Personal and Social items from Wednesday's Daily
Hon M H Brinton visits Ellsworth. C E Buell sails to Converse Louisiana. Dr C I Eberle calls on Duncombe. Mrs H W Ross visits Lasher home Lehigh. Geo F Tucker handles Duncombe legal matters. Roland Conrad returns from Highland Park College for summer. Ed Mabbott of Clarion visits family. Alice Mason returns from Fort Dodge. Mrs A A Furman Kamrar visits sister-in-law Mrs Jas Stuart. Mr and Mrs C M Tucker Eldora visit Bair family. Mrs D C Pruden of Kansas City visits J B Letts family. John Arthur travels to Nevada Missouri for a relative's illness. Bess Ritenour returns from Iowa Falls. Mrs L E Butler Des Moines visits daughter Mrs H B Merrill. Mrs J F Robinson and Dot Hunter go to Britt for Christian Endeavor. C P Sharp W J Monroe I W Monroe J H Servis Jay Wayman go to Goldfield for I O O F anniversary. A H Benson Woolatock principal travels to Epworth for alumni banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Brinton
Ellsworth
C. E. Buell
Converse
Louisiana
C. I. Eberle
Duncombe
P. m
H. W. Ross
Lehigh
Lasher
Geo. F. Tucker
Roland Conrad
Highland Park College
Ed Mabbott
Clarion
Alice Mason
Fort Dodge
A. A. Furman
Kamrar
Jas. Stuart
C. M. Tucker
Eldora
Ss. B. Bair
J.F. Robinson
Dot Hunter
Britt
Christian Endeavor
C. P. Sharp
W. J
I. W. Monroe
Jay Wayman
Goldfield
A. H. Benson
Woolatock
Epworth
Iowa
Carnival Visitors From Nearby Towns Fill City Scene
A stream of visitors from Woolstock, Jewell, Renwick, Fort Dodge and Ames arrived for the local carnival. Notables include Joe Wheeler, W S Odor, J T Callopy, Geo Millett, Mrs Frank Sells, Miss Ethel Matthews, Myron Fisher, Miss Mabel Richardson, Mrs Will Olson, Dr G L Pray, Miss Alta Green, Mrs L G VanDenburg, W C Halvorsen, James Benton, Miss Tillie Ellingson, Miss Leta Wolgamot, Miss Carrie Hurst, Roy Warfield, and others visiting relatives and friends during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler
Woolstock
Odor
Jewell
J. T. Callopy
Geo
Millett
Frank Sells
Livermore
Ethel Matthews
Eagle Grove
Ostrander
Myron Fisher
Renwick
Mabel Richardson
Will Olson
Fort Dodge
8. O. Osborn
G. L. Pray
Lake City
Alta Green
Iowa Normal School
Cedar Falls
L. G. VanDenburg
Oxage
Iowa
B. F. Derr
Roy M. Warfield
Sioux City
J. W. Kearns
C. R. Nickelson
T. B. Lemoine
Mattie Cochran
Manson
G. 5
Local social notes and reflections on public life
The column lists numerous visits and greetings among residents, naming Dora Morse, Mrs. Jas. Clark, Mrs. Adam Simpson, Patrick Grady, and others visiting relatives in Spencer, Duncombe, Woolstock, Bloomfield, Ackley, Story City, and Marshalltown. It also includes editorial thoughts on professional publicity and kindness as a public virtue with quotes from Faber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Morse
Goldfield
Jas. Clark
Spencer
W. I. Selby
Adam Simpson
Duncombe
Snow
Markets and Branch Offices Listed in Des Moines Market Sheet
Des Moines markets show continuous figures via private wires to Chicago and New York for grain provisions and stocks. Branch offices in Webster City Fort Dodge Marshalltown Jew Falls Mason City and Hampton operated by Weare Commission Co of Chicago as correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
New York
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Jews Falls
Mason City
Hampton
Weare Commission Co
Correspondenta
General Synod Ends Session of Evangelical Lutheran Church
Des Moines June 7 The general synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church ends after ten days in session. Next meeting time and place to be decided by executive officers. Muhlenberg mission in South Africa may be abandoned. A church paper was not approved. Standing committees appointed for the next biennial period. Resolutions praise the American Tract Society and day sanctity. Temperance committee supports anti-canteen law and notes whisky ad subsidies. Deaconess board reports fine condition. Women’s missions report strong. Sunday School reports increased attendance and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Muhlenberg
South Africa
Board of Missions
American Tract Society
Federation of Churches
General Synod
Augsberg
Temperance Committee
Deaconess Board
Women’s Missions
Admiral Schley Visits Maritime Exchange Amid Cheers
Rear Admiral W S Schley visited the Maritime Exchange in New York to meet Lt Cmdr James A Sears and was greeted by cheering brokers. He declined to speak, offered handshakes, and praised Commodore Sampson as a gallant officer, prompting a playful police escort to keep order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Exchange
New York
Schley
James A. Sears
Santiago
Hydrographic Bureau
the Exchange
Sampson
People’s Church Expands to National Organization
