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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
3
President Roosevelt aims to reform the Panama canal commission citing dissatisfaction with results. Plans include retiring Admiral Walker and reducing the commission to three members. Immediate supervision of canal work would align with Taft and the president’s ideas, with vacancies not filled.
Washington reports show total appropriations for the just-closed session at 818,478,914 for the year ending June 30, 1906, up from 781,172,375 the previous year. Livingston contrasts four-year Cleveland era spending with 1903-1906 totals, cites militarism costs under Roosevelt, and notes a revenue shortfall of 92,888,399 against appropriations. Hemenway projects current-year revenue deficiency not exceeding 18,000,000 due largely to 13,000,000 for new naval vessels and a 6,000,000 postal deficit.
Washington March 9 Bishops A Grant Alexander Walters and B W Arnett led a delegation from the sociological congress to ask President Roosevelt to back a congressional commission to propose a plan for improving Negro conditions. The group praised his call for equal justice and his nomination of Charles A Anderson as New York collector. They urged reducing congressional representation from states that discriminate. Roosevelt promised consideration while Rev Dr Dean Richmond Babbitt urged migration to the North and West for rights.
May succeed Bristow as discussions with Postmaster General Cortelyou boost William Q Edens as likely successor for fourth assistant postmaster general. Illinois candidates Lawson at Effingham and Dawes of Chicago also mentioned for treasury secretary if Cortelyou moves.
A garbled March 9 fragment mentions Chicagoans including Burnha Albert Dean Cur r M R French and Lyman J itchingon, with unclear context about an academy or institute. Names and place appear, but details are incomplete.
A bil passed the last hours of the session and became law, addressing incorporation among the founders of the American Academy in Rome. The move reflects congressional action on sponsorled cultural institutions and their governance. The language and exact incorporators named remain partially obscured in the record.
Washington March 9 Vespasian Warner Wednesday assumed his office of commissioner of pensions to succeed Commissioner Ware who retired Nov 14 last Warner was a member of the Fifty eighth congress from Illinois.
Roosevelt is said to have offered the position of United States district attorney for the northern district of Georgia to former Representative F. C. Tate, a Democrat from that state.
Washington, March 9 contracts for two submarine torpedo boats were awarded Wednesday. The vessels must be completed within eight months, with costs of 250000 dollars for one and 200000 dollars for the other.
In Granger Utah a gas explosion in the Mormon meeting house cellar during a Granger Mutual Improvement session killed Miss Nellie Mackay the church organist and seriously injured twenty six others mainly women and children. The building was wrecked and many were trampled in the panic as attendees fled the damaged hall.
In Vicksburg on March 9 a Black man named John Dolan drowned in the canal while fleeing arrest for stealing chickens. He waded into midstream with hands raised as officers tried to haul him. A second unknown Black man, presumed demented, leaped into a cistern the previous night to escape pursuit and was drowned.
St Louis March 9 Mrs L C Bohle lost a package of currency totaling 7000 dollars in the downtown district while transporting it from a safety deposit vault for a business transaction She was interrupted by a speeding automobile and later realized the money was missing Detectives were appointed to search for the funds and the case drew local interest from authorities and the public
Governor Vardaman issues a stirring address to Mississippi peace officers urging enforcement of all laws especially those against vagrants of both colors. He predicts crime will fall by three quarters if officers perform their duty. The appeal follows a white woman’s assault in Jackson.
Charlie Carlson, 28, confined in Aurora jail, hanged himself to the jail door after being driven by religious delusions and the belief he must kill himself to reach His Heavenly Father. The incident occurred on March 9 in Aurora, Illinois.
Wheeling March 9 four miners were killed and ten others seriously hurt when a cable broke at the Shrews bury mine near Charleston. Four of the injured likely will die.
Steve Van Allen, a pigeon and rifle shooter, broke a record at the Sportsmen's show in New York on March 9. He hit 919 of 1,000 two inch clay balls with a .22 caliber repeater, setting a new mark for the event.
In Danville Arkansas on March 9 James Ince of Whitely confessed to fatally shooting his wife and all three children, saying he feared he could not provide for them and would not be able to support the family.
Rome Georgia March 9 Bob Sutherland and Courteny Baker were hanged here both admitting guilt in letters printed in the Record.
Mysterious Japanese forces are reportedly approaching to seal the gap as Kuropatkin likely to surrender within a week. Miyako transmission notes Takamura and Nogi Oku armies enveloping around Tie Pass. Russian reinforcements from Harbin halted since March 1. Fu Pass bridge bombarded. Japanese cut railway north of Mukden. surrounding eighty thousand Russians with supplies severed.
London reports military critics foresee a complete Russian defeat amid a tightening Japanese ring. General Kuropatkin is said to have only a remnant left after sacrificing divisions. The Daily Telegraph notes 200,000 Russians enveloped and central forces nearly annihilated.
Reports from St Petersburg indicate limited knowledge of Mukden's outcome and Kuropatkin's beaten army status. Rail communication may be disrupted but not definitively cut, while Japanese forces push toward Hun river and Fu pass as Russian lines potentially withdraw behind the river. Censorship hides details as Kuropatkin concentrates reserves at Tie pass and Harbin to defend routes.
Journal dispatches from March 7 outline heavy combat around Mukden with Lt Gen Linevitch repelling 13 Japanese attacks while Kuropatkin's lines tighten and Oyama's turning movement disrupts Chinese neutrality. Reports from St Petersburg and Warsaw describe a possible decisive outcome as Japanese forces press west toward Mukden and Russian retreat actions unfold.
Russian forces under Kuropatkin face a difficult withdrawal after Mukden setback as Oyama’s forces press and rail disruption looms. Reports detail the cautious retreat plan, with a battle-worn army aiming to reach a defensible Tie pass while Japanese fatigue and casualties mount. In St Pierre, hunger and grip plague the area as relief efforts begin.
Chicago markets show butter and cheese prices with a range of grades and stock terms. New York reports list butter firmness and creamery variations, with prices for firm, choice, and standard items across dairy products and produce categories.
Grain prices for wheat corn and oats across Chicago New York Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City Milwaukee and Toledo are listed with bid asks and basis. Live stock figures cover cattle hogs and lambs in Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis St Joseph New York Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets with price ranges and averages.
Ottawa dispatch reports W J White chief immigration inspector says plans are nearly ready for a large migration from the United States to Canada. He estimates about 60 000 settlers will move to the Dominion this year, compared with 46 000 the previous year.
Rome reports Father Martin known as The Black Pope, general of the Jesuits, is dying from liver cancer. An operation was performed but his condition remains critical.
A movement aims to consolidate gas firms in La Grange Joliet Aurora and Elgin into a single fighting corporation valued at seven million dollars. The plan seeks a unified control to streamline supply and pricing across central Illinois.
Attorney General Moody leaves Washington for a week in North Carolina. J G Butler Jr reports 109 of 192 furnaces in blast for the Bessemer Pilg Iron association with a daily capacity of 67 579 tons. The National Coopers association holds its second session in St Louis. Roosevelt’s railroad rate action is commended. A B Ray of Chicago elected president. Rear Admiral Barker to sail from Guantanamo around March 23 to Pensacola to relinquish command to Rear Admiral Rebley Dhyans who will hoist flag on the Maine.
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