Soldiers Coming Home and Biennial Elections Debate
Des Moines dispatch reports the 51st Iowa regiment sails from Manila on the Senator and will land in San Francisco after stops in Japan and Honolulu. State plans to escort them home with free transport and pay. Iowa debates adopting biennial elections in even-numbered years. New state officials and inheritance tax revenue figures also noted, along with public notices on state institutions and railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
A. H. Leonard
Industrial School For Girls
Mitchellsville
Leonard
State Board of Control
Canada
Iowa
James N. Miller
Sac Sun
Miller
Des Moines
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
A. C. Smith
Storm Lake
Storm Lake TY
Smith
Dewey Home Again Ahead of Schedule in New York Parade
Admiral George Dewey arrived off New York after a 23 month absence and anchored at Sandy Hook. He received a magnificent reception with officials including Gov. Roosevelt and Rear Admirals Howison and Sampson visiting, and 350 Dewey veterans awarded bronze medals.
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New York
George Dewey
American
Sandy Hook
Ile
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
John D. Long
Roosevelt
Empire State
Dewey
Wild Duck
Olympia
Charles B. Coghlan
Raleigh
Manila
Seattle
Congress
Old Settlers Picnic in Sheldon Draws Thousands
The Old Settlers picnic of the Big Four counties drew 3 000 to 4 000 people in Sheldon. George D Perkins of Sioux City delivered the day’s address in Sleeper's opera house. A local company wore uniforms and a fancy drill was performed. Bicycle parades, foot races, baseball and football games and other amusements completed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Sleeper
Nk MW. Vv
Four Hundred Lives Lost in Darjeeling Floods
Lieut. Gov. Sir John Woodburn told the council that 400 people died in floods at Darjeeling the district capital, beyond those drowned on the plains.
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Calcutta
John Woodburn
Darjeeling
Boers Move Toward Border as War Clouds Gather
Johannesburg reports strong offers to field commanders and dispatch riders sent to the frontier amid rumors the Boers will act Monday near Charlestown. London notes cabinet deliberations on war or peace with indications of an overt act before Parliament convenes.
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Johannesburg
Charlestown
London
Transvaal
South Africa
Kruger
Mr. Chamberlain
Ransvaal
Dr. Leyd
Panic on New Orleans Cotton Exchange Halts Future Trading
A Friday panic on the New Orleans cotton floor led to the suspension of all future transactions. Officials later voided the day’s futures and anticipate legal challenges over the move amid alleged Liverpool market signals and a potential conspiracy.
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New Orleans
Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Bradstreet reports strong farm goods demand in fall markets
Bradstreet notes agricultural products lead the current business strength with cereals cotton and pork products rising. Wheat corn and hogs gain on foreign demand while iron and steel show a quieter tone and delivery delays persist. lumber stays active and stove and plow prices rise for farmers.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Fire destroys Chicago candy factory and relics collection
A Chicago fire on Thursday evening nearly destroyed C F Guntherr’s large candy factory at 212 State Street with stock and building losses around 150000, uninsured. The blaze damaged his valuable relics and autographs. Also, excursion steamers Ivanhoe and R J Gordon burned in the lakefront basin, with losses totaling 27000.
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Chicago
C. F. Guntherr
State Street
Fire destroys Big Four warehouse in Cinvinzzatti area
Seared by an early Saturday blaze the Big Four warehouse on a block bordered by Central Avenue Pearl Plum and Second streets burned as sheds of the new Union passenger station and the freight depot were damaged by flames. The new passenger station was saved by moving burning cars. Losses to goods and loaded cars are expected to top $1,000,000 with many shippers affected.
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Cinvinzzatti
Cincinnati
Big Four
Central Avenue
Pearl, Plum
Second Streets
Union
Smith Street
Pan-Presbyterians Meet in New York Church
Delegates representing 25 000 000 Presbyterians from around the world gathered at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church for the first Pan Presby terian alliance session. Rev John DeWitt of Princeton Theological Seminary preached the opening sermon and higher criticism was flagged as a likely major topic. Yellow Fever in Jackson Miss Two cases announced by the state board of health Mrs Tup ley and daughter residents of Dear street. Interior towns quarantine and western rail lines declared within 30 minutes of the notice.
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Washington
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
John DeWitt
Princeton Theological Seminary
Jackson
Miss
State Board of Health
Tupley
Dear Street
Wreck of the Scotsman frees passengers at Bonaventure
Montreal dispatch reports 250 survivors and victims from the Scotsman wreck. Passengers, many of them women, describe theft and violence by dockside looters while Captain Skrimshire and crew are praised for restraint. Survivors endured four days ashore on biscuits and berries before rescue by Montfort and Grecian.
