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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
2
The Lions County Herald lists GEO. H WERS as publisher along with the newspaper’s masthead credit. This brief line confirms the paper’s official leadership and production role for the edition.
Cleveland reports reveal Interstate Commerce Commissioners questioned nineteen witnesses in the Standard Oil inquiry. George L. Lane, former Standard Oil employee from Mansfield, described fourteen months in 1901 1902 driving independent peddlers from northern Ohio towns using harsh methods. He said instructions were to force quitters out, with threats of replacement. Lane named Youngstown Canton and other towns where independents were driven out. In Youngstown a trader named Wahey resisted, customers discarded oil offered in bulk. Other witnesses confirmed Standard Oil’s extensive internal telegraph network and its practice of sending messages for non company parties.
Tulsa leaders vow action against coal line after a Continental Coal Company locomotive is blown to pieces on a Friday. No crew injuries reported. W Cassner, Tulsa bank cashier and property owner on the line, is arrested on complicity charges with more arrests anticipated as tensions rise and residents arm themselves.
In a wood near Moscow two secret police members were discovered among attendees. A court trial led to death sentences. those executed were shot after being condemned. Industrial unrest grows as thousands suffer joblessness and hunger amid strikes and patrols.
A garbled OCR snippet suggests a county clerk’s office viability issue amid a contested race. It mentions tampered dates and a promise tied to a docket, with unclear details about a compromise or breach affecting a financial or legal matter.
Panama liberals announce they will present grievances against President Amador to President Theodore Roosevelt. Governors in provinces to preserve election freedom, while Guardia says officials must follow prior orders to avoid interference. A delegation from Moerais sails to the United States next Sunday to seek redress.
Springfield Missouri special grand jury report concludes no assault occurred on Miss Nina Edwards. It finds suspects Duncan and Cater could not be at the scene at the time and faults the sheriff and police for negligence amid many indictments, estimated around twenty five, with about four for murder.
In Amagarko Oklahoma Deputy U.S. Marshal James Bourland and Fred Hudson, recently acquitted of murder, shot each other in a Saloon duel early Wednesday. Both were fatally wounded. Hudson was later arrested Tuesday on a revolver charge. The enmity sprang from the murder trial of prominent cattlemen James and Benjamin Hughes, who were acquitted in Hobart on Monday.
A Santa Fe master mechanic reports a long-delayed Treasury Department letter dated June 1884, mailed from Washington to a Chanute bank. The mail car, sent for repair in Topeka, received a general overhaul and had its interior stripped, uncovering the century‑old correspondence.
Secretary sent a long report from Commissioner General Sargent on the Chinese exclusion law. The last chapter notes a Chinese boycott of American goods and reproduces proclamations by Chinese officials, suggesting the Chinese government is not discouraging the boycott.
Paris and New York report the Pennsylvania Railroad Company closed negotiations for selling 25 to 50 million dollars in bonds in Paris. Observers expect the listing on the Paris bourse and foresee a wider European demand for high grade American securities The text also notes a state supreme court upholding a death sentence for Edward Boteman in a separate case from Jefferson City Missouri.
Washington senate committee moved a favorable report on a proposed regulation directing the Panama canal management. The measure, aimed at governing canal operations, awaits a full chamber vote as officials weigh its implications for transit and international trade.
A jury in the inquest into the death by self poisoning concluded with a verdict regarding L. Spicy George of Staten Island on Monday. The proceedings centered on the alleged act and its circumstances as reviewed by officials.
The Very Rev. Patrick J. McHale has been appointed bishop of Porto Rico, with the Archdiocese of New York elevated in status. Banks in San Francisco reopen as economic activity resumes, and temporary quarters are set up to accommodate public needs this week as the city signals a broader recovery.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a parole hearing or legal examination involving Mich. and an attorney named Thomas McGar. It references questions, defendants, and an unnamed Moor or Moorish connection, with unclear names and places.
A Rhode Island court orders grounding of the USAT vessel as part of a legal action. The decision centers on maritime grounding disputes and impacts local ports and operations. Proceedings reference the ship’s status and potential remedies or sanctions pending further action.
Ernest Denicke son of banker and mining engineer, a longtime military volunteer, was arrested on a manslaughter charge after a gunfight on Lombard Street wharf. Reports say a drunken marine killed a refugee during chaos following chickens release, with an army officer accused of firing three shots and the body later dumped in the bay as police search the waterfront.
