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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
14
A garbled report cites high death and injury figures in a Pennsylvania county with references to Ohio’s new governor and widespread industrial hazards. The text mentions Allegheny county, coal mines, steel mills, blast furnaces, and factory dangers, noting many casualties in the past year amid wartime or industrial activity.
Davidoff, a member of a Russian labor program, dies in a staged accident during a chaotic incident linked to failed reforms. The event occurs as the imperial court faces upheaval and mourns the ambassador’s family. Witnesses describe a tense scene where the emperor’s entourage seeks an escape amid smoke and alarm.
Fragmentary OCR reads about a state leader in seclusion amid political strain. Mentions meetings, duties, and hidden tensions, with unclear dates and names. The item hints at governance under pressure and possible policy clues, but specifics remain obscured.
Fragmentary text shows names and places with unclear details. It mentions Troutn Peenty and Phillips Bo Prrgson and a sale event referenced as occurring recently. The readable parts indicate a local page item about a sale or transaction with several distorted names.
Unclear OCR text fragment mentions various names and terms without a coherent story. Readable elements include scattered names and phrases, but no complete event, date, place, or outcome to summarize. The record reflects a damaged page with incomplete details.
A rural blaze at a Portage Prairie area farm killed three children as the house burned. Firefighters battled the flames overnight while parents escaped unharmed, with investigators focusing on the cause.
A chaotic incident left sixty people at risk as a lifeboat failure triggered a rapid evacuation. A crew, including Captain Pur, organized an orderly retreat to safety. Passengers and crew were rescued with no reported serious injuries.
Dean Harry Pratt Judson has been selected as temporary successor to President Harper as head of the University of Chicago. The appointment places Judson in interim charge while a permanent president is sought.
The Central Federated Union of New York admitted two clergymen to membership but denied them voice or vote in union proceedings.
Great Britain experiences sweeping liberal turnout as Unionists retreat and Labor gains momentum. Victory reshapes government prospects and party balance across regions.
The Michigan State board fixed the railroad tax at 3,020,526 dollars, boosting the assessed value to 207,000,000 dollars while reducing the tax rate to 1461.
The wool clip value is estimated at 2 500 000 dollars an increase of 15 000 000 dollars over the previous year.
Mestan beans believed responsible for insanity and death among a number of Winnebago Indians in South Dakota as authorities investigate the unusual poisoning incident.
Secretary Taft and Chief Engineer Stevens accuse the Southern Pacific railroad of blocking Panama Isthmus work to aid a steamship line, alleging interference that harms canal progress and national interests.
Gov Higgins of New York granted Albert T Patrick a reprieve until March 19 to allow production of new evidence in the case of the man condemned for the murder of William Marsh.
Ernest Dozois, middle aged resident of Mrs Annie Boocks Brook lyn boarding house, choked on a beefsteak during a game with three children. The woman, Mrs Boocks, forced her fingers down his throat to aid him, but his jaws closed on her fingers, necessitating cauterization to prevent blood poisoning. Dozois died and his jaws were pried open.
A Chicago jury in Judge Turbul's court awarded five Hedlund children against three saloonkeepers after their father John Hedlund, once a carpenter earning 1500 dollars yearly, fell into heavy drinking five years prior. The family suffered neglect until probation officer Caroline Blinn pursued action against the liquor sellers.
William E. Gregory was brought from Bonner Kentucky to Ironton Ohio on arson charges for setting fire to a Manchester restaurant and destroying about a dozen local stores. A farmer testified he saw Gregory lighting the blaze early morning and Gregory had earlier shipped two trunks of goods to Kentucky towns before fleeing.
A U S Navy cablegram reports the cruiser Brooklyn reaching Gibraltar with third division vessels after a severe gale. The Brooklyn suffered damage to its boots as davits were strained during the voyage, while the squadron endured extreme weather at sea.
George H Smith a clerk in the division superintendent office of the Great Northern railway in Minot North Dakota has been arrested on charges of carrying straw men on his payroll. Bogus checks totaling over 200000 were found. Smith was arraigned and bound over to the District Court.
