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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
1
President Roosevelt appoints a five member committee led by Charles H. Keep to study improved government methods across departments. Members include Frank Hitchcock Lawrence Murray James Garfield and Gifford Pinchot to propose economical, uniform practices, cut useless correspondence, and speed decision making.
Washington dispatches state Russia may substitute General Kuropatkin for M. Nedhoff as envoy, with Paris as the likely source of the selected figure. Private Europe-based advices suggest Emperor Nicholas is considering Kuropatkin as a substitute in place of Nedhoff.
Anxiety grows as Sosnovice reports daily cholera deaths and three suspected cases at Tula. Authorities order anti cholera measures in infected regions while warm moist weather favors spread.
Commissioner of Pensions Warner received 1924 dollars to the conscience fund. The contributor is a pensioner who has drawn pension since the Civil War, starting at two dollars a month and rising to six dollars. The pensioner's identity is being withheld.
New York President Frank Mc Ardle of the international association of foundrymen warns that if employers in New York and New Jersey do not grant a 25 cent daily increase, the strike will spread nationwide.
President approves findings of two courts martial against Captain George W. Kirkman of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He is dismissed from the army and sentenced to three years confinement at Fort Leavenworth for the sensational case involving the death by suicide of Lieutenant Chandler’s wife in Omaha.
Washington reports propose a provisional armistice in Manchuria with commanders Linovitch and Oyama to hold final signing powers. Negotiations between Tokio and St. Petersburg via Washington continue but no final agreement yet. The move aims to pave the way for a Washington conference on broader terms.
Chicago verbatim report states the killer nicknamed Bluebeard Johann Hoch may appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court after a June 23 execution deadline. Governor Dineen told Hochs counsel a reprieve could be granted to October term if the state funds $700 for the needed appellate record by June 21.
State Attorney Healy called the Friday grand jury disclosures by C Driscoll the greatest scandal Chicago has ever seen. The former secretary of the Associated Building Trades and Coal Team Owners association detailed firms and union leaders dealings, notably with the Chicago Teamsters union. Healy warned of serious offenses beyond bribery and said the inquiry could occupy the jury through next week and may sidetrack docket cases if needed.
Judge Smith Mae Pherson in Federal court issued a temporary injunction halting enforcement of Missouri's maximum freight rate law. The order prevents the Missouri railways and attorney general from enforcing the law and shields eighteen railways and three Kansas City shippers from penalties, arguing the rates are confiscatory. The suit aims to restrain railways from taking action under the law and to protect shippers statewide.
In Canyon City Colon Frederick Arnold aged 20 and Newton Andrews aged 21 were hanged at the state penitentiary Friday for the murder of Mrs Amanda Youngblood in Denver two years ago.
Japanese forces push Russian left flank beyond the Kaoche river and occupy heights north of the river near Gunshu Pass in Manchuria. A heavy Japanese force appears to back this movement as Field Marshal Oyama prepares for a general offensive.
An eastbound Cotton Belt special carrying Confederate veterans to a reunion in Louisville Kentucky derailed on a trestle near Gold en Gate Illinois. At fifty miles per hour the engine struck a spread rail, overturning the engine and four cars, sending them into a ravine. Three people were killed and twenty-nine injured.
Paris plans for an international conference on Moroccan affairs progress after talks between Premier Rouvier and German ambassador Prince Radolin. Both governments back Morocco sovereignty and status quo while final decisions on conference scope and economic rights await formal announcement within days.
Cardinal Gibbons, in Washington on church business with Dr. D. J. Stafford, called on President Roosevelt. He congratulated the president on peace negotiations between Russia and Japan, calling him an angel of peace to the world and saying the world owes him a great debt.
Report from Blackhawk Idaho states the Jackson Hole confrontation between ranchers and outlaws grew bloodier. Six people were killed four outlaws and two ranchers with several horses shot. ranchers later recovered the battle and thwarted the outlaws attempt to drive away.
At the AFL executive council in Scranton Pennsylvania a committee was appointed to visit President Roosevelt. Gompers O Connell and Morrison will present Chinese exclusion concerns and other labor interests to the president during the third day of the meeting.
The Teamsters' Joint Council in Chicago shelved the Montgomery Ward strike as an unimportant matter, declaring the long dispute a dead issue for the first time since the original strike began. The decision marks a quiet end to a prolonged confrontation that had kept workers and management in tension.
President Roosevelt held a conference with about thirty members of the American Asiatic Association representing cotton and iron and steel trades. They entered a formal protest against enforcement of Chinese exclusion laws that could imperil the export trade of the United States with China.
Chicago unions and employers foresee settlement of a two month teamsters strike by week’s end. Federation of Labor officials plan to urge calling off the strike through missionary work with teamsters' joint council, aiming to win the majority of officials over to ending the walkout.
