Corner Stone Ceremony Highlights Iowa History Building
Des Moines hosts a grand corner stone laying May 17 drawing elite state figures like John A. Kasson James Harlan and Gov Shaw. Kasson’s address argues Iowa’s agrarian strength makes better public servants and contrasts with big city politics. The event includes songs led by Maj Byers and Hussey Towner, a vast reception and a political caucus on Henderson’s speakership.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Historical
Savery Hotel
A. B. F. Hildreth
Charles City
James Harlan
Lincoln
John A. Kasson
Congress
Austria
Theodore 8. Parvin
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Territory
H. M. Byers
Tacitus Hussey
H. M. Towner
Kasson
Towa
Charles Aldrich
Peace Conference Opens At The Hague May 19 1899
The czar of Russia calls a peace conference in Huis Ten Bosch near The Hague. Delegates from Russia and the Netherlands attend as M De Beaufort and M De Staal chair sessions. A telegram of congratulations is sent to the czar and to Queen Wilhelmina by the conference and President McKinley offers well wishes to Nicholas II in Washington.
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Cznar
M. de Staal
The
Hague
Russia
Huis Ten Bosch
M. de Beaufort
Council
Netherlands
Cam
Great Britain
Wilhelmina
A. P. C. van Karnebeck
McKinley
Nicholas
Washington
D. C
Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
William Mikinley
Delegates Listed for Hague Peace Conference Opens
Washington May 18 The Hague peace conference opened with representatives from at least 16 nations in attendance. The list includes Austria Count de Walsenheim China Yang Ju Denmark E de Bille England Sir Julian Pauncefote Sir Henry Howard and others France Leon Bourgeois Germany Count Munster Italy Count Nigra Japan Baron Hayasechi Netherlands Garon von Skaynebeek Persia Gen Mirza Khan Roumania Al Beldeman Siam Phiya Suriga Spain Duke of Tetuan Switzerland M S Roth Turkey Turkhan Pasha and for the United States Andrew D White Seth Low Stanford Newell Frederick W Halls Capt Alfred T Mahan and Capt William Crozier.
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Washington
The
Hague
Holland
Austria
Count de Walsenheim
Count Okolicsanyi d'Ocolicsna
the Hague
M. Morey
China
Yang Ju
St. Petersburg
Denmark
E. de Bille
London
Col. de Schnack
England
Julian Pauncefote
Henry Howard
John A. Fischer
J. C. Ardagh
France
Leon Bourgeois
M. Bibourd
d’Estourvelles de Constant
Chamber of
Brussels
Col
Myehara
Capt. Sakamoto
Netherlands
Garon von Skaynebeek
Gen
de Beer Poortugael
T. M. C. Asser
E. N. Rahnsen
Persia
Gen. Mirza Khan
A. Kuzhi
el. Ddier
Turkey
Turkhan Pasha
Mourcy Bey
Abdullah Pasha
Mohemmed Pasha
United States
Andrew D. White
Berlin
Seth Low
Columbia University
Stanford Newell
Frederick W. Halls
Alfred T. Mahan
William
Dan Sully Files for Bankruptcy in New York
Actor and manager Dan Sully petitions for bankruptcy in New York. Liabilities total 30,718 dollars, assets 23 dollars, including copyrights to six plays valued at one dollar each.
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New York
Dan Sully
Sir Julian Phearunce of Arbitration Chair Accepted
The Daily Telegraphs Hague report says Sir Julian Puauncefote has accepted the chairmanship of the arbitration section. He and U S delegates plan a permanent court of arbitration as a conference goal. Dr Hale resigns. Boston pastor Edward Everett Hale quits after 43 years at South Congregational Church.
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Julian
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Hague
Julian Puauncefote
United States
Hale
Boston
Edward Everett Wale
South Congregational Church
Indian Grievances From Sac and Fox Delegation to Washington
The Sac and Fox delegation from Iowa sent a formal statement of grievances to the Secretary of the Interior after a Washington interview. They demand tribal chief succession by paternal line, oppose an Indian police presence, protest arrests by an agent at Toledo, oppose diagonally laid highways on their lands, and request an Indian agent rather than a white officer.
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Washington
Montour
Secretary of the Interior
Department
E. J. Wilcox
Washington, D. C
Sac and I’ox
Iowa
Muck-que-push-e-to
Mamin
Toledo
State of
Notable Statistics From Hill Report on Independence Asylum
The year ended July 1 1898 report to the state board of control lists 1387 treated during year 350 new patients admitted 304 readmitted 112 discharged recovered 12 percent discharged improved Private patients 9 male patients admitted 57 percent of patients male 6143 names appearing twice 105 appearing ten times 1 illiterates in asylum 11 percent of men single 460 employed 109 natives of New York 171 dependents during year 1 232 402
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Hill
Independence Asylum
State Board of Control
Paaeebaeny
Cscesesees
Cseese Eee
Cccccaeegeer
New York
Iowa
Actress Mary Timbermann Dies in New York Staircase Fall
Mary Timbermann a Shakespearean actress and former magazine writer dropped dead from heart failure while climbing stairs at the Sturtevant house in New York. She had been staying at the hotel for weeks, last with the MacLean-Tyler-Hanford troupe at Herald Square theatre. Born near Keokuk about 35 years ago, her mother still lives there and she often visited her childhood home. She began in literature in Keokuk as a newspaper worker.
