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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
1
Strikers and soldiers clash again with no release yet. The incident prompts official statements and ongoing security concerns in the area. Local authorities monitor protests and coordinate with event organizers for safety.
Typhoid fever cases rise in Indianapolis with 31 new infections in January, a higher count than the prior month and a year ago. Health officials note most reports come in late January as city water safety is questioned by City Sanitarian Keene amid river-water intrusion into the supply. A Milwaukee sanitarium missing-person case concerns Emma Berlinger of Chicago who vanished with freezing conditions feared to have caused her death.
Emperor Nicholas met with thirty four St. Petersburg workers at Tsarskoe Selo and pledged to improve conditions through legal channels while warning against revolutionary agitation. The visit followed the Jan twenty second bloodshed and included gifts from the imperial family to victims. Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky retires as interior minister, with Bouligan named as possible successor.
In Johnston New York a confrontation between strikers and troops at the Wouhitzer plant left six dead and forty eight wounded as soldiers fired on marchers. In St Petersburg reports say Maxime Gorky was released were false.
A fire in Johnston New York early today killed Jay Antis his wife and their two grown daughters. The blaze destroyed their residence and left no members of the family alive.
Madison Wisconsin briefs report Arizona legislature petitions both houses against a federal bill to unite Arizona and New Mexico. Wisconsin Senate and Assembly pass a rail tax back suit statute extension and a civil service reform bill setting merit based appointments and competitive exams.
The U S army transport Sherman sails from San Francisco carrying the Twenty-First Infantry bound for the Philippines.
In Denver on the case opening day, Fred Hummel a Democratic committeeman identified his ballot from a fraudulent batch of seventy to eighty ballots. He noted the word Democratic and located the exact ballot by matching the number on the reverse side to the poll book.
Jefferson City Missouri February 2 The declaration by Thomas K Niedringhaus the Republican caucus nominee that he will not withdraw from the senatorial contest even if an important embassy is offered by President Roosevelt strengthens opinion that no senator will be elected this session The thirteenth ballot shows Cockrell 78 Niedringhaus 72 Kerens 12 Pettijohn 2
Reno report of William Andres and William Jones finds a cave in southwestern Nevada explored to 300 feet depth. Evidence suggests a prehistoric race, with hieroglyphs among stalactites and stone seats indicating use.
Harrisburg reports Rev. Dr. James Henry Darlington of Brooklyn elected bishop of the new Protestant Episcopal diocese to succeed Rev. Dr. William T. Manning of New York, who was recently elected but declined.
Richard Croker arrives in New York from England to attend the funeral of his son Frank Croker who died in a Florida car crash. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, will defend the closed shop policy in a public debate set for Feb 10 in Rochester under the Central Trades and Labor Council.
Cardinal Gibbons denies any Catholic Church political agent in Washington and declares K L Scharf not employed by the church. Bishop Conaty in Los Angeles calls Bard's charges absurd and says the diocese handles Indian affairs openly without government funds.
Absent a serious injury the annual DePauw university class scrap kicked off three weeks early with freshmen kidnapping sophomores and a midnight clash in the street. The fight, lasting nearly an hour, left many bruised as students toppled over street stones. Faculty oppose the early start and vow to halt further clashes.
Boston report states Dr W R Read age 70 died at home after leaving a note diagnosing his own case as heart rheumatism. The note says nothing suspicious and directs his effects to his wife Annie Read of Hickory North Carolina. The physician was a graduate of Mdingurich University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Chicago traders report opening hog receipts 24000 with prices from 4 45 to 4 90 for light to heavy grades. Cattle and sheep show steady demand with natives at 4 00 to 5 75 and lambs at 6 25 to 7 90. Official yesterday receipts 36266 shipments 7271, with 2000 expected today and 21000 tomorrow.
New York faces sharp public concern over police efficiency and judicial misuses. A Monday conference at the Chamber of Commerce formed a nonpartisan panel led by Felix Adler and J. Pierpont Morgan to investigate police conditions, seek legislation, and depoliticize the force, with Mayor McClellan endorsing the reform push.
The piece condemns McClellan’s mayoralty and McAdoo’s police leadership for rising crime including highway robbery burglary arson and murder. It notes police failings with few suspects brought to justice and cites Keating’s late action revoking an employment agency license linked to vice after nine months of illegality.
Washington February 2 Attorney D W Baker has formally withdrawn the appeal for James M A Watson from the judgment convicting him of embezzlement of District of Columbia funds. Watson was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on one of two indictments.
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