Astonishing mixture of musings and ads from The Newton Record
A disjointed selection of editorials and notices discusses England aiding Armenians, the futility of locks after thefts, the Ericsson torpedo boat, Queen Victoria’s reign, Armenian massacres, and satire on Senate pronunciation. It covers Alaska governor Sheakley, Indian police pay, Russian education plans, oyster disease links, Carnot assassination profits for a knife dealer, rival hotel plans by Astor heirs, and anti-diphtheria serum timelines amid a New Orleans transport quake report.
Robbers Blow Safe Steal Silver On West Liberty Train
A West Liberty safe was blown open and 150 dollars in silver seized. Two men fled by Rock Island & Pacific train toward Towa City. Deputies and locals pursued. robbers fired revolver shots and threw silver and papers from a car window. A dynamite stick failed to stop the train. Crew held the line until pursuit continued toward Moscow.
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Davestonr
Nec
West Liberty
Rock Island & Pacific
Towa City
West Liber
Moscow
Donahue
C Robibers
Des Moines Realty Sells Gates Tract to Huston Purchaser
Real estate firm completed a $110 600 cash sale of Gates tract property to Huston, who will manage the grounds and related plans. The buyer has been on the site for days, with talk of a tin plate factory and possible development. Des Moines is viewed as an affordable location for energy-intensive manufacturing, amid factory shifts from Indiana and Ohio. The deal signals imminent development on the property.
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Huston
Indiana
Ohio
Des Moines
Arsenic Tragedy at Windsor Hotel Wife Dies After Suicide Attempt
Mrs Barbara Dietrich aged 38 with two marriages and a troubled history took arsenic in her Windsor hotel room after leaving a note accusing imaginary wrongs by her children. She died an hour and a half after discovery though she could talk briefly. She left one son and three daughters.
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Davestonr
Dee
Barbara Dietrich
Stride
Windsor Hotel
Tragic Huntington Event Shocks Keokuk Attorney
Witness from Council Mums Tragedy, Burris Dee Trimble, son of a Keokuk judge, was in the Citizens bank front room when the Huntington incident happened. He was examined by a physician who deemed him near insanity and advised his removal from the city. Friends escorted him toward home but he collapsed, becoming incoherent and rambunctious.
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Torx
Burris
Dee
Trimble
Keokul
Citizens Bank
Sam
Keoleuk
Woman Jumps To Death From Mississippi River Bridge
A 34 year old woman identified as Custos Dei Miss Yel leapt from the wagon bridge over the Mississippi River and died instantly. The fall fractured her neck following a hallucination that she was responsible for the nearby death of Monte Shoemaker, who was killed by cars days earlier.
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Oman
Cass County Bank Directors Granted Change of Venue
Two Cass County Bank directors Dr N Richards and Dr G B Montgomery were granted a change of venue to Audubon County by Judge Lewis. Trials are expected in the next month or two. Elopers arrested Thomas Prater and Mrs Lundey of Rule Nebraska were indicted for adultery after eloping to Red Oak.
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Arasmic
N. Richards
Montgomery
Cass County Bank
Audubon County
Lewis
Des Moines
Elopers
Lreston
Thos, Pratter
Congressman's sudden apoplexy in Portland apartments
Congressman John I Gear of Iowa was stricken with symptoms of apoplexy early yesterday morning at his Portland apartments. Dr Garner employed cupping and leeching with beneficial results. he was briefly unconscious but rallied and rested quietly. Delegation members and friends visiting the Portland said he is out of danger and improving toward normal activity.
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J. I. Gear Bertonsty
John I. Gear
Laws
Portland
Garner
Iowa
Forgery Scandals in County Hoodling Probe
Dec 4 reports from Fax City show a citizens committee uncovering forgeries tied to county warrants from 1893. The wholesale ring allegedly used about seventy five thousand dollars in forged warrants, with mentions of a poor shed and tears countered by investigators.
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Citizens’ Committee
Fatal Fire From Gasoline Misstep Ignites Man
A man attempted to light a cigar and set his trousers alight with gasoline. He burst into flames and was rushed to Samaritan hospital in critical condition.
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Star Cry
Samaritan Hospital
Des Moines Area Crimes and Personal Dramas Reported
The report details a series of incidents across Iowa. A woman’s calamitous act and suspected murder threats unfold alongside a $4,400 robbery by two masked men against farmer John Collins whose wife seeks divorce and attachments. Wandering and robbed pensioner William Jayne, found five miles north of Iowa City, is cared for by relatives. Huntington bank case is clarified as a misaccounting incident, not theft, while Patrick Muldoon and Maroons farms highlight regional wealth. An attempted burglary at Dallas county treasurer’s safe ends with minimal loot and a frightened retreat.
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Sion City
Supreme
Town City Dispatch
William Jayne
Iowa City
J. Jayne
Towally
Council Bluffs
Hantington
Cromwell
Huntington
Hhich
Bennett
State Savings Bank
Des Moines
Tilden
Patrick Muldoon
Jackson Township
Hardin County
Maroon
Larest
Iowa
Dallas County
Secretary Gresham letter on 425000 British claims settlement
Secretary Gresham sent to the house a letter defending the $425,000 lump sum settlement with Great Britain for British sealing vessel claims. He notes arbitration findings, proposes joint commissions or bilateral talks if the deal fails, and argues the amount is far below claimed damages while arguing for immediate final settlement under the treaty. Also mentions China peacetime diplomacy and a cited Japanese attack near Mai Cheng with heavy Chinese losses.