At a street crossing in Erie, two freight trains passed as John Maras, a laborer waiting nearby, was instantly killed and Henry Emmerman, superintendent of the American Milling Company, was probably fatally injured.
Roy Darrell, conductor on a Union Pacific freight train, went insane after a collision with the Overland Limited in Wyoming a few weeks ago. The sole surviving crew member has lost his mind from worrying about the wreck, and the crew reportedly worked thirty six hours straight on duty.
The motion for a rehearing of the appeal for a new trial on behalf of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick of Cleveland was denied in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. The petition for rehearing maintained the charge of conspiracy was not borne out by the evidence.
An organization aligning with the State of Kansas forms to advance railway rate legislation. Delegates at the first convention in Wichita are urged to use the ballot to overthrow the power of great corporations.
Senate members seek to limit the President asserting he has invaded Senate prerogatives. The initial move proposes a Panama affairs inquiry focusing on the monetary agreement linked to Secretary Taft.
By the will of Andrew J Dotger of South Orange New Jersey the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute will receive a bequest of about $500,000. The donation is described as the largest individual bequest in the school's history.
A call for electing United States Senators by popular vote gains momentum with 22 states already supporting the shift, signaling broad bipartisan interest in amending the selection method. The proposal seeks to move away from state legislatures to direct citizen voting for federal senators.
Cassie L Chadwick known as the bank wrecker has begun a ten year term in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus for her crimes.
A satchel with several thousand dollars vanished from the National Bank in Newark as a man who had just collected payroll turned away for one minute. Police suspect an insider waited for the back to be turned and fled with the bag. The empty bag was later found in the bank hallway. An alleged swindler had been active nearby, confusing tellers in change transactions.
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Sunday closing law as applicable to Jews and Gentiles. Case State of Minnesota v Weissche involved Weissche, a Hebrew grocer convicted for selling groceries on Sunday. Court rejected claim of unconstitutional preference, ruling Sunday law justified as police power and Saturday Sabbath distinction noted.
In Topeka a high school student Fred Turapp aged US and a student at Washburn College attempted a hold up at a school entertainment. A struggle followed with Abner Rebemsem shot during the incident. Thrapp was captured and later confined. he had previously had a good reputation.
A major blaze began around 12 30 p m on Malambe street in a three year high fire. By 2 p m the fire was nearly under control burning two blocks housing poorer residents. The flames destroyed two public schools and an orphan asylum.
In Philadelphia, Judge Audenreid instructed jurors in the John W Hall case, former head of the filthiten bureau, to return a verdict of acquittal after nine days of trial.
In Omaha the city delivered a rare open lid as the Civic Federation’s vigorous campaign took effect, ending a period of tight controls and revealing a shift in local governance attitudes.
Mrs Bessie Hollister missing 24 hours was found slain at the rear of a North Side Chicago barn. Richard Ivins, a young man, confessed to the fiendish crime.
The funeral for University of Chicago President Harper was simple and impressive. The body was viewed by 10 000 persons and the hall was filled with those who could gain entrance.
Four persons perished as a sleet storm swept New York and New Jersey. A falling chimney crushed the upper floor of a tenement, leaving many others imperiled and in danger.
Ben Harris, a Black man charged with Ozro Park's murder at Berings Mill, Texas, was seized from officers at La Balle by a mob and lynched at Moscow. About seventy men took part in the mob action.
Adam Hauck aged 25 and Christiane Glauser aged 55 of Eureka South Dakota were found dead in a hotel room after blowing out the gas when retiring. Investigators report a fatal gas leak caused their deaths discovered next morning.
At a cabinet meeting President Roosevelt asked Secretary Shaw to stay as head of the Treasury Department until March 4, 1907, and Shaw agreed to continue in the post.
Former British prime minister A. J. Balfour loses re election in the eastern Manchester district to liberal rival T. G. Horridge. The result marks a notable swing in the area and ends Balfour's parliamentary tenure.
