Notable public career of Senator Allison ends in Dubuque
Aged Senator Allison dies after a long illness in Dubuque Iowa on August 5 following a heart condition and prostatic enlargement. Born March 2 1829 in Perry Ohio he practiced law in Ohio before moving to Dubuque. He served in Congress and then the Senate from 1868 and 1878 respectively guiding civil war policies and national finances and advising presidents Lincoln Garfield Harrison and McKinley. Governor Cummins of Iowa announced his candidacy to succeed Allison and that a temporary appointee would fill the seat.
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Dubuque
United States
Allison
Fannie Mout
Asbury Road
Senator Allison
Perry
Ohio
John
Mary Allison
Allegheny Valleys
Pennsylvania
Western Reserve College of
Senator Alleen
Anna Carter
Wooster
Ashland
Chicago
Congress
Iowa
the Treasury
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Brussels
House of Representatives
Waye and Means Committee
Lincoln
Stanton
Chase
Sumner
Blaine
Edmunds
Sherman
Logan
Trumbull
Morton
Abraham Lincoln
Kirkwood
Ways and
National House
House
Senate
Cummins
Lake Forest
Albert B. Cummins
United States Senate
Cumming
Forest fires engulf vast Crow's Nest region in British Columbia
Aug 5 report from Vancouver notes the Crow's Nest fires have devastated hundreds of square miles in Elk river valley. Fernie and nearby towns are largely wiped out with thousands homeless. Estimated property loss hits 6 to 7 million dollars. Death toll possibly up to fifty. Relief pours in from BC cities and border states.
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Vancouver
B. C
Crow's Nest
Elk River Valley
British Columbia
Fernie
Cranbrook
Michel
Hosmer
Broker Eastman Arrested in Chicago Over Draft Charge
Robert E Eastman formerly of 30 Wall Street New York was arrested in Chicago after A A Knowles vice president at Mechanics National Bank of New York traveled with evidence. Eastman claimed the trouble stemmed from a $15300 overdraft at Mechanics National Bank.
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Chicago
Robert E. Eastman
Wall Street
New York
A. A. Knowles
Mechanics’ National Bank of New York
Knowles
Eastman
Mechanics’ National Bank
Drowned Chicago Family At Camp Pleasant River
Four members of a Chicago family died when they ventured beyond their depth while swimming at Camp Pleasant Galena New Jersey August 5 A fifth swimmer Miss Laura Huebner narrowly escaped death while attempting the rescue Archibald and Hessie McMaster Albert and May McMaster were among the victims The party also included Miss Henrietta Knell a great aunt and one other uninjured member Archibald and Miss Huebner were strong swimmers but could not save the others
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Archibald McMaster
Albert McMaster
Chicago
Camp Pleasant
Galena
Laura Huebner
Henrietta Knell
McMasters
Miss Knell
May
Hessie
Bessie McMaster
Suicide by Westerfeld at Produce Exchange Bank
Charles W Westerfeld aged 22, assistant bookkeeper at the Produce Exchange bank, shot himself in the bank book room as two $20 checks faced presentation. His body was found in the bank vault. Officials called him a model employee with clean accounts and no known motive or debt.
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New York
Charles W. Westerfeld
Produce Exchange Bank
Westerfeld
Big Tie-Up Planned by Canadian Pacific Shopmen
Vancouver August 4 orders from the legislative board of the Canadian Pacific shopmen call a strike by five allied unions. Ten per cent cuts not yet defined but eight thousand mechanical department workers from Vancouver to Halifax are expected to walk out immediately. The unions include machinists boiler-makers carmen blacksmiths and allied mechanics.
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Vancouver
B. C
Legislative Board
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Halifax
Carmen
TERSE TELEGRAMS BRIEF GLOBAL SIGHTS OF THE DAY
A mixed wire of quick notes reports a slim Ollahoma primary result a quiet Idaho Democratic convention a calm Constantinople political scene and a fatal building collapse near Kurkhel. It notes heavy Algerian quakes, a damaging Bisber landslide, the death of playwright Browser Howard, and Guatemala’s release of forty three political prisoners amid ongoing assassination plots.
