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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
7
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the commission on the Trans Alaskan Siberian Company has finished its study and will forward the report to the emperor. mileage would rise from 4000 to 8600 miles as the project proceeds.
Secretary Wilson predicts normal conditions will prevent widespread crop failures this year. He notes risks from frosts drought grasshoppers and floods but believes advances in science seed selection and farming methods will yield sufficient crops with a surplus for export.
Reports from the House of Commons show a large majority relieves unions of liability for members acts during strikes while the Bannerman government bends to a laborite faction. The Charity Organization Society opens an employment bureau in New York for workers with barriers to reemployment. French miners resume pressure with 41 000 strikers, houses blown up, barricades, and troop reactions. coal cooperatives in Saginaw valley eyed to supply cheap coal at about one dollar a ton. Florence Woolston describes a wage-earning girls fraternity on New York's Upper West Side. St Petersburg delegates election for the municipal convention proves farcical with low participation and a split among delegates.
The Senate and House debated the railway rate bill amid acrimony and partisan speeches. New topics included a $927,000 Key West to Panama cable project and post office appropriation discussions. Several members criticized consultations with rail executives. votes on the rate bill were anticipated after lengthy debate.
Frightful disaster follows Mount Vesuvius eruptions in Naples with hundreds buried as roofs collapse in Monte Oliveto market. Reports describe scenes of religious processions turning to gloom, many suffocated, and widespread destruction across nearby towns including Ottajano and Portici.
John Alexander Dowie arrived in Chicago at 9 am Tuesday and went to the Auditorium Annex. A deputy sheriff reportedly tried to serve a legal document but followers blocked the attempt. Dowie vowed to pursue his Zion revival battle legally and warned of possible traps before moving to Zion City. The reception was loud and volatile with chants and calls from supporters and detractors.
Telegraphic briefs report painter Eastman Johnson died suddenly in New York. In Atlanta nine convicts escaped from a city van. one was recaptured.
Chicago reports brighter activity across factory work distribution and agriculture as spring weather boosts demand for apparel footwear and household goods. Despite the coal strike the scene shows strong building activity and heavy materials orders with rail and river trade hitting new records while failures rise in Chicago and Canada per Bradstreet reports.
The report aggregates bid prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York and Indianapolis with targets for wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs. Prices show wide ranges by city including Chicago hogs 4.00 to 4.20 dollars, New York cattle 5.00 to 5.80, Milwaukee staples and varied No 2 grades for grains.
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