Notable Iowa Obituaries Across Counties
The Gazette records multiple deaths and incidents including ex-county treasurer NEWS FROM OVER ONE G. J. Chizum in Cass county and William Nichols in Des Moines county. Other reports mention John A. Lusch and Mrs. Hackett, with events from Burlington to Clinton and Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Chizum
Cass County
Lewis
William Nichols
Des Moines
Burlington
Sir Conrad
Atlantic
Chicago
John Cretin
Eldora
Debs and Union Reject Appeal Over Penalty
Debs and fellow American Railway Union leaders accept the judge Woods penalty without appeal. They believe an appeal would fail and bring further cost. Debs, Stevenson dies in Samoa. Gompers loses AFL reelection. union moves UMWA HQ to Indianapolis. Bowen-Lavigne fight in New Orleans ends with Bowen’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debs
American Railway Union
Woods
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Apia
Samoa
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Gompers
John McBride
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers
New York
Indianapolis
Andy Bowen
George Lavigne
Auditorium Club
New Orleans
Bowen
Lavigne
United States Court
Chicago
Grosscup
Tennessee
Secretary of State
Evans
Turney
Riots Disrupt Berlin Debates Over Anti-Revolution Bill
In Berlin socialists interrupted Dr Nieberring as he urged the anti-revolution bill framed to curb revolutionary activity and safeguard order. Nieberring showed a revolutionary broadsheet claimed for soldier barracks as opposition calls grew louder. The Reichstag adjourned by president Levetzow due to lack of a quorum, delaying the vote until January 8.
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Berlin
Ffice
Soei
Reichstag
Herr von Levetzow
Nieberring
Herr Singer
Rell
Herr Levetzow
Job Batty's Sons Face Large Debts in Kensington
Parapetraia Pennsylvania December 19. Job Batty's Sons an old yarn and carpet house in Kensington district faces financial embarrassment with liabilities totaling about 200000 dollars.
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Parapetraia
Job Batty
Kensington
Miss Stevenson Slightly Improves. Vice President Leaves for Washington
Miss Stevenson daughter of the Vice President was a little better yesterday. The Vice President departed for Washington to stay a few days. No change in her condition was reported last night or today.
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Miss Stevenson
Asneville
N. C
Washington
Pooling Bill Appears to Hold Senate Majority
Washington Dec 15 There is an impression that pooling bill supporters will push passage in the form it left the house. While exact vote predictions are uncertain a majority for the bill seems likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
WaAsaIneTton
Friends of the
Washington
Gallinger
Canada
Great Britain
Hill
Nicaragua
Turpie
Angel in the Theater Sparks Proposal Sudden Jealousy
A dramatic overheard remark at a theater leads to a sudden marriage proposal driven by jealousy. A man overhears someone calling his partner an angel, triggering rapid romantic action.
Woman's Nine Year Heart Cure Through Pink Pills
Mrs Geo Archer of Clifton New Jersey tells how valvular heart disease plagued her for years and how Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, started in November, restored her health after early poor results. Her son also benefited from the remedy and the pills are sold at 50 cents a box or six for 2 50 by Dr Williams Medicine Company schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Evening News
Geo. Archer
Clifton
the News
Arch
Springfield
Mass
Springfield Examiner
Dr. Wiliams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Ballots Tampered With Election Boxes Found
In CnicaGco on December 19 officials discovered 110 boxes containing ballots from the mayoral special election last December. The ballots appear tampered with after leaving the election judges, and the case threatens a large sensational probe implicating prominent men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CnicaGco
Congress Debates Canal Bill and Mediation Efforts
Washington reports outline Senate actions on Indianola territory, mediation China Japan, and Nicaragua canal bill with debates on cloture. House considers urgency deficiency and pension measures. local banking collapse in Slater Missouri triggers wider bank run and creditor losses. News also notes Dempsey bout betting and potential fights with Choynski and Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indianola
China
Japan
Gray
Nicaragua
West
Britain Checkmated as Mosquito Indians Relinquish Bluefields
