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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1906
Page
1
The header lists Rock Valley Bey with editors Brown and Haydon as local editor. It presents the newspaper’s masthead crediting EN Brown as editor and proprietor and B J Haydon as local editor.
New York Mrs Sage announced she will distribute most of about 80 million dollars bequeathed by her husband to individuals she deems worthy. The gifts exclude churches and those who beg in letters, but she will aid needy churches and sick care institutions while retaining enough to live quietly and comfortably.
Philadelphia police withdraw arrest warrant for Katie Burke after investigation into the death of Dunsmore resident Dougherty. Burke claims a sewing needle in her dress pierced Dougherty during a rejected embrace, causing fatal heart injury after the needle snagged on his vest. Authorities deem Burke innocent of murderous intent.
Western railroads halted free and reduced transport for land agents after the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the practice illegal. About 50 000 registered agents face unemployment as colonization methods must change. Separately, a wrecked Ville de Paris dirigible near SartrouGe left no injuries. Joliet bank robbers linked to a local suspect confessed.
Memphis Tennessee reports blacksmith Robert Linke of Germantown is named heir to 400000 under cousin Henry Linke's will. Cincinnati officials and local police cooperated with the inquiry as the announcement reached the forge.
J G Holloway a Louisville and Nashville fireman in Evansville Indiana saved a child Sunday by climbing to the cowling of the engine and lifting the child from the track just before the freight train passed, avoiding a tragedy.
A Philadelphia man Dale is missing at Bellacooig in northern British Columbia with police suspecting foul play. An investigation is underway as authorities coordinate cross border details and locate the missing person. Nearby markets report stocks in Sioux City with butchers at 4.15 and hogs at 5.00 amid wide circulation of regional notices.
The Army of the Tennessee society re elected Gen. Grenville M Cosige as president in 1907 and met in Vicksburg. A key resolution denounced recent remarks by an orator suggesting Gen Grant aimed at dictatorship, calling the claim calumny. Generals Howard and Black and Mrs Logan backed the denouncement, while Gen Grant’s son declared no basis for the claim. The reunion closed with a Grand Hotel banquet and notable toasts led by Archbishop Ireland and others praising patriotism and civil war veterans.
Frederick Schattouser, a 4 civil engineer in the city water bureau, was fatally shot Friday by Frederick Hornberger, a 2 fireman at the city pumping station. Hornberger accused Schattouser of causing his wife’s death, stating he would kill him after shouting the accusation and firing five shots. He claimed an intimate relation between Schattouser and his wife led to her death from disease.
Tom Bigfoot, an Indiana runner who held election ballots and returns for the Wonder Mining district, vanished near Reno as deputy sheriffs scour the countryside east of the city. The disappearance threatens the fate of Churchill county judge candidates and other local races. It is suspected the Native American was intercepted and robbed of the returns, prompting his flight.
A man who gave the name Karl Stau but is believed to be Karl Hall of George Washington University faces Bow Street Court proceedings for extradition to Germany on a charge of murdering his mother in law at Baden Baden.
Mrs Esther Sumner Damon, pretitled as the last surviving widow of a Revolutionary War soldier, died at her Plymouth Union home aged 93. She married Noah Damon in 1835 when she was 21. he had been 73. Damon enlisted in 1776 and served throughout the war.
Maj. Gen. Shafter, retired, is in critical condition with pneumonia at his ranch about fourteen miles south of Bakersfield. Local physicians have attended him for several days, and a telegram was sent to San Francisco for a specialist after a deteriorating turn Friday.
George Arnold aged 70 a veteran railroad engineer died of heart failure in Clinton Iowa on Tuesday. He served on the Chicago and Galena Union road and later thirty six years on the Chicago and Northwestern before pensioning in 1903.
The coal laden steamer W. H. Gilbert ran ashore at Avon Point in Cleveland during a Wednesday morning gale. The vessel is cut in two, and most coal must be removed before it can be freed.
Bessie Scotchbrook was fatally burned when a can of gasoline exploded in Sterling on Wednesday morning. The accident details remain limited but local officials report a fatal burn incident.
President A. A. Robinson of the Mexican Central Railroad announced he would retire within a week on the eve of departure for New York. No reason was given for his retirement.
London witnesses the inauguration of Sir William Troloar as lord mayor on Friday, with the ceremony marking the start of his official term. The event followed traditional pages and formalities observed by city authorities and civic leaders.
In Tiflis a morning blast as police seized an unoccupied house killed three officers and wounded four. Proclamations were found, a curtain flashed blue flame, and a stairway blast blew the house apart. The raid followed a tip targeting a Tartar quarter dwelling long vacant since last year’s massacre.
Havana reports a serious split in the liberal party amid claims Alfredo Zayas favors the United States or annexation. Jose Miguel Gomez leads the rival rapidid faction backed by Juan Gualberto Gomez and Marita Delgado, while figures like Gen Albert, Pino Guerra and Col Julian Hetancourt weigh their options. Zayas supporters held a mass meeting after a Delgado rally.
Odessa reports 104 men sent into exile Sunday for minor political offenses. Governors dismiss officials for not backing the constitutional democratic party and threaten promotion or punishment. Electoral committees are suppressed, posters removed, and local vote-raising is centralized under town councils. Odessa university poll shows varied party support among students.
Five men boarded the Wabash express train No 3 at Peru Indiana as it stood at midnight Saturday. They held a loaded revolver to a foreigner's head, robbed him of his watch and $30, then escaped. The incident occurred while the immigrant group of around thirty remained aboard.
King Leopold of Belgium suffers from lumbago and declines a Wiesbaden trip despite doctors advice. He remains in Brussels as parliament nears reconvening with a pivotal debate on the Congo independent state anticipated.
