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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
6
A collage of brief notes notes on global affairs and quirky local items. Mentions Japan Russia King Edward Coronations Armenia Turks Gentility fashion Paris social scenes New York theater and politics. References to Turkey Greece Armistice conditions and minor civic curiosities across cities.
The president argues for federal regulation of big corporations, rate oversight of interstate railroads, and dedicated enforcement mechanisms. He urges Congress to empower a competent administration to set just maximum rates, curb rebates, and enforce penalties against noncompliant firms while maintaining private business where efficient. He also addresses labor, currency elasticity, elections corruption, and national plans for the Hague conference, army and navy reforms, public lands, civil service, and the Panama Canal.
A heavy iron plumb bob was thrown through a window of a car on President Roosevelts special train near North Philadelphia Saturday night. Maj Webb Hayes, son of Rutherford B Hayes, was in the car when the missile narrowly missed him. Officials say the act was wanton and under investigation by Pennsylvania railroad and Philadelphia police.
Mark Twain recalls his first meeting with James McNeill Whistler in London. He fakes a dull patron to trick the incorrigible joker painter and jokes about drying paint. The exchange ends with them warming to each other and forming a friendship.
A Brookyln post office official notes the postcard souvenir boom grips the nation. During vacation months half of regular letter mail in Brooklyn was postcards, and Coney Island station mailed 40,000 souvenir cards in one week.
Washington December 5 The annual report of Commissioner Joan W Yerkes of the internal revenue bureau shows receipts for the year ending June 30 1905 totaling 234 178 976 an excess of 1 284 195 over the prior year Using early current fiscal year data the commissioner estimates receipts from internal revenue for the year ending June 30 190K will reach 242 000 000 about 8 000 000 more than last year
Valdosta Ga December 5 The death sentence was imposed on J G Rawlings his sons Milton and Jesse and the Negro Alfred Moore all convicted of the murder of the Carter children last June and January 6 next fixed as the day for the execution of the four Len Rawlings another son was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Washington December 3 The monthly debt statement shows that the public debt minus cash in the treasury at November 30, 1905 stood at 9,999,752,831 a decrease of 12,892,254 from the prior month.
Lawrence H. Grahame of New York, named commissioner of the interior for Porto Rico on November 3, assumed office yesterday in San Juan.
A panic erupts in St Petersburg as telegraph communications to the outer world are abruptly interrupted causing widespread alarm and disruption of urgent messaging. Citizens seek official word while local authorities assess the cause and restore links.
Mutiny grows into general revolt across Baltic provinces as troops defect and join civilian dissents. Reports describe scattered clashes and breakdowns in command, with authorities facing widespread unrest and calls for reforms. Strong regional tensions tied to political upheaval threaten stability and governance.
Reports from St Petersburg and Berlin detail open mutinies in Baltic troops near Reyal and at Kief. Telegraph lines cut as Finnish operators join Russians, sparking fears of halted trains and widespread upheaval. Mutinies also reported in Odessa and at Ismaili and Don regiments. Guards deployed for the U S embassy as unrest looms.
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