Lover's Fatal Deed Ends in Tragedy at Caledonia Home
In Caledonia Minnesota a dental student Matt Styer killed Pearl Wheaton fatally wounded her sister Ruth and their mother then shot himself. The 10 year old child escaped through a window. Ruth Wheaton fought back before the onslaught. Styer died at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs Wheaton and Ruth Wheaton were gravely wounded but hoped to recover.
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Caledonia
Mianu
Pearl Wheaton
SN. Wheaton
Minnesota
Refusa
Matt Styer
University of Minnesota
Wheaton
Styer
Ruth Wheaton
Hope of Goebel convict’s new trial crushed by high court
The U S Supreme Court in Washington affirmed the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling in Howard v Kentucky. Howard was tried three times for murdering Gary Goebel and each trial ended in conviction. He remains under a life sentence and sought review to obtain another trial.
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Goebel
Supreme Court
Washington, D.C
Kentucky ‘Court of Appeals
Amie B. Howard
State of
Kentucky
Howard
Gary
Ondtucky Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Court Martial of Decatur Denies Prosecution Charges
Annapolis Md Tuesday court martial proceedings against Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr. charged with hazing Midshipmen McCrary and Church, denied all incriminating statements. Court to weigh testimony of upper and lower classmen with other witnesses backing the defense theory that prosecuting witnesses were mistaken about who hated them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Stephen Decatur, Jr
McCrary
Church
Land Fraud in Montana Indicts Former U S Marshal
A United States grand jury, adjourned last Saturday, indicted Joseph P. Woolman of Helena Montana, former U S marshal for Montana, on charges of seizing and fencing public lands in Teton County. Woolman, who served as grand jury foreman until an indictment was returned, resigned to avoid hindering the panel and posted 1060 dollars bail to plead next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grand Jury
Joseph P. Woolman
Helena
Mont
United States
Montana
Teton County
Woolman
Fire destroys Bradley building near Cleveland Theater
A Tuesday morning blaze in Cleveland nearly destroyed the Bradley building adjoining the Cleveland theater. The theater itself was not seriously damaged. Losses are estimated at $50,000. Fireman Lieut. W. Sewer, once a noted baseball player, fell through an open elevator shaft and was seriously injured.
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Cleveland
Bradley
Cleveland Theater
W. Sewer
Philadelphia Filtration Chief on Trial for Forgery
Job W. Hill former chief of the filtration bureau in Philadelphia faced trial on forgery and falsification charges. His arrest marked the first major development in Mayor Weaver’s crusade for good government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Job W. Hill
M Hill
Weaver
Sioux City Market Prices and New York City Trade Strike
Sioux Cary Stock Market notes butcher steers and hog quotes from Sioux City. In New York City a steel workers era strike affects 5,000 members of the engineers' and bridge and iron workers unions with wage demands and halting work on 200 office and factory buildings.
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Sioux Cary
Sioux City
Housesmaiths
Bridgemen's Unions
New York City
Woman Sentenced to Life for Murder of Stepchildren
Mrs Stella Brennan was Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Dickingon in Minneapolis Minnesota for shooting and killing her three stepchildren on November 4. The case details describe a grim homicide by the woman who received the maximum penalty after the jury returned its verdict.
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Stella Brennan
Dickingon
Minneapolis
The Printers Strike for Eight Hour Day Across Cities
A New York special reports the first nationwide strike by the International Typographers Union, backed by a treasury of over a quarter million dollars, aiming to enforce an eight hour workday in the United States and Canada. Many firms already grant the hour, with unions and Typothetae divisions showing split responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Typographient Union
United States
Canada
Treasury
Typographical Union No. 66
Philadelphia
Tese
Typothetae
Typographical Union
Stockton
Cal
Typographical Union No
Columbus
Rioting Negro Parade in Savannah Emancipation Celebration
Thousands of Negroes marched in Savannah Ga on Monday honoring the Emancipation Proclamation. Disorder marked the event as Capt J C McBride a former U S Army officer and Georgia newspaper man was beaten while crossing the line. A streetcar conductor was injured trying to move his car through the line. A photographer was driven off by marchers who objected to photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dany
Savannah
Savanagh
G I
J. C. McBride
United States Army
Georgia
Deny McCall Resignation From New York Life
Augustus G. Paine, on the committee auditing New York Life, denied a report that John A. McCall resigned as president at a trustees meeting on Saturday. Paine said the report was untrue and that no trustees’ meeting occurred, countering talk of a secret session awaiting the annual report due January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Dispatch
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Augustus G. Paine
Paine
Aged Woman in Rural Erie Area Fatally Shoots Sister then Self
A 75 year old woman Elizabeth Masell is believed to have killed her sister Deborah and then shot herself in a lonely farm house about fifteen miles west of Erie Pennsylvania. Police were notified Monday night of the tragedy. The sisters, impoverished in old age, were thought mentally unbalanced by the act.
