Iowa News in Brief Hits Crime Death and Offbeat Trades
A wide sweep of items from Waverly to Sioux City notes Ahrens assigning assets 9036 and 16860 lien. farmer Kinney killed moving a barn near Marble Rock. Nashua pauper John Shannon left estate over 20000. sentencing for statutory rape at New Hampton. Dunlap death from possible brain bleed. postmasters appointed at Elwood and Avery. Sioux City janitors haul coal by wheelbarrow. Mason City suit for 20000 damages against Iowa Central. Rev J M Robinson accepts Dubuque pastorate. corn still in fields amid heavy snows. Waterloo police trap bogus CD for 60. Blanche Ruby gains Nantes recognition. Ames elopement thwarted by father. fair to drop side shows next year. Boone electric line plan to Webster City 65 miles. Iowa Poultry Fanciers meet postponed. libel suits against papers fare poorly. Garvin coal shipment to Chicago profits. 85 year old Thomas Barr and 82 year old Mrs Barr die within an hour. Morroe Drew dismissed for miserly conduct. Nate Haworth sentenced to be shot in Utah case. Dennis Downey dies a pauper leaving several thousand. George Baker disappears near Newton. Sioux City packing plant faces dispute over doubling i's.
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Clay County
L. W. Brand
Carpenter Bros
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Blanche Ruby
Cedar Rapids
Nantes
Ruby
Mile. Martini
Ames
State Fair Association
Cairo
Boone
L. W. Reynolds
Webster City
Frasier
Iowa Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Garvin
Chicago
Thomas Barr
William Cooper
Barr
Dunreath
Cooper
Resoner
Iowa City
Nate Haworth
Iowa Fells
Utah
Dennis Downey
Keokuk
George Baker
Sherman Township
Newton
Sioux City
Sick Cattle Department Granted Authority to Act
The Sick Cattle Department was empowered to take action on diseased livestock, with powers to inspect, quarantine, and implement measures to prevent spread and protect public and animal health.
Treasury to Agriculture Transfer Regulates Livestock Diseases
In Washington the House passed a bill shifting authority to regulate contagious livestock diseases from the Treasury to the Agriculture Department. The measure also covers preventing interstate movement of hay and forage to curb disease spread. Debate noted the move corrects an earlier misallocation of power. The chamber then advanced the legislative appropriation bill, handling 122 pages.
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Washington
House
The
Treasury
Department of Agriculture Tech
Wyoming
Mukilteo Point
Wash
Wadsworth
N. Y
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury Department
New England
Canada
United States
Mrs U S Grants Funeral Arrangements In Washington
In Washington the funeral plans for Mrs Grant will be set after General Grant and family arrive Thursday. Short religious services will be held in the city and the remains will be buried beside Ulysses S Grant in Riverside Park New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a combination car for pallbearers and a private car for the family on a train to the tomb. Army officers in New York will attend in full dress. The steamer Meigs will transport the party from Jersey City to the tomb landing.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Army
New York
Meigs
Jersey City
Chicago duo on wagon trek to Asheville halting in Knoxville
Edin M. Barr of Chicago and Dr. Stanley F. Sabel of New York drive from Colorado to Asheville on a wagon. They left Knoxville Sunday with less than 150 miles to Christmas and have logged about 3000 miles since mid June. Barr is the son of J. M. Barr, general superintendent of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad.
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Knoxville
Tex
Edin M. Barr
Chicago
Stanley F. Sabel
New York
Colorado
Asheville
N. C
Barr
J. M. Barr
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Italian ambassador receives unsatisfactory Venezuela reply
The Italian ambassador in Washington learned from Rome that Venezuela’s response to Italy’s settlement demands for Italian citizens is entirely unsatisfactory. It is unclear if the Italian minister in Caracas sent a formal demand or an ultimatum, but the distinction appears minimal from Italy’s view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Signor de Planches
Venezuela
Italy
Generals to Testify in Manila Court Martial
Manila report says the court martial of Major Glenn of the Sixth Infantry will summon Generals Chaffee and Smith from the United States to testify about Samar campaign orders and the campaign character. Captain W C Rogers of the Twenty seventh Infantry faces trial for disrespectful language toward General Davis and other officials.
