Iowa Exhibits Win Three Prizes at Paris Exposition
Special correspondence from Des Moines notes Iowa agents Elmer Reeves and Q. Harrington of York Center show the State Agricultural Society exhibit at Paris, earning a gold medal a France, and a dipl oma. G. B. Brackett of Denmark led the display. The medals will be shown in Des Moines after receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes Moines
Iowa
Elmer Reeves
Waverly
I’. QO. Harrington
York Center
State Agricultural Society
G. B. Brackett
Denmark
Wright County
Des Moines
Manchester supervisor awarded for top railroad section
John Sullivan of Manchester, supervisor of the Dubuque and Waterloo division of the Illinois Central rail road, is elated as the inspection committee honors one section of his division with the blue post for best conditioned piece of road on the Town system. The award marks the top standard of track maintenance among his fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sullivan
Manchester
Dubuque
Des Moines pension rolls show October gains and totals
The Des Moines agency lists 54,737 names on October 1 and 54,830 on October 31 a net gain of 93 deaths. Additions include 9 invalids and 5 widows from the Spanish American War era 1890 act, with 99 invalids and 59 widows under general law 2 invalids and 15 widows. Losses include 6 widows who remarried and 13 minors reaching 16. October payments totaled 1 852542.02.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Spain
Skeleton found on Fort Dodge street linked to old Catholic cemetery
Street worker inspector Welch unearthed a woman's skeleton on Eighth Street Fort Dodge. Only bones and long light hair remained, prompting a sensation until it was revealed the site overlapped a former Catholic cemetery and the skeleton belonged to a body not moved when grounds were relocated.
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Welch
Eighth Street
Fort Dodge
Devlopmens
Fort Dodge set to launch $100000 hotel stock
Prominent Fort Dodge businessmen organize a stock company to build a new hotel valued at $100,000. Goal is 20 leading citizens each to subscribe $5,000. Backers include Hon. S. T. Meservey and George W. Mason.
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Fort Dodge
S. T. Meservey
George W. Mason
Missouri man seeks daughter in Des Moines abduction case
William Gordon of Missouri arrived in Des Moines to pursue his underage daughter who he says was abducted by John Scott Wilkinson and coerced into marriage. The couple wed in Ottumwa on October 3 and were later found living on Grand Avenue. Gordon, with a detective and sheriff, arrested Wilkinson for abduction after a discovery on the scene.
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Des Moines
Phaddeus Ruff
Ruff
Propographical Union
George A. Miler
Missouri
Mien Moines
May Jardon
du Des Moines
Wier
Noah B. Bacon
Andrew Jackson
McKinley
William Gordon
John Scott Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Ottumwa
Walter Davis
Grand’ Avenue
Gordon
Sheriff Rescues Booked Man Avoiding Albia Lynching
Sheriff Doner moved rapidly to remove Booker after he allegedly broke into the widow Mrs. Sarah Hovel residence in Albia with a big revolver and menaced her and her 11 year old daughter. As details spread, town friends talked of lynching and Booker was taken to Fort Madison.
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Albia
Doner
Id Booker
Booker
Sarah Hovel
Epworth League Elects Officers at Des Moines Convention
The state Epworth League convention in Des Moines elected officers: President Fred Montgomery of Fayette. secretary C. B. Roberts of Adel. treasurer George S. Huffman of Des Moines. junior league superintendent Miss Susie Mills of Marshalltown. Vice presidents named for four conferences include Prof. C. E. Shelton of Indianola. Rev. George Whitfield of Belmond. Miss Louise Hinsey of Ottumwa. Rev. W. H. Troy of Charles City.
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Des Moines
Fred Montgomery
Fayette
C. B. Roberts
Adel
George S. Huffman
Susie Mills
Marshalltown
C. E. Shelton
Indianola
Northwest
George Whitfield
Belmond
Iowa
Louise Hinsey
Ottumwa
Upper Iowa
W. H. Troy
Charles City
Waterloo pastor linked to false arson confession
A man named C. F. Hollins confessed that over three years ago he burned a barn and other buildings owned by J. R. Faust in Marshall County and then provided evidence that convicted Faust of arson, resulting in a three year penitentiary sentence for Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Earl
Waterloo
C. F. Hollins
J. R. Faust
Marshall County
Faust
Receivers Report on Officer & Pusey Bank Firm
The Council Bluffs filing shows deposits of 624 458 dollars and assets of 566 879 dollars. Many bills receivable are worth less and experts estimate no more than fifty percent realization unless the Colorado mining property of Thomas Officer yields value.