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Erie
Elizabeth Masell
Deborah
Elizabeth
Three Die in Big Four Wreck Near Columbus Ohio
Three men lost their lives in a head on collision between two freight trains on the Big Four Railroad four miles west of Columbus Monday night. Two firemen and a brakeman were killed, names not yet confirmed. Wreck blamed on confusion of orders, responsibility undetermined.
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Big Four
Columbus
Wreck in Indiana Kills Three Trainmen
A freight train wreck on the Chicago and Evie at Cisco Hill Indiana early Says day killed engineer John O'Brien fireman Cecil Oliver and brakeman Len Fisher who were trapped in the engine cab. In Brockton Massachusetts a Monday fire destroyed part of a block at Alain and Ward Streets causing about 300000 in losses. the city theater housed in the building was saved but damaged by water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evie
Cisco Hill
Ind
John O’brien
Cecil Oliver
Len Fisher
Brockton
Mass
Alain
Ward
He Joys
City Theater
Millionaire miner Phiscator dies by self harm in San Francisco hotel
Phiscator, a wealthy Alaskan miner who built the first house in Dawson, reportedly died by cutting his throat with a razor in a San Francisco hotel. He originated from Michigan and rose to prominence as a millionaire before the tragedy. The incident details and exact timing are under police review.
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Rank Phiscator
San Francisco
Cal
Dawson
Hoe
Aliehigan
Tragedy at Duke as Bride Slain and Husband Ends Life
W Goodnight shot and killed his wife at Duke Oklahoma Monday then killed himself. He cited jealousy. Mrs Goodnight aged 17 had only recently married.
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Bride
Duke, Okla
W. Goodnight
Mrs. Goodnight
Labor chiefs guilty in Chicago union sluggers case
Labor chiefs of the Carriage and Wagon Workers Union of Chicago and several of their alleged hired sluggers were found guilty on conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison. Charles Gilhooly, alleged ring leader, received additional $2,000 fine. Other convicted officials included Henry Newman Charles Casey Edward Shields Charles H H Deutsch John Seiden and Marcus Looney. Frank Novak was acquitted. The case ties to earlier violence and a noted “wrecking crew” used to intimidate non union workers. Indictments followed a lengthy probe. 1,951 veniremen were examined over eleven weeks with court costs reaching $35,000.
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Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union of Chicago
Charles Gilhooly
Henry Newman
Carriage Wagon Workers No. 4
Charles Casey
Edward Shields
Charles HH. Deutsch
John Seiden
Marcus Looney
Frank Novak
Chicago
Christopher J. Carlstrom
Teamsters
George Miller
Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Union
Miller
Paymaster Robbery Triggers Riot by Jersey Construction Crew
About 200 workers for the Delaware River Construction Company on the Elizabeth to New Brunswick line in New Jersey believed rumors that the paymaster had been robbed of 5000 dollars on Thursday night. Frustrated by delayed pay, many Italian laborers attacked company tool chests, smashed lights at excavations for underground conduits, and wrecked several small buildings as the unrest escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Fire in Higgins tenements leaves one dead three burned. many homeless
A Minnehaha Avenue blaze in Minneapolis destroyed Higgins tenements on Friday morning. Mrs. Lorraine Buckliff’s apartments ignited the fire which spread rapidly, forcing twenty seven families from their beds into a ten degree below zero atmosphere. One person died, two were seriously burned and fifteen or more injured. a woman attempted to light an oil stove, starting the fire.
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Higgins
Minnehaha Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Lorraine Buckliff
Global strike spreads and protests flare in Europe
Reports from Washington show Russian advices indicate strikes spreading to new areas. In St Petersburg minor clashes occur. Warsaw workers push a general strike, forcing closure of newspapers and insurers. New Haven police bar Sapho at the Nyperion Theater unless edits are made, with city attorneys handling the matter.
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Washington
Russia
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
New Haven
Conn
Wrian
Rowland
Nyperion Theater
Fatal Saloon Riot in Belleville WL Claims Life
In Belleville WL a riotous saloon celebration saw William Tannehill shoot and kill William Borden and wound Wred Hopwood while trying to quell the disturbance. Tannehill surrendered to authorities.
