Recommendations for Iowa state institution law changes
State Board of Control urges sweeping reforms in how Iowa's state institutions are funded and managed. It proposes treating inmates as state wards under general taxes, consolidating appropriations, and expanding building and land purchases. It also calls for stricter oversight of private asylums, improved hospital conditions, a dedicated epileptic colony, a male reformatory, a girls reform plan, stronger fire protection, and expanded dietary and industrial programs.
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Des Moines
State ‘Board of Control
Sim County
Mount Pleasant
U. A. Gilman
Board of Control
Clarinda
Genwood
Council Bhitts
Eldora
School For the Deaf
College For the Blind
Industrial Home For the Blind
State Treasurer Herriott Reports Healthy Finances for State
The biennial report shows over 5 million dollars handled with a 445 thousand dollar surplus last July. Income sources include corporation taxes and state officer fees, plus federal funds and miscellaneous items. Recommendations urge quarterly county payments, repeal of anti foreign insurer tax disparity, and auditing of all state officer accounts.
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Herriott
C.e
United States
RF. W. Bicknell
Illinois Ten Dollar Nonresident Hunting License Upheld
About 300 sportsmen in Burlington affected by Judge Kohlsaar in Chicago ruling the Illinois law requiring a ten dollar license for nonresident hunters is constitutional. The case involved Crystal Lake and Sand Lake clubs across the Mississippi bottoms. Frank Eberlee tested the law by hunting a duck without a license and was arrested, a US court upheld Kohlsaar's decision.
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Burlington
Kohlsaar
Chicago
Illinois
Crystal Lake
Sand Lake
Minois
Iowa
Frank Eberlee
Tie
United States
Peat Bed Fire Burns Seven Weeks in Buchanan County
A large peat bed in northwestern Buchanan County has been burning for seven weeks after farmers set fire to nearby slough grass. Low rainfall and failed extinguishing efforts keep the blaze active.
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Buchanan County
Remains Found on Eastman Farm Near Webster City
Workmen digging tile drainage on Charles Eastman’s farm south of Webster City uncovered a human skeleton, presumed to be an Indian. Locals note the area once housed an Indian settlement and there is no local cemetery, so officials presume the remains are those of a former savage.
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Charles Eastman
Webster City
Question Raised Over County Bond Issue In Sioux City
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of Sioux City questions the validity of a $100,000 county funding bond issue. Warrant funding is alleged to exceed the county's constitutional debt limit, with a test case to be prosecuted in district court.
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Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Sioux City
Armored Train Wreck in Boers Victory at Estcourt
London reports the armored train attack in the Estcourt area where British casualties are high. About 90 men killed wounded or missing, with 50 fusileers and 40 Durban infantry cited as casualties. Capt Haldane listed as missing. Lieut Winston Churchill praised for gallantry amid the action.
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London
Durban
Haldane
Gordon Highlanders
Winston Churchill
Estcourt
Review of Trade Market Conditions in New York
Bradstreet says general trade and industry are at peak season volume with firm prices overall. Textiles cereals hides leather and manufactures show strength while pork products raw cotton and tin ease slightly. Coal stocks are small but active demand. lumber remains strong with expected heavy cuts. hog receipts push down provisions. sugar slow despite war settlement reports. Dun & Co notes shrinking new demand for iron and steel though pig iron prices hold and billets trade without change.
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New York
Bradstreet's
R.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Despatches On Estcourt Train Raid And Ladysmith Bombardment
War Office releases Buller dispatch from Pietermaritzburg noting an armored train from Estcourt carrying Dublin fusiliers and Durban volunteers. 100 missing as derailed trucks hinder withdrawal. Simultaneously Ladysmith is under night and day bombardment with bridges over the Tugela destroyed and Boer assaults repelled with heavy losses.
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Estcourt
London
War Office
Buller
Cape Town
Hildyard
Pietermaritzburg
Dublin Fusileers
Durban
Lourenzo Marques
Ladysmith
Tugela River
Fire damages Chicago wholesale millinery stock at State Street
A morning blaze in inflammables at 146 and 148 State Street caused extensive damage to buildings housing millinery stock. Losses may total 150000 dollars. Gas explosion wounded several firefighters. Principal losers include H I Kohlsaat & Co Restaurant, Chambers Optician, Boston Dental Co, Sievers & Co millinery.
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Chicago
State Street
H. I. Skohlsaat & Co
Chambers, Optician
Boston Dental Co
Sievers & Co
Mine operators raise wage to attract workers
Des Moines Indiana November 16. Local mine operators unite to offer one dollar per ton for coal. This rate is 20 percent higher than last spring’s agreement and already insufficient to recruit enough miners. The miners accepted 80 cents a ton for a year, while operators voluntarily increased to one dollar to meet demand.
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Des Moines
MacArthur advances north from Tarlac with mixed forces
Gen. MacArthur leads the Thirty-sixth Infantry Battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry Fourth Cavalry Gatlings and signal corps detachments in a northward advance from Tarlac toward Bayombong in New Vizcaya. Separate items report Port Essington burning and a major hailstorm in Independence Kansas that benefits the wheat crop. Col. Lawrence Kip dies in New York at age 58 after a stomach illness.
