Spencer Guilty Gen His Wish: Slayer Convicted in Rexroat Murder
Henry Spencer was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Mildred Allison Rexroat near Wayne Illinois on September 26. The jury rejected his insanity plea and he faces the gallows. Spencer raged in court, cursed jurors, and threatened them with death by hammer.
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John Hester Inman
Hadley
Kuhn
Spencer
Sherif Kuhn
Lfe
Spencer Wos
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Mildred Allison
Chicago
Haigin, Joliet & Eastern
Wayna
Ili
Robert Rohel
South Michhigan Avenues
Walter Patterson
Funk Accuser Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Chicago dated report states attorney Donahue convicted of conspiracy to defame Funk in Pam’s court. Jury imposed a $2000 fine, the maximum permitted. Detective Isaac Stiefel found not guilty on the same charge.
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Donahue
Chicago
D. Donahue
Clarence 8
Funk
John C. Henning
Pam
Isaac Stiefel
Donahoe
Jockey Tommy Burns Killed Under Brooklyn Elevated Train
Internationally famed jockey Tommy Burns reportedly jumped or fell beneath a Brooklyn elevated train in New York on November 17. He rode for owners including W. Whitney and William Daly, once carried the German emperor’s colors as Count Lehndorf, and left a wife and two children.
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Brooklyn
New York
T. H
Tommy) Burns
Tommy Burns
W. ©. Whitney
William ©. Daly
Count Lehndorf
Thirty Die On Steamer Henry B Smith Off Lake Superior
Marquette Michigan November 15 Thirty lives were lost when the Henry B Smith carrying 10000 tons of ore was lost off Keweenaw Point on Lake Superior Hawgood Transportation of Cleveland owners report the ship overdue five days and not yet located Port Huron Michigan November 16 wrecks from last Sundays storm wash ashore five or six vessels with crews missing total deaths in lakes storms estimated from 150 to 800 bodies recovered and ships missing. Cleveland Ohio November 18 heavy snowstorm results with five deaths John Richmond aged 58 roof collapse and William Gombert found dead in a snowdrift as the city endures a blizzard aftermath.
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Marquette
Mich
Henry B. Smith
Keweenaw Point
Lake Ruperter
Hawgood Transportation Company of
Cleveland
Smith
Port Huron
Lake Huron
Wife Takes Dog To Bed In Lunacy of Non Support
Alvah H Cook of Lynn told Judge Edward B O'Brien that a dog shared his bed with his wife causing nightly bites and fleas. He said he kicked the dog out after a quarrel and will seek a divorce while the wife preferred the dog to him. The case settled on the non support charge with the dog cited as the reason.
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Heston
Alvah H. Cook
Lynn
Edward B. O’brien
Riley Day at Cincinnati 3500 School Children Honor Poet
Cincinnati honored Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley on November 17 after a civic invitation. He lunch with 200 business men, toured the chamber of commerce and University of Cincinnati, and was warmly greeted in Music Hall by about 3,500 school children.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Chamber of Commerce
University of Cincinnati
Post
Music Hall
Wilson Rejects Huerta Appeal In Mexico Crisis
Washington reports that provisional president Huerta seeks to reopen negotiations but U S officials require clear proof of his intention to resign before talks resume. Lind refuses to return to Mexico City without guarantees, while Huerta aides consider organizing a new congress under assurances. British minister Sir Lionel Carden pledges moral support to the United States.
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Washington
Q Shauhnessy
United States
Huerta
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Lind
Mexico City
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
City of Mexico
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Congress
Aids
Lionel Carden
Gifts Pour In for Miss Jeasie Woodrow Wilson
Washington reports include gifts from the diplomatic corps for Miss Jeasie Wilson. The Senate committee plans to select a silver service for the French ambassador. Miss Roosevelt received valuable tapestries previously, and Italy and Germany are among nations sending silver candlesticks and wares. The Russian ambassador and Madame Bakhmatist will present a jeweled umbrella handle.
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Miss Wilson
Washington
Jeasie Woodrow Wilson
Diplomatic Corps
Senate Committee
Ailver
M. Jusserand
Miss Roosevelt
Italy
Rail Men Quit in South Strike Hits Southern Pacific
About 2,500 Southern Pacific railroad workers on the division from El Paso to New Orleans walked off the job this evening after signaling an ultimatum. The strike began at seven o'clock last night as part of ongoing labor action.
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Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ei Paso
Twelve Die as Big Train Wreck Shocks Alabama
Birmingham reports twelve bodies recovered from Central of Georgia No. 12 wreck four miles east of Clayton. One hundred injured as five crowded cars derailed on a curve after a broken rail. Among the injured is Jefferson D. Clayton brother of Congressman Henry D. Clayton. An earlier Wooster derailment killed three and injured several more as a freight and passenger clash followed a block of open switches.
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Birmingham
Ala
Central of Georgia
Clayton
Ozark
Hufaula
Jefferson D. Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Wooster, O
Pennsylvania
Wooster
Arthur Kreakin
Shreve
C. M. Crease
Allegheny
Joliet
John Duggan
Banta Fe
Denver
Broker and divorcee wed in secret ceremony
Atlanta news reports John C. Calhoun, a New York cotton broker, and Mrs. Mary Martin Irwin of Jacksonville secretly married at the Georgian Terrace hotel. Calhoun is a great grandson of John C. Calhoun and the bride is a grand-niece of President Adams, a divorcee.
