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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
1
New Brauer Steam line to connect New York and Hamburg
Occidental Buildings report notes a new Brauer Steam line backed by $10,000,000 capital will operate semi weekly sailings from New York to Hamburg with six vessels, linking Chicago through Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and promising lower freight rates as traffic grows.
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Chicago
New Brauer
Western Trade
New York
Hamburg
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Wedding of Much Interest in WCTU Missionary Alliance
Peoria Illinois October 17 The engagement of Rev Noel J Wright of Shelbyville Illinois and Miss Clara M Patrick of Paris Illinois a round the world missionary for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is announced Wright a cleric and Prohibition state lecturer and Patrick national secretary of the WCTU Young Woman's branch have a wedding planned October 3 at the Paris Christian church Rev Olive Stewart of Chicago will conduct the ceremony with Rev William Drummit of Shelbyville assisting After a Texas wedding trip the couple will reside in Paris Illinois
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Peoria
Ill
Noel J. Wright
Shelbyville
Clara M. Patrick
Paris
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wright
Prohibition State Committee
Young Woman's
New Methodist Constitution Near Adoption Across Conferences
The Northwestern Christian Advocate reports 108 of 119 church conferences voted on the new Methodist constitution. With 9,830 votes cast and 7,388 in favor, the measure sits nine votes above a three fourths majority, though sixteen conferences remain. Analysts warn sentiment shifts could alter outcomes, especially over the woman question.
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Chicago
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Methodist Organ of the West
Advocate
Minnie Knox Declared Insane in Denver County Court
Miss Minnie Knox daughter of a former Denver businessman was found insane in county court and ordered confined to the county hospital. The sanity inquiry followed letters sent to the Treasury Department in Washington demanding money and proposing changes in department methods. She believes herself owner of vast wealth.
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Denver
Colo
Minnie Kek. Knox
Treasury Department
Washington
Missing 6-Year-Old Girl Searched Near Ladysmith Wisconsin
In Ladysmith Wisconsin on October 17 the six year old Hohmen girl who vanished in nearby woods remains missing. About 150 men comb the area with only a red fascinator found on a bush as a trace. Bear attack suspected by many as cold nights continue.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Hohmen
Priesthusbandless couple tale in St Paul
Mil lie Potthieser, set to wed, was abandoned by Rev. Father William A. Dolan who left the church. The church never recognized their marriage. Dolan is now in a Pennsylvania monastery while Potthieser plans to pursue a stage career.
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St. Paul, Minn
Millie Potthieser
William A. Dolan
Father Dolan
Pennsylvania
Army board to study Des Moines cavalry post plans
Orders from army headquarters detail a board of officers to investigate and report on a new Des Moines post. The facility will house a full cavalry regiment of twelve troops with brick and stone modern buildings.
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Des Moines
Omaha
Army
Illinois Central stock boosted for improvements
At the annual stockholders meeting in Chicago yesterday, the Illinois Central railroad authorized an increase in capital stock from 66,000,000 to 79,200,600. The extra funds will be used for physical betterments.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad
German Ambassador von Hatzfeldt-Wildenberg in Poor Health
Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenberg, Germanys ambassador to Great Britain, is in poor health and plans to resign his post soon.
Ninth annual National Spiritualists convention in session
Reports from Washington note the ninth annual National Spiritualists association convention ongoing. Other items include Rep Hull's illness in Des Moines, Maso ready to run for Cuba vice presidency, Rockefeller pledging 200000 dollars to Barnard College, and a new insane Indian asylum in Canton South Dakota.
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National Spiritualists’ Association
Washington
Hull
Iowa
Des Moines
Friends of
Bartolome Maso
Cuba
John D. Rockefeller
Barnard College
Canton
8. D
Missouri University
Otto Nordenskjold
Antastic
Gothenburg
Sweden
Quentin Roosevelt
Archie
Dayton
Witwer
American Christian Missionary Society
Omaha
St. Louis
Boston
National Congregational Council
Danville
A Word to Travelers on cholera remedy
The notice warns travelers of travel related diarrhoea and recommends carrying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It notes availability at Stewart's and Cook & Sherman.