Samuel Humphreys a Brooklyn newspaper writer was arrested in New York over forged Norfolk and Western stock certificates valued at 14 000 to 15 000 He posed as Mr Collins a Philadelphia builder to sell them A lithograph stone and forged order trace connect a Wall Street office an accomplice at the railway offices is named Charles August Seton a promoter held on grand larceny charges linked to the case
Police probe ties death of sergeant George Colestock to an expose of graft in the St Louis police department. The report claims Colestock was found with a revolver at his Windsor hotel room as the investigation names several officers and a confessed informant from Cofestucks precinct claiming a protection record exists for weeks.
An ambitious project outlines a system to dike waters along Poot rer and Thygh Dimmers area to support a vast electric plant. Plans include aqueducts, power lines, and multiple sites with potential camps and infrastructure along a burned route near Burnt bork Wee.
Unreadable OCR fragments describe a fatal incident involving a furnace. Names, places, and dates are unclear but reference a heat related accident and possible investigations or consequences.
Cuty Marshal Thomas Radford was shot and killed by John Cumin, former city jailer. Cumin, who occupied rooms in a house owned by Cunneou, is under arrest after being moved from Enid to prevent mob violence.
A Pullman sleeping car on a train attached to a Terminal elevated line derailed over Carr street Sto Teouis, dropping fifteen feet to the granite levee. Eleven passengers were injured, one seriously, while the remainder of the train continued to Union station.
Pat Crowe and Arthur Levi were indicted by the Pottawattamie county grand jury in Council Bluffs Iowa for alleged complicity in a street car holdup on July 2 1905 in which about 60 dollars was taken from two conductors and a motorman.
Nels Nelson, a logger from Walkason Washington, killed his mother with a razor after she tried to shield his wife and children, then fatally shot himself after attempting to kill the rest. The wife and two children survived hospital treatment. the mother died.
A blaze at the West Hotel in Minneapolis costs ten lives and damages the hostelry by about 25 000 dollars. Spectators watched dramatic rescues as firemen battled the flames to cheers from the crowd.
The trial of George W. Beavers former chief of the salary and allowance division of the Post Office Department and State Senator George E. Green of New York for alleged complicity in postal frauds has been set for February 12.
William Rainer E Harper, president of the University of Chicago, died peacefully at his home in Chicago Wednesday after arranging his funeral plans.
John A. McCall and his wife filed a trust deed on their country home to secure the payment of 150000 to the New York Life Insurance Company.
William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, died after a yearlong battle with intestinal cancer. Attendants and family were at his bedside as he aged, his final words repeating a message of farewell and faith. He had been failing for weeks, with increasing pain requiring constant opiate relief.
Last Saturday morning Dr Harper's mind clouded then failing rapidly. Doctors Frank Lings and Charles Stall conveyed the news as he prepared his funeral and settled university affairs. The University of Chicago mourns a brilliant organizer and educator whose life dedicated to advancing learning and culture.
Chicago saw a historic surge in building activity with about 47 miles of frontage and total new construction around 140 million dollars for the year. Residential flats led growth, with permits above 5000 dollars reaching 2.84 million, while many new structures quickly fill as rents climb.
A severe earthquake in eastern Turkey's Harpoot district prompted a cablegram to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Boston. Many are homeless and destitute, and relief is requested. Manning C. Palmer was convicted of misappropriating funds from the failed American Exchange National Bank in Syracuse and sentenced to five years. The Importers' National Association closed its New York offices after two years. Martin Green of Worcester, Massachusetts, overseeing Chicago River tunnel plans, announced his engagement to Mrs. Joseph Sampson, formerly of Chicago and now of Wareham, Massachusetts.
Chicago reports indicate trade returning with little disruption to production despite animal balance repairs and a positive outlook. Prices remain firm, with heavy orders in steel, rolling stock, and railroad construction, while wholesale spring staples show favorable year over year demand. Retail focus shifts to clearances as colder weather boosts warm apparel sales and mercantile collections show higher defaults and bank funding activity.
The report notes strong wholesale orders and prompt shipments as a seasonal factor. Bank clearings reach record highs for the holiday period, with rail traffic and disposable spending expanding. Canadian futures show gains versus prior weeks, reflecting broad economic activity in early June.
Market report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with bids ranges for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and live animals from $1.00 to $8.00 per unit and various No 2 grades and standard grades.
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