Articles of incorporation for the People’s Church of America were granted at Springfield to extend the Chicago church’s reach. Rev. H. W. Thomas leads the Chicago church which will oversee other congregations and ten new branches are proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
Chicago
People’s Church of America
Springfield
People's Church of Chicago
H. W. Thomas
Medical Association Names Saratoga As Next Meeting Place
The American Medical Association opened with a delegation from the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Resolutions on army canteens and vice in the army were discussed. The nominating committee proposed officers led by John A. Wyeth Jr. as president and Saratoga, N Y as the next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
St. Paul
American Medical Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Minneapolis
Congress
Army
John A. Wyeth, Jr
New York
A. F. Jonas
Omaha
George H. Simons
Chicago
Henry H. Newman
Iinois
George Webster
Illinois
Indians Claim Valuable Land
Three representatives of the Pottawatomie tribe Joseph Cushway Frank Williams and Andrew Rapp arrived from Benton Harbor Michigan to confer with attorneys over the tribe s alleged rights to the lake front land in Chicago The case overlaps Captain Streeters possession through discovery and centers on an old government grant offering title to the Indians
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph H. Cushway
Frank Williams
Andrew Rapp
Benton Harbor
Mich
Pottawatomies
Captain Streeter
Governor Samford Seriously Ill In Tuscaloosa
Governor William J. Samford is gravely ill at Professor Pierson’s residence with hypertrophy of the heart. He has had fainting spells for a week, and Mrs. Samford stays at his bedside as officials monitor his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samford
Tuscaloosa
Ala
William J. Samford
Professor Pierson
Missionary Union Roll Call Counts 100 Respondents
National Missionary Union in Clifton Springs New York reports more than 100 names read at the annual roll call. Sixty missionaries attend from the China field as Boxer troubles disrupt posts. President J Z Gracey calls for missionaries to serve as pacificators in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Missionary Union
Clifton Springs
N.Y
China Field
J. Z. Gracey
China
Washington Platt amendment instructions to Cuban convention
Reach Havana reports the official instructions from Washington on the Platt amendment have arrived and are being translated for dispatch to the Cuban constitutional convention this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Washington
Kennedy Defense Theory Outlines Case in Murder Trial
Kansas City June 7 Lulu Prince Kennedy listens as witnesses recount the killing of her husband Philip H Kennedy. Defense attorney Nearing says Kennedy was driven mad by ruined life and remorse after her husband refused to live with her. Prosecutor Hadley argues Kennedy was not responsible for the alleged ruin and had improper relations before and up to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lulu
Prince Kennedy
Philip H. Kennedy
Nearing
Kennedy
Lulu Prince
Hadley
Des Moines to Host G A R Encampment Next Year
Dubuque, IA June 7 The state Grand Army of the Republic encampment decided to meet in Des Moines next year. Officers elected include Commander George Metzger Davenport senior vice commander M H Byers Glenwood junior vice commander H M Pickle Des Moines medical director Dr T G Maxwell Keokuk chaplain William Klinefelter Center Point and a council of administration named D W McElroy Keokuk William Dean Tipton G L Godfrey Des Moines G H Welsh Boone W H Barker Sioux City. Eighteen delegates and 18 alternates to the National encampment were chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
State Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
George Metzger
Davenport
M. H. Byers
Glenwood
H. M. Pickle
T. G. Maxwell
Keokuk
William Klinefelter
Cernter Point
Council of Administration
D. W. McElroy
William Dean
Tipton
G. L. Godfrey
G. H. Welsh
Boone
W. H. Barker
Sioux City
Eight Militiamen on Trial for Insubordination
Eight militia men who disobeyed orders at the state penitentiary on May 23 will be tried for insubordination once a military court is organized. All Company F members will be tried in Lincoln, likely in the state house military department, while the other recalcitrant from Company E faces a trial at Wilber before a separate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Penitentiary
State House
Wilber
Shatter Telescope Mirror Delays Lick Observatory Expedition