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Stewart's
Cook & Sherman
Fish and Poultry Dressed to Order at Todd Stuart’s
A brief item notes Todd Stuart’s offers dressed and cut to order fish and poultry services. The notice highlights custom trimming and fresh preparation options for customers seeking tailored meat and seafood cuts.
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Todd Stuart
Financial Doctrines What He Said to the Bankers
Milwaukee Oct 17 The American Bankers Association session featured Treasury Secretary Lyman J. Gage who urged currency reform and banking law changes. He outlined six points including retiring legal tender notes, no interest burden, reforming bank-note circulation, ending government guaranty of bank notes, depositing excess public money in national banks, and using surplus revenue to reduce the debt.
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Milwaukee
American Bankers’ Association
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Gage
Ceakce
Negro Exhibit Planned for World’s Fair by St Louis Group
Negro leaders from St Louis and other cities met the World’s Fair committee on state and territorial exhibits and proposed a dozen plans for a dedicated building. Each plan calls for a building designed and built entirely by negro labor, featuring statistics on the race’s progress since emancipation. The committee was favorably impressed and will finalize decisions in the coming days.
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St. Louis
United States
Jackson Concedes Defeat in Tenth District Race
Bay City Michigan reports George D. Jackson the Democratic candidate concedes loss in the special election for the Tenth congressional district by 200 to 300 votes. Republican H. H. Alpin leads with a majority over 800 as returns come in. Voter turnout was light. normal GOP majority in the district runs about 7,000.
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Bay City
Michh
George D. Jackson
Tenth
Representative Crump
H. H. Alpin
Immense Maryland Dry Dock Heads to Algiers
The United States government dock built by Maryland Steel began its voyage from Baltimore on Tuesday toward Algiers Louisiana. Weighing as the largest of its kind, the 525 foot long and 125 foot wide structure has fifty foot high sides and is expected to take about a month to complete the trip.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
United States
Algiers
Indiana Coal Operators Deny Massive Trust Claim
Terre Haute Indiana October seventeenth reports say operators deny a revived story of a gigantic coal trust uniting several states. They claim four fifths of Indiana output is not bound by any amalgamation and dispute the alleged interstate consolidation.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Glass Plants Reopen in Marion After Strike
Marion Ind Oct 17 All Indiana plants of the Federation of Co Operative Window Glass Companies resumed operations Tuesday under the contract with the American and Independent Window Glass companies. Ten large industries in the county started production as a result.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana
Federation of Co- Operative Window Glass Companies
Textile Workers Threaten Strike in Vogtland
Textile workers at Vogtland demand higher wages and threaten a strike beginning October 20 if their demands are not met. Berlin reports the action as a planned labor stoppage with potential impact on local mills and supply.
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Berlin
Vogtland
Empress Augusta Victoria Still Confined to Sick Room
In Berlin on October 17, Empress Augusta Victoria remains confined to her sick room as reports say she is not well.
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Empress Augusta
Berlin
Empress Augusta Victoria
Chronic Constipation Cure Promoted by Cascarets
Ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the cure for chronic constipation with guaranteed results. Pills are genuine C C C stamped tablets and not sold in bulk, aimed at druggists and retail customers.
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C.C.C
Druggists
Roc
Specialty engraved calling cards advertised
The Journal Office promotes fine engraved calling cards with late styles now available. Order at once.
