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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
7
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Desperate fighting erupts across Moscow as strikers and troops clash killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Police power expands as arrests exceed 2000 and a harsh proclamation authorizes police to shoot to kill those who resist. Bombs threaten the Cossacks and chaos grips Tversky Boulevard and the Pushkin monument area.
The political situation in the United Kingdom is described as decidedly mixed with Mr. Chamberlain as the focal point. His return to England and Bristol speech under Liberal Union influence are watched by all parties, as his movements are considered highly significant in the waning days of his public life. In Pueblo, Pauline Christman is sworn in as a police patrolwoman, believed to be the first woman in the west to hold such a rank, driving enforcement of ordinance on street expectoration and marking a key shift in local policing.
Census figures list France population at 39,119,095, an increase of 6,187,150 over two years. The data highlights rapid growth and provides a numeric snapshot of demographic change for the nation.
General Williams in his annual report to the secretary of war argues against retaining aging or ill officers in hard field service and calls for strict medical and technical exams for regimental command. He favors compulsory retirements to open high commands to younger officers and urges reforms in expenses, headquarters support, and coastal fortifications. He also proposes rifle ranges at Vancouver barracks and American Lake and recommends restoring the army cantoon.
Yale University freshmen conducted a two hour disruption around Pierson hall in New Haven on October 10, jumping on trolley cars driving off a policeman and frightening women. Blank cartridges water buckets and fire paper were thrown as York street was blocked. Warranted arrests were sought but the squad of 15 police quelled the outbreak with no arrests made.
In Aramingo a Reading railway coal train at a siding was struck by a southbound Harrisburg fast freight. Fireman Christian Zimmerman of Harrisburg and stakeman George W Emery of Reading were trapped between the firebox and tender and scalded to death. The engineer of the Harrisburg train leaped free with a fractured leg, while the coal crew escaped by leaping. Foreseeable fog hindered warning signals according to engineer Heisler.
New Orleans prepares for a presidential reception and entertainment to reassure the public that fever fears have passed. A procession will pass the Lee monument with thousands of schoolchildren waving flags as the president is escorted to city hall. The armored cruiser West Virginia will transport him to Hampton Roads on return.
Spokane, Oct. 10 Despondency from mourning his child drove W. C. McEwen a 30 year old plumper to kill himself at his home by shooting. He had been brooding over the loss.
Ellensburg Washington. On October 12 word arrived from the Nittitas representatives at the Portland exposition that Kittitas county has been awarded a gold medal for wheat oats barley and grasses.
Hastings Nebraska October 9 John Budenik shot his sister Frances 22 Jacob Budenik 52 Peter Smeall after entering the Smeall home near 131 West Second Street during the wake for Mrs. Budenik He wounded Frances and severely injured Jacob and Peter Both men are in a dying condition Budenik seized the opportunity to view his mother's corpse after being denied access while she lay ill He is jailed awaiting charges and the family quarrel is cited as the motive.
A detailed listing of Spokane area prices for produce, dairy, and wholesale feed including new potatoes at 60 65c cwt, onions 75c to 1, cabbage 1.25 to 1.50, oranges 25.75 to 6 per case, butter 28c lb, eggs 7.25 to 7.50 per case, flour 4 to 4.25 bbl, and livestock rates for steers, cows, calves, sheep, and hogs. Also notes market conditions in Davenport, Walla Walla, O K Market, Tacoma, Portland, and Minneapolis futures pricing.
Barrow in Furness England the duchess of Devonshire launched the armored cruiser Natal Colonel Vickers at a luncheon called it the most powerful armored cruiser in the world The Natal displaces 13 550 tons reaches 22 33 knots and carries four 7 4 inch guns two 12 pounders 28 three pounders and two machine guns
About one hundred doctors at the hospital walked out in protest after directors failed to meet their demands. Authorities urge private practitioners to assume patient care during the stoppage.
Pat Crowe is brought to Omaha from Butte under heavy guard after a weeklong arrest. A 2000-strong crowd at Union Station watches as Crowe is processed, he denies kidnapping links and says he seeks reform. He claims no haste for liberty, insists God will judge and his age appears under 36 with a stylish appearance.
Paris reports Mme Ackte the Metropolitan opera singer saved a drowning child at Helsingfors shore. While warning others she plunged into the sea in promenade attire, grasped the girl from a rock, and fainted before fishermen rescued her.
In New York on October 12 a 19 year old bride, Mrs Kate Duerr, was drowned in the Harlem river at dusk. Her husband and Charles Hahn, a boarder in the family, were arrested with Hahn suspected as an accessory. The mother Mrs Mary Messnick said the couple often quarreled and that Duerr threatened to kill his wife last week.
The treaty of peace will become effective once approved, with no need for formal exchange of ratifications in Washington. This information was provided by the Japanese legation.
Vancouver readers learn from Dawson travelers that authentic news places a major gold discovery about 200 miles from Tanana on a 20 mile long creek, hailed as the richest strike in the north yet reported.
John Whit tier and James Russell Lowell have been selected to be inscribed in the New York University Hall of Fame. The announcement highlights their literary contributions and lasting impact on American letters.
Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff notes a plaque over a Poona bakery reading Best English Loafer to His Excellency. The remark highlights colonial-era humor about an unnamed official or figure in India.
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