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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
9
Report from Clay County predicts a 2,000,000 bushel apple harvest across its orchards. Varieties like Jonathan and Winesap expected to be plentiful as growers tout a larger acreage and early plantings slated to support a bigger national crop.
Authorities assess Pachims Plnanin at Ehaty Street and Hawais health officials led by Dr. R. F. Neadripighaus report two days of inspections on East Side packing plants. Vague notes mention textile packers and condemned items, with inspectors directing actions in East St. Louis including butchers and grocers.
Senator William E. Mason and several companions endured a near disaster as their boat hit rough waters. The group, drenched and frightened, was rescued after a tense struggle with the current. Mrs Mason and Miss Mason were among those aboard during the perilous journey from 27 to St Louis.
Panic swept a German community as Mrs. Pred Kne wished to join her late husband in death. She bought a burial plot for two, acquired carbolic acid and a revolver, then attempted suicide after writing a note refusing to live without him. Neighbors found her, safety measures stopped the chemical intake, and she later consumed poison. a dramatic finale followed.
Dr Whitman, superintendent of the Illinois Northern hospital for orphans in Elgin, tendered resignation to the board. Trustees accepted after he refused to reconsider. Gov Deneen praised the Elgin institution as among the finest in the States during a campaign speech.
A violent wind and rain storm causes fatalities and damage. One man died after stepping on a loose electric wire. A child, aged 1, was killed when touching a live wire. Officials report deaths occurred during or after the storm as locks and fittings failed.
Centralia reports strong quail numbers with licenses issued in Nermilton county up to 2,100 dollars in treasury receipts. Despite higher license volume, game shows better condition, restocking efforts from southern quail shipments support local farms, and most birds remain alive amid enforcement.
The report by State Factory Inspector Davies covers 1905 findings with 71,338 inspections, including 5,332 closer reviews of establishments habitually ignoring child labor law. It cites 592,559 men, 165,088 women, 73,127 boys and 52,028 girls employed in the state and 510,018 in Chicago. The data show a steady decline in child labor since the 1890s and a drop to one child for every six to five adults under the new law. Convictions for factory law violations reached 1,001 statewide, with 70 in Chicago and 202 elsewhere, including cases under the child labor statute.
Attorney General Stead rules that the 1904 Illinois revenue act amendment exempting capital stock of mercantile and manufacturing firms coal mining printing and livestock corporations from taxation is unconstitutional. He cites constitutional provisions on uniform taxation and limits on exemptions, noting the act conflicts with the constitution and prior Supreme Court rulings.
The story details a secret Supreme Court session over a will case worth over 100000. Richard C. S. Reaugh faces disbarment for alleged conspiracy with H. N. Bradford to obtain 10000 from opposing sides by pressuring the court. Bradford disappeared after authorities filed charges.
In a Hungarian related case dated decades back, a wife tired of her husband paid Vosse Youngevitch $40 to leave home. He took the money and departed but later learned Youngevitch mistreated his children Raidisch complained. The involved parties include Raidisch and two men who were at one time rivals for a girl later married by Raidisch.
Reports describe a coordinated anti Semitic massacre in Bialystok with bomb and gunfire launched during a Corpus Christi procession. Jews slain and shops looted as mobs attacked across the Jewish quarter. many killed at the railroad station. The Polish city, 100 miles northeast of Warsaw, known as Versailles of Poland, faced a wave of violence.
The conference report on the statehood bill passed the lower house Thursday and Roosevelt signed it at 6 pm making Oklahoma and Indian Territory one state. Arizona and New Mexico become one state on condition voters approve later. A dramatic scene occurred as Speaker Cannon denied an insinuation about postponing the agreement. Federal courts will consolidate in Indian Territory with a single district and two judges per district, each earning $5,000 yearly.
Mrs. Louisa N Bullard funds a Harvard Medical School chair of neuropathology. Judge Harvey R Keeler eyed for West Virginia University dean. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid honors Miami University library fund’s fiftieth anniversary. Dr Esther B Van Bement wins Carnegie fellowship for classical studies in Rome. Columbus board of education raises teacher salaries. principals to $1250. Nohoken New Jersey salaries rise to 1000 with 48 yearly increases. Connecticut to Wisconsin list states and ages. Hebrew girls school on Second Avenue dedicated in New York City to teach cooking dressmaking typing bookkeeping and other profitable arts.
The piece surveys unrest across Europe with tensions in Russia Britain Spain and Austria. It notes assassination attempts on the Russian czar sporadic uprisings in Spain and Greek Romanian skirmishes. It mentions England’s educational debates and Africa Natal fighting as well as Turkish violence and Italian emigration.
San Francisco postal officials report 24 000 letters placed on the advertised list last week the peak since the conflagration. They expect totals to fall to not more than 18 000 next week as normal ranges are 3000 to 4000. Over four weeks about 200 000 letters were returned to general delivery with many having return requests on envelopes.
Dr BP W Palfrey argued the heart is controlled by muscles, not nerves, in a Reston address to the association. His experiments on rats suggested heart action can persist with muscles alone and persists after motor nerve paralysis. In a separate note, Japanese philosopher Naokuma Yamada is reported to have died by jumping into Aso crater.
The Congress debated the Panama Canal sea level bill and the Lake Erie and Ohio River canal measure while approving and discarding various conference reports. Key votes favored the lock type for the Panama canal and approved domestic material use, with further action on naval and agricultural appropriations and a war claims pause.
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