Vast World News Roundup From Congress to Disasters
A sweeping five day digest reports Congressional activity on the Panama canal bill and naval appropriations, Swayne impeachment, DC and consular measures, and the Willard statue ceremony. It notes fires nationwide, oil and gas probes, stock and bank news, deaths, crimes, and political shifts in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
House
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Swayne
District of Columbia
Frances E. Willard
Statuary Hall
Quay
Military Academy
Mine Disaster in Virginia Claims Dozens of Victims
Birmingham Alabama February 22 a mine explosion in Virginia left 160 men inside with only 39 bodies recovered by late last night families are left destitute as mangled remains are brought to the surface for identification. A head with flesh burned away was carried out in a dinner basket amid scenes of horror at the mine entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
First Step Toward Beef Trust Indictments Endorsed
A federal grand jury venire was ordered and 185 subpoenas issued for subordinates and clerks of the beef packers to probe alleged interstate restraint. Judge Grosscup’s injunction and its Supreme Court affirmation are cited. Subpoenas cover 15 cities as deputies await testimony. Springfield notes on Standard Oil resolutions follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Springfield
Ill
House
Standard Oil Co
Indictments for Bank Embezzlement Across Ohio Officials
Federal grand jury indicted multiple Ohio bankers and associates including A B Spear former cashier at Oberlin bank for misapplication of 80000, two sizable drafts, and false entries. Mrs Cassie L Chadwick indicted for aiding, abetting, and conspiracy with bank officials. L P Ohliger Wooster bank president charged with embezzlement and false books. J R Zimmerman aiding and abetting. C M Traver and O C Lillie of Conneaut bank charged with false entries misapplication embezzlement and conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, Wooster and Conneaut, O
Cleveland
Federal
Cassie L. Chadwick
Ohio
A. B. Spear
Oberlin Bank
National Bank of New York
C. L. Chadwick
Madame Devere
C. T. Beckwith
United States
L. P. Ohliger
The
Wooster National Bank
J. R. Zimmerman
Obliger
C. M. Traver
O. C. Lillie
First National Bank of Conneaut
Trading Stamp Scheme Sinks Detroit Newspaper
The United States Daily suspended publication after 11 weeks. Editor Willis J. Abbot and Business Manager Marc M. Reynolds said the trading stamp idea failed. Estimated property value $150,000 with $115,000 to $120,000 liabilities, including $75,000 owed on machinery. A possible restart under new ownership without trading stamps may come in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
United States
Willis J. Abbot
Marc M. Reynolds
Train hits landslide. 1 dead, several injured near Santa Barbara
The first section of northbound Southern Pacific passenger No. 9 derailed after colliding with a landslide 35 miles north of Santa Barbara. One man, William Loree of San Francisco, died onboard the engine while assisting a new appliance test. several crew hurt and eight to ten passengers injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Santa Barbara
William Loree
San Francisco
Tube
Wisconsin Supreme Court Allows Equitable Life suit
Madison Wisconsin February 22 The Wisconsin supreme court ruled in favor of Equitable Life Assurance Society preserving an injunction against Insurance Commissioner Host restraining revocation of the company license and requiring distribution of 8 000 000 of its surplus to Wisconsin policyholders in the state
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Madison
Wis
Republican Defeat in Pittsburg Controller Election
Pittsburg voters rejected Republican candidate Andrew C. McLean as John B. Larkin won the controller race amid heavy campaigning by the opposing party. The GOP conceded Larkin by about five thousand votes. disorder at many polls reached riot levels and one death was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John B. Larkin
Andrew C. McLean
Larkin
Peace talk again heard amid Russian turmoil
In St Petersburg on February 22 Emperor Nicholas is amid grief over Grand Duke Sergius yet shows focus on politics. Indications point to reviving the zemsky sobor and a possible peace with Russia rejecting indemnity. Kuropatkin may press for decisive action against Oyama within a fortnight as foreign attaches depart Vladivostok. Rail strike turmoil grows in Tiflis and the Caucasus with murders reported and telegraphers silenced. Poland border tensions similarly unsettled.
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St. Petersburg
Sergius
Nicholas
Zemsky Sobor
William
Russia
Tiflis
Caucasus
Poland
Hoch Denies Confession and Marriage Claims
Chicago February 22 Johann Hoch rejected an alleged confession read by Police Inspector Shippy before the coroner jury claiming he never said he married eleven women. He said he signed a statement denying murder and proclaiming innocence. Sacramento February 21 a special committee urged expulsion of State Senators Emmons Bankers Wright and French over bribery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Johann Hoch
Shippy
Hoch
Sacramento
Cal
Emmons
Wright
French
Senate
Kratz on Trial for Bribery in Butler
Charlies Kratz of St. Louis former member of the municipal assembly stands trial in Bates county circuit court Butler Missouri after a nearly three year delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kratz
Butler
Charlies Kratz
St. Louis
Bates County
New Orleans Wine Cellar Tale Sparks Dinner Banter
A wealthy newcomer in Washington boasted of naming a rare wine’s brand and vintage without seeing the bottle. She traced the skill to childhood in New Orleans where her father showed her a vast wine cellar beneath the house. The host’s husband quipped that no cellar exists in New Orleans.
