State Capital News Highlights and Legal Moves
At Des Moines on July 31 1901 Judge Holmes rules that ferrets cannot collect taxes on 1896 personal property due to a five year limit. Buffalo exhibit proposed for the state fair with eleven animals as a possible feature. First filings in Town vs Hossack murder case reach the Iowa Supreme Court with lengthy motions and anticipated October term. New admission rules for the bar require explicit educational qualifications or university credentials. Governor Shaw appoints Mrs Louis Weinstein Burlington as state oil inspector, first woman in the post. Editor Young denounces an alleged Conger interview written in the Capital office during his absence. A test suit will determine if unregistered Town veterinary physicians can practice under the 1901 law, drawing interest since many failed to register.
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Des Moines
Holmes
B. V. Granger
McKay
Polk County
W. H. Hanson
Luanna
Clayton County
Hanson
State of Town
Margaret Hossack
Warren County
Supreme Court
Henderson
Berry
W. F. Powell
Anaymosa
Mullan
Twenty
General Assembly
United States
Major McKenzie
McKenzie & Ryan
Towa
Phoebe Dunn
Marion
Drake University of Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Christian Church of Marion
Home Mission Society of
Church
Fort Dodge
F. M. Beebe
Pettinbone
McGuire
Iowa Falls
Washington
Thomas J. Conaty
Catholic University
Iowa
Sioux City
Monsignor County
A. W. Mitcham
Standard Oil Company
Chariton
Lucas
Mr. Mitcham
Chas. Holdren
Tuens
Mitcham
Holdren
Lacralee
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Andrew Carnegie
D. B. Henderson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Guy H. Benton
John Downie
State Board of Control
Downie
J. R. Sage
Weather and Crop Bureau
Davis Wlork
John Phelan
Jose Desment
Russian Demands on Turkey Stir British Alarm
London reports that Russia has demanded two coaling stalls on the Persian Gulf and at least one station in Asia Minor from the Porte. The push, supported by strong pressure, risks straining Ottoman resistance though the Porte has made no concessions yet. The British view the demands as serious. A stray note mentions a skeleton that is one inch shorter than a man.
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Turkey
London
Hrussia
Persian Gulf
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Asia Minor
Washington
Long
W. 8. Schley
John D. Long
Smyrna
Salonica
Mount Athos
Greece
Porte
Freddy
Heat and tragedy hit Iowa farmlands and towns
A cattle drove ran over a bluff near Dubuque. sixteen animals died. Lightning killed farmer Martin Andrews near Orchard. Six farmers faced milk adulteration charges with fines. two pleaded guilty. A Lehigh house was struck, killing a dog and injuring residents. Multiple accidents and deaths followed heat waves and other incidents across Iowa, including a bear attack near Townsails and a fatal thresher boiler explosion at Ridgedale.
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Dubuque
Martin Andrews
Lincoln Township
Mitchell County
Orchard
J. W. Broeske
Toledo
Elberon
Lehigh
Wallace Goodrich
Dr. Patterson
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Patterson
John Benesh
Walker
Miss Jirsa
Benesh
Lamont Bros
Cherokee
Morris
Elmer Waldorf
Elmer
John King
Sioux Rapids
Grand
King
James Penick
Chariton
Virginia
Racine
Wis
Penick
Will Lepley
Lepley
W. L. Simplot
C. P. Bartlett
Tlepley
Bartlett
F. d. Evans
Bert Schitfer
Ridgedale
Waterloo
Denver
Bom Kern
Charles City
Russia holds upper hand in East as Korea centers conflict
Washington despatch summarizes confidential views on Far East tensions. It depicts Korea as the storm center with Russia seeking to build a Siberia Manchuria railway and expel rivals, while Japan Britain and France align against Russia. It notes Japan’s financial strain and potential war risk as Russia presses toward Korea and China’s coast.
