Mass mass Iowa clubs plan state association growth
Des Moines September 1 The Massachusetts model for Iowa commercial clubs is adopted by promoters of the Commercial Association of Iowa. Local clubs voting to join will elect two delegates. after 15 clubs join the state body forms to promote Iowa commerce, attract capital and labor, secure favorable railroad terms, and publicize Iowa resources abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Masssachusetts
Iowa
Commercial Association of
St. Louis
D. B. Lyons
S. H. Harper
Ottumwa
T. H. Simmons
L. L. Kellogg
Sioux City
R. E. Sears
Marshalltown
J. B. Dennis
Traer
S. R. Miles
Mason City
J. H. Kereun
Oelwein
Smooth Swindler Passes Checks in Waterloo
A noted con man forged two checks signed as Engineer A. J. Fairbank of the Kinois Central, for 15 and 16.50 dollars. He used a boy to cash the payments at J. J. Knapp's pharmacy and at Murst's grocery, delivering notes purportedly from Fairbank. Both checks were honored, and the swindler has had a month to flee.
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Waterloo
A. J. Fairbank
Kinois Central
J. J. Knapp
Jlurst
Beetle Collection Returns to Iowa City Museum
Prof. W. W. Wickham of the zoology department arrives at the university with an unmatched beetle collection. He secured it after enduring privation in the Death Valley region of California and Nevada during the past summer. He traveled over vast Sierra Nevada terrain on foot, crossing Kearrage Pass.
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W. W. Wickham
University
Iowa City
Towa
Wickham
Death Valley
California
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Kearzarge Pass
Prohibition State Convention Nominates Ticket at Waterloo
The Waterloo convention names W W Howard for Secretary of State J W Leedy for Auditor I P Fetter for Treasurer E H Albright for Railroad Commissioner J B Ferguson for Attorney General J A Harvey for Supreme Court Justice B E Graves for Clerk W P Briggs for Supreme Court Reporter W C Shepard F Bacon J A Earl D McGregor Malcolm Smith J D C McFarland W D Elwell and platform urges prohibition of liquor and support for equal suffrage direct election of US Senators and labor arbitration.
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Waterloo
W. W. Howard
Waverly
J. W. Leedy
I. P. Fetter
Oakland
E. H. Albright
Des Moines County
J. B. Ferguson
Cedar County
Supreme Court
J. A. Harvey
Ullas County
BE. A. Graves
Mitchell County
W. P. Briggs
Hartley
Congress
W. C. Shepard
Fairfield
Pranels Bacon
Wilton Junction
John A. Earl
D. McGregor
Mason City
Malcolm Smith
Cedar Rapids
J.D. C. McFarland
Des Moines
W. D. Elwell
Bancroft
United States
Murder at Muscatine: Tramp Suspected in Couple’s Death
Aged couple Jesse YTuman and his wife were found murdered near their cottage five miles north of Muscatine near the Mississippi. The victims saved little money and Dan Williams, a clam digging tramp who had stayed with them for two weeks, has disappeared amid suspicion.
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Muscatine
Mississippi River
Jesse Ytuman
Dan Williams
Storm Strikes Steamer Ottum wa Belle Near Keokuk
During a storm the steamer Ottum wa Belle carrying 1000 excursionists was struck by lightning near Keokuk causing a panic and injuries to several women who were rendered unconscious. The boat tied to a tree that was also struck by lightning. The captain's coolness prevented disaster. Passengers were mainly from Burlington.
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Keokuk
Burlington
Marshalltown Library Corner Stone Laid by Masonic Grand Lodge
The Marshalltown public library building cornerstone was laid by the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge. The gift from Andrew Carnegie will cost 30000 dollars and the stone two story structure will include a basement and modern library conveniences.
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Marshalltown
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Andrew Carnegie
Des Moines Pastor Shot by Jealous Suitor
The Rev. Frank Lomack of First African Baptist Church in Des Moines was wounded by Alf McKinney while escorting Mrs. Sophia Tyler from the opera. Lomack faces two bullet wounds and is not reported to have died. McKinney is under arrest after the jealousy incident.
