New York. An English commission studies automatic coupling after many deaths. Connecticut trolley riders totaled 59654762 last year while steam lines carried 59269168 passengers. steam revenue rose despite slight passenger decline. Hartford paper notes mutual benefit of rail and trolley interests.
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Mexico
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N.Y
Connecticut
Hartford
Arrest of W H Weaver in Northwestern Library scam
W H Weaver of Independence is under arrest in Michigan City Indiana on charges of postal fraud tied to the Northwestern Library association scheme. He allegedly claimed exclusive US sales rights for certain books and demanded small cash payments before shipments, with contracts never fulfilled. Investigators tracked him after months of pursuit and he reportedly previously served time in an Iowa penitentiary for swindling.
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W. H. Weaver
Marson
Independence
Northwestern Library Association
Michigan City
Ind
Mayer
Chicago
Weaver
United States
Post Office
Iowa
Home Crowded as Soldiers’ Home Reaches Record Enrollment
The Marshall town soldiers' home reports over 600 male members plus 43 women members, filling every bed in the main building and hospital with 25 cots placed in hallways. The old peoples' building remains partially furnished, limiting relief. Commandant Orton anticipates full occupancy once the building is ready.
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Marshalltown
Orton
Old Peoples
Through a Tube A Blacksmith Feeds Via Silver Insertion
Waterloo reports Adolph Vollenweider, a 50 year old blacksmith, fed entirely through a silver tube connected to the stomach after a Chicago operation. The tube nourishes him with meals, he moves about freely, and shows good health and spirits with no breathing difficulties. He is married with a family and previously worked at the Illinois Central shops.
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Medical Fraternity of
Waterloo
Adolph Vollenweider
Chicago
Vollenweider
Mr. Volfenweider
Illinois Central
Fight the Liquor Law In injunction case in Iowa court
In Des Moines district court saloon men contest a permanent injunction tied to pre existing records. Attorneys argue the 1897 code repeals prior laws and injunctions, potentially wiping out thousands of saloon injunctions. The issue was not ruled on and will likely go to the Iowa Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Funeral for John Trennessy, first Dubuque Archbishop
In a vault beside bishops Loras and Smith lie the remains of John Trennessy the first archbishop of Dubuque. Archbishops and bishops from multiple sees attended the funeral including Ireland St Paul Kain St Louis Ryan Philadelphia Katzer Milwaukee and bishops Swe bach La Crosse Foley Detroit Linehan Cheyenne Seannel Omaha Cosgrove Davenport Glennon Kansas City Cotter Winona.
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Loras
Smith
John Trennessy
Dubuque
Ireland
St. Paul
Kain
St. Louis
Ryan
Philadelphia
Katzer
Milwaukee
Swebach
la Crosse
Foley
Detroit
Linehan
Cheyenne
Seannel
Omaha
Cosgrove
Davenport
Glennon
Kansas City
Cotter
Winona
Notaries to Receive Commission Expiration Notices
The secretary of state will mail notices to 7 500 state notaries about the expiration of their commissions on July 4. Renewal could yield 37 500 in revenue for the state, a figure not included in the Ways and Means Committee's revenue estimates.
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Secretary of State
Ways and Means Committee
Will filing in Hardin county over Blairstown estate
Harry Stuart general manager of the Chicago Iowa and Dakota Railway, files John Blair of Blairstown New Jersey last will with Hardin county clerk to enable transfer of estate properties.
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Harry Stuart
Chicago, Iowa & Dakota Railway Company
Hardin County
John Blair
Blairstown
N. J
Farmers Cooperative to Prosecute Boycotters
The tenth annual meeting of the Farmers' Cooperative society of Rockwell in Mason City. It is the largest society of its kind in the state. The society will prosecute those who boycott wholesale implement dealers selling to cooperative concerns.
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Farmers’ Cooperative Society of
Rockwell
Mason City
Crises Spread as Kruger Appeals for Mediation in War
The Transvaal president Kruger appeals to the United States and other powers for mediation to end the war with Britain. Consul Hay reports no Washington reply yet, while Britain presses toward Bloemfontein and Germany declines intervention.
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Pretoria
Kruger
United States
Adelbert S. Hay
Hay
State Department
Washington
Lord Salisbury
McKinley
Great Britain
Adelbert Hay
Department of State
Choate
Wkruger
Steyn
The
Hague
Transvaal
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Durbin
Germany
London
Lord Roberts
Ausvogel Kop
Bloemfontein
Orange River District
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Mafeking
Col. Peakman
Kimberley
Flood Devastates Havana Sanga River Bottom Lands
The Sanga mon river floods Havana Illinois bottom lands leaving hundreds homeless and washing away property. Livestock drowned as no animals could swim in the raging current. Tens of tenants lose all possessions as flood damages spread. Wheat crops across Indiana show severe stress with northern yields under 50 percent of normal per crop reports.
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Havana
Ill
Japanese insurers barred from entering Japanese market
Tacoma March 13 reports Oriental advices state Japan has refused permission to 60 foreign insurers to conduct general business, with most being American.
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Japan
Tacoma, Wach
Possum Farm Aims to Match Skunk Industry in La Grange
To Raise Possuma La Grange Indiana March 13 This city Misses the oddity of a possum farm mirroring its skunk farm venture. Local residents anticipate similar effort and potential success in this new industry.