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Journal
Repudiated by Sears as Told by His Signal Officer
Washington Oct 17 officers of Admiral Schley s flagship Brooklyn dominated Schley court of inquiry yesterday recalling Captain Cook and Sears then Mason McCATLEY and Webster testified Sears denied saying it was hard to push Schley to bombardment Higginson urged delay until after dinner Mason praised Schley s bravery and Mason described the loop and bombardment from the Brooklyn with distances 1400 to 2800 yards noted stronger shore batteries and the log showed a night steaming entry adjourned after brief questions
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Schley
Cook
Sears
N . Mason
Edward McCatley
Charles Webster
Santi Agro
Cienfviegos
Santiago
Higgtonon
Masaachusetts
Colon
Higginson
Hanna
Massachusetts
The
Col
Vizcaya
Lemly
Debates over Cuban blockade details and Schley’s signals
Testimony describes blockade geometry off Santiago with ships in a slow moving line six miles long. Ensign McCauley recalls Schley’s exclamations and the close proximity to Yeoman Ellis’s death, plus his role in sending the Oregon’s thirteen inch gun signal during the July 3 engagement.
Night patrol and smoke seen near Santiago during July 2
Lieutenant Webster, watch officer on the Brooklyn, noted bad weather for small vessels on the Cienfuegos to Santiago trip. He recalled smoke columns and burning blockhouses west of Santiago and saw vessels near the harbor. He described the July 3 battle and the Brooklyn’s approach toward the action with the Texas and Iowa nearby.
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Webster
Brooklyn
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Texas
Iowa
GANGS CAREER IS RUN LAST OF TOUGH QUINTET
South Bend Indiana October 17 The arrest of John Schultz ends the run of a five member gang led by Anna Schultz and her mother compact terrorizing the area for months They robbed stores residences freight cars barns and seized groceries provisions harness hardware watches clothing and more The gang was finally tracked to Michigan and sentences loom for the remaining members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
John Schultz
Anna Schultz
Women's
Anna
Michigan
Biggest boycott on record across European docks
A meeting of the International Transport Workers' Federation council in London heard a letter from the International Allied Mechanics Association of the United States urging European dock and transport workers to refuse handling goods from the Davis Sewing Machine Co and the Computing Scales Co due to their anti union stance. Delegates resolved to comply if necessary by a strike and empowered Benjamin Millett to negotiate a united transport union arrangement at the American labor convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
International Transport Workers’ Federation
Europe
International Allied Mechanics’ Association
United States
European Dock and Transport Workers
Davis Sewing Machine Company
Computing Scales Company
Benjamin ‘Milett
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers’ Union of
Great Britain and Ireland
International Federation of Europe
Germany Looks to Central America for German Interests
Bremen reports German reaction to Venezuela's attack on German ships. Germany plans to dispatch the cruiser Valke and another warship to reinforce Vineta in Venezuelan waters as commercial interests push for a foothold in Central America and possible canal security. Jingo voices insist that Germany has rights in Venezuela and may intervene to secure guarantees for German interests amid political upheaval.
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Bremen
Germany
Venezuela
Valke
Vineta
Hamburg
Central America
Caracas
Castro
Farewell Dinner to Towne in Duluth Minnesota
Eight hundred attendees from diverse political backgrounds gathered at the armory in Duluth to bid farewell to Charles A. Towne. Speakers included William J. Bryan and Towne, praising his stance on free silver and moral courage after leaving the Republican Party in 1896.
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Duluth
Minn
Charles A. Towne
Armory
William J. Bryan
Towne
Bryan
Lowne
Secretary of State Denies Socialist Party Ballot Names
Lincoln Neb Oct 17 Secretary of State Marsh rejects the Socialist Labor party of Nebraska request to place state candidates on the official ballot. He rules the party held no regular nominating convention and had no ticket in the field last year. This decision does not apply to the so called Socialist party.
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Lincoln, Neb
Marsh
Socialist Labor Party of
Nebraska
Socialist” Party
Trinity College End Fred C Meridith in Critical Condition
Hartford Conn Oct 17 Fred C Meridith left end for Trinity College football lies in critical condition after a gridiron injury He suffered a brain concussion and physicians at a consultation said his recovery was doubtful though not wholly despaired of.