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Frank Lomack
First African Baptist Church
Des Moines
Alf McKinney
Sophia Tyler
McKinney
Crop Outlook: Iowa Faces Cool Wet Week Hurting Grains
Washington weather bureau reports a cool and wet week in Iowa with oats and wheat sprouting and rotting in shock and corn damaged by wind storms in limited areas. Most crops make some progress but need warm dry weather to reach maturity before frost.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Severe 30 year storm devastates Cordon area bridges crops
The region around Cordon endured the fiercest storm in three decades with five and three quarter inches of rain in four hours. Eight county bridges were wrecked and corn in bottom lands was wiped out. Flat areas turned to lakes as losses mounted.
Northwest ern Fraternal Reserve to Locate in Charles City
News in brief notes several Iowa items. The Northwest ern Fraternal Reserve will base headquarters in Charles City. Hardin County Veterans Association begins its annual reunion at Union. Allison welcomes a farmers savings bank with capital stock of 25 000 held by 36 stockholders. Fire on the Cresco general store second floor causes 8000 in stock loss. related smoke and water damage to Andrew Johnson company apparel amounts to 2000. John E. Craig of Keokuk is nominated for congress by Democrats in the First district. The Pelican, river vessel built by Iowa Iron Works, launches at Dubuque. hull 303 by 514 2 5 feet, 1600 tons, for Louisiana and Mississippi Railway at Vicksburg. C P Olsen, longtime Burlington bridges superintendent west of the Missouri, drowns at Burlington. residence of his family is in Lincoln Nebraska. The comptroller of the currency declares a 10 percent dividend for creditors of the insolvent Lemars National Bank at Lemars. Ida Mand Johnson, 22, dies after taking carbolic acid in Cedar Rapids. Miss Josephine Mekkelson, missionary, dies in Portuguese Africa. George Griswold, Clinton pioneer and longtime resident, dies aged around 63. former president of pioneer associations. Frank Miller found dead near Newton Illinois farm. cause linked to fits. Harvey Warner, Muscatine constable, dies during a saloon arrest incident involving two Swedes. Edward K Pitman, Democratic politician from southern Iowa, dies at Mount Ayr after a horse kick. Anderson Brothers of Council Bluffs win depot contract along the Omaha line for Great Western. twelve depots cost 30 624.
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Charles City
Hardin County Veterans‘ Association
Union
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Allison
John Johnson
Cresco
Andrew Johnson Company
John E. Craig
Keokuk
Pelican
Iowa Iron Works
Dubuque
Louisiana and Mississippi Railway Company
Vicksburg
Miss
C. P. Olsen
Burlington
Sioux City
George Griswold
Towa
Clinton
Frank Miller
Waterloo
Newton, Il
Harvey Warner
Muscatine
Edward K. Pitman
Iown
Mount Ayr
Anderson Brothers
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Great Western
Young boy confesses to two poisonings in Mahaska county
Ray Elsminger a 13 year old from Oskaloosa admits stealing strychnine to taint food of the Anderson family in Harri son township. He says he knew the poison could kill and did not claim a personal grievance. The case is linked to strange fascination with crime and he faces reform school placement.
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Mahaska County
Ray Elsminger
Anderson
Harrison Township
Charity Tisminger
Oskaloosa
Andersons
Tisminger
Changes Likely in Cedar Falls Military Department
The War Department order affecting three state schools may alter Cedar Falls military instruction though details rest with the trustees. Maj Olmsted notes uncertainty, but President Seeerley and trustees favor maintaining strong drill programs, anticipating benefits and no harm from expanded instruction time. The normal school has one of the best departments in the country.
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War Department
State Normal
Cedar Falls
Maj. Olmsted
Seeerley
Seerley
The
Normal
United States
Scales Cheat Chapin Warehouse Costs Farmers Dearly
Moore Brothers and Felthouse of Mason County accuse Chapin warehouse scales of overcharging by 10 to 14 bushels per hundred. An expert's finding reveals systematic cheating, likely costing them about $1,500 in grain never received.
