State Horticultural Society elects officers in Des Moines
The State Horticultural Society re elected M J Wragg of Waukee as president and Col W A Burnap of Clear Wake as vice president in place of N K Fike who died. Wesley Greene and Elmer Reeves were re elected secretary and treasurer. Directors in districts were mostly re elected, with small changes in the Ninth and Eleventh districts. The State Agricultural Society also elected leaders W W Morrow of Afton and C Cameron of Alta, with several districts re elected.
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Des Moines
State Horticultural Society
M. J. Wragg
Waukes
Col
W. A. Burnap
Clear Wake
N. K. Fike
Davenport
Wesley Greene
Elmer Reeves
B. F. Ferris
Hampton
U. A. Ivins
Iowa Falls
We Directory
J. Ss. Trigg
Tedford
State Agricultural Society
W.W. Morrow
Afton
C. &. Cameron
Alta
H. L. Pike
Monona County
Cameron
Directory Board
J. P. Manatrey
Fairfield
W. Phillips
Maquoketa
W. C. Brown
Clarion
R. T. St. John
Riceville
B. Packard
Marshallton
T. C. Legoe
What Cheer
Waukee
Highth
John Ledgerwood Lean
M. McDonald Bayard
Tentno
J. W. Wadsworth
Algona
Eeventh
Whiting
Gang of Laborers Fight Aboard Rock Island Train
A group of twenty Rock Island laborers traveling from Chicago to Kansas City fought on a Santa Fe train near Centerville. Five men were hospitalized and fourteen were arrested in Trenton, Missouri. Three workers sustained serious injuries including a possible skull fracture. others had minor cuts.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Centerville
Chicago
Rock Island
Trenton
Double murder at Clinton follows quarrel over attentions
Charles Granderson was shot and killed and Benjamin Carroll seriously wounded in two places after a quarrel at the Clinton home. Mrs. Gertie Carroll was fatally wounded in the back while trying to intervene. Carroll was arrested and jailed as police investigated.
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Clinton
Charles Granderson
Benjamin Carroll
Gertie Carroll
Granderson
Sioux City
Carrolls
Carroll
Mail Clerk Disappears After Resigning in Dubuque
Cornet F Stark a Dubuque railway mail clerk on the Dubuque to Sioux City route vanished after submitting his resignation and instructing mail to be sent to Unknown His wife a Cherokee physician is worried and seeking his location Stark a 36 year old veteran of the railway mail service from Kansas previously worked as a newsboy on the Illinois Central rail line during the war he served in the Philippine Islands and later married a Cherokee woman now missing in action while wandering off is suspected as a possible temporary mental lapse
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Dubuque
Cornet F. Stark
Sioux City
Stark
Kansas
Illinois Central Road
Ding
Philippine Islands
Spanish Ambassador Leon y Castillo Resigns in Paris
Madrid December 15 reports Senor Leon y Castillo the Spanish ambassador to Paris has resigned his post.
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Madrid
Senor Leon Y Castillo
Paris
Steam Shovel Burned Up Near Villisca
The Marcelli steam shovel during Burlington road excavation near Villisca was destroyed by fire with only the boiler surviving. Fireman tried to thaw frozen pipes and was badly burned on face and hands while watchman aided efforts.
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Creston
Marcelli
Burlington Road
Villisca
Illinois Central Links Des Moines and Iowa Falls in Traffic Pact
Des Moines announces a traffic agreement with the Illinois Central and the Des Moines Iowa Falls and Northern. The deal allows through ticketing to Chicago and single billing for freight, with two possible freight charges but unified terms. A freight agent will be stationed in Des Moines to capture regional business.
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Des Moines
Iowa Falls & Northern
Iowa Falls
Northern
Illinois Central
Chicago
Keokuk and
Iowa factory inspection chief to enforce compliance nationwide
Des Moines reports state labor commissioner B D Brigham ready to enforce the factory inspection law. Several Waterloo plants lacked safety equipment such as blowers and emery wheel guards, with notices issued and deadlines set. In eight cases, the county attorney was asked to pursue action under the law, and similar steps are planned in other towns.
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Des Moines
B. D Brigham
Iowa
Brigham
Waterloo
Ottumwa Plans Water Plant With Every Taxpayer Stockholder
Ottumwa proposes a novel plan allowing every taxpayer to become a stockholder in a city water works. The move aims to finance a new plant for adequate fire protection, after a Supreme Court test on debt limitations ruled a levy for a water plant not part of state debt. The 30 000 population city seeks to form a giant municipal corporation.
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Ottumwa
United States
Supreme Court
Elot
Honor President M lean Made Iowa Club Honorary Member
President George E. MacLean of the University of Iowa is elected to honorary membership in the Iowa club at Yale University New Haven Conn. The club supports Iowa representation and social talks with Yale alumni aiding recognition of MacLean as Yale hosts.
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Iowa Club
Yale University
Iowa City
George E. MacLean
University of Iowa
W. H. Holmes
New Haven
Yale
Towa
Night Marshal Found Dead in Laurens
Laurens December 16 A W Anderson the night marshal was found dead in the engine room of the city water works at 7 o clock He had a scalp wound and a fractured nose A post mortem suggested heart failure no foul play suspected Laurens December 17 the coroner's jury ruled death from fatty degeneration of the heart in Andrew E Anderson case Farmington December 16 a Hannibal and St Joe work train crashed through a bridge near Bucklin and St Catherine four bodies recovered many more feared dead Des Moines December 13 the state agricultural board approved buying 100 trees for the state fair grounds and cooperative efforts from horticultural society park and forestry groups a conservatory at the fair grounds is planned
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Laurens
A. W. Anderson
City Water Works
Andrew E. Anderson
Farmington
Hannibal & St. Joe
Bucklin
St. Catherine
Des Moines
State Agricultural Board
Horticultural Society
Park and Forestry Association
Auditor Merriam faced bid to recover insurance exam fees
Chicago and Des Moines report that a lawsuit may seek recovery of four years of exam fees charged by Iowa Auditor Frank F. Merriam from various insurance companies. Attorneys claim exams required by a three-official commission were not authorized, and bills could be invalid. Des Moines officials discussed the matter amid political debate.
