Des Moines Notes on Incorporations and Temple Establishment
Articles of incorporation filed by Cedar Rapids city water company with capital of 770000. Des Moines temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine authorized to have exclusive jurisdiction over nine Iowa counties. Des Moines saloon case West v II denied rehearing. saloon petitions prior to October 1, 1897 invalid. Maurice Barrymore and Arthur Dunn to appear. theatre trust links with W. P. Chase for top attractions. Mothers Congress topics on home, Iowa State Congress of Mothers formed with 58 clubs. officers elected. June 4 petition canvass for saloon cases to proceed. possible further court actions.
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Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Washington
Des Moines
Boone, Story, Marshall
Dallas
Polie
Jasper
Madison
Warren
Marion
Iowa
Dee Moines
Supreme Court
Eld
Foster
Theatrical Trust
W. P. Chase
Chase
Maurice Barrymore
Arthur Dunn
Mothers’ Congress
Iowa State Congress of Mothers
Ssave 1
Hillis
National Congress
Isaac J; Hillis
Julia Clark Hallam
Sioux City
Rose Jerrell
Oska Loosa
K. 8. Burgin
A. Romans
Denison
Spurrier
District Court
Yes Moines
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Plans Vigorous Campaign
The Iowa branch executive committee of the National Equal Suffrage Association met with seven members including state president Mrs Belden. They approved ongoing vigorous campaigning and a state convention set for October in Des Moines or Waterloo. The group also announced plans for a statewide county organization of unprecedented scope.
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Gsmoo Ata
Stile
Iowa
National Equal Suffrage Association
Belden
Hie
British Forces Near Johannesburg Track British Retreat
British horsemen, per dispatch by Lorenzo Marquez, push close to the Vaal river within forty miles of Johannesburg. Pretoria mobilizes. Women and children ride trains toward Machadora on the route to Leydenburg as trains reach Lorenzo Marquez with many German passengers headed for Europe.
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Joutnnesburg
Lemnoux
Lorenzo Marquez
Vail River
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Machadora
Leydenburg
Europe
Iowa News Highlights From Fort Dodge To Sioux City
A child Kefm of Fort Dodge set a hen nest fire and burned two barns. A 12 year old and a 10 year old drowned in the Floyd river at Sioux City. Sam Ritchie fights habeas corpus in Baltimore over a 1897 Eldon bank robbery. Des Moines college president H L Stetson enters race for Iowa secretary of state. Rock Island plans a million dollar shop move to Valley Junction. Sioux City court case fixes ownership of riverfront land among railroads and city. Several accidents and thefts reported across the state with multiple fatalities and missing persons.
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Eddie Kemn
William Kehm
Fort Dodge
Kiddy
Boone
Santiago
Joe Wheeler
Bob Evans
Iowa
George Lewis
George Denison
Floyd River
Sioux City
Lewis
Denison
Sam Ritchie
Eldon
Baltimore
Grinnell
Ames
Drake
Penn
Cornell
Snider
Grinnéil
Bunschbaugh
U. 1
Brown
Warner
U. S
Palmer
Crouch
Choate
Lowe
Wilson
Rayner
Smith
Chapman
White
Ss. Ust
Des Moines Dispatch
Iown
Valley Junction
Rock Island Railway Company
Chicago
H. L. Stetson
of Des Moines College
Des Moines College
The
Baptist Church
Mutchinson
District Court
Missouri
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company
Agricutnural College
Philbe Reeves
Kelmond
John McCrath
Maninwe
Melleath
Dutch Retreat Described as Disorderly by Press
Lord Roberts advances thirty five miles from the Vaal river with two infantry divisions and Hamilton’s right wing near the river while French leads two cavalry brigades west of the railway. Press correspondents label the Dutch retreat as panic stricken though they recover guns at the Rhenoster river and hold their flanks against encirclement.
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Vaal
Hamilton
French
Aldershot
Redvers Buller
Spion Kop
Haves
Rhenoster River
Formal Demand on China Raises Diplomatic Questions
The diplomatic corps plan to press the Liang Li Yamen to define measures the government will take against the Boxers. Reports from Suanguiat say affairs near Peking are critical after government troops were defeated. Foreign troops may be needed to protect legations as missionaries withdraw. Large regions of Pe Chi Li and Shan Tung face near anarchic conditions with Shan Si deteriorating due to empress dowager influence.
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Peking
Pe-Chi-Li
Shan-Tung
Shan-Si
William S. Taylor Named Chief Executive in Indianapolis
William S. Taylor, ousted Kentucky governor, moves to Indianapolis to run William Boswell & Co. managers of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. He may attend the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia as a Kentucky delegate at large. Future residence remains undecided.
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IndiaNaarolis
William S. Taylor
Kentucky
Philadelphia
William Boswell & Co
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Taylor
Monument Cornerstone Laid For Army of the Potomac Memorial
On Fredericksburg ground General Butterfield gifts a bronze granite memorial to the Army of the Potomac. President McKinley and cabinet witness the ceremony with General Miles. Secretary of War accepts the gift for the American people after Masonic rites.
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Fredericksburg
Frederickabburg
Fifth Corps
McKinley
Miles
Army of the Potomac
Daniel Butterfield
National Memorial Association
Butterfield
Secretary of War
Colonel Hill
British Cavalry Clash With Swaziland Forces at Schroeper's Nek
An official bulletin reports sixty British cavalry clashed with eighty Swaziland commandos on May 20 at Schroeper's Nek. The battle lasted an hour with British losses of twenty-seven killed, twenty-five wounded, and eleven prisoners. Twenty-five horses, two Maxim guns, and ammunition were captured. federals reported one killed and one wounded. General MacArthur also notes several unconditional surrenders at Coyoto and Tarlac, described as very encouraging.
