Iowa Oil Inspectors Report Two Year Petroelum Totals
Nes Moines August 21 1901 report shows 563103 barrels of petroleum used in the two years ending June 30 1901 with only 770 barrels bad oil or below standard testing. Fees collected 82302.60 with treasury share 23457.28 and expenses 27900.48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nes Moines
S. H W. Bauman
J. B. Bishop
C. H. Hare
C. F. Guilixon
R. C. Barrett
Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Barrett
Notable Iowa Deaths and Crimes Highlight Late 19th Century Reports
The Marshalltown correspondent Nettie Sanford-Chapin dies at 76. Cascade resident John Dean dies at 30 in a hay baler accident. Rock Valley merchant N Greiner, 22, charged with forging a note. Keokuk prepares a 55th anniversary Gate City edition dating to 1846. A major fire at Moulton destroys insured properties. Des Moines society leader Martha Callanan dies at 75 after injuries. Postmaster case involving Kruskopf and Saint probes defalcations. Iowa weather and crops report yields and canning plant activity. Multiple other incidents include murders near Arion, bridge worker Shelladay killed, drownings at Maquoketa, and bank dividends in LeMars. The article also covers republican committee plans, osteopathy board disputes, and local accidents.
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Nettie Sanford-Chapin
Marshalltown
Washington
Joeva W. Br, Co
W. C
Uncheles
John Dean
Cascade
N. Greiner
Rock Valley
Henry Henningfield
Gate City
Keokuk
Iowa
Des Moines
Hard & Hefner
Wahils
A. R. McCream
Wahl
Martha Callanan
James Callanan
Saint
Getz
Max Kruskopf
United States
MacArthur
Kruskopf
Grand
Albia
Hawley
H. A. Gilman
Hospital For
Mt. Pleasant
Board of ‘Control
Dr. Gilman
George 1. Spahr
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Arion
Milwaukee
Apleton
Samuel H. Shelladay
Iowa City
Rock Island Bridge
Iowa River
Bessie
Hazel
Win. Ieeve
Maquoketa
Prior
Republican State Central Committee
Savery
Still, College of Osteopathy
St. Louis
Kirksville
Des Moines College
Association of Coleges
John Downie
State Board of Control
Town County
Amana Society
Cedar Falls Canning Company
Comptroller of the Currency
Thornton
LeMars National Bank
Tom F. Ward
Jersey City
N. J
Frank Susack
Solon
Union
Pacific Transfer Yards
Council Bluffs
Christian
Ketchum
Great Western
Ketehim
James O’donnell
Granger
Northwestern
Venezuelan Provinces Under Martial Law and Suspended Rights
Dispatch from Maracaibo reports General Rangel Garbiras invasion with 4000 men from Cuenta frontier. Venezuelan decrees suspend constitutional guarantees in Zulia Tachira Merida Trujillo and Caracas as public order is restored amid clashes and recaptured steamers.
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
Maracaibo
Rangel Garbiras
Venezuela
Cuenta
Econtrados
Maraicabo
Diego Bautista Ferrer
Zulia
Venezulean
Carlos Rangel Garbiras
Diego Bautista Ferrey
Asdrubal Araujo
Caracas
Castro
United States of Venezuela
Achira
Colombia
I'achira
Merida
Trujillio
Thirty Drownings After Golconda Capsize On Ohio River
A seaway tragedy near Waducah Kentucky reports the steamboat City of Golconda capsizing during a storm while landing at Crowells. About sixty aboard with thirty or more drowned or missing. Captain Bauer and Pilot Peck aided rescues. only Mrs Hayden saved among women. The boat ran from Golconda to Elizabethtown Illinois and valued at 2500 dollars. Also note battleship Iowa sails to Panama and a Canton man commits suicide over post office fears.
