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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
2
In a tumultuous era a new Vermont governor Pletcher D Proctor was inaugurated on the 4th. Reports from across the globe note executions in Caenstochows and unrest in Morocco and Russia. A major traffic accident in Atlanta claims a recruiting officer, while a spate of violent incidents and legal actions mark the period.
The article states Governor Magoon will exercise plenary power in Cuba as provisional governor with authorities similar to General Wood. Cuba will seem autonomous with U S ministers in Havana and consuls retained, and the Platt amendment allows U S intervention if needed while the Cuban congress remains inactive.
Havana reports the Good Government League of Cuba began preliminaries with an American Cuban and other attendees. Resolutions paused to assert the group aims to promote by lawful means the establishment of a permanent stable government to insure domestic tranquility and general welfare for all inhabitants.
A New York writer argues Cubans are capable of self government once peace is restored, noting General Ruiz Rivera’s expressed confidence in their ability to administer affairs. He suggests support for the provisional government may be needed as the American occupation ends.
New Haven Yale senior Thanca McCormick of Chicago was gored by an elk in a private Westville park Sunday during a forceful encounter with a buck that chased him and companion F H Revell Jr of Evanston. Revell escaped. McCormick sustained a head and body wound after clashing with the antlers and climbing a tree to escape.
In Riverside park a bear mauling left Charles Hanson badly bitten and arm torn as he tended a 500 pound bear in a cage. Mrs Hanson fought the animal with a club while onlookers urged caution. Sewell shot the bear dead to save Hanson who survived with severe arm injuries and possible nerve damage.
The barkentine Planter, Captain Murchison, sailing from Everett to Manila, came back to Port Townsend waterlogged after a severe storm on the Strait. Pumps failed to stop flooding. hold, forecastle, cabins, and galleys flooded as crew fought to reach the strait. Provisions were hauled from below with a net as rescue measures were attempted.
Oscar Herold, returning from a whist party, confronted a man by a tree at Tenth and G streets. When the man gave no reply, Herold fired, striking him in the forehead. The man died two hours later at the receiving hospital. The deceased was an innocent citizen.
In Argenta, Arkansas, a 17 year old Black youth identified as H. Blackburn was lynched Sunday at the corner of Sixth and Main streets. The event follows earlier violence in a whites versus blacks clash that began on September 15 after white man R. R. McDonald killed musician Wiley Shelby. Continuous tension marks the period.
President Taft indicated the bench vacancy remains under consideration and no decision will be made until Taft returns to the United States for consultation. Several names have been proposed for the post should Taft decline the position.
John Redmond told an Irish League gathering in Athlone that his earlier harsh critics of the Liberal ministry over the home rule bill were tempered. He acknowledged practical difficulties but expressed sincere willingness to back the government plan when feasible and said he trusted Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman.
The Alaskan cable and telegraph system is expanding with a 200 mile addition to be laid by the cable ship Burnside. The extension will run from Sitka to Juneau, Cape Fanshaw, Wrangel, Hadley on Prince of Wales Island, and then to Ketchikan, near Port Simpson. Officials expect increased receipts as trade and mining, fishing, and canning industries demand daily U.S. communication. completion target is November 1.
A patient recounts intense itching and hair loss resolved by four boxes of Cuticura remedies after nightly baths and ointment use. D. B. Blankenship, 319 oe St, Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 27, 1905.
Orexigo Tammanas, special financial agent of Japan, vice president of the Bank of Japan and president of the Yokohama Specie Bank, has reached London. He said he would stay until the 6 percent Japanese external loans are converted, noting the current moment is unfavorable for the operation and the timing of the loan issue remains undetermined.
Josephine Rummelhart a 40 year old shirt factory employee, was found dying in a vacant lot near Twenty sixth and Dodge late Saturday night. Her throat was cut and her face beaten. She died without regaining consciousness after being found near the Scandinavian Women’s Christian Association home, where she had been staying. No clue to her murderer is reported.
London reports Sir Edward Grey has advised accepting China's verbal assurances on retaining Sir Robert Hart as director general of the Chinese imperial customs. The China Association and some London papers argue this is a diplomatic rebuff and Britain should have demanded written assurances.
A Friday cyclone event hit the Sunny South region taking multiple tornadoes across New Orleans and adjacent parishes. One death toll includes Mrs Forel and her daughter with others injured, while Pontchatoula and Baton Rouge reports add fatalities and extensive property damage. Overall losses exceed $1.1 million with hundreds of buildings destroyed or damaged.
Paris dispatches report King Thanh Thai of Annam again committed brutal acts as the French government weighs strict action. Allegations claim in August he ordered seven wives executed and watched torture to death, then shot a 70 year old prince of the royal council.
San Francisco police hold two men in connection with the Kimmon Ginko Japanese bank gas pipe murder on O'Farrell Street. Detectives say they are in custody for Joat murders in three prior shocking city incidents.
Eight men died and about forty others injured when illuminating gas exploded on Market Street near Sixth Street in Philadelphia. The blast shattered windows for blocks, collapsed the street, and caused fires though nearby buildings largely remained intact. Loss is estimated at over $200,000.
A group of twenty two students from Oconto High School in Oconto Falls Wisconsin fell forty feet into the stream when a foot bridge collapsed. One student William Ballon, 14, was saved, while Hasel Denison and Frank Dooley sustained serious injuries. The shallow stream, about three feet deep, factored into the rescue efforts.
A French scientist, M. W. Serieux, studies pain dynamics in horses used by Paris drivers. His Dolorimetry aims to prove the physical harm from the horse whips, hoping better care will follow. The piece also notes a Siamese newspaper blurb parodying English news style and offers a fountain pen ink tip from an old method.
The method suggests removing ribbon creases by heating with a hot bottle and wrapped papers. Fill a quart bottle with boiling water, wrap ribbon smoothly around it, add another paper wrap, pin, and let sit for a day and night. Sad ribbons may be soaked in weak suds, rinsed, dried, and ironed in this way.
The passage traces shoe styles from flat and sandaled coverings to toe openings and long pointed forms from the ninth and tenth centuries. It notes a very wide toe later restricted by Queen Mary’s proclamations, limiting width to an inch. Travel advertisements tout daily trains via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and other routes, with garbled extra text and addresses.
Hereford vicar Rev William Davies lived to 105 despite doing almost no exercise beyond moving between rooms. He enjoyed hearty meals and roasted pork with hot buttered rolls and port wine, remaining energetic and in good spirits through years of limited activity. The piece discusses the efficacy of prayer with two anecdotal stories.
A sewing room tip advises cleaning carpets by sprinkling salt, then wiping with a sponge wrung from clean salt water after sweeping. The salt-water wipe removes dustiness and brightens colors, using about a cupful of coarse salt per basin of water.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a joyous May Day with Danse au Virlot and Danse au Chaplet, featuring kissing and choirlike choruses. It questions when England’s dancing spirit faded and notes a Sanford humor piece about Old Marsh, water jokes, and country vegetable wit from local boarders.
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