Iowa Soldiers' Orphans Home Report Sets Farming Progress
The 1900 annual report shows inmates 445 on July 1, 1899 and 434 on July 1, 1900 with 72 of 99 counties represented. It notes farm, dressmaking, and craft shops, plus new barn plans and delays from rain, while milk safety actions target formaldehyde adulteration in Council Bluffs and Omaha firms.
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Des Moines
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Board of Control
M. T. Goss
State ‘Dairy Commissioner
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Waterloo Creamery Company
Pain's Conquest of the Philippines at Des Moines Fair Week
The display will run Monday to Thursday evenings at the baseball park as a major attraction during fair week. Paine creations promise an entertaining and instructive experience drawing crowds similar to the fair, with a noted vaudeville show by W. P. Chase continuing at the Auditorium.
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Des Moines
Pain
Philippines
Baseball Park
W. P. Chase
Towa
Battle Rages in Peking as Allies Attack Forbidden City
The State Department released a dispatch dated August 20 1900 from Che Foo describing Chinese troops surrounded in the palace grounds of Peking. Ragsdale, the U S consul at Tientsin, confirms the scene in a Washington note signed by Fowler.
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Forbidden City
Washington
State Department
Admirals to Act in Shanghai Fleet Survey
An accord among powers assigns all admirals at Shanghai to jointly monitor the Yang Tse fleet, ensuring Chinese warships do not attack unprotected transports as army ships carry troops to China. The US cruiser New Orleans will participate alongside others. Guthrie Oklahoma Territory August 21 reports Geronimo the Apache chief is reportedly sane again and preparing to marry a young woman with a $40,000 bank account.
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Convert
Washington
Shanghai
China
United States
New Orleans
Guthrie
O.T
Geronimo
Embezzler Arrested in Nevada City Aims for Burlington Return
Samuel Waller of Burlington is jailed in Nevada City on embezzlement charges and will be held in San Francisco awaiting extraction by Burlington authorities. A series of Iowa misfortunes follows including drownings, train accidents, and a fatal scrapper strike near Peosia.
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Samuel Waller
Burlington
Nevada City
San Francisco
John Dowell
Peosia
Ilinois Central
Walter Hedges
Amelia Hedges
Hedrick
Skunk River
Geo. Ashworth
Mississippi
Engineer Wheeler
Ashworth
Clinton
Wheeler
Corruption charge in Mt Pleasant Asylum supplies case
Des Moines reports indicate the Mt Pleasant asylum industrial department sold state supplies at half value and diverted goods under fictitious names. Superintendent John M Stone is named among the accused as detectives trace shipments to Des Moines and Burlington. The state board of control plans prosecutions.
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Mt. Pleasant
Des Moines
Hospital For the Insane
State Board of Control
Consignees
Burlington
Industrial Department
John M. Stone
Express
Board of Control
Italian Anarchists Arrested in New York City
The World reports from Washington that Natalie Maresca and Michil Weida, suspected anarchists on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, were detained in New York. Fourteen anarchists were arrested at the immigration detention prison for conspiring to assassinate President McKinley, with Italian and Austrian nationals among them. The plot involved a Naples circle selecting eleven Italians and three Austrians to strike the president simultaneously.
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New York City
New York
the World
Washington
Secret Service
Natalie Maresca
Michil Weida
McKinley
Bureau of Immigration
United States Secret Service
Naples
Mariesca
Weida
Stone Waived Examination In State Hospital Theft Case
Mt. Pleasant August 22 John W Stone superintendent of the industrial department at the state hospital for the insane waived examination and was committed to jail in default of 1500 bail on charges of stealing state supplies. The information was filed by Dr Hoyt superintendent of the hospital from a telegram by the board of control.
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Mt. Pleasant
John W. Stone
Stone
State Hospital For the
Hoyt
Board of Control
Fierce Struggle Reported in Chinese Capital
London dispatches indicate heavy street fighting in Peking with four days of conflict since the legations were relieved. Allied forces began with about 15 000 troops, facing larger Chinese numbers, and reinforcements are being rushed from the coast as supplies and communications threaten to falter.
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London
Peking
Taku
United States Rejects Li Hung Chang Peace Plea
The cabinet decided to reject Li Hung Chang's latest appeal for a cessation of hostilities. The reply will be sent to the Chinese government with reasons. The rejection cites non compliance with the August 12 declaration provisions.
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United States
Washington
Li Hung Chang
Conger Reports Government Led Boxer Rebellion
Ambassador Conger says legation residents survived a Chinese siege after Chinese officers ordered cease fire only under threat of death. He notes 17 American marines killed and 15 wounded, one child dead, and more than 2000 shells fired in eleven days, with Boxers as a pretense and imperial confidant directing troops.
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Peking
Cowper
Prince Ning
Tsung li Yamen
Conger Expected Home to Aid McKinley Roosevelt Campaign
Chicago reports Minister Conger may return from China before the election to deliver speeches for McKinley and Roosevelt. The exact timing depends on his health and travel. Secretary Heath cannot promise speeches but hopes he will appear, likely at Des Moines, Iowa, if feasible.
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Wm. Kinneersly
Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa
Peking
Shaw
Conger
C. J. Poole
Lesier Bank
Nashua
Montana
Floyd
Poole
B. F. Stevens
Spirit Lake
Clarence Rich
Oelwein
Stanley
Patterson's Hospital
Illinois Central
Milwaukee Crossing
Lee Reeves
Kingsley
Mas. C
Weather Bureau
Brice Rhea
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Railroad
Merca Fields
W. B. Fields
Ladora
Chicago
Timesflerald
China
McKinley
Roosevelt
Heath
National Committee
Lowa
Allied forces enter Peking amid friendly reception
Telegraphed dispatch from Shanghai reports Allied armies marching into Peking unopposed. Prince Ching welcomes them and hostile elements flee. Imperial court departed for Shen Si on August 11 with Manelius as Kausou troops move southwest to deter pursuit.