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Chapin
Moore Brothers & Felthouse
Mason County
Big contract sealed by Chicago Great Western
President Stickney announces in Iowa a seven year contract with packers at Kansas City St. Joseph Omaha and Sioux City for a large share of their shipments. The deal, valued between 14 and 20 million dollars, is said to set rates higher than recent years. Half the traffic will move over new Great Western lines to Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
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Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Iowa
Kansas City
St. Joe
Omaha
Sioux City
Great, Western
Council Bluffs
Dubuque Tests Street Sprinkling Tax to Property Owners
The city experiments with sprinkling streets and charging costs to adjoining property owners. The city attorney says the ordinance does not fully align with statute, plans to adjust it. Other cities watch the effort for possible adoption if successful.
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Dubuque
Sheep Killed by Train Near New Sharon
Mr. Robert Thomas, a farmer two miles south of New Sharon, woke to find his flock greatly reduced. Ten sheep left pasture for the tracks and 67 were struck and killed by a southbound train the night before.
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Siaim
Robert Thomas
New Sharon
Illinois Peoples party names state ticket at Springfield
The Illinois Peoples party convention in Springfield named W. W. Scott for Clerk of the Supreme Court Dietrick Balser for State Treasurer W C Gullett for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard Stanley and Henry Johnson as trustees to the State University A third trustee candidate to be chosen by the state committee chair and a woman preferred.
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Springfield
Peoples Party of Illinois
Supreme Court
W. W. Scott
Marion County
Dietrick Balser
Madison County
W. C. Gullett
Fulton County
Trustees State University
Richard Stanley
Morgan County
Henry Johnson
Vermillion County
Coal Operators Stand Firm in Strike Dispute
The anthracite coal carrying companies concluded in a Tuesday conference that they will not consider new arbitration plans or be swayed by any influence from President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. J Pierpont Morgan will not intervene, and President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading says the operators remain united in their original position.
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New York
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
J. Pierpont Morgan
Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Road
Ciudad Bolivar Bombarded by Colombian Warship
Caracas reports Ciudad Bolivar the Bolivar state capital bombarded by a Colombian government warship. Many killed or wounded. British residents request a British warship for protection amid alleged atrocities by both government troops and revolutionists.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ciudad
Bolivar
Great Britain
Dan Patch Dominates Naragansett Park Exhibition Mile
Providence Aug 30 The grand circuit at Naragan sett park closed with Dan Patch pacing an exhibition mile in 1 59 14 shaving nearly two seconds from his own 2 00 14 mark. The effort neared the world record of 1 59 14 set by Star Pointer at Readville five years prior.
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Providence
R. I
Naragansett Park
Dan Patch
Joe Patchen
Star Pointer
Readville
Langfitt Elected President of National Fraternal Congress
Joseph A. Langfitt of Pittsburg Pennsylvania, former supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum, has been elected president of the National Fraternal Congress. Milwaukee was chosen as next year’s meeting site and the group adopted a mortality table resolution introduced by Dr. Oronohatekha.
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Denver
Col
Joseph A. Langfitt
Pittsburg
Royal Arcanum
National Fraternal Congress
Milwaukee
Congress
Oronohatekha
State to distribute Boxer indemnity funds to missions
Washington August 29 The state department begins immediate distribution of the first installment of the Chinese indemnity funds totaling 480000 to missionary societies and individuals harmed by the Boxer uprising. It is anticipated that total approved claims will reach about 2500000.
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Washington
State Department
Cuban press turns against President Palma over franchise
Havana reports say the Cuban press is hostile to President Palma accusing him of overstepping independence and losing party support. House members demand impeachment after he granted a Havana electric light franchise.
