28 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
1
Dispatches from St Petersburg describe an armed rebellion planned in Poland and ominous actions as the Seminovsky guards move toward Moscow. Reports note desultory firing, guerilla warfare, and police arming as strikes widen in Saratoff Kief and Baltic regions.
Henry Potter a wealthy Dunkirk lumber dealer was found beside a box car at Dunkirk stone quarry with throat cut and knife wound. He claimed a would be ambush but gave no details. His Christmas day bank withdrawal and possession of a diamond ring fuel speculation of a love affair motive and possible self harm.
Mrs Lydia Hicholis aged 72 a widow living alone in the former Junction hotel was found dead on the floor by her brother Cyrus Hicks who called to check on her in Richmond Michigan on December 28.
The Evening Journal notes call money rates in New York reach 125 percent. In British Columbia the bark Caspas ran ashore near Amphitrite Point on Vancouver Island with all crew lost and about twenty five perished. Niagara Falls hotels Porter Imperial and Temperance Annex damaged by fire causing about 140000 dollars in losses.
A horse attached to a buggy on the public square in Marion, Indiana, starved and frozen for fourteen hours while the owner, intoxicated, slept in a hotel. Police seized the buggy and euthanized the tired animal. The owner left town without reclaiming the property, toys for his children still inside the buggy.
Representative James A. Tawney has been promoted to chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Fifty ninth Congress. He has served Minnesota's First District in the House since 18 90 and previously two terms in the Minnesota State Senate from 1890 to 1904. Born in Gettysburg Pennsylvania he worked at his father's anvil before moving to Winona in 1877 to work as a machinist while studying law and gaining admission to the bar in 1882. He is fifty years old.
Hamilton offers explanation for his employment citing role in countering the use of sandbags. The statement reveals reasoning behind his recruitment and aims to clarify the issue surrounding the device.
Andrew Hamilton, a legislative agent for New York Life, explains why secrecy was essential to a confidential service handling bills and funds. He claims $235,000 remains unaccounted for, saying books and vouchers were not kept to maintain secrecy and protect the insurers from political pressure.
The exchange centers on a settlement offer to deposit $100,000 with the company. Secretary McCall questions Hughes about Hamilton's statements but cannot gain new light. He does not challenge Hamilton's figures or travel expenses, asks for a full statement, and relies on Hamilton's honesty. McCall insists on checks and check books, but Hamilton says he has none.
About 100 Cumberland Presbyterian members from several states gathered in Nashville to protest the proposed union with the Presbyterian church. Reports from committees were awaited as opposition leaders spoke, emphasizing that only individual withdrawals could form a union and that they would preserve the Cumberland Presbyterian body.
Three Memphis banks failed to open on December 28 in a shock collapse. Merchants' Trust Company, American Savings Bank and Trust, and Mechanics' Savings Bank, linked institutions, have gone into liquidation with John P. Edmonson named receiver. Depositors will recover all funds.
Shaw has departed for Washington with Chi business duties. schedule shows departure before Sunday.
Hamilton outlines bills hostile to insurers including taxation measures and proposals to compel repeating reports by companies. He reviews various styles of legislation aiming to constrain or tax the industry and notes their potential impact on the sector.
The article discusses how life insurance bills aim to pressure policyholders and favor insurers. It cites Arkansas and Michigan proposals requiring physician health certificates or taxes on surrender values, and notes Virginia and Indiana efforts met defeats. The New York Life Insurance Company fought such moves with influential counsel, succeeding in some cases.
Cable reports from San Domingo say the cabinet has taken over the government and named Vice President Caceres as Morales’s successor. Morales is with revolutionists about ten miles from the capital, Washington notes.
The sultan of Morocco objects to Madrid as the venue for the Moroccan conference. William Purcell longtime editor of The Union and Advertiser Rochester N Y is dead aged 75. Circuit clerks and county recorders from nearly every Illinois county are in convention at Bloomington IL.
Chicago markets report mixed livestock receipts with cattle and sheep lower. Hog prices show slight declines across heavy shipping, mixed packers and light hogs, while cattle remain generally weaker and sheep listings linger with reduced action.
First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock warns salaries for first and second class clerks are too low, hindering efficiency and promotion. He recommends public building offices, a revised rent system, emergency funds for rural facilities, and broader use of money order fraud safeguards. He notes a rise in undelivered valuables and a surge in obscene mail, with thousands of objectionable cards withdrawn.
Governor Folk responded to a state board of prison inspectors letter claiming no power to govern the penitentiaries. He criticized the inspectors for ignoring duties, noting the law defines their authority and requires action on the warden’s appointments.
George Lennon of the St. Paul club arrived in Milwaukee asserting he has good reasons to believe the sale of the Minneapolis club was a fake. The Milwaukee Daily News reports his claim and arrival.
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