A 36 inch Newtonian mirror at Lick Observatory shattered in Professor John A. Brashear's Pittsburg workshop while being drilled for a new case grain. The loss delays the planned South American expedition. a replacement glass cannot be sourced from France for six months. The mirror weighed about 400 pounds and valued at 3004 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lick Observatory
John A. Brashear
Brashear
Lick
France
Bolt Strikes Jail Cage in LaCrosse Panic
Lightning yesterday sparked a panic at the county jail in LaCrosse Wisconsin. The bolt hit a nearby tree then entered the jail cage and damaged iron and steel work. Many prisoners were knocked to the floor but there were no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse
Wis
Actor Shoots Self in Cleveland Hotel
Horace Pell 22 a member of a stock company attempted suicide in his Cleveland hotel yesterday Insomnia is believed to have contributed His condition is critical Pell is from New York City theater company member names and ages are confirmed by local dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Horace Pell
New York
Pell
Two Die Sudden in Salina Kansas
Willam Mc Cord an old soldier and settler in central Kansas collapsed and died in a livery barn after returning from driving the hearse for comrade Joseph Penfield who had just died in the street. Penfield had recently arrived from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Willam McCord
Kansas
Joseph Penfield
Canada
Harmonizing railroad interests eyed in Morgan led drive
W K Vanderbilt or a NY Central rep may join Northern Pacific board as part of a broader consolidation. Pennsylvania and Morgan linked executives join Atchison, Rock Island, and others, signaling a grand scheme to unite western rail lines from Chicago to the Pacific. Des Moines Fort Dodge railway elects Gilmore as president and reaffirms its board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York Central System
Northern Pacific Railway
Samuel McCrea
Pennsylvania Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
J. Pierpont Morgan
Atchison Company
W. H. Moore
Mr. Morgan
Vanderbilt
Northern Pacific
British column routs Boer commando near Warmbaths
Colonel Wilson with 240 Kitchener scouts ambushed 400 Boers under Beyer 34 miles west of Warmbaths. Boers fled after heavy resistance leaving 37 dead 100 prisoners and wagons and supplies including 8000 cattle in British hands. British losses were three killed nine wounded. Beyer’s main force arrived too late to recover the transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Wilson
Kitchener
Beyer
Warmbaths
Conspiracy Charge Brought in State Supreme Court
A bill in equity was filed in Massachusetts Supreme Court by J. Forester and John MacGinnis against A. Bige low W. J. Lass and J. S. Bigelow stockholders owning a majority of the Boston and Montana stock and Kidder Peabody Co The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to reopen the interests of minority stockholders represented by Forester and MacGinnis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
J. Forester
John MacGinnis
Bigelow
W. J. Lass
J. S. Bigelow
Montana
Kidder, Peabody & Co
MacGinnis
Forester
Unidentified man killed after being thrown from train
An unknown man about 25 was tossed from the blind baggage of Union Pacific train 101 near the Burlington viaduct and died. Three men were arrested and jailed on murder charges. Coroner Bassett will investigate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Neb
Union Pacific
Burlington Viaduct
Bassett
Mrs McKinley's Condition Unchanged After Visit
Washington June 7 Dr Rixey left the White House after an hour and a half attending Mrs McKinley. He said there is no material change in Mrs McKinley's condition and could not say there had been any perceptible improvement during the day.
Hanna Named Colonel on Grand Army Staff
Cleveland June 7 Senator M A Hanna has been appointed a colonel of the official staff of General Ragsieur commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hanna was recently mustered into the Grand Army as a member of Memorial post in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna
Ragsieur
Grand Army of the Republic
Commissioners Taft Wright Ide establish Cavite provincial government
At Cavite in June the commissioners Taft Wright and Ide formalized a provincial government plan. They were welcomed by Col Goodrell and local dignitaries in the town hall as Judge Taft outlined the commission’s aims for the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavite
Manila
Taft
Wright
Ide
Goodrell
Yerkes Plan Sanctioned for Electric Railway Motive Power
London reports a district railway special meeting sanctioned Charles T. Yerkes' plan to use electricity as motive power. President J. S. Forbes said the work would take two years to complete.
