Cummins Withdraws Clear Field for Gear in Iowa Senate Race
Special to Evening Journal from Des Moines Iowa dated January 8 reports Hon A B Cummins withdrawing from the United States senate contest leaving John H Gear to seek re election. The battle with W L Eaton for speaker is noted as one of the party strongest failed efforts Bowen wins speaker post.
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Evening Journal
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
United States
John H. Gear
Iowa
Mr. Cummins
W.L Eaton
Bowen
Mysterious Deaths at Milwaukee Brewery Varnish Room
Milwaukee reports state chemist summoned to investigate a series of deaths in the Miller Brewing varnish room. The deaths, possibly from wood alcohol solvent exposure, follow the shellac poisoning death of 19 year old John Lemke who fell ill after Friday tasks cleaning vats.
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Milwaukee
Miller Brewing Company
Mitchell
Madison
John Lemke
Miller Company
Lemke
Book in hotel wareroom hides $2900 in cash
John B. Pankey, manager of the English hotel in Crawford County Indiana finds a book in the hotel wareroom with Philip MacDonnough of Poughkeepsie on the flyleaf. hidden inside the pages are four $100 bills a $500 bill and two $1000 bills totaling $2900. He cannot identify how the book or money arrived there.
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Indianpolis
John B. Pankey
English
Crawford County
Philip MacDonnough
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Europe
Pankey
McDonnough
Two American Women Named Paris Exposition Delegates
President McKinley appoints Mrs May Wright Sewall of Indianapolis as a delegate to the Paris exposition congress. She is one of two American women honored with delegate status, the other being Mrs Rebecca Lowe of Atlanta Georgia.
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Indianpolis
McKinley
May Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
Rebecca Lowe
Atlanta
Fight near Imus leaves many dead and wounded
United States forces report heavy losses in a fierce clash near Imus with alarming insurgent casualties. Lieutenant Gilmore recounts capture and dramatic rescue by Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Howse. The prisoner accuses General Tino of ordering executions while praising Aguinaldo’s camp.
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Aguinaldo
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United States
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Luzon
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Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
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Maila
Althoug
Timo
Hare
Howse
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Abalut
Associated Press
Brutal Treatment of Spaniards in Philippine Conflict Described
Lieutenant Gilmore recounts starvation, confinement, and abuse by Filipino forces during the retreat from Benguet as Americans approached Vigan. He notes prisoners kept in convents, executions, starvation, and brutal discipline, contrasted with limited aid from some locals and later improved conditions if Americans neared.
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Tino
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Cuba
Sister Augusta Missing in Wis Surfaces With Family Aid
Mystery over Sister Augusta’s disappearance ends as a letter says she plans to stay with a friend in Springfield Missouri. The Sisters of St Mary vows are not lifelong and she may not return to the order. An Irishman in Chicago cheers a school official for not denouncing England and lashes at judges at a pro Boer meeting.
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Andrews
England
British Hard Pressed at Ladysmith and Kuruman Surrenders
Dispatches reveal continued fighting around Colenso and Ladysmith with White reporting a very hard press and renewed attack. At Kuruman the garrison surrendered after a bombardment. 120 prisoners including officers were taken along with 70 natives and arms.
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Dordrecht
Colesbury
London
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War Office
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White
Ladysmith
Colense
Kurumen
Pretoria
Laurénzo Marques
Cornet Viser
Kuruman
British Bechuanaland
Bates
Dennison
Hillyard
British attack on Colenso advances amid bombardment
A Frere Camp dispatch dated January 6 describes General Clery’s division marching from camp to assault Colenso with Hildy yard and Barton brigades. British field guns bombard Boer positions between Hlanwane hill and Fort Wylie as a storm rages, nearing Colenso by 5 30.
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London
Frere Camp
Clery
Colenso
Hildyyard
Barton
Hlanwane Hill
Fort Wylie
Daily Maily
Frere
Ladysmith
Umbulwhna Hill
Chievely
French Has a Serious Accident and Boers Defeated
London reports General Forestier-Walker details a serious accident to the Suffolk regiment at dawn near their camp. Seventy men, including seven officers, were captured after a night assault by a Boer commando that suffered fifty killed and many wounded. French notes the dispersal of the Boer force and no change in Methuen and Gatacre positions.
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London
War Office
Forestier-Walker
Cape Town
French
Suffolk Regiment
Watson
Forrester-Walker
Lord Methuen
Gatacre
Colesburg
First Nasex Regiment Replaces Suffolk Battalion
The First Nasex battalion has been sent to replace the First battalion of the Suffolk. The position remains unchanged. A Boer medical officer concedes an intended withdrawal at Colesbury. The enemy suffers heavy losses day by day from our fire.