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Chicago
Ill
Herald
Frank F. Merriam
Iowa
Merriam
McVey, Mevey & Graham
Des Moines
Max Beehler
Buffalo
Rochester
New York
Hartford
Philadelphia
Western
State House
Executive ‘Council
Nebraska
Endow Library Project for Marshalltown by Della Conover
In Marshalltown the public library will be endowed by Mrs. Della Conover of Chicago, daughter of the late H J Boardman, honoring her father. Carnegie’s $30,000 aid remains, with Mrs. Conover furnishing the museum and art room and financing top-notch furnishings. Dr W S McBride contributes a premier private geological and mineral collection. The new library, a white stone building, near completion, will open early next year. In Bridgewater a 17-year-old, Fred Moore, was seriously wounded when a shotgun discharged while in a crowd preparing to skate, injuring his right ankle.
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Marshalltown
Andrew Carnegie
Della Conover
Chisago
H. J. Boardman
Conover
W. 8. McBride
Bridgewater Bay
Bridgewater
Fred Moore
W. O. Moore
Rev. Bricker
Roy Rife
Fred
Fire destroys Darbyville company store in Appanoose County
Ottumwa reports the Darbyville company store in Appanoose county was burned to the ground in a morning fire. Manager Willard McConnell died from burns after being overcome by heat. a 10 year old boy sleeping with him escaped. Stock and building valued at 1500 dollars. building partly insured. Two hundred dollars in paper money also lost.
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Ottumwa
Darbyville
Appanoose County
Willard McConnell
McConnell
Soufriere Volcano Eruptions Disturb Kingston Island
Premonitory symptoms of another eruption appeared at La Soufriere in Kingston St Vincent as disturbances and electrical discharges increased with extraordinary heat noted last night. In Centerville Dec 16 Woodeon Readgen was found guilty of second degree murder after a 35 hour deliberation. Ottumwa Dec 17 Tom Dildine of Kinross died by suicide. he leaves a mother and sister. Samuel Myers near LaMoille killed a wolf in a yard while cattle were nearby.
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Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Centerville
Woodeon Readgen
Mystic
Kinross
Ottumwa
Tom Dildine
K. B. Brown
Keota
Garn Yard
Marshalltown
Samuel Myers
LaMoille
Portu Cabello Bombarded by Warships in Venezuela
Porto Cabello reports say British cruiser Charybdis and German Vineta bombarded the fortress and customs house, silencing defenses. The incident followed seizing the Topaze by a mob and British demands for satisfaction. Castro authorizes action but no landing is planned.
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Porto Cabello
Charybdis
Vineta
Castro
Emple
Fort Solano
Castle Libertador
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Berlin
Foreign Office
Herr von Pilgrim- Baltazzi
Port of Spain
Isle of Trinidad
Coset
Baye
South Americans anxious as diplomats seek information
Washington December 16 South and Central American diplomatic representatives visit the State Department seeking information. Six ministers called on Secretary Hay while he briefed the president on Venezuelan affairs, with Congress leaders also meeting him. The tone is serious yet most expect the United States not to become involved.
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State Department
Washington
Hay
White House
Cullom
Hitt
Congress
Venezuela
Roosevelt
United States
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Davia
Gray
Anthracite Strike Commission
Senate
Davis
Senate Debates Statehood Bill and Venezuelan Crisis
Congress coverage notes the Senate debating the omnibus statehood bill and fixing compensation for the anthracite strike commission. House actions include a union railroad station project and foot and mouth disease funding. Venezuela tensions prompt executive-session discussion and questions on Monroe Doctrine implications.
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Washington
Senate
House
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Allison
Wagoner
Butler
DeArmand
Missouri
Secretary of State
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Baltimore and Ohio
Delaware and
Massachusetts Avenues
New England
New York
United States
Mrs Grant Dead Widow of General Grant Passes Away
Mrs Ulysses S Grant died in Washington at 11 17 p m after years of valvular heart disease aggravated by bronchitis Her daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris and three sons were summoned to her bedside along with granddaughter Rose Mary Sartoris and Dr Bishop The death was peaceful with the patient nearly fully conscious till the end
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Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
President Grant
Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Rosemary
Sartoris
Bishop
Paris Tempe Urges American Moral Influence on Venezuela
Paris dispatch reports Senor Maubourgtet presenting President Castro's Caracas speech. Tempa states the United States should exercise moral influence in the Western Hemisphere by mediating Venezuela, with Britain and Germany unlikely to refuse. Nebrask a coal famine worsens as cash shortages persist amid supply stops and state institution cuts.
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Paris
United States
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
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Henry C. Dunwoody
West Point
Charles McK. Saltzman
Charles B. Hepburn
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George 8. Gibbs
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Iowa Telephone Company
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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John van Horne
Louieville, Ky
Western Union Telegraph Company
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H. E. J. Boardman
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Casser
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