Grand Army Encampment Opens in Dubuque with Large Attendance
The annual Grand Army encampment for Iowa opens in Dubuque at the Hotel Julien with a large crowd. Commander Davis and staff are welcomed, a minister is honored, and Vicksburg survivors gather for a reunion and a report on the park commission led by General Stephen D. Lee. Thursday includes G A R and Sons of Veterans sessions and installations at the Grand Opera House.
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Dubuque
Miss
G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans
Women's Relief Corps
Grand Army
Grand Opera House
P. Merkes
Blades
Repents At Her Leisure
Mrs. Jane T. McCausland of Plymouth county seeks divorce in district court from her ex convict husband aged 31 after six years of marriage. She alleges abuse, financial waste, and infidelity including kissing the hired girl and cheering when the hired man struck her. The farm property is valued at $60,000.
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Sioux City
Jane T. McCausland
Plymouth County
Bishops Visit Dubuque as Division Debate Simmeres
In Dubuque on June 4 Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport and Bishop Scannell of Omaha meet Archbishop Keane for a conference. Keane departs for Europe and a division order for the Dubuque see was due. Cosgrove favors dividing the see and establishing four Iowa bishoprics, potentially elevating Scannell to archbishop.
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Dubuque
Cosgrove
Davenport
Scannell
Omaha
Keane
Europe
Iowa
Medal for Brave Girl at Iowa City
The Irving Institute Library at the university awarded Miss Caroline Jarvis a bravery medal for saving fellow student R. M. Fagan when a boating accident capsized their boat. Fagan could not swim. Jarvis guided him to a hole on the boat and then swam to shore, pushing the boat ahead.
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Iowa City
Irving Institute Library University
Caroline Jarvis
R. M. Fagan
Fagan
Miss Jarvis
Holt
Clinton Police Captain Shot by Man with Grudge
Captain William E. Dougherty of Clinton is gravely injured at Mercy hospital after a pistol attack by Joe McNeil, who was under watch for months for threats. McNeil is detained in the county jail. McNeil previously served time at Anamosa state penitentiary.
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Clinton
William E. Dougherty
Mercy Hospital
Joe McNeil
McNeil
Dougherty
Iowa State Penitentiary
Anamosa
Conger Jubilee Commencement At Lombard College
Lombard College friends in Galesburg prepare elaborate reception for Minister E H Conger and Governor Yates at next week’s jubilee commencement. Conger, Lombard graduate, will speak at the evening banquet on Pekin siege. speakers include Thomas Lowry Minneapolis Harlow N Higinbotham Chicago Chas F E Hasbrook Denver and others. Governor Yates arrives that evening and will receive military honors.
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Galesburg
Lombard College
E. H. Conger
Yates
Lombard
Pekin
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis
Harlow N. Higinbothan
Chicago
Chas
Hasbrook
Denver
Swift and Libby Firms Ban Profanity and Tobacco at Work
Swift & Company and Libby McNeil and Libby, Chicago, told 25 000 workers that profanity or tobacco use on duty will bring immediate discharge. The move marks a new, stricter policy following past efforts to curb liquor use and other habits.
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Chicago
Swift & Company
Libby McNeil and Libby
Packers
Ifn
Market Report Arranged By The Journal For Farmers
The Journal announces a new evening market report for Iowa readers with opening, high, low and closing prices plus livestock, Kansas City and Chicago notes, Liverpool grain, stock notes from London and New York, and weather impacts. Chicago receipts and Fargo rains noted. wheat, corn and hogs led activity with rains in the northwest affecting prices. Clearances for the day and Bradstreets wheat estimate complete the roundup.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Liverpool
London
New York
Omaha
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Dakotas
Minnesota
Fargo
Kansas
Nebraska
Southwest
Ohio Valleya
Iowa
Hillnais
New York Stock Exchange
President declines summer Congress call on Philippines policy
Washington June 4 The cabinet met this morning and issued a statement that the president has determined existing conditions do not require calling congress together during the present summer or altering the policy already announced and pursued regarding the Philippines. The cabinet is understood to be unanimous in approving this course.
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Washington
Philippines
Market Dispatch from H. J. Toher & Co. Brokers
Special market dispatch routed through H. J. Toher and Co. Brokers reports H. E. McKay of Muscatine as office manager over the post office location.
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H. J. Toher & Co
H. E. Mc.Kay
Muscatine
Post Office
Mrs McKinley Condition Unchanged in Washington
Washington reports Mrs McKinley’s condition remains unchanged this morning. Dr Osler, a Baltimore specialist, consulted yesterday and departed for home, a move viewed by some as a favorable sign.
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Washington
Young Blaine Married in Washington Mansion
Martha Hichborn daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn married James G. Blaine son of the renowned statesman at the bride's parents' home in Washington on June 4.
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Tekes
Bride
Hichborn
Washington
Martha Hichborn
James G. Blaine
Fiendish Young Men Attack Woman in Buffalo Office
Edith Burnham aged 19 was rescued in a downtown Buffalo ticket broker’s office early today after being assaulted by about 20 young men, ten of whom were captured at the scene.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edith Burnham
Detailed Reports Show Fierce Battle at Winkfontein
General Kitchener released full details of the Winkfontein engagement. The fight was sanguinary with both sides daring. the British, surprised early, lost two guns but soon recovered and recaptured them. About 1500 British fought, with 6 officers and 51 men killed, 6 officers and 115 men wounded, 7 missing. Forty one Boers lay dead.
