Small Pox Under Control In Marshalltown Iowa
Iowa state news reports three Marshalltown small pox cases described as mild and isolated with vigorous containment. origin includes recent arrivals from Mahaska county. Des Moines discusses senatorial prospects for Judge Woolson’s successor, favoring Gear allies and noting Towner Smith and other officials' potential impacts.
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Marshalltown
Mahaska County
Des Moines
Woolson
Congressional
Gear
Towner
Gond
Eighth District
Lewis Miles
Corydon
U.S
Walter Smith
Council Bluffs
Ninth
Congress Delays Vote on Financial Bill to Feb 15
Senate moves to set February 15 for voting on the financial bill while approving a modified resolution demanding details on Britain's seizure of American ships near Delegoa Bay, South Africa. Pettigrew blames administration for Philippine war, Teller opposes the financial bill, executive session held, House approves urgent deficiency bill and debates sale of the New York custom house site and Secretary Gage's actions on New York banks.
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Washington
Senate
Lale
Delegoa Bay
South Africa
Great Britain
Pettigrew
Teller
House
New York Custom House
Gage
New York Barks
Suler
Gege
Ofense
Sulzer
Three Sisters Face Insanity Trial in Illinois County Court
In Kankakee county Illinois three French Canadian sisters Mrs Emily Arenseau 70 Mrs Cimire 67 and Miss Sera Damont years are on trial for insanity. Neighbors recall a decade of escalating behavior including revolver purchases threats and wild profanity after years of quiet respect in St Anne.
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Kankakee
Kankakee County
Mlinois
Probaly
Bal
St. Anne
Emily Arenseau
Cimire
Dows
Sera Damont
Mysterious Haddock Murder Tie: Hackman Peters Alive in Oklahoma
Information reaches Sioux City authorities that Henry Peters, long suspected in the Haddock murder case and said to have been burned in a brewery, is alive in Oklahoma. A letter from BF M Tomlinson touring Oklahoma offers potential locating details.
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Sioux City
Henry Peters
Hackman
Oklahoma
Peters
Haddock
Illinois Extra Session Prospects in Chicago Debate
Springfield reports Governor Tanner told Chicago's Manufacturers association Democrats must back an extra session to amend the revenue law for taxpayer relief. He warned against frequent specials, but left room for consideration after Cook County sentiment is assessed.
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Springfield
Chicago
Tanner
Tanher
Tinois Manufacturers’ Association
State House
Cook County
Washington
William J. Cook
William F. Rector
Senate Election Committee
Clark
Cook
Thomas Cruse Savings Bank
Helena
Senate
Rector
Lewis and Clark County Grand Jury
Smallpox Cases Reported Near Kankakee
Two smallpox cases found in Clifton fifteen miles south of Kankakee after travelers from Monticello Pratt County visited a family with the disease.
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Kankakee, Ill
Clifton
Here
Monticello
Pratt County
Market roundup from Chicago and other grain markets
Chicago and other U S markets report hogs cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges. Hogs 39 000 head sold at 3 70 to 4 70. cattle receipts 18 000 with steers cows and heifers priced from 2 00 to 6 60. sheep receipts 15 000 with lambs and natives quoted to 6 25. East Buffalo N Y shows steady cattle market with light steers 4 10 4 35 and hogs 4 75 4 85. St Louis and Milwaukee grain prices steady to higher with wheat corn oats and rye ranges listed.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Northern
Detroit
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Bear trap dam opened to drain Des Plaines into Gulf
The bear trap dam at Lockport was lowered with Governor Tanner’s permission, releasing 200 000 cubic feet per minute from the drainage canal into the Des Plaines river. The ceremony followed a night vigil by the board of trustees and canal commissioners who secured telephonic approval before a late arriving telegram. Colonel Taylor announced the completion of a major engineering feat as the gates began to open.
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Des Plaines
Lockport
Lills
Bear Trap
Des Plaines River
Sanitary District Trustees
Canal Commissioners
Governor Tanner
Gulf of Mexico
Board of Trustees and Canal Commissioners
Joliet
Chicago
Springfield
Taylor
Boldenweck
Board of Trustees
Isaac L. Taylor
Sanitary Commission
Tanner
State of
Illinois
Randolph
St. Croix
Wisconsin
Green des Plaines river dam opens to release water
A large river dam known as the bear-trap dam was lowered releasing a green sheet of water into the Des Plaines river. About 200 000 cubic feet of water rushed through, the foot bridge downstream destroyed, but no further damage reported.
