Lorimer's Title Valid After Lorimer Vote Inquiry
Senate committee on privileges and elections filed its report on Lorimer's election amid bribery claims. It finds no proof of Lorimer's personal bribery and notes four legislators did receive money for votes, yet Lorimer's majority remains valid. Beveridge and Frazier withheld concurrence and minority filing.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Today
Lorimer
Senate
Chicago Tribune
White
Link
Beckemeyer
Holtslaw
Browne
Broderick
Wilson
Joint Assembly
Beveridge
Gallinger
Frazier
Moore Heads Wool Growers Association in Ottumwa
C W Moore was reelected president of the Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers association at the annual Ottumwa convention. H H Blakely of Grinnell was chosen vice president.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Evening Press
C. W. Moore
Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers Association
H. H. Blakely
Grinnell
Diaz confronts real revolution in Mexico amid train clash
From Chihuahua Dec 20 reports confirm a government troop train was cut up at Mal Paso last Sunday. The official tally lists 21 federal dead 10 missing and 42 wounded with 30 more slightly hurt. The defeat of the train with three field pieces and 550 men escalates tensions and suggests President Diaz faces a genuine revolution for the first time.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
el Paso
Mal Paso
Cerro Prieto
Diaz
Beeson Trial: Evidence Challenges Wife Murder Claim
Important evidence was introduced in the Beeson murder trial in Cedar Rapids. County attorney showed chair marks from a hatchet rather than the gun’s kick, challenging the defendant’s claim that his wife killed herself.
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Iowa Evening Press
Cedar Rapids
Gener Beeson
Marion
Beeson
No Action Tonight As Western Engineers Strike Looms Near
Chicago reports no action expected tonight over the threatened strike by engineers on sixty one western railroads. Labor Commissioner Neill says relations with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are strained and a rupture could occur within days. Warren S. Stone warns conciliation is unlikely as talks continue without concessions. Some roads may act first, with Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado Midland, and Western Pacific not involved.
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Chicago
Ill
Neill
Western Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western
Warrens. Stone
Engineers
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Western Pacific
Markham Elected President of Illinois Central
Charles H. Markham, tied to Pittsburgh oil interests, was chosen by the Illinois Central board as president replacing Harahan. Markham formerly served as vice president and general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific.
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New York
N. Y
Charles H. Markham
Pittsburg
The
Illinois Central
Harahan
Markham
Southern Pacific
Steamer Hornet Cleared After Search For Military Equipment
The steamer Hornet sailed from New Orleans at noon after a thorough federal search confirmed she carried no military equipment for a revolutionary expedition. The vessel heads toward Central American waters as observers note the voyage's secrecy and international tension.
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New Orleans
Boundary Lines to be Unchanged in New Mexico Texas Debate
President Taft urged Congress to annul the New Mexico constitution provision aimed at altering the Texas New Mexico boundary. The Senate quickly adopted the joint resolution to nullify that change and to re mark the boundary per the 1859 60 Clark survey.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Taft
New Mexico
Texas
Senate
Cook Attacks Woman Then Slashes Wrist in Keokuk
In Keokuk Iowa on December 21 John Brown a colored cook attacked Mrs Ella Coons 45 a widow who ran a restaurant here with a cleaver after she threatened to discharge him. He then fled to his room where he cut his throat with a razor and is dying in the hospital. The woman will recover.
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Iowa Evening Press
Keokuk
Ella Coons
John Brown
Ten Dead in English Mine Tragedy at Little Hulton
An explosion at the Little Hulton colliery in Bolton England entombed about 290 miners. Only a boy and seven men have reached the surface while ten bodies have been recovered. A rescuer warned there is little hope for those still trapped.
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Bolton
England
Little Hulton Company
Wayward Lass in Police Hands After Runaway Arrest
Dorothy Schmidt a 15 year old girl described as having a Venetian cast was arrested at 4 30 by Chief McElravy on Chicago police information after arriving with a vaudeville troupe. She worked at an Italian fruit store opposite Union Station while detec tives arrange to take her to Chicago with Captain Wood en route. She is being cared for at the county jail.
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Dorothy Schmidt
McElravy
Chicago
Union Station
Captain Wood
Chicago Department of Detectives
Governor issues requisition for W H Wilson in Independence case
Governor Carroll issues a requisition for W H Wilson who is under arrest at Clinton Illinois and sought in Independence for selling 57 head of mortgaged steers for 2300 dollars.
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Carroll
Independence
Iowa Evening Press
Deg Moines
W. H. Wilson
Clinton, Ill
Cincinnati Fire Ruins Shoe Plant Killing Two and Wounding Nine
A devastating Cincinnati warehouse fire in December 21 caused about 2 million dollars in damage. Fireman Robert D. Greer and a boy named Walter Morris were killed, while six other firefighters were injured. The Krippendorf & ONeal shoe factory engine room started the blaze, driven by high winds. The collapsing wall killed Greer and injured four others, and a falling iron pole killed a boy.
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Cincinnati
Robert D. Greer
Walter Morris
Ninth and Sycamore Streets
Broadway
Krippendorf & O'Neal Company
Krippendorf
Robert Grear
Congress Begins Holiday Recess After Senate Accepts Two Interstate Commerce Nominees
Congress adjourns for the holiday recess until January 5. The senate confirms C. C. McChord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Postmaster nominations sent to the senate include John T. Clyne Joliet Henry E. Blair Waukesha James A. Pritchard Racine. Iowans stay in Washington for recess as several representatives depart while others remain.
