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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
8
A devastating blaze engulfed Fish Company building as flames trapped workers and caused multiple deaths. A young woman leapt to escape the fire while others faced peril inside, and authorities battled the blaze amid smoke and water damage.
In the Fourteenth District of Ave lusetts Republican candidate Foss defeated Democrat William Heehanan. Foss, a brother of Congressman George Edmund Poss, carried Brockton by a plurality of 1700 and won in two cities, with the district showing a decisive Republican majority overall.
A北 damaged report describes a collision in a northern Washiton area near Posadiyiown involving military officers General Pett and Major Steciato of the Seventh Cavalry. A woman died and several others were injured, with casualties including a hospital transport and local officials investigating the scene.
Federal grand jury in Chicago returned multiple indictments against the National Acting Company and allied firms for restraint of trade. The U S government filed a civil action seeking dissolution of the parent company, with United States District Attorney Sims and Attorney General Amersham directing the case.
Six regulars were chosen at the Republican caucus in Washington to represent the party on the rules committee. The selections include Henry Sherman Boutell of Illinois John Kalzell of Pennsylvania J Sloat Fassett of New York Walter I Smith of Iowa George P Lawrence of Massachusetts and Sylvester C Smith of California. Speaker Cannon attended but spoke little and the insurgents expressed satisfaction with the caucus results as no one bolted or protested the ballot.
George William Norris, a famed representative from Nebraska's Fifth District, rose from a Sandusky Ohio farm birth in 1861 to prominent politics after early work as a country teacher. He moved to Nebraska in 1885, served as District Judge, and won election to Congress where he has since represented his district.
Fragmented report notes a political clash and tax protests in which pickets circulated cards urging residents to vote and pay taxes. Names and places are obscured, but references to a city collector and local officials appear amid accusations of legislative efforts and subsidized subsidies.
A South Carolina man, J. Y H Bethea, killed a porter and a conductor aboard a Pullman parlor car in Wilmington Delaware. He barricaded himself in a toilet room, held police for over an hour, fired over 40 shots, wounded two officers, and was killed by police fire after a water cannon drove him from his hideout.
The case arising from an attack on Jere Lillis by WP Cudahy, a picker, was dismissed in Kansas City Municipal Court. Assistant City Attorney Daniel Trowell reported no further comment. Patrolman Brown Underwood testified as the sole witness.
Forty present and former Flittsburg council members face indictments for bribery in a conspiracy. Resignations threaten quorum as Judge Fraser and two detectives guard Capt John Klain at a downtown hotel. Three former councilmen plead no defense for taking money. all receive suspended sentences.
Twelve people were injured and burned when a fuse blew out on a street car at West Lake street and Harlin avenue in Chicago. Passengers panicked believing a bomb had exploded as brakes failed and the trolley pole was torn from the wire shouting warnings.
Prof Dr Eachward Meyer of the University of Berlin debates ancient history and Japanese policy at Wisconsin. Discussion covers jury adoption and legal reforms while opinions split. A German expedition under Lt. Pilchner may begin in October with funding pending.
Fragmentary report mentions lava like rain and floods burying areas. Peasants flee from vineyards as terror spreads across districts. The text is garbled but implies widespread damage, displacement, and concern over food supplies amid natural disaster.
The Missouri River floods force Barney two miles inland as residents move houses to the hills. An iron bridge was dismantled and moved, the river shifts undermine the town's grain elevator, school, and railroad tracks, leaving several structures abandoned or removed.
In London the House of Lords voted 115 to 17 to renounce hereditary rights to legislate as part of broader reform. Lord Rosebery led the third resolution urging reform and reconstitution, with supporters noting broad acceptance of ending hereditary entitlement to sit in the Lords.
A fragmentary report describes a woman whose restless love and imagined romance lead to trouble and imprisonment. She is linked to a mysterious archer night trader and a series of escapades driven by vanity and desire for clothes.
Congress faced a turbulent week with insurgent derailments over rules, a delay tactic, and party battles. The Senate and House advanced pension, judiciary codification, and a Maine wreck inquiry, while lawmakers debated economy and military rights for service members.
New York broker Jerome Post has been sued in the Supreme Court of New York County for $50,000 by Miss Aling Brod erick of Chicago for breach of promise. The Missouri Supreme Court criminal division upheld a conflicting law related to futures stamps. Mexico City annulments and Paul Morton’s appointment as Pan-American Railroad vice president are noted, alongside a Louisville convention of the United Reformed Churches.
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