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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
2
Taft sails for Panama and Roosevelt travels by sea. Congressmen push a rate bill while Maryland Democrats split over Gorman. A fire at Princeton College and a Minot prairie blaze cause heavy damage. Russian and Spanish politics, Cuba, and Japan figure in a tense international week. A Louisville Southern wreck injures many. Russia contemplates reform. Gierman defends Black enfranchisement. thefts and political upheavals fill reports.
Panic spreads through St Petersburg as rumors rise and shopkeepers seal doors. General Trepoff warns troops may fire if outbreaks occur while police try to keep order during the broad railroad strike. The strike remains firm, but no large disorder is reported.
More than two million women from leading U S organizations adopted a memorial calling for the unseating of United States Senator Reed Smoot. The memo cites his ties to the Mormon hierarchy and alleges he controls votes of eight senators, prompting unified action when Congress convenes. A national congress of mothers is planned for Los Angeles May 7 to 10 in 1906.
Paris reports a US push to resolve the Franco Venezuelan dispute with Minister Russell’s efforts, aiming to show Castro the US wants a quick settlement. Washington notes Albers’s 32 month sentence and rising trade, with grain and corn exports surging in nine months and 2 million more cattle arriving at major centers.
Descriptions from St Petersburg on October 28 report officials predicting bloodshed as troops prepare for possible action against revolutionaries. Across the city, streets lie empty, lamps are out, and shops close while civilians huddle at home amid escalating fear and looming shortages.
A runaway street car on the Williamsburg suspension bridge injures 25 people on the Manhattan approach. two are fatally hurt. The vehicle, out of control for about 1,000 feet, collided with another street car before stopping. Fire and police respond as investigators begin review.
Washington dispatch reports anticipated cabinet changes within six months of Congress reopening. Secretary Shaw eyed to resign, Cartelyon to move up as postmaster general, Moody to exit with Bonaparte likely to become attorney general, creating a navy post for George von L Meyer as ambassador to St. Petersburg.
May isolate capital as workers threaten a general strike across professions. Government resumes limited railroad service amid violence with Cossack guards at telegraph offices. Agrarian unrest reported in Samara. troops and artillery deployed in Kharhoff. League of Leagues backs a broad general strike and calls for doctors lawyers and engineers to cease work.
Sir Charles Hardinge plans to depart for London to pursue a British proposal for an Anglo-Russian understanding. The aim covers Tibet Indian frontier and Persia to prevent Germany Russia rapprochement. British envoy met the emperor and reported the talks satisfactory. Russian opinion splits with strong support and strong opposition.
Fragmented OCR report describes rising tension across borders with rail routes and troops mobilized. A priest-led session ends after midnight amid warnings of general strike and government restraint as unrest spreads and ministries hold crisis talks.
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