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Hartford
Conn
Fred C. Meridith
Trinity College
Les
Insurance on King Edward’s life amid coronation worries
A London Chronicle report says a syndicate of tradesmen and others fearing the coronation would lose widely planned to insure King Edward’s life for one year at ten guineas per cent. The deal would cover a very large sum.
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London
Edward
Next move on Crowe case hinges on Pat Crowe
Omaha chief of police Donahue states that the board’s next step rests with Pat Crowe in the high profile kidnapping case. Surrender conditions have been largely met, with most stipulations fulfilled.
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Omaha, Neb
Donahue
Pat Crowe
Trio arrested for attempting to extort money in Columbus
Columbus Ohio October 17. Dow John Parsons and Edward Mitchell were arrested on the charge of trying to extort one thousand dollars from Joseph J Tanian. They were captured redhanded.
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Columbus, O
Dow
John Parsons
Edward Mitchell
Joseph J. Tanian
Senate pair launch Nebraska Republican drive in Geneva
Geneva Neb October 17 Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and Senator Dietrichs of Nebraska opened the state Republican campaign with a large mass meeting held last night in Geneva attracting broad attendance.
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Geneva
Neb
Fairbanks
Indiana
Dietrichs
Nebraska
Arrests in Iowa post office burglaries
A dispatch to the postoffice department reports the arrest of George Mundell and Ellis Wilson for burglarizing the Albert City and other Iowa post offices.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
George Mundell
Ellis Wilson
Albert City
Iowa
City Bus Line Call Up Service Ad Brief
Hotel Allen announces contact option to place orders with Frank Rogers. Call No 1 for prompt attention and arranging transportation by the city line.
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Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Influx of European Soldiers Aids Boer Resistance
A London report to the British war office states about 7000 European volunteers have joined Boer forces in South Africa over the past year. It cites Cape Colony rebellions and foreign officers taking leaves to fight as key reasons for the Boers' prolonged resistance.
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London
British War Office
Europe
South Africa
Cape Colony
France
Germany
Austria
Paris
Adolph Kamm Granted Citizenship After Long Delay
South Bend Indiana October 17 Adolph Kamm Mishawaka brewer finally becomes a citizen due to his father lacking papers when entering the United States years ago Kamm had long acted as a citizen voter and was deemed American despite the citizenship gap. Streator Illinois October 17 T A Patterson ejected from a Santa Fe train in a demented state Identified as Patterson & Albert Kansas City firm member Telegraphic links led to his wife He is being cared for by Streator Elks lodge awaiting arrival of his spouse and believed drugged in Chicago.
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Chicago
Nathan
Cahn
Andrew Foy
Foy
Beamish
Beam
Ish
Billy Goat
Billy
Lake Shore
Rocky Mountain
Harrison
South Bend
Ind
Germany
Adolph Kamm
Mishawaka
Streator
Hls
T. A. Patterson
Patterson & Albert
Kansas City
Lodge of Elks
Grand Rapids
Tie
Supreme Court Grants New Trial in Lonergan Murder Case
Kenosha Wisconsin October 17 Attorney J C Slater reports the state supreme court has granted a new trial for Frank Lonergan who was sentenced for the murder of a policeman The decision by Judge Winslow marks the first in state history to overturn a jury finding on insufficiency of evidence and order a new trial
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Kenosha, Wis
J. C. Slater
Supreme Court
Frank Lonergan
Winslow
Iowa and Nebraska canning firms plot west of Mississippi trust
Representatives of twenty Iowa canning companies and one Nebraska plant meet in Cedar Rapids in secret session to plan a trust uniting major western plants. The proposal calls for a paid-up capital of 1 million dollars and aims to finish within two weeks.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi
Carris Sells the Sets at East Side Drug
Advance sale announced for all Graham theatre attractions during the current season at Carris' East side drug. The release notes tickets available now for multiple performances.
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Carris
Graham Theatre
East Side Drug
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