Sensational Iowa murder shocks River Junction
James Gallaugher was shot in bed near midnight at his River Junction farm. Police race to solve where suspect Charles Holliday alias Harry Moore, a local farmhand, led tracks from the house. Family details and a pending funeral mark a case under swift official scrutiny.
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James Gallaugher
Gallaugher
Harry Fountain
Thomas Kippler
Charles Holliday
Harry Moore
Washington
Iowa City
Death's Head at the East A Watterson View of Cleveland
Henry Watterson denounces Grover Cleveland in the Courier-Journal amid coverage of his harmony speech at the Tilden club banquet. He asserts Cleveland harmed the Democratic Party by clashing with leadership, betraying unity, and pursuing office for personal gain, predicting poor prospects for a third or fourth term. He cites past elections and the Chicago 1896 convention to argue Cleveland lacks broad appeal and leadership.
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Louisville
Watterson
Courier-Journal
Grover Cleveland
Tilden Club
New York
Democratic Party
Homestead
Cleveland
Tilden
Chicago
White House
United States
Cubans Help Themselves Aid Plan For Sugar And Cattle
Havana reports President Palma and his cabinet approve a 3 million dollar loan backed aid to sugar planters and 500 thousand to cattle raisers after U S senate delays reciprocity. Sugar loans cover 50 cents per 25 pounds with repayment in Feb and March. cattle receive 5 per imported breeding animal and free import duty. Cabinet also plans higher tariff on infrequently taxed items.
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Havana
Palma
Roosevelt
ROUSTABOUT DROWNED ON DUBUQUE LEVEE
Harry Bailey of St. Louis roustabout on the steamer Quincy drowned off the Dubuque levee this morning June 21. The incident occurred while the vessel was in Dubuque, Iowa. Special report from the riverfront notes the victim's death at the scene.
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Harry Bailey
Quincy
Dubuque
St. Louis
Bryan Again Says No
Springfield June 21 W J Bryan passes through en route to Mammoth Springs Ark and repeats he will not be a candidate for the presidency again He declines to discuss Cleveland and Hill sentiments but finds it interesting to observe outside Dem party efforts to reorganize it
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Springfield
W. J. Bryan
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Cleveland
Hill
Rockefeller May Control Missouri Pacific Stock
New York June 21 corroboration was obtained that William Rockefeller is the largest individual holder of Missouri Pacific railroad stock, a company long regarded as a Gould property.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Gould
Daughter of Senator Cullom Dies in Baltimore
Mrs William Barrett Didgeley wife of the comptroller of the currency died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after an operation Thursday The daughter of Senator Cullom her death announced from Baltimore on June 21.
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Baltimore
William Barrett Didgeley
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Senator Cullom
Lying Old Fisherman Sermon Shocks Cleveland Crowd
Rev. Charles A. Eaton of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church called St Peter a lying old fisherman and a coward in a noonday street sermon on immortality. He argued Jesus is alive after 2000 years and the transforming fact is Christ's continued life and activity.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Public Square
Charles A. Eaton
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
St. Peter
Jesus
Christ
Forest fires threaten Enumclaw in King county Washington
Tacoma June 21 Enumclaw town in King county on the Northern Pacific line faces possible destruction as fires sweep the area. The water works are burned hindering protection efforts while a gale winds fanned the flames and farm property has already suffered extensive damage.
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Tacoma
Wash
Enumclaw
King County
Woman in Man's Clothes Travels From Chicago to Kansas City
Mrs. Mifred Goodrich, formerly of Kansas City, arrived in a box car dressed as a man. She rushed to the city from Chicago because her baby with his mother was ill and not expected to live, and she could not pay regular fare. She was arrested downtown but released after her husband provided proper clothing.
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Delano
Lone Tree
James Gallaugher
Hoeffer
Iowa City
Mueller
Lew Clearman
Gallaugher
Kewanee
Ill
Ella Duffield
River Junction
Lucy Atkins
Anthony
George
Chicago
Kansas City
Mifred Goodrich
Educated Virginian Loses Reading After Typhoid Spell
Joseph W. Hawkins of near Mount Jackson Virginia has recovered from a long typhoid fever but now cannot read or distinguish letters. The once scholarly man, distressed by the loss, wept upon realizing his inability to read any longer.
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Virginia
Richmond
Joseph W. Hawkins
Mount Jackson
Swell Host At Saengerfest In Peoria Biannual Event
Peoria Illinois June 21 several more societies arrived for the twentieth biennial saengerfest including Oakland California. Two concerts were held yesterday one matinee and the first grand concert attracting vast audiences. Milwaukee La Crosse and Dubuque compete for the next saenger fest with Milwaukee leading. A monster parade of all the societies and a picnic will close the fest.
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Peoria
Ill
Oakland
Cal
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Dubuque
Two Kill Self in Paterson Attic
The bodies of Tarag Kirzan, 30, and his wife, 28, were found in their home at 68 East Fifth street Paterson swinging from a beam. The death occurred yesterday and authorities found no definite cause but believe the act was by agreement.
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Paterson
N. J
Tarag Kirzan
East Fifth Street
Milwaukee brakeman killed under caboose in Iowa collision
Ralph Speer of Hampton, a Milwaukee brakeman, was fatally struck when he fell under the wheels of a caboose at Ferguson, Marshalltown Ia, on June 21. His father John M Speer, an Iowa Central engineer, resides in this city and he was married.
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Milwaukee
Ferguson
Marshalltown
Ralph Speer
Hampton
John M. Speer
Beckman to Become Editor of Council Bluffs Nonpareil
F W Beckman, night city editor of the Sioux City Journal and former Nonpareil staffer, accepts the editor post at the Nonpareil to succeed the late Tilton. The announcement comes from Sioux City dated June 21.
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F. W. Beckman
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
Tilton
Lynch Trial Postponed for Treason Hearing
Col Arthur Lynch Irish postmaster held on treason charges for aiding the Boers was remanded in police court in London until next Tuesday.
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London
Arthur Lynch
Iowa Forecast: Warm Tonight with Mostly Clear Chicago
June 21 bulletin notes fair skies tonight with warmer conditions in the west portion. Sunday is expected partly cloudy and warmer across the region.
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Chicago
Iowa
Favorite Heno Faces Surprises at Chicago Derby Day
Derby day opens under clear skies and a cold wind as 50,000 spectators await a muddy track. Heno remains the favorite at 2 to 1 with Arsenal 4 to 1 and Pentecost 6 to 1, while East Versus West dominates the field of 3-year-olds led by Jockey Bullman for Millionaire Mackay.
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Chicago
Heno
Arsenal
Pentecost
New York
Millionaire Mackay
Bullman
Hermis
H. M. Ziegler
Cincinnati
Hawthorne
Hughes
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O. Z. Crane
George McGruder
Will River Junction
Fremont
Holliday
Henry Waterson
Mr. Cleveland
Sity
United States Senate
Roustabout
Bryan
Rockefeller
Missouri Pacific
Sen. Cullom
Derby
Throng
Charley” Hugues
E. J. Baldwin
Lucky
Mr. Hughes
Cruzados
McChesney
Harlem
Redfern
O’connor
Belle
Knight
McCue
Wyeth
Lyne
Ransom
Otis
Singleton
Hildreth
Lord Quex
Caywood
Lucien Appleby
J Woods
Samuel
Aladdin
Coburn
Corrigan
Ransch
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