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Washington, D C
Congress
Senate
C. C. McChord
Kentucky
B. H. Meyer
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
John T. Clyne
Joliet, Ill
Henry E. Blair
Waukesha
Wis
James A. Pritchard
Racine
Carroll Store Robbery Report in Iowa
Robbers entered the Carroll store of Sholm & Co. in Carroll Iowa last night and escaped with 400 dollars worth of silks and furs. Police have no clue yet.
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Carroll
Iowa Evening Press
Carroll, Ia
Sholm & Co
Judge Dismisses Million Dollar Suit Against Western Union
Judge McHenry of Des Moines district court dismissed the million dollar state suit against Western Union for failure to pay license fees. The ruling followed a recent U S Supreme Court decision.
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Des Moines
McHenry
District Court Today
Byers
Western Union
U. S. Supreme Court
Cook's Assistant Albert Goodrich Sentenced for Assault
Albert Goodrich a cook's assistant at the Grand Hotel was found guilty of assault and battery against Mrs Eunice Dougherty and sentenced to thirty days in jail Judge J H Carl noted an improper advance Goodrich admitted after sentencing that he had pursued the woman Mrs Dougherty testified he was insulted and struck in the face resulting in a painful wound A second man described as a badly pickled Mexican was convicted of intoxication and faces ten days at the Sherberger refectory.
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Albert Goodrich
Cook
Grand Hotel
Eunice Dougherty
Goodrich
J. H. Carl
Sherberger Refectory
Browning Sentenced to Two Years in Penitentiary
Des Moines reports private detective C. P. Browning was convicted of extortion tied to the Zell Roe police scandal and received a two year term in the penitentiary.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
C. P. Browning
Zell Roe
Farmer Killed by Fall Near Adelphi
Albert Brosson aged 26 a farmer living two miles west of Adelphi was fatally injured when he fell from a wagon striking his head his neck broken and death was instantaneous He leaves a wife and two children.
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Iowa Evening Press
Adelphi, Ia
Albert Brosson
Here
Rockefeller completes task in founding University of Chicago
Chicago December 21 President Judson released a Rockefeller letter outlining how the last donation of 10 million dollars to the University of Chicago should be spent chiefly on religious instruction. Rockefeller's final gift brings his total to about 35 million with ten annual installments beginning January 1.
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Chicago
Ill
Judson
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John, Jr
John D
West
University
M. A. Ryerson
Board of Trustees
Smallpox Quarantine in Marshalltown House
Marshalltown Iowa reports the first smallpox case as the home of Frank Stout is quarantined on December 21. Public health authorities act to prevent spread.
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Iowa Evening Press
Marshalltown
Frank Stout
Christmas Mail Burned in Wreck at West Fifty Seventh
The Manhattan flyer of the Pennsylvania Railroad collided with a switch engine on an elevated at West Fifty Seventh Street Chicago. A dozen people were injured and one may die. The locomotive was hurled off track and exploded, destroying baggage and mail cars with a large amount of Christmas mail. Engineer Harry Westerman likely fatally injured.
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Chicago
Ill
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Fifty-Seventh Street
Harry Westerman
One in Jail One in Hospital After Street Fight
Clinton Iowa reports John Severing jailed and William Gray in the hospital after a street brawl involving two men and a girl. A man allegedly tried to assault the girl while her escort was inside a resort. Severing confronted Gray outside and was jailed, with Gray seriously injured.
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Iowa Evening Press
Clinton
John Severing
William Gray
Severing
Gray
Hoff man sentenced for assault on Miss Clark in Peoria
Joseph Hoff man was found guilty of criminal assaulting Miss Maro Clark a school teacher at Big Hollow No 1 and received a fifteen year penitentiary sentence in Peoria Illinois on December 21.
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Peoria
Ill
Joseph Hoffman
Maro Clark
Big Hollow
No. 1
McCann Case Moves to Federal Court After Denied Stay
The Illinois supreme court denied a stay of mandate and remand for a new trial in the case of former Chicago police inspector McCann. The decision sends the matter to federal court for further action or review.
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Springfield
Ill
McCann
Chicago
Supreme Court
Robertson denies Woods replace him in postal post
Fort Dodge report finds Postmaster S J Robertson insisting he will stay in office. He says Woods, through allies, has assured reappointment as his term expires January 31.
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Iowa Evening Press
Ft. Dodge
S. J. Robertson
Woods
Depping Family Mourns Loss Of Ernest Depping
Wilton Iowa December 21 Special reports the death of Ernest Depping youngest son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Depping aged 9 years 5 months and 19 days. Funeral held at home Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev W H Dillion with brothers as pallbearers and four classmates as honorary pallbearers. Interment at Overman Cemetery amid a large gathering of friends.
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Wilton
Henry Depping
Atalissa
Ernest
W. H. Dillion
Henry Devore
Vearl Miller
Albert Marticke
Claud Dickey
Overman Cemetery
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois with snow and warming
Iowa sees increasing cloudiness with snow tonight or Thursday and warmer tonight, colder in the west and central Thursday. Illinois also reports rising temperatures with snow or rain tonight or Thursday. Sunrise at 7 15, sunset 4 22, moonrise 19 24 p m.
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Eelllinois
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