State report shows Iowa public schools spend 567003
State Superintendent Barrett reports Iowa spent 9,321,652 on public schools for the year ending July 1 1901 an increase of over a million since 1896. Teacher salaries totaled 5 747 339 with libraries growing to 453 454 volumes. The capitol running cost for 18 months ended July 1 1901 was 567 693 08 with 290 813 03 in salaries and 18 160 73 in supplies. The article also notes a Des Moines January 23 25 meeting of the Iowa Mothers Congress to push child labor and education laws.
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Congress
Des Moines
Richard C. Barrett
Iowa
Barrett
Capitol
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
Davison
Executive Department
Board of Control
Jean Supt
of Public Instruction
State Board of Ed
Supreme
National Guard
Isaac Lea Millis
Iowa Mothers’ Congress
General Assembly
E. G. Turgen
J. T. Rockafellow
Atlantic
Town Seed Corn Breeders’ Association
Capitol Building
Henry Wallace
J. J. Edgerton
I. G. Heaps
A. G. Lucas
James Atkinson
Town Park and Forestry Association
Elmer Reeves
J. A. Callison
Thomas MacBride
L. H. Pammel
R. C
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department
Eleventh and
Grand Avenues
Leon Brown
Consolidation plan praised for central school benefits
Superintendent Barrett outlines the district wide consolidation advantages including better teachers lower costs and reformed class and term structures. He cites Iowa trials showing mixed results and notes transportation effects and community sentiment across counties with favorable and doubtful views. The report also lists Iowa stock exhibitors and judges for an international exposition in Chicago.
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Barrett
Opening of Fifty Seventh Congress and McKinley Tribute
Opening of the Fifty seventh Congress drew a large crowd as Senator Frye presided, oath results for Dietrich Millard Kittridge and Paris Gibson, and Henderson reelected speaker. Debates, bills, and proposed measures filled days with notices of McKinley tribute and policy aims.
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Frye
Maine
Senate
Henderson
Washington
Dee
Congress
Capitol
William Milburn
Charles H. Dietrich
Joseph H. Millard
Nebraska
Alfred B. Kittridge
South Dakota
Paris Gibson
Montana
Cullom
House
Allison
Hale
McKinley
Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Tinawall
Philippines
Supreme Court
United States
Seton
McComas
Hoar M
Penrose
Industrial Commission
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate bill seeks expulsion of alien anarchists
Washington date line reports Senator Burrows introduced a measure to bar and deport alien anarchists. The draft imposes landability bans, authorizes investigations into applicants, allows deportation at government expense, and imposes penalties for reentry. It also funds 12 immigration agents to probe foreign applicants.
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Washington
Burrows
United States
Special Board of Inquiry
Secretary Gage reports large year surplus for 1901
Secretary of the treasury reports a 1901 surplus of 77.7 million dollars from revenues of 699.3 million and expenditures of 621.6 million. He urges currency and national banking reform, proposing shifts in note redemption, capital-backed notes, and government liabilities. Immigration data show 662,868 arrivals with Italy leading steerage entries and significant illiteracy among newcomers.
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Washington
Gage
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
the Treasury
United States Treasury
United States
Italy
Illinois Proclamation on Boer Prisoners Aid
Governor Yates issues a proclamation urging Illinois citizens to aid Boer women children and other noncombatants in British South African camps by donating money medicine food and clothes for the sick and needy prisoners.
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Springfield
Yates
South Africa
Illinois
Skaters Drowned in Ottawa River Incident
Miss Bessie Blair daughter of Hon A G Blair minister of railways and canals drowned in Ottawa river Friday evening at a private skating party. She was with Mr In AL Harper assistant editor of the Labor Gazette. The pair broke through the ice where the river is swift after becoming separated from others.
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Ottawa
Ont
Bessie Blair
A. G. Blair
In AL Harper
Labor Gazette
Robbers found guilty of murder in first degree
Sioux City Dec 6 The jury at Storm Lake in the Greenville Ia robbery case found Louis Brooks and Alberry Phillips guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced them to death The raid left two posse members fatally shot by the robbers and one robber killed in the Albert City fight
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Sioux City
Greenville
Louis Brooks
Alberry Phillips
Storm Lake
Albert City
Hymn Book Revision Drops Old Favorites in Cincinnati
The Methodist hymnal revision committee in Cincinnati has eliminated the hymn Sweet Hour of Prayer due to objection to its last line. He Leadeth Me O Blessed Thought is also dropped from the revised hymnal.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Methodist Hymnal Revision Committee
Public debt declines by 11 million in November 1901
The monthly statement from The Public Debt in Washington reports that as of November 30, 1901 the debt less cash in the treasury stood at 1,011,626,445 dollars, a decrease of 11,206,512 dollars for the month.
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Washington
Death of an Editor in New York City
Arthur Grissom editor of the Smart Set died in New York City after a bout of typhoid fever. He was born in Payson, NL, 33 years ago.
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New York
Arthur Grissom
Smart Set
Payson
Work of Supreme Court As Attorney General Reports Docket Shifts
The attorney general's annual report to Congress shows a rise of 1 in the number of cases docketed on the U S supreme court appellate docket and a drop of three in dispositions leaving 336 on the docket at year end. It notes 368 cases actually considered, 179 argued orally, 162 submitted on briefs, with 122 affirmed and 47 reversed in 68 disposed appellate cases. It also covers prison statistics and literacy data.
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Washington
Attorney General
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United States
Town Marshal Shot in Chelsea Bank Raid Death
Town Marshal J B Smith of Chelsea was fatally shot in the head by three robbers during a bank break in. He died two hours after the early morning attack. The robbers, discovered during the attempt, exchanged fire with the marshal and escaped west on a hand car.
