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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
1
In Zlatoust and Samora large workforces seized factories and raised red flags declaring a republic. Troops clashed with rebels near Nizhny Novgorod. casualties reported. Moscow reports feeble resistance as authorities arrest revolutionaries and bomb stocks, while officials survive an assassination attempt on Governor Medam by a Red Cross youth.
St Paul December 29 The supreme court today handed down an opinion that the inheritance tax law is a constitutional and valid legal enactment The decision is exceedingly important for years attempts have been made to frame an inheritance tax law that would stick
Paris dispatch states the foreign office declares no ultimatum has been sent to Venezuela. It dismisses circulating reports as stemming from conferences between Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand about further instructions to Minister Russell in Caracas.
New York and Springfield dispatches report District Attorney and investigators compiling volumes of evidence for the Armstrong legislative committee. David B. Hill remains ill and unavailable to testify about his Equitable Life retainer, as a special grand jury is likely in February. Charles T. Yerkes died at 2 20 PM. his career spanned Chicago streets, London, and Paris. The Iowa United Brethren conference renamed Western College to Leander Clark College. Gov Deneen condemns Hopkins loyalists over federal patronage in Cook County and Will County, planning action in coming interviews before any new appointments.
Chicago reports socialists plan to test the new Illinois primary act after it bars them from state and Cook County politics. Four Chicago wards met the 20 percent threshold to qualify for primaries, prompting a county central committee meeting to pursue court action.
McKeesport Pa Dec 29 Mrs Hattie Sweeney died from severe burns and eight other Sweeney family members were seriously injured when a natural gas explosion ripped through the kitchen of their home. The accident underscores the danger of gas leaks in residence.
A Chicago Tribune article recounts how agents confronting Standard Oil faced a vast secret system. It shows the company’s reach across the United States and possibly abroad, using threats and influence to hinder government probes. The piece details efforts to block investigations, fix prices, and stifle prosecutions.
A New York meeting of college leaders concluded with the formation of a seven member rules committee to work with the existing intercollegiate body in Philadelphia on revising football regulations for next season. The session, after initial calls to abolish the game, elected officers including Palmer E. Pierce and W. D. Wild.
Lieut Eduard Scharrer of Stuttgart and Miss Wilhelmina Busch daughter of Adolph Busch the brewer will quietly marry New Year's Day at the Busch mansion in St Louis. They had eloped to Belleville but failed to secure a license and returned home.
Washington reports reveal an interstate commerce commission statement about a meeting with western railroad officials led by Har riman lines traffic director Mr Stubbs. The aim is lawful cooperation to enforce rules, report illegal transactions, and show united resolve to conform in good faith.
In San Domingo President Morales reportedly fights near Jaina with a small force as Jiminez’ troops move from Monte Christi toward Santiago. San Domingo City remains quiet though apprehension grows amid ongoing conflict. Separately in Illinois Governor Dunne appoints Fred Draper as Vermilion County judge to fill a vacancy and Theodore Boltenstern as public administrator and guardian for Henry County. Racine’s ex-mayor and noted shoe magnate Joseph Miller dies at 72 from heart trouble.
Springfield Alabama December session ends with officer slate elected including J N Mercer as president and Frank W Darling as first vice president. Debate centers on football abuses in high schools and small colleges with calls for reform and rule revision to curb brutal games and extravagan ces. A committee on legislation may be appointed.
In Manila on December 29, Filipino speakers urged immediate independence and pressed W J Bryan to champion their cause with the American people. Bryan gave no promises, leaving the natives disappointed while Aguinaldo attended. The menu showed an American flag with an insurgent banner, and Americans elsewhere praised Bryan's conservatism.
Eight indictments by the federal grand jury target Louis A. Gourdain and John H. Dalton for alleged fraudulent oil land options in Louisiana. A separate report credits Minnie Thompson with blocking a switch move on Rock Island tracks, revealing Chicago paid $70 yearly per arc light for 144 lights and that 125 intersections lacked required lighting, costing the city about $250,000 annually.
A west Pennsylvania railroad wreck at Ross Transfer near Pittsburg injures three seriously and many others slightly. The seriously hurt are Cors Dagan of Hoboken New Jersey, William J. Hood a brakeman, and Thomas Burger. Also reported: cashier out of prison, rearrested. Eldora Iowa, Dec 29 Edwin O Soule formerly cashier of an Iowa Falls bank, who embezzled $50,000, finished his sentence at Anamosa penitentiary and was arrested on embezzlement indictment.
Washington report from December 29 notes optimism over Panama canal construction as Chief Engineer John F. Stevens supports rapid development. The commission asks to remove red tape and exclude isthmus labor from the eight hour law and Chinese exclusion act, warning the 8 hour rule raises costs by at least 25 percent.
In Minneapolis on December 29 a blaze gutted Higgins tenements on Minnehaha avenue. One woman, Lorraine Buckliff, 69, died. several adults including Stephen Lewis Barber, Mary Foley 43, and A. V. Wells were injured. Twenty seven families were displaced, losing all possessions as the fire started when Mrs. Foley tried to light an oil stove.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on December 2 three railroad workers died when the Chicago and Erie freight engine derailed as rails spread near Disk, about 20 miles west of Huntington. Engineer John O'Brien Fireman Cicil Oliver and Brakeman Lem Fisher perished in the cab, all residents of Huntington.
Five inches to a foot of snow blanketed Wisconsin and Michigan's northern peninsula. Rail schedules were disrupted with trains running several hours late. A separate dispatch notes a raging blizzard in Madison Wisconsin today.
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