Legal Protest Seeks Injunction Over Chicago Canal Pollution
Citizens of St. Louis file before the Supreme Court a petition for an injunction against the Chicago canal. They allege sewage pollution would taint the Mississippi water used for drinking by thousands and argue Lake Michigan should receive Chicago drainage instead of the Mississippi. The court took the motion under advisement.
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Washington
Chicago
Lockport
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Illinois River
Lake Michigan
Pollution warning over river contamination claim
A spokesman warns that allowing continued dumping into the Chicago River and Mississippi could poison the river system. He asserts daily discharges totaling about 1,500 tons would render drinking water unsafe and damage downstream waterworks plants below Illinois.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Illinois
New State Reports Query Corporate Property Values in Michigan
Lansing Jan 18 state secretary of state Stearns requires annual reports from corporations by March 1 with new questions on capital stock paid-in real estate value mortgage exposure and total indebtedness. Reports seek actual cash values of real and personal property credits and mortgages to gauge each company’s net worth.
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Lansing
Mich
Secretary of State
Stearns
Said Corporation
Supreme Court blocks Des Moines municipal light plant plan
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled a Des Moines move to finance a municipal electric light plant by anticipated revenues exceeds constitutional debt limits. The decision halts the contract and refunds, affecting municipal ownership hopes. Also noted are lighter items from Minneapolis on lumber liens and a Shelbyville wedding tragedy.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Chicago Trade Board bans puts and calls trading
The Chicago Board of Trade has resolved that puts and calls are dishonorable trading. The British government bans export of carbolic acid needed for lyddite shells. Admiral Dewey and wife to attend New Orleans Mardi Gras. Caracas dispatch claims Venezuela in anarchy. Smith & Barnes to move factories to Rockford due to piano strike. Candy added to soldier rations at 40 cents a pound. Boni de Cuaste laine couple sails from Havre to New York to visit George Gould. Diana Johnson of Edna Texas seeks help locating relatives sold before the war. Weather prophet Louis Hausler predicts no more zero weather. Olive crops fail in Italy France Spain per Consul Skinner. 30,000 tons rails ordered by Chicago and Northwestern from Illinois Steel. Lt Samuel Toward, pilot of Ericsson's Monitor, dies in Washington at 79.
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Chicago Board of Trade Directors
Admiral Dewey
New Orleans
Caracas
Paris
Venezuela
Chicago
Smith & Barnes Company
Rockford
Count
Countess Boni de Cuastelaine
Havre
New York
George Gould
Diana Johnson
Edna
Tex
Louis Hausler
Italy
France
Spain
Consul Skinner
Marsailles
Illinois Steel Company
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Samuel Toward
Ericsson
Monitor
Merrimac
Washington
Gatacre Warns Boers Over Women at Storkstroom
London dispatch reports General Gatacre threatens to shoot women if they are not removed from Storkstroom building during potential attack. Also covered are Methuen’s demonstration at Modder River, Boer artillery exchanges, German steamer Bundesrath seizure and release, and Washington Senate inquiry developments.
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Methuen
London
The
Daily Mail
Pietermaritzburg
Buller
Sterkstroom
Gatacre
Baden-Vowell
Snyman
Modder River
Cape Colony
Kimberleey
Jacobsdal
Artilley
Lourengzo Marques
Transvaal
Coleskoof
Berlin
Great Britain
Lokal Anzeiger
England
Deutsche Tages Zeiting
Reichstag
Lesiosie Neueste Nachrichten
Chamberlain
Germany
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H. B. Deemer
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H. G Curtis
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John A Story
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Shelbyville
Ind
Charles Humes
Anna Monroe
Lawton
Indianapolis
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Australia
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American Society of Civil Engineers
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Joseph Error
Chas. H. Keck
Casmen
Frank Stewart
O. M. Keck
I. M. Sproul
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orrick
Klein's Clothing Store
P.W. McElwain
Washington Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Orton
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Warrinton, LA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
CERIO
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Aquare
Marsh W. Bailey
Otty Hall
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
Jos. Pollard, JR
C. S. Lemmon
Aptician
LL. D. Robinson
East Side
C. 8. I.lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
I. D. Robinson
L. D. Robinson
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Philadelphia
Fox
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
BES’ O Coffee
Side Square
National Bank
W. RK
Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Aga't Cash
Washington County
Ings Bank
Jon Knox
C. A. Keck
P . M. Kron
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
0. H. Keck
L.D. Robinson
J. Henderson
E. C. Keck
T. T. Keeley
Notary Public
W. Washington Street
P. O
J. A. McCall’s
K. H. Welch
Prop
Allen
Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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