18 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1905
Page
1
Baron Rosen who aided M. Witte in securing peace at Portsmouth has a pretty sixteen year old daughter Baroness Elizabeth. She is said to bid fast to become popular in Washington society and speaks English as well as her native language.
The committee's report to the National Grange urges moral support to government officials pursuing punishment of public office misuse. It calls for more government power via the inter state commerce commission and notes no full solution to the evil is offered beyond backing Roosevelt's drive for reform.
An advertisement argues that treating dandruff requires addressing the underlying cause rather than applying irritants or oils. It promotes Herpicide as a product that kills the dandruff germ, enabling hair growth, and directs readers to purchase through druggists or send stamps for a Detroit based sample. The notice is signed by J A Williamson, Special Agent.
Assistant Registrar Tarbell details large legal-retainer expenditures by the Equitable Society in California 1897. He cites vouchers and letters, noting costs could have reached about 20 000 dollars without defense. Testimony links to Senator Platt and other officials as investigators press for full accounting.
Baroness Speck von Sternburg wife of the German ambassador to the United States is described as one of the handsomest women in Washington’s diplomatic corps and a perfect type of Irish beauty. Formerly Miss Lillian Langham of Louisville, she met the baron on an ocean liner and they married.
New York police nabbed a thief identified as John Schmidt who hid in packing cases at Security Storage Company's warehouse with $700 worth of stolen goods and tools. An employee detected the intruding burglar after a box moved unnaturally, leading to the arrest of the accomplice Robert Arnoul who arranged the theft.
Chicago, Nov 18. William S McSwain and William Cole were arrested on charges of attempting to blackmail Armour & Co. for $40,000 over stolen letters tied to the beef trust probe. McSwain, a former Armour stenographer, tried to trap executives by staged meetings with attorneys Rosenthal. The scheme collapsed at the Auditorium hotel when detectives arrested the pair.
A fragmented report details a suit where a husband sues a wife over marriage amid alleged desertion and a large sum of money thrown into a river. Court notes cover taxes, wages, and factory data from Delaware, with a New York item about a grown up child returning four dollars for damaged school supplies.
Albert Farrar of Utica confessed in New York court that he traveled to New York City to vote at a megara lly election. He said a Republican district leader introduced him as the son of a party member and paid him for his ballot. Farrar received fourteen dollars for his vote and awaits sentencing.
A powder magazine near Marion North Carolina exploded injuring and killing fifteen people. The blast occurred at Spice Pine just outside town and was felt as far away as Morganton twenty one miles distant. Telegraph lines were out in the remote scene delaying reports.
Ida E Farnsworth of Harrisburg Pa found dead with gas on in home. Riverside Bridge Works at Martins Ferry Ohio destroyed by fire causing 200000 loss. Jane Altman killed and Martin Kyle and Steven Carlop fatally injured by freight train near West Leechburg Pa. Rhode Island population 480082 per state census. Roosevelt to name William Henkel US marshal for SDNY.
Reports from St Petersburg describe a widening revolt among troops and a crackdown that left soldiers dead and dozens of officers shot for conspiracy. Workmen's delegates debate ending the strike as factories face resumed operations and leaders push for a final demonstration of power. Moscow shows guarded signs of return to work and limited sympathy for St Petersburg agitators.
Fragmented report notes Enterprise Bank of Wilkes-Barre and related parties facing legal action in Pennsylvania with a November 24 hearing for claims of four forty year bonds and a state pursuit. Montana Supreme Court ruling strikes down a law as unconstitutional in a class action against Cudahy and other meat packers for price fixing.
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