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TERMIIED TO DESTRG1!Attem(it to Demolish Illinois Schod House With Dynamite, But l'u?et»ocs Out. thhenenctllt;subrrosiiasOrangeville, 11!.. Sept. S.—Special: Another attempt was made to destroy the Basswood school house. When the watchman. William Grape, returned ; f1 from his supper at Aaron Heises hehe found a coil of about fifty feet of fuse on the south side of the school house, at the end of which was eighth ree sticks of dynamite, or about fifty pounds. The fuse had burned about fifteen feet and then went out. The dynamite was in a sackThe new building is about finished. The plasterers finished work and the painters are now at work.Mr. Miller, the contractor, has a watchman on duty at night, and someone took advantage of his absence to wreck the building.The residents of the district are up in arms and there is talk of lynching should the guiitv party be found.It will be remembered that last year the school house burned down. The new wall was shattered by dynamite a month ago and now this attempt was made to wreck the building.asmelled smoke and in looking for itstdi
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Dubuque Daily Globe Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 04, 1906
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