27 Oct 1906
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1906
Page
1
A Louisville and Nashville train coworker asked to be excused from work for the rest of the month due to a recurring dream. A few days later the train wreck occurred and the substitute engineer was killed.
Official figures from the city health department show 452 fatalities from the quake and ensuing fire. More than half the deaths were from fire, seven people were shot by police or soldiers, and two died from poisonous food given to the hungry. Initial reports of vast destruction were later deemed exaggerated.
An aged woman dies in the same New England house and room where she was born, having spent nearly a century in active Christian service within the village. The piece notes the value of long family stewardship and the identity it lends to itinerant families.
The Postgraduate reports a large-scale test of abdominal wound treatment at Mukden. Of 100 wounded soldiers, 50 underwent laparotomy and 40 died, while 60 were treated with rest and wound cleanliness, none operated dying and 40 surviving. The result suggests the wartime value of nonoperative care for abdominal wounds.
Born in Wurtemberg in 1842, Wrnz is the second German national to lead the Jesuits after the eighteenth century’s Father Nicke. He studied canon law at Rome’s Gregorian University for 25 years after leaving Germany during the expulsion of the Jesuits. Italian candidates have led in 11 elections, with Spain, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Bohemia, and Holland contributing generals, and no French general to date. Voters totaled 76, with 71 ballots for Wrnz.
The Mikado orders Midshipman Kuthgaki to leave the Naval Academy at Annapolis. A brief dispatch from Ambassador Wright and clipped Japanese papers show resentment toward anti Japanese agitation in California. State department sees no indication of a broad Japanese sentiment yet fear grows that ongoing agitation could trigger a major anti American boycott in Japan surpassing China trade damage.
Midshipman Kitigaki of Annapolis has resigned from the United States Naval Academy, reportedly by order of the Mikado. The move is linked to widespread anti Japanese feeling in the United States sparked by the exclusion of Japanese children from San Francisco public schools and broader Pacific coast agitation. Kitigaki had returned from a vacation in Japan within a month, with his recall thought to be recent.
President Roosevelt proclaims Thursday November 29 as a day of thanksgiving. He urges reverence for blessings, responsibility, and usage of prosperity for good, asking Americans to gather in homes or churches to pray for guidance and grace. The proclamation emphasizes national well being, morality, and prudent use of wealth.
Secretary Shaw announces a plan to stimulate national bank circulation by 18 million dollars using approved non government bonds as deposits. Bonds must remain in the treasury and banks must retire the issue between March 15 and August 10, 1907. He aims to test elastic currency and ends gold import facilitation deposits.
Reports from New York say after talks between the Bank of France and the Bank of England the Bank of France released 250 million francs equivalent to 50 million dollars as aid to the Egyptian crop movement. The move eases pressures on England and improves stock market sentiment after heavy liquidation last Friday. Confidence grows that France can sustain gold reserves, viewed as precaution against possible tests in Russia rather than a strict debt need.
In district court Albert H. Leonard P. J. Trezvant C. S. Bauman and R. L. Mayfield former officers of the defunct Merchants and Farmers Bank are indicted for receiving deposits and creating debts while knowing the bank was insolvent. The bank with 109000 capital suspended operations last April. Officials are among Shreveport's most prominent citizens.
Washington chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission cites reports from Chief Engineer Stevens and Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas that 300 Spanish laborers brought to the Isthmus since January have all survived. They reportedly resist malaria better than the Black workers, and Stevens states any white man can do the job.
New York Senator Clark of Montana said in an interview he would not seek another term in the United States Senate. His term ends next March and he expects his successor to be a Democrat. He added retirement from the Senate does not end his active involvement in politics.
London tokio correspondent says Japanese government seeks to minimize anti American feeling. Officials issue reassuring statements in semi official newspapers. The interior ministry discourages mass meetings in all towns.
The White House announced cabinet changes placing Oscar Straus as secretary of commerce and labor and George Von L. Meyer as postmaster general. Charles J. Bonaparte becomes attorney general, Victor Metcalf moves to secretary of the navy, and George Cortelyou takes treasury on March 4, with Meyer succeeding Shaw as postmaster general.
A fierce clash in the house of commons lobby marked Parliament's opening as suffragists fought police, were carried out screaming, and regrouped in the yard before arrests. The protest scene, described as unparalleled in English history, ended with several rioters taken to a police station.
Washington announces that Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Panama canal commission, will accompany Chairman Shonts to Panama to arrange the trip for President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The president's party, including Surgeon General Rixy, will sail from New York early next week and travel to the isthmus, with a transfer to the battleship Louisiana likely in Chesapeake Bay.
Five men attempted to rob a bank in Vergennes near Murphysboro at 1:45 a.m. They blew the safe with nitroglycerin, took $4,000, fired about 70 shots, then rode off on horses. A nearby store owner, Abe Kimmel, was shot as he stepped outside after hearing the alarms. The robbers fled northward with two charges unfired.
Lincoln-William Scully once Lord Scully of London died in London. A former peer until 1900, he became a US citizen and resided in Washington DC. His fortune nears 50 million dollars, including 200000 acres across Illinois Kansas Missouri and Nebraska, with early holdings in Logan Livingston and Sangamon counties.
Yeggmen robbed a general merchandise store run by J. H. Fender at Cela, nine miles north of here, after a running gun battle with a citizen posse. The safe was wrecked and the building damaged but no injuries occurred and little value was taken.
Martin L. Newell of Springfield died here of paralysis at age 68 after bed confinement since July 1895. He served as state's attorney for Woonodford County for years and was elected in 1888 to the state senate from the Twentieth district, chairing the democratic steering committee during the Palmer election contest for U S senator.
Davenport announces in the Three-I league that it will withdraw unless player salaries are reduced. A resolution calls for a 10 to 25 percent cut in the top salaries paid during the past season.
Isaac Woolf, head of a large clothing firm and known as the news boys friend, was discovered dead in his Chicago residence. He ran an annual dinner for newsboys and homeless children, feeding about 10,000 last year.
Harrison All schools in Saline county were closed for three days to enable teachers to attend the Institute. It was described as one of the best ever held in the county.
Arcola and B H Wharton reported shooting and killing a golden eagle nearby. The eight foot wingspan marked a large bird for the area, described as a very old animal by observers.
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