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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
3
The workmen’s council in St. Petersburg calls off the strike, a move not yet extended to the provinces. Factories in the capital resume, while Muscovy still shows some stoppages. Analysts say the strike's timing and leadership damaged revolutionary prestige. The pattern suggests provincial follow‑through despite limited immediate support.
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago closed on Monday with cashier Henry W. Hering a fugitive and president Paul C. Stensland missing. About 22 000 depositors, many from Northwest Side immigrant districts, fear losses. Two deaths are reported among shocked bystanders. Bakers predicted no citywide financial impact.
The report details political unrest and calls for reform in Russia including mass protests, a push for a constitutional parliament, and anti imperial sentiment. It notes a surge in anti desisive measures and hints at broader unrest affecting governance and law enforcement. The piece also covers a U.S. bank scandal with fraud, missing funds, arrests, and an investigation into Paul Stensland's actions and bank failures.
A series of scattered reports notes fires causing losses in Buffalo Hinsdale and Monroe with totals up to 1 5 million. The steamer Ventura sails from Melbourne to San Francisco carrying 6000 in gold. Anarchist suspect Rosenberg is detained in Seattle. A Philadelphia manufacturer marries Nellie Taimberi in St Joseph Michigan. A large Monroe plant fire totals 1 5 million and a San Francisco fire tally reaches 2 268 478. Governor demanded fugitive for forgery in Galipolis.
James Jennings age 25 was riding Monon train No. 3 at La Fayette when his head struck a bridge while on the baggage car roof. He survived to reach the Monon station and asked for a priest after the railroad surgeon said there was nothing to be done.
Ten men carried the coffin of 460 pound farmer Joseph Rodecap at Anderson Cemetery drawing 5 000 mourners. He died of cerebral embolism from a carbuncle on his neck and was about 51, a father of twins and five other children.
Report says a dog tracked the killer of James Tannan of Chicago to his partner. Thomas Tannan allegedly confessed to Chief Rune Beck that he killed Tugnnman near Gary after meeting Lannan on the road. Both men carried weapons and a dog followed them, aiding the investigation.
Frank Nolan was released after a grand jury declined to indictment him on burglary charges. A Thais woman testified to finding Nolan with a pair of stolen sacks and described the items in police custody. Nolan’s wife testified about his socks and the day before his arrest, detailing the socks’ thread. The court discharged him.
Indiana man Nacob Gligor, a Hun, was killed in Slaugh ville after a dozen knife wounds at his boarding house. Robbers took 190 in cash. Seven men were arrested including George Szalaji who vanished then returned. Two boarders identified Szalaji as the stabber.
Dan Rosa of Chicago aged 19 a Panhandle construction gang member at Koots shot and likely fatally wounded Panhandle agent Patrick H Calligan after failing to receive full pay Rosa believed the agent cheated him Two hundred citizens chased Rosa for two miles and captured him placing him in jail in Valparaiso
In Kokomo a supposedly harmless headache powder caused the death of Fred Scherer a street car conductor. He bought the powder at a drug store and died within minutes after swallowing. Scherer was two years old and the son of County Commissioner George Scherer.
Mrs Elizabeth Cissel claimed kinship to J Morgan and tried to pass a 190000 dollar check at a Ryansville bank. The note bore the Morgan name. She was returned to the asylum.
Walter Johnson aged 19 fatally shot Henry I Kepping in Vincermes after a dispute over Kepping's sweetheart Anna Bell aged 20. Johnson surrendered to Sheriff Westfall following the incident. Kepping reportedly resented Johnson's attention to Bell.
Mrs. Samuel Williamson aged 47 died suddenly in Valparaiso from heart disease triggered by the shock of seeing her child narrowly escape death when kicked by a horse. The incident occurred in Valparaiso as the tragedy unfolded.
Fifteen boys seeking shelter under a tree from a thunder storm near Lebanon were struck by lightning. Occle Rice, 14, died while others were knocked down and seriously shocked. The report also notes a fatal shooting of Patrolman Butler in Marion during a evasion attempt, and ongoing cases including gamblers in French Lick West Baden raids. Wesley Martin and Clarence Hicks of Dayton Ohio drowned at a Michigan City vacation camp of the National Cash Register Company. Hicks body was recovered and Martin is missing.
Eli A. Gage son of former Treasury head Lyman J. Gage killed himself in a Seattle Tourist Hotel room using a pistol. He had registered under a false name, moved between hotels, and was heavily drinking. His wife and child searched for him at a Grey stone boarding house. He had worked in Yukon in 1896-97 and recently sought a Seattle Alaska berth.
The American Federation of Labor executive council issues a general campaign program urging organized labor to press Congress for the March 21 bill of grievances. It accuses lawmakers of catering to corporations and predatory wealth and calls for a people powered push to ensure government serves labor. A three member committee Sam uel Gompers James OConnell and Frank Morrison will guide efforts to nominate labor men.
A new hotel named the Trowmart Inn near Abingdon Square in Manhattan will serve wage earning women aged 15 to 35 earning $15 or less. It will provide self supporting guests with meals, free sewing and laundry services, a 250 seat dining room, and reception and library spaces. W H R Martin backs the project and expects it to pay for itself with room and board set at 4.5 to 5 dollars.
Sophia and Corinne Piddian of Brooklyn were drowned while boating on Lake George. The incident is reported with brief details from the local area and notes the fatalities.
Henry Phipps, spending about $500000 yearly to rent Glen Quoich deer forest in Scotland, ranks just behind Andrew Carnegie in American steel circles. He sits as director in United States Steel Corporation and the Carnegie company, and also leads the Van Norden Trust Company and Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh. Born in Philadelphia in 1839, he started in Pittsburg as a store worker, then a spike mill bookkeeper, rising to partner in a small mill before joining iron and steel ventures with Thomas and Andrew Carnegie. He has long been noted among the nation’s wealthiest.
Edward Rosewater, Nebraskan Senate candidate and Omaha Bee editor, rose from telegraph operator to press baron after Civil War service. Other items cover H. Clay Evans’s public career, Dr. Patterson’s fraud case and odd excuse, Capt. Mott’s army reform stance, Major Scott’s West Point appointment, Parnell’s Mount Auburn memorial, Metcalf at Yale, and Schwab denying Nevada Senate plans.
Chicago notes favorable basic conditions with crops boosting confidence in manufacturing and heavy commitments. Rail extensions, construction, and building materials stay strong while lumber prices rise. Grain and provisions fall slightly but raw materials and iron ore shipments rise. failures decline, and export figures for wheat corn and totals are reported, signaling continued trade vitality.
Regional freight markets list cattle hogs sheep and grain across many cities. Prices show wide ranges for cattle 4.00 to 6.90, hogs 3.00 to 7.10, sheep 2.50 to 5.75, wheat No 2 from 43c to 75c, corn No 2 48c to 55c, oats 8c to 89c, rye 50c to 66c, with butter and eggs also noted among wholesale goods.
Harold Ei Pyles, a Black man, was hanged in Towson Maryland for the murder of his sweetheart after confessing to the crime.
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