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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
3
A Charleston citizen donated 100000 dollars to the Charleston Orphan House as a memorial for WW Teffers Bennett. The donor’s identity is to remain private, though Murray, president of Bennett Ryce Mills, is suspected. The piece also notes various unrelated items from wider society.
Cedar Rapids Jan 20 governor Cummins denounces rival Z W Wivive in a speech to the Iowa Manufacturers association urging general tariff revision and expanded interstate commerce commission powers. The convention backed Canadian reciprocity and tariff revision while opposing railroad pooling and the Hepburn bill. Welliver led debate on the resolution with a push to strike pooling language, but the body ultimately amended the resolution to oppose Hepburn and any new judicial tribunals for rail rate questions.
A convoluted tale recounts a woman born in Limores France who lived as a boy named Frank in childhood and later as Ivanees in girlhood. After her parents died she moved through Chicago and Cincinnati seeking work, disguising as a male worker before entering domestic service at Addis hotel where she lived incognito among guests. She describes the shock of gendered social roles and a failed hunt for honest employment as a woman.
Riots in Riga and Lodz escalate with bankers unsure about a Russian loan report. In Warsaw work stoppages expand as crowds attack factories. Rioters kill two women and men and wound thirty seven civilians and eight soldiers. Demonstrations in Rome and major Italian cities express sympathy with St. Petersburg victims.
A morning blaze at a department store in Malltown, Tadin caused about 30000 in damage, with half not fully insured. Fire officials reported the fast spread of flames and partial involvement of the meat department before containment. The blaze prompted investigations and drew attention to nearby business associations and upcoming meetings in the region.
Five hundred pupils were evacuated from Anamasa High School when a fire was discovered in the basement. Staff and fire crews contained the blaze with no serious injuries reported. the building was deemed unsafe for school use pending inspection.
A May tournament convened with Ledburs Camelate at its center. President AL Sauer, View president WY, secretary Greys of WA, and captain Ilse led committees. The report notes flourishing wartime finances and a surplus in the treasury as the meeting closed.
In Burlington Stores near a religious revival a court case centers on breach of promise to marry. The plaintiff seeks damages as a federal circuit court case proceeds with postponements noted and parties named in the action.
George W. King of Dixon angrily denounced the Scott County Farmers Institute at Bridge for excessive music and talk by outsiders. He argued scientific farming should be discussed, but the common farmer has built the state, and he vowed to sue over program conduct. Wing, a Scott County farmer, sparked the debate with his stance defending traditional methods.
Raffaele Merry Del Val, father of the current secretary of state for the Holy See, has died. The notice notes his passing on January 25 and identifies his relation to the Vatican official.
London reports from Berlin citing a London Express correspondent claim the czar knew only partly of Sunday events. At Tsarskoe Selo during dinner, he rose and cried for truth, asking if anyone would tell him the full story. A grand duke attempted to soothe him with cautious statements.
London papers protest renewed Russian censorship on dispatches from St Petersburg and other cities. The Associated Press and other wires face delays and altered content as officials tighten control, stirring objections among editors and readers.
General Treport, newly appointed governor of St. Petersburg, is described as severe and feared. The piece recalls his father’s harsh record, notes previous assassination attempts, his strict handling of Moscow student protests, and the imperial decree granting him broad control over city administration, with powers over the municipal council and police.
Fourteen members of the Zemstvo from Simshirsk on the Volga, 105 miles south-southwest of Kazan, adopt strong resolutions denouncing bureaucratic abuses and warning that Russia faces danger from both foreign enemies and internal oppression. They claim the general development is threatened by the bureaucracy and call for honest reform.
An excerpt notes an Algernon Charles Swinburne poem published in the Pall Mall Gazette linking Russia's ruler to violence and tyranny. The verse contemplates murder and oppression, urging a reckoning as tyrants tremble before a people’s protests and fate of rulers.
In Paris deputies interrupt Premier Rouvier during a policy declaration praising the Franco-Russian lane observance. Citing anti czar chants, the speaker was silenced amid applause as the chamber refused to entertain such cries.
President Roosevelt met with Representative Crumpicker of the census committee and indicated support to pass the joint resolution for collecting marriage and divorce statistics. He plans to consult others and may send a message to Congress. Crumpicker expects the measure to pass to spur uniform divorce legislation. The president told an inter church conference committee he would act to remedy the current conditions.
After a careful ascent through the land office system, special agent Jenal faced removal from the Denver field to Blackfoot. Officials argued he preferred home, with Congressman McCarthy and Senator Millard lobbying to adjust the dispute before his separation from the service.
A midnight blaze in Lincoln Nebraska obliterated the four story furniture block on North Thirteenth Street and spread to the Halter block nearby. The Oliver theater across the street narrowly escaped. By 2:30 am the fire consumed both burned structures with contents. Estimated loss around 140000 dollars.
New York trading opened weak amid yesterday's St Petersburg outbreak news. There was little organized price support, though gradual recoveries appeared. Reports from London and continental markets of improved sentiment sparked notable rallies.
Senator Smoot resumes testimony before the senate committee with Judge Taylor continuing cross examination. The Ways and Means Committee begins hearings on a bill to reduce the duty on Philippine sugar.
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