Public Building Bill Favored for Muscatine in Congress
Congressman Dawson investigates Muscatine post office matters in Washington. A public building bill to erect a municipal building in Muscatine is expected to pass, aided by Iowa’s delegation and Speaker’s support, with Allison and Gear in residence at Portland. Site already purchased boosts prospects.
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Muscatine
Washigton
D. C
A. F. Danyon
Washington
Bollings
Allison
Portland
Senator Gear
Catgon
Imate
Mouline
Dawson
Inas
Soil Delegation
Iowa
National Capitol
Nan
Congress
Rock Island Road Invests Heavily in New Cars This Year
Chicago dispatch reports Rock Island lines spent over 10.04 million dollars this year on equipment and ordered freight and passenger cars totaling 1.442 million to arrive immediately. The year's equipment total reached 10.792 million with orders for 1,000 box cars at 500 thousand, 100 stock cars at 209 thousand, ten cabooses at 310 thousand, two passenger coaches at 20 thousand, and two coordination cars at 12 thousand.
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Rock Island Road
Chicago
Rock Islami
Suicide commission in Cleveland battles flood of letters
The anti suicide commission in Cleveland is overwhelmed by so many letters and notes from across the country. Members fear the wave of distress and misery from those contemplating death as a release, and plan to organize cases for timely attention.
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Cleveland
Naval Demonstration to Resume in Turkish Waters This Week
The government rejects the sultan’s reply and plans a new naval demonstration starting Monday. Rumors point to seizure of Lemnos and Imbros, with Dardanelles passage continuing. The move aims to avoid disrupting international commerce.
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Lemnos
Imbros
Dardanellee
Leamos Anc Mbros
Dardanelles
Bucyrus Official Charged With Peculation
D W Locke longtime secretary of the Bucyrus Building and Loan Association resigns as accounts show a long running shortage. About 26000 dollars missing with security provided by Locke and associates.
Girl Husker Wins a Piano in Corn Husking Record
Miss Emily Schrader aged 17 husked 1235 bushels of corn in nine hours on her father's Tidkilwa farm and won a piano as the prize. The record showcases her skill on December 2 in Sterling HL.
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Emily Schrader
Sterling
Lotay
Tidkilwa
Leeds Is Improving After Illness
New York December 2 Daniel G Reid chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago Roark Island and Pacific railway stated that William B Leeds formerly president of the railroad who recently had paralysis is improving His doctor told him Leeds might be able to go outdoors Sunday
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New York
N. Y
Daniel G. Reid
Chicago, Roark Island and Pacific Railway
Wiliam B. Leeds
Reid
Leeds
Queen Alexandra to Publish Christmas Carol Book
Queen Alexandra approves a fundraising project for the unemployed. A Christmas book titled The Queen’s Christmas Carol will feature poems stories drawings and music by prominent British figures in art and literature, aiming to raise funds for relief efforts.
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London
Alexandra
Great Britain
Preacher and sons to hang for Georgia murder
Georgia minister Rev J G Rawlings and his sons Milton and Jesse along with the negro Alt Moore were found guilty of the June murder of the Garter children. The court again imposed the death sentence for the four with execution set for January 6, 1906. Len Rawlings and his son received life imprisonment.
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Georgia
Valdosta
J. G. Rawlings
Milton
Jesse
Alt Moore
Len Rawlings
Andi
Partner Dead in Morgan Banking House in Lenaga
London December 2 Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins a Darteer in the banking house of J. B. Morgan & Co. died of heart disease yesterday.
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Morgan
Lenaga
Js No More
London
Clinton Edward, Dawkins
J. B. Morgan & Co
Geary case ends with McLeod acquittal in Boston
Dr Percy D McLeod is found not guilty in the Susanna A Geary case and is discharged. William E Kant and Louis W Crawford receive prison sentences of six to seven years for being accessories after the fact in an illegal operation. The trial concluded with dramatic testimony as McLeod denied dismembering the body or any involvement with the Winthrop Street house and claimed he performed only a lifesaving operation.
