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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
2
At a New York dinner of the University of Rochester Alumni Association Senator Armstrong and Charles E. Hughes urged honesty in business and politics. They called for open play, publicity, and reforms to curb greed, linking reforms to college values and national character.
Charles P. McClelland testified at the legislative insurance inquiry recalling the $3,500 May 1898 Equitable Life voucher. He said he signed at Andy Fields request to secure funds for expenditures tied to Mutual Life and Equitable Life affairs. Also note Florence Italy wedding: Alice Gunsby wed Captain Pietra Andre Nih.
In New York on December 6 Tommy Hall surged to briefly lead Matt Downey in the Madison Square Garden six day bicycle race. The crowd woke and cheered as Hall pressed, but others caught up and Hall could not hold the advantage. Louis Trousselier and Docoup showed fatigue as the French team hovered with about 167 miles logged per team. In New Orleans on December 6 Gotowin was the only favorite to win at the Crescent City Jockey Club, with Attraction and Monaco Maid among early upsets and Edward E Hale defeating The Regent in the final race.
In New Orleans on December 6 at City Park track Bryan Beant defeated the favorite St Joseph by half a length in the fourth race, delivering the day’s best finish.
Ninety feet of roof at Charing Cross station collapsed during repairs in London. Forty workmen were affected with two killed, two missing, eight seriously injured, and twenty lightly hurt. The Avenue theater adjoining the station also sustained injuries to workers. No passengers were hurt.
The United Irish League of America sent a cable to BE Redmond M P to be laid before the Irish national convention in Dublin pledging fealty and support to nationalist Ireland under Redmond. It expresses unity behind the struggle for landlord abolition and home rule, and notes that the Balmoral government is a thing of the past.
Madison Wisconsin December 6 Governor La Follette announced he would accept the United States senatorship elected by the legislature at the last session His resignation will take effect during the current special legislative session or at its end In his message Governor Taft condemns New York insurance scandals and attacks the involved companies.
George W. Perkins was elected chairman of the Pern Marquette railroad and also became executive head of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton road after their merger. Morgan interests declined to confirm or deny reports that suits may be started against former owners of these properties.
An Italian torpedo boat confirms reports that the international fleet has occupied Lemos and plans to seize Smyrna and Tenedos. Each ship left twenty sailors at Mitylene as the fleet moves to new positions.
Washington December 6 report says California members of Congress unite behind a bill to extend the Chinese Exclusion Act to include Taiwanese and Koreans. The measure signals a hardening stance on immigration by the delegation.
FRANKSWORT Ky Dec 6 The state board of valuation and assessment has fixed the state and county tax on whisky at 10 dollars a barrel. The tax last year was 9 dollars per barrel. The tax is paid when whisky is taken out of bond.
Report from St Petersburg describes police dispersing a meeting of striking telegraph workers with Cossack force while a Moscow telephone strike severs communications to the capital. The unrest grows as union leaders push for broad reform and public sympathy widens. In Stockholm two Swedish warships head to St Petersburg to protect citizens. In New York Delos M. Urdy seeks dismissal of charges in the Jarvis case.
The readable text hints at a public sale notice with local officials referenced. Details are incomplete, but the fragment mentions auction action and municipal oversight.
Wisconsin and northern Michigan report twenty hunters killed this year with fifty-one wounded from accidental discharges. The rise marks more self inflicted deaths than prior years as hunters mistake shots for game.
Sixty workers at the Woodbury Granite company local sheds walked off the job over a dispute with several men. Management says a meeting is planned and a general strike could follow if no agreement is reached today.
New York December 6 Lawyest J T L Patrick condemned for the death of William Marsh Rice will be hanged today He will appeal to the United States court
General Wright, resting at home in Memphis, discussed visits to Washington and the Philippines railroad bids. He praised prosperity there and cited rising exports including rice. Miss Roosevelt’s visit boosted good will, and Filipinos seek continued American status and broader commercial reciprocity to improve living opportunities.
Captain Woodbury Kane, a Rough Riders member and close friend of President Roosevelt, died suddenly at the Hotel Algonquin in New York from heart disease. He was 1 brother of 8. Nicholson Kane and married Sallie Hargous Elliott last spring at Aiken, South Carolina. Kane was a son of De Lancey Tyane, a granddaughter of William B. Astor, making him a cousin to the Astors. his wife was a noted debutante in 1888.
CHICAGO December 6 State Senator Frank Farnum a leading local politician was arrested here in connection with the Kopf murder probe during a political feud No formal charge was at once filed but police say he will be held on murder charges George C Roberts an elector clerk in this city where the stabbing of Kopf occurred was arrested immediately after the crime
General Horace W. Carpenter of New York presented the Saratoga Infirmary trustees a 200 acre farm in Saratoga County The income from the farm is designated for the infirmary's support and endows the institution with 15060 dollars plus the land gift The donation enhances the county facility and its financing plans for care.
Money on call firm at .844 percent and prime mercantile paper at 5 percent. Exports of general merchandise from New York for the week ending yesterday valued at 11,303,071. Closing stock prices include Amalgamated Copper 90 1/4, Central 151, Atchison 87 4, Nort western 33 1/2, Penn R R 18034, Reading 123 5, CC C StL 108 4, Rock Island 26 1/2, Ches Ohio 54 1/2, St Paul 1756, Chi Northw 220, Southern Pac 67 1/2, Southern Ry 9 4, U S Steel 37, U S Steel pr 104 1/2, Louis & Nash 151 3/4, Metropolitan 117 1/2, Union Pacific 138 3/4, Missouri Pac 101.0.
Market notes show steady yet quiet grains with wheat firm on light receipts and bullish London and Argentine signals. Butter and cheese hold, beans and poultry steady. hogs and other staples show little change in price, with ranges listed for various grades and regions.
Market firm with prices for cattle including prime and veal calves. Hogs receipts light with higher bids for heavies mediums and pigs. Sheep and lambs supply fair with lower demand. prime wethers listed at 3.50 to 5.70 and common at 2 to 2.50.
The House considered appropriations for a Panama canal fund and discussed a joint statehood bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as Oklahoma. A sympathy resolution for Russian Jews was read, printed, and referred, urging the president to use friendly offices to curb future massacres.
Oscar Harrison was shot and killed near Kingston Newfoundland on December 6. He was last seen with a man named Cornell Vangasbeek whose cabin near Woodstock contained Harrison's crushed skull. A search for Vangasbeek continues. Clarkson, 23, son of the Kingston waterworks superintendent, is noted in connection with the case.
SAN FRANCISCO December 6 Minister Gristcom the American diplomatic representative at Tokyo arrived here and confirmed that Admiral Togo plans to visit foreign waters He says the admiral informed him of his intention to take a Japanese fleet to England and the United States next year He may travel via the Suez canal but is undecided about the return route
In New York detectives traced part of a $200,000 gems theft from the Glottauer Freres jewelry firm in Birmingham England. After a nine month global search they found two diamond necklaces in the Louis Rosenberg pawnshop on Eighth Avenue identified by the robbery victims.
London December 6 Colonel Wikin m Cody known as Buffalo Bill has been officially appointed instructor to the baby toon companies of the Royal Engineers at Isddershat. The report confirms his role and assignment within the British military establishment.
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The readable portion shows a railroad related matter with scattered fragments including a line about an open file. No clear parties or dates are legible. The text hints at a dispute or filing but lacks sufficient detail for full identification.
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