Fireman Dead on Burlington Fast Mail Near Burlington
J. J Healey a fireman on Burlington fast mail No 7 west bound was found dead in his cab on engine 1039 between Gladstone and Burlington. The engineer George Potts suspects Healey was crushed by a bridge at Ward's rock quarry while looking from the window. Healey and Potts lived in Burlington and ran between Burlington and Chicago on trains 5 6 and 7.
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Ottumwa
J. J. Healey
Burlington
George Potts
Healey
Gladstone
Potts
Ward's Rock Quarry
Chicago
Iowa Senator Fight Near End at State Convention
Des Moines delegates may settle the Iowa senatorial contest at the state convention with Governor Shaw not seeking the seat. The race pits John Gear against A B Cummins, with Cummins pushing a convention vote while Gear factions oppose the plan. delegates would need the issue on the convention agenda.
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Iowa
Des Moines
United States
Leslie M. Shaw
A. B. Cummins
Cummins
Shaw
John Gear
Gear
Gear Men
Centenarian Charity Jane Robinson Celebrates Birthday
Charity Jane Robinson, born 1798 in Ireland, turned 101 and hosted open house in Fond du Lac Wisconsin with 260 visitors and a delegation from Oshkosh. She recalled events from over a century, memorized a 20 verse poem recently, and reads fine without spectacles.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Grandma” Robinson
Charity Jane Robinson
Oshkosh
Robinson
Dublin
Ireland
Richard Powers
Keokuk band to lead Fiftieth Regiment under Boyer direction
Keokuk, March 20. The Fiftieth Regiment band appears likely with Ths. Boyer as leader if Company A backs the chosen colonel. Local musicians already pledge to join, aiming to rival Iowa State Band. Shaw withdraws from U S Senate race clearing Gear versus Cummins in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herriott
Post Office Set as Money Order Office April First
Washington notes the Unique Humboldt county town post office will become a money order office on April 1. Pension changes list several recipients with small increases, including Hitson, Stone, Lewis, Claypoole, and Tossen. Widows Lucas Morris Hoover receive small raises. Brighton dam on the Skunk river suffered a major breach, washing out a north section and requiring substantial reconstruction.
Joliet Street Railway Raises Wages for All Regular Men
Joliet Mississippi March 20. The Joliet Street Railway Company posted a new wage scale effective Saturday. On the Lockport line regular men will receive 1.75 dollars per day, elsewhere 1.65 dollars, a 6 to 10 percent raise. The company cited increased receipts and profits as reasons. the raise was voluntary and not requested by workers.
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Joliet
Joliet Street Railway Company
Central Office
Lockport
Rad
Tornado Toll Rages Across States With Towns Wiped Out
Reports describe multiple towns hit by a broad cyclone sweeping Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas. Casualties range from six to over twenty in counties including Clebourne and Burke, with Rob Roy Pine Bluff and Edwardsville among devastated locales. More than 3800 Santiago remains to be interred with 26 percent unknown.
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Atlanta
The
Constitution
Waynesboro
Burke County
Memphis
Tenn
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Clebourne County
Ala
Sellers and Laverne
Rob Roy
Ark
Dumas
Hickory Flat
Miss
Birmingham
Edwardsville
Heflin
Rob Koy
Pine Bluff
Here
Cotton Bett
Ben Grant
Santiago de Cuba
Windsor Hotel Fire Missing List Grows In New York
In persistent rain 200 searchers scoured Windsor hotel ruins for bodies and valuables with little progress due to heat and smoke. Losses totaled 16 dead 44 missing 64 injured, hotel value 1.25 million and jewelry losses 750 thousand, plus 890 thousand insured. Names of missing include Mrs Mary Anglin Mrs N K Bradley Aaron Bischoffhausen Flossie Boyce and many others from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and beyond.
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New York
Windsor Hotel
Mary Anglin
T. H. Anglin
Jane Bruit
N. K. Bradley
A. M. Fuller
Philadelphia
Aaron Bischoffhausen
Germany
Flossie Boyce
S. Boyce
M. G. Brush
Boyd
Mary Clair
Miss Egan
Margaret Fuller
A. H. Fuller
Warra Guyen
Dora Hoffman
Baltiniroe
Jose
Alexander B. Johnson
Mrs Medaris Reaches Century Mark Surviving Eight Generations
Martinaville Ind March 20 Grandmother Medaris of Bolyn marks a milestone as the oldest living family member across six generations with a son born March 10 in Friendswood. She has two daughters, thirty nine grandchildren, eighty-two great grandchildren, fifteen great great grandchildren and one great great great grandson. She celebrated her hundredth birthday last June and hopes to live to the next century. She recalls seeing her father and grandfathers and watched stars guide during wartime eras.
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Martinaville
Ind
Death on Burlington fast mail engine leaves mystery
Ottumwa Iowa reports fireman J J Healey found dead in engine cab during west bound run. He appeared seated but head crushed. engineer George Potts suspects window collision near Ward's rock quarry. Both men from Burlington, routes 5 6 and 7 between Burlington and Chicago.
Ex Senator Patrick Walsh Died at Augusta
Abbreviated telegrams report the death of former Georgia senator Patrick Walsh in Augusta yesterday. The item notes his passing and location.
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Patrick Walsh
Georgia
Augusta
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
London
Rome
California
United States
Oregon
New York
Manila
Trade With Germany Figures Cause Wide Gap In Data
Berlin reports on a looming commercial treaty between Germany and the United States. Officials note a huge discrepancy between Count von Posadowsky-Wehner’s statistics and U S Treasury data for 1898 1899 and 1900, driven by transit goods and differing fiscal calendars. Arguments over balance of trade threaten treaty prospects.
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Berlin
United States
County von Posadowsky-Wehner
Retehstag
Germany
Robert P. Porter
Oscar P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
United States Treasury Department
Count von Posadosky- Wehner
von Pasadowsky-Wehner
Porter
Geremany
America
Associated Press
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Rhodes and the Cape to Cairo plan stir London papers
The interview with Cecil Rhodes on the Hapsburg and Britain Germany France reaction dominate editorials. Talks with a German syndicate stall over financing the railway while Rhodes hopes for an early agreement. India's protection bill alarms radicals as Kipling faces moral peril amid worldwide homage.
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London
Associated Press
Cecil Rhodes
Hapsburg
Mediterranean
Rhodes
United States
America
Mexico
Terra del Fuego
Spectator
Britain
Germany
France
Berlin
Great Britain
Figaro
Cape-to-Cairo
India
Lord George Hamilton
House of Commons
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
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Geo
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Soldiers’ Home
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Israel
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Streator
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Chica
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Urrion
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Carrion
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West Side of Square
Wasntanron, LA
Drs. J. H
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Physicians and Surgeons
Nazi Bank
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DR. P. Ww. McElwain
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Crick
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C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Operick
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Bathiing
Washington, Lowa
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Phil
Klein's
Ornerot Sauaare
Cairo
Candy Kitchen
Yalples
Schneider
Mas, Ry A, Riley
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G. H. Pratt
Optician
Lyes
Klein
Parsons
Weat Side Square
Mike Lewis
T. T. Keeley
Ofice
W. Washington Street
Sanford
Peed and Sale Stable
Tj, Dempsey’s
Side Square
National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joh. Young
W. R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J. T. Anderson
Washington County
Tate
Joa. Krohn
Press
A. Wrrrr
Cashter
OH. Keew
V. PO. M. Keox
First National Bank
Wm. Blatr
A. A. Wallace
Joseph Keck
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
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