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Corea
Storm Center
Russia
New York
the Tribune
Washington
Far East
China
Korea
Japan
Tribune
Siberia
Manchuria
Corean Peninsula
Masunoho
Hong Kong
Mukden
Masanoho
France
J. McLeavey Brown
Issuo
Brown
McLeavey Brown
Great Britain
Eare
India
New Chwang
Chwang
Germany
Peking
Sails for North Pole expedition sails from Tromsoe
Evelyn B Baldwin leads what experts call the best equipped Arctic expedition aiming to plant the American flag at the North Pole. Three vessels and 42 men accompany him as Siberian ponies and 425 dogs join the gear aboard the America, with Archangel the first stop.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Arctic
North Pole
Baldwin
America
Archangel
Oklahoma Land Lottery Opens With 13 to 1 Odds
El Reno Oklahoma Territory July 30 Oklahoma's land lottery began with 13 000 160 acre claims in Kiowa Comanche country valued at 20 000 to 40 000 each. Stephen A Holcomb Pauls Valley and Leonard Lamb Augusta drew early district picks while James R Wood Weatherford and Miss Mattie H Beals Wichita KS claimed Lawton district capital prizes. Col Dyer announced Beals as first woman prize winner prompting a humorous wedding crowd reaction.
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el Reno
O. T
Oklahoma
Stephen A. Holcomb
Paul’s Valley
Reno
Leonard Lamb
Augusta
James R. Wood
Weatherford
Lawton
Mattie H. Beals
Wichita
Kansas
Col. Dyer
Britain urged to end war as peace moves sweep Europe
A New York World report notes rumors of a step toward peace between England and the Boers. Gibson Bowles warns that failure to secure peace by spring could trigger grave European complications. The talk ties to Dekuper’s Dutch movement, the Kaiser's peacemaker role, and Kruger's dispatches through European capitals.
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New York
England
House of Commons
Gibson Bowles
London
Bowles
South Africa
Europe
Bowies
Dekuper
Holland
Wilhelmina
Germany
Russia
Edmund Robertson
Kruger
Hague
Leyds
Berlin
Brussels
Paris
Kaiser
Great Britain
Schley Begins His Case in Cuban Log Review
Admiral Schley has started his case preparation. Parker, his assistant, obtained permission to inspect logs and official records on ship movements off Cuba. Dewey and Benham attended the department. Benham expects to attend the court's September 12 convening.
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Parker
Washington
Admiral Schley
James Parker
Cuba
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Benham
Department
Passiont Colombian Government Liable to Germany for Breach
The Hamburg American Line steamer Allegheny was held in Savannilla harbor twelve hours. Passenger Abel Murillo, secretary to General Uribe, was arrested in Cartagena after presenting a German passport. Murillo protested, raised the German flag, and claimed German protection as Colombian authorities detained him and dragged him from the ship.
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Germany
New York
American Line
Allegheny
Savanilla
Colombia
Abel Murrillo
Cartagena
Murillo
Uribe
Washington
End of Strife Near as Steel Talks Make Progress
Formal negotiations for a settlement of the great steel strike opened Saturday in New York between President Shaffer and Secretary Williams of the Amalgamated Association and J. D. Morgan and associates of United States Steel. The talks were secret, but observers expect a peace compact to be announced soon possibly covering broader labor issues beyond resuming earlier Pittsburg talks.
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New York
Shaffer
Williams
Amalgamated Association
J. D. Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
New Imperial Edict Reshapes Chinese Foreign Office
A July 28 imperial edict in Peking creates a new foreign office to supersede the tsung-li yamen and outrank the six regents. The five members named are Prince Ching as president Wang Wen Shan Chu Sung Chi Heu Shou Peng and Lien Fang. The appointments signal stronger empress intentions and a more hopeful situation.
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Taung-A-Yamen
Peking
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Prince Ching
Wang- Wen-Shan
Chu-Sung- Chi
Heu- Shou-Peng
Lien-Fang
British Sufferer Defeat in Pretoria Fight
Telegraph from Pretoria reports Lord Kitchener says Steinacker's horse detachment at Bremersdorp evacuated July 24 under Boers command from Amsterdam and Pietretle. The unit retreated to Tembobo sixteen miles away after heavy casualties with several killed wounded and a few missing.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Steinacker
Bremersdorp
Amsterdam
Pietretle
Tembobo
New Maine christened successor to the wrecked ship
New Maine was launched by Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company amid large crowd support in Philadelphia. The vessel, named after the lost Maine, aims to surpass its predecessor in size strength and speed as it leaves the cradle.
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Craano Dok
Philadelphia
Maine
Sake
Havana
van, Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company
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Louis Weinstein
Burlington
Weinstein
Hawkeye
Young
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Edward the
Ireland
Britain
Schley
Hoorg
Miler
New Maine
Columbis
Newport
Constitution
John Jacob Astor
Vietory
Duncan
Kitchener
Cape
Standard
Mall
Lindon Blood
Eost Africa
Belgium
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