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Mary Timbermann
Sturtevant House
New York
Miss Timbermann
MacLean-Tyler- Hanford Company
Herald Square Theater
Keokuk
Death of Lieut Whitney in Cuba Typhoid Fever
Lieut Harry J Whitney of the Second United States Infantry died in Cienfuegos Cuba from typhoid fever. He was appointed to the regular army as second lieutenant last summer and earned a recent promotion to first lieutenant. He was the son of Mr and Mrs William Whitney of near New Hartford, where he lived before joining the army.
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Harry J. Whitney
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Second United States Infantry
Regular
Second Infantry
Whitney
William Whitney
New Hartford
Water Emerges From Ground In Webster City
A natural phenomenon reports water suddenly flowing from a ground hole in Webster City. The stream began small like a straw and grew to an inch within three hours. Experts suggest thaw and heavy rains filled an underground lake, forcing water upward rather than downward.
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Webster City
De France Life Sentence Commuted by McKinley
Ellsworth P. De France of Sioux City sees his life term reduced to 15 years by President McKinley. He and William Huntington robbed a mail carrier near Chadron Nebraska, rifling mail sacks and taking a single penny before De France’s arrest a few days afterward.
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Ellsworth P. de France
Sioux City
McKinley
William Huntington
Chadron
Neb
de Ivance
New Professor Elected at Cedar Falls Normal School
At a Cedar Falls board meeting Prof Louis Begeman M S was elected associate professor in physical science. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1897 and is currently superintendent of Corydon public schools.
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Cedar Falls
State Normal School
Louis Begeman
Begeman
University of Michigan
Corydon
Labor Federation Holds Seventh Annual Iowa Convention in Ottumwa
The Iowa State Federation of Labor closed its Ottumwa convention with a banquet. New officers were elected: O. P. Beebe as president, James Baxter vice president, John B. Nagle secretary treasurer, and an executive committee including J. F. Byrne William McGovern James Fitzgerald T. J. Grant Leonard Schuster and Guy Harbach. A four cent per member per year local union tax was adopted. Des Moines chosen for next year’s meeting. Resolutions urged safer mining laws support for Iowa textbooks referendum compulsory education municipal ownership and civil government study while opposing militarism contract labor trading stamps convict labor and poll tax.
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Iowa State Federation of Labor
Ottumwa
Local Trades Assembly
J. F. Byrne
O. P. Beebe
Sioux City
James Baxter
Hiteman
John 8. Nagle
Dubuque
William McGovern
James Fitzgerald
Des Moines
T. J. Grant
Muscatine
Leonard Schuster
Guy Harbach
Burlington
Iowa
Mystery at Vinton Tramp Found Dead in Barn
Workmen on C Whippis farm near Vinton discovered a dead man described as a 50 year old, five six, 180 pounds with dark mustache. Inquest held by Justice Connell. no identification. Found two to three days after death, five to six dollars in pocket. Body in Evergreen cemetery vault awaiting interment arrangements.
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T. Whipple
George Kelloggs
C. Whippis
Vinton
Justice Connell
Evergreen Cemetery
Love at Long Range in Fort Dodge Marriage
Fort Dodge reports a romance sparked by an advertisement in a matrimonial paper. Martin Kueck a 27 year old locksmith wooed Tena Krienke of South Bend after securing strong recommendations from a local minister. He traveled to South Bend and returned with his bride, the couple marrying after a March courtship.
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Fort Dodge
Martin Kueck
Kueck
Tena Krienke
South Bend
State board reports $105000 surplus across institutions
The state board of control reports a surplus of over $105,000 on hand. The April statement by Accountant Treat shows for each state institution the number of inmates total expenditures and the May 1 balance on hand. The accompanying table lists these figures by institution.
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State Board of Control
Treat
Professional Swindler Exploits Farmers With Wagon Tale
A man traveling with a two horse wagon and team has been approaching farmers near Kellogg claiming his team is starved and he is stranded. He collects oats corn potatoes and other supplies then sells the cargo for cash in a town and moves on to repeat the scheme.
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Kellogg
Death of Drum Major Andy H Statler in North Liberty
Andy H Statler died at his home in North Liberty from heart disease at age 61. A Civil War veteran, he joined the First Iowa infantry as a drummer boy and rose to drum major of the Thirteenth Town. He served throughout the war and was a regular at local soldiers reunions. he leaves a wife and daughter.
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Andy H. Statler
North Liberty
First
Iowa Infantry
Iowa fruit prospects by county reports to state society
Returns from 14 counties to Secretary Greene of the State Horticultural Society show crop condition percentages for Iowa fruit. Apples 22 percent, American plums 92, European plums 44, Japan plums 18, cherries 54, pears 50, blackberries 16, red raspberries 45, blackcaps 58, grayberries 62, and strawberries 68.
