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A promotional note invites readers to stop by and save money. It highlights a price break on “Another grade” from 325 to 5.00 and a beat high wheel with ball bearings priced at 600 to 8.00.
23 May 1905
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
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A promotional note invites readers to stop by and save money. It highlights a price break on “Another grade” from 325 to 5.00 and a beat high wheel with ball bearings priced at 600 to 8.00.
Postponed Bowen-Louomis inquiry hinges on William W Russell who Bowen seeks to examine. Russell, ex-secretary to Loomis, is en route. Taft and the President approved the delay. Casper Whitney, another witness, testified but offered no material evidence. Also reports of automobile crashes injuring Police Chiefs McMilliken and Donahoe and others during a suburb tour. In Manh Chink Pa a father shot and killed his son John Yarras after a gun discharge during a retrieval attempt. the boy had handed the gun to his father for inspection.
In Philadelphia more than 100 members of the Alettadis Episcopal church marched to City Hall to protest a pending gas lease. The clergy presented resolutions praising opponents of the lease and Mayor Weaver vowed to use all power to block it, warning the city would lose a vast value and revenue. The event followed strong statements from ministers and council members who had opposed the agreement. The scene reflected intense local opposition to a deal viewed as a great iniquity to the city.
In Manchuria a junk filled with Russian officers is said to be captured during reconnaissance from Vindisostok. Imperial HQ reported enemy activity near Chang Tu and Chin Yang Pao with bombardments and troop movements. fighting persisted with reported heavy losses and a retreat by enemy forces. Meanwhile St Petersburg celebrated Emperor Nicholas II's birthday with pilgrimages to Kolpino and large processions.
Boston May 22 President Eliot of Harvard disputed Vanderlip's educational trust idea and argued bankers are as provincial as any class. He denied ruinous competition among institutions and warned against generalizing about professionals, asserting bankers share sharp limits in national practice.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Train heads U S warships enforcing neutrality in the Far East. The profile notes his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1804, command of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie in the Spanish War, and his standing as one of the navy's scientists while advancing American naval interests.
Twenty persons were injured and six seriously when a fast moving train collided with two others on the Third Avenue elevated line at 133d Street and Alexander Avenue in New York. The crash left wrecked cars teetering over the trestle as onlookers feared a deadly fall. Fortunate balance and clearance from the third rail prevented a larger catastrophe.
Five serenaders were shot at the Randolph Mayon Academy finale near Bedford City Virginia and Rosnoke Virginia. One boy suffered a facial bullet wound. Authorities say the serenaders had been warned to stay away and no arrests have been made. The Jeter Institute declined to identify the shooter.
Conference between Teamsters representatives and employers in Chicago extended for hours as both sides reported progress toward settling the strike. Employers insisted no reemployment of striking drivers, while other terms were reportedly accepted. Union leaders indicated optimism despite the rehire stance.
Philadelphia May 23 Attorney General Hampton C Carson refused to let the commonwealth use its name in an information in equity seeking an injunction to restrain Waight & Freese company from doing business in the state and asking for a receiver. The decision favored the defendant company and vacated the temporary receiver order on condition of a $19 000 bond.
Fresno California May 23 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian church voted to reunite with the Cumberland Presbyterian body bringing together the two largest branches. The Cumberland assembly debated union and split with a majority report approving the constitutional accord while a minority questioned it citing lack of constitutional right. The assembly adopted the proposal to allow separate presbyteries for negroes and foreigners amid a series of committees and plans for a 200th anniversary celebration in Philadelphia next year. Separate presbyteries within boundaries approved by one dissent.
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