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Suffolk
Colesbury
Noted priest dies after Bright's disease in Newburgh
Rev. Dr. Edward Glynn rector of St. Marys church Newburgh NY died at the rectory at 4 20 yesterday afternoon after seven weeks of heart failure induced by Brights disease A minor operation on Dr McGlynn did not affect the outcome He was 62 and cheerful to the end prayers were said in Protestant and Catholic churches and his last words were Jesus have mercy on me
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Newburgh
N. Y
Edward Glynn
St. Mary's Church
Bright
McGlynn
Jesus
Mery
Bowen wins Iowa House speakership in secret caucus
Des Moines reports Dr. D. H. Bowen of Waukon defeats W. L. Eaton of Osage 43 to 38 in a secret Republican caucus for speaker of the Iowa House. The result, seen as settling Gear versus Cummins supporters, sets the stage for a possible U S Senate race as Cummins declines to withdraw, promising to stay in the fight despite expected defeat.
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Des Moines
Jan
House of Representatives
Iowa
Gear
United States
D. H. Bowen
Waukon
Gear Forces
W. L. Eaton
Osage
A. B. Cummins
Cummins
Ingham County Grand Jury Indicts State Officers in Boodlery Case
The Ingham county grand jury adjourned after indicting several state officers amid alleged bribery and fraud. Indicted: Edgar Adams speaker. William French land commissioner. Charles Pratt book firm agent. D Judson Hammond Pontiac representative. Fred Hayward ex attorney general. Will White quartermaster general. Harold Smith adjutant general. Arthur Marsh adjutant general and party leader. Eli Sutton University regent. Additional names may follow. Other items note Admiral Dewey visit invitation, Dr Hammond funeral, bankruptcy petition by Hulbert Warner, mine blast deaths at Butte, Julia Marlowe Tabor divorce, and Lawton fund total.
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Lansing
Mich
Ingham County
Edgar J. Adams
House of Representatives
William A. French
Charles H. Pratt
D. Judson Hammond
Pontiac
Fred A. Hayward
Will L. White
Harold A. Smith
Arthur F. Marsh
Republican State Central Committee
Eli R. Sutton
University of Michigan
Pingree
Sutton
Admiral Dewey
St. Louis
Wm. A. Hammond
Hulbert H.warner
Mike Pino
Thomas Pillow
Butte, Mont
Julia Marlowe Tabor
Lawton Fund
Man Found Dead at Ottumwa Over Wagner's Saloon
Special to Evening Journal Ottumwa reports Philip Deetz a known local figure was found dead today in rooms above Wagner's saloon. He had been missing about a week. the body was found with three bullets to the heart and frozen stiff. Authorities suppose suicide by his own hand.
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Ottumwa
Philip Deetz
Wagner
Milwaukee Road Conductor W J OBrien Killed in Reno
Conductor W J OBrien of the Milwaukee road died in Reno Minnesota today after a train incident. The accident involved a passenger line, authorities reported the death was confirmed at the scene.
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Evening Journal
Dubuque
Iowa
W.J. O'Brien
Milwaukee Road
Reno
Mion
Governor Urges Resignations Over Normal School Site Deadlock
Gov Tanner calls for the resignations of Western Hitota Normal School trustees for failure to agree on a site after seven days of site reviews and twenty one days and 576 ballots with no result. He opposes an advisory board by lot and suggests appointing a new board. Trustees named include Keefer Mackom Little Harding Searles Hanna. Superintendent of public instruction sits ex officio.
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Springfield
Ils
Jan
Tanner
Western Hitota Normal School
John M. Keefer
Macomb
John 8. Little
Rushville
Fred Co. Harding
Monmouth
Charles J. Searles
Rock Island
William Hanna
Golden
Odd Meeting Of Notables In Battle Creek
Edward Morris Brigham the explorer and Frank Vincent the traveler met unexpectedly at the Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan on a Saturday. Brigham recalled their distant South Africa encounter when Vincent was then unknown. They shared a frugal meal and parted without realizing they would meet again.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Edward Morris Brigham
Frank Vincent
Brigham
South Africa
Vincent
Christian Science Fails as Woman Dies in Healing
In Council Bluffs Iowa Ethel Yates a 19 year old from Tabor dies after Christian Science treatment. A post mortem lists appendicitis as the cause. her mother dismissed a physician in favor of a local Omaha healer. The death follows a five week visit and refusal to seek medical aid.
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Ethel Yates
Aeg
Tabor
Miss Yates
James Carter
Bellinger
James
Omaha
Fire Gutts St. George's Church in Brooklyn
The St. George's Episcopal Church at Marcy and Gates in Brooklyn was entirely destroyed by a blaze. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. Governor Lind spoke at an anti British meeting at St Pan Saturday night.
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Marcy and
Gates Avenues
Brooklyn
Lind
St. Pan
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