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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
3
Berlin reports the Reichstag ended abruptly this afternoon after the government failed to pass a supplementary appropriation for troops in German Southwest Africa. Chancellor Von Buelow warned dissolution targets the clerical party tied to the government, amid national unrest and calls for imperial policy support.
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The article reports a crisis as the Reichstag rejects a 29,220,000 mark supplementary war appropriation for German Southwest Africa. Chancellor von Buelow defends the measure, arguing the colonies’ defense and national honor. The vote, 168 to 149, leads to Reichstag dissolution and notes the colony’s strategic stakes and domestic opposition.
In London on December 13 a clash occurred as women workers from Manchester and East London tried to gather near the House of Commons. Five women and one man were arrested after police barred entrances and ejected the demonstrators who fought with officers.
London reports Great Britain France and Italy signed an accord with Menelik of Abyssinia to preserve Abyssinia's integrity and the open door. The pact aims to safeguard British and Egyptian Nile interests, Italian interests in Ethiopia, and French zones needed for railway development to Addis Ababa.
In a Blue Book on Natal disturbances Sir Henry Eaward McCallum, governor, states that among two large mission stations in Victoria county run by the American Board of Foreign Missions only one native preacher and three followers remained loyal. He says the other congregations joined the revolts in the field against the government.
Gen Cordova, a rebel commander at the River Azogues action, sent word to President Alfaro requesting amnesty. Alfaro announced the revolt is crushed and vowed to vigorously suppress any new Liberal party uprisings, urging peace.
Baltimore actor Rankin Duval, son of a Baltimore merchant, tried to kill himself by falling on a knife in a Sixth Avenue saloon after walking from Dr Allen's home. He was alive but likely fatally wounded, and he declared he could not live. He had twenty years on the stage and had ties to Belasco's Darling of the Gods and various theater groups.
A slight mishap in the Louisiana's machinery at Orleans La was found during overhaul. A broken piston ring in the starboard engine may delay the ship by keeping it from meeting its scheduled time next Monday. The issue arose while engines were being serviced.
Seventeen year old Margaret Burkle, a chorus girl, was found in Marinette Wisconsin after a Chicago raid. Police allege A J Streeter, a millionaire railway supplies maker, orchestrated her removal and escape to Canada. Detectives say Streeter has been married four times with potential wives in Cleveland Chicago and Michigan.
New York residents march on Friday December 24 at 3 PM to the city hall to confront the horse car system on the east side and major thoroughfares. Notable attendees include Dr James Hamilton, Lilian Ward, Heaton Pink, Hamilton Holt, Walter Kee, Rose Pastor Stokes, Dr Blaustein of the Educational Alliance, and representatives from Civic Club and Federal Club supporting east side workers' rights.
The Princeton University trustees met and announced gifts for the committee of fifty fund books department of astronomy Isabella McCosh infirmary endowment from Mrs Sebant M Taylor Pyne Morris K Jessup fund from Morris K Jessup and other endowments. Wright Sheldon was elected a life trustee. George A Armour named for gifts to the classical seminary. Sheldon is a 1879 Princeton graduate and head of United States Trust Company.
Health office compiles list of deaths with names ages and addresses from various streets and hospitals. Notable entries include Grace A Mattingly 38 at 704 W G Ave and George J Freitng 78 at 2125 Montelia Ave NE along with multiple others across Garfield Hospital Providence Hospital Casualty Hospital and city streets.
An appeal to President Roosevelt seeks reversal of a board of inquiry ruling at Ellis Island. Michaelina Kalecki, five, would be deported with her mother who has worked four years in a Woonsocket woolen mill to pay the child's fare from Poland. Michaelina, now with scarlet fever, is a patient at Worth Brother Island Hospital. she arrived with her mother's niece Antonia Hammamok aboard the Chemnitz. If not reversed, Antonin and the child face deportation. the board ruled the mother's wage of 7 to 10 cents weekly insufficient for the child. The appeal argues humanity, noting the mother risked everything to rescue her child from Warsaw.
New York depictions tell of Michael F. Brown a John Hancock claim adjuster with a Mount Vernon home who allegedly cruelly treated his son Cyril forcing harsh meals and housework. Police traced the boy to Jersey City where Brown was held on inhuman treatment charges after a court hearing in First Children's Court.
A vintage promo notes Christmas wine gifts and special assortments priced from 10 to 200 dollars, urging early ordering to avoid holiday rush. The piece uses a cautionary line about wine and domestic goods as a playful preface.
Governor elect Charles B Hughes declares at Rochester chamber banquet that administration must be unbiased and that public service corporations operate fairly with reasonable charges and taxation. He warns against private profit from public privilege and vows vigilant state oversight to defend the public welfare.
Bazelhurst Mississippi. Pec 13 R W N Miller chief counsel for Mrs Angie Birdsong convicted of manslaughter for killing Dr T Butler filed today in the Supreme Court for bail. Trial judge refused. Influential backers include United States Senator McLaurin her uncle and A Q May former state treasurer. Clergy, officials, and merchants sign a petition urging bail until appeal for a new trial. Two jurors urge the harshest possible penalty.
Dale, Dec. 13 Crier reports Homestake Mine grants employees an eight hour day. Underground workers had demanded it, now all employees receive it. Half company time allowed for travel to and from work. Regulator to take effect next Saturday.
Col William J Brown a Civil War veteran and former NY Daily News publisher died at his Great Barrington Massachusetts home at age sixty four after a long illness Brights disease was the cause. He served as Ohio Civil War staff aide and later helped found the Montana Territorial Legislature office. He edited papers in Ohio and New York and served two terms as New York State Senator while also seeking Congress in 1893.
New York Daily News Company assigns for creditors to Thomas C. Quinn and suspends publication. Quinn cites competition and weak assets but expects settlements with creditors. The same day Col William L. Brown, former Daily News publisher, dies. Buy Your Christmas Presents Now.
J Howard Larcombe a Civil War telegrapher and Pension Office employee dies at 87 recalling a long friendship with Andrew Carnegie. He entered the Pension Office in 1878 and was last year reduced to a 900 dollar salary. Services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at his late home with the funeral at Rock Creek Parish Hall at 2 p.m.
Three New Brunswick officials Premier Tweedie Attorney General William Puggsley and Surveyor General Sweeney yesterday called on Gifford Pinchot chief of the United States Forest Service to discuss the new forest laws in New Brunswick They invited him to attend a forestry convention in Fredericton NB next February.