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Greene
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
No Settlement Reached in Buffalo Grains Dock Strike
Grain shovelers on May 20 repudiated all agreements with the Lake Carriers association and demanded abrogation of the Conners contract. They rejected Bishop Quigley’s plea to return under lake line terms, ending two weeks of talks and signaling the strike may run its course without new proposals to carriers or the contractor.
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Buffalo
Lake Carriers’ Association
Conners
Bishop Quigley
Associated Lake Lines
Eight Former British Officers Arrested in High Treason Case
In Johannesburg authorities arrested eight former British officers Nicholls Patterson Tremlett Mills Freis Allen Hooper and Mitchell on high treason charges. The group was brought to Pretoria by special train and jailed before a visit from the British diplomatic agent, with a detective said to have infiltrated the movement aiming to foment rebellion.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Republic
Johannesburg
Nicholls
Patterson
Tremlett
Mills
Freis
Allen
Hooper
Mitchell
Retoria
Watson Sails Upstream to Orient After Mare Island Transfer
Rear Admiral John C. Watson retires from Mare Island navy yard command and turns over to Rear Admiral Kempis, new Asiatic station commandant. Watson sails Tuesday aboard the City of Peking for the Orient with Lieuts. Snowden and Marble and five Mare Island mechanics bound for Cavite.
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Vallejo
Cal
John C. Watson
Dewey
Asiatic
Mare Island Navy Yard
Kempis
Independence
Admiral Watson
Orient
Peking
Snowden
Marble
Mare Island
Cavite
William Nast Dies Founder of German Methodism in America
Dr William Nast died in Cincinnati at 92 after a long career as founder editor and organizer of German Methodism in America He was born in Stuttgart Germany educated at Tubingen University came to the United States in 1828 and joined the Cincinnati conference in 1837 His work built a church network across America and Europe with 13 conferences 800 preachers and over a thousand churches and property valued at more than 7 million dollars He mentored Charles Nordhoff and sat on many general conferences since 1848.
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Cincinnati
William Nast
America
Stuttgart
Germany
Tuebingen University
Christian Apologist
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Nast
Charles Nordhoff
German Methodist Church
Europe
Dr. Nast
Headless body found in Willacoochee Creek
In Fitzgerald Georgia on May 20 a young black woman’s headless body was recovered from Willacoochee Creek with a mutilated neck and signs of a struggle. Polly Mitchell from Martinsdale’s mill is reported missing, reportedly in trouble with her husband. A crowd of local Black residents viewed the scene. No crew is involved.
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Fitzgerald
Willacoochee Creek
Polly Mitchell
Martinsdale
Ex Judge John F Potter Dies In East Froy
Ex Judge John F Potter a Wisconsin representative in the Thirty fifth Thirty sixth and Thirty seventh congresses died after a paralytic stroke in East Froy Wis He also served as Nevada territory governor under Lincoln and as consul general to British North America Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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East Froy
Wis
John F. Potter
Wisconsin
Nevada Territory
Lincoln
British North America
Potter
Two Filipino Commissioners Arrive in Manila to Seek Armistice
Manila reports at 10 45 am the arrival of two military and two civil Filipino commissioners with three Manila citizens to press armistice terms while awaiting the Philippine congress session. Maj General Otis refuses to entertain the proposal. In Pana St May 18 miners and operators conference ends without interviews but hints at a probable final settlement to be published soon. The Maryland Steel Company ships 250 tons of steel rails to Australia and another consignment to the government.
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Manila
Tvilipino Congress
Otis
Pana
Australia
New York
Maryland Steel Company
Ex-Sen Pfeffer Returns to Republican Party
Topeka May 19 Ex United States Senator Pfeffer a founder of the populist party and long viewed as its chief exponent has returned to the Republican fold. He cites settling many issues that prompted the old alliance as the reason for his shift. Fund Grows at San Francisco May 20 Contributions to the Dewey home fund in San Francisco total $1508 to date.
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Republican Party
Topeka
Kan
United States
Pfeffer
Old Alliance
San Francisco
Sanfranciscco
Dewey Home
Paris on the Rocks Off Falmouth After Foggy Collision
The American steamer Paris commanded by Captain Watkins ran ashore on a Manacles ridge near Falmouth in dense fog early Sunday after leaving Cherbourg en route to New York. About 380 passengers were brought to Falmouth, with tugs standing by to aid. The ship, launched in 1891 as City of Paris, later became Yale in US Navy service, and was returned to merchant duties after refitting.
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Paris
Watkins
Southampton
Cherbourg
New York
Mohegan
The
Glasgow
Scotland
J. & G. Thompson
City of
Queenstown
Yale
United States Navy
Spain
United States
Navy Department
Wise
Rita
Dawson Fire Destroys City Core in April Blaze
Fire gutted central Dawson on April 26, destroying 111 buildings including Bank of British North America. Loss pegged at 4 million with rebuilding stalled by material shortages and navigation delays. A bank vault reportedly yielded some gold as miners searched ashes. Chains of events also report Reina Mercedes arrival and a man walking 60 miles to rail yards.
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B. C
Dawson
Bank of British North America
L. S. Hume
Hume
Seattle
J. Toklas
Lake Lebarge
Timmons’ Royal Cafe
Fairview Hotel
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