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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1906

Page

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Roosevelt Aims for Cuban Self-Government Not Annexation

President Roosevelt told cabinet members and callers that U S action in Cuba serves only to restore order and protect interests not to annex. Magoon expected as provisional Cuba governor replacing Winthrop. Funston to command U S troops with Taft urging War Dept to appoint him.

Washington Roosevelt Knox Foraker Cuba United States Funston Taft War Department Frederick Funston Immediate

Palma Leaves the Capitol Quietly as Cuba Ex-President Departs

Ex-President Palma leaves the Havana palace for Matanzas in a quiet scene. Officials and Palma family members accompany the departure, with Palma tearfully waving from the train platform as the special eastbound train moves toward Regla. He will stay briefly in Matanzas before returning to his home in Yamama, with Governor Taft set to assume residence at the palace this week.

Havana Alma Cuba Palma O'Parrill Fontsy Sterling Montalvo Dolz Senate Zaldo Beltnd Matanzas Teir Palma Hadeen Regla Tieu Yama Santiago Taft

Lumber ant PSA board meeting raises rates in Detroit

The executive board of the Lumber ant PSA association met in Detroit and declared a 50 cent per WO rate increase for fall business. The Indiana yearly meeting of friends has finished its work and adjourned.

Lumber Ant Psa Association Detroit Indiana Yearly Meeting of Iends

Roosevelt Alters Cuba Governorship Choice

President Roosevelt reconsiders the provisional Cuba governor pick and will name Beckham Winthrop as governor of Porto Rico. Magoon moves to the Philippines as vice governor and Philippine commission member.

Charlies E. Magoon Panama Canal Zone Panama Cuba Taft Beekman Winthrop Porto Rico Magoon Philippine Islands Philippine Commission Islands Winthrop Washington, D. C Evening Journal Roosevelt Beckham Winthrop Philippines

Rigid U S Immigration Rules Tighten Border Checks

St Johns New Brunswick October 3 The United States Immigration inspectors announce stricter regulations for admitting Canadians to the United States. An exam akin to first papers will be required at the border and all Canadians intending to reside in the U S will face lengthy questioning. Physical exams remain rare unless a passenger’s appearance raises suspicion.

St. Johns N. B United States Immigration Department Canada

Sterling Salt Company Watch Promises Rival Salt Industry

Permanent organization of the Sterling Salt company Watch is completed with officers: President Hf. Hazard of Fr. L. Moulton & Co as general agents of the British Trion and owners of Michigan Salt works at Marine City Mich. Vice president Edward W. Brown Brown & Shaw. Treasurer Edwin B. Bryan Secretary James W. Bryce.

New York Stering Salt Company Watch International Salt Company Fellowing Ouivers Hf. Hazard Fr. 1 Moulton & Co Trion Michigan Sail Works Marine City Mich Edward W. Brown Brown & Shaw Retsof Mining Company Edwin Bl.bryan James W. Bryce

Mob Hangs Over Riot Ends With Officer's Fatal Shot

Mobile officer Roy Hoyle was fatally shot during a jailyard melee as deputies fought a mob seeking to seize Dick Robinson a young negro. Alderman Sidney Lyons was wounded in the hand and the mob remains at large intent on lynching Robinson.

Mobile Ala Roy Hoyle Mobile and Ohio Railroad Sidney Lyons Dick Robinson

Shipwrights Strike Begins Early in New York yards

New York reports a preemptive strike by shipwrights in the local yards with demands for raising wages from 3.50 to 4 per day and a Saturday half holiday. Employers opened strike-breaker bureaus in Philadelphia Boston Baltimore and Norfolk as talks failed. In Ramsey Alabama night watchman Frank Bekard vanished from Clover Leaf coal dock grounds prompting a search.

New York Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Norfolk Ramsey Frank Bekard Clover Leaf Coal Dock Here

Lieutenant Lalim Wins Paris Balloon Race

Lieutenant Frank P. Lalim of the Sixth cavalry, U S A, won the Paris balloon race with all entrants landing safely. In Terre Haute Indiana coal prices rose 25 cents a ton due to a car shortage cited by operators.

Frank P. Lalim Sixth Cavalry U.S. A Paris Terre Haute Ind Indiana

Terror Strikes and Measures Across Odessa and Russia

Reports from Odessa Warsaw Askabad Kharkov and Yekaterinoslav detail terrorist activity riots violent clashes and new security orders. Fire destroys a Jewish theater three perish while peasant gangs extort funds. A judge advocate is killed in Askabad and a bomb factory is uncovered in Kharkov as police battle revolutionaries.

Death of Al Adams Stirs Foul Play Suspicions

New York coroner hints suicide may be doubtful in the death of policy king Al Adams. He notes a body position and trajectory of a shot suggest possible foul play. He cites lack of motive and ongoing questions about Inman’s wealth as factors. Also: New Jersey set to be governed by long distance telephone as Gov Stokes leaves for fall shooting, with senate president acting only if absence extends.