Rock Island report says the faculty at Augustank College suspended more than eighty students after a riotous demonstration against board members who refused to sanction intercollegiate basketball.
King Edward marked his 63rd birthday with a quiet family gathering at Sandringham and remained in excellent health. Across the day, numerous congratulatory messages poured in to the monarch.
Milwaukee Gaslight company directors announce a price reduction to 80 cents per thousand cubic feet for both illuminating and fuel gas in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The move targets consumer bills and reflects market conditions.
The thirty sixth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee met in Council Bluffs with notable attendees led by Gen. O O Howard. Mrs John A Logan and Gen C D Howard drew attention as did speeches by Bishop Samuel Fellows Gov Cummins and Gen Fred D Grant with a memorial fund for Gen Joseph Maurer discussed.
Gov. Cummins and Mrs. Cummins lead a special Iowa party along a train tour to unveil monuments at Vicksburg Mississippi on November 15 and Andersonville Georgia on November 16. Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge will accept the monument on behalf of the U S government. The itinerary includes Chattanooga and Shiloh battlefields with two days in the surrounding areas.
Two dynamite outrages in Dubuque on election evening endanger workers and a sheriff’s residence. The Telegraph Herald office windows were shattered and a bomb near Sheriff Dunn’s home caused severe damage. A witness described a medium-height man in a light overcoat seen near the scene. Police investigate with little progress.
A Sunday blaze completely destroyed the residence of C. B. West in Oskaloosa with an estimated loss of 10,090. Inmates fled in night clothes as the fire raged, and Prof. Walter Meek of Penn College saw his library and personal effects perish. The loss is about 10,000 with 400 insurance. authorities suspect a furnace fault started the blaze.
Miss Margaret Sanders was shot by an unknown man while walking home in Ottumwa. The assailant appeared without provocation, fired, and fled after she sustained a slight wound. In a separate court action at Sibley, Charles Rocker, twice convicted of murdering August Schroeder and who later married the widow, was granted a new trial by Judge William Hutchinson.
Meesrs Kiocker and Kean of Cascade sold 120 three year old steers for 71.55 dollars per head. The cattle, fed on blue grass since April, yielded splendid results and prompted expectations that many more farmers will sow blue grass for stock purposes.
James Deere was shot by Marshal Rufus Cooper while resisting arrest in Allison. Deere died within fifteen minutes after Cooper fired three times. Also report Ghig Burned to Death, a River Junction child, aged year, perished when left alone in a kitchen fire.
Lake City faces collapse as 10 000 muskrats undermine lake shore, flooding cellars and threatening the ninety foot standpipe water supply. Citizens report drownings in cellars and directors drive piles to prop buildings. Railroad offers reward payments per muskrat, Calhoun county adds.
John Tweed of Gladstone aged 77 and Mrs. Nancy Bush of Burlington were married in Burlington on Thursday after meeting months earlier in a Burlington hospital where Tweed was ill. A pioneer preacher, Tweed has lived in the area about sixty years and recalls Burlington’s early days. The couple departed on a wedding trip and plan to reside in Gladstone.
In Clear Lake, H C Knappen and former justice of the peace candidate was hung in effigy Wednesday night. The act reflects heated factional tensions after a mayoralty contest and a 26 vote defeat by A J Marsh, an old soldier.
Two Eagle Grove boys Lori Saye and Tom Stamp, both about 15, did not return home from school Thursday night. Authorities describe one boy as wearing a black suit and winter cap, with brown hair and blue eyes. Parents are alarmed and seek their safe return, fearing they may have run away to see the world without funds.
Henry Dewitt assistant cashier of Bank of Sully was killed instantly in a Des Moines area crash returning from a business trip to Pella. Frank Sherman cashier likely to die. Driver lost control. car plunged into a ditch. Dewitt neck broken. Also reports Works Old Rent Swindle suspect captured in Burlington after deceiving Mrs Seck to pay rent.
Ames sets January 4 as dairy day for the dedication of a new 160000 dollar dairy building. Principal speakers include ex Governor W D Hoard of Wisconsin and Dr Robertson of McDonald College at Quebec. Mapleton water works tank bursts, a wooden tank fifteen years old, replaced by a steel tank. town to receive water by direct pressure until completion.
Woodbury county teachers plan fall meeting with Dr D B Gault successor to Garret Croppers as University of South Dakota president delivering the principal address at the Sioux City high school on Saturday in November. Deecatur county wins new court house by a narrow 240 vote margin after two prior attempts. A New Vienna man dies during prayer at St Boniface church. Peter Roth aged 59. Merle Alen, 13, of Sheldon, crowned champion corn husker with 70 bushels. W S Kelly of Ids Grove recovers after drinking horse medicine and his wife feared the worst.
A Baltimore to Chicago passenger train and a freight train collided near Woodville Indiana early Monday. About fifty people were killed and many injured as cars burned and rescuers worked through wreckage. The express carried immigrants from Baltimore with Russians Serbs and Poles among the passengers. The freight crew escaped as both trains wrecked on a curve, engines and tenders scattered amid splintered wood and twisted steel.
United States Steel Corporation sheeters maintained a 2 percent annual dividend on common stock after a quarter with record net earnings of 39,114,624 dollars. Unfilled orders stood at 7,936,881 tons as Gary plant plans emerged, with an expected spring 1908 start and an estimated 75 million dollar cost.
The national child labor committee with Roosevelt as honorary member joins with the Anti-Child Slavery League to boost reform through public campaigns. A Philadelphia Real Estate Trust collapse follows misuse by its president Fran K. Viipote, who died by his own hand after a grand loss and a bank recovery showing a large deposits balance.
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