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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
1
A late article outlines a tense race for city council leadership as Republicans seek concessions. Reports say a Friday deadline may yield an agreement on a president, with factions maneuvering over Ford Collins or another candidate and potential committee captures.
Peter Christ, a peanut vender, was struck by an automobile near Abdens on Weald Avenue in Garwood yesterday. The vehicle belonged to the Agalisa Pints Company. The report notes the incident and the driver’s details are unclear due to the damaged text.
The City Council approved funding to establish a laboratory at the Board of Health offices in West Scott Place to test milk and other uses. The project includes hot and cold water, piping, and ready testing apparatus. Samples from Lehigh Valley and Central Railroads will be tested to detect adulteration.
In the Court of Common Pleas this morning several born residents were granted naturalization papers. One applicant, who represented himself as 30 and from sunny Italy, left the courtroom greatly disappointed as the court refused to grant citizenship. The judge reminded him of sworn statements made earlier and upheld the original decision despite explanations from his witnesses.
Westminster lecture room hosts an address by E De Smith who will speak on home mission soil. Friends are invited to attend the lecture and hear the speaker explain the topic and aims.
Aug Smith of Cranford collapsed during an epileptic episode. He was attended to at the General Hospital where he received treatment for the attack.
Jacob Trost aged 29 a railroad employee of the Central Railroad Company and resident of 127 East Jersey Street died in a North Lawrence Massachusetts accident while on holiday. Funeral services conducted by Rev Joseph B Ferguson of Greystone Presbyterian Will be held Friday at Rosehill with burial at a local mausoleum. He had resided here a few months and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Also notes misprint misdates and a second obituary line for Miss Wilhelmina Cudbem Waters of New York City with details of address and expected events.
Tattle from Westfield notes Moody’s push to regain leadership as the Democratic County Committee plans its annual meeting on Broad Street. Three candidates vie for chairman, with Moody and Crowell both in the race and party factions split over the future direction and potential reorganization of the county committee. Local Democrats debate whether to back continuity or change as they head into the coming year.
City council deadlock delays monthly payrolls for police, fire, street cleaners, and other city employees. With funds tight and December bills unpaid, workers fear cash gaps while council seeks a new president. Some plan to request half wages now, others to pursue remaining sums later.
Plainfield January 3 The annual reorganization of the Common Council ends Republican control after twelve months of factional strings. Ralph I. Toles is chosen to lead again, but committee chairs are weakly assigned with no major figures. The reform council approves a $60,000 sewer extension, vetoed by Mayor Buckle.
A Washington dispatch reports a commission probing labor for the Panama Canal favors indentured Chinese coolies. It notes recent shipments to mines and implies plans to recruit laborers for canal use, with contractors ready to deliver workers and take delivery payments.
Hearst broadside historic summary notes municipal ownership aims for New York City gas and electric plants and street railways funded by sale of public service certificates. It covers eight hour work day, civil service exams for election officers, and independent nominations by signature thresholds for Congress and state offices.
Secretary Bonaparte ordered a review of the explosion aboard the Bennington and the related trial. The court may exonerate or fault Ensign Wade, but the full record will be returned to More Island, California, for reconsideration and possible sentence adjustment by the Navy Department.
The City of Pueblo with about 150 on board rolled helplessly in a heavy sea off the mouth of the Colombia. Captain Preble of the Nelson reported near-collision while attempting to tow lines. Passengers faced danger and possible scarcity of provisions as rescuers weigh options.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a note about a dynamite incident, with unclear wording and several garbled names. No clear event, date, or location emerges beyond a possible plan or commentary. The readable bits point to a sensational phrase rather than a concrete report.
Albany November chaos over United States Senator Channeng Me Depew prompts a resolution by the Senate demanding his resignation. The motion cites persistent allegations of misconduct and failure to properly represent the state in Congress, urging Depew to relinquish his seat.
Albany January 3 Governor Frank W Higgins in his annual message to the Legislature discusses insurance regulation. He urges calm courageous and intelligent action to cure not kill preserve not tear down. He notes policy holders demand better state oversight and that solvency alone is no longer enough. He calls for requiring insurers to invest assets for policyholders benefit and to curb lavish salaries and director campaigns. He advocates a radical revision of life insurance law and closer state regulation, citing Germany as a model for careful investigation and publicity. He warns New York must pass a drastic but practical reform aligned with public confidence or risk failure to meet expectations.
Wall Street opened active with uneven, aggressive short selling and scattered gains. Leaders like Baltimore and Ohio and St Paul advanced while industrials rose, steel and other shares fluctuated. government and other bonds moved on a cautious, varied market.
Reported in Camden on January 3 about Yegmen annual visitation to Bonth Jurcey with plans to blow a post office in Woodktown using silphar dynamite and fusew. The attempt failed as they fled, then targeted Harrisonville and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad office, abandoning the effort at Tomlin station amid a chaotic sequence of break ins and evasive actions.
J P Hansein is named president with no Democrat candidate raised. Dr Reilly elected vice president after a brief contest. Groves and Shirrefe vie for other positions as the board organizes for 1906, with Reilly and Townley set on the finance committee and two school examiners to be appointed.
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