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Officer & Pusey
Council Bluffs
Colorado
Thomas Officer
October climate and crop bulletin for Iowa
The Washington weather bureau notes October as ideal for fall work with corn harvest well advanced. Reports show damage in some localities from September storms and wet weather. Fall grain growth is vigorous, wheat acre age is small, and a large amount of fall plowing has been completed.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Iowa in Brief: Robbery suspect jailed in Fargo and other items
Frank FE Carmody of Eldora is jailed in Fargo on alleged complicity in a $10,000 Mexico City robbery and will be moved to Mexico for trial. Other notes report travelers down the Mississippi, rural delivery at Vinton, a Marshalltown soldiers home annual figures, a pacer injured in Charles City, a Calderwood heir suit in California, and debates, census figures, and local incidents across Iowa.
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Frank FE. Carmody
Eldora
Fargo
N. D
Mexico City
Mexico
Derby
Conn
Frank Nolte
Owen Daly
Chicago
Arthur Mullens
Lyons
Venice
Mississippi
Gulf
Connecticut
Vinton
Benton County
Marshalltown
State Board of Control
Fred
Waller Bros
Charles City
Clinton
Thomas Calderwood
California
Calderwood
Langford
State College
Ames
State ‘Normal School
Cedar Falls
Normal School
Iowa
Southwestern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Council Bluffs
Greenfield
Adair County
Hi. A. Kelley
Burlington
Hugo C. Craft
Rev. C. Craft
Lyman
Taku
China
Fourteenth Infantry
Ericson
Boone
Harry Harper
Anamost
Clarion
W. H. Lynn
Milwaukee
Scotland
S. C
Lineville
Adair
Sioux City
Rural Free Delivery routes established in Iowa towns
Iowa rural free delivery listings show carriers and routes for Chariton Grundy Center Pulaski Atlantic Sigourney Tama Ackley Audubon and Council Bluffs. Details include route lengths from 23 to 35 miles, populations served from 562 to 1,035, and named carriers such as George Brown W F Ward H O Taylor J K Brock J S McCreery William Boleyn A Corey E W Whiteside J I Moyer T C Peterson.
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Iowa
Chariton
Lucas County
George Brown
Grundy Center
Grundy County
W. F. Ward
Fifteen Mile
Tama County
Pulaski
Davis County
H. O. Taylor
Atlantic
Cass County
J. K. Brock
Sigourney
Keokuk County
J. S. McCreery
Spechts’ Ferry
Dubuque County
William Boleyn
Tama
A. Corey
Haven
Ackley
Hardin County
E. W. Whiteside
Audubon
Audubon County
J. I. Moyer
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
I’. C. Peterson
Fast Mail Sets Quick Chariton Ottumwa Run
The east bound fast mail on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway cut a superb time from Chariton to Ottumwa. Delays at Union Pacific delayed departure from Council Bluffs but the Burlington train regained minutes and finished the 56 mile stretch in exactly 55 minutes including a five minute water stop at Albia. The train departed Ottumwa on time.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chariton
Ottumwa
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Burlington Iron Greyhound No. 1
Albia
Kind Deed Rewarded After Irishman's Death
Timothy Horgan a 50 year old bachelor from Ireland died of consumption at Michael Murphy's Sioux City home on September 11. His will filed for probate leaves all property to Murphy, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway roadmaster, including a Woodbury county farm valued at 7000 dollars. Horgan had worked as a section hand and foreman for Murphy after being trusted and cared for by Murphy's family during illness.
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Timothy Horgan
Michael Murphy
Sioux City
Horgan
Murphy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Woodbury County
Mystic church charges pastor with bigamy
The Christian church of Mystic Ia certifies that pastor Z T Queen was investigated after son James F Queen of Oxford Neb accused him of bigamy. It states he had a wife in Oxford for 34 years, deserted her in 1899, arrived in Mystic 1900, claimed widower status, and married Anna Hardenbrook on May 10 1900, and urges publication to warn other churches.
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Christian Church At
Mystic
Christian Church of
Z. T. Queen
James F. Queen
Oxford
Neb
Anna Hardenbrook
Death of Keokuk Resident Henry C. Kummer
Henry C. Kummer a prominent Keokuk citizen died at his son William C. Kummer home after a brief illness from old age. Born February 4 1831 in Germany he came to America 1854 and Keokuk 1858. He served in Civil War with Company D First Iowa Infantry and fought at Wilson’s Creek. He married Margaret Hohl of Franklin IA and is survived by four sons and two daughters.
