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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
7
Crowds of striking workers in Moscow, many armed with revolvers, loot factories stores and homes of the better class. Several city quarters report injuries from gunfire as police efforts fail. Cab drivers and domestic servants have joined the strike.
A Sunday express train crashed into an accommodating Marlborough bound train at Baker's Bridge station near Lincoln Massachusetts. Eighteen killed and over thirty seriously injured as thick weather hid signals and the wreck caught fire. Names of the dead include Eugene Barnard and Lyons with many unidentified bodies recovered.
Reports from St. Petersburg state there was no conflict at Sebastopol as of November 28. About 4000 mutineers from multiple fleets were present with roughly 8000 people including sailors and support personnel. Brest and Bielostok regiments defended the garrison while authorities suspect revolutionaries orchestrated the mutiny influenced by Cronstadt.
William McWilliams, 30, is under arrest near Independence Iowa accused of killing his wife and five children. A coroners jury is expected to name him the murderer as new evidence is secured. Neighbors note odd behavior since a sunstroke and possible insanity assessment.
Robbers stole 800 dollars and silverware from Pleasant Plains Illinois bank vault and escaped on a hand car after failing to blow the safe. They also looted 150 dollars from the post office at Fairmount near Danville Illinois.
Last week's official statement from New York associated banks shows a further improvement in reserve conditions. The cash gain anticipated by preliminary weekly money movement estimates foreshadowed the improvement.
The passage cites Mark Twain mocking European breakfasts by proposing to nail cuttlefish bone to a chimney and pick at it with a tin bill. It contrasts this with his preference for Pillsbury's Vitos with cream and sugar as a typical American breakfast. It then notes Bank of England notes printed on linen scrap paper and that twisted notes rope can bear 359 pounds.
M. Takahira the Japanese minister plans to depart for Japan in early December and will be away from Washington for the season. He will host a small stag party on the evening of December 7 to say goodbye to friends.
An old advertisement from Olmsted Le Roy New York offers Allen's Foot-Ease and Allen's Foot-Base free samples. It claims to cure sweaty hot swollen feet and rubbing causes, ease tight shoes, and treat corns bunions and ring nails. The ad notes all druggists sell it for 25 cents and warns not to accept substitutes.
The North Pole piece claims a Scotchman will be discovered in the arctic enterprise. It lauds the Highlander as a premier pioneer of the American west. It credits his formidable strength to frontier life and porridge at breakfast and compares vigor to Pillsbury's Vitos.
The United States sold to Canada last year exports valued at 166 million dollars, over 62 percent of Canada’s imports and 11 percent of U S exports. In Butte a saloon raid netted six alleged cracksmen tied to a yegg gang that dynamited four safes. leader Joseph Sprick, a Chicago native, is noted as highly skilled, with others from Portland and elsewhere.
Texas Congressman Henry recalls entering Congress in 1896 when Texas had 13 representatives. He notes the 1900 census added three and predicts the 1910 census will add four more, totaling 20, implying a Texas population around 4.5 million.
The Internal Revenue Collector for the Utah Idaho Montana district will not be moved from Salt Lake City and no change in the officeholder is expected.
Mercury containing catarrh remedies are warned against as harmful. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is claimed to be mercury free and taken internally. Testimonials are free. sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Piso's Cure for Consumption touted for coughs. Argentine government offers $2000 monthly subsidy to ships adopting refrigerating systems for Buenos Aires to Lisbon or Vigo in 15.5 days.
Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris daughter of General U S Grant spent the summer at Poland Springs Mo and hosted several successful progressive euchre parties. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup during teething. A light social anecdote mentions a couple who were engaged last summer and discuss the man sitting behind them.
Arthur C. Rutzen, inventor of a perpetual motion machine, says a $1,000,000 company is forming with him as controller. He has refused $365,000 cash for the invention, claiming its value is many times that. He says horsepower depends on springs and installation, and a box eight feet square can yield 3100 horsepower for use in cars, locomotives, or elevators at greatly reduced costs.
Noted English navigator reports waves along Spain often reach 42 feet. Readers are urged to try Pillsbury's Vitos wheat food and ask grocers for it. The state department schedules “Diplomatic day” every Thursday.
The king of Italy is praised for driving skill and mechanical handiwork. The piece notes a medieval Stratford fair with eight oxen and twelve pigs roasted in the streets. Also listed are assay prices and a Colorado lead mining note mentioning carbonates and a Hoang Ho bed in China.
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