State Institutions Investigation Recommends Central Board
Des Moines dispatch reports both houses filed the committee on state institutions’ report urging a state board of control. If enacted this would reform governance, reduce per capita costs, and curb abuses in 16 institutions. The panel cites widespread irregularities, calls for uniform accounts, centralized purchasing, and prohibition of partisan influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Committee On
State
State Board of Control
Horace Boies
Boies
Vanneelion
Central Board of Control
Assembly
Board of Control
Board of Charities and Corrections
Board of Supervisors
University and Agricultural College
State of
New York
Towa
Merriam
D. Healy
Frank Merchant
I A. Wilkinson
C. Hart
Aston
Independence
Fort Madison
Anamosa
State University
Secretary of State
United States Moral Influence Backing Britain in China Talks
Washington says US support could aid Britain to keep China open to world commerce. Talks likely focus on Germany over American ships at Kino Chou and other Chinese ports. If Kino Chou is leased with conditions, US aims to prevent German port control and secure favorable entry terms for all nations.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
China
Washington
Merald
Mnatter
Germany
Kino Chon
Russia
Japan
Kino Chou
Kiao Chou
Hamburg
Penssia
Celestial Empire
Croker Returns to Lead Tammany Hall in 1898
Richard Croker practically announced his return to active leadership of Tammany Hall yesterday. He will be chairman of the mave committees for the year 1898, succeeding John C. Sheehan. He has long led the finance committee for two decades, and the press committee is dropped. Colonel William T. Brown had chaired that panel in 1897 but resigned over Grady’s nomination for district attorney.
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William T. Hrown
Thomas B. Grady Shout
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions Page by Page
Des Moines reports list decisions handed down across dates January 19 to June 24 with cases from multiple districts including Polk Woodbury and Marshall. Several appeals affirmed reversed or modified while notes cover local incidents such as arrests, suicides, and civic moves in Charles City Ottumwa Cresco and Blairstown.
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Lwa
Conet
East Resorts Des Moirfés
Supreme Court
Sheep
Bankers’ Insurance Company
Appellant
Lions District
Hyatt
Clever
Monroe
Bourrett
Appellat
Pato Alto County
Pato Alto
Ower
Moore
Marshall
Cathcart
Grieve
State
Samieson
Butler
Des Moines
Jkinson Bar Company
Teffrey Company
O'Brien
Watson
Haldwin
Cherokee
Cole
Howard
Affirmed
Stetson
Norther Tnvestment Company
Woodbury
Mueck
Barrett
Dlymouth
Farwell
Stouder
Appelant
Taylor
Doolittle
Smith
Thirrison
Alt Alto County
Palo Alto
Burrs
Weitz
Apptlank
Ida
Dieree
Dunham
Pottawattamie
Lremer
City of Cherokee
Burgess
Wawthorne
Wapella
Clay Robinson & Co
Ve. Maynard Sayings Bank
Fayette
Vieree
Dubin
Pattawattamie
Wiliams
Hamilton
Greene District
Sigmwnd
Bebber
Linn
van Vetchen
Jones
Vale Alto
Mattia
Tos
Harrison
Snow Storm Buries Kansas and Missouri In January Blizzard
Snow blankets Kansas and central Missouri as the heaviest storm of the season continues after overnight snow. Roads become difficult and visibility drops as accumulations grow in the central plains.
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Kansas
Thansas City
Missouri
Electric Mail Box Uses Water Elevation System in Geneva
A Swiss electrician has invented an electric mail delivery box now used in large Geneva buildings. Letters dropped to the ground floor trigger a bell on their target floor and release water to raise a counterweight, lifting the box to that floor. Each story receives its mail via a spring mechanism that drops items into the corridor box. The system resets as the box descends, with water flow controlled to reset weight and position. If a stray piece remains, it moves through the same cycle again.
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Geneva
Aywil
Ile Box
Why Editors Ignore Public Letters In Papers
A ponderous note questions why Apeevicate people scarcely write letters to newspapers while editors engage with readers through commentary and criticism. The writer contrasts American editors who welcome letters with busy readers who seldom exore their minds in print, lamenting the lack of timely public discourse.
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Iney Oy
Indefinite Policy Sparks Cuban Crisis Debate
A Havana dispatch notes Spanish and U S tensions over Cuba amid Blanco policy delays. Calls warn of insurgent support via autonomy and fear of American protectorate. Critics urge liberal governance and oppose intervention while Congress leans toward restraint.
Bribery Probe Testimony Trails Stenographic Notes
Cincinnati January 23 Allen Myers Sr testified before the legislative bribery investigating committee recounting his receipt of stenographic notes of Boyce’s telephone talks. The notes were later shown to Kurtz the Republican leader. Got tenbeck was slated to go to Cincinnati with money and Holtenbeck was escorted to the city.
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Myers Wells
Cincinnati
Allen
Myers, Sr
Columbus
Gibson House
Boyce
Vina
Kurtz
Hanna
Myers
Gottenbeck
Phadoty Holtenbeck
Bak, Or
Archer
Holtenbeck
Scotch Against American Meats Regulate Sale of Foreign Meats
Washington reports an effort in Sealland to adopt steps to check or regulate sale of foreign meats in markets. United States Consul Fleming at Edinburg notes butchers buy American beef for 9 to 12 cents per pound and sell it at the same price as Scottish beef, which they pay 12 cents. Directors of the Scottish chamber of commerce have taken the initiative opposing the trade.
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Scothune
Washington
Sealland
State Department
United States
Fleming
Edinburg
Scoteh Beef Inc
Scotish Chamber of Semimnerce
Battleship Maine Ordered to Havana for Intercourse
The battleship Maine has been ordered to Havana. Navy department officials say no disturbing news has arrived from Cuba, and the move signals a return to normal free intercourse of naval vessels in Cuban waters after prior withdrawal during hostilities.
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Washington
Dan
Maine
Havana
Navy Department
Cusban
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Andrew Smith
Farmers’ Insurance Company of
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Waukon
Jan
Fellows
Hobson
West Union
Iowa
Moprig
Emmet
Bowen
Patriots of America
Keokuk
Sam Campbell
Goldfield
Cascade
John Forbes
Fraser
Allamance Court
Cruker
Supreke Court
Albia
Frank Semotan
Vining
John Geisking
Blairstown
Charles City
Chester
Black Hawk County
Howard County
Court House
Cresco
Klondike
New Hartford
Fairfield
Burlington
Marshalltown
St. Louis
Kiemme
Will Montgomery
Alsomfield
Fort Smith
Ark
Ottumwa
Carl Schultz
Arlington
Capital Judge
Dex Moines
Lucins Mathews
Dunkerton
Ami
John Grimes
John
Johnnie
Grimes
Blango
Madrid
A Tribune
Cubs
Madridy
Blanco
Ike
Sumner
Montero
Candenes
Ispatello
North American
Spain
Consciente
Correspondencia
Republic
Cuba
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