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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
7
A special correspondence recalls how Indian earthquakes feel distant yet threaten daily life. The piece notes Lahore Amritsar and Delhi damage, with collapsed structures and historic mosques scarred, while reflecting on architecture and safety in quake zones.
A Russian friend shows a rare autograph collection including Catherine and Peter the Great, ministers, imperial family members, and European rulers from the 17th and 18th centuries. He inherited it from a courtly relative whose popularity ensured officials donated autographs.
Quote from Lord Avebury emphasizes caution prudence tact and integrity as keys to business success.
The article argues that the core value of a college lies in the character and ideals of its graduates rather than merely in wealth or equipment. It notes William H. Baldwin's modest $2,000 bequest and praises civic-minded leaders who sacrifice for public service as richer endowments to university life.
Thomas W Lawson was amused when a street urchin held his horse at a jeweler’s clock. The boy claimed a dollar an hour to watch the horse and then charged Lawson two dollars seven cents by the wind clock that ran on currents of air with rapid rotating hands. Lawson joked Wall Street could learn from wind power.
Eighty years after Abbott Roby died in Dunstable Massachusetts his dying wish against a black coffin was fulfilled by a dutiful son who painted a wide white stripe on the coffin. The Masons conducted the funeral with ritual procession and music as the town viewed the painted coffin.
An old Maine crowd marvels as the Canadian Pacific runs its first train. A bystander asks if the engine is a yearling or a two year old, reflecting astonishment at the new railroad marvel.
Prof H C Ainsling condemned modern education in London saying schools and colleges largely destroy common sense. He argued the classical school is a prejudice laden stance and that the current system favors games over genuine thought and alertness.
President Roosevelt named Russia and Japan plenipotentiaries for talks to be held in the United States between August 1 and 10. M. Nelidof will represent Russia with Baron Rosen as second if needed, and Baron Komura will lead Japan with Minister Takahira as second. The exact venue and dates depend on both governments accepting each other’s representatives and choosing a summer resort for negotiations.
A circulating rumor in St Petersburg claims General Kuropatkin was killed and that 70,000 Russians were cut off by General Nogi. There is no confirmation from the general staff or press dispatches. Linovitch reports Japanese advance continues and Russian van posts are retreating under pressure.
Graeme Stewart longtime Chicago businessman politician and social figure dies at age fifty two after a month long illness from a series of strokes and brain hemorrhage. He was a former Republican mayoral candidate and served on the Republican National Committee executive committee from 1900 to 1904.
Secretary of State John Hay contracted uraemia while at his Newbury New Hampshire summer home. Bulletin said no immediate danger but questions persist about his ability to return to the cabinet. President Roosevelt hopes Hay remains in office, willing to wait into fall for any decision on his public life.
John F. Wallace chief engineer of the Panama Canal and commission member resigns to take a $60,000 New York office. The move follows a stormy New York conference with Secretary of War Taft. Wallace may take charge of a large U.S. railway system. Theodore P. Shonts remains canal commission president. Conflicting explanations attribute the resignation to pressure from Taft Roosevelt or to hampering orders.
United States Senator John H. Mitchell did not testify as the defense rests after a crowded Portland trial. Defense offered one witness J A Malin who said the senator aided harbor line planning for a wharf and refused compensation. Prosecutors argued the senator’s evidence was material though the court deemed it immaterial.
Former President Grover Cleveland arrived in New York from Princeton and went directly to the Buckingham hotel for a conference with Justice Morgan J. O'Brien and George Westinghouse, fellow trustees of the majority stock in the Equitable Life Assurance society.
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