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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
3
General Aleman of Santa Clara resigns amid tension with Governor Magoon over liberal ousters in 1905. He warns of danger and urges Magoon not to yield to insurgent demands. Magoon accepts the resignation while lamenting Aleman’s stance. Moderates vow Cuban senators and deputies will refuse resignations if asked.
Governor Magoon announced that all Cuban congress seats elected in 1905 would be declared vacant by decree. The action follows Roosevelt's decision and calls for elections under the provisional government, risking unrest per local moderates.
About 300 masked men raided Princeton overnight and burned John Steger and John G. Orr tobacco stemmeries, owned by American Snuff Co and Imperial Tobacco Co. Each warehouse held around 150000 pounds of tobacco. total loss estimated at 170990 dollars. The mob blocked communications and headed toward Hopkinsville after the blaze. The attack appears linked to the Dark Tobacco Growers Protective association amid an industry dispute.
Express manager W A Grissip was beaten and hurled from the train near Redwater Texas. The Express car was looted and Grissip found badly wounded beside the track. Robbers escaped. Dallas official F M Edgell and a posse pursued from Texarkana as a special and officers rushed to the scene.
Hartley senior partner of H. S. Hartley & Co. in Kansas City pleaded guilty in U S district court to taking rebates from the St Louis San Francisco railway. Judge Carland fined him $1000, part of an indictment from last November. He diverted 5 sacks of cotton seed meal from Indian Territory to Carrollton Missouri to obtain a 5 cent per hundredweight discount.
The Southern Railway president Samuel Spencer and six others died in a rear end crash ten miles south of Lynchburg Virginia as two fast trains the Jacksonville express and the Washington and Southwestern vestibuled limited collided. Rescue efforts saved dispatcher D W Davis and several porters while hero BE M Curtis aided others. The disaster shocked the railroad world and underscored Spencer's prominence in rail transport.
Jesse James Jr. appeared in Kansas City police court to prosecute his brother-in-law Luther McGowan for taking and misusing his horse. McGowan admitted guilt and drinking. Judge Kyle fined McGowan $100. James had become a lawyer a year earlier.
J W Harris a 30 year old farm hand attempted to rob Bendena State Bank at Bendena Kansas five miles west of Troy. Harris forced cashier W A Gillen and teller Theodore Selb to obey orders then shot at Selb and, fearing capture, killed himself three hours after the 4 PM incident.
The social and educational congress began in Boston for a week long session with eminent educators set to address issues on training youth for modern life. A mass Tremont Temple meeting on Education for Citizenship features Governor Guild Mayor Fitzgerald Charles W Eliot George E Martin and David Starr Jordan as speakers.
Sir Thomas Lipton in the London Weekly Dispatch asserts unprecedented prosperity across all American trade and industry. He argues the boom stems from expanding solid industries, rising consumer purchasing power, and legitimate growth in agriculture and mining, not financial manipulation.
Louis Bootdier of New York became suddenly insane on Union Pacific train No 5 at Overton Nebraska and slashed his throat with a pen knife. The wound severed the windpipe as five men restrained him. He was cared for by Lexington physicians and is expected to recover. He carried 90 dollars and a carpenters union card. He was restrained after the bell cord was cut.
The president appoints John A. Melilhenny of Louisiana to fill the civil service commission vacancy created by A. W. Cooley’s promotion to assistant attorney general. Melilhenny, a Democrat and a former Rough Rider, widens the board’s Democratic composition alongside Commissioner Black.
A brief history of the Postum Cereal Co from its 1895 start in a white barn to the expansive Postumville complex in Battle Creek Michigan. The booklet highlights the Stratford on Avon style general office, lavish furnishings, employee welfare, and factory expansions, with copies available on request.
New French rules require applicants for auto licenses to prove no physical infirmity. Eyesight or hearing impairment, unsteady hands from drinking, or nervous fits will disqualify applicants to reduce accidents.
A philanthropic woman recalls giving a dime to a weary traveler who admits entering a high-toned saloon, defending his choice as a poor man with limited funds. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record.
Lord Knollys, King Edward’s private secretary for 36 years, channels the king’s vast correspondence with a devoted corps of assistants. He stands as the sole confidant the monarch truly trusts, controlling official letters and private communications.
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