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Belleville
William Tannehill
Willian Borden
Snowfall Delays Hit Wisconsin and Michigan Trains
A La Crosse Wisconsin dispatch reports five inches to a foot of snow across Wisconsin and Michigan's northern peninsula during Thursday night and Friday. Nearly all trains ran several hours late.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Dispatch
Michigan
Train wreck injures passengers near Kankakee
A fast mail train No. 37 on the Big Four Railroad derailed at Wildron, Illinois, four miles east of Kankakee, injuring several people but with no fatalities. The incident occurred Thursday and responders and investigators were on scene.
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Big Four Railroad
Wildron
Kankakee
Iowa General Assembly Set as Regular Session Opens
Des Moines report outlines the thirtieth General Assembly formed by biennial election, with 50 senators and 100 representatives. Seven House changes occur due to deaths or removals, yielding 75 Republicans, 20 Democrats, and 2 independent Republicans. On joint ballot, 120 Republicans face 28 Democrats with 2 independents. Lawmakers ready for many measures as states debates over governing scope.
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Des Moines
State Capitol
General Assembly
Senate
House
M. Epperson
Eddyville
A.W. Buchanan
Wapello
A. Meredith
Atlanta
J. T. Delano
Cass
J. W. Clark
Grinnell
Thomas W. Harris
Sutherland
G. R. Whitmer
Sioux City
O’brien
Iowa
Runaway Wagon In Sidney Wrecks Jorgenson Family
A 10 year old boy, son of John Jorgenson of Sidney, lost his scalp and suffered severe injuries after a wagon was dragged by a runaway team. The father was knocked unconscious, another son broke a leg, a third was injured internally, and a fourth had minor bruises. One horse was killed. The incident followed a dog barking.
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Patally
John Jorgenson
Sidney
Jorgenson
Secret Service Seeks Incendiary Fire Suspects in Latimer
The Iowa Central Railway secret service investigates a recent Latimer fire on a sidetrack car. A shipment from Iowa Falls contained drugs and fixtures and was destroyed as kerosene was spread and hay strewn, with the car seal broken, implying arson. Authorities press to identify those responsible.
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Latimer
Secret Service
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Falls
Bad Move 6y Saloonists Plan Run on Bank at Burlington
A Burlington special reports saloon men aimed to trigger a bank run at the German American Savings Bank due to a director's suspected link to Sunday saloon closures. Banks met to form a united front against any run while brewers and liquor dealers associations backed the effort and denied they would withdraw funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bride of a Year Takes Fatal Dose of Strychnine
Mrs Ora Barnard of Corydon committed suicide Tuesday evening by drinking strychnine. Despondent over husband's drinking, she was 28 and had been married about one year. Zoe Look, Corydon, age 20, also drank lye in a personal crisis and remains in a precarious condition.
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Ora Barnard
Corydon
Dick Barnard
Zoe Ilook
Tramps Attack Bartender in Kennedy's Saloon
Three professional beggars refused drinks at Kennedy's saloon in Iowa City attacked bartender Chis Keapp with a kite. Constable Mathos arrested the trio for assault and wounding.
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Kennedy
Iowa City
Chis
Keapp
Mathos
Woman In Despair Attempts Suicide In Boone
Mrs. William Needham, wife of al Placksmith at Boone, attempted to take a dose of en bolic acid Monday morning during a personal crisis. She is despondent, married about three years with two small babies. Physicians hope to save her.
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William Needham
al Placksmith
Boone
Death by own action at Dubuque
In Dubuque on Monday afternoon Tamos Itiun aged 80 a local character ended his life in a saloon by firing a bullet through his brain after a spell of heavy drinking and despondency authorities reported no other persons were involved in the incident
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Dubuque
Tamos Itiun
Hite
Bondsman Held For Graesser Murder In Des Moines
W. J. Carter a Des Moines bondsman was arrested on murder charges in the October death of farmer Ba C Graesser. Neighbors found Graesser dead in a window area with a blood pool and a broken pane. Coroner jury investigations and sheriff reports mention forged signatures on deeds and mortgages tied to Carter and supposed accomplices.
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W. J. Carter
Des Moines
Ba C Graesser
Graesser
Dance
Carter
Actress Arrested After Train Altercation in Des Moines
Hea Tanguay of The Sambo Girl Comedy company and her husband Mr. Leech were arrested on a Burlington train in Des Moines after a confrontation with brakeman Walter Housman. Tanguay demanded an open window, Leech drew a revolver and threatened the brakeman who stood firm.
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Hea Tanguay
Sambo Girl
Des Moines
Burlington
Gleech
Eva
Walter Housman
Leech
Houseman
Soule Completes Eighteen Month Bank Embezzlement Sentence
Edwin O. Soule former cashier of Home Savings Bank Town Falls completes an eighteen month term at Anamosa after pleading guilty to embezzlement and falsification of bank books. Judge W D Evans of Hardin County district court sentenced him on the indictment. A new indictment against Soule was found and will be served upon release.