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Pretoria
Swaziland
Schroeper
Nek
McArthur
Wasuixnaron
MacArthur
Manila
Coyoto
Tarlac
Neeley Arrested in Havana Post Office Funds Case
Charles Neeley a former chief financial agent of Havana post office was arrested in New York on a U S marshal warrant in a civil suit by the United States charging him with wrongful conversion of 45300.
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New York
Charles Po W. Neeley
Post Office Department of
Havana
United States
Ahind
Powers Arrested in Ky Mounts over Goebel Assassination
John Powers brother of Secretary of State Powers, arrested near Barberville in Kentucky. Governor Jheelchain issues an order dismissing the Democratic soldiers amid the Goebel assassination case.
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Frasarvant
John Powers
Powers
Goebel
Barberville
Jheelchain
Roberts 18 Advancing Across the Vaal River
May 4 reports from Wolf Hoek Orange Free State state Roberts forces crossed the Vaal near Paris on Queen's Birthday. Hamilton's column at Boschbank. Scouts at Viljoons Drift. mines uninjured and operating. No enemy on this side. Preronta bulletin notes British crossing at Grobler drift Parys and the Vereeniging bridge blown. Federals advancing after Heilbron toward Wolvehok.
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Londonx
War Office
Roberts
Wolf Hoek
Orange Free State
Vaal
Paris
Hamilton
Boschbank
Viljoon’s
Wolv Hoel
Hunter
Vryberg
Preronta
Grobler Drift
Parys
Vereeninging
Dutoit
Heilbron
Wolvehock
Note to Ottoman Porte Demands Prompt Indemnity Settlement
In Constantinople on May 4 the United States legation, after four weeks without a reply to the April 24 note on indemnity claims, delivered a new, more precise note to Tewfik Pasha. The porte believed the matter was postponed or abandoned, but the U S will not wait again, and American indulgence has not impressed the porte.
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United States
Legation
Lloyd C. Griscom
Tewfik Pasha
America
de Porte
Warning to China Over Boxers Uprising Suppression
United States instructs China to stamp out the Boxer society with assurances for peace and American protection. Conger pursues action alongside other powers, while reports from Shanghai describe Boxer attacks in Hu Pech and casualties among French missionaries and soldiers.
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Wasumnatos
China
Conger
States Department
London
Shanghai
Szuchuan
Hu Pech
Frrench
Shi Nan Tzu
Ichang
Roberts Advance Rapid Near Johannesburg in 1880s dispatch
Lord Roberts reports Hare River to Johannesburg distance narrowed to eighteen miles. British forces press enemy positions abandoned as we advanced. West Australian units clash nearby. Kruger reportedly plans escape to Holland with a ready special train near Pretoria.
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Loxpon
Lord Roberts
Hare River
Transvant
Tan Yaumilton
Whigham
Lorenzo Marquez
Iretorn
Kruger
Holland
Pretoria
Dewey May Be Nominated for Vice President Says Ally
A Dewey ally reports Admiral Dewey would accept a vice presidential nomination if offered by the Democratic ticket. The friend says Dewey indicated willingness to consider the role after meeting with Mr and Mrs Dewey at Beauvoir. The admiral appeared apathetic about the presidency and reluctant to seek first place.
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Dewey
Beauvoir
Transvaal government vows to fight to a finish
May 23 report from Loxpon indicates the Transvaal government will not surrender unconditionally and will defend Johannesburg to the end. Officials say no sharing of responsibility for damages from defense actions is intended.
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Transvaal
Pretoria
Consis
Johnnesburg
Revernuet Anomnegs
Senate Debates Philippine Policy and Cuba Probes
Washington reports detail Spooner and Morgan speeches on Philippine governance and Cuban finances. House considers Alaska civil government bill while debating war revenue cuts and adjournment timing.
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Washington
Spooner
Morgan
Alabama
United States
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Congress
Carter
Montana
Smith
Martin Macinnis
Clark
HOUSE
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Cooper
Wisconsin
E.G. Rathbone
Jones
Virginia
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Massachusetts
Wellington
State Department
Embezzlement Charges Hit Cuban Postal Chief Neely
Charles I. W. Neely former chief financial agent of the Cuban postal service is held in Ludlow Street jail facing charges of embezzling about 450000 dollars. He is accused of stealing 15800.26 dollars and fraudulently obtaining 400000 dollars from Cuban stamps ordered destroyed. Kansas seeks 20000 workers as harvest nears five million bushels expected in the wheat crop with harvesting to start June 12. Naval observers report favorable weather for yesterday's solar eclipse with timing and program steps on schedule.
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New York
Charles I. W. Neely
Postal Service
Cuba
Ludlow Street
Kiansas
Torpiso
Kansas
Strite
McKenzie
Kansas Wheat Belt
Swiss Compulsory Insurance Act Defeated at Polls
Renner Switzerland May 2. The assembly had adopted a plan for compulsory insurance against accidents and sickness for all workers funded by the confederation. The measure was sent to the people and defeated by a large majority. Votes showed 520,000 against 450,000 with about 170,000 abstentions.
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Switzerland
Renner
de Masure
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