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Bayombong
Manila
MacArthur
Seventeenth Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Signal Corps
Tarlac
New Vizcaya
New York
Lawrence Kip
Col. Kip
Metal Prices and Production trends in the United States
Quoted premiums for earlier deliveries are dropped as plates fetch lower bids in the east. Some Pittsburg mills offer sheets at three to four dollars below normal. West bars gain strength from demand for cars with about 1000 ordered daily, while eastern prices ease. Weekly failures total 219 in the U S and 20 in Canada, down from prior periods.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Canada
Miles Report Opens Army Review Under War Department
The annual report of Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, was made public. Dated October 17, 1899, it is brief and formal, noting transmission of department and staff reports and a concise summary of army strength, distribution, and volunteer regiments mustered out, as already published by the adjutant general.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
War Department
Secretary of War
Michigan Democrats for Bryan Endorse Bryan for President
The Democratic state central committee of Michigan meeting in Detroit on November 16 announced its intention to endorse W. J. Bryan as the next Democratic presidential candidate. They favor a campaign centered on anti imperialism and anti trust lines while reaffirming loyalty to the Chicago platform and its free silver plank.
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Detroit
Mich
Democratic State Central Committee
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Broom Makers Raise Prices Across United States and Canada
Chicago reports national broom manufacturers meeting at the Palmer House where cheaper broom grades rise from 1.25 to 3 per dozen and higher grades also advance. A further increase is forecast for January.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Palmer House
Boxes for soldiers in Cuba weigh limit set
Christmas boxes for soldiers in Cuba and Puerto Rico must not exceed 200 pounds each and should be delivered to Major F B Jones at pier 22 Columbia stores Brooklyn before December 15. The boxes will travel free on government transports and reach soldiers via the commissariat. Dies at 110 in Marengo Illinois.
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New York
Cuba
Porto Rico
Maj
F. 3B. Jones
Pier 22
Columbia Stores
Brooklyn
Government Army
Commissariat
Indian Affairs Urges Expanded Indian Schooling Reforms
The annual report by Commissioner William A. Jones calls for more schools and systematic methods in Indian education, urges stronger attendance enforcement, and criticizes coeducation results. It details 2,562 employees, 20,522 students from an 181,000 Indian population, and seeks reform of Seminole and Chippewa policies and timber mismanagement cases in Florida and Minnesota regions.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
William A. Jones
Indian Office
Indian Service
Florida
Perris
California
Congress
Indian Territory
Jones
St. Paul
United States
Strike Order Looms Over Southwest Miners
The United Mine Workers executive board votes to call a general strike in Missouri Kansas Texas and surrounding areas if demands are not met. About 5 000 miners idle in the district would join with 15 000 to halt coal shipments on rail lines across the southwest.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Inmate Heir Claims $20,000 From Missing Son
Springfield reports Maurice Meehan, an inmate at Morgan county poorhouse, inherits $20,000 from his son William Meehan. William left Louisiana Mo in 1879 for the Black Hills to prospect and was believed killed by hostile Indians in May after years untracked. San Francisco attorneys handling the case confirmed the fate.
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Springfield
Ill
Maurice Meehan
Morgan County
William Meehan
Black Hills
Louisiana
San Francisco
Remains Disinterment Delayed San Francisco Bound
A war department message to Mrs. Logan states Ma nila sanitary rules prevent disinterment of Maj. Logan for two weeks. After that period, remains will be shipped by fast steamer to San Francisco for burial. Appointment for Bynum set in New York. Ex Bank President Sentenced in Missouri. Jury acquits George Miles in Oshkosh murder case.
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Youngstown, O
Logan
War Department
Manila
Maj. Logan
San Francisco
Kansas City
David V. Rieger
Missouri National Bank
United States District Court
Adams
St. Louis
Waupaca
Wis
George Miles
Birdie Fox
Oshkosh
Banking Resources Show Massive U S Growth in Loans and Deposits
Washington reports Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the currency, released findings from a nationwide study of banks for 1889, 1894, and 1899. The survey, based on nearly 10,000 bank reports, notes rising deposit accounts, expanding borrowers, and falling interest rates on loans and deposits, with totals across 12,804 banks.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Henderson names Richards private secretary in House
Dubuque Iowa November 16 Congressman Henderson announces Jules C Richards of Waterloo as private secretary to replace Amos L Allen who was Reed's secretary and just won a congressional seat Asher C Hinds remains at the speaker table and Leroy Neeley longtime Henderson aide becomes the speaker's clerk
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Dubuque
Henderson
House
Jules C. Richards
Waterloo
Amos L. Allen
Reed
Congress
Asher C. Hinds
Leroy Neeley
Rumor of Russo Japanese friction said baseless
Times correspondent in Tokio reports no international dispute between Russia and Japan. Public concern over Japanese land purchases near Masampo stemmed from private deals, not government policy. Current atmosphere is clear.
