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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
2
A collection of wry lines and quick quips touching on politics, publishing, marriage, and society. Notable mentions include Queen Alexandra, Sir Alfred Harmsworth, John Bartlett, Henry Sienkiewicz, and Charles Dana Gibson, with digressions on poets laureate, fashion, gambling, and global affairs.
A comment notes Boston allocates 6 500 000 yearly for baked beans and jokes that a statistician could compute remaining funds for luxuries once the exact bean figure is known for eye grasses.
A quip suggests Uncle Russell Sage is not a Morgan level financier. The line notes he dislikes being sold a grand collection of liabilities as if it were a railroad system.
Readers are left to wonder if Princess Baa has issued any instructions to her dress maker for a wedding gown amid reports from Bugtiah and American correspondents noting the lack of confirmation on the matter.
Fragmentary dispatches describe grave unrest in Moscow with civilians and troops fighting for control. Peasants arm themselves, insurgents grow by accessions from towns and countryside, rail disruption threatens troops, while Baltic provinces and Poland loom as possible uprising fronts.
Call money rates in New York surged to a peak around 190 percent with 125 percent quoted later, breaking prior records since 1899. A $400,000 loan was placed as banks hurried to fund January 1 disbursements, while brokers faced high demand and widespread bidding from early trading.
Thirteen traffic men from the West have gone to Washington to confer with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The conference, urged by railroad officials, aims to secure universal observance by Western railroads of all laws pertaining to transportation.
A mob of African American workers attacked a white plant manager in a new colony town between Fargo and St. George. The manager barricaded himself and fired, killing five men and two women and wounding seven others.
Armed Livonian rebels burn estates and desecrate church relics along the St. Petersburg Berlin line at Redjitsa then retreat eastward as troops from St. Petersburg pursue.
ALTON PASS Ill. Mrs. Joseph Brown, 70, buried in town after a life marked by multiple marriages. Her last husband survives her.
Prance gives out fleet notes a long ocean voyage from 1700 to 2000 miles with four swift cruisers able to cover the distance in four days. France remains a republic but protects its financial interests in Russia and has lent about 1 billion francs since 1870. A re enacted revolution could jeopardize collection of these debts if the czar and family are killed.
A wedding gift drive for Miss Alice Roosevelt has begun in eastern Oregon with plans to spread across all states. Subscriptions will close February 8 to fund a present estimated at about $80,000, forwarded to the Treasury in Washington through local treasurers. Individual gifts are limited to ten cents.
Clar ence J. Shearn says W R Hearst will continue fight for New York mayoralty. He plans possible recount request via legislature and inquiries into campaign donations and potential quo warranto actions to test Mayor McClellan's right to hold office. Further steps undecided.
Union Pacific officials hosted a formal Christmas banquet aboard the Los Angeles limited train for forty eastern newspaper men returning home after its initial run. The event followed the departure from Salt Lake City.
The St Paul report says James J. Hill will retire January 1. He declines a date but confirms retirement soon. His son L. W. Hill will succeed him, while James N. Hill will take on duties from his brother.
Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer J F Stevens arrive to present views on the canal type. Stevens supports a lock canal at a moderately high level, signaling a shift toward a lock-based design for the isthmian canal project.
A cable from Constantinople reports a severe earthquake in the Harpoot vilayet affecting the Eastern Turkey mission. The American board of commissioners for foreign missions notes the event and its impact on ongoing activities.
Reports state the president of the Dominican Republic is a fugitive after a clash near the capital. Government troops pursued rebel commander F Morales as night fell about ten miles away. It is believed the president sought the coast to board a sloop toward Puerto Plata, while Monsignor Peres, dismissed governor there, refuses to surrender. Letters from Monte Christi indicate Guayubin Dajabon and Lebaneta rose in rebellion against the government and the Dominican American fiscal accord.
Immigrant Andreas Stockberger arriving on the Carthagenian claims the Odessa bloodshed stemmed from Jews attacking soldiers. He describes troops marching with loaded guns, mobs shouting from every rooftop and window, bombs dropped as the soldiers passed, killing scores and wounding hundreds.
The Cheriestown naval station reported that Admiral Dewey's Christmas greeting from Cuba to Washington was read by the wireless telegraph operator at the Boston station. Rodgers sent the reply from Guantanamo, and it covered 1700 miles before being read here.
At a New York insurance investigating committee meeting the Paris report from Andrew C. Hamilton was considered and referred to counsel. Mr. Fowler blocked disclosure while McCall claimed the report favorable to him.
Uniontown, PA Fire practically ruined the interior and contents of the Exchange hotel one of the city's largest. Guests were forced to flee in their night clothes. Several members of the Princess Chic theatrical company were nearly asphyxiated and were carried from the building by firemen.
Syracuse resident receives two letters from a pretend Black Hand member threatening to blow up Mr. Crouse's house if $3,400 is not delivered in cash at a cigar bar in front of his home.
In Council Bluffs Iowa an observance by local lodges commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of General Grenville M. Valentine. Congressman Thomas Warren delivered the principal address at the Christmas gathering hosted by the Odd Fellows order.
Secretary of War General Melon A Miles of the U.S. L. is announced as retiring from militia service in a brief notice.
A brief notice describes a first honor for conspicuous service in Ner county clerk election matters. It highlights a Roosevelt era letter and grants February approval. The report credits Mr Powell for risking personal injury to save a life on the track, earning a commendation for bravery.
In Chicago a Civic Federation push for naturalization reform surfaces amid claims many aliens are counted as voters. The 1903 Cook County system is criticized for rushed granting of papers and night court sessions that could affect citizenship duties. Local judges and lawyers largely support stricter naturalization laws to protect the franchise.
Washington reports detail President removal of Irving United States district attorney Baxter after prosecutions in Nebraska. The piece notes minimal defense, six hour sentences for defendants Richards and Comstock, and the ensuing political friction including Seventh Day Adventists and Ellen White. Smallpox decline trends are also listed amid land withdrawal orders in Washington.
OXNARD CALIFORNIA Senator Bard is out of danger after a railway carriage accident. Physicians report confidence in his recovery but say he will be hospitalized for several months as treatment continues and he regains strength.
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