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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
2
Caracas dispatch reports acting president Gomez seized and jailed plotters alone after learning of an assassination attempt against him. The Castro regime’s fall accelerates as Gomez forms a progressive ministry and seeks reconciliation with foreign powers.
A Chadron Nebraska suicide prompts inquiry about a man named Charlie Colle whose wife and children are said to live in Story County Iowa. Sheriff Ricketts and Chadron officials seek the family and details as they verify the deceased’s identity and origin.
Curtis Smith, 15, son of Rev. A W Smith, was wounded when a 13 year old companion discharged a 222 caliber rifle in the country while rabbit hunting with Prof. Patten and Merwin Scales. The bullet lodged in the heel bone and will require removal by a doctor but should not hinder healing.
In Pittsburgh a high profile graft case led to the arrest of seven city councilmen and two bankers on charges of conspiracy bribery and corrupt solicitation. The Voter's League president called it the beginning of a larger expose with more arrests possible tomorrow.
In Strawberry Point on December 23 Dale Opperman aged 38's son fell into a tub of boiling water while mother cooked nearby. He was severely scalded and death was expected though some hope of recovery remained.
The mangled body of a man believed to be W. G. Foley of Muscatine was found on a Rock Island track near Latty Iowa. He had been struck by a train in the night with several trains passing over him. A Muscatine bricklayers union membership card found in his pocket identified the body.
Grow Tired of Life and Hang Huron 8 D Dee 23. Two suicides occurred Sunday night. Edward Buck 50 of Wessington hanged in a coal shed with rope from banana crates, recently ran a butcher shop in Wessington. Edward Prue from Pierre, connected with Northwestern Insurance, hanged in his hotel room by a strap to a bedstead. aged 36 65 years, believed single, with relatives in Massachusetts.
San Francisco December 23 The Panama Canal will open January 1 1915 per official word to the California promotion committee. Excavation since American control stands at about 66 million cubic yards one third of the total work. Through 1908 to November 1 nearly 30 million cubic yards were moved this year near 37 million, bringing American excavation to about 60 million cubic yards with an expected annual average around 36 to 42 million cubic yards for the next three years.
In Chicago on December 23 Crane & Co. announces a Christmas gift of 350000 dollars for about 5000 employes. All workers participate in profit sharing, with length of service ignored. A two week worker will receive the same gift as a ten year veteran.
Eddie Sims a 15 year old from Russell died in Ottumwa hospital from injuries suffered along the Burlington track east of Russell. The youth was found yesterday morning on the roadbed and is believed to have boarded a moving train and fallen while attempting to jump off near his home. He was removed to Ottumwa for surgery but did not survive.
Reports from Canton warn of a serious anti foreign agitation following the death of a coolie on the Falshan and alleged brutality by a Portuguese watchman. The British torpedo boat Hart has been sent, Moorhen and Canton recalled from Wuchow, and naval scrutiny increased as native papers push anti foreign sentiment.
In Garner Iowa on December 23 a district court awarded Mc Fadden $3000 after he fell into a street hole in Kanawha while en route to a train. The traveling salesman claimed permanent injuries including a severely maimed ankle. Verdict against both defendants jointly. the case may be appealed to the supreme court.
Reports from Port of Spain say Vice President Gomez has formed a new government in Venezuela after Castro's departure to Europe. The old ministry, including Dr. Jose De Paul and Dr. Baldo, is ousted while Gen. Olivares replaces Ferren as war minister. Caracas riots erupted on October 14 with statues toppled and buildings burned, signaling a likely end to Castro's rule.
In Toledo Iowa December 23 Toler the strikebreaker who shot and killed an Iowa Central striker at Marshalltown last summer was found not guilty by the jury after only thirty five minutes of deliberation. The verdict led to loud applause and immediate release as spectators celebrated the acquittal.
Washington Dec. 22 Carnegie the ironmaster known as laird of Skibo testified before the ways and means committee asserting the tariff should be wiped out to allow free steel growth. He argued location should not shield firms and that independent mills may face consolidation under tariff revision. He linked his views with President-elect Taft on preventing monopolies and urged lower schedules to boost U S competitiveness.
Mrs Isa bella J Martin, convicted of conspiracy in the dynamiting of Judge Ogden’s home in Oakland, is sentenced to life imprisonment. She fainted after the verdict, then revived, and two small papers with powders were found in her cell, one containing glass and the other believed to hold strychnine. She told District Attorney Donahue she wished to die and not go to prison for the sake of her son Henry Hoffman.
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