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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1906
Page
2
Washington Novermber session opens as Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon preside. Lawmakers greet old colleagues while preliminaries set, and a formal notice to the president is expected tomorrow. Nicola kills Nicola and shoots Mrs Scott then commits suicide after a divorce dispute and an earlier marriage.
The article notes Congress will struggle to act on fourteen major supply measures totaling about one billion dollars before holidays. Debate centers on the tariff, inheritance tax proposals, currency reform, and trust issues, with Japanese relations and Negro soldiers' discharge likely to receive attention. The Senate plans consideration of Senator Teed Brown’s care, while uncertainty remains over broader outcomes.
Minnesota will receive over 67000 from the federal government for state issued Indian war bonds from the early 1860s. The bonds totaling 89000 were sold in New York after the state guaranteed reimbursement of expenses to quell the 1892 Indian outbreak. Auditor Iverson and Attorney General Young pressed the claim in Washington for over a year and secured federal repayment.
In Guernses County Zanesville a pair of youths, Tames Nicals aged 10 and Tenjawin Scott aged 8, were central to a fatal incident in the village of Riddlebourne. Scott was shot and the remaining details indicate a grave mishap.
At LaGrange Missouri a quarrel during a theatrical performance led to instant death for Duvall and fatal wounds to Rohon and Stuart. Millard was wounded, while constable Lohou helped levy on trunks belonging to Gilbern Danakisan. Stuart and Millard were actors. The dispute involved claimed property.
Chicago scene unfolds as Young, aide to the strike organizer known as the Czar, promises revelations of labor scheming. He recounts a $1500 division among leaders in the Stock Exchange saloon with Shea receiving $300, then triggering a strike at Montgomery Ward by workers, while others paid back to the garment workers’ agent as honorariums.
Disaster struck near Vergennes when a fast gravel train rear ended a passenger train on the Rutland railroad. Four women passengers died. at least twelve others badly injured. The dead include Mrs. W. A. Lawrence, Miss Corinna Stowe, Mrs. Nellie Barnard, and Miss Rosetta Faulk. Serious injuries reported for E. M. Dyke, W. B. Simpson, Mrs. W. J. Simpson, and W. W. Van Treuter, with potential for more deaths.
Susanville Ind December 3 Constante and E M Saunders were shot and fatally wounded by George Phipps owner of a roadhouse The shooting allegedly an accident Brisey and Marvin City followed by gunfire on the roadhouse forces entry Venstable Saunders and a policeman arrived Phipps fired wounding Saunders He was arrested for the incident.
Four hundred miners at Calumet Michigan began strikes at the Osceola mine demanding a twenty percent wage increase for miners, trammers, and helpers. The action involves Dees and Four nn dred Ginerz crews and aims to press for higher pay amid mounting labor tension.
Funeral services for Samuel Spencer, late president of the Southern Railway, attracted rail officials financiers and prominent public figures from across the country. The ceremony at St Johns Church and the burial in Oak Hill cemetery drew attended by Vice President Fairbanks Justice White and J Pierpont Morgan among others, reflecting a rare collective homage to a famed railway magnate.
The Washington service for President Spencer featured five minutes of silence on all Southern Railway lines. Bishop Satterlee led prayers at St Johns Church with Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith, and the body was carried by Black porters who had served the company. Floral tributes from President Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, and railroad officials were distributed to charities. Telegraph operator Mattoon claimed no responsibility for the disaster in Rangoon.
Maedind West Virginia December 8 facing a cash crunch as treasurer G V Chandler fails to pay vouchers. County funds on deposit in Chandler banks collapsed, totaling 11 000. Macomb city holds 1500. No receiver sought yet as assets and liabilities of the banks are assessed. Depositors anticipate Chandler will honor creditors in full amid railroad finance troubles and political withdrawals.
Ann Arbor Michigan December 8 The formal presentation of the new portrait of President James B Angell of the University of Michigan will take place Saturday afternoon in University hall The painting by William M Chase of New York is a gift to the university from students faculty and alumni Funds are being raised under the Michigan Union The portrait will be presented by Professor Henry M Bates and accepted by Regent Loyal E Knappen of Grand Rapids A formal address will be delivered by Professor Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell University.
Bloomington Indiana December 8 report on a Monon railroad express train that nearly derailed after an open switch was forced into a siding where stone cars stood. The switch was broken off and set to trap the fast train. Authorities believe attempted robbery of the express car prompted the act. Related items note fatalities in Saginaw and a landowner killed near Arcola. A young girl died in Evansville from a yard fire incident.
Scattered items report campaign spending near one dollar per vote in the British Isles elections, U S society celebrations, wage raises, antitrust protests in Kentucky, a 71st birthday for Mark Twain, and multiple international notes including a Japanese to China administrative transfer, Franco Spanish trade talks delay, and Italy US pork import restrictions. Also reported are a Washington coal transport shortage, a wife murder suicide in West Virginia, and a Chicago suicide linked to Hoosac Tunnel issues.
Mrs Helen Post of Sea Breeze Florida, once famed as a mental healer who advertised cures by mail, admitted she could not cure herself and paid a $500 fine. Once a founder of Sea Breeze she claimed to cure poverty, marriages, hair growth, gambling, love, and even grow new limbs. Now 75 and ill she ends a notable chapter in Florida’s odd medical history.
Mrs Post gathered money from hundreds of U S patients seeking mental treatment at Sea Breeze. Clerks testified money ranging from 5 to 50 dollars poured in daily as she promised cures. Her income topped thousands monthly, fueling a grandiose lifestyle with mansions and hotels before postal inspectors and indictments ended the scheme.
Otto Young a leading Chicago merchant died at his Lake Geneva home after a sixty week illness. His estate is estimated between 12 and 20 million dollars as family members bid him farewell at his bedside.
Train schedule lists Illinois Central East Bovani 4 Chicago Expresses and Chicago Limited with service to Chicago, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Omaha, Sioux City, Waterloo, Dubuque, and Albert Lea. Northbound and arrivals from Chicago and St Paul Limited, Paul Manifest, and Way Freight are shown with times, daily operation notes, and annulment hints.
PILES PILES PILES 2. Wiljiama Indian Pite Ointment claims to cure ulcerated and bleeding piles with fast relief. Sold by druggists nationwide for about 100. WILLIAMS MEH. Con eaef e 1826.06 Cleveland, Gila Soléin Farertoe ty Wangier Bree. & Todd and J. K. Joder.
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