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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
7
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria survived an archist bombing at their Madrid palace steps on their wedding day. Twenty people died and about a hundred were wounded as a bouquet bomb shattered the royal carriage. Investigators arrest several suspects including Manuel Duran and Mateo Moral as inquiries continue.
The Bishop of New York visiting London and Europe says observers of all faiths showAdvance mutual goodwill across Christian and Jewish communities. He cites Egypt where Arabs now treat Christians with greater tolerance and even animals are better cared for under Christian influence.
The five masted bark rigged German ship Th. C. Rickners arrives in New York from Tremen on its maiden voyage. It is 150 feet long, all steel, with a gross tonnage of 5 250 and a speed of 17 knots under full sail. Auxiliary engines allow 5 knots without sails.
Very Rev Patrick J McIlale appointed bishop of Porto Rico to succeed Archbishop Blook. Samuel Geller alleged gang leader sentenced in New York to one year in prison for poisoning horses. Thomas Allen says William J Bryan will not seek the U S Senate seat from Nebraska. American Birth Insurance Company placed in receivership in Boston.
A sharp earthquake near San Francisco and Oakland at 11 50 Monday night caused fires and widespread disruption. The tremor, brief with no reported damage, follows the April 18 disaster, with San Francisco cited as the epicenter and fires destroying large areas. Government and refugee reports note camp populations, rationing, and ongoing recovery efforts.
The Consolidated Gas Company of New York asks Circuit Court to stop enforcement of the state price cap of 50 cents. It offers to turn over any excess collected during the suit to the court. The bill claims the law deprives the firm of a fair profit and imposes heavy penalties, threatening ruin and seeking to test the law’s validity in court.
Superintendent Maxwell of New York public schools orders pupils to carry books on the right on even days and on the left on odd days to reduce spinal curvature. He also urges minimizing the number of books for easier carrying. The measure is met with wide skepticism in the press.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the Association of American Physicians, meeting in Washington, join forces to curb the white plague. Dr. John L. Morse of Boston notes consumption arises from diseases like measles, whooping cough, and influenza, and that TB is not transmitted from parent to child.
In Cananea Mexico a violent clash between striking Mexican miners and Americans leaves forty five Americans dead. Colonel W C Greene seeks armed help from Bisbee as dynamite is used against smelters and mills. The 23000 population includes 8000 Americans.
The report notes over 1.5 million in AFL affiliated sick and death benefits, campaigns in Massachusetts and the Southern States, eight hour days won in several towns, and wage fights in Omaha and Cincinnati. It cites a Vermont court ruling against a Rutland machinists union, and details labor finances, convict labor, and union-led responses to strikes and shop practices.
A Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin shows April and year to April 1906 freight on the Great Lakes surpassing any similar period. April shipments total 4,265,505 net tons. year to April 30 reach 5,418,481. four months amount to 1,592,656 net tons. Note cites heavy westbound coal movement possibly due to prestrike storage. iron and copper moved mainly eastward. April coal from Cleveland and Buffalo leads.
Judge Rice of the Superior Court upholds the lower court ruling striking down the 1905 mine child labor ban by removing the school attendance certificate requirement. Florence Kelley calls judges enemies of the children and notes the change will allow thousands of young boys back in mines. The Pennsylvania decision is headed to the Supreme Court.
William N. Allen argues in the American Monthly Review of Reviews that 50 000 to 100 000 children labeled as attending New York City schools under the compulsory education law are actually on the streets or employed in tenements and factories, violating the child labor law. He calls for more thorough school reports.
Leading women in England adopt the policy of refusing income tax as “taxation without representation” and Mrs. Montefiore blocks her door to the tax collector while friends provide food and deliver mail.
The final form of the Anglo Russian understanding preserves Persian and Turkish integrity, limits hostile moves toward German interests, and keeps the status quo in Afghanistan and Tibet. Russia yields on a Persian Gulf outlet but maintains dominance in northern Persia.
Prominent physician and former Confederate soldier Dr Thomas S Latimer died in Baltimore aged 67. The obituary notes his long medical career and Civil War service.
Chicago packers dismiss charges in Roosevelt message and Neill Reynolds report. Eight leading firms convened to issue a public rebuttal backed by experts from the University of Illinois. They deny uncleanliness claims, defend sanitary meat processes, and call for stricter inspection and wider laws.
Five years after a back shot left Mrs. Clara Nichols paralyzed, a young Philadelphia physician sutured the severed spinal cord and predicted recovery. After two years of daily massage and gradual return of sensation, she began regaining feeling and mobility, aided by crutches, with hope she will walk unaided again.
The article reports Luther Burbank proposing plant life principles applied to humans. He envisions selecting normal families in a controlled environment to promote desirable traits, with the aim of eliminating the mentally defective and preventing propagation of the unfit.
In a test by the Automobile Club of America sixty five cars started from New York each with two gallons of gasoline. Weather was unfavorable and fifteen exceeded forty miles while a twelve horsepower runabout went eighty seven miles to North Haven Conn with a weight of two thousand three hundred pounds including two passengers and a handicap of five hundred pounds. Five exceeded the fifty mile point.
David J. Slayback of Lebanon sues alleging three men misrepresented as trustees of the Tusson Cemetery Association to obtain a church and grounds at Stade church. He says the congregation threatens to vest title in the First Christians denomination, though he built the church for non denominational use.
A fire aboard the Lone Star excursion steamer on the Wabash River near Terre Haute sparked a river panic. Prompt acts by the crew and passengers saved many women and children as the boat brought to shore without major loss, though several were injured.
Fragmented OCR fragments mention a trial in Montrose with factional tensions. References to people and places are unclear, but hint at a legal proceeding and potential fines. The readable text is heavily garbled, yielding limited verifiable facts.
From Gibson County reports investigators return from Ainel HK with leads in the Clyde Showalter disappearance. Coroner Trollings notes police evidence supports homicide among missing person case since last October. Arrests of involved crew members may follow as the Patoka River incident shapes the probe.
Peter Ivan fled Connersville after driving off passengers with a navy revolver and forcing freight crew to take him toward Rushville. He looted the business district before dawn and was captured by the sheriff with a posse of ten men after hiding near the grand Gary.
Naney Johnson, a 48 year old woman, was found dead at the home of her daughter on West Franklin Street in Wartford City. She weighed 120 pounds and was last seen walking through the house when death struck, causing a partition to collapse.
Culver Gyranisium gymnasium at Culver Méilliers Academ suffered a blaze the other night. No injuries reported. Loss fully covered by insurance. origin of fire unknown. The gymnasium will be rebuilt promptly.
Evansville ministers pass resolutions urging Mayor Tiowine to enforce a lid on Sunday activities including baseball games theaters and beer gardens to keep Sunday observance.
Ray Warmon, age son of Adam Tiarmon a farmer, was killed south of Lafayette when a firearm discharged striking his right lung. He died within minutes.
A barn near Princeton was struck by lightning while several men worked inside. William McAfee and Charles Armstrong were killed, and six others were badly shocked.
Reported deaths and legal notices include John Butcher killed at Reed's quarry in Cloomington by falling stone. The Braffton Congregational Church calls Rev. John McMurray of Celina to pastor. William Walsh of Central Union Telephone Company dies by his own hand in Peru. A fight near Ellison leaves Jack Labner dead and another man fatally shot. James Craven and Miss Susie Baldwin marry in Evansville after long separations and recent divorces.
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