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Henry C. Kummer
Keokuk
William C. Kummer
Germany
America
First
Iowa Infantry
Wilson Creek
Margaret Hohl
Franklin
Cromwell Fire Destroys Drug Store and Endangers Town
A disastrous blaze swept Cromwell six miles west of Creston originat ing in the EH A Anderson & Co drug store gutting the building and its stock. Flames threatened Sparr’s hardware store and the post office, which were cleared out in fear of loss. Insurance details are undetermined.
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Cromwell
Creston
EH. A. Anderson & Co
Sparr
Anderson & Co
Big October Stock Yard Sale At Sioux City
The Sioux City stock yards report a phenomenal rise in October business with 2 855 cars of live stock received. This beats October totals previously and marks the largest October on record. Receipts include 49 043 cattle 69 969 hogs 21 146 sheep and 3 483 horses. The hogs show the greatest gain while western horse sales near 1 000 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Looking for Her Brother by Nebraska Inquiry
The governor reports a Nebraska communication seeking the whereabouts of William McCormick, a tall single man with blue eyes and black hair who is believed to have entered the state months ago. Information should be sent to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
William McCormick
McCormick
News on China War Censorship Sparks Public Outcry
Berlin reports of brutal Chinese theater prompt German and social democratic press to publish letters from privates describing mass executions and bayonet killings. Peking communications claim no prisoners are taken with many shot or sabered. Meanwhile St Petersburg notes US French and Russian replies to the Anglo German note show一致 cooperation.
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Berlin
China
Social Democratic
Bremen Buerger, Zeitung
Peking
Halberstadter Volks Zeitung
St. Petersburg
Annual Post Office Report Details Inland and Foreign Expenditures
Washington on November 3 published the annual report of W S Shallenberger, showing inland mail spending at 5 5 6 146 060 and foreign service at 2 014 538 totaling 57 160 598 for the year ending June 30. The FY 1902 estimate reaches 61 450 249 an increase of 8 6 4 percent. The system lists 22 834 star routes and 269 858 miles, with extensive railway and post office car routes and 8 695 clerks.
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Washington
Shallenberger
Population of United States at 1900 Census
Washington reports the 1900 census total population at 76,295,220 with 74,627,907 in 45 states for apportionment. There are 134,158 Indians not taxed. The 1890 base was 63,069,756, a gain of 13,225,464 over ten years, about 21 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
County Treasurer Proctor Dies by Own Action in Campaign Turmoil
Grand Rapids Nov 2 Henry B Proctor Republican nominee for state senator from the Seventeenth district died by taking landanum Thursday. Campaign criticism of alleged irregularities in county treasury administration is thought to have driven him to suicide. Deputies assert accounts show no shortage. An investigation will be ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
van Houten
F. W. Bicknell
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry B. Proctor
Landanum
Coal Strike Settles in Wilkesbarre Area
Officials of Lehigh Valley Coal and laborers at Dorrance and Prospect mines reach amicable agreement. all workers return. Delaware & Hudson Delaware colliery strikers also end walkout. compromise reached. Some operators may switch to semi monthly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Dorrance and Prospect
Delaware
Delaware & Hudson Company
Attempt to Rob Pay Wagon Near Pittsburgh
Four Italian miners tried to rob a payroll wagon of the Southwest Cornellsville Coke company between Pittsburgh and Alverton. Pay Clerk William Hosler was killed. his companion Harry Burgess was wounded. Two of the attackers died, a third was fatally wounded, and the fourth was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William Hosler
Cornellsville
Alverton
Tarr
Hosler
Harry Burgess
Disaster at Kingston Coal Mine in Edwardsville
A gas explosion in No 3 slope of No 1 shaft at Kingston Coal Company Edwardsville Wilkesbarre Pa on Tuesday at 3 PM killed five men and badly burned six others. Five of the injured are in precarious condition and may not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Kingston Coal Company
Edwardsville
Public debt falls in October 1900 total
The monthly statement shows the public debt minus cash in treasury at October 31 1900 stood at 1 104 402 320 a decrease of 1 754 351 from September. The report comes from Washington with a note on the latest debt figures.
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Washington
William J Strong Dies Sudden In New York
William J Strong former mayor of the old New York City died at his residence at three in the morning. Born in Ohio in 1827 he moved to New York and founded William L Strong & Co later leading the Central National Bank and a reform political leader. He was elected mayor in 1894 on the republican citizens union ticket.
