two war vessels ordered to Isthmus to guard American interests
Aug. 15 reports from Kingston say insurgents gain ground around Panama and Colon amid heavy fighting and conscription fears. The U S State Department plans to send two warships to the Isthmus, one on each side, to protect American interests during regional unrest. A gunboat also sails from Norfolk for Central American waters to safeguard U S interests during the Colombia and Venezuela troubles.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Darien
Colon
Panama
Washington
State Department
Norfolk
Machine
Columbia
Venezuela
All Found But Three Bullion Thief to Face Burglary Charge
San Francisco August 15 Jack Winters the bullion thief will be arraigned today on burglary at Crockett He says he will plead guilty Two more gold bars valued at forty thousand have been recovered leaving three bars valued at fifty thousand still missing
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San Francisco
Jack Winters
Crocket
Suspected Fire Starters Among Exiled in Yemen Voyage
The steamer Muravet left Constantinople for Yemen with 704 exiles aboard including palace women suspected of complicity in a fire at the sultan's palace weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Muravet
Yemen
Aravtia
Steamer Ethelwold Ashore in Fog Near Marblehead
The United Fruit Company steamer Ethelwold ran ashore in fog at Marblehead, Boston. The vessel was refloated a few hours later and sustained no serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United Fruit Company
Marblehead
Cresceus Favored In Trotting Match Against The Abbott
In New York on August 15 racing observers list Cresceus as the favorite over The Abbott in the trotting event. Track conditions are fast and weather is clear and warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Cresceus
Abbott
Cresceus
Payson Resigns as State Claims Commission Chief
Charles H. Payson of Watseka resigns as President of the State Commission of Claims. Governor Yates accepts the resignation immediately and notes Payson’s term ended after a meeting adjourned to next week. The governor cites past legal troubles and disbarment as reasons for the resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Springfield
Charles H. Payson
Watseka
State Commission of Claims
Payson
Paysen
Commission of Claims
Iowa Grand Army to Staff Headquarters at National Encampment
The Iowa department plans a headquarters room at the national encampment in Cleveland. A headquarters train will arrive from the Nickel Plate line early Tuesday morning Sept 10. Free quarters for Iowa veterans will be offered in the Kentucky school, signaling strong Iowa turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Department of Iowa
Grand Army
Colonial
Iowa
Department
Kentucky
DIAL ROBBERY ON BLUE MOUNTAIN STAGE NEAR NORTH RIVER
Glens Falls N Y Aug 15 The Blue Mountain stage carrying eight passengers was held up by two masked bandits on a mountain slope near North River. The robbers seized 1000 dollars in cash and jewelry, shot the leaders, and scattered the riders into the brush. One man stayed with his wife among the frightened women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls
N. Y
Blue Mountain
Dick Turpin
North River
Bill Eldridge
Boies Urges Democrats to Drop Old Issues
Ex governor Horace Boies, in Clinton Iowa, calls for Democratic unity and urges the party to ignore the money question for now. He says reaffirmation of Chicago and Kansas City platforms is essential and that patriotism requires laying aside divisive disputes to win future success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Boies
Democratic Party
Chicago
Kansas City
United States
Horace Boies
Tragic Wagon Accident Claims Young Siples Son
In Washington Iowa on August 15 James Siples four year old son of Mr and Mrs Sam Siples fell from a dirt wagon Tuesday evening and was run over by a hind wheel. The body was badly bruised and doctors fear fatal injuries.
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Washington
James Siples
Sam Siples
Mindoro Declared Free as Insurgents Surrender
Manila reports Colonel Martin Cabrera, once a powerful insurgent leader, captured by Lieut. Grant and Sixth Cavalry detachments. Officers and men from Malvar's command surrender with rifles. Mindoro Island is now reported practically free of insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Martin Cabrera
Aguinaldo
Grant
Sixth Cavalry
Parganiban
Policarpio
Malvar
Mindoro
Pensacola Storm Ravages Coast with Heavy Damage
A two day storm in Pensacola Florida has caused great property damage along the coast and is described as the worst in ten years. No lives have been lost thus far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Fair Weather Indications for Iowa from Chicago report
Chicago August 15 special report indicates fair weather for Iowa tonight and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Died Far From Home A 15YearOld Girl Suicide in Honolulu
Effie Givens 15, daughter of J W Givens who came from Seymour Iowa to Hawaii, died by her own hand in a momentary insanity fit Saturday. She was alone in the house. discovery followed soon after. Her mother had died earlier and she had lived with her Seymour grandmother before moving to Hilo with her father who remarried. Initial murder suspicions were dismissed at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
H. T
Effie Givens
J. W Givens
Islands
Seymour
Iowa
Hilo
Hawaii
Murphy Leads Dubuque County Democratic Convention
John S. Murphy chaired the Dubuque County Democratic Convention selecting 35 delegates to the state convention. The resolutions backed reaffirming the Kansas City platform and called for tax equality including railroad property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque County
J. S. Murphy
Dubuque
Iowa
John S. Murphy
Kansas City
Wisconsin pearls exhibited in Janesville
George Thurman of Albany J C Young of Broadhend and T C Heide of Prairie du Chien brought a rainbow collection of Wisconsin pearls valued at 15900 dollars to Janesville. Heide holds eight thousand dollars in gems and has long traded in the business. A 25 grain pearl was valued at a thousand dollars. They proceed to Chicago to sell the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
George Thurman
Albany
Wisconsin
J. C. Young
Broadhend
T. C. Heide
Prairie du Chein
Heide
Chicago
Smoot Forger A Grube Sought By Iowa City Police
Iowa City police hunt a young man calling himself A Grube who used forged checks bearing a lumber company and a banker name. He worked merchants in town and may target others, using a workingman disguise with blue blouse and overalls to cash small forged payments for beer or whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
A. Grupe
Grape
Swiftest Torpedo Boat Destroyers Launched at Baltimore
The torpedo boat destroyers Truxton Worden and Whipple were launched in Baltimore today and will be the swiftest vessels of their class in the U S navy capable of thirty knots an hour.