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Palma
Havana
Brakemen Demand Pay Increase on Chicago & Alton
Bloomington August 29 The passenger brakemen of the Chicago and Alton railroad unite to demand higher wages from 55 to 60 dollars monthly in a formal management appeal.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chicago & Alton Railroad
China to pay indemnity on a gold basis
The Universal Gazette reports that Britain and the United States failed to persuade foreign powers to accept silver for the Chinese indemnity. China will therefore pay the indemnity on a gold basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Universal Gazette
Great Britain
America
China
Cameron Lumber Mill Fire Destroys Harriston Plant
Aug 29 reports Cameron lumber company mills in Harriston Idaho burned, destroying nearly 5,000,000 feet of lumber. Estimated loss ranges from eighty thousand to ninety thousand dollars with about twenty thousand dollars insured.
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Lurned
Harriston
Idaho
Cameron Lumber Company
Earthquakes Hit Mindanao. 20 Moros Die In Wall Collapses
Gen. Chaffee reports a series of earthquakes near Lake Lanao in Mindanao. Twenty Moros killed by falling walls. American forces at Camp Vickers unharmed. Seismic shocks occurred about five days earlier. military situation remains quiet and unchanged.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Mindanao
Lake of Lanao
Camp
Palak
Kota-Batu
Makaturin
Camp Vickers
Tragedy in East Twenty fifth Street Apartment
In New York on a Wednesday tragedy ended three lives Lizzie Otto formerly of Stroudsburg Pa Arthur Campbell of New York and Christian Gans government tailor at Fort Hancock. Police say Gans shot Otto and Campbell over the latter's presence then killed himself at Bellevue hospital.
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New York
Lizzie Otto
Stroudsburg
Arthur Campbell
Christian Gans
Fort Hancock
East Twenty-fifth Street
Lizzie Hall
Campbell
Gans
Bellevue Hospital
Commanding General Col William H Hubbell Dies in Brooklyn
Col William H Hubbell, who led the Forty-seventh New York Volunteers in the Spanish War and since 1901 served as commander in chief of the Spanish War Veterans national army, died Tuesday in Brooklyn from complications after an operation performed a week earlier. Born in 1847.
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New York
William H. Hubbell
theForty-seventh Regiment
New York Volunteers
National Army of
Brooklyn
Pioneers Drowned In Creek Near Galesburg
Oliver Hunt and E. C. Wood two pioneer residents of Galesburg were drowned Thursday evening in a shallow creek when their horse panicked at a nearby bridge and drove the buggy into water pinning them beneath it.
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Galesburg
Oliver Hunt
8. C. Wood
Nere
Officers Elected by American Bar Association in Saratoga
The American Bar Association elected Francis Rawle of Philadelphia as president, John Hinkley of Baltimore as secretary, and Frederick S. Wadhams of New York as treasurer, with Francis Rawle to lead the group in the coming term.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Bar Association
Francis Rawle
Philadelphia
John Hinkley
Baltimore
Frederick S. Wadhams
New York
Poor Week for Farmers Across the Nation Says U S Department
The weekly agricultural summary notes cool and wet conditions east of the Rockies with heat and drought in the cotton belt. Corn suffers in the northern belt while the southern portion yields excellent early corn. Harvests lag in the Rett River valley and northern plains. Apple prospects improve in New York Ohio and Illinois with mixed crops in Iowa Missouri Michigan and New England. Plowing progress is hindered by dry spells in parts of the middle Atlantic states lake region and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Rocky Mountains
Missouri Valley
Cotton Belt
Ohico
Middle Atlantic States
Rett River Valley
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Iansas
Michigan
New England
Missouri
Lake Region
Oklahoma
Novel Canoe Trip Ends in New York Arrival
James Wallace and E. R. Parsons both 21, clerks for Royal Insurance in Chicago, arrived in New York after paddling a 13 foot open canoe from Chicago on July 22. They traveled via Lake Michigan Huron Lake Erie Erie Canal and Hudon River to Buffalo and plan to return to Chicago by rail.
