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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
1
The Commons rejected all Lords amendments to the education bill 416 to 107 with Irish MPs backing the government. Birrell set up a committee to explain the defeat amid heated exchanges as Lord Lansdowne and peers watched the climax and divisions.
Letters patent grant a Transvaal constitution with a 69 member legislative assembly. Salaries are set at 1500 dollars yearly for legislators. Chinese labor recruitment will cease immediately and the system must end within a year after the first legislative meeting unless shortened by the assembly. The plan follows Churchill’s July 31 statement and King Edward’s final approval. The assembly’s term details were outlined in Parliament on August 1.
Washington The House authorized an investigation into the so called lumber trust. Berlin The Reichstag rejected the supplementary budget 178 to 168 and Chancellor Von Buelow dissolved parliament in a message read to the chamber.
Voters rather than population determine seat distribution with Rand 34 seats Tretoria 6 and remaining Transvaal 29. The constitution grants manhood suffrage to males 21+ residing six months not in British garrison. The assembly dissolves every five years and a British appointed second chamber of 15 members will exist for five years and an elective second chamber will be formed later.
In Noblesville Indiana a court orders the plaintiff John Phenis to have his hair cut by a barber in open court. Phenis sues Indiana Union Traction for personal injuries from being struck by a work car while crossing the track. Doctors disagree on the cause of bumps on his head.
The article praises a new DeWitt Clinton High School entrance in Manhattan designed by C B J Snyder, noting rising architectural standards in public school buildings. It claims many large city schools now rival college buildings in dignity and imposing appearance.
Berlin delegates from German Belgian Dutch and Swedish chambers of commerce met to pressure United States grain sellers to alter terms of the standard contract. They seek merchantable grain at European ports and place risk on sellers for poor arrival quality, focusing on corn and wheat. The group plans talks with the British chamber and may discuss Russian contracts. They voted to reject US coin certificates and push for a new grain agreement.
Mrs Hattie Politz travels westward after learning the man she buried in Riverside cemetery Oshkosh was not her husband. She had brought a charred body from California after the San Francisco earthquake last summer and believed it to be his. Now she continues toward the setting sun to join him.
Judge A L Sanborn sustains the right to strike for any cause or no cause in the Allis Chalmers versus Iron Molders case. The opinion notes conspiracies to strike may be lawful if aimed at better conditions, while concerted threats or strikes raise separate legality issues between workers and employers.
The narrative recalls a husband living on a ranch in California and a wife in Shawano Stock ton with a long distance conversation that bridges a presumed death. They relive private marital incidents, and their bond revived after the San Francisco disaster. Preparations began to move to Stockton as the tragedy claimed one child and left others mournful.
Joseph Medill Patterson, a Chicago socialist studying at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural College, says Yale’s social life is unfair. He argues western universities are more democratic and that wealthy sons dominate Yale life and honorary societies, mirroring corporate influence.
Caspar F. Search, the last person to speak to President Lincoln before his assassination, is buried in Chicago. A government messenger in 1865, he delivered a message at Ford's Theatre and heard the fatal shot. He later led the American Butter Dish Co in Traverse City and held engineering and management posts in Chicago.
A brief notice records a man’s death leaving a widow and three children. The final details are obscured in the fragment, but the core facts indicate a bereaved family and the loss of a named individual.
New York City agent for the Andrew Carnegie Hero Fund seeks records of James Lukina, a Greenview boy who died June 23, 1904, while saving Vance Ray from drowning in the Sangamon River. Lukina and bankson perished. Lukina leaves a widow and infant. The Carnegie medal will honor the child and provide ongoing support based on the deceased parent’s earnings.
Washington December 18 ex United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah died at midnight after being shot by Mrs Anna M Bradley of Salt Lake City in the Raleigh hotel apartments Saturday afternoon.
Frankfort Indiana December 13 Harvey Walker of Middlefork lost his left hand when a shotgun discharged while he was removing it from a buggy on returning from a hunting trip. The accident left him with only a small fragment of the hand remaining.
Chicago markets show mixed receipts with cattle weak to lower and hogs firm to higher. Official yesterday totals reach 25047 hogs and 11000 cattle with today’s receipts around 25000. lambs and sheep steady, cattle and westerns range quoted amid market slowdowns.
Local ad seeks contact from John A Babcock of Ghicago Illinois promising a square deal and lasting communication.
Parisians are urged to attend the first mass outside law's bounds while authorities plan a quiet approach. Police will monitor services and arrest clerics for infractions as crowds guard churches with gendarmes stationed citywide. Montagnini faces assault charges as the government cites a papal telegram and law compliance.
Iberal Troman Catholics oppose Rome stance and file with Prefect Lepine for permission to hold religious meetings in all Paris churches. Martinet and Robin say action aims to keep peace, while Cardinal Richard denies sanction. Police plan early morning services unless two authorized reps file per church. Doctor Tissot and Emile Petit also file to legalize services for the year.
Christina Bauer Rose of Jackson seeks an annulment from Walter F.E. Rose. They married in 1006 and she went to Denver where a letter from Henrietta Rose of Chicago claimed Rose had prior marriage to another woman in Grand Rapids. The claim was denied by the husband, but the second wife verified the letter.
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