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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
6
The senate debated a resolution on the White House incident involving Mrs Minor Morris. Tillman pressed for investigation while Hale, Bookian and Daniel protested, leading to abrupt adjournment amid emotional remarks and accusations of executive overreach.
In a tense senate exchange Hale accuses Tillman of making baseless defamatory claims against the U S president. Tillman defends his integrity, offers witnesses, and agrees to seek a formal investigation with a committee to verify statements.
Scene grows tense as Hale accuses Tillman of personal influence over the president and Tillman proclaims his sincerity before the Senate. Tillman reads a typed statement from a White House reporter claiming Mrs Morris was carried off like a sacrament, with a necro at her heel.
Dr F C Casto once ran a drug store and a general store in Ina. A night guard found powdered dynamite and oil soaked blankets in the stores. Casto faced embezzlement charges, bonded, moved to Belleville Illinois, and was later caught attempting arson there. Back in Terre Haute he showed insanity and was jailed.
In January 18 at Ithaca Michigan a mother, long unable to learn her son’s whereabouts, learns of his life with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Spear of Emerson. After years of separation, the Spear couple send the now grown son to his mother with their blessing.
In Kansas City a Turkish bath at the Coates House provided a night’s refuge for Rev Newell Dwight Ais, successor of Henry Ward Beecher, after delays and travel troubles left him stranded seeking lodging. He stayed in the Turkish bath as a room could not be found that night.
Paris reports a diplomatic row with Venezuela after M. Tatay French charge at Caracas boarded the Martinique without permission and was effectively banished from Venezuela. The incident sparks tense mood between France and Venezuela as a new French president is elected.
The French official M Taigny was denied ashore access by customs, warned of imprisonment if he left the ship, and watched by a Venezuelan guard as diplomatic efforts with the United States minister and President Castro failed. A French naval vessel promised to extract him, but did not, forcing him to stay aboard and later be taken to Willematad. The incident coincides with M Fallieres’s election in France amid political maneuvering by President Castro and the French diplomatic corps.
Just out of the ingane asylum Sheboygan win January 18 William Rammaker a farmer of Adell allegedly killed his wife by striking her with a piece of wood and mocking her brains in the presence of two children. Rammaker reportedly was released from Oshkosh asylum months ago amid mental instability.
Albany N Y Jan 15 At the annual meeting of the State Bar association ex United States Senator David B Hill demanded an investigation by the association of the circumstances connected with the wrongful retainer of 5 000 paid to him by the Equitable Life Assurance Society brought out in the investigation by the legislative life insurance investigating committee Hill had asked the committee for a leave on the subject but was moved to the floor and the committee adjourned without hearing him He said after thirty years in politics he had never mixed politics and business and criticized Elihu Root for also receiving retainers from Equitable but not being called to explain.
A major blaze in Meyworth, Bloomington area, destroyed two entire blocks near the Mnols Central. The estimated loss runs to $50,000, erasing the post office, Masonic hall, multiple businesses, and stock at several firms. Water shortage hindered firefighting. help from Evelins city arrived too late.
Portland dispatch reports Cape Elizabeth wireless station in contact with a t g accompanying the Dewey at 7 35 Monday night as the dry dock • 2900 miles from Cayle Hatteras and moving 4% knots. Officials say the transmission surpasses previous long distance wireless feats, with the prior record near 2600 miles from Panama to Colon.
Philadelphia marks the 200th birth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin with school programs and historical society meetings. A Franklin memorial at Franklin Institute featured local leaders, city bells illuminated at night. Birmingham reports Birmingham Chamberlain candidates winning in a decisive election. Grain dealers gather in Indianapolis for annual Indiana Grain Dealers Association meeting. A smoke stack collapsed onto a church during a funeral in Newcastle Indiana, causing panic among worshippers.
Read ing Railways board proclaims a 2 percent semi annual dividend on the first preferred stock. Whitlnn Reid the U S ambassador to Great Britain returned home for holidays then sailed for Liverpool. The Presbyterian general assembly sets January 28 as day of prayer for schools and colleges. Fingh Tuohy longtime treasury clerk dies after 44 years service. A heavy storm headache at head of the Jakes signals a possible bileyard. A Moor at Alfechak asks why powers do not hold a conference on Russia. Wex-President Cleveland heads to Columbus for his brother s funeral but misses progress after stopping in New York.
In St. Petersburg a new electoral campaign formation named Constitutional Monarchiate unites the Octobrists and allied factions to challenge the Constitutional Democrats and Social Democrats. Registration delays extend as workmen are merged into provincial electoral bodies amid ongoing arrests and unrest.
Hartleburg Penn Jan 38 Chaplain Moore leads opening prayer as reform votes loom and urges blessings on representatives. Wisconsin notes report a chorus of calls for football suspensions as nine Midwestern universities discuss postponing intercollegiate play. Assemblyman Ekern says fraternal insurance will be examined alongside old line policies in a legislative probe.
New Haven, Jan 1. The Yale academy faculty debated abolishing gate money to fund intercollegiate contests. Opinion was divided and the vote was postponed. leaders suggested gate fee reduction rather than full abolition, possibly about 10 percent.
George Barraclough, a Wine ipeg photographer, tried to snap a bear encounter in a mountainous area near Deadwood. The bear attacked, breaking him as he escaped, an event witnessed by a mining party. In a separate trial, Enter Butler aka Foot and a Half Butler was found guilty of murder and sentenced to fifty five years in prison after killing a policeman.
The forecast notes rain and snow chances across southern areas with showers or snow in the north. Increasing southerly winds are expected with cooler temperatures in Michigan and Wisconsin. Snow or mixed precipitation possible in northern parts of North Dakota and surrounding regions.
Chicago markets report open high low and close figures for January and May futures across grains and livestock. Prices span corn oats pork cattle hogs and poultry with receipts and range estimates, noting strong hogs and steady cattle while poultry and hay show varied bids.
A federal bulletin reports Texas New Mexico and California projects expanding the Sacramento valley irrigation program. It notes 24 reclamation schemes totaling 1,803,100 acres at about 7.03 million dollars, lists ongoing construction and funding, highlights labor shortages, and details how irrigation could raise land values sharply while counties and the Sacramento Valley association push for prompt action.
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