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Manila
Glenn
Sixth Infantry
Chaffee and Smith
United States
Samar
W. C. Rogers
Twentyseventh Infantry
Davis
Coroner's Jury Pins Boiler Blast on Sudden Valve Release
A Chicago coroner's jury concluded the Swift and Company ice plant boiler explosion resulted from an employee opening the main valve too suddenly. The verdict urged shorter hours for engineers, firemen, and water tenders as testimony showed they were compelled to work long days.
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Chicago
Swift and Company
Colombia Prepares Invasion of Nicaragua Over Mosquito Strip
Semi official reports from Panama and Colon indicate Colombian army officers are quietly readying an invasion of Nicaragua. Colombia seeks control of the Mosquito strip for canal Route leverage and to provide work for weary soldiers, prompting Managua officials to seek ways to avert the attack.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Washington
Nicaragua
Panama
Colon
Mosquito Strip
Managua
Argentina ready to fight if US stays silent
Caracas reports Argentina has instructed consular staff to report to Buenos Aires to define its stance on the Monroe doctrine amid British and German pressure. If the United States remains impassive, Argentina may side with Venezuela and offer aid to President Sastre to defend South American autonomy.
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Venezuela
United States
Caracas
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Great Britain
Germany
Sastre
Statehood Report Details Senate Omnibus Bill
Senate sub committee testimony on the house omnibus statehood bill has been printed as a 394 page document with maps. It quotes and answers many witnesses on size population resources schools churches business morals and other traits of the three proposed states and includes miscellaneous data.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Territories
Senate
New Union Depot Railway Chief Named in Kansas City
Deorge H. Ross of Chicago becomes president of the Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Railway, succeeding Theodore C. Bates of Boston who resigns to place the firm in the hands of a practical railroad man. A Boston dispatch claims Bates sold his interests and river property to Swift & Company.
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Swift Bays Railways
Kansas City
Deorge H. Ross
Chicago
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railway
Theodore C. Bates
Boston
Union Depot, Bridge & Terminal Railway Company
Bates
Missouri River
Swift & Company
Coal Shortage Forces Washington Buildings Shut
Interior Department steam plant halted for over an hour due to coal famine. Post Office Department exhausted its coal supply early Monday, cutting lights above the first floor and the postmaster general's private elevator. The Capitol faces two days of fuel, with Reading Railroad contract ensuring heating needs.
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Interior Department
Washington
Post Office Department
Capitol
Reading Railroad
Army May Turn Election In Haiti As Nord Enters Portau Prince
General Alexis Nord, war minister under the provisional government, arrived in Port au Prince at the head of his army. He drew a sympathetic reception from the populace with speculation that if he runs for president his victory may be assured by his armed forces.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Alexis Nord
Nord
Mosby Reports on Fences Enforcement
Colonel John Mosby special agent of the interior department reported to Washington on land fraud investigations in Nebraska and awaits further instructions. Interior officials say enforcement of the fence law on public domains will be vigorously pressed.
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Ing
Nebraska
Interior Department
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant Dies in Washington at 11:17 PM
Washington reports the death of Julia Dent Grant wife of the late President Ulysses S. Grant due to heart failure. She was 1826 born in St. Louis and survived by daughter Nellie Sartoris and three sons. The funeral and interment plans at Riverside Park New York remain undecided.
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Washington
Ulysses
Grant
President Grant
Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Jesse
Ulysses Sherman
San Diego
Cal
General Grant
The Board's Pay for Arbitration panel
The Senate passed a bill fixing compensation for an anthracite coal strike commission and named it anthracite coal strike arbitration. It set a $4000 lump sum for non military civil service members, approved $10 per day for commissioners and assistant recorders, and left some salary questions to the commission. The bill moved to conference as statehood debate continued.
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Senate
Washington
Daniel
Quay
Bate
Tenn
Beveridge
Ind
Lodge
Mass
Hale
Frye
Coal Strike Commission
Appropriation Bills Reported By House Committee
The appropriation bill for reg istration executive and judicial funds, totaling 26 million nine hundred thirty thousand four hundred fifty three dollars, was reported to the house by the appropriations committee. It shows a rise of 500 thousand two hundred one dollars from the current year’s total.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Puerto Cabello Bombarded Report Stirs Foreign Tensions
Minister Bowen cables the State Department that President Castro says British and German warships bombarded Puerto Cabello. Bowen also notes earlier Venezuela unrest subsided in Caracas after the British and German ministers fled and their subjects were arrested amid a seizure of a Venezuelan gunboat without blockade.