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London
The
Times
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Masampo
Body to Be Sent Home for Maj. Logan Burial
Mrs. John A. Logan Jr received word from Secretary Root that Maj. Logan's body will be exhumed and shipped home. Maj. Webb C. Hayes, a friend, will arrive in Manila soon to oversee the repatriation and arrange the funeral shipment.
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Youngstown
John A. Logan, Jr
Root
Otis Bye
Maj. Logan
Maj
Webb C. Hayes
Manila
Emil Rollinger Executed After Final Claimed Innocence
Chicago on November 18 reports that Emil Rollinger, executed for wife murder, declared on the gallows he was innocent and that a nameless lawyer robbed him of money. He died at 12 08 after the drop, nine minutes before physicians ruled him dead.
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Chicago
Emil Rollinger
Armenian Kurdish clashes claim fifty lives at Erzeroum
Dr Belck reports fighting between Armenians and Kurds in Erzeroum Armenia. Fifty people killed in the village battle. The Frankfurter Zeitung release notes the incident on November 17.
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Berlin
The
Frankfurter Zeitung
Dr. Belck
Erzeroum
Armenia
Harper & Brothers appoints M Harvey as president
J Henry Harper announces George L B M Harvey editor and proprietor of the North American Review elected president and managing director of Harper & Brothers at a directors meeting. Jeffries and Corbett match arranged as planned by Corbett and W A Brady. Louisville vote challenged over militia intimidation as Goebel seeks to void city ballot. Patria steamer loses mail matter in Hamburg.
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New York
J. Henry Harper
Harper & Brothers
George LB. M. Harvey
The
North American Review
Tragic Chicago Father Kills Three Children Then Ends Life
Cornelius Corcoran shot four of his children in a premeditated act, killing three before taking his own life. The victims were Margaret five, John seven, Lizzie three, with Kate fourteen gravely ill. Police deem the killer insane and note a history of injury and family mental illness at the asylum.
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Chicago
Cornelius Corcoran
Margaret Corcoran
Mercy Hospital
John Corcoran
Lizzie Corcoran
Kate Corcoran
Clifford
Timothy
John
Margaret
Lizzie
Corcoran
Kankakee
Peculiar 24 hours bring killing assassination and lynching near Dexter Missouri
In southeastern Missouri near Dexter a merchant William Parker shot Andrew Campbell ex postmaster over a long standing grudge. Reverend Jesse Moore a Methodist minister was killed in his bed. William Huff was lynched from a tree with about 100 masked men present.
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Carbondale
Ill
Dexter
Missouri
William Parker
Andrew Campbell
Jesse Moore
William Huff
Meteorite Damages House Near Crescent City Ill
A meteorite fell seven miles south of Crescent City causing partial wreckage to John Myers residence and panic among German farmer neighbors. The rock struck the north end of the upper story and buried about three feet from the foundation. No injuries reported.
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Crescent
Ill
Crescent City
John Meyers
UMWA to Demand Wage Increase After April
Indianapolis Nov 17 The executive committee of the United Mine Workers of America decides after the current wage scale ends in April to seek a radical increase. If operators refuse, a general strike will follow. They expect operators to concede at the national convention January 22 and avoid conflict.
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Indianapolis
Ind
The
United Mine Workers of America
National Municipal League Convenes in Columbus adjourns to Milwaukee
The fifth annual National Municipal League convention in Columbus endorsed the committee’s municipal programme and adjourned to meet in Milwaukee next November. Boston pressed to host, noting the league had not met west of the Alleghanies in three years. A potential outcome is the formation of state reform leagues.
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National Municipal League
Columbus
Milwaukee
Boston
Alleghanies
Lincoln Officer Dies After Typhoid Illness
Col Henry P Dean 62 died in Lincoln after a brief illness of typhoid fever. He served prominently in Illinois during the Civil War, commanded the Eighteenth regiment, was with the regiment at Springfield during Lincoln's assassination, and led the military force that received Lincoln's remains. He arranged funeral details at Springfield.
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Lincoln, Neb
Henry P. Dean
Lincoln
Dean
Illinois
Springfield
Wreck of Philadelphia and Baltimore schooner Edna and Emma
Reports from St Pierre Miquelon state the Edna and Emma schooner wrecked with the captain his wife and five crewmen lost. In Sioux City George Shoup 14 died from football injuries. Tennessee state volunteers to be mustered out Nov 23 ending Spanish war service. Goebel leads with a one vote plurality in Kentucky per Louisville Courier-Journal tally.
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Louisville
William Goebel
Bradley
Goebel
Philadelphia
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Baltimore
Edna
Emma
Sioux City
George Shoup
Woodbury County
Washington
Tennessee Regiment
The
Courier-Journal
Taylor
Young man kills grandparents with ax in Meadville
In Meadville Georgia on November 16 Jim Johnston a 20 year old African American killed his grandfather Frank Baker and grandmother Lukey Baker after being reproved for misbehavior. He used an ax then fled the scene.
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Meadville
Jim Johnston
Frank and
Lukey Baker
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