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Marshalltown
J. B. Smith
Chelsea
Atlanta
Dee
Tteville
Peace Papers Signed at Empire Station
Gen Alban departed Panama to receive Liberal Gen Dominigo Diaz surrender. The two generals met at Gorgora station and signed peace papers at Empire station.
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Colon
Alban
Panama
Domingo Diaz
Gorgora Station
Empire Station
Porto Rico Secretary calls legislature to meet New Year
Dec 6 report from San Juan Porto Rico states Charles Hartzell secretary acting governor during Hunt absence has issued a call for the legislature to convene on New Year's day in San Juan Porto Rico.
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WIH
San Juan
Porto Rico
Charles Hartzell
Hunt
United States
Judge denies dismissal in Molineux murder indictment
Feint against Molineux, New York, December 7. Judge Newburger refused the motion to dismiss the indictment charging Rolang L. Molineux with the murder of Mrs. Katherine Adams. The ruling preserves the case for trial and keeps the homicide proceeding on track.
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Molineus
New York
Newburger
Rolang L. Molineux
Katherine Adams
Legal status of Porto Rico and the Philippines affirmed
The Supreme Court holds Porto Rico and the Philippines as domestic territories following the peace treaty. Congress may regulate them without foreign tariff constraints, with the Foraker act constitutional. Duties under the Dingley law on island goods are illegal, as these goods are domestic. Congress may set tariffs or free trade arrangements for these territories.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Congress
Government of
San Francisco
Manila
Supreme Court
Suez Canals
Chaffee Reports Philippine Situation and Policy
Washington December 7 The War Department released Maj. Gen Adna K Chaffees first annual report as military governor of the Philippine Islands He outlines disturbed areas Batangas Laguna Luzon and the islands Samar Mindoro Cebu and Bohol and notes guerrilla warfare persists due to rebel tactics and fear among locals He advises no major troop reductions before January 1903 and says army observation must judge progress of self government as civil administrations are created.
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Washington
War Department
Adna K. Chaffee
Philippine Islands
Chaffee
Philippines
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Samar
Mindoro
Cebu
Bohol
Chattee
Hampton Confesses Five Murders Before Florida Hanging
Thomas J. Hampton, a Black man from Lake City Florida, was hanged after confessing to five murders nine years after a Fort White double murder. He displayed remarkable nerve and smoked a cigar as the black cap was placed. His statement included a 1887 Lexington conductor killing and other Georgia slayings.
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Lake City
Fla
Thomas J. Hampton
Fort White
Lexington County
S. G
Georgia
Prominent Illinois Leader Gen Allen C Fuller Dies
Rockford Illinois December 7 Gen Allen C Fuller prominent in Illinois politics died at his Belvidere home aged 79. He became adjutant general of Illinois troops at the outbreak of the Civil War and later served as speaker of the house and two terms in the state senate. He leaves an estimated fortune of $1,000,000.
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Washington
McDowell
Mr. Couden
David B. Henderson
Iowa
Gen
Bingham
House
Senate
Pacific Cable
South Africa
Congress
Kempff
Taku
China
Oklahoma
Department of Commerce, Labor and Manufacture
Supreme Court
William H. Harrison
South Bend
Ind
Rockford
Allen Co. Fuller
Belvidere
General Assembly
State Senate
Coroner Finds Wabash Fault In Seneca Rail Disaster
Adrian Michigan reports the coroner's jury ruled the Wabash Railroad company and the trainmen of train 4 were negligent in the wreck near Seneca last Wednesday night between trains 13 and 4, killing about 80 people.
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Adrian, Mich
Seneca
Wabash Railroad Company
Congress to pass radical law to squelch anarchists
Washington reports leaders in Congress demand a radical law this session to curb anarchists. Abraham Isaak's Chicago remarks praising McKinley's assassination stir anger as Senator Hoar's plan is approved.
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Washington
Congress
Abraham Isaak
Chicago
McKinley
Senator Hoar
Dinaxter at Sea Near Astoria Reported Loss of Crew
The Dinaxter near Astoria Oregon reports that the fishing vessel Tatoosh with Captain Perxiam and her entire crew were lost after a Tuesday night incident. Twenty eight men were declared missing or presumed dead as the Nel turned and sank.
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Astoria
Ore
Tatoosh
Perxiam
Enrolment at Harvard Sees Drop This Year
Cambridge Mass Dec 5 The enrollment of Harvard University including students of all classes teachers and administrative officers stands at 6158 compared with 6817 last year indicating a decline in overall attendance for the current term.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Senate makes public Pauncefote agreement on canal plan
The Pauncefote treaty text outlines US led construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama with neutral international rules. It sets governance for the canal, navigation rights, belligerent protections, and US prerogatives, paired with a Roosevelt transmitted letter to the Senate endorsing ratification with Britain.
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Senate
Washington
Panama
United States of America
Edward VII
Kingdom of Great Britain
India
Pacific
Clayton-Bulwer
John Hay
States of America
Ward VII
United of
United of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Dominions Beyond Theing
Lord Pauncefote
United States
One Thousand Nine Hundred
John Havens
Roosevelt
Britain
White House
Bank Robbery Report From Atlanta and Deeptville
Bank in Atlanta and nearby Deeptville district was robbed of about 2500 dollars by masked men using a stolen streetcar. Police pursued through streets and routed inquiries to nearby towns for clues and suspects.
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H. H. Lantz
Charles H. Clarke
Hame
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Martin Flynn
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