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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
3
Historical data details per capita wealth, national bank deposits and liabilities. Notes include total money in circulation, per capita figures, bank failures, voluntary liquidations, chartered banks, and authorized capital as of early 1900s. Mention of treasury notes and government securities with varying rates and banking actions.
Dispatches report unrest in Kiev and Odessa with troops urging others to join a plan to overthrow the throne. Reports mention a march through streets seeking support and warnings of possible massacres, while authorities move to suppress the mutiny at the first opportunity.
The article notes principal winter wheat states at excellent condition while the Middle Atlantic states report uneven germination. Hessian fly found in scattered Missouri Pennsylvania Michigan localities, mainly affecting early sown wheat. North Pacific coast conditions are favorable for planting but germination is uneven. Cotton in the eastern states largely progressing, with limited issues in Mississippi and Alabama.
Census hints at rapid expansion of fraternal group membership from 2,600,000 in 1894 to 3,273,738 last year. The rise, about 3.6 million new members, exceeds population growth and boosts many societies such as Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Belted Knights.
Washington dispatch reports the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress convened at noon with Vice President Fairbanks presiding in the Senate and Clerk RicDowell in the House. Senators Bate and Platt have died, and opening prayers were offered by Chaulain Edward Everett Hale and Dr Henry N Couden respectively. Admission to the Capitol was by card, with hundreds awaiting entry and an array of bills expected on numerous issues including railroad rate regulation, insurance policy holders, statehood, Panama Canal, immigration, and tariff questions.
The annual interior department report notes vigorous Pacific coast land fraud probes, indictments, and convictions. It highlights timber and desert land acts as crime aids, cites 17,096,622 acres of public lands disposed and total receipts of 7,017,811.88, with 66 civil suits and 87 criminal prosecutions in progress.
The Navy Department asks Congress to fund three new battleships next year amid rising ship costs. Past year spending on new ships tops 36.9 million with battleships costing from 4.0 to 5.9 million each. Costs cover crews officers and marines, rations, and ship upkeep after commissioning.
The annual army report details distribution among branches, a net regular army decrease of 369, and increases in Porto Rico and Philippine scouts. Taft urges a 5,000-man coast artillery boost at an annual $3 million cost, notes fortification progress, Alaska telegraph lines, Panama canal telegraph needs, and requests $70,170,719 for the War Department in 1906.
Senate and House appropriations committees release estimates totaling 801 296 415 for 1907. Navy requests 21 229 038 and Post Office 12 187 976 lead increases. War Department cut 863 40. river and harbor funds dropped. Treasury projections large. Berlin banquet noted with H Pérei¢al Dodie at Kaiserhof.
A garbled catalog lists dates and events from 1087 to 1819 touching Swift and St Paul’s, Sweden’s king, Narra sieges, 1765 Fort Johnson capture, 1776 British possession of Rhode Island, 1777 Worcester machinery, 1783 Paris churches closure, 1794 US Oneida treaty, 1805 Austerlitz, 1807 Lisbon entry, 1808 French success, and 1819 Unions admission, with scattered names and places.
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