United States Congress New York Harburger al” Adams Adams Tam Inman New Jersey Blooming Grove Stokes Senate

Two Very Precocious Boys Arrested for Robbery

Patton aged 9 and Watts aged 7, both colored, were arrested at 2 a.m. in Quincey for breaking two plate glass windows and stealing from C. F. Lambrecht's cigar store. Police note Patton previously burned his mother's house near Cairo, Illinois, and the pair had stolen pigs and chickens before, but their ages limited punitive options.

Quincey Major Patton Harry Watts C. F. Lambrecht Cairo Ill Patton Watts

Barrel explosion injures Timothy Connell in Wegon incident

A barrel of elder belonging to Timothy Connell exploded during fermentation while in a Wegon state. Connell reportedly had the barrel when the blast occurred, causing injuries and raising questions about handling and storage safety.

Milton Timothy Connell Connell

Privilege in Chaucer’s Use and Legal Sense Discussed

The term privilege historically denotes a private ordinance for an individual. It clarifies its Latin roots privus meaning one's own and sex meaning law, with Chaucer illustrating the old sense of a personal legal grant beyond common rights.

Chaucer

No More White Sugar Prompted By Commission Ruling

New York Oct 3 The pure food commission may ban mineral bluing in sugar bleaching. If unchanged the public will soon use granulated and other sugars with a yellowish tinge. Chemists previously used four pounds of mineral bluing per million pounds of sugar for bleaching.

New York Pire Food Commission United States

Farralones wireless plant to link Mare Island yard with Honolulu

Vallejo California October 3 Chief Electrician George Hanscom of the Mare Island navy yard returns with his crew from the Farralones where a wireless station now sixteen times as powerful as the former setup has been installed. Hopes rise that the improved link may reach Honolulu.

Vallejo Cal Ian George Hanscom Mare Island Navy Yard Farralones Honolulu

Wreck Sightings Reported Near Oporto

London reports no confirmation of a Barcelona story about the Liga captain seeing a wreck with floating bodies near Oporto. Lloyds notes the fireship Riga passed a derelict vessel off Oporto on September 28.

London Barcelona Oporto Lloyd's Riga

Canadian Pacific Purchases Wisconsin Central

New York reports the Canadian Pacific railway has acquired the Wisconsin Central and will elect a majority of directors at the annual meeting scheduled for October 9.

Wisconsin Central New York Canadian Pacific Road

Madrid Plans $10 Million Loan for 5000 Primary Schools

Madrid on October 3 reports Minister of Public Instruction Gimento announcing a loan project of 10 000 000 for constructing 5000 primary wheels in five years.

Madrid Gimento

Chicago Markets Report Oct 3 1906 Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Chicago market summary shows hogs strong to higher with light hogs 84.30 to 86.60 and heavy grades 86.00 to 86.40. Cattle receipts about 21 000 with beves cows and westerns ranges 3.50 to 7.60, Westerns 3.50 to 6.60. Sheep and lambs 35 000 and weak to slow with natives 3.00 to 5.40 and westerns 3.00 to 5.40. Overall market mixed, early gains fade in some classes. stockers and feeders varied through the day.

Texas

Postal Puzzle Ideas From Chicago Man Stimulate Debate

In New York on October 8 the postal commission heard John M. Thibbard urge second-class mail reforms to make the system self sustaining and to curb abuses. He proposed excluding bulk matter from mails, higher rates for bulk and cutting the sample copy privilege, with a push for publishers to route second-class matter.

New York John M. Thibbard Chicago Postal Commission Hubbard

Whack at the Department Critiques Postal Statistics

A brief attacks the treasury and postal statistics as false and years of guessing. It argues the state spends up to ten million annually on franked matter and outlines how newspapers overburden mails. It cites past officials and proposes banning premium schemes by newspapers.

Treasury Department Geological Survey Post Office Department Wolcott

American press compares Atlanta events with Russian pogroms

St. Petersburg dispatch notes editorials in several newspapers drawing parallels between Atlanta disturbances and anti Jewish massacres in Russia. Novyye Vremya urges the United States to stop blaming official provocation and acknowledge racial animosity as the cause.

St. Petersburg Atlanta Russia Novyce Vremya United States

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Winthrop—Punston New Salt Company New York Shipyards Charles Evans Hughes Vonald Hughes Armstrong Legislative Committee David ©. Hughes Glens Falls, Y Brown University Columbia Law School Kaulbars Odessa Warsaw Associated Press Karbora Vlayemsky Pentchero Kherson Askabad Rinkevich Ushakoffsky Kharkov Sebastopol Reds Yekaterinoslav al Adams M Wireless Spain Grain Market J. A. Junkin Sterling, Kan National Editorial Association Junkin Benjamin B. Herbert Editorial Association National Printer Journalism John Norris New York Times American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
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