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William E. Kant
Louis W. Crawford
Percy du Mille Welcod
Back Bay
Susanma A. Geary
Dr. McLeod
Miss Geary
McLean
Winthrop Street House
John H. Peties
McLeod
Antion
Des Moines Coach Weds Faculty Member After Game Loss
Des Moines College coach A Bernard Hamilton marries Miss Hiva Cagsilty youngest faculty member amid season highs. The couple announced engagement weeks earlier after a Thanksgiving game loss to Penn College at Oskaloosa.
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Hamilton
Des Moines College
Des Moines
Dev
A. Bernard Hamilton
Des Moine College
Fas
Aliss Hiva Cagsilty
Lie
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Feft
Cassidy
Anyaway
Bernard
Lewis Indicted in St Louis Fraud Case
Spectacular financier E G Lewis of St Louis faces federal indictment for fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government. He founded the People’s United States bank a year ago with no capital and drew buyers abroad who invested over 2 million dollars in stock. He owns two newspapers with circulations of 500000 and 141000.
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St. Louis
E. G. Lewis
Strikers and Employers in St Peters burg Reach Compromise
Washington reports that from St Peters burg advice indicates a wage compromise between strikers and employers. Promises point to the new election law likely to be ordered tomorrow, with near universal suffrage expected and the danger of a general strike eased.
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St. Petersburg
Washington, D. CG
State’ Department
St- Petershure
Utah mine disaster leaves eighteen dead
A Utah mine tragedy claims eighteen lives in a sudden collapse. Officials confirm rescue teams found all victims, with investigations into cause and safety lapses underway as communities mourn.
Blown Shot Tied to Disaster Last Night
A chaotic event unfolded last night as a catastrophic incident occurred, with investigators analyzing a blown shot as the likely cause. Authorities urge caution while interviews and现场 footage are reviewed to identify responsible parties and determine precise circumstances.
English miners perished in Utah Diamondville mine blast
A late night explosion at the Diamondville mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, killed eighteen workers believed to be all English natives. Reports say a winded shot caused the disaster and the mine sustained little damage.
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Sil Lake City
Utah
Diamondvilla
IL Wax
England
Iing Hg
Murderer Confesses in Independence Family Slayings
William McWilliams, jailed in Independence for the murder of his wife and five children, confessed that years of a troubled home life and his wife's jealousy pushed him to kill. He described planning to leave, the motive as a providence of God or the devil, and the grisly method across all six victims. The confession, dated November 22, 1995, traces the sequence from the hammer blows to the later killings with knives, and notes the wife fighting back before the crimes concluded.
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Independence
Wiliam McWilliams
Ife
H. C. Chappell
Mr. Cappell
Gailty
McWilliam
Grand Jury
McWilliams
Lic
Williams, McWilliams
Cora
G. IR. Swan
Buchanan County
McCall Heads to Europe in Testimony Bid
Secretary Johnny McCall of the New York Life travels on the Lucania to Paris to urge Andrew Hamilton to return for testimony before the insurance investigating committee. He expects Hamilton to prepare a statement for McCall and President Hamilton. Jefferson City hearing follows as W D Vandiver denounces McCall and asks Missouri court to revoke the company license.
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New York
N. Y
Johnny McCall
New York Lifennsurance Company
Lucania
Paris
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life
Insurance
Hamillon
United States
Tob
Hamilton
Joh A. McCail
The
Jefferson City
W. D. Vanilver
New York Life Insurance Company
Missouri
Vandiver
McCall
Emperor in Korea Forced to Sign with Japan at Bayonet Point
Dispatches from Chefoo report private rulers in Korea confirm that the Korean emperor was coerced at bayonet point into signing documents with Japan. The palace fell into panic and several officials killed themselves. Japanese surveillance has increased in the palace over the past two weeks.
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Chefoo
Rgtlers
Korea
Peking
Fire fatality in rooming house on Wabash avenue
A fire in a Wabash avenue rooming house occupied by about 20 residents caused the death by suffocation of Mrs. Mary Grigsby, 63, with three others injured from jumping from windows. Six residents were rescued by firemen. property loss was small.
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Ghicaga
Wabash Avenue
Mary Grigsby
Theoss
Jury is Secured for Gilhooley Trial in Chicago
After eight weeks and examining almost two thousand nine veniremen a jury was secured to try Charles Gilhooley on a charge that he caused the death of a nonunion worker during a strike. Gilhooley is said to be a hired slugger for the carriage workers union. The trial will commence Monday.
