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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
2
A chaotic note filled with scattered figures and events reports Montana and Wyoming data from 1906. It cites wool production, mineral outputs, cattle shipments, mining employment, accidents, political meetings, and several violent incidents across Montana Wyoming Oregon and Colorado. It mentions figures for wool and copper, rail plans near Miles City, and an indictment of T. B. Brady.
Secretary Shaw assesses 1906 fiscal activity as highly prosperous with receipts at 25 million and expenditures at 586 million, showing a 59 million surplus. He cites unchanged tariffs and strong trade, notes reduced annual expenditures, and describes nationwide money strain from record opulence and freight congestion amid abundant crops and rail delays.
Acting San Francisco writer reports Washington Secret Agent Moffatt investigating the Japanese Sociallation group whose organ the revoll published at Berkeley. Immigration officials may deport Japanese anarchists under the law. North attention to the matter. A dynamite explosion at Stege Contra Costa County kills Dan Coleman and a Chinese migrant while loading dynamite at California Cap company works. No further deaths. In Philadelphia, services for Alexander J. Cansatt, railroad president, are held at Bryn Mawr. In Washington, subcommittees expect a 50 percent salary increase for senators and representatives. Baltimore Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta death toll estimated at 53 with many injured.
A chaotic strike and violent clashes erupt in Lodz as rebels and authorities clash. Workers suffer, factories pause operations, banks fear trouble, and a violent Socialist influence threatens to derail the city’s winter crisis.
Washington reports Secretary Taft states his presidential aims are not present and he would decline if the real office chance arose. He cites burden of inquiries from Washington correspondents and insists he remains focused on official duties. A separate post office report urges higher clerk pay and new legislation to stabilize staff and curb resignations.
Postmaster General Cortelyou denies reports that Inspector Anthony Comstock lost his commission and says he has been recommended for the year 1907 as in prior years. A dispatch from H. Harriman offers to transport free or paid supplies for Chinese famine victims from San Francisco to Wu Hung, Shanghai and Hong Kong, with details sent to the state department and the American Red Cross.
The Bureau of Insular Affairs seeks more stenographers for Philippine service. An examination is set for January 26 by the civil service commission. Starting pay is $1,200 annually.
Dispatches from Kemper county describe a white mob targeting alleged hoodlums after Christmas violence. District Attorney Currie says the riot caused by outlaws, not whites protecting innocents, and notes four killed were not connected to the wider outrages. He warns more captures as states deploy troops and residents seek protection.
St. Petersburg reports that pressure and influential support push for full authority to probe naval scandals of the grand ducal regime. The Journal de St. Petersburg endorses an investigation into corruption charges against Henlow Offerals and dishonesty in arming warships, aiming to address failures exposed at the court martial of the two admirals.
Dr Joviah Strong of the American Institute of Solar Serving notes the high yearly death toll from industrial occupations, comparing it to wartime losses. He cites 80,000 deaths in four years from war-like violence, far exceeding Crimean and other conflicts. Indians in Calcutta protest denied citizenship in the Transvaal, voicing concern over British policy and rising military expeditions.
London report notes Nicholas Shisskof and trustees of the American famine fund appeal for funds. He cites that about 30,000,000 Russians may require assistance. comparison to 15 years ago shows reduced totals despite ongoing famine conditions.
The New York Review of Prices notes 1906 as exceptionally prosperous with record cereal outputs and farm product values. It highlights vast trade expansion, strong mining activity, unprecedented immigration, and building boom, plus wartime price levels that did not dampen demand, culminating in overall outstanding economic development as the year ends.
In a rumor mill among embassies, the press notes that embassador Durand’s withdrawal was forced by what some call the influence of Lady Townley wife of the former counselor Walter Townley. The Townley feud with the Durands was well known within the diplomatic circle during the counselor’s brief tenure. Some believe Lady Susan through royal connections could have swayed the King against Durand and aided his recall.
Washington reports the car shortage deeply affected internal commerce last month, hindering transportation of grain, livestock, meat, lumber, and coal. Officials note volumes would be far heavier if railroads cannot cope. uncertainty remains on extent of impact. In the Canal Zone, Chief Munitary Officer Gorgas cites a sharp fall in November death rates, from 161 deaths among employees in July to 66 in November.
Eastern roads order millions in new cars as Pennsylvania contracts 2,000 box cars for about 2,000,000 and Erie lines prepare to place 7,000 more, including 4,000 hopper type and 3,000 box cars. The Congo question also stirs Washington as the U S pledges support to Britain in potential intervention under the Berlin treaty terms.
Alexander Johnston Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a leading financier, died suddenly at his Philadelphia residence Friday of heart disease aged 67. He suffered a Brokes Adams Syncope and was a director of twenty three other concerns.
Emilie Giliver, premier to France under Napoleon III, writes to the Gloriale d Italia asserting the French government desires a return but cannot see how to achieve it. He notes Pope Pius IX knows his goals and will prevail, while a French referendum seems unlikely to gain three million supporters. The piece hints at church funding fears and potential civic unrest.
Kansas City police investigated the Sunday murder of Thomas Fanning a wealthy property owner at 1818 City Street. The body showed three hatchet blows, a robbery motive unlikely as $2.10 was found in the chest and $18,000 deposited in a local bank appeared intact in the man’s pockets and bank details. William Fanning, the murdered man’s nephew, reported the crime and was briefly held for investigation before release.
A series of wrecks and disasters reported across multiple cities. In Washington, a derailment killed several and injured many aboard the Frederick special from Frederick, Maryland. Sacramento saw five railroad workers killed in a freight wreck at Floriston station. Cincinnati reported at least thirty injured when an electric car derailed on Warsaw avenue hill. Chicago witnessed a Zion City sermon clash with Dowie followers as Wilbur Glenn Voliva was denounced. Fresno awarded $100,000 in a railway personal injury suit to Willard Zibbell, a race horse driver, after severe injuries from a box car incident in 1905.
Advocates reduction of Chilean legations in Europe argue diplomats from South America are neglected by European governments. The speaker notes King Edward invited all diplomats in London to a banquet except those from South American countries.
The article reports lightning struck Dr J G Keith, formerly of the Lyats, while walking on the street. He survived the initial hit last spring and was struck again about 11 hours ago, left side impaired and he sought medical aid in Colorado.
A quirky note describes Professor Facts about Figure Nine adding a mystical twist to numerology. It asserts strange products and digit sums, claiming chains like nine times numbers yield predictable sum-of-digits patterns and speculates on a vast, yet unclear, numeric truth.
Passengers on a Bern bound car burst into fits of laughter as a reader's book provoked involuntary mirth. a young man and others near her shared amused glances while the reader kept turning pages, ending with a convulsed exit as the humor spread through the carriage.
A Manufacturers' Record view credits the South with vast hydropower potential rivaling Britain and Germany. It says over 3,000,000 additional horsepower could be developed, powering interurban electric lines, mines, and factories, with $190 to $250 million investment and employment for up to 6,000,000 men.
Postum Cereal Co Ltd warrants that packages sold comply with the National Pure Food Law and are not adulterated. W. Post, chairman, Battle Creek, Mich, signs notarized 1908. Statement asserts purity and brand integrity of products including Postum Cereal, Grape lli and Elina Manna.
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