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Prince Ching
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Shanghai
Peking
AIP
Shen Si
Manelius
Kausou
Allies May Come to Blows Over Shanghai Tensions
Paris reports rising international friction as Britain contemplates landing troops in Shanghai while France and other powers claim strategic interests. French papers accuse Britain of selfish motives and warn of renewed spheres of influence alongside open door policy debates.
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Paris
British Activ
Shanghai
England
Shangha
France
Europe
London Times
Wuchang
Chang Chih Chung
China
Germany
Wei Hai Wei
la Press
von Waldersee
Powers Found Guilty and Sentenced for Life in Goebel Case
Georgetown Ky August 20 ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers found guilty as an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebel. The jury, out fifty three minutes, fixed punishment at life in the penitentiary. Jurors cited Powers’s admission organizing 1200 armed mountaineers and other corroborating testimony.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
Frankfort
Noghes, Golden and Culton
Youtsey
How Peking Was Taken in the Siege
General Yamagu chi reports Allied forces attacked Peking on August 16. Japanese and Russians held north of the Tung Chow canal while Americans and British fought south. Two eastern gates at the Tartars and Tung Pien gate were breached, ministers found safe, casualties include over one hundred Japanese killed and about four hundred Chinese dead.
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Tokio
Yamaguchi
Peking
Tung Chow Canal
Tartar
Tung Pien
Allies Urgently Seek Reinforcements for Peking
London reports urgent requests from Peking for immediate troops as Italian marines are dispatched and a Japanese detachment goes to protect the imperial palace. Word says the enemy was advancing and heavy fighting continued near the Tartar city gate.
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London
Peking
Fiernmosen
Tokio
An ‘Ting Men
Allies Enter Sacred City of Peking Reported
A Diapatel report from London dated August 22 says allies have entered the sacred city of Peking on August 19. Supranews states the gates were demolished as troops attacked on August 1 morning and Japanese forces later breached Cham-Tange Yong-Chi gates to reach the capital. Dispatches indicate ministerial locations were secured and detachments sent to safe sites.
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London
Vinsheen
Bruce
Taku
Peking
Shanghai
Peking Hepan
Yong-Chi
Tong Quien
British relief reaches Eland River garrison
Lord Niteh eney reports that after a forced march he relieved Colonel Hoare and the British garrison at Elandy river near Cape Town on August 19.
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Kitchener
Hoare
Cape Town
Lord Niteheney
Elandy River
Peking Relieved as Allies Enter City Under Siege
Telegraph and cable dispatches report that Peking fell to allied forces on August 15 while foreign legations were safeguarded. Admiral Remey confirms arrival of news from Tien Tsin and Che Foo. officials cite Chinese resistance collapse and troop movements toward Shexian or Hsian Fu.
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Washington
Navy Department
Remey
Taku
Bureau Navigation
Che Foo
Peking
East
Fowler
Berlin
Shanghai
Tung Chow
Pei Ho
Li Hung Chang seeks American peace envoy to end war
Li Hung Chang asked the United States to appoint an American official, preferably Conger, to open negotiations for peace and set terms for ending hostilities. The Chinese government submitted the request through the Chinese minister to the state department, with talks to be held at a suitable location, likely Peking or Tianjin. The aim is to cease fighting without specifying terms or troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Li Hung Chang
United States
Conger
State Department
Hung Chang
Peking
Tien Tsin
Earl Li
Japan Aims to Seize Chinese Prince Amid Crisis
Tokyo seeks to prevent the escape of Prince Tuan and other officials as Li Hung Chang asks Russia to help China reach a peaceful settlement. If Russia agrees, negotiations will begin and Manchuria hostilities may end.
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Japan
London
Tokio
Li Sheng To
Ti Hung Chang
Times
Shanghai
Kwang Su
Prince Tuan
Kang Yi
Board of War
Hsu ‘Tung
Chao Shu Chio
Railway and Mining Bureau
Li Hung Chang
Nussia
China
Manchuria
Earl II
Mans Curia
Peking in Flames Amid Allied Siege
Dispatch from Cha loo dated August 19 reports street fighting continuing in Peking with a city on fire. Yung Tu reportedly blocked the empress from leaving as a last stand forms in the inner city, now surrounded by allies and under bombardment.
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London
Bruce
Admiralty
Chaloo
Peking
Yung Tu
Inner City
Empress Dowager Flies From Peking With Treasure
Washington reports confirmation from Chinese sources that the emperor and empress dowager left Peking and headed west. Shanghai dispatch claims the dowager fled with 60,000,000 taels and is surrounded by Japanese cavalry.
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Washington
Peking
Haris
Temps
Shanghai
Russian war office dispatch on Port Arthur fight
General Vleischer captured Hini-Cheng on August 1 after three days of heavy fighting. Chinese losses stood at 400 killed or wounded and four guns captured. Five hundred Chinese retreated with eight guns. Dewet's Escape Explained. Lord Roberts attributes De Wet's escape to splitting his force into smaller units.
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London
St. Petersburg
Alexteit
Port Arthur
Vleischer
Hini-Cheng
Dewet
Lord Roberts
de Wet
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Davidson Bros
Dubuque
John Winters
Winters
Republican Party of
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Homer D. Miles
Jake Studer
Studer
CW. Anderson
Miles
Leopold Qukes
Maryville
Marion County
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Bussey
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Sioux City
Shaq
A.M. Dochinas
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Nome
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Pekin
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