Five Day World News Digest of Political and Crime Incidents
A rapid roundup notes the 14th senate vote on the subsidy shipping bill 38 to 27 with Republican support and some crossovers. It covers fortifications funding debates, farm station appropriations, foreign ship registry repeal, Reed Smoot protests, pure food talk, several criminal trials, fires, accidents, and notable deaths in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Reed Smoot
California
Colorado
Messrs
Perkins
Patterson
Utah
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Alaska
Notable Accidents and Executions Highlight 1905 News Roundup
A sweeping summary covers H Stantz shot by his wife in Pomona California, F R Avery drowns in East St Louis, Cambria County debuts with a double hanging, dairy show on poisons in Chicago, treasury changes with H A Taylor resigning, executions in Chicago and Locust Spring mine disaster, Fiume shipping strike, Odessa mutiny insanity claim, Alaska governor offer to D H Jarvis, weekly US UK failure counts, Wilmington broker assignment, Shamokin powder mill blast, Michigan fire cremations, Pere Marquette crash injuring twelve, Sebastopol court-martial sentences Kniaz Potemkin mutineers, and a $550000 sailors home project in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Deland
Fla
William J. Florence
Billy” Florence
New York
Florence
Hough
Simpson
Keever and
Reache
Southern Railway
Ashville
N. C
Rutland
Clement Armand Fallieres
France
Loubet
Elysee Palace
Stuart
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lake Michigan
Graves
Aledo
Ill
Archibald McKinney
Stella Gray
Company E
New York National Guard
Schenectady
Kansas City Athletic Club
Kansas City
Thomas B. Scandrett
Allegheny Department of Safety
City
Pat Crowe
Edward A. Cudahy
Omaha
Cudahy
Neb
Brown
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
W. A. Tewes
Jersey City
N. J
Charles Palducek
Freeland
Palducek
Chicago
Bank of America
Chartres
Superior Court
John E. Kavanaugh
Burton Jarrell
Buttonwood
Parrish Coal Co
Wilkesbarre
Antone Steetka
Dominion Coal Mine
Tolen
Pacific Express
Boston & Albany
Boston
Huntington Avenue Yard
Melke Johassen
Stockholm
Sweden
Carl
Alexander Legler
Murphy
Chapel Fowler
Charles H. Fairchild
Fowler
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Plainwell
Mobile
Havana
Vancouver Island
Melilla
Morocco
Sidi el Turki
Marchiea
H. Stantz
Pacific
Pomona
Cal
F. R. Avery
Avery Manufacturing Co
Peoria
East St. Louis
Cambria County
Ebensburg
Jacob Hauser
Stephen Fellows
H. A. Taylor
Treasury
J. H. Edwards
Ohio
John Mueller
Robert Newcomb
Daniel Covely
Julian Earle
Locust Spring
Mt. Carmel
Fiume
Hungary
Lieut. Schmidt
Odessa
Alaska
D. H. Jarvis
Revenue Cutter Service
United States
Canada
H. L. Evans & Co
Wilmington del
Connell Powder Mill
Shamokin
The
Church Missionary Society of New York
Guthrie Wins Bitter City Campaign In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburg a tight race ends with George W. Guthrie defeating Alexander M. Jenkinson by about 6000 votes after a bitter municipal campaign marked by arrests, polling place fights, and voter suppression attempts. Philadelphia elects several magistrates and school officials in a largely orderly election with notable women candidates winning district school director posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
Citizens’ Party
Democratic Party
Civic League
Alexander M. Jenkinson
Hays
George B. Logan
Good Government Party
Allegheny
Charles F. Kirschler
Kirschler
Logan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Reform
Eclipse Duties Describe Astronomical Corps In Action
Prof Hill explains an eclipse requires precise roles as minutes tick by. A vivid Elizabeth anecdote follows about a young man craving “Just one” moment, only to be interrupted by a mother calling at nearly twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Hill
National Observatory
Astronomical Corps
Prof. Hill
Elizabeth
Terrible Scaly Eczema Patient Testimonial
A patient reports a severe skin eruption on the chest neck face arms and legs treated with Cuticura Remedies with full recovery after five years without relapse. Includes a dated testimonial from Emma E. Wilson Liscomb Iowa October 1 1905 and brief ad blurbs referencing Bayer Penetrating Oil and a fashion writer’s layette claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma E. Wilson
Liscomb
Iowa
Garfield Denies Immunity Promises in Packers Case
Chicago Feb 21 Commissioner of Corporations Garfield testified that he never claimed authority to compel information nor promised immunity to Nelson Morris & Co Swift & Co or Armour & Co witnesses. He said only protection for confidential figures and denied pledges of confidentiality or oaths. Government began questioning him as the packers rested their case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commissioner of Corporations
Garfield
Packers
Edward Morris
Edward Swift
Arthur Meeker
Nelson Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Resolution Demands Cummins Prove Railroads Backed Primary Bill
In Des Moines on February 21 a senate resolution was introduced demanding Gov. Cummins prove his assertion that Iowa railroads used funds to defeat the primary bill. The move targets the governor’s claim and seeks documentary proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Tragic Steamer Plymouth Murder Suicide Report
In Fall River Massachusetts on February 21, the open state room door on the Plymouth from New York revealed Mrs. John Watters of Brooklyn New York had killed her three children and then herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Plymouth
New York
John Watters
Brooklyn
N. Y
Noted Horseman Frank Herdie Dies in Williamsport Home
Williamsport Pa Feb 21 Frank L Herdie a renowned horseman and breeder of national reputation died at his home here last night His death removes a leading figure in the horse world and local sports circles were quick to mourn his passing He was long active in racing and breeding in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Frank L. Herdie
Eller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional
Maitland
Walsenburg
Col
Dubois
George A. Castor
Robert Hannigan
Silver City
N. M
Mogellon Mountains
Central Trust Co
Toledo
Ohio and Indiana Consolidated Natural and Illuminating Gas Co
Columbia
Tememli
Pike’s Peak
Zebulon Pike
Henry E. Jewett
Washington Navy Yard
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Co
Laurel House
Lakewood
Niverton
Somerset County
Roskilde
Denmark
Christian IX
White House
Alice Lee Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Hitchcock
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Supreme Court of New York
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life
Robert H. McCurdy
Charles H. Raymond
Louis A. Thebaud
Charles A. Raymond & Co
Mutual
Roosevelt
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Canal
Taft
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevens
Charles H. Moyer
William D. Heywood
Western Federation of Miners
C. A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Denver
Union Pacific Railroad
Boise
Justice White
Supreme Court of the United States
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Inter-State, Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co
United States Circuit Court
Western District of Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York, New Haven
Louisville
Washington
Colombia
New York City
Maria Corsa
Dodds
Piabet
Eben
Washington Star
N. Y. Herald
A. Schmaye
Santa Cruz
Shiloh
A. A. Glick
Genova
Minnie Howe
Portland
Oregon
Sapolio
Frank Herdie
Price Inc
Ache Mfg. CO
Fairmount Ave
Garfield Tea
Devug
Garfield Tea Co
Bleecker
Tinian
Puck
Allen’s
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Saturday Evening Post
N. O. Picayune
Rochester
Adirondacks
Kemp
Soc
Carters
Oliver Pills
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Union Pacifig
W.G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
Dunham
Cleveland Goohan
Iskes Drug Co
Mfrs
Cleveland
Regory
SEERD
H. Gregory & Son
Marblehead
A.N. K.C
Srarekas Zgerald & CO
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