Big Fire at Boone Wipes Out Forty Horses and More
Boone livery barn owned by S S Payne & Son burned this morning destroying forty horses and all carriages. Loss estimated at 15000 with 7500 insured. An incendiary is suspected. In Cedar Rapids Joseph Stefer, a switchman, was killed in the B C and N yards last night. Unknown parties attempted to wreck Attorney Crow’s house with dynamite. fuse burned but did not explode. Illumination postponed to Saturday December 9 due to bad weather.
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Evening Journal
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Stefer
Bc&n
Boone
S S. Payne & Son
Attorney Crow
Second attempt at marriage ends in suicide attempt
Frederick Vogel of Belleville attempted to kill himself rather than marry Mrs. Deffenbach of Freeburg on the planned wedding day. He left a note, was found with a bullet in his head, and remains alive but with slim hopes of recovery. This follows a prior vanished marriage attempt years earlier involving Emma Struntz.
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Belleville
Ills
Frederick Vogel
Vogel
Gleason & Sons sue Peoria trustees for 100000 damages
Gleason & Sons of Chicago file suit in Peoria circuit court for 100000 damages over alleged contract forfeiture by the Peoria asylum trustees. They seek payment for owed sums and equipment, plus damages to their reputation, claiming letters to subcontractors and dealer pressure prompted liens and bias against the firm. Attorney George B. Foster will press conspiracy at the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Gleason & Sons
Chicago
Peoria Asylum — Trustees
Peoria Circuit Court
Edward Gleason & Sons
George B. Foster
Bids Rejected for Ills Northern Hospital Infirmary
In Elgin Illinois trustees rejected all bids for the new infirmary at the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane. The $37 000 appropriation for buildings and furnishings was far below the $46 000 to $60 000 bid range. New plans will be prepared and presented December 7 with bids to follow. Ex Senator John M Palmer of Illinois is in Washington gathering material for his forthcoming book of recollections.
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Elgin
Ills
Illinois Northern Hospital For
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Washington
Wreck on B and O Rail Kills Fireman and Engineer
Near Auburn Indiana a freight wreck killed Fireman Dickinson and Engineer Al Fralick after cars were left on track by Garrett yardmen. The crash left the engine in a ditch and the tender across telegraph wires. One crewman died of scalds and another died later.
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Auburn
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Dickinson
Garrett
al Fralick
Tie
Thurman
Here
Frank Kircher
Mormon Representative Not To Be Allowed To Take The Oath
Washington reports say a conference of about twenty five house Republicans decided Representative elect Rob erts of Utah will have his eligibility investigated and that pending the decision he should not take the oath of office. Precedents for objecting to sworn in members were cited. Also notes Saginaw officials clash over Mayor Baum's liberal policies.
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Washington
House
Proctor Knott
Boyd Winchester
John M. Rice
Kentucky
Saginaw. Mich
Baum
Board of Police Commissioners
Benjamin
Kentucky's Contested Governorship Watches and Moves
Kentucky reports show Governor Bradley preparing to leave office as votes remain contested. Officials consider whether Goebel or Taylor will receive a certificate and whether the matter goes to the legislature. Owens is nominated by a Republican bolting coalition to succeed Settle.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Goebel
Taylor
Bradley
State House
Lexington
Owens
Steckinridge
Settle
Five incidents of the day across the nation
A series of brief items include a deadly knife fight in Schleswig Iowa over a nickel drink. two workers McDonough and Gilmore wounded and taken to Carroll hospital with McDonough facing probable death. Other notes report union resolutions against Brigham Roberts, a Methodist congress adjournment, a Knight of the Maccabees death by suicide, a severe football injury in Indiana, debt data in Washington, and Elgin watch factory wage restoration.