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Montreal
Que
Bonaventure Depot
Liverpool
Scotsman
Straits of
Belle Isle
Skrimshire
Montfort
Rebel City Captured by MacArthur at Porne
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur entered Porne after light resistance with five American deaths and unknown insurgent losses. The advance continued to Porac in two columns as Ninth Infantry and Thirty-sixth Infantry followed MacArthur from Santa Rita and San Antonio, with gun support. A separate note says Gunboat Araneta was destroyed by insurgents on the Orani river, with five crew killed and the rest captured or dispersed at Malac.
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Gen. Grant
New York
North Atlantic Squadron
Brooklyn Bridge
Dewey
Brooklyn
East River
Manila
MacArthur
Porne
Porac
Santa Rita
Wheeler
Gol. Bell
San Antonio
Turdac
Welborn C. Wood
United States
Araneta
Orani River
Manila Bay
Malac
Brunot Confesses to Multiple Murders in Trial
Henry Brunot and Fred Sibley on trial for Jane Brunot murder allegedly confess to two fellow prisoners that Henry and his mother killed his father about a year ago and Mary McIntyre on January 29. Brunot says he planned to kill another man but was stopped by officers. Brunot, 21, says his mother is also on trial for Jane Brunot's murder.
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Pana
Henry Brunot
Fred Sibley
Brunot
Jane Brunot
Hoyt
Donahue
Mary McIntyre
McIntyre
First Snow Arrives in Benton Harbor and Upper Peninsula
The Benton Harbor area reports the season's first snow with light flurries and a strong wind, the earliest in years. Marquette sees a general heavy snowstorm with about three inches and lake sailors seek shelter from a gale. Army of the Cumberland marks its annual meeting in Detroit with Gen. Alger present, while San Francisco notes ships sailing to Manila with 2,500 troops aboard.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Army of the Cumberland
Detroit
Light Guard
Russell A. Alger
Pratt
Charles I. Belknap
Alger
Thomas I. Wood
Chattanooga
New President George MacLean Installed at Iowa State University
The Iowa City ceremony marked the inauguration of Dr. George E. MacLean as president of the State University of Iowa. Gov. Shaw presented the keys and Bible as 5,000 spectators heard addresses by university leaders and dignitaries from Nebraska, Minnesota, Chicago, and Cornell College. Dr. MacLean, a Yale and Leipzig trained scholar, previously led the Nebraska state university.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
City
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
George E. MacLean
State University of Nebraska
Leslie M. Shaw
MacLean
Emlin McLain
University of Iowa Law Department
Howard W. Remley
Anamosa
State Alumni Association
W. F. King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Northrop
Cuba
Philippines
University of Nebraska
Charles E. Bessey
W. R. Harper
University of Chicago
Republic of Letters
Mclean
Rockville, Conn
Williston Academy
Westfield Academy
Yale
Leipzig
Eingland
France
Soldier Party to Welcome Fifty-first Iowa in San Francisco
Adjutant General Byers issues a call for volunteers to join the official party to San Francisco to greet the Fifty-first Iowa upon its return. Des Moines and Council Bluffs aim to depart around October 10 with arrangements overseen by local officials. A meeting in Creston formed plans for a regimental reception with delegations from multiple towns, Council Bluffs hosting a state affair. The cablegram to Gov Shaw from Col Lopez noted the transport Senator arriving Nagasaki and a brief Yokohama stop.
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Adjt
Byers
San Francisco
Des Moines
Friends of the
Iowa
United States
M. H. Byers
Council Bluffs
Creston
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Corning
Bedford
Willisea
Shenandoah
Glenwood
Lenox
Centerville
Will Reopen Silberhorn Packing Plant in Sioux City
The Sioux City Stock Yards Company and International Packing Company reach a deal to reopen the Silberhorn packing house by November 1 with 5500 workers and a daily capacity of 3000 hogs and 1500 cattle. The plant, idle six years, will receive 300000 in repairs. International gains the building free plus 200000 stock in the stock yards and 100000 cash, with 50000 from Sioux City and immunity benefits for ten years.
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Sioux City
Stock Yards Company
Methodist minister Deposed in Northwest Iowa Conference
Rev. M. House of Ida Grove was deposed from the Methodist ministry by the Northwest Iowa conference amid charges he wrote love letters to unmarried women though married. He asserted the letters were written without evil intent. He arrived two years ago from Farmer City Illinois and was regarded as one of the conference’s ablest clergymen.