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Chicago
Charles Gilhooley
Gilhooley
Carriage Workers’ Union
Ukase Repeals Martial Law in Russian Poland
Warsaw December 2 reports the emperor's ukase repealing martial law in Russian Poland gazetted here today. Infantry and cavalry patrols have disappeared from streets as military disturbances occupy the government in Somalia and serious unrest has occurred among troops garrisoning Ossowiec fortress.
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Poland
Warsaw
Somalia
Ossowiec
Lime City man loses two fingers to steam saw accident
Witton Ia Dec 2 Special Proctor of Lime City while cutting wood with a steam saw yesterday had two fingers of his right hand cut off and the hand badly lacerated He was at the home of Charles Haines in Moscow township Two physicians from Wilton treated the wound which though painful is not serious
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F. Proctor
Lime City
Witton
Proctor
Charles Haines
Moscow Township
Wilton
Gowrie to Open Municipal Theater by Tax Support
Gowrie Iowa will run the town’s Municipal Playhouse converted from a vacant schoolhouse. The theater, the only municipal venue in the United States, will be a city department and taxed to cover deficits if attendance does not pay. Mayor Sorber pledges only higher class attractions. He once announced fines for unmarried old maids, then wed six weeks later.
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Gowrie
United States
Sorber
One Man Killed as Express Dashes Construction Crew
New York reports a fast express train crashed into a construction crew on the Ere railroad tracks in a Jersey City tunnel. One man is dead, four dying, and two others seriously hurt.
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New York
N. Y
Jersey City
Soldiers Kill Seven Indians in Yucatan Clash
In Meridia Yucatan Dee, a party of rebel Indians clashed with troops from a Quintana Roo Development company employer. Seven Indians were killed and many wounded while the troops suffered three private deaths and several injuries. The confrontation marks a rare Indian aggression in recent months.
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Yucatan
Meridia
Dee
Waord
Quintana Roo Development Company
Quintana Roo
Peoria Banker Sentenced to Prison Labor at Joliet
Dougherty, a Peoria financier, is confined in Joliet penitentiary and assigned to sorting broom corn after a physical exam. No clerical post is available. a physician finds him fit for manual work as authorities pursue anticonvict labor rules. Mary Terry, a penitentiary inmate who died yesterday, claimed innocence and said she took the fault to shield her husband.
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Peoria
Joliet, I
Newton CO
Dougherty
Mary Terry
McCurdy Sells Dover Ridge Farm in Morristown Divison
Morristown XII December 2 J Metnray Ff sold his country farm to George Mulligan of New York. Dover Ridge includes LM acres a country mansion stables greenhouses and outbuildings. The McCurdy homestead hosted grand social gatherings for decades reflecting Dr. McCurdy’s rise in finance.
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Mutual Life Sella
Morristown
Xii
Treat Takes Charge At Subtreasury Philadelphia
United States Treasurer Charles H. Treat assumed charge of the subtreasury in Philadelphia December 2, succeeding Assistant Treasurer William B. Lieb who was removed by President Roosevelt. Treat arrived with assistants from Washington to audit the books and count the bonds before Lieb's bond of 226000 is relieved.
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Charles H. Treat
Philadelphia
United States
William 8. Lieb
Sclumykillounty
Roosevel
Treat
Washington
Lied
Communication Cut Between London and St Petersburg
Telegram service via the Great Northern Telegraph Company was severed this afternoon. London officials have no information on the cause of the outage.
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London
Bee
St. Petersburg
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Williams Nominated for Speaker in House Vote
Washington Dec 2 The Democrats in the House unanimously nominate John Sharp Williams of Mississippi for Speaker of the House. Williams would be the minority leader of the House and a leading figure in the party.
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John Sharp Williams
House
Washington, D. C
Weather Forecast For Iowa And Chicago Area
Weather notes indicate special low temperature indications for Iowa and Chicago with colder tonight and cold wet conditions in the east portion. Forecasts show fair to the night with temperatures and potential precipitation details pending in the region.
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Chicago
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Bride
Lewis
Diamondvills
William S. MacWilliams
M’call
Europe
Lifa
Insurance Investigating Committee
Mather
S/LI
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Rock Island Allroad
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