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New York
James Wallace
E. R. Parsons
Royal Insurance Company
Chicago
Lakes
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Wallace
Parsons
Naval Militia of
Five Drowned In Lake Collision At Battle Creek
Five Battle Creek sanitarium employees perished when the steamer Welcome collided with a rowboat carrying young people on Lake Gognac. Drowned were Bennett of Dallas. Fannie Brady of Battle Creek. Mabel Ricard of Traverse City. Ella Dorsey of Allegheny. Fanny Willis of North Toronto. Carrie Fyock of Johnstown survived.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Navy Rearmings Name New Naval Leaders
The Navy Department announces Capt. Colby M. Chester will succeed Capt. Charles H. Davis as superintendent of the naval observatory. Davis moves to command the battleship Alabama succeeding Capt. Willard H. Bronson, who becomes superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Commander Richard Wainwright shifts to command the protected cruiser Newark when she is commissioned October 15.
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Washington
Navy Department
Colby M. Chester
Charles H. Davis
Naval Observatory
Davis
Alabama
Willard H. Bronson
Richard Wainwright
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Wainwright
Newark
Cavalry Regiment to Return from Philippines
Gen. Chaffee reports to the war department that another cavalry regiment can be spared from the Philippines. The Ninth cavalry, with headquarters and six troops, will sail the Logan for San Francisco September 16, with the remainder departing October 1.
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Washington
Chaffee
War Department
Davis
Philippine Islands
Ninth Cavalry
Logan
San Francisco
Mortgage for 19 Million Filed in New Jersey
A $19,000,000 mortgage by Bethlehem Steel of Pennsylvania was filed in Hudson county New Jersey to secure $19,000,000 of 20 year gold bonds for Colonial Trust of New York. Also reported rain in Lower California saves southern territory from drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pennsylvania
County Register
Hudson County
N. J
Colonial Trust Company
Six Governor Hoadley Dies at Watkins
A dispatch reports ex Governor Hoadley of Ohio died in Watkins at 76 after several weeks there with his family. The body will be sent to Cincinnati for interment. In Chicago Henry C. Clasen sues Governor Yates and others for $12 alleging a misused five percent salary levy.
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Hoadley
Rochester
The
Democrat and Chronicle
Watkins
Ohio
Cincinnati
Gov. Yates
Chicago
Henry C. Clasen
Kigin Insane Asylum
Gav. Yates
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Massachusetts
J. M. Brown
Counselmen Grain Business
R. C. Barrett
Mr. Barrett
Hawkeye Telephone Company
Polk County
Dallas County
Burlington c
Cummins
M.D. Wood
Fort Madison
John Mahin
Muscatine Journal
Wood
Mahin
United States Post Office
Grand Army
Washington, D. C
Cal. Geddes
Robert Armstrong
Gov
State Board of Control
State Insane Hospitals
Cherokee
Independence
Clorinda
Mount Pleasant
State Hospital
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Colfax
Queen
Electric
Humboldt
Woodward
Banner
Patriarchs
State Fair Grounds
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Jefferson
John W. Hamilton
Samuel F. Upham
Madison
E. M. Mills
C. J. Little
Evanston
W. D. Parr
Indianapolis
M. C. B. Mason
Freedmen’s Aid Society
Josephine Corbin
New York City
Fannie Perkins
Burmah
Bertha Beard
Lydia Trimble
W. ¥. Harned
L. K. Billingsley
Henry
Clark
Capital Avenue
Ona
J. W. Blackford
Hillsboro
George S. Redhead
W. H. Leslie
Auburn
J. W. Brooks
T. Kinsell
James Devin
P. O. Koto
H. E. Talbott
John J. Nepp
Ames
Silas W. Bond
Iowa Falls
Indiana
Henry Clay
Republican Party
Parsons College
Coe College
Leon Brown
Beetle Collection
Iowa State News
State Normal School
Long Island Sound
People’s Party of
Frederick Dorr
Edward O’brien
Freedom
A.R. Dorr
Dorr
O’brien
Bilibid
Benito Legarda
Philippine Civil Commission
Adan Gray
Ada Gray
East Lynne
Fordham
Actors’ Fund of America
Clyde Ellis
Roy Gregory
Willie Edson
Frank Quinlan
Fond du Lac
Wis
C. H. Weisse
Sheboygan Falls
Shaw
Straits of Malacca
Singapore
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