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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
6
A forthcoming India Railroad Commission report seeks to place interurban electric systems under the commission’s jurisdiction like steam railroads. It urges new powers to inspect, require data, and mandate safety and reporting rules while promoting broader authority over cross crossings, interlocks, and accident investigations.
A distressed parent recalls twelve years of misery from a skin condition that covered the child’s body with scales and caused daily burning itching and pain. Doctors failed to cure until Cuticura provided relief ending years of suffering and inability to work or eat.
By Gilson Gardner in Washington December. The interview profiles Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor re elected to a seventh term. He stresses humility poverty and a lifelong devotion to workers reporting on his finances, family, early life, language study, and views on labor gains and Roosevelt era policies.
A curiously hostile caricature portrays Samuel Gompers, leader of two million union workers, with a ferocious grin and exaggerated teeth. The illustration emphasizes a fearsome, bulldoglike impression, noting the subject’s formidable dentition and imposing jaw.
The Indiana commission may issue temporary and emergency orders on rates and routing to relieve coal transport shortages. It would have full power to relieve carriage damages from failure to move other traffic, with possible court appointment of an operating receiver if orders are ignored. Law changes could place sleeping car companies under its jurisdiction.
New York plans for the seventh national automobile show at Madison Square Garden set to open in January with lavish decor resembling a national event. Officials say 360,000 dollars is spent on setting, promising a scene of dazzling beauty worthy of attention from President Roosevelt and foreign ambassadors.
MARLENE PEW reports in New York that major railroads push large capital increases, each following the other with vast bond and stock expansions. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Southern Railway, Wabash, New York Central, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, and others hike stock and bond totals amid speculation and calls for tighter oversight.
Special to The Sun from Evansville Indiana on December 24 reports Mrs Harriet Denny widow of Ané Inte Charles Denby a minister to China is critical and the end is near. Most of her children are at her bedside.
Fort Wayne Indiana Dec 24 Special to The Syn William Kastettar head of Restetter Woodenware announced he married Edith Haley Howanatein in Lansing Michigan on November 25. They were schoolmates twenty years ago both families recently lost their parents.
Chicago detectives probe the death of Nicholas De Raylan a secretary at the Rugslag consulate who reportedly lived as a man for years. His will bequeaths all property to a 13 year old son residing in Chicago under the name Harry George De Raylan. Probate court will demand proof of death and kinship as the deceased’s true identity and parentage are disputed amid a noted romantic intrigue across borders.
James Li Penrod, long a wanderer, returned from Alaska to Seattle where he learns his wife has remarried and found happiness with another man. Once a Denver policeman, his fortunes faltered during a panic before he disappeared. He later sought a farm in Chehalis, vanished, then learned his wife had relocated and remarried. He plans to head north again.
Washington dispatch reports Kiang famine worsening with brigandage and rioting in adjacent districts. Chinese government plans canal work for destitute refugees as aid agencies fear a dangerous crisis. Refugees gather in nearby cities with scant relief. message dated December 4.
Henry George discusses immigration, taxation, and land value in Japan and California. He argues labor tax shifts could curb emigration, boost Japanese workers at home, and reduce Asian labor competition in California, predicting Japan may reform taxation to attract workers domestically.
Special to The Fox describes Herbert Knox Smith rising from a Hartford ward role to state legislature and a push from Gov. Roberts and Theodore Roosevelt. The piece portrays his integrity amid bribery rumors, his stance against railroad bribes, and his personal life details.
At Great Notch station on the Greenwood Lake division conductor William Monaghan sustained a fractured jaw and cheekbone after an animal on the track was struck aside by a passing westbound train. Brakeman William Smith suffered internal injuries after falling from a box car and John Cauitt, an engine tender, had multiple fractures. Resident of Caldwell, New Jersey.
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