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Wasmixetox
Eretary Gresham
House
Great Britain
Paris Tribunal of Arbitration
Hering Sea
United States
Wessels
Congress
Gresham
China
Japan
Yokoyama
Dee
Kasura
Sung
Mai Cheng
Europe’s Fatal Storms Across Europe and Britain
Reports from Great Britain and beyond detail a deadly storm of the fiercest in thirty years. Mortality exceeds one hundred with widespread property damage and disrupted telegraph service from Scotland to Ireland. North and West manufacturing towns suffer, roofs and chimneys collapse, residents fear going outside, fishing boats vanish, and Stornoway suffers swamping losses.
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Dee
Great Britain
Germany
Scotland
Midland
Ireland
Stornoway
Nand
Donegal
Stevenson Death Shocks Fans At Mountain Peak
Robert Louis Stevenson, the noted novelist, died suddenly in an alpine setting. He had expressed a wish to die at a romantic place and passed away atop Mount Vacas, about 1,400 feet above sea level.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Vaca
Burns Talks on American Constitution and Liberty
London labor agitator and MP John Burns, visiting Denver for a confederation of labor convention, rejects exaggerated reports of his critique. He sees room for constitutional reform in light of America’s post industrial changes while praising some U S features and noting flaws in schools streets drainage museums and railway access for the rich versus the poor.
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Cmrcado
Dee
John Burns
London
Denver
Convention of Confederation of Labor
Burns
America
Las
John Hey
Condition of trade and Bradstreet’s summary
Trade activity is light with modest demand and stocks being replenished for the postholiday period. Wheat exports reach 2,105,000 bushels year over year while foreign trade in October shows a 2 percent rise due to higher imports, with exports down 4.9 percent. bank clearances for last week total 1,020,040,541 dollars, up from the prior year.
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Bramstreet
Bradstreet’s
United States
Resolution inviting President Cleveland to visit the legislature
In view of President Cleveland being in the state a house resolution inviting him to the legislature and granting him the floor was passed amid bitter feeling. Several members objected and one said the body should not hurrah for a man with a large mortron protest against the greatest party wrecker in American history, yet the house refused to entertain it.
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Convanta
8. C
Cleveland
House
Race War and Meadowcroft Bankers Juried Sentences
In Georgia on December 26 a violent clash broke out as a posse faced armed negroes after a murder and a turpentine camp incident. Several killed on both sides before martial law quelled the riot. Dowerott Brothers and Meadowcroft bankers faced new trial motions. the bankers received one year in prison and a $25 fine each.
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Quitmas
Dowerott Brothers
Brentan
Meadowcroft Brothers
Currency Reform Plan to Amend Objectionable Features
A conference between Secretary Carlisle and House Banking and Currency Committee Chairman Springer discussed amending Carlisle’s currency bill. Springer will propose amendments to remove objections, potentially creating a substitute that incorporates all amendments rather than patching the existing bill. Relics of the Val Det Rone: Mgr O Connell greeted US Ambassador Wayne MacVeagh at the station and received Vatican relief gifts from the Detroit party returned from the World’s Fair. Nervous charges against Chicago alderman Powers: he is accused of offering to defeat a cigarette ordinance for 2000 dollars to be shared among forty aldermen, countered by charges against a cigarette agent and a reporter. four other aldermen implicated.
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Wasmsatox
Carlisle
Springer
House Committee On
House
Mgr. O'Connell
United States
Wayne MacVeagh
Detroit
Vatican
Chicago
Alderman Powers
Herald
Powers
Railway collision at Chelford kills nineteen people
The Manchester Express on the London and Northwestern line collided with a baggage train at Chelford near Crewe. Nineteen dead and about sixty injured, with many reported as fatally hurt. Witnesses describe heartrending scenes amid the wreckage.
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Jon Onan Eingtiah Roa
Crewe
Eng
Manchester Express
London & Northwestern
Chelford
Seeley Sentenced for Eight Years in Federal Penitentiary
Federal court imposes eight years on Dee for funds defalcation at National Shoe and Leather Bank. Total loss cited as 254000. Additional notes mention Russia raising cotton duty, Shiloh Dill approval, and a broad mix of political and international items. A grand jury in Chicago returns twenty five indictments for election fraud in the Thirty fourth ward, with police involvement alleged. Chinese agents discuss dynamite cruiser sale to Brazil, with American operatives to teach operation aboard a vessel later to China.
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York
Dee
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Russia
Col. Henderson
Senate
American Railway Union
Supreme Court
Chicago
Grand Jury
Mendonza
Brazil
Nictheroy
Andrade
China
Armenian Outrages and US Inquiry Efforts
United States Minister Terrett in Constantinople reports Turkey remains opposed to the inquiry proposed by United States Jewett into Armenian outrages. If refused, Jewett will proceed with the inquiry, with the state department prepared to hold the Porte accountable for obstructing a foreign officer gathering information.
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United Stat
Wee
United States
Terrett
Constantinople
Stat Department
Jewett
Porte
State Department
Royalist Uprising Suppressed and Arms Captured
News from Honolulu reports authorities exposing a royalist conspiracy led by editor John E. Bush and several others. Arms and ammunition were hidden. government says there is sufficient evidence for conviction. Earthquakes shook the islands as Kilauea erupts more actively.
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San Freaxcisco
Arawa
Honolulu
John E. Bush
Kilauea
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