The day book. [volume], January 16, 1912, Image 3

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City water tower of Sheboy
gan, Wis., 140 feet high and 30
feet in diameter, collapsed today.
Tore down several dwellings, and
deluged others.
Guy L. Stewart, agricultural
agent for Cotton Belt R. R-, St.
Louis, burned to death in wreck
of Cotton Belt passenger, near
Kelso, Mo., today.
W. Winkle, Carrol, la., paid
$300 for one chicken at Iowa
Poultry Show, Des Moines. Bar
red Plymouth Rock.
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TELLS OF BURNING OF
ALDINE HOTEL
Peoria, 111., Jan. 16. Confess
ing his part in the affair, Louis
W. Hill today testified for the
prosecution in the trial of Har
vey A. Six of Springfield, and
Samuel F. Darr of Quincy, and
told the story of how he burned
the Andine hotel in this city.
He alleged that Darr was to
give him $325 to do the job. Six,
he said, was with .him on the
night last March When they fired
the hotel. Hill,, in connection
with the other men, is under in
dictment for arsons
The witness said that Six and
he purchased an oil stove and
some oil. The stove was to be
left in the building in an effort
to cover up their work. "We went
to the Aldine hotelat 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon," said Hill. "We
took the oil and poured it down
.the sides of a dumb waiter. Six
was there at the time. I poured
the oil. After evening came I
took a candle and touched the oil
off. I Wenjb.down town, got on
an interurban car, and went to
Springfield. Six left the hotel an
hour before."
FAMOUS SINGER TO SEEK
DIVORCE
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Mme. Schumann-Heink, whose
home name is Mrs. William Rapp,
is to file suit for divorce. The
announcement has caused much
comment, for the wedded life of
the great contralto was supposed
to be deadly happy. She is 12
years older than her husband.
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A Florida man has made a
trunk with padded lids that can
be extended to serve as a bed in
an emergency.
Some college should establish a
chair for the interpretation of the
language of train callers.
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