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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1906
Page
1
General Chaffee receives ranking details from the Army staff, with Sate noting changes in command structure. Lieutenant General Chneet resigns from U.S. Army post effective immediately. President accepts. Chaffee seeks full duties before retirement, amid shifts in senior staff and command roles.
An advertisement touts Newbro’s Herpicide as a cure for hair loss and dandruff. It claims baldness results from germs and urges readers to request a sample stamp via The Her Derroic in Michigan. Special agent 3.A. Williamson is named.
Vienna reports an organized effort to pass Confederate bills, victimizing shopkeepers over weeks. Two arrests, one in Vienna and one at Agram, reveal a Roumanian and a Hungarian posing as Americans. Police issue warnings to merchants amid ongoing fraud.
Harrisburg January session centers on governor Pennypacker reform plan. White proposes uniform primaries on January and June, with polling at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Other measures fix salaries for the secretary of the commonwealth and insurance chiefs. Senate and House committees are named. party caucus plans aim to push the governor's program within 34 days.
Patrick Hip sieved, a New York lawyer convicted of murdering William Marsh Rive in New York City in September 1900, was granted a reprieve by Governor Higgins. Execution was postponed to March 19, a 56 day delay as counsel sought a hearing on newly discovered evidence before a trial court. Senator David B Hill and Judge MOCK attended the governor's hearing amid a two month illness.
The Maine and Pennsylvania are among Ansele re The Pennsylvanias latest formidable ships with a displacement around 15 thousand tons. The Maine carries 35,500 miles and a maximum speed near 18.9 knots. Crew details mention allied personnel and wartime roles.
A Norwegian bark Olaf Kyrre with 11 crew under Captain Kanita was rescued by the Cordillera on January 1 after five days of exhausting pumping. Captain Carton reports near despair before the rescue, noting the ship was extensively exhausted and in danger if not for timely aid.
Washington January 16 The Philippine tariff debate ends in the House after a five day session begun January 4 The measure will be taken up for amendment under the five minute rule today and perhaps sent to passage tomorrow A personal explanation by a member interrupted the debate as statehood was invoked in remarks about the tariff dispute.
Harvard has abolished intercollegiate football pending reform to satisfy the board of overseers. A secret meeting last week voted to ban the game until rules remove what the overseers call evils. The committee found present play involves trickery and foul methods harming players and morals.
President Roosevelt prepares a congress message backing a lock canal project citing present generation benefits and cost efficiency. He met with Senate committee members Kittredge Knox Dryden Hopkins and Ankeny and urged Republican support for Bishop’s nomination to the canal commission and to oppose broad salary cuts for canal officials.
Mrs G Nicholls widow of a former railroad superintendent and great granddaughter of Henry Muhlenberg, dies in Reading Pa. She was a noted philanthropist and Needlework Guild leader, former regent of the Daughters of the Revolution, and prominent in charitable and social circles. She had earlier resided in Philadelphia.
News notes report Penrose A BioCiain dies in Philadelphia from Brights disease and James S Cox killed with six others injured in a Delaware Hudson collision. The U S Geological Survey moves to Salton Sea where Colorado River waters divert into a rising lake in Imperial Valley California. C S Harle and two Americans Richardson and Major Benienne die, with possible prison sentence looming on an island offshore.
Atlantic City Jan 16 Captain Archibald and the Alberta crew refuse to abandon the Cherokee stranded on Ragtime Shoals. Waves wash over the deck and pilot house as two wrecking tugs hover for salvage. The vessel valued at about 500000 dollars may be a total loss. Captain Casto and the Alberta crew earned civic praise for rescuing 60 aboard. Citizens have started a fund for the captain and his men.
Mrs Grace Taggart, tied to a Wooster divorce case with Captain E. F. Taggart, sails from Cincinnati aboard the Cedric with her two sons for Europe. Report says she used the name Mrs Grace Thompson and was escorted by a trained nurse. Friends arranged the voyage without her knowledge to place her beyond Captain Tassart's reach before his departure for the Philippines.
The executor announced the late President Hern of Chicaco University left a small estate. It largely consists of use and a sum estimated near $50,000 for Sacred Literature necra in the work. The estate is placed in reserve, with the widow to be provided for.
The state health department adopts a new burial standard to protect nearby residents. Bodies must be buried at least five feet below natural ground, except where encountered, four feet minimum. Contagious cases require a coffin at least three and a half feet from the surface.
The report notes a court martial in Anmapo for Midshipman Trenmore Coffin convicted of hazing and misconduct as Gis Sai, and Gerald W. Balfour's defeat in Leeds with a Liberal majority of 1063. A decapitated Italian body found in Pinston leads police to believe a Black Hand act.
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