The Rioting Continues Are Frightened
The fragment describes ongoing unrest with frightened parties amid continuing rioting and public concern. No clear names or places are provided in the readable text.
07 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1905
Page
1
The fragment describes ongoing unrest with frightened parties amid continuing rioting and public concern. No clear names or places are provided in the readable text.
Rioting broke out in Warsaw with several men killed among strikers at bakeries and other workplaces. Provisions rise in price and shortages leave people hungry. Endom reports twenty workers killed or wounded. troops sent to Kutno amid grave troubles. Skaryske reports twenty four killed today.
Joseph H. Manley died suddenly in Augusta Maine. He chaired the National Executive Committee of the Republican party and served in the state legislature in 1887 1888 1889 1890 1899 1900 1901 becoming speaker of the house in 1901. He led business ventures and once presided over the Augusta Savings Bank while serving as a director at the First National Bank. He attended Republican national conventions in 1876 1880 1884 1888 and 1900.
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee amended the reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland by stripping duty free salt fish and allowing only fresh fish to enter free. Administration expects no consummation as Newfoundlanders likely reject the changes.
The Keyport village magistrate ruled that Rev. G W Jones did not disturb the peace of W R Trailor when he implied a church member caused another to fall from grace in a sermon. The pastor was discharged and Trailor says he will pursue legal action elsewhere.
The Goodrich steamer Iowa arrived in Chicago port after a day and night of ice conflict. Eighteen passengers endured the voyage listening to crew shouts and ice crashes, but none suffered from the cold as steam pipes kept cabins warm.
Sogen son Soininen, Finland’s procurator general, was killed by a young assailant at his residence in Helsinki. The attacker fired four shots, wounding Soininen and his son who tried to intervene. The motive appears political and linked to Russia. The shooter, identified only as Alexandre Gadd, was captured after a gunfight and is hospitalized.
Reports from St Petersburg note the assassination of Soininen Finland’s procurator general as a political act signaling a new era of terrorism. The crime’s motive remains unclear while Finland’s Russification policies and opposition movements fuel bitter tensions following January events across Russia.
Maxim Gorky the famed Russian writer and revolutionary was imprisoned for his views. He joined eighty Russians who formed a provisional government to replace the czar. At a Berlin conference last November representatives of Finnish and Polish groups drafted a programme for united action.
Bedford Ind February 7 Justice Mc Lachlan announced the preliminary rulings in the Frank Evans and Elmer Browning murder case over Miss Sarah Schaefer. Evans was released Browning is bound over to the grand jury which convenes February 20. Court room crowded for the decision.
Kokomo Indiana February 7 Guy Mast recounts after four years in the U S Navy that sailors endure severe living conditions. He says on the Dolphin the diet was ample only when funded by price funds while on other ships crews banded together to buy food. He recalls stale bread and questionable meat with harsh meals and poor quality rations described as tough and dubious in origin.
The House set aside part of yesterday today and Thursday for debate on the Besch Townsend bill with a 3 p.m. Thursday vote and no amendments. The electoral vote tally will be taken then. Locomotive Firemen See Grievances in Philadelphia Meet.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show May wheat at 1.17 and 1.16, corn May 0.45, oats 0.20, hogs and cattle in range with pigs at 4.70 to 5.00, cattle 4.75 to 6.25 for exsteers, sheep 5.40 to 5.70, Western calves 5.50 to 7.60. East Buffalo listings reflect steady cattle receipts and strong hogs with lambs and calves priced across multiple classes.
Rockford Illinois Feb 7 State Game Warden Lovejoy reports many inquiries about Sunday hunting Farmers complain city visitors bring guns and dogs to fields on Sundays An old law revival attempt failed due to lack of statute authority Wardens seek new law to curb the nuisance and require licenses for rabbit shooting
In Washington on February 7 the Missouri legislature memorialized the senate urging broader powers for the interstate board while Wisconsin asked for tariff revision. The joint statehood bill was taken up and Beveridge closed the debate in favor of the bill. The replication of a prior dispute followed.
A Paducah report describes a dying tree on WH Alberts farm in Heath township that allegedly emits a voice promising buried treasures. An investigative committee of county residents found no proof beyond the tree’s slow decay and voices that frightened a local family into leaving years ago.
The Michigan asylum for the insane in Kalamazoo is quarantined as smallpox spreads through several wards. Hundreds of patients and staff are confined, after the disease is traced to a Mrs Worber from Jackson. Contagion began in the female department but soon spread to the main building.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 30,000 with mixed packers and light heavy shipping grades. Cattle and sheep receipts around 18,000 each, with markets generally steady to weak and loads of $4.25 to $8.85 for cattle and pigs around $4.30 to $4.70 for porkers.
Funeral of Beckwith in Cleveland as receiver Looser files creditors and amounts due in Chadwick bankruptcy. Total known claims so far about 65 910 with many losses and largest sums unlisted. Meeting set Feb 17 for creditors to elect a trustee. estate valued under 50 000 and potential distribution under 2 percent.
The funeral for C. T. Beckwith president of the Citizens National Bank Oberlin will be held tomorrow afternoon with simple services conducted by Dr. H M Tenney. Beckwith born September 19 1889 rose from clerk to bank president and exposed in Chadwick affair lost his fortune when the bank closed. In Cleveland Mrs Chadwick in jail said she could not pay for publication about Beckwiths death noting the shock of the news.
Washington reports that bondsmen for August W. Machen George E. Lorenz Diller B Groff and Samuel A Groff have surrendered them into custody. The four men will depart for the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville this afternoon.
In Ottumwa Iowa a party of coaster riders collided with a buggy during a snowstorm. Mr and Mrs Z T Earl were thrown from the buggy and painfully injured while several coaster riders also sustained injuries.
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