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Ollahoma
Idaho
Wallace
Constantinople
Algeria
Kurkhel
Paris
Ater
Meholas
Russia
Haakoo
Norway
Karsas
Bisber
Aziz
Browser Howard
Avon-by-the- Sea
N. J
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Cabrera
Race for the Pennant in the Major Leagues
At Columbus the Columbus team leads in runs hits and errors with 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Batteries Rogers James Wilson Karsh ready for action. At Indianapolis Indianapolis shows 0 3 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 6 9 0 for a Milwaukee game. Batter ies Durham Slagle Howley Livingston Curtis Bateman Roth listed.
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Columbus
R.H.E. Columbus
Minneapolis
Rogers
James
Wilson
Karsh
Indianapolis
R.h.le
Milwaukee
Durham
Slagle, Howley, Livingston, Curtis, Bateman, Roth
Willemstad Ex-Minister De Reus Leaves for Europe
Former Netherlands envoy to Venezuela Willemstad, expelled by President Castro, departs on the intercolial steamer Christiansted bound for Trinidad. He will take a Royal Mail steamer to Europe after reaching port.
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Willemstad
M. de Reus
Netherlands
Venezusia
Castro
Christiansted
Trinidad
Europe
Parker Enters the Campaign for 1904 President
Los Angeles August 6 Judge Alton B Parker Democratic candidate for president in 1904 delivered his first campaign speech in support of Bryan and Kern before about 2,000 at Temple auditorium last night.
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Parker
Los Angeles
Cal
Alton B. Parker
Bryan and
Kern
Temple Auditorium
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Indianapolis grain and livestock quotes show wheat at 89c for No 2, mixed data at 47-49c, hay prices from 8 to 12.50 dollars, cattle 3.50 to 7.00, hogs 20 to 40 dollars, and lambs 3.50 to 6.75. Receipts include 8,000 hogs, 1,700 cattle, 650 sheep. about 175 horses sold. prices noted as irregular. Cincinnati and Chicago listings give varying wheat, corn, oats, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lamb ranges. New York, Buffalo, and Toledo prices add regional spreads.
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Carrigan
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O,e
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Rhle
Lousville
Timothy
Buffalo
Indiana appoints delegates for tuberculosis conference
Governor Hanly announced Indiana’s delegates to the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington D C from Sept 21 to Oct 12. The list includes Dr J N Hurty and many physicians from cities such as Elkhart Logansport Fort Wayne Kokomo and South Bend with broader county medical society participation anticipated. Great interest surrounds the Washington meeting and additional delegates may be named by county medical societies.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Indiana
Washington, D. C
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
George W. Spohn
Elkhart
Indiana State Federation of Women’s Club
M. A. Boor
B. V. Caffee
Terre Haute
W. M. Varble
David C. Peyton
Jeffersonville
Robert Heesler
Charles H. McCully
Logansport
J. W. Rush
A. Strouse
BE. P. Busse
W. R. Davidson
Evansville
O. BE. Mohler
William P. Breen
H. W. Ettleson
John H
George 8. Grant
Richmond
A. T. Fagaly
Lawrenceburg
Barret Moxley
H. A. Crossland
Edgar F. Kiser
Charles W. Ebel
Sevrance Burrage
Lafayette
J. L. MePherson
C. W. Sherritt
L. L. Ball
Muncie
Washington
Deleagues
Gunness Poisoning Theories Questioned By Indiana Doctors
In Laporte Indiana August 5 officials and doctors questioning Dr Walter Haines assertion that Mrs Belle Gunness and her children died from arsenic and strychnine report mixed stomachs cast doubt on the final verdict exhumation of Gunness liver and kidneys planned to prove poisoning possibility of self administered dose remains under study. Also included are local incidents in Greenwood and Evansville plus a note on Chicago grains market weakness from profit taking.
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Murder Hill
Walter Haines
Chicago
Haines
Gunness
Forest Home Cemetery
State Fair Barn to House Show Horses at Indiana Grounds
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture plans a 928 by 204 foot single story show barn costing 40000 dollars on the State Fair grounds. Completion by September 1 with first use during the September 7 opening week. The design allows visitors to view all stalls and includes ventilation, lighting, and 394 horse capacity. A 20 foot cement walk will connect to the Livestock Pavilion.
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State Board of Agriculture
United States
Nght
David Wallace
Indianapolis
State Board
Indiana
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Greenwood
Gregg Waddell
William Lyon
Peecher Lyon
Lyon
Ed Waddell
Gregg
Ing. Aug
Oscar Meyer
C. E. Fittman
Fort Branch
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