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New York
William J. Strong
William L. Strong & Co
Central National Bank
Strong
Republican Citizens’ Union
Brooklyn
City of
Trade Review reports cautious but hopeful manufacturing rebound
R G Dun & Co notes suspense ending as demand shifts from immediate to speculative buying. Anthracite coal and iron industry show recovery. some steel plants consolidate rather than reduce labor. Weather hampers New York trade, bank clearings down 15.3 percent year over year, though weekly gains exist. Wheat revival linked to Argentina crop issues. corn and most provisions quiet. October park corner forces short-covering at 29. Weekly failures total 198 in the U S and 23 in Canada, compared with prior totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Bremen
Africa
Argentina
United States
Canada
Ferrell Convicted of First Degree Murder in Express Robbery
Marysville Ohio reports Rosslyn H Ferrell found guilty of murder in the first degree with no recommendation for the August 10 killing of Charles Lane an Adams Express express messenger. Ferrell robbed the way safe taking $1000. The verdict carries the death penalty by electrocution.
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Marysville
Rosslyn H. Ferrell
Charles Lane
Ferrell
Adams Express Company
Ohio
Receivers Appointed for Browne & Sons and Phoenix Mills
Judge McPherson in the U S district court appointed receivers for William Browne & Sons and the Phoenix Mills company upon creditors requests. Thomas Wolstenholme and Frank H. Keene named receivers. The two firms, now effectively one, manufacture worsted yarns with combined liabilities around 2.14 million dollars amid weak demand and 1.0 million in wool pledged loans cited as causes of failure.
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Philadelphia
McPherson
United States District Court
William Browne & Sons
Phoenix Mills Company
Thomas Wolstenholme
Frank H. Keene
Merchant Joseph Bacher Dies After Tarrant Explosion
New York reports Joseph Bacher, injured in the Tarrant explosion on Monday, died Thursday from internal injuries and severe head wounds. Rescue work continued overnight with no new bodies found. As of Nov 3, seventeen or eighteen people remain missing from the wreckage after persistent searches.
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New York
Joseph Bacharach
Sevarch
Carlists Rally Near Barcelona With Arrests Reported
Several bands of Carlists have appeared around Barcelona and three priests were arrested in the city amid searches that uncovered important documents. The movement, timed to start in two weeks, erupted early, with a 30-member group sighted near Berga, five miles north-northwest of Barcelona.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Berga
Six injured in Chicago & Alton collision near Mitchell
One man was killed and six others were injured in a Tuesday morning collision on the Chicago and Alton near Mitchell Indiana. The deceased was George W. Carson a Bloomington Illinois mail clerk.
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St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
Mitchell
Til
George W. Carson
Bloomington
China Open Door and Territorial Integrity Pact Confirmed
Washington reports the British German China open door pact with the US stance of impartial trade and respect for Chinese territory. Hay informs Britain and Germany of US approval, noting harmony among powers and no US opinion on the third clause. Berlin announces Japan’s unreserved acceptance of the Anglo German agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
China
United States
Mr. Hay
Lord Pauncefote
Department of State
Great Britain
Germany
London
Marquis of Salisbury
Boers Active as British Casualties Mount in October
London reports improving South African situation with Lord Roberts returning to England. Refugees begin moving to Johannesburg and Bloemfontein to house 7,000 troops. Boer actions persist with a 300-strong commando releasing 30 garrisoned men after capture at Reddersburg. Gen Knox wins a setback against De Wet near Parys, two guns captured. October British losses total 167 killed in action including 15 officers, 71 died of wounds, 367 from disease, 22 from accidents, and 97 captured or missing.
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London
Lord Roberts
England
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Reddersburg
Pretoria
Kottyfontein
Knox
de Wet
Horces
Parys
Gould Named Trustee for Countess Castellane
Paris November first the civil tribunal appointed George J Gould trustee for the countess of Castellane, sister to Gould. Pleadings show Count Beni de Castellane spent 23 million francs in four years while income from his wife's fortune was 3 million francs. The suit, brought by George J Gould, was decided in secret session with only the decision announced.
Rain Battering Winona Farm Crops Causes Heavy Loss
Heavy weeklong rains at Winona Minnesota trigger widespread damage to grain stocks. Farmers report sprouting grain and are faced with thousands of dollars in losses unless three weeks of fair weather returns, compounding ongoing harvest problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
New Orleans Ships Cleared for Liverpool Barcelona Genoa and Hamburg
Eight steamships cleared from New Orleans for Liverpool Barcelona Genoa and Hamburg carrying 76 767 square bales of cotton and 4 921 round bales. It was the largest cotton export for a single port in one day. Vessels will also take wheat corn and cotton seed products. Final Times-Democrat reports put 1900 cotton crop at 9 790 000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
Barcelona
Genoa
Hamburg
Times-Democrat
Twenty Five Dead as Caracas Sways in Earthquake
A strong earthquake leveled Guarenas on Oct 31 killing 25 people. The tremors sent nearly all Caracas residents into streets overnight and minor aftershocks continued through the following hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Guarenas
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