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M. House
Ida Grove
Northwest
Kirwan Wins Clear Decision Over Malloy in Sioux City
George Kirwan faced little opposition from Pat Malloy in Sioux City and won by decision in the fourth round. Malloy was knocked down multiple times, including seven in the second round, with his manager aiding him back to his feet after the final knockdown.
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Kirwan
Iowa Prison Break and Stabbing Incident Report
Peter Benson and George Dunnitt, the latter colored, fractured the skull of County Jailer A. W. Maxwell during an escape in Des Moines. Maxwell and the jailer were guiding the pair from baths to a cell when a bed leg was seized and struck the back of the head. The men face larceny charges and are described as highly desperate with lengthy criminal records.
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Peter Benson
George Dunnitt
A. W. Maxwell
Des Moines
Maxwell
Four Trainmen Dead in North Western Collision Near Tioga
Four Belle Plaine men died in a head end collision on the Belle Plaine & Muchakinock extension of the North Western Railway between Wright and Tioga. The crash resulted from an error in orders. the deceased are Oren Allen engineer Douglass engineer Prentise fireman and David Butterfield conductor all of Belle Plaine. Fireman Baxter and Culp were seriously injured.
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Belle Plaine & Muchakinock
Wright and
Tioga
Oren Allen
Douglass
Prentise
David Butterfield
Belle Plaine
Baxter
Culp
McKinley to Visit Sioux City October 14
President McKinley will arrive in Sioux City mid afternoon on October 14 and deliver at least one speech as tens of thousands from the middle northwest are expected to attend. Preparations by the Sioux City Commercial association include a welcome demonstration. The city will be illuminated by thousands of electric lights and arches.
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McKinley
Sioux City
Great Middle Northwest
Tragic Burlington Crossing Crash Kills Three
A Burlington passenger train hit a wagon four miles east of Albia killing Jasper Beebe age 70, his son age 13, and his daughter Mrs. Johnson. Injured are Mrs. Johnson's two young daughters two with a crushed skull and a broken leg.
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Burlington
Albia
Jasper Beebe
Avery
Mrs. Johnson
Flags raised by Des Moines mothers for Fifty-first Iowa unit
In accordance with a Mothers Association resolution, 200 flags were raised over homes in Des Moines to honor the Fifty-first Iowa regiment as it sails from Manila for home. The flags will fly until the transport reaches San Francisco.
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Association of Mothers
Des Moines
Fifty-first Iowa Regiment
Manila
San Francisco
Young recruit dies after fall from Iowa Central train
J Ralph Lloyd aged 18 of Dallas Center was brought to Marshalltown dead after falling from an Iowa Central train near Union He was en route to Marshalltown to join a company of recruits bound for service in the Philippines.
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J. Ralph Lloyd
Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Union
Dallas Center
Philippines
Three Men Indicted for Murder in Schiwalier Case
The three young men accused in the Schiwalier assault were indicted for murder by the Dunlap grand jury. Bonds set at 10000 each. Arch Wood and Evan Mize secured bonds, while James Mitchell remained jailed.
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Schiwalier
Dunlap
Arch Wood
Evan Mize
James Mitchell
Crop Outlook for Towa Season Declines Weather Risk
The last agricultural bulletin notes cooler than usual week with no damaging frosts, state showers improving pastures but more rain needed for fall plowing, acreage sown to date down, corn drying well for early husking, potato harvest underway and apple picking begun.
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Agricultural Department
Towa
Multifold Iowa News Items Report Tragic Deaths and Local Affairs
A string of Iowa incidents and notices includes Mrs. Arronson’s fatal fall near Dows, Dentists Yule and Roome’s passings and new posts, Burlington rail losses, burglaries in Dubuque, a 67th wedding anniversary in Clarinda, a lamp explosion in Sioux City, and various public notices. Also reported are banked accounts, a suicide in Dubuque, a mill fire near Manney, a fatal crossing accident near Oskaloosa, and a high diver’s carnival tragedy in Burlington.
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Fred Arronson
Dows
Iowa Valley Baptist Association
Vidora
G. P. Yule
Clinton
Henry G. Roome
Menominee
Mich
Sioux City
James Morton
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clarinda
McClain Bros
Dubuque
J. M. Hawley
Hawley
P. T. Barnum
Omaha Railway
Aaron Boylan
Shubbard
Chicago
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Centerville
FP. Isaacson
Northwestern
Fred Hoffman
Harlan
Union Pacific
Omaha
Missouri River
J. Reynolds
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