Washington reports the Mosquito Indians have formally relinquished rights from the 1860 Managua treaty and allied with the Nicaraguan government. Secretary Gresham and officials say this neutralizes British plans to restore ex Chief Clarence at Bluefields, settling the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Washington
Great Britain
Clarence
State Department
Baker
Managua
Mosquito Reservation
Gresham
Ministers Launch City Morals Reform Movement
San Francisco ministers plan a Lexow style push to improve municipal morals. Rev. J Cumming Smith of Trinity Presbyterian spearheads a union effort with Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist groups. If the California legislature fails to appoint a publication committee, the clergy will investigate with citizen help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. Cumming Smith
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Parkhurst
California
China and Her Blunders
K P Lee a Chinese native and Yale graduate now in San Francisco argues China’s officials are corrupt and have stolen millions. He predicts the war ends with a Japanese march on Pekin this winter or by spring and says China will be completely defeated. He notes Japan favors educated foreigners over native youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
K. P. Lee
China
Yale
Washington
Pekin
Miners to Face Rate Cut as Coal Rate Reduced
The Railroad Coal Operators' Association cut mining rates from 69 to 55 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds. The Columbus agreement is abrogated by the joint arbitration board. A miners convention meets today to discuss the change affecting about 30,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsvine
Railroad Coal Operators’ Association
Columbus
Joint Arbitration Board of Miners and Operators
Italian Crisis Deepens as Giolitti Goes to Country
The political crisis in Italy draws attention as ex Premier Giolitti retreats to the countryside while detectives monitor him. The pro roguing of parliament signals Crispi may cling to power despite opposition, widening public concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romer
Giolitti
Italy
Crispi
Drowned Indiana Bureau Official Found in Bath Tub
William A. Peele Jr ex chief of Indiana bureau of statistics was found drowned in a bath tub at the visitors home in St Marys Institute last night. He was discovered lying on his side unable to move himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Maute
Ind
William A. Peele, Jr
Bureau of Statistics of
Indiana
St. Mary's Institute
Clergy vote down prayer for Col Ingersoll in Richmond
In Richmond on December 19 the Episcopal clergy rejected a motion to offer prayers for Col. Bob Ingersoll, who lectured there last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Episcopal Clergymen of
Bob Ingersoll
Lynching of William Dean in Fort Jones
Fort Jones California December 14. Tasked men lynched William Dean an Indian yesterday morning for killing Constable Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Jones
Cal
William Dean
Constable Dixon
Seeley Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery Charge
Samuel C. Seeley, former bookkeeper at the Shoe and Leather National Bank, pled guilty in the United States Circuit Court to aiding the late Frederick Baker in a $354,000 bank robbery. He was remanded until Friday for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeley
New York
Samuel C. Seeley
Shoe and Leather National Bank
Frederick Baker
United States
Strangler Case Indicts Man in Lena Tapper Murder
Denver report states Richard Demady has been indicted for the September 23 murder of Lena Tapper, the first in a series attributed to the so called strangler. Demady, member of the Chevalliers d Amour, lived with Tapper and connected to the subsequent similar slayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Tapper
Denver
Richard Demady
Strangler
Demady
Mystery over Huntington shooting shocks Council Burrs
The Iowa town story centers on bank clerk Huntington who killed Fidelity agents Cromwell and Hayden then died by suicide. New theories arose that Huntington might have been shot by another in the room, despite lack of powder burns on his head. An inquest prep includes Huntington’s victims hiring counsel for their interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ernisee
Monticello
Kitty Creek
Ernisee
Citizens’ Bank
Council Bluffs
Fidelity and Casualty Co
New York
Cromwell
Hayden
Huntington
Charles W
W. W. Hawk
Colfax
Colorado
Charles
Henry Fellows
Colfax Mineral Water Company
Order of
Tilden
