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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
2
Des Moines reports discuss Iowa National Guard camp site debates favoring annual relocation versus a permanent state camp. Rail commission criticizes branch line neglect and coach shortages. auditor checks reveal securities worth 17,760,481.19 dollars. St Joseph line plans shift as Mordaunt exits. Des Moines Woman's Club study finds average 2.2 children among 37 prominent members.
A party at a Topeka house ended when an eight year old girl complained it was tiresome and asked to go to bed so the guests could leave. Her brief request prompted the adults to start saying goodbyes and end the gathering promptly.
A Sioux City police station fire scare ends quickly when a man sleeping behind a furnace is burned lightly. Sidney youth Harry Rowe, 18, dies from football injuries three weeks after an game. Orange City jury convicts Baldes of second-degree murder in a wife death. Gas from a Swaledale stove nearly harms Penney children. they recover. Mason City man survives a cow attack with help from his cow Maude. Woodbury County court hears Champlin suit for alienation of affections. Des Moines women report being duped by a fortune teller in Dodge. Pottawattamie county tax probe targets Portland Gold Mining stock. Des Moines official Mathis survives streetcar collision with injuries. Fertile teen Lester McEnelty dies from accidental gunshot on Thanksgiving.
Charles Smothers, wanted in Deep River for forgery, visited town on Tuesday. He used the alias Kirby, forged checks including one for 66 dollars, bought clothing and groceries with stolen money, hired a livery team, and displayed a roll of 90 dollars before leaving for parts unknown toward California. Officials traced him to Atwood and then on toward Oskaloosa as they pursued the suspect.
In Des Moines on December 7 a baby of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sewell died after a large rat bite on the fingers. The nurse found the bite when she returned to a room, the child grew ill from fright or the bite, and doctors determined the bite caused the death with no other illness evident. Frequent carousals in the room were noted.
Ottumwa school board meeting last evening adopted a resolution to eliminate dangerous and objectionable features of football before students can participate with school sanction. The board pledged to support rule changes to make the game clean and safe or halt participation by pupils.
Iowa City reports that safe blowers wrecked the Midway post office safe early yesterday stealing 70 dollars in cash and 75 dollars in stamps. A blacksmith was robbed of his tools used to blow the safe. No clues are found.
Jas Hendrickson faces first degree murder charge after an indictment returned yesterday for the shooting death of John Woodside at the Bedford depot in a recent fit of anger.
J J Payne a former soldier demands that City Clerk N B Vertrees be ousted and replaced under soldier's preference rules He also seeks payment of all salary drawn by Vertrees claiming he was a candidate when Vertrees was appointed and did not receive the preference
Independence December report reveals William McWilliams, jailed, admitting the murder of his wife and five children. He claims they were better off dead than alive and shows no desire to seek liberty. The confession details two years of a unbearable home life and mounting jealousy and nagging.
Independence December 5 William Mc Williams, who confessed to murdering his wife and five children, pled guilty to three indictments. The crowded courtroom heard that capital punishment is likely and doctors found no insanity to mitigate. The judge said sentence would be pronounced Friday.
Des Moines December 83 Auditor of State B F Carroll has been summoned to Washington by President Roosevelt. Carroll expects a meeting with the National Association of State Insurance Commissioners and Auditors to discuss federal regulation or control of interstate insurance companies. He will depart at once to attend the conference. The president plans consultation on insurance department operations and commissioners views.
On December 7 in Alrhote Town City Mrs Starbuck wife of Dr Starbuck a college professor and Miss Maude Hostetler were pulled from the river by workmen. The pair had fallen through an airhole while skating and were nearly drowned but were rescued as only their fingertips showed above the water.
By the will of late James B. Oliver, steel magnate of Pittsburg, Mrs. May Oliver Holbrook of Onawa Iowa is allotted $5 000 from the vast estate. Oliver died at his Pittsburg home last week.
A Washington Star exchange shows the editor noting the official had nothing to say while the reporter boasts that he spoke for three-quarters of an hour to uncover the story.
The Senate opened with oath for Aldrich Knox Warner and Frazier as committee to notify the president. In the House, Cannon reelected speaker and rules of last session adopted amid tariff debate. Roosevelt’s message read with applause as Panama canal funds discussed. Debates cover insurance contributions and tariff plans.
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