Crowds Observe Diplomatic Body Pass in Venezuela
Reported crowd gathers as a diplomatic body passes in Venezuela amid shielding and security concerns. Officials indicate a period of official mourning and international attention follows the ceremony.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1906
Page
9
Reported crowd gathers as a diplomatic body passes in Venezuela amid shielding and security concerns. Officials indicate a period of official mourning and international attention follows the ceremony.
The funeral of Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler was held in New York City with an all-day procession from St. Thomas' Church to the Brooklyn Bridge and a train for Washington. Veterans, Confederate groups, and officials accompanied the casket draped in mourning, a riderless horse in attendance, and a ceremony featuring Rev. Ernest Stires and Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. Wheeler, who died of pneumonia, was eulogized for courage, wisdom, and gentleness as the nation honored a renowned Civil War and Spanish American War leader.
Bartettsville reports orders from Standard Oil Company to cut mid continent output to one third as legal actions by Missouri officials halt buying and transporting petroleum. Local dealers fear disruption of supply and possible shutdown of standard operations across Missouri.ю
A garbled 1901 speech fragment praises reciprocal trade and friendly relations. It invokes blessings for peace, prosperity, and neighborly good will, referencing Buffalo on September 5, 1901, with a suggestion of safeguarding prosperity.
Frank Drevick an immigrant oiler for Montana Central died instantly in the Great Falls yards while crossing the east bank tracks after drinking with a companion. The pair attempted to cross when warned, Drevick stepped onto the rails and was crushed under the engine. The engineer halted the loco after seeing him. Drevick, about 40, leaves a wife and six children. He had worked ten years for the railroad.
The Merchants Exchange received a Beat dispatched report that a large French bark was one mile from shore and drifting in off the coast near San Francisco as a late afternoon weather system affected the area. The report notes a vessel, the Admiral Courbet, had departed San Francisco January 18 in ballast for Port Townsend. In Yonkers, New York, Charles Hen Francher, president of Irving National Bank, died at home following a two year illness after a stroke of paralysis.
Geneva New York January reports Dr William Brooks director of Smiths observatory and Hobart College professor astronomy discovered a new comet in the northwest sky with a tight ascent 10h 19m 30s declination north 47 10 minutes moderate motion northwest claimed first comet of the year and the twenty fifth discovered by Professor Brooks
A fragment notes Westcott father elder was shot yesterday at his home in Coachman. It mentions bringing the bed and his daughter to burial, and asks for consent from Mr Dan Geld.
Special Despatch to the Standard from Great Falls reports a baby girl born within 48 hours was found this afternoon by boys under a sidewalk in the red light district. The identity of the mother is unknown. The infant was wrapped in old garments and a towel stuffed in its mouth and throat, leading to belief the mother intended homicide, though a physician believes the child was stillborn.
A translated dispatch reports Sergeant stating that Riel died defending a republic. The fragment references disorder and an ex police PR official, Chei Oressenn Emire, involved in execution. Further readable names and places are unclear in the fragment.
Reports from St Petersburg dated January 28 describe disorders in interior towns during armed revolt. Troops were defeated or dispersed. at Sota on the Black Sea insurgents bombarded barracks then surrendered after a torpedo boat’s arrival. A North Caucasian republic briefly rose near Pyatigorsk, assembling a revolutionary army that planned to march toward Rostov and Kharkov but was halted by Cossack and infantry forces. A water works seizure by youths ended with a fortified house capture and casualties. Witte notes Manchurian armies remain quiet as Vladivostok reports order restored.
Reports from St Petersburg Kutais and Winnipeg recount serious clashes with troops in Kutais and confirm Louis Riel’s hanging in Regina. Eyewitness Bert Allfrey describes the execution as decisive, with Riel dropping swiftly and officials guarding against rescue. The tale notes posthumous burial and later exhumation by order of the governor, with widow receiving the body.
The Frisco Limited bound for Kansas City left Birmingham Saturday night and wrecked one mile north of Dora about 40 miles from Birmingham. The mail coach overturned and a second class coach derailed. The express messenger and postal clerk were among those injured, some seriously.
D W Flint has been named general freight and passenger agent of the Pan American railway. He will assume his duties at once in Mexico City.
A Vancouver Island fishing schooner Bila Ga reportedly rolled over off the coast near Carmanah Point two miles east of the cape. All aboard are feared drowned after the vessel turned turtle. Sightings described the crew as acting oddly before disappearance. rumors said the Ella G salvage at Clayoquot had cargo removed, but no confirmation on Bila Ga salvage.
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