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Bowen
Washington
State Department
Castro
Puerto Cabello
Caracas
After Thirty-Eight Years Holliday Found in Kansas
Carlinville reports new evidence locating George H. Holliday the former Macoupin county clerk who vanished thirty eight years ago amid a $2.5 million courthouse project. The Macoupin board of supervisors will discuss bringing him back to Carlinville on Wednesday. His wife mourned him as dead after the disappearance and prior supposed identifications consumed public funds.
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Springfield
Ill
State Journal
Carlinville
George H. Holliday
Macoupin County
Kansas
Board of Supervisors
Holliday
Venezuelan fleet destroyed at La Guaira by allied navy
German cruiser Panther led a dawn operation seizing the Venezuelan fleet at La Guaira with four British cutters and ten Germans demanding surrender. Venezuelan steamers General Crespo Tutmo and Margarita were sunk, Ossun spared after French protest over ownership by a Frenchman.
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LA Guayra
Venezuela
England
Panther
General Crespo
Tutmo
Margarita
Ossun
M. Quievreux
Russia seeks Chinese customs under czar’s control
Russia presses China to establish customs and postal services at key Manchurian rail line stations under Russian supervision, independent of Chinese maritime customs. Sir Robert Hart opposes the plan, with favorable odds for his failure. A separate edict notes China intends to acquire the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co. owned by Sheng, nephew of Li Hung Chang.
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PEKIN
Russia
China
Robert Hart
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
Sheng
Li Hung Chang
University of Chicago receives another Rockefeller $1 million gift
Dr. Harper announced John D. Rockefeller donated $1,000,000 to the University of Chicago, part of total gifts reaching $1,526,000. He supported pensioning retired professors and officers but said specifics must be studied before any action.
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Chicago
Dr. Harper
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Nord Occupies Arsenal in Port au Prince
General Alexis Nord's army occupies the Port au Prince arsenal and fortifications without resistance. M. Heredia is elected president of the senate. Callistiere Fouchard retires from the presidential race, leaving Nord as sole opponent to M. Senateque, who holds a congressional majority.
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Nord
Port AU Prince
Hayti
Alexis Nord
M. Heredia
Senate
Callistiere Fouchard
General Nord
M. Seneque
Congress
Proverbic Sayings on Child Rearing
A reflective line argues sparing the rod may prevent spoiling a child, and warns against excessive discipline as a cause of misbehavior. The adage frames child guidance as a balance between firmness and restraint.
Live Stock Market Report South Omaha Cattle and Hogs
The South Omaha market shows a widespread decline across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle demand weak with cows and calves at year lows, hogs steady to down with bids dropping, and sheep prices mixed with grass fed stock cheaper than corn fed. Demand from country buyers remains light all week.
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South Omaha
Texas
PLC
May hasten canal action at Washington talks
Secretary Hay met Friday with Dr. Herran Colombian charge d affaires to discuss canal treaty status. Herran could not obtain a price offer from Bogota for the lease as diplomatic matters and canal delays prompt urgency. He cabled Bogota stressing the need for Bogota action amid Venezuelan tensions.
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Washington
Hay
Herran
State Department
Bogota
Colombia
Foreign Office
Chamber of Communes Elects Senators. President Race Nears
The chamber of communes completed its election of senators on Friday while the national assembly prepares to elect a new president within days. The majority backs Senecque Pierre, whose victory is assured if General Nord, war minister, does not oppose him as he enters the capital with his army on Sunday.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Chamber of Communes
National Assembly
Senecque Pierre
General Nord
Bank Bandits Hold Up Hillsboro Bank
Report from Santa Fe says the private Hillsboro bank was robbed in daylight on Wednesday and an amount over $30 000 was taken. Three men were seen racing through Fairview toward the Black Range shortly after midnight as a sheriff s posse gives chase.
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Santa FE
N. M
Hillsboro
Fairview
Black Range
Find Body Tied in Buggy
Kingston story reports Ella Beardley found dead tied in a buggy. Post mortem shows peritonitis and kidney trouble as likely cause. no violence detected. Authorities now suspect she strapped herself in when she anticipated losing consciousness before reaching home.