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Seamer
Ohio River
Waducah
Paducah
Golconda
Crowells
Jesse Bauer
E. E. Peck
Peck
Hayden
Elizabethtown
Howison 18 Challenged in Schley Inquiry
Washington Aug 20 Judge Jere Wilson and Isadore Raynor counsel for Rear Admiral Schley in the court of inquiry called on Acting Secretary Hackett to forward a communication alleging statements by Admiral Howison. The letter would include interviews claiming Sampson won at Santiago and that Schley deserved no credit.
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Schley
Washington
Jere Wilson
Isadore Raynor
Hackett
Raynor
Wilson
Howison
Court of Inquiry
Schley-Sampson
Admiral Howison
Santiago
Sampson
Department
Sixty Five Drowned In Islander Wreck Off Douglass Island
A vessel wrecked after striking an iceberg near Douglass Island en route from Skagway to Victoria. The Islander carried 125 passengers and 61 crew with two unclaimed bags of $10,000 sinking with the ship. Notable losses include Mrs. Governor Ross of Dawson and Dr. John M. Duncan.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
Smith
Vmea
Douginess Island
Skagway
Juneau
Douglass Island
LeBlonde
Bishop
Governor Ross
Dawson
Child
John M. Duncan
Ross
Duncan
Progress in the Philippines Prompts Civil and Military Gratitude
In Manila on August 18 progress by the Philippine commission pleases both civil and military officials. Across the northern islands civil government readiness is reported, while General Chaffee receives satisfactory updates from Batangas and Mindoro noting captures or surrenders. Rifles and supplies mount as Malvar and aides are pressed. Governor Taft requests permission to appoint Captain William H. C. Brown as governor of Abra to ease local jealously.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Chaffee
Batangas
Mindoro
Malvar
Taft
William H. C. Brown
Fifth United States Infantry
Province
Abra
Hundreds exiled by sultan in palace purge riot
Constantinople Aug 29 Seven hundred officials and servants tied to the imperial palace are exiled by the sultan over suspected complicity in a fire at the Yaldiz Kiosk. Abdul Hamid grows more irritable and suspicious amid hostilities with France. Restrictions on Turkish women with foreigners fuel dissatisfaction.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
War Cloud Thickens Washington Fears South American Conflict
Press dispatches from South America prompt official anxiety over a possible general war on the isthmus. Reports cite unrest in Ecuador, a Colombian border appearance, and fears of Ecuadorian and Venezuelan cooperation against Colombia, with Chile, Argentina, and Brazil holding war potential.
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Washington
South America
Santiago
Ecuador
Colombia
Pacific Republic
Venezuela
Chile
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Lynching and Race Violence Rock Pierce City Missouri
A mob of armed whites controlled Pierce City for about fifteen hours driving out most Black residents. Will Godley was lynched for the murder of Gazelle Wild, while Pete Hampton was cremated, homes burned, and several Black workers fled. Suspects Starks and Lark are in Tulsa and Springfield, with fears of further violence if fugitives return.
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Pierce City
Will Godley
Gazelle Wild
French Godley
Pete Hampton
Monett
Springfield
Starks
Tulsa
J. T
Joe Lark
Taku Forts Stand and European Dilemmas in 1900s
Washington reports stir over Taku forts protocol as minister Nockhill omits destruction clause. Conger presses U S on Germans at Tien Tsin university blocking Tenney’s work. Kitchener notes Boer forces reduced to 13 500 then later about 11 000, with continued stiff resistance despite limited action.
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Taku Forts
Washington
Nockhill
State Department
Taku
Tien Tsin
United States
Conger
Tien Tsin University
Tenney
London
Lord Kitchener
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Soldiers’ Home
A. C. Horton
Board of Control
Horton
Agricultural College
Agricultural College Addition
Special University
van Vieck
J. B. Hungerford
Carroll
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
the News IN
San Francisco
Panama
Navy Department
Acapulco
McKinley
Canton
C. Barber
Grand Mound
Town College of Law
McNutt
Strlky
Clark
Phoenix
Ariz
United
Montana
Jerome
Philippines
Commission
Sultan
Louis Knipp
Dong Gong
Detroit i Medical College
Knapp
Missouri
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