Des Moines
Security Loan & Trust Co
Joseph Lester
Dubuque
Herald Office
Council Burrs
Iowa
A. Cromwell
Minneapolis
F. N. Hayden
Chicago
Fidelity
Bond Company
Will Try Blix t for Murder Pleading Not Guilty
Claus A. Blixt, who says he killed Catherine Ging, was arraigned in Minneapolis District Court and pleaded not guilty. The trial is set for Jan. 7 with temporary insanity as the defense. Hayward, linked to a New York green goods scheme, was brought in for plea, with a continuance granted to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Ivor Ickerman
Eldora
Julius Hykens
Wellsburg
Wykens
A. F. Gray
Radcliffe Signal
Radcliffe
Supreme Court
P. G. Ballingall
Ottumwa
Fontanelle
Gre
Dubuque
Kessel
Cresco
Dr. Kessel
Decorah
John H. Cater
State Penitentiary
George Wemett
Burr Oak
Cater
Calhoun County
Rockwell City
D. W. Noel
Weinland
Lohrville
Cummings
Maynard
Sherman Township
Allen Hall
Hall
Lizzie Weston
Independence
Patrick Finn
Chicago, Iowa & Dakota
Eldora Junction
van Leuven
United States
Sells
Anamosa Penitentiary
Minneapolis
Minn
Claus A. Blixt
Catherine Ging
Blixt
O’ Dell
Hayward
Harry Hayward
Green Goods
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Mystery surrounds murder of young man near Pana
Coroner's jury adjourned with the case unsolved. East St. Louis police wired that an Italian matching the suspect described with the victim was arrested there. The individual claimed the name Harry Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
East St. Louis
Harry Cummings
Two Brothers Hanged in Jasper Tennessee
In Jasper Tennessee on December 18 John and Gen Kennedy were hanged for the murder of James L Lowry. Local authorities carried out the sentences after trials that established their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The town gathered to witness the executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper, Tenn
John
Kennedy
James L. Lowry
Koetting to Be Tried Monday in Wisconsin
Banker John R. Koetting is set for trial next Monday in Miwarker Wisconsin following yesterday’s filing. Local officials report the case involves financial conduct and Koetting’s alleged actions during the past year.
Connecticut Murderer Hanged in Hartrorp
John Cronin was hanged for the murder of Albert Skinner in Hartrorp Connecticut on December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Hartrorp
Conn
John Cronin
Albert Skinner
Japanese Telegram Denies Port Arthur Atrocities
The Japanese legation received a telegram from Foreign Minister Matsu saying excesses by troops were due to revolting sights seen on entry to Port Arthur and that reports of outrages are greatly exaggerated.
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Washington
Matsu
Port Arthur
Beating of American Argall in Guatemala Causes Alarm
Foreign residents in Guatemala report fear after an official assault on American Argall by order of President Barrios. The American minister and consul protested, and rumors of additional similar cases circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guateemala
Argall
Barrios
Canada Cattle Imports Proscribed At Antwerp Port
Pleuro-pneumonia found in cattle from Canada landed at Antwerp on December 6 led to a ban on further Canadian cattle imports into Belgium effective immediately.
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Antwerp
Canada
Belgium
Craig defeats Pritchard in one round for $1000
Lennox report says Frank Craig the Harlem Coffee Cooler beat Ted Pritchard in a one round bout at Central hall Holborn before 4,000 spectators lasting under two minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox
Frank Craig
Harlem
Ted Pritchard
Central Hall
Holborn
Craig
Firemen Move to New HQ in Peoria
Grand officers and clerks of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen sail for Peoria to take possession of the new headquarters offices in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Havre
Ind
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Peoria
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John A. Lusch
Waterloo Water Company
Margaret Hackett
Clinton County
Clinton
Harper
Pervs
Harry Hethcott
Charles Harper
France
Madagascar
John Thompson
Dominion of Canada
Windsor
England
Queen
William H. Price
Chandler & Price
Cleveland
REICHS@AG
Congress
House
Slater
Slater, Mo
Citizens Stock Bank
C. P. Storts
Joseph F. Field
Slater Savings Bank
Peffer
Springer
Carlisle
Walker
Baltimore
Tommy Ryan
New Oneans
Jack Dempsey
Ryan
Joe Choynski
Jim Hall
Fitzsimmons
Britain
William A. Peelle, Jr
Lynch
Shot Huntington
Washtneton
Missouri
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