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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
1
An evening report claims Irkutsk railway stations were burned and traffic halted as revolts arise among reserves aiding released agitators. Disorders persist in Baltic provinces with station attacks, arrests, and editor detentions amid factory strikes and rail sabotage across Poland and Kielce regions.
Governor General Doubassoff tells the Associated Press that another Moscow uprising is unlikely as liberals and radicals back the government. Ringleaders are dead or jailed, arms captured, and most detainees to be released without trials. Leaders may face civil court. the worst offenders expect hard labor. Loss figures remain unclear due to ongoing investigations.
The legislature is pressuring Chauncey to resign amid outcry over his conduct. Lawmakers demand his immediate departure and public accountability as the situation unfolds.
Fugitive President leads troops against Puerto Plata amid severe fighting near the Caribbean warfront. Albany dispatch notes Senate Brackett of Saratoga seeks Chauncey Depew’s resignation over Equitable Life affair.
Special to The Evening Journal reports that Morales forces attacked Puerto Plata at 10 a m yesterday. The fighting lasted until 5 p m with heavy casualties on both sides as the besieging troops withdrew.
Fourteen stockmen from Belmont Mineral Springs and Monroe Wisconsin were injured in a collision between stock trains in Chicago. Some victims were gravely hurt and may die.
A tour of hospitals shows 432 killed and 1 130 wounded with 174 of the injured later dying. Troops suffered 9 killed including 2 officers and 51 wounded. Police losses total 10 killed and 15 wounded.
Newaygo Michigan January 3 Henry Laham aged 92 has been moved to the county house. He is the county's oldest resident and has never sought pension or relief, saying he was well paid for his Civil War services. He served in Michigan regiments including Hart's Island Fort Schuyler and Governor's Island and once acted as a spy. He cut logs near Saginaw and, though briefly ill, remains energetic and optimistic.
Judge S. S. Taulbee, newly elected Breathitt County judge, met with ex Judge James Hargis and supporters in Jackson to dismiss a contested election case. They pledged good will and cooperation to restore law and order, and Jackson celebrated at Taulbee's hotel.
Diana and other American women shown as capable hunters during open season. The image features a skilled hunter aiming at a deer, a common camp practice after the hunt.
The will of Charles T. Yerkes provides for his widow and son and daughter and allocates a $750,000 gift for a New York art gallery to be run by a corporation after the widow’s death. It creates a Yerkes gallery and Yerkes hospital in New York with funds from the estate, plus bequests to relatives and the University of Chicago for the Yerkes observatory. The plan includes a hospital open to all, with provisions for preferred income and control by designated trustees and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The home at Sixty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue and all art works are to pass to the gallery project upon the widow’s death.
The will provides for two thousand dollars to Charles FE Yerkes, son, with the son also given power to dispose by will of $200,000 of the estate. Nessie L. Rondinella, daughter, receives $200,000 and the daughter is granted the right to dispose by will of $300,000 of the estate. A trust of £100,000 is also established.
The crew of United States citizens aboard the wrecked bark Edward L Mayberry, NY, were landed at Havre France and brought to Southampton. Immigration officers cited the new aliens exclusion act calling them destitute aliens, prompting a bond from the U S consul Swarm to resolve the issue.
United States government bears the expense as the crew, who were warned not to become a burden on the community, are housed in England and will sail home in January.
Shelbyville Indiana January 8 Flora Davis renowned as the state’s most successful businesswoman and holder of five hundred thousand dollars in earned wealth married Harry Carson a local broker. She started a millinery shop at twelve while in school and later built the city’s largest business block and enterprise.
Secretary Bonaparte acted on the court martial findings in Commander Laue clen Young's case from the Bennington tragedy. The court convicted him of part of the specifications for negligence of duty and imposed a letter of reprimand.
At a Dundalk meeting Timothy M. Trealy was selected to run against the Irish National League’s candidate for North Louth. Healy stated willingness to terms but claimed the League had declared war and he would answer with war of his own.
Guayaquil January 3 reports Colonel Teran's revolutionaries have taken Kiobamba. A division led by the secretary of War Larrea has departed Quito to strike at the rebels, while another division has left Guayaquil and the city remains quiet.
Markets show mixed hogs and steady cattle with overall weakness across beef and sheep. Official receipts 249 yesterday and 7954 shipped. prospects steady with hogs 4.60 to 5.50 and cattle and sheep prices falling 5 to 10 percent from opening levels.
Ex premier Arthur J. Balfour issues an election address accusing Liberals of inconsistency on fiscal policy and criticizing foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey. He cites Ireland home rule and Welsh disestablishment, warns of a Liberal cabinet rift, and appeals for support based on twenty years of service.
New York police report the murder of Giuseppe Riccobone in the cellar under his East Thirteenth Street store. Found with a broken razor blade on his breast, his throat cut, and the left hand partly severed, the victim had sheltered the cellar as a sleeping area. Authorities link the slaying to Italian mob vengeance over a related case in Philadelphia.
Vice Chancellor emery in Trenton on John Shields' application named Tlassey M. Barrett as receiver for the John Shields Construction Company. Assets are listed as encroaching liabilities of 351000, with major railroad contracts for the Pennsylvania Railroad and Bergen tunnel projects near Jersey City and Quarryville, Pa.
Washington reports Brazil has issued a new tariff sharply increasing duties on United States flour grains and other key imports. The State Department has been unable to persuade Brazil to change course based on cable advisories received.
Springfield police investigate a report that Oliver Flickinger, sought for bigamy, also has wives in Elkhart Indiana and Chicago. He arrived over a year ago to represent the Union News company and married Miss Sadie Allen of Auburn, then was found to have a wife in Elkhart and now another in Chicago.
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