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Calhoun
Adame
Atlanta
John C. Calhoun
New York
Mary Martin Irwin
Jacksonville
Pla
Georgian Terrace
John UC. Calhoun
Adama
Lone Man Holds Up Train Near Richmond
Five passengers on Southern Pacific No. 3 from Chicago were robbed of about $1,000 in money and jewelry when the train neared Richmond. The robber forced the conductor to stop the train near Oakland and jumped off.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Chicago
Richmond
Bay
Oakland
Building Wrecked In Cedar Rapids Collapse Toll
A seven story reinforced concrete building in Cedar Rapids collapsed during erection. Several workers were trapped. J M Gross died, others injured or missing include George Turreil and William Love. Contractors Lauritzen Wassen faced the disaster with about 40 men on site. Authorities report unaccounted laborers likely killed. Hog cholera study prompts Kenyon visit to Iowa State College for a $1,000,000 eradication bill.
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Cedar Rapids Bight
Lyman
George [Turreil
J. M. Gross
William Love
Waterlon
Sidney Doty
Cedar Rapids
H. B. Westcott
Wasson
F. W. Rigley
George Scott
J. Toran
I. G. Chaplin
Guan Quintera
Lauritzen & Wassen
Waterloo
Lyman & Stark
Ames
Corn Belt
William S. Kenyon
Iowa State College
Charles H. Stange
Senate
Kenyon
Congress
Iowa
Victory for Saloon Men in Iowa Supreme Court Ruling
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court upholds Fort Dodge saloons by affirming petition consent. The ruling accepts the preceding city election poll list for signatures, rejecting the last general election list. Justice Gaynor authored the unanimous decision, which settles a disputed point in anti saloon litigation.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Iowa Supreme Court
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Gaynor
Girl a Star Husker from Hamilton County Record
In Hamilton county this fall many corn husking records are set. Miss Lilly Brock, 4 daughter of M H Brock near Jewell, is the standout with 116 hushe ry in a day. Her father reports farmers short of huskers, and Lilly has been helping by husking about a hundred bushels daily, with her best day at 115.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Lilly Brock
Miss Brock
M. H. Brock
Jewell
Lily
Child Fatally Burned in Toy Furnace Fire
Barbara Weber 11 daughter of Paul Weber 3160 Elm Street Dubuque was badly burned when clothes caught fire from flames in a yard toy furnace and she will die. Child is in hospital.
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Dubuque
Barbara
Paul Weber
Elm Street
Tire Child
IOWA NEWS NOTES AND PIONEER DEATHS AND DIVORCE CASES
Commercial club weighs forming a LeMars military company. Pioneer John Love of Plymouth County dies at 87 after arriving in 1874, leaving wife and three children. Katherine Kowalaky seeks divorce from Frank Kowalaky alleging years of drunkenness. Four Greeks held on human trafficking charges released on habeas corpus by Judge Henry T. Reed. Thomas Slicott, who borrowed a horse and saddle from Lot Brown of Sidney 15 years ago, is identified in police court news. Alleatt convicted and given two years.
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LeMara
John Love
Plymouth County
Bavenra
Katherine Kowalaky
Merrill
Frank Kowalaky
Maxson City
Henry T. Reed
Thomas Slicott
Lot Brown
Sidney
Brown
Slicott
Cornell Bliffa
Alleatt
Store at Boyden Totally Destroyed
The large double storefront of A Van den Dirink in Boyden was wiped out by a fire caused by an explosion filling the building with gas smoke and flame. Clerks escaped with injuries including hair and face burns. The owner fled with difficulty and gasped escape. Stock valued around $20,000, partly insured.
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Boyden
A. van den Dirink
A. van Dar Brink
Prisoners Attempt Jail Escape At LeMars
LeMars two notorious men Joe Webster and Fred Carson were held to the grand jury. They secured a bolt and pulled bricks from the corridor wall. Deputy Sheriff Maxwell discovered the work and stopped the escape. They will be confined in a steel cage rather than the corridor.
Priest Fined $100 for Disturbing Moorland Funeral
Father Carey, priest at Moorland, was fined $100 after pleading guilty in justice court to disturbing a funeral service. He interrupted the Protestant minister’s remarks at Adolphus Loehr’s funeral and ordered all Catholics from the church. The action was brought by the decedent’s son in law, A F Pugh.
Argentina Beef Arrives in Dubuque Under New Tariff
A carload of frozen Argentine beef, hind quarters, arrived in Dubuque from Saunders Meat and was placed on the market. The meat, deemed equal to the best American cattle, reduces local prices by three cents per pound under the new Underwood tariff bill.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Saunders Meat Company
Argentina
Farms sold at $200 per acre near town
Seils Farm of 120 acres eight miles southwest was sold by John Seastrom to Claus Otto and L. C. Plog for $200 an acre. J. H. Allen sold his 240 acre farm five miles southwest to Guat Turnquist of Galva for $200 an acre. The farms reflect local land values and show good improvements.
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Alta
John Seastrom
Claus Otto
L. C. Plog
J. H. Allen
Guat Turnquist
Galva
Family of Five Saved in Gas Alarm at Home
Mrs. John Wood called for a doctor after visiting neighbor at 2 am and detected gas. She forced entry to the Raymond Pisher home and found five family members unconscious, likely saving them from asphyxia.
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Magon City
John Wood
Raymond Pisher
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