Mrs Maury Monteillare, a leading woman suffragist, urged a crowd from a second story near Fleet Street to refuse tax payment as police faced the taxation issue. She denounced Asquith and called cabinet opponents marked men while urging action against tax collectors.
Dr O We Shine of the Union stock yards Chicago and the International Live Stock Association general manager met Prof W L Carlisle president of Colorado Agricultural College with cattlemen to discuss sanitary conditions in packing houses. Commissioner Neill and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Rev visited packers for information and to aid possible reforms.
Albany N Y Thursday notice served to milliners statewide that the commissioner intends to enforce the law against the stow of gull or feather birds whether taken in this state or elsewhere, affecting retail and wholesale operations.
Evans pastor of Trinity M E L church in Kankakee was elected vice president of the Minrors State Sunday School Association during the session here but was seriously injured by lightning. A fire at the Bolt Plant in Toronto caused losses reported at 200000 with 127000 insured and the plant building burned Wednesday.
A brief report from Hinrt in Collision Indicted by a head on collision on a railway line, with one person reportedly injured as authorities investigate the incident and assess the scene.
Western League schedule lists games to be played in Sioux City with dates in May and June. The item notes Lincoln May 28 29 30 and May 21 June 2 3 among others, reflecting a compact local league timetable.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church merges with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in Des Moines after ninety six years of separate existence. Moderator Corbett announces the union to a prayerful, celebratory gathering as hymns echo and applause fills the auditorium. Two ministers, William Lawrie and Roger F. Cressey, vote against the union amid the jubilant response.
A man named Deltour alias Charlie West alias John Webater is wanted by merchants and banks across Iowa for several forgeries in the last six months. He reportedly operated as a country farm hand, passing checks for 15 to 30 dollars after securing blank checks from banks and forging the employer’s signature. He was last seen in Fort Dodge about three months ago and remains at large. Deltour is a 19 year old French lad with dark hair and complexion and a peaked face.
A Whiting tornado destroyed Jeff West’s farm causing major damage but the West family escaped to storm caves. Six horses remained tethered as the barn and home were obliterated. Over a hundred chickens perished or were frightened. Insurance covered 1,060 of the 3,000 loss. Other Iowa items include a Des Moines suicide by carbolic acid and a body identified as James W Hill, a possible murder claim by Z G Hill, veteran engineer John D Johnson killed by a switch engine, a wealthy farmer near Burlington dies in a buggy accident, and Carroll plans a 119,000 school building.
The general assembly halted authorization of the prayer book of forms. Text and title pages will carry no authority from the assembly. A resolution declares the book is published only for voluntary use and not as official guidance.
Delegates at the Iowa Funeral Directors Convention in Burlington object to a law requiring death certificates before funerals. The group cites delays and hardship, and an effort to change the statute was noted. The convention closed with officers elected and Cedar Rapids named as next meeting site.
In Odebolt a race conflict is reported by Special Agent Johnson from Des Moines boys and girls home. A Chinese immigrant named John Chitaman faced opposition from townspeople after a series of marriages and births within a widow's family. The widow’s daughter bore a child with Chinese traits, fueling community pressure. The boys and girls home seeks a home for the daughter’s child as tensions persist.
A Friday night blaze at 9:45 started in the J. B. Chase Dry Goods on Main Street Ottumwa. The fire quickly engulfed the third story and spread to neighboring W. J. Donelan Dr. Goods and the First National Bank building. Loss estimated between 75 000 and 190 000 with insured amounts not disclosed.
Pearl Collins aged 18, daughter of Harry Collins, was struck and instantly killed by Illinois Central train No. 105 near the Oman railroad shops while walking along the M aois Central track toward the starter. The injury shattered her neck hips and legs. The incident occurred Friday at 5 p.m. in Sioux City.
The Senate approved the railroad rate regulation measure after a lengthy filibuster by Democrats led by Mr Williams of Mississippi. The vote stood 107 to 66, and the Teller amendment was adopted. The House debated immigration and consular bills, with clashes between Republican and Democratic leaders over next campaign issues.
A dense chronology lists events from 1084 Rome taken to 1905 lumber statistics. Notable items include sieges, treaties, and rulers, with entries on Gama, Montrose, Wayne, and Napoleon. Notable inventions feature Endical Typewriter with perpendicular cylinder and claims of speed and alignment advantages.
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