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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1905
Page
1
The article surveys varied items from around the world including Madras vaccination impact on deaths, Miss Matt Adams Ayer training butterflies in San Francisco, Canadian labor and capital conference plans, and Malta’s growing American carriage trade. It also notes Formosa’s 1903 rice crop at 85 million unhulled bushels and factors boosting yields this season.
The republic covers 18 045 miles roughly half Indiana or near equal to New Hampshire and Vermont. Prosperity hinges on ending revolutions and settling to develop its resources.
The fruit crop in Russia was uneven with frost damage in Kherson Bessarabia and Lower Volga provinces and cold wet seasons elsewhere. Pears and plums did best while apples and cherries were scarce. Grapes in Crimea and Bessarabia also had poor harvests.
Martin V. Seeley of San Jose California advances a plan to train 500 native monkeys to prune crops. He conceived the idea while in Central America and says arrangements have been made with A. B. Jonos of Acapulco Panama for the shipment now en route to California.
A western inventor proposes placing a hobby horse before a machine driven carriage to disguise its appearance and calm horses. He notes automobi lists may object and plans to stash extra tires fuel and essentials in the dummy horse. Critics have not commented yet.
The lighthouse board reports tests of a new fog signaling device. A single automatically revolving megaphone with eight trumpets sounds in sequence. Blown by a prearranged code, it tells mariners the exact compass bearing of their vessel for safer navigation.
A roughly formed mass the size of a four-pound weight or two teacups was said by diamond experts to be the newly found South African gem. It is considered too large for wear and would likely be cut into smaller stones, potentially losing 40 to 60 percent in the process.
The Congress report covers a favorable bill to bury widows with husbands in Arlington National Cemetery and notes the impeachment trial proceeding as the Senate sits as court. It also summarizes the Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood act, various political resignations, arrests, fires, weather disruptions, and multiple international updates from 1905 era while listing notable deaths and public notices.
The Senate after a long session approved the joint statehood bill, admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory and New Mexico while Arizona is excluded. Debates covered separate votes for Arizona and New Mexico, polygamy concerns, and amendments on liquor prohibitions. The measure originated in the House and will go to conference.
Reports from the Far East indicate no general advance while conditions worsen for fighting. General Kuropatkin reportedly not seeking relief, Matsumara dies at the front, and Grippenberg may return to Russia. Seven Russian divisions engaged on the Hun river with four regiments reportedly annihilated. US Vice-Consul Smith visits Japanese POWs at Medved, Russia, finding them well housed and fed.
Maxim Gorky’s wife is allowed to visit him in the Fortress of St Peter and St Paul where he suffers a slight indisposition. The report notes the absence of a militia governor in the Philippines and a shift in governance to a governor general. Fire devastates downtown Manila risking major losses. The Marshall department store sustains the largest single loss about 18000 dollars as the fire rages. Damara liner foundered after a storm east of Halifax with survivors and missing boats.
Oklahoma City February 8 reports the senate’s approval of a joint admission bill for Oklahoma and Indian Territory generating widespread public demonstrations and elation across both regions. Leaders hail the milestone as a major step toward statehood.
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke was discharged from custody in police court after arraignment. Texas authorities had notified local officials of an indictment but did not seek extradition. A deputy district attorney stated the Texas lawyers did not insist on her detention for extradition.
The American National Red Cross incorporators met at the state department to form permanent organization. William Taft was named president and Anita Newcomb McGee secretary. An executive committee including Wyman and Garfield was authorized to establish branch societies in all states and territories.
Ten thousand pounds of dynamite stored underground at the Osceola Consolidated mine exploded at the No. 3 shaft level killing William Pollitt Jr and three others. Matt Kaskala and Peter Kulpa died among the listed dead. seven injured. several others unaccounted for. The blast caused widespread devastation and shock across Calumet. search teams fear additional fatalities.
Federal grand jury in Portland returns three indictments in land fraud cases. A D Tanner, partner of Senator John J. Mitchell, indicted for perjury. Hamilton Hendricks named for subornation of perjury. Others indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States of public lands in central Oregon.
New York Central train No. 11 derailed at 4:20 p m Wednesday near Utica New York. The heavy western passenger train, largely Pullman cars, was badly shaken and some cars damaged. Passengers were reassigned to another westbound service with no injuries reported.
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