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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
6
A dynamite blast at ex governor Frank Steunenberg’s Caldwell gate killed him and wounded others. Investigations suggest two bombs exploded, one triggered by gate motion. Authorities discuss Inner Circle dynamiters. rewards offered. stakes include the Wardner toll and Idaho mining conflicts.
A sensational report on Charles Yerkes and his death claims a double life and a secret heir. alleged prisoner wife, a Cincinnati courtesan daughter, a lavish palace, and a royal fortune tied to a mysterious convent upbringing. Also noted is a Philadelphia autograph album for Miss Roosevelt's wedding gift from Havana.
Flint Michigan January 1 Justice Halsey ordered Mattie Gilmore to pay three dollars a week for the support of her husband Homer Gilmore and their children. The wife faced a desertion charge but appeared in court wearing silk gown and laments. She was declared head of the family due to Homer's blindness and limited earnings.
Jan 1 reports in Barcelona describe anarchist violence causing theaters cafes and amusements to empty as the government struggles to curb the threat. Wealthy residents flee and the opera season suffers amid persistent unrest and fear.
Announcement reports completion of negotiations forming the St Louis and New Orleans Packet Company to revive the river trade between the two cities. A separate note from Lake Geneva Wisconsin dated January 1 recounts a jealous husband shooting his wife and the attacker. both died instantly.
A Dec 31 Moscow dispatch reports the December uprising ended with White Army troops in control. The workmen’s council declares the strike off as the last of the fighting legions surrender or escape in disguise. A Seminovsky guard stops the final assault as the thirty-strong garrison marches out.
The report details a hurried collapse of a revolution in the Presna district after Prokharof factory activity. Barricades were torn down by residents while others were captured or fled. Casualty figures are disputed but early tallies show dead and wounded, with claims of heavy fighting at Schmidt's furniture factory and a fire that burned the factory and cremated bodies.
George and William Fielding, Brooklyn plumbers, were shot after leaving a construction site on Montrose and Graham Avenues. They had opposed a proposed strike at a meeting about the planets, a claim that sparked the attack by three men. The brothers were wounded and hospitalized. suspects named as Thomas GQ. Harkins Allen Cantor.
In a Tazewell county ruling last week Judge Worthington ordered the release of William King, who faced theft charges after a dog was seized. The decision held that a dog is not property and thus cannot be stolen, noting the animal’s unclear status as to property, estate, or trespass.
Governor Hanly weighs 2 cent fare for all travel. He cites Michigan as example and argues Indiana’s earnings per mile and population density could support universal two cent fares. He notes some roads earn over 3000 dollars per mile and questions if Indiana can resist a move seen as prosperous elsewhere.
L Archibald Gray has been promoted from assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Great Northern railroad at Sioux City to general freight agent at St Tony, Dewey. Navy dispatch from the Dry Dock Dewey reports a fracture 33 miles south of Cape Henry with weather and sea conditions noted as four to five knots.
Fire devastates Pickering College an out college of the Quaker group causing an estimated $75,000 loss. In other notes 1,098 dollars and a further amount tallying 250,000 are cited in various insurance or damage contexts.
Col dBingham to resume control of the New York police department vows to jump in and do his level best. He pledges to enforce vice laws without regard, claim ing absolute independence and aiming to aid the McClellan administration. McAdoo criticizes McClellan’s handling and publishes a resignation letter from the police commissioner.
The text records McAdoo citing a letter to Mayor McClellan from October and a newspaper interview where police officials were criticized. McAdoo protests being kept in ignorance of the mayor’s intentions and resigns, lamenting a lack of candid, gentlemanly communication and demanding an honest explanation.
Four months of probing by the legislative committee on insurance concluded after extensive testimony. George H. Sickles, formerly with Equitable Life, testified that vice president Gage H. Larbell approved rebating tactics to collect full premiums and then distribute $100 per insured through misleading letters. The panel plans to obtain further testimony via deposition due to Hill's absence.
Washington reports Solicitor Penfield confirms retirement amid misinterpretations of motives. Details show he tendered resignation after returning from Brazil with formal letters exchanged with the president praising his long service. Other items cover a fatal strike incident in New Orleans, a bank burglary in Wisconsin, a large factory fire in Venice, a Texas editor murdered, and Brazilian mining delegates debating wage scales.
Illinois Central and associated lines list eastbound and northbound trains with times for Chicago loop connections, Marshall Waterloo and Dubuque routes. Passenger services, freight notes, and Sunday limitations are summarized amid traffic details and station endpoints.
Rail timetable fragment lists routes including Chicago to St Louis Limited stops at major points. West Bound freight No 72 and Twill-City Limited with daily service. Rockford and Fast Freight passenger notes appear with Sunday exceptions and daily station stops. times shown 8:18am 1:80pm and 2:30pm-6:40pm.
C C G W RAILWAY timetable lists trains south bound and north bound with multiple routes. It shows No 1 St Jon and cadet side 2 53 am and west side No 6 Kangna enst side 7 55 am City Express, Des Moines east 2 56 pm Express and other west and east side departures. The text also includes No 2 St Paul Express 12 12 am and No 4 St Paul east 12 05 pm, plus daily service with Sunday exception notes.
The notice lists rail connections: Waterloo to Menger Junction linking with C. G. W. No. 6 toward Omaha, No. 50 at Waverly east to Ft Dodge via & G. W. No. 9, No. 62 at Waverly from west on the C. G. W. Ry, No. 64 at Denver Jct linking with & G W No. 4. from all points west No. 16 at Waverly for a points wan on the G. W. to Kosg.
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