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Schleswig
James
Charles Wayne
Patrick McDonough
Peter Gilmore
Gilmore
McDonough
Carroll Hospital
Waynes
German American Republicans respond on Philippines policy
Milwaukee reports editor Edgar W. Coleman surveyed German American Republicans across Wisconsin on whether to retain the Philippines as U.S. territory with governance, recall troops, or grant broad self government. Results show 55 favoring question one, 10 favoring question two, 34 favoring question three, with several undecided or withholding direct answers. Also noted Hanna will not seek another term as national Republican chairman, per Henry C. Payne.
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Milwaukee
Herald
Edgar W. Coleman
Wisconsin
Coleman
Philippines
United States
Marcus A. Hanna
National Republican Committee
Henry C. Payne
Hanna
Death by hanging of 82 year old August Sahn near Rosendale
Fond du Lac Wisconsin December 2 82 year old August Sahn committed suicide in a barn behind his Rosendale area home between 6 and 7 am yesterday. He placed a rope around a rafter then stood on the ground to lift his feet and strangled himself.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Sahn
Rosendale
Ife
Quail Eating Feat by Danville Barber Ends
Clay Smith, a Danville barber, observed Thanksgiving by eating his thirty-second quail in as many days. He says he feels fine, hunted his own birds, and continued work at his shop. In Milton Junction Wisconsin, Alexander Paul, Junction right half back, was badly hurt in a Thursday football game with doubtful recovery.
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Rensselaer, Ind
McGuinn
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Rensselaer
Danville, Ill
Clay Smith
Smith
Milton Junction
Wis
Alexander Paul
Junction
CLEWS IN A MURDER CASE IN LOGANSPORT INDIANA
Authorities believe ex convict George Mierstedt knows key facts about the Stephen Whitmore murder. He allegedly told a friend he saw three men carry a heavy load across Fourth Street and dump it in the river. Whitmore’s hat was found near the recovery site.
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Logansport
Ind
George Mierstedt
Stephen Whitmore
Mierstedt
Fourth Street
Hel River
Richardson
Whitmore
Insular Policy Report Outlines Puerto Rico Scheme
Secretary Root’s annual report discusses insular government for Porto Rico and Cuba. It proposes a statutory framework with federal officers and a local insular government under congressional limits, cautioning on suffrage and Spanish civil code, while pledging gradual transfer of control to Cuban self rule. The document also notes sugar issues and references the Philippines.
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Cuba
Washington
Philippines
Root
Congress
United States
See
Porto Rico
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Islands
New England
Philippine Commission
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Iowa State News
Iowa
F. F. Parrisu
Fred Vogel
Peoria, Ills
Bachelors’ Club
John Olock
Anna Fuchs
William Fuchs
Loock
Will
Roberts
Saginaw
Mormon Roberts
Ministerial Union
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Methodist Congress
St. Louis
Port Huron
Mich
I. A. Root
Great Camp
Knight of the Maccabees
Michigan
Negaunee, Mich
Charles Sunberg
Buffalo
Negaunee
Treasury
Elgin, Ills
Elgin National Watch Company
Clews
Fort Wayne
Kenosha
William Hollenbeck
Peoria, Llls
Henry Phelps
Turner, Phelps & Co
Lewiston
Yoshen
M. M. Latta
Indiana
Chicago Grain and Produce
Dee
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Detroit Grain
Detroit
Dec
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Burbanks
Hebrons
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
CHAS
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orrick
Klein's Clothing Store
P. W. McElwain
Temple
Washington Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Orton
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washtanton, la
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Mece
Washington, Lowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
Downstatia
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Owa
Diamond
Axmex
West DeLong's
C. S. Lemmon
L. D. Robinson
Mr. Lemmon
I. D. Robinson
Teob
Burlington
Philadelphia
Fox
W. KR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Jot Anderson
Anat Onah
Washington County
Ings Bank
Jon Knox
A. Warre
O. H. Kwon
V. P . Keox
Ass't
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. A. Wallace
D. H. Keck
LD. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
G. Mason
Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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