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Edwin O. Soule
Home Savings Bank
Town Falls
Anamosa
Ele
W. D. Evans
Hardin County District Court
Grand Jury
Soule
Burglars Striking Dubuque City Stores and Homes
Police and citizens report a crime wave in Dubuque last month with two large clothing stores robbed and three hill district homes hit. Authorities claim burglars are expert and call for greater vigilance, criticizing police for too many minor arrests.
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Dubuque
Tramps Attack Man on Train Left Him for Dead
R J McIntyre a New Jersey stone mason lies at Agatha hospital Clinton with serious skull wounds after being thrown from a passenger train near Cedar Rapids by two tramps who shared his car. He was found in the North Western yards semi conscious and later identified his attackers. The injury is judged potentially fatal and the full details of the assault are under police inquiry.
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R. J. McIntyre
New Jersey
Agatha Hospital
Clinton
McIntyre
North- Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Tragedy at Oelwein Ends in Husband's Death
In Oelwein a husband, Carr, was killed and wife Marg Carr badly wounded in a Sunday morning fight over a boy. Two bullets struck the wife near the heart as Carr died within an hour. Authorities investigate who fired the fatal shots. Carr was a Des Moines barber who moved to the area years ago.
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Lou Carr
Menley
Oelwein
Carr
Des Moines
Farmer Ernest Pouselein Dies After Hay Load Fall
A farmer living five miles southeast of Do Cahoutas named Ernest Pouselein died after falling from a hay load Saturday afternoon. He lived about ten minutes after the accident. He was a renter and leaves a wife and several children.
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Ernest Pouselein
Docahoutas
Catholic Church Burns at Rockwell City Fire destroys church
The Sacred Heart Catholic church in Rockwell City built in 1802 was entirely destroyed by fire. It cost $20,000 to construct and $5,000 in fixtures were valued. Insurance coverage amounted to $10,000.
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Sacred Heart Catholic
Rockwell City
Wife Sues Clinton Girl for Alienation of Affection
Mrs Elizabeth Garesman of Dixon Illinois sues Miss Maude Powers, a Clinton figure, in Clinton district court for $5000 alleging she won her husband’s affection and caused his desertion. The suit targets the well known Clinton girl as the cause of marital break.
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Clinton
98-year-old Mrs Nancy Oakes dies in Cincinnati home
Mrs Nancy Oakes aged 98, longtime Clifton resident for fifty years, died at her Fourth Avenue home. Born in Temple Me in 1819, she lived a long life in the city.
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Nancy Oakes
Clineton
Fourth Avene
Oakes
Temple Me
Iowa Legislature Poised for Long Session in 1906
Des Moines correspondence notes expectations the Iowa Legislature will convene January 8 for a lengthy session with major work ahead. Top items include primary elections law, education board control, railroad passes, pure food law, child labor, and many other reforms. The primary bill faces stiff railroad opposition, while a free pass bill is expected to pass without major resistance.
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Des Moines
Educational Board of Control
Marshalaw
Supreme Court
Cumming
Woman sues driver for ten thousand dollars
Miss Sadie Crance of Waterloo sues the driver and father of her escort for $10,000 alleging injuries from a ride. She says the harness was defective and the escort had no right to drive the team, and that the defendant was courting her at the time and invited her on the drive.
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Escvort
Relua
Charles
Sadie Crance
Waterloo
Miss Crance
Lemid
Six Months for Embezzlement Sentence in Mason City
Peter Finnigan was sentenced by Judge Smith to six months in the penitentiary after a conviction for embezzlement. Nowna convluted deceitfully obtained $250 from Mulrooney, a young man who boarded with the defendant while he ran a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Finnigan
Smith
Mason City
Nowna
Mulrooney
Miner Dies in Fort Dodge Coal Mine Blast Incident
A mining accident at Holiday Creek Coal Company's Fort Dodge mines likely caused by a premature powder explosion tamped near drills. The blast damaged the worker's eyes and threatened sight, with investigators focusing on equipment and handling practices at the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiday Creek Coal Company
Fort Dodge
Clinton Mourns W J Young Prominent Resident Dies
W J Young longtime Clinton resident aged OL died after an illness of rheumatism that affected his heart. A prominent figure in the city for fifty years, he was known for his public service and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Toses
W. J. Young
Clinton
Girl Dies in Runaway After Buggy Jump Near Ottumwa
Olive Ross, 15, daughter of prominent farmer Sant Ross of Peasant Home near Ottumwa, was killed instantly when she leaped from a buggy during a runaway accident. Her neck was broken in the fatal fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena
Olive Ross
Sant Ross
Ottumwa
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