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Baltimore
Truxton
Worden
Whipple
U. S. Navy
Phillips Will Pay In Full In Wake Of Solvency Check
Chicago August 15 Phillips the deposed corn king will pay in full. Expert accountants report the broker’s books are straightened and the company’s liabilities under 200000, well within the assets of Phillips and associates. Phillips says every penny will be paid promptly. He notes May coin deal losses exceeded profits from commissions, with $17000 in commissions and nearly $100000 overpaid customers due to clerical errors. He asserts ample funds to cover debts if partners failed.
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Chicago
Phillips
National Railway Postal Clerks Meet In Omaha
The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Railway Postal Clerks Sixth division met in Omaha with delegates from Illinois Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Officers elected include President C W Fisher Cedar Rapids re-elected and Secretary-Treasurer John F Johnson Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
National Association of Railway Postal Clerk's
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
C. W. Fisher
Cedar Rapids
John F. Johnson
Iowa County Corn Crop Report From State Official
Mr John Cownie of the state board of control visits Iowa County with ears of corn showing above average development due to timely rains. He notes stalks exceed his reach by two feet in places and reports good potato and wheat prospects at South Amana and Clarinda farms. He also mentions Davenport as a site of recent activity and strong cultivation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Iowa County
Cownie
Thinks He Was First Homesteader in County Claim
Mahlon Gore of Orlando Florida visiting Sioux City says he was the first to file a homestead in the United States. He and the Dakota-era Vermillion Republican editor waited until midnight January 1 1863 when the land office opened, delaying his plan to hunt birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Gore
Sioux City
Orlando
Florida
United States
Gore
Dakota
Vermillion Republican
Register
Land Office
Woodmen Ball Friday Night at Paudiet's Orchestra
Attend a Woodmen Ball Friday evening for a good time. Ladies admitted free while Paudiet's orchestra provides entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen Ball
Paudiet
Le Mars National Bank to pay 25 percent dividend
The comptroller of the currency orders Receiver Thornton to pay a 25 percent dividend to Le Mars National Bank creditors. The bank closed after vice president Tom F Ward eloped with about $30 000, and was arrested in Jersey City. Dividend checks will be sent from Washington as soon as schedules are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Comptroller of the Currency
Thornton
LeMars National Bank
Washington
Tom F. Ward
Jersey City
N. J
Funeral for Mr. Rice Planned at Riverside Church
Riverside August 15 funeral services will be held at the M E Church at 2 p.m. for Mr. Rice who died Tuesday. The remains will be sent by the evening train to Burlington Iowa for interment, his birthplace and childhood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Constitution and Columbia Set for Race in Larchmont
The Constitution and Columbia arrived from Newport at Larchmont this morning and began preparations for tomorrow's race as reported in the Journal Want Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
Constitution
Columbia
Newport
Steel strike tensions rise as mills idle in Pittsburg area
Early reports show little change in the steel strike with anxious workers and threats of violence. Monesea hoop mill remains idle while Painter, Lindsey and McCutcheon mills target resumption. about 70 workers quit Carnegie union mill as Wellsville seems to drop the strike. Bellaire blast furnace closes, 809 workers affected.
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Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Painter
Lindsey and McCutcheon
Allegheny
Carnegie Union
Bellaire, O
Bellaire
The
Federation of Labor
Shamrock Second Enters Dry Dock in New York
The Shamrock second entered dry dock in New York on August 15 for hull cleaning and maintenance work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock Tr
Dry Dock
New York
Shamrock
Textile workers council meeting in Fall River over wage cut
In Fall River Massachusetts on August 15 the Textile Workers Council began gathering for a meeting to discuss a threatened wage reduction by the Manufacturers association. A 30 000 member strike is likely to be recommended for September 3 the date of the 15 percent cut. In San Francisco on August 15 the Employers association rejected the federation's settlement proposal and refused to modify the strike order allowing grain dock stevedores to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Textile Workers Council
San Francisco
Employers’ Association
City Front Federation
Water Front
Eccentric Old Man Orders Money Burned in Minnesota
Harvey Y. Scott, a lifelong Miser in Fairbault, dies at 83 leaving seventy thousand dollars to be burned after funeral expenses in a codicil to his will. He previously divested five thousand to his nurse and gave minor gifts, while his nephew contests the will.
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Scott
Society of
Neighborhood and Friends
Mr. Scott
Ohio
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Sultan
DIAL
Nat York
Cabrera
Men
Indica
Seymour, Iowa
Bryan
Cc. W. Fishel
Railway Postal Clerk’s Associa
Tion
LeaMar Bank
Tom Ward
Wellsville
Amalgamated Association
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