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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
1
Reports from Riga detail a brutal revolt with soldiers killed and 1,600 captured after a Febrile night assault on the Provodnik rubber factory. Mass arrests followed as troops stormed offices and houses, with at least twelve workers slain and dozens injured.
Governor General Doubasseft asserts insurgent resistance in Moscow has been crushed and troops dispersed. He orders a city wide sweep by Christmas Eve to root out revolutionaries with civilian cooperation, saying artillery paused one day to evacuate women and children and defending troops against accusations of cruelty.
Caledonia Minnesota January 5 A letter allegedly from Pearl Wheaton, slain by Matt Styer, and from her mother and sister, found after Styer’s death, argues Pearl promised to elope with him and meet at her home. The theory contends Styer went to aid Pearl, was shot at, and then killed himself after realizing his aim. Thirty letters from Pearl to Styer showing promised love were found among his effects.
Eight men and two women passengers and the train crew were trapped on a snowbound Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line train between Menomonie and Red Cedar from 8 p m to 6 a m. A bridge crew dug them out twice but fierce snow prevented rescue. The engine was detached and used as a snow plow to batter a path free.
Washington scene details a distressed visitor Mrs. Minor Mortis who demanded to see the president over her husband’s government discharge. She shouted she would camp at the White House until heard, but was bodily ejected after resisting officials. News also covers Senate and House actions on tariff reform, Philippines policy, and Puerto Rico citizenship.
Mrs Morris wife of Dr Minor Morris and sister of Iowa Rep Hull refused to leave the White House area, sat in a chair and shouted at officers, was carried to the east vestibule, placed in a patrol wagon, then detained briefly before returning to her hotel.
A bill introduced by Representative Hoe of Colorado proposes abolishing the Interstate Commerce Commission and creating a Transporta tion Commission with full powers of the former. It would act in the name of the United States to oversee railroad rates and practices, with a special transportation authority.
A roundup of disparate incidents: Anton Schaefer, famed northwest horseman, dies in La Crosse at 86. U.S. Supreme Court finishes Chicago drainage case hearings. Charles Short and Helen Clark wed atop Little Black Mountain in Virginia. Philadelphia minted 181,545,148 coins in 1905. Gallinger couple knocked down by Washington streetcar but unharmed. About 18,000 dollars stolen from an express pouch between Augusta and New York. no clues. Tokyo contemplates China-Japan treaty ratification with Count Katsura resigning cabinet. Ecuadorian government forces under Colonel Andrade defeat Teran rebels. Baltimore and Ohio freight collision near Chester, Massachusetts, kills conductor Henry A. Mulford. Recent earthquakes felt in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Prince Kujo Michituka dies at Tabyo. Chinese students in Japan face government supervision.
Bluefield W Va Jan 5 Twenty one miners killed by a blast of mine gas at Coaldale Coal Company shaft in Coaldale West Virginia. One body recovered that of Conrad while others remain entombed as gas and smoke hinder rescue efforts. Names listed include J. W. Larne Jim Sluss Larne Aladar Bruce Conrad and others. Chicago board data and livestock prices follow separate item.
Rome dispatch reports ten houses swallowed when the earth opened in Genzano, Potenza province, burying several residents. Fourteen bodies recovered as engineers work through debris while elsewhere telegraph notes indicate Santo Domingo unrest subsiding and Iowa Agricultural Union holds its annual meeting at Ames with college alumni and staff to speak at a banquet.
Condensed item reports Navy authorization to adopt army emergency rations for landing parties with about six thousand rations to be purchased. President Roosevelt urges broader landing party exercises spanning several days. Navy officials deem rations best tested for field use amid planned provisioning.
Springfield briefs detail Governor Deneen’s posted office hours for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., afternoons reserved for state business. Notes also cover new appointments, prosecutions of noncompliant corporations under Illinois anti trust law, and various local political developments across Illinois and adjacent areas.
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