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Washington
New York World
New Orleans
Millions in Oats Yield Boost from Salzer's New Varieties
Salzer's new national oats variety yields 240 bushels per acre in Missouri 255 in North Dakota 310 in other states and 156 to 300 bushels across 30 states. The 1905 crop is expected to add millions of bushels and dollars to farmers.
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Salzer
N. D
IOVOYO Homebuilder Seed Ad Promises Big Yields
An old style seed company touts IOVOYO Homebuilder Yellow Dent Corn as yielding 157 to 260 bushels per acre and calls itself the "big gest yielder on earth" with other varieties like Salter's Speltz Beardless Barley Macaroni Wheat and Billion Dollar Grass. It urges readers to mail 10 cents in stamps to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin to receive a catalog and seed samples.
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Yellow Dent Corn
Salter
All in the Family Joke From Chicago Daily News
A brief cartoonish exchange recalls a German Bosch style pun as a man asks for dog biscuits and the grocer replies in broken German about sausages. The quip captures a wartime era humor tone and reflects playful mistranslation.
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Nein
Chicago Daily News
Special Excursions to Southwest by Kansas City Southern Rail
Special Excursions to Southwest on February 7 and 21 and March 7 and 21, 1905 via Kansas City Southern Railway to Port Arthur Beaumont Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Antonio and other points with 21 day ticket limit and stopover privilege both ways. For details contact S G Narner General Passenger A K C S Ry Kansas City Mo.
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Southwest
Kansas City Southern Railway
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Lake Charles
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
K. C
S. G. Narner
G. P
Kansas City
War path in Samar draws Jones family feud
The Pulajones are on the war path in Samar, marking the first family outbreak in over four decades, according to the Minneapolis Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulajones
Samar
Jones
Minneapolis Times
A Healthy Old Age Promises Life’s Best Part
Providence grants us at least seventy years to fulfill our mission in life and most premature death is our own fault.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Smithfield
Roosevelt
United States Senate
San Domingo
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York City
Guarantye Fund
Harrison F. Johnson
New York Hospital
Dottie Everhart
Johnson
Lottie Reynolds
Kroll Furniture Manufacturing Co
Michigan
Allentown
Hitchcock
Indian Territory Iluminating Oil Co
Osage Indian Reservation
Col. W. C. Averill
Elizabeth Wickham
Philip Mueller
Minneapolis
Minn
Henry Lear
Doylestown, Pa
National Bank
Jay Cooke
Charles D. Barney
Ogontz
Philadelphia
Cook
James R. Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
House of Representatives
Pere Marquette
Lake Michigan
Claude S. Snively
Law Office
Washburn, Mitchell & Bailey
Lonsdale
Duluth
Edwards, III
Manning Harris
Harris
Nantucket Island
Daniel H. McCarthy
F. Goodman
Michael Lipshitz
Robert Washington
Bowershock & Meyer
Springdale
Frank Pearsons
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Canada
Eugene A. Georger
Richard Emery
German Bank of Buffalo
R. R. Bennett
North America
Gilman & Barnes
Christopher Smith
Sandrock
West Virginia State Senate
Gov
White
Caldwell
Massachusetts Agricultural College At
Amherst
John K. Taggart
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Emma Tompkins
Willis Mecherle
Bloomington
Mecherle
Miss Tompkins
Judge Cook
John Nichols
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Arthur French
Lord de Freyne
England
Wilkinson
Huntington
W. Va
Triple State Gas Co
United States Natural Gas Co
Margaret Connelly
John A. Hart
H. H. Rogers
Vixen
Larchmont
New York
Providence
RDA
Germantown
William E. McLaren
Max Spitz
New York Central Railroad
Spitz
Kuklitch
Avenue Theatre
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Queenstown
Ireland
Bensingers
Empires
Joseph Schrage
City Savings Bank
Atlantic
Commercial Cable Co
Russian Revolutionary Party
Peabody-Adams
Colorado
Farnley & McCrea
Indianapolis
Whitaker-Glassner Co
Crescent and
Belmont Lodges
Amalgamated Association
Wheeling and Martin’s Ferry
Steel Casting Co
Samuel Battle
Naval Academy
Samuel W. Battle
Asheville
N. C
Annapolis
Baku
J. L. Crawford
People's Coal Co
Scranton
Indian River
Fla
Symness
Denver
Col
Sophia Westover
Wyocena
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
William K. Vanderbilt
Treasury
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Carrie Joslyn
Isaac Swan
Joslyns
Mason
Pentwater
Charles Cawley
Six Mile Ferry
Joseph McGrath
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas White
John Herrick
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Wiota
Erie
Fairlawn
N. J
Charles Austin
Charles E. Anderson
Connellsville
Hoosac Tunnel
Charleston
Mass
Brooklyn
Edinboro
Gillespie Bros
Chadwick
Czar
Iovoyo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary L. Koehne
Garfield Avenue
N11
Mary Koehne
Mame
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, A. & A
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto, Canada
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