Reno Nev The Southern Pacific company has let a contract for the construction of five tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Work will begin within a month, with the main tunnel starting north of Donner Lake and the line ending at the foot of Blue Canyon on the American River. The project calls for an expenditure of over 25 million dollars.
Max Ploehn, who killed his cousin Alma Goss and wounded her sister Emma, was hidden in a hayloft on a farm owned by Alma's mother within a mile of the scene. Sheriff McBride of Cass County arrested him around 9 am Thursday. he was moved to Omaha that afternoon. He sought safety from curiosity rather than violence, given the lengthy manhunt.
Count Inouye, Japan ese minister to Germany, tells Lokal Anzeiger that peace prospects hinge on Russia appointing real plenipotentiaries. He says Russia must empower commissioners to negotiate and not just hear terms, and Japan will present its terms only to fully empowered Russian representatives.
London Copenhagen desk of the Daily Mail reports that a strong Swedish Riksdag majority is prepared to accept Prince Karl, King Oscar's third son, as king of Norway. The potential compromise aims to ease the Norwegian throne dispute amid ongoing royal negotiations.
Miss Mamie Babb a 20 year old Barnard College graduate from Norway Maine signs to accompany the Peary Arctic expedition as official stenographer. The dash to the North Pole begins in New York on July 5 with a substantial salary.
General Maximo Gomez died at 6 p m Saturday after a long illness in the temporary seaside home at Vedado Havana. President Palma and General Andrade arrived about a quarter hour before Gomez’s death after his return from Santiago.
Marcus Braun and Maurice Fishberg, American immigrant inspectors, conclude work in Austria Hungary and Russian Poland and turn their attention to conditions at embarkation points for the big Atlantic liners. They express the opinion that current emigration to the United States is not desirable.
Russia and Japan tentatively select three plenipotentiaries each for the Washington conference with M. Nelidoff likely to chair the Russian mission and Field Marshal Yamagata possibly replacing Marquis Ito if he cannot attend. Conference expected mid August. armistice terms to be pursued later with Russia and Japan signaling in favor of field signings.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee has been ordered to coal and be ready to proceed to Cherbourg France to bring to the United States the remains of the late John Paul Jones. The transfer ceremonies are likely in Paris on July 6 or 7 with the squadron sailing to Chesapeake Bay on July 8.
A devastating Western Maryland railroad wreck Saturday evening near Patapsco, between Westminster and Finksburg, caused at least eighteen deaths and many injuries. The disaster is described as the worst in the railroad's history.
France and Germany show strained relations over Morocco with official denials of any ultimatum. Officials acknowledge real difficulties but reject exaggerated reporting spread by a small press faction, including Patrie and Presse.
ST. PETERSBURG reports improving wheat prospects in the south southwest northern Caucasus Vistula and Ural provinces with conditions well above average. In central governments and the Volga region the outlook is poorer and rye crops fare worse with failures in the upper Volga.
In Athens the popular Greek Premier Theodore Delyannis was mortally wounded at the chamber of deputies by a professional gambler named Gherakaris. He died about three hours later after an attempt to control internal bleeding failed. The assassin was arrested at once.
Washington reports Nebraska among the best states for growing sugar beets. The Agriculture Department notes rapid beet sugar industry growth, listing Grand Island and Norfolk factories as early U.S. operations and Leavitt near Ames later. Nebraska has fourteen years of beet production experience and has developed rainfall-based growing knowledge.
London morning papers view Washington as the venue for peace negotiations as a compliment to President Roosevelt and evidence of U S influence in world politics. They believe Japan has been persuaded by a reasonable chance for success and will offer moderate terms.
A London based Russian ally to revolutionaries tells the Associated Press that returning prisoners from Japan pose a threat to Russia. He says prisoners have been aided with revolutionary literature and news from New York London and Berlin, plus comparisons of free governments with Russia. He predicts each returning prisoner will carry revolutionary tendencies.
Washington report states the Chinese government awarded Col. T. W. Symons, corps of engineers, U. S. A., formerly superintendent of public buildings and grounds in this city, the decoration of the order of the double dragon.
Mrs Paul Klass killed her four children at her Kieler Wisconsin home and then died by suicide nearby eight miles east of Dubuque authorities reported. This tragic incident occurred at the family residence leading investigators to treat it as a murder suicide.
The censor ship acting on orders from the council ministers bans newspapers from publishing congress or meeting proceedings without government permission. General Trepoff advised the action, signaling strong official control over press reporting.
General Lingvitch reports in a June 15 dispatch that Russian forces executed a turning movement forcing Japanese to retire from Tulantizi after burning supplies. A separate June 12 advance from the Tzin river valley drove back Japanese posts at Vanloungow.
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