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la Grange
Ind
Redmond Protests Queen Victoria Welcome Address
William Redmond M P writes to the clerk of the corporation protesting the proposed welcome to Queen Victoria. He threatens to resign his council seat if the address is presented.
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Redmond
Dublin
William Redmond
M. P
Corporation
Queen Victoria
Tragic Newark Tenement Fire Kills Fourteen
A March fire in Newark New Jersey killed fourteen people and seriously wounded two. Firefighters recovered 13 bodies from the ruins and another victim died later at the city hospital. Authorities suspect arson linked to a gambling disturbance in a two story frame building converted from a church.
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New York
Nunalata Bold
Salvatore Boldi
Teresa Boldi
Angela Casillo
Uggento Casillo
Benninita Casillo
Antonio Casillo
Uggenio Cassilo
Frank Cassilo
Fourteenth Avenue
Vito Credanza
Credanza
Boldi
Resso
City Hospital
Liberia of Horrors figure in Coeur dAlene hearings
L J Simpkins an electrical engineer from Wardner Idaho testified before the house military affairs committee in Washington on the Coeur dAlene investigation. He said he did not join the riot but was arrested by U S troops who searched streets arresting those named by Bunker Hill mine spotters. The committee allowed the Siberia of horrors phrasing over objections.
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Washington
L. J. Simpkins
Wardner
Idaho
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States
Bunker Hill
Sulzer
Siberia
Goebel Burial at hilltop cemetery in Frankfort
The remains of Governor William Goebel were buried on a hilltop plot overlooking the Kentucky River after a brief service. Legislative members attended, and a monument will stand prominently in the cemetery.
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Frankfort
William Goebel
Kentucky River
Saloon Closures Stand Except Decorah City As Court Rules
Judge Fellows rendered a liquor injunction ruling that closes all Winneshiek county saloons except Decorah. The decision finds the board of supervisors failed to certify findings for four specified areas including towns and townships, leaving West Decorah Ossian Calmar Spillville Fort Atkinson and Jackson Junction subject to injunction while Decorah remains exempt. The board’s time to act is expired and relief would require a new consent petition.
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Fellows
Winneshicky County
Decorah
M. L. Hill
Thomas Kane
Ossian
Board of Supervisors
West Decorah
Calmar
Spillville
Fort Atkinson
Jackson Junction
Kane
Siblings Found Dead in Rural Wright County Farm
Two elderly sisters, Mrs. Margaret McHale 90 and Mrs. Mary Shelly 80, were found dead in a south Clarion area house after a day or two. A cat reportedly fed on the remains, and the coroner ruled death from old age. both were buried in a single grave.
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Margaret McHale
Mary Shelly
Wright County
Clarion
Summer School Proposed by Iowa Liberal Churches
The Iowa Association of Unitarian and liberal churches wrapped up a three day Sioux City meeting. Rev Marion Shutter of Minneapolis delivered the closing sermon. A summer school was established at Lake Okoboji and Des Moines was set as permanent headquarters. The age shift from materialism to spirituality was a main discussion topic.
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Iowa Association of Unitarian
Liberal
Sioux City
Marion Shutter
Minneapolis
Lake Okoboji
Des Moines
Sam Brown Buys 520 Acre Farm South of Extra
Sam Brown purchases the J E Johnson farm of 520 acres south of Extra at 45 dollars per acre, paying 23400 dollars in cash. Once poor twenty years ago, he is now valued at 380000 dollars and is a partner in Huesley Bros. & Brown, western Town’s leading livestock business. He has never inherited and built his wealth through grit.
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Sam Brown
J E. Johnson
Extra
Huesley Bros. & Brown
Mr. Brown
Sioux City Debate Over New Corn Palace This Year
Sioux City residents discuss building another corn palace amid a shift from street carnivals to calmer fall entertainment. After years of cereal palaces making the city famous nationwide, citizens express weariness with past amusements and show renewed interest in a traditional crown jewel.
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Sioux City
Des Moines Banks Report February Reserve and Asset Shifts
Abstract of the condition of national banks in Des Moines shows the February 12 figures to the comptroller of the currency with an average reserve of 25 percent, up from 22.73 percent. Loans and discounts fell from 4 485 474 to 4 045 593, stocks and securities rose from 185 238 to 189 231, gold coin declined from 154 032 to 117 930, total specie from 255 686 to 228 262, lawful money from 545 995 to 436 071, and individual deposits from 2 687 712 to 2 449 552.
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National Banks of
Des Moines
Kidnap Claim Ties Burlington Father to Missouri Flight
Peter Johnson reports his 14 year old daughter Lilie was kidnapped by a man named Fullerton. He allegedly sold household goods and fled to Missouri, forcing Lilie to stay in a Burlington room until the train. She was seen on the train weeping and pleading to return home as authorities probe the case.
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Peter Johnson
Burlington
Lilie
Fullerton
Missouri
Johnson
Remains of Albert Harradon Arrive in Clinton
Albert Harradon who died in Kewanee NL arrives in Clinton. He had lived in Clinton for twenty years and once with his son. Born 1802 he would have been a centenarian in two years. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1851.
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Albert Harradon
Clinton
Kewanee
Methodist Episcopal Church
Duke of Congress Recognized by Mardi Gras Delegation
A New Orleans Mardi Gras delegation presented Speaker Senderson with the title duke of congress in his private office before a House meeting. The honor included a jewel of diamonds and pearls.
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Towans
Speaker Senderson
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
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