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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
5
William McWilliams pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and five children at a farm near Independence. He was sentenced to death last week, a crime described as one of Iowa’s most shocking. Judge Platt broke down during the pronouncement.
Reports from Petrograd via East Prussia describe a tense standoff as authorities prepare to publish a sweeping law, arrest strike leaders, and suppress unrest. Pro-revolution factions clash with officials while workers' protests and railway disruptions threaten broader upheaval across Russia.
President Roosevelt received Insurance Commissioners Drake of the District of Columbia Garrell of Iowa and O'Brien of Minnesota to discuss a uniform state insurance law. They plan a February meeting in Chicago with governors attorneys general and commissioners to push enactment of a common law across states.
Madison December 12 15 night the senate passed an amended Superior grain inspection bill after a near unanimous vote The changes relieve Superior and its board of trade from paying salaries of three commissioners and challenge the law’s constitutionality This provision faces court review Senator Hudnall defended the measure noting the necessity of the legislation Other minor amendments were adopted.
The Indianapolis steamship sailed from Hoboken bound around the Horn to Seattle. Also noted are thefts of jewelry valued at 2500 and a fatal Great Northern switch accident near St Paul. Market quotes from Minneapolis and Chicago report grain and livestock prices, with incidents in Evan Bellical Alliance relief appeals for violence victims in Russia.
A Des Moines Chaunc ey Depew club meeting declared the new motto fewer but better babies. Chairwoman Mrs George W Ogilvie likened children to loaded stock and urged careful rearing and development to improve the human race.
A wife named Mrs Schiff campaigns for the release of Abraham Schiff from Augmosa prison after he and another man burglarized a house in Stour City. She pleads to the governor, insisting on his life liberty and arguing for clemency.
Fred Comstock faced a manslaughter trial for the death of Alexander Clark, an elderly Cinran fish dealer, in a case centered on alleged blows and concealment. The defense argued self defense after an attack, while the state contends the act was unprovoked murder against his only male friend.
Aroving robber at Clinton restaurant early last week confronted a night waiter Herman Stihl, brandished a revolver, demanded cash, and escaped with a cash drawer containing silver coins. Police searched the area but could not locate the assailant.
A woman, identified as the mother of Frank Wolf, was scalded fatally after a fall into the Russert river during a confrontation with her son and others. She slipped, fell into the water, and died several hours later from burns and exposure.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a student, teachers punishing a person named Mrs Starbuck and Maggle Hostecrer, an investigation linked to Hamas, a drowning in the town river near Clinton, and a university strategy involving women at Vernivile as ice broke. Details are disjointed and uncertain.
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