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London
Kitchener
Winkfontein
Passengers Die In Southern Railroad Wreck Near Atlanta
A switch engine on the Southern railroad collided with a passenger train just before noon in Atlanta Georgia spreading wreckage and killing three identified victims Mrs A A Fleming Irma Fleming and H H Vickers while fatally injuring Julia Kirby A F Buna and A F Fouche and leaving others still unaccounted for amid the debris with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Atlanta. Ga
Southern Railroad
A. A. Fleming
Irma Fleming
H. H. Vickers
Julia Kirby
A. F. Buna
A. F. Fouche
Hughes resigns as Davenport road manager to lead Ozark Central
E. E. Hughes, long time general manager of the Davenport Rock Island Northwestern, resigns to become vice president and general manager of the Ozark and Cherokee Central, a new railway planned from Fayetteville Arkansas to Muscogee.
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Davenport
E. E. Hughes
Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern Road
Ozark & Cherokee Central
Fayetteville
Ark
Muscogee- 4
Indian Uprising Sparks Fears on Wind River Reservation
June 4 Cheyenne Wyoming reports rising tensions between white settlers and Arapaho and Shoshone on the Wind River reservation after a sheep herder was shot near Fort Washakie. Ranchers push toward Lander as Indians reportedly arm and fear of a larger uprising grows.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wind River Reservation
Fort Washakie
Lander
Charity plan for children of injured workers abroad
Mrs Andrew Carnegie and Mrs J Pierpont Morgan held a meeting in Paris about a new charitable scheme to aid children of mechanics and artisans harmed in America’s steel and iron industries. The project is still in embryo and details are not disclosed.
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Paris
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
America
Rumors of Mrs Maybrick Pardoned Afloat
A London cable reports Mrs Florence Maybrick, sentenced to life for murder, released from prison May 24 and jailed next day under an assumed name for the United States. The Home Office declines to comment and the American embassy has no knowledge of the report.
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Philadelphia
London
Florence Maybrick
United States
Railroad Cutoff to Start Between Muscatine and Ottumwa
Traveling agent W A Rossbach of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway confirmed that engineers reports are in and active work on the Muscatine Ottumwa cutoff would begin within two weeks.
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W. A. Rossbach
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Journal
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Court Opens With Judge Brannan on Bench
District court opened this morning with Judge Brannan presiding. Trials listed include Andrew Cracker v Bodman, Henry Meyers v Thompson, Nicolaus Bros v Sham it, Stewart et al v Gorman et al, Kate Opelt v Murphy et al. Chambliss v Hass set for July 15.
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District Court
Brannan
Andrew Cracker
Bodman
Henry Meyers
Thompson
Nicolaus Bros
Shamit
Stewart Et al
Gorman
Kate Opelt
Murphy
Chambliss
Hass
Cottage for sale in good neighborhood at easy terms
Titus and Jackson offer a fine cottage in a reputable neighborhood for sale at a reasonable price with easy payment terms.
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Titus & Jackson
Killed in a Mine Killed in a Mine Eight Dead Are Recognized
An explosion at Chapin mine in Iron Mountain Michigan killed eighteen workers early today most were Italians with many suffocated by powder fumes. Dead identified include Antonio Farnetti Joseph Passini Louis Tassi Rinaldo Ausino John Amone John Milano John Bertelli and an Unknown Pole.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Chapin Mine
Antonio Farnetti
Joseph Passini
Louis Tassi
Rinaldo Ausino
John Amone
John Milano
John Bertelli
Pole
Herron Trial Opens Across Grinnell Congregational Council Sets Hearing
Grinnell is to hear Prof George D. Herron charged with conduct unbecoming a minister and a man. A Baxter convention committee called a council and invited a trial, notifying 12 churches across Iowa to attend the public proceeding today.
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Grinnell
George D. Herron
Baxter
Call
Herron
Grinnell Council
First Congregational Church
Chester Center
Man Identified in Crapo Park Death Mystery
Burlington reports the man who died by his own hand at Crapo park, once believed to be F Shepard, identified by his son as F S Peavy, a former wealthy farmer near Newton Iowa. The body rests at Kirkeville Medical College and will be buried by the county.
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Burlington
Crapo Park
F. Shepard
F. S. Peavy
Newton
Iowa
Medical College
Kirkeville
City of Erie and Tashmoo Steamers Race From Cleveland
The great race between the steamers City of Erie and Tashmoo began at 9 24 this morning from Cleveland to Erie. Thousands witnessed the start in ideal weather. Thirty miles out the Erie led by a quarter of a mile. At Conneaut the two boats passed at 12 4 with the Erie still in front.
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Cleveland
Ohio
City of
Erie
Tashmeno
Conneaut
Y M C A Athletic Club Sets Plans At Meeting
At a called meeting of the Y M C A Athletic club the treasurer reported a balance of 26 dollars including recent meet receipts. A motion authorized buying a 12 shot 12 hammer and a 12 foot vaulting pole. A committee led by Roy Quertermous, Ray Batterson, and C F Nevins was formed to secure the fair grounds for athletics, bicycle and baseball, with regular practices twice weekly. Roy Quertermous, Walter Kautz and Howard Hacket were named to organize baseball, aiming for two teams and immediate practice at the fair grounds tonight at 6 15. Membership at the fair grounds limited to association members. summer membership rates announced.
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Y. M. C. A. Athletic Cloud
Cin
Asir Cround
Leadi
Roy Quertermous
Ray Batterson
C. F. Nevins
Regula
Walter Kautz
Howard Hacket
Ton Cit
First Baptist Men's League Banquet Notice
The Men's League of the First Baptist church will hold a banquet next Wednesday evening. Those who have not advised attendance are asked to notify the committee.
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Men's League of the First Baptist Church
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