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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
1
Zero degree wind driven snow hampered firefighters as 160 residents fled six three story tenement houses in the Bronx after a blaze destroyed the blocks. Rescue crews worked through drifts while fears lingered for those exposed. property loss estimated at $100,000 with no fatalities reported.
Milwaukee police swear a murder warrant against Milligan, companion of Florence Grover of Chicago, who died from carbolic acid poisoning. Investigators reject Milligan’s claim of death by his own action and pursue murder charges. Boston authorities also seek to prosecute Milligan for embezzlement if Milwaukee does not convict.
Nell McIntyre a Rochester jewelry wholesaler drummer was arrested in Colorado Springs at his own request. He alleges that on Oct 26 2004 he was robbed of a sample case valued at $500 and has since traveled the West as a tramp. He offers to return to Rochester without requisition papers.
An illustrated scene recounts the 1905 St Petersburg massacre with a bird's eye view of Vassily Island to the Winter Palace. It describes peaceful strikers marching, conflicting loyalties, government repression, and the deadly barrage that killed thousands, with foreign reactions and the note of barricades and reprisals.
Reports from St Petersburg describe Trepov as governor general consolidating absolute authority over military and police. Proclamation promises labor reform within law while warning strikers and agitators, aiming to quell unrest and address hours of labor and state insurance. Prominent figures like Maxim Gorky reportedly detained. broader movement for a constitution persists despite immediate suppression efforts.
The British government has not openly offered aid to the revolutionists, though leaders in the foreign office express sympathy toward the rebels amid the ongoing upheaval.
The article recalls Maxim Gorky as a Russian novelist and ardent revolutionist. It notes his arrest and prophesies about the end of absolutism in Russia, citing the bloodshed at the Neva gate and the rise of a lasting spirit against terror and the old order.
A summary of widespread disturbance across Europe. Russia battles incipient revolution while Germany faces a coal strike. France’s ministry has fallen and a new cabinet formed, with tensions in Austria-Hungary and looming Balkan unrest as Italy and Austria near border tensions.
Senate actions include a resolution allowing Committee of Interstate Commerce to sit during sessions, eulogies for John J. Ingalls, river bridge proposals at Yankton, and impeachment prep for Judge Swayne. Fortifications and District of Columbia appropriations advance. school funding rises to 150,000. trust funds for Indian mission schools. House discusses rate control, District and military academy appropriations, and a drive on the pres presidential succession act amendments.
In Washington DC reports suggest warships may be sent into Venezuelan waters to pressure Castro. The District of Columbia saw 1,491 incorporations in the year totaling 2,239,572,750 dollars in capitalization. Representative Maynard of Virginia recently introduced a plan to raise the President’s salary to 75,600 dollars per year, the Vice President’s to 15,000, and grant the President a life post-retirement pension of 25,000 dollars annually.
The weekly Dun & Co report notes broad strength in primary markets for foodstuffs and general merchandise for spring deliveries. Grain and leather demand rises, iron and steel use expands, grain shipments edge past last year, and rail earnings reflect moving titles despite severe Western weather. Bank loans rise, mercantile collections stay solid, and traveling salesmen report satisfactory staple orders with signs of future expansion in dry goods and country supplies. Domestic pork demand remains steady, but grain receipts and price changes show mixed movement. Business failures in the United States rise to 304 for the week ended January 19, with Canada at 57. Industry confidence remains high despite seasonal constraints and uneven distribution signals.
A comprehensive table shows bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York markets with oats rye corn wheat and butter eggs potatoes and other farm goods priced in various grades and units. Prices vary by city and commodity with typical cattle 3.00 to 5.78 and hogs 4.00 to 8.00 per hundredweight while wheats and corns range 1.10 to 1.85 and 42c to 48c respectively.
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