Reverend Samuel Edsall Elected Bishop Coadjutor
Winona Minnesota June 7 Rt Rev Samuel Edsall D D of Fargo missionary bishop of North Dakota was elected bishop coadjutor on the first formal ballot by the Minnesota diocesan council of Episcopalians
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Edsall
Winona
Minn
D. D
Fargo
North Dakota
Minnesota
Joint Guaranty Likely for Chinese Indemnity Settlement
Washington diplomats from most European nations met with Secretary Hay to discuss the Chinese indemnity. A joint and several guaranty is likely, but each government would bear only its own share, with the United States limit at 25 million dollars within a total of 337 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Faber
Washington
Hay
United States
Germany presses settlement terms in China row
Peking reports indicate German coercion worries as ministers debate indemnity of 450,000,000 taels at 4 percent. Withdrawal of Count von Waldersee and German troops is seen as pressuring powers. British and French soldiers clash in Tiensin, with Allied commanders pledging to curb friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Germany
Count von Waldersee
Tien Tsin
Lorne Campbell
Big steamer Assyrian wrecked off Cape Race
The Ley land steamer Assyrian from Antwerp to Montreal ran ashore off Cape Race in fog at midnight with 2000 tons of cargo. Eleven feet of water flooded the fore hold, crew escaped with difficulty and the ship and cargo are likely total losses. Algerian sails for wreck scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. F
Antwerp
Montreal
Cape Race
Lloyd's
Lieutenant Townley Convicted by Court Martial
Washington reports Lieutenant Richard H Townley of the navy has been convicted by court martial at Manila and sentenced to dismissal from the service The charge involved commissary irregularities at Manila The sentence awaits presidential approval to take effect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard H. Townley
Manila
Townley
Killed at Target Practice in Fairhaven Ohio
Curtis Roberts superintendent of Fairhaven schools died after a target practice accident in the woods. A friend Mary Afterton fired the first shot. a rebound from a stump struck Roberts in the side, causing a wound he could not survive. The incident occurred during a group outing with young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhaven
Curtis Roberts
Mary Afterton
Miss Afterton
Roberts
Iowa Masons Elect Officers
The Iowa grand lodge of Masons met in Davenport and selected Dubuque as the next meeting site. Officers elected include Grand master L. J. Baker Ottumwa senior grand warden W F Cleveland Mar Jan junior grand warden M B Lowther Centerville grand treasurer Charles B Miller Sioux City grand secretary T S Parvin Cedar Rapids custodian C C Clark Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Masons
Davenport
Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons
Dubuque
L. J. Baker
Ottumwa
W. F. Cleveland
Mar- Jan
M. B. Lowther
Centerville
Charles B. Miller
Sioux City
T. 8. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Clark
Burlington
Wom en's clubs exclusion sparks NFWC vote in Kentucky
The Kentucky Federation of Women's clubs voted to exclude colored women's clubs from membership. A Milwaukee fire caused $75,000 in losses, $70,000 at Wisconsin Furniture. George K. Cumberland known as George W. Thompson died in Brooklyn from blood poisoning after hand surgery. W. K. Vanderbilt urged to join Northern Pacific board as reorganization proceeds between Union Pacific Interests and Mr Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs
Colored Women's Clubs
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Furniture Company
George K. Cumberland
George W. Thompson
The
Elks
Brooklyn
W. K. Vanderbilt
Northern Pacific Board of Directors
Union Pacific
Hill
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Galena
W. J. Hubacher
Stryker
Ely
Dr. Little
Bloomfield
M. A. Little
H. M. Andrews
Ackley
Syrena Anders
Ruth Merrill
Highview
Story City
Plumb
W. W. Bond
Cylinder
Homer
Will H. Taylor
Times-Citizen
Roseville
J.R Taylor
Grace Jacks
Williams
Dr. Dower of
Fonda
Martin & Slack
Synod
Morgan
Des Moines and
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railway
C. N. Gilmore
Carroll Wright
D. N. McDonald
W. H. Stillwell
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