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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
2
A collage of civic tidbits discusses city enforcement, street work, Missouri legislature, and political maneuvering. It mentions a city marshal, constable, street sweeper, and concerns over Kerens and Neidinghaus, plus a mysterious unsigned letter about twelve thousand dollars to a government fund.
A coarse summary notes the tobacco trust cleaned up about 60,000 last year while remarking on attempts to buy legislation. It mentions Indianapolis Star and the Nevada gambling law as context for regulation and politics, with other brief items from Terre Haute Star and Indianapolis Star.
Residents note a surge in talk about improvements as owners resist raising rents despite long tenancy. They warn three months of modernization fever could alter Main Street so drastically that the once familiar scene would hardly be recognizable.
The clippings report wild rumors and sensational notes from Princeton and nearby towns. Highlights include a deadly West Virginia dispute over three pages of a document, ghost stories in Princeton with a reporter’s failed interview, and reflections on marriage trends.
Honolulu March 15. President Jordan of Stanford University asserts Mrs Stanford died a natural death not from strychnine poisoning. He notes the amount taken was within a medical dose and has assisted investigators with questions during the inquiry. The territorial senate adjourned and senators attended her funeral.
The period piece reports Field Marshal Oyama delaying a Russian reorganization while Kuropatkin steadies disordered units. It notes scarce Japanese pressure near Tie Pass and Russian officers surrendering under rumor of Japanese forces. Also mentions French loan opposition and a push for renewed war effort as commanders assess Mukden and Manchuria.
London reports the French bankers revolt as the era’s hopeful sign for peace between Russia and Japan. The proposed loan is said postponed rather than refused, with observers fearing a stronger Russian war party stance after Kuropatkin's Mukden setback. Russia’s loss of Germain, Crédit Lyonnais ally, may push talks toward indemnity demands of 500 to 750 million dollars.
The Rev John Watson McLaren has resigned as pastor of Sefton Park Presbyterian Church in Liverpool due to inability to continue amid ongoing bodily weariness. He states he has never been strong and can no longer endure the strain, outlining his decision as final.
Report from Te Pass on March 15 notes slow advance of the Japanese against Russian positions after Liao Yang. Leading columns lie eight to ten miles south, in touch with Russian vanguard. grand army reorganizes rapidly amid chaotic but improving lines.
A five story tenement at 105 Allen Street burned killing nineteen residents and injuring forty plus. Coroner Goldenkranz suspects incendiary origin and subpoenas fire marshal tenement house inspectors and health officials to testify. The blaze started in the basement, trapping inmates as exits failed. The disaster, the east side’s worst, spurs DA inquiry into blame.
A terse telegraph of global and domestic shocks reports Evansville riverfront danger pass, Russian peasant revolts spreading, a Mattoon burglary netting 400, Indiana Miner Union elects John Boyle president, Roosevelt named honorary NY Press Club member, New York tenement fire kills twenty, a New York blaze injures many, a Texas donkey abducts a baby then kills it, and excommunication of former Senator Cannon for criticising church hierarchy.
An old column advertises Deans Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues citing a civil war veteran Wilson Karr and notes Foster Milburn Co as U S sole agents in Buffalo New York. Also promotes Dr Thames Electric Oil Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Lindeman's Pharmacy products with prices and store references.
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