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Kingston, Mich
Ella Beardley
Santa Fe Denies Texas Central Purchase Rumor
E P Ripley, president of the Santa Fe, denies reports that the railroad has bought the Texas Central. He says the Santa Fe does not want the Texas road, and the Albuquerque Galveston link is not planned yet. The Santa Fe short line construction contract will be let soon.
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Peka
Kan
E. P. Ripley
The
Santa Fe
Texas Central
Albuquerque
Galveston
Texas
Treaty Protocol Signed Between United States and Cuba
The protocol of the commercial treaty between the United States and Cuba has been signed, marking a formal step in trade relations and diplomatic engagement between the two nations.
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United States
Cuba
Record of the Past Doans Kidney Pills Ad Claim
Record asserts Doan's Kidney Pills cure varied kidney disorders including backache and diabetes with a long term claim by Samuel J. Taylor of Goshen Indiana who says he was cured after years of suffering and crutch use. A free trial offer is extended by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and pills are sold at 60 cents per box. Some men take a mean advantage of their wives by wearing their hair short.
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Conan
King
Samuel J. Taylor
Carpenter
South Third St
Goshen
Ind
Jacob C. Mann
Doan
Taylor
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Various Household Goods and Remedies Advertisements
A collage of old ads promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort, Red Crown Blue laundry product, Piso's Cure for coughs, Defiance starch, Hamburg Drops for liver disorders, and other household items. Includes a quip about the has beens and might have beens.
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August Koenig
Hamburg
St Paul Calendar 1903 Reproductions Ready for Mailings
The St. Paul Calendar for 1903 small format reproductions by Bryson, 10x15 inches in color pastel, will be mailed upon receipt of 25 cents. Address F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago. The faster a man is the slower he is about paying his debts. Time will tell but the Woman with a secret never gives time a chance.
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ST. Paul
Bryson
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Wabash Office Offers Uckete Details in Canada
A scrambled notice mentions the Wabash office in Omaha seeking information on tickets and travel to Canada with dates in January and 190 percent returns. It includes a quoted saying about marriage as a failure when spouses discover they have married beneath them.
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Canada
Doe
Wabash
Farnam &J
Harry E. Moores
Omaha
Neh
Defiance Starch Claims Lead in Quality and Value
A promotional note touts Defiance Starch as superior in quality and value, promising one third more for the same price. It endorses Care a Cold in One day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and notes a refund if not cured. Dealers report customers sticking with Defiance Starch once tried.
Question of Raleigh burial place stirs English interest
The article notes three churches claim Sir Walter Raleigh's head and body after his 1618 separation. The head was kept by his wife in a red bag for 25 years, while the body was buried at St Margaret's. The wife later sought burial beside him at Beddington, and his son reportedly kept the head and tradition says it ended with him at West Horsley Surrey.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
England
Tothill Street
Westminster
St. Margaret's Church
Raleigh
Sir Nicholas Carew
Beddington
London Daily Chronicle
West Horsley
Surrey
Mr Wu Views Americans Energy Slang and Style
The article quotes Mr Wu observing Americans as energetic and slang prone. He notes their bathing suits and praises American ladies while acknowledging cultural differences. The New York Express and Buffalo Evening News summarize his view as a lighthearted takeaway on American civilization.
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China
The
New York Express
Buffalo Evening News
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A. R. Ahrens
Waverly
Latilitres
Stephen Kinney
Marble Rock
John Shannon
Nashua
New Hampton
John Thompson
Mont Brown
Dunlap
J. O. Wade
Elwood
Clinton County
W. S. Hill
Frank Allen
Avery
Mason City
J. Bonnell
Glenville
Minn
Iowa Central
J. M. Robinson
D. D
Roslyn
British Columbia
Second Presbyterian Church of
Dubuque
Department
Wilson
Swift
Mosby
John
Special Agent of the Interior
Mrs. Grant
Rose Mary Sartoris
Dr. Bishop
Ulysses S. Grant
California
Fred Grant
Mr. Daniel
Allison
Hoar
Illinois
Czar
Rockefeller
Mullion
Texas Line
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Piso
J. W. O Muten
Minnespolis
Putnam
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