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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
5
The Defiance Express notes Admiral Nebogatoff is entered at the Defiance P.O. as a mail matter of the second class. The Daily-Evening Edition is delivered by carriers in the city sub ten cents weekly. Rates: $3 per year by mail outside city, cash in advance.
A court martial in St Petersburg finds Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers guilty of surrendering to the Japanese at the Sea of Japan battle of May 28, 1905. Nebogatoff and several senior officers are sentenced to death but the court petitions the emperor to commute to ten years in a fortress. Four other officers get short fortress terms while the rest are acquitted.
A $200,000 blaze consumed a premier downtown office building during Christmas. Firefighting units battled the flames, with witnesses noting extensive damage and calls for investigations into the fire’s cause. No fatalities reported.
A sailboat capsized near Montego Bay Jamaica on Monday resulting in the drowning of sixteen of the twenty five people aboard. Rescue teams recovered two dozen survivors and continued search efforts.
B Heston and F Kraase from A burp were found dead in a Riverside hotel room in Fort Weyne on Monday. They died from escaping gas asphyxiation.
Governor Harris on Monday sent letters to the Sultana monument commission members relieving them of duties until after the next general assembly session.
The U S Supreme Court on Monday upheld Louisiana s inheritance tax rejecting arguments the statute is unconstitutional for retroactive features and lack of uniformity The decision preserves the tax structure amid challenges to its scope and application by residents and officials.
A caboose on the Sierra railroad broke from its car last Sunday near Stockton and fell 40 feet into a gulch. Of 30 men aboard the car four were killed and about a dozen seriously injured.
A Marion telephone operator phoned the Boyer family by mistake Monday morning alerting the household to danger. Mr Boyer woke to find the house filling with gas and his wife and daughter unconscious, a mistaken call that ultimately saved three lives.
John Johnson died at his Delphos home Sunday at age over 99. He claimed to have attended Queen Victoria’s coronation in Westminster Abbey in 1838 as a member of the British guard.
East bound Big Four passenger train rear ended a freight train in the west part of the city. Eighteen people were injured none seriously. The passenger engine and three freight cars were damaged and the crawl of the passenger train jumped. The engineer blamed brake failure.
A Buffalo-Pittsburgh flyer struck a trolley on the Ashtabula Rapid Transit line near the 1876 disaster site. One person was killed and fifteen injured as the train dragged the street car about 300 feet. Gates allegedly not down. several injured freed from debris. Mrs. James Whelpley badly bruised with an arm broken. Motorman unharmed. Administrator appointed for Joseph Juber estate. Adolph Biehl returned to Antigoniton after visit.
Judge Duncan ruled that probate court filings against Standard Oil for Valentine anti trust law violations were illegal and must be in common pleas court. Prosecutor David will appeal and seek swift circuit and supreme court review within months. Indictments against Rockefeller and other officials are deferred pending future date.
Dr James W Long arrives in Bryan with a body from Camden New Jersey potter s field believed to be his cousin John P Long druggist. A Tuesday exam in the presence of interested parties confirmed by dentist J B Snyder who matched the teeth to Long s mouth.
Detectives captured Marion Eddie Kelley and two companions tied to a Ohio safe blowing gang during the Bainbridge robbery. The arrest in Toledo on Tuesday night prompted a dramatic confrontation in a saloon, narrowly avoided by a local detective who intervened.
An auditor at the treasury department in Washington caused a vacancy by a formal recommendation. The chosen candidate had the shortest name and was deemed competent, with duties including signing accounts. With only six letters to sign, he can process twice as many documents daily than a longer named counterpart.
Defiance College has strengthened the city’s intellectual and financial life. Attendance has risen 25 to 35 percent yearly for five years. Trowbridge Hall cost 20000 dollars, an endowment of 30000 dollars supports the college. The winter term starts January 5 with more students, 161 enrolled from ten states.
Mrs. Charles A. Babcock of Orwell New York has erected at Ornel cemetery a marble and granite monument for her late husband, a longtime lumberman. The saw mill replica, scaled one inch to the foot, includes saws carriages rollers skids logs and a loaded timber carriage, capturing a mill just shut down in detailed realism.
In Greek islands sponge diving dominates local livelihoods. A girl may wed only after proving sponge gathering skills by diving to depth and collecting a quota. In some islands, however, marriages go to the suitor who dives longest and brings up the largest sponge cargo.
A dentist works on heavy duty false teeth designed for sailors. The inner side teeth are reinforced to withstand salt beef and ship biscuits on long voyages. Sailors usually have good teeth, but accidents can cause tooth loss and require replacements.
A Franco Prussian War vignette unfolds at a Nancy fort where Lieutenant Villiers guides a visiting Count Carpi and Bianca through armaments. The old noble seeks hidden shells, while Bianca’s charms and coded flirtation test loyalties. a German guard later dismisses the ruse as folly. The tale blends warfare curiosity with a tang of romance amid border tensions.
The Marquis de Custine calls the Russian government an absolute monarchy tempted by assassination. Constantin Waliszewski describes the era as anarchy tempered by a state of siege, reflecting contemporary views on Russia.
The Italian actress Eleanor Duse has vetted a plan to celebrate her jubilee similar to England and France. She thanked friends but declined the honor.
The passage notes nearly 70 million animals killed yearly for fur and that fish scales do not regrow after loss. It mentions the giant atlas moth in China with nine inch wings, a wasp robbing returning honeybees, and contrasts horse lifespans in wild and domestic settings. It also cites Prof Edward A Steiner of Grinnell College researching his forthcoming book On the Thrall of the Immigrant with annual European travels.
Scientists warn against long daytime naps as they disrupt natural rhythms and can trigger headaches. They note peak vitality is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. while 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. sees the lowest energy. a forty-wink nap, just forty minutes, refreshes without harm.
Sportsmen in France push wireless telegraphy as an observer reports that a kilometer of telegraph wire impales about one and a half heads of game yearly. Partridges pheasants and quail are among the victims, totaling 49 008 birds nationwide annually. Many die during nocturnal migrations.
The passage notes that encyclopedic minds often have large brains and big heads, citing Gladstone with a large head and convolutions. It contrasts this with concentrated geniuses like Newton, Byron, and Cromwell having smaller heads due to focused thought.
Toledo markets report cash wheat at 764 May 80. corn 43. oats 863-4 May 875s. rye ranges 70 No 1 65 No 2 6. clover seed 8.55 Jan. East Buffalo and Toledo cattle receipts show slow to steady demand with steers up to 6.0, cows 2.5 to 4.0, calves 4.0 to 7.0, hogs firm with Yorkers 6.20 to 6.65 and pigs 6.40 to 6.70, lambs 6.60 to 7.50.
A correspondent notes that differences between Canadians and Americans are mainly by degree. Canadians show steadier civility, quieter women, less self assuredness, and fewer city elites. Canada remains a sub American civilization with country-born people and less luxury. Hunting and fishing shape national life. cities like Toronto and Montreal stay quieter and healthier than comparable U S cities.
A New York Press critique notes that modern American women’s restless behavior and gesticulating motions are exaggerated by strong hands and nervous habits. It cites a visiting artist who found such displays tiresome and tiring to observers, and argues restraint would improve appearance and reception.
The article cites Prof. Redard of Genoa describing primary colors as distinct bodily actions. Red light reportedly excites and irritates, yellow dampens, and blue induces calm. It explains blue light anesthesia via nerves, with a patient seated before a blue lamp and veil, becoming unconscious for painless tooth extraction or short procedures.
The article explains how Manila paper pipes are made by cutting strips to match pipe length, wrapping around a core, applying melted asphalt, and rolling tightly. After high pressure, sand is pressed into the hot asphalt, a pat erproof outer coat added, claiming tight, cheaper construction than metal piping. It also notes a German scientist’s views on ideal female proportions and lists various measurements scholars associate with beauty.
The piece outlines proper gift giving etiquette for Christmas, emphasizing timely delivery, polite thanks, and anonymous charity. It advises varying gifts and values, avoiding repeat patterns, and pairing gifts with thoughtful cards. It also discusses concealing practical gifts in playful wrappers and notes a tangent about elephant theft in Siam reported by the British Consul.
The article notes decorative items like brocade and a book rack for up-to-date feminine tastes alongside a science report on Sir Andrew Noble’s record terrestrial temperatures. It describes explosions in closed vessels reaching 5200 degrees Celsius and speculative diamond formation per Sir William Crookes, with implications for future material conquest.
A Chinese regent, wearing pale silks, admonishes that pins make for untidy habits and laments pins as foreign imports. He states China favors buttons loops and frogs and claims millions of pins were shipped but sent back for lack of use.
Foo-Chow hosts about 30 native schools patterned after Western models with roughly 2,000 students. The city of 600 900 inhabitants shows frequent posters for new modern schools, and new openings occur weekly in various districts.
A British representative cites the sale of German and American clocks and watches British French and German medicines provisions and wires British and German cutlery and widely advertised British and American cigarettes in Shasi China as notable foreign articles in local shops.
Kansas schoolchildren funded markers for the Santa Fe trail dating to 1540, linking Kansas City to Santa Fe over about S00 miles. The round trip reportedly took 110 days, with the project aiming to preserve the route as a historic artery of progress.
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