Riot and deaths stain Iowa river region headlines
In Des Moines a 24 year old woman Mabel Schofield was found in the Des Moines river in a case suspected to be murder or death by self harm. At Mitchelville a riot at the Industrial School ended with arrests as girls attacked doors and furniture with knives and clubs. In Marshalltown George Fanty, a wealthy farmer, died after placing dynamite in his mouth producing a fatal blast.
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Des Moines
Mabel Schofield
Mackburg
Marshalltown
George P. Fanty
Bryan's Campaign Tour Ends With Striking Pace
Bryan closes a week-long campaign with more than fifty speeches across Kentucky and Ohio, riding a fast train route. He accuses Hanna and Republicans of veering from Lincoln's principles, attacking trusts, and labels Hanna "almost a king" while defending his own stance against corporate power.
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Ohio
Hanus
Guatam
Sandusky
Wilm Jennings ‘Bryan
Kentucky
Miang
Court House Square
McLean
Bryan
Republican Party
Lincoln
Mark Hanna
Vanna
McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Hanna
Clyde
Cleveland
Esop
Hanna Denies Defending Trusts and Outlines Position
Senator Hanna on a Cleveland visit denies defending trusts and cites economist Gunton’s statement that trusts no longer exist. He argues the war on trusts targets corporations and questions what would replace them if all corporations were suppressed.
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Cleveland
Senator Hanna
Gunton
United States
Political clash over corporate power outlined in 1900 discourse
The article reports on a debate about corporate expansion and trusts. Proponents warn against a broad war on corporations harming industry and jobs, while others defend capitalism and warn against imperialism and party politics. Notables like Ilanna and Egan weigh in on trusts, reform, and party strategy amid 1900 campaigns.
Lead and a Lovers Quarrel End in Double Tragedy
Ira C. Hatch shot Ruby Sherman after a lovers quarrel and then killed himself in Grand Rapids Michigan. Ruby Sherman, about 27, had moved from Nashville a year earlier. Hatch, born 1852 in Grand Rapids, led a major local grocery business and was nicknamed the Peach King for peach dealings. He once sat on the fire and police commission but resigned after business setbacks and the death of his wife two years prior.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ira C. Hlatch
Ife
Ruby Sherman
Nashville
Hatch
Judge Hatch
M. H. Ford
Congress
Fire and Police Commission
Edwin F. Uhl
Fatal Go boxing match ends in a death in Chicago
William Wilkie, 30, died after a Saturday night boxing bout with Charles Chilins, 19, at 1829 North Francisco Street. Chilins struck a blow that felled Wilkie. he died at home early Sunday. Police arrested Chilins and several spectators. the fight was informal with no purse and large gloves.
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Chicago
William Wilkie
North Francisco Street
Charles Chilins
Wilkie
Attrill Street
Chilins
Cruel Prank Leaves Girl Burned In Braceville
In Braceville Illinois a boy Joe Harvey set fire to girl Gertie Luth’s clothing on the way home from school. Her dress ignited and burned as Austin Carney and wife tried to help. Carney injured as well. Authorities fear Luth will die from the burns.
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Austin Carney
Carney
Postal change for Adsit district in Dane County Wisconsin
Mail service for Adsit in Dane County has been discontinued and will be redirected to Marshall. This notification informs residents of the switch and confirms the new delivery path for correspondence.
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Adsit
Dane County
Wis
Marshall
British Strike Again at Elandslaagte Defeat of Boers and Capture Reported
British forces under General French win at Elandslaagte with heavy Boer losses. General Jan Kock mortally wounded, Joubert captured, and Boer equipment and prisoners seized. Glencoe action follows as British say Boers attack the entrenched position. The war office reports heavy Allied casualties but strong discipline and captures, including Germans and Hollanders among prisoners. Queen Victoria expresses sympathy.
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Kruger
Glencoe
Queen Victoria
Britain
Cape Town
Elandslaagte
Jan HH. M. Kock
General Joubert
London
War Office
Archibald Hunter
Ladysmith
French
White
Fifth Lancers
Fifth Dragon Guards
Eneral Jan Kock
Viet Joubert
Joubert
Boer Position Carried After Severe Fighting
In a brief pitched engagement, enemy guns ceased fire as our artillery targeted mounted Boers of the Imperial Light Horse. The Devons held at front while Manchester and Gordon Highlanders flanked left. Boer guns briefly silenced then resumed fire. infantry advanced and carried the position by 6 30 p m with determined resistance.
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Flandslaagte Station
Imperial Light Horse
Fifth Lancers
Devonshires
Manchester Regiment
Gordon Highlanders
Queen Victoria’s sympathy for fallen and wounded soldiers
The queen expresses deep sorrow for today’s losses at Balmoral Castle. She asks the secretary of war to convey heartfelt sympathy to the families of the fallen and wounded and to commend the conduct of those who served.
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London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Balmoral Castele
English Woman Muriel Wilson Linked To Ogden Goelet
London rumors claim Miss Muriel Wilson will marry American Ogden Goelet. Wilson, courtly and popular, has been in society for six to seven years and may have a modest dowry compared with cousin Enid Wilson’s reported ten thousand dollars a year.
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London
Muriel Wilson
Ogden Goelet
Enid Wilson
Lord Chesterfield
Coal discovery near Council Bluffs yields 17 to the ton
In Pottawattamie county land leased by Taylor Woolsey N B Walker and C W Smallwood shows a sand layer fourteen feet thick about seventy feet deep. Assays at the Omaha smelter report seventeen dollars to the ton in gold. Earlier borings near the site were abandoned after no coal was found.
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Council Bluffs
Oet
Pottawattamie County
Taylor Woolsey
Walker
C. W. Smallwood
Omaha
Stuyvesant Wish Proposes New Orleans Export Route
Stuyvesant Wish, president of the Illinois Central, told the Industrial Commission that Mississippi Valley exports should go via New Orleans to gain a cheaper Chicago to New Orleans freight path. He argued railroads are under capitalized, not over, and warned wage cuts risk strikes while labor trusts skew supply and demand.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Bailhways
Abe
Washington
Stuyvesant
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Industrial Commission
Chicago
New Orlans
New York
Tie
Illinois Central
Labor unions oppose passes and rail taxation debate arises
The debate centers on labor unions opposition to passes for congressional figures and others. The testimony notes “labor trusts” as agitators, not union locals, and discusses taxing railroad gross receipts, ending ticket brokers, and passes. Critics warn of interstate commerce loopholes and question why ministers receive passes over workers.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
Fish
Mallory
Congress
Phonotypewriter Invention Nears Completion In Racine
Dr Frank A Traver of Racine Wisconsin has nearly finished a phono typewriter that may record dictation verbatim by converting spoken voice into key presses via electricity. He claims secrecy on the mechanism but asserts simplicity and has Racine capitalists ready to fund the invention.
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Racine, Wis
Frank A. Traver
Dr. Traver
Racine
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Iowa State News
Indus
Mitchelville
Combines
Profesor Guuton
Ilanna
Patrick Egan
Chill
Egan
Blaine
Maryland
Gold Democrats
Baltimore
Horace Boies
Sumner
Crim
Patee
Peoria
Ills
Fred Patee
Patee Bicycle Company
Illinois
Belle Howard
Rita Binkley
Dublin
Ind
Sr. Howard
Schiel
Sehiel
Klandslaagte
Blandslaagte
Fifth Dragoon Guards
Natal Carbineers
Natal Field Battery
Devonshire Regiment
Adolph Schinl
General French
Ian Hamilton
Her
Muriels Thetis Wilson
Iowa
Gillean
Ann Arbor
Gillen
Washtenaw County
Dexter
Michigan Central
Kinne
Indianapolis
J. A. Viza
The
Health Board
Uniontown
Vizas
C. HL. Ward
Benton Harbor
Columbia
Bristol
O. P. Morton
George Ervine
South Eighth Street
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Iowa Central
Allen
Rock Island
Centra!et
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central System
Supreme Court
John W. Clark
Appanoose County
Springfield
Ill
Pekin
Kb. Sellers
Executive Committee of
Miners’ Union
East Bluff
Iame Henta
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Prestpent
CHAS
HJ. Keck
Casnier
Frank Stewart
Vick Prestpent
C. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Klein's Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Oorner
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner, Washtonton, TA
Ats
P.W. McElwain
Washington Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
DeriCk
City
Dc. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Lowa
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
BES’ Coffee
National Bank
Capital
Surrius
J. H. Young
W. K. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Ings Bank
Loa
Ida Bailey
West Malin Street
Dr. McClean
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East
Washington Street
Kemble
Kempe Flower Co
Frank Bowers
Con & Clinton Sts
Chicag
E. C. Carris & Co
Garmen
West Delong’s
T. T. Keeley
R. F. Riley
Smouse
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. A. Wallace
Jeph Keck
D. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Evan Stewart
J. J. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Rocky Mountain Tea
All Druggiat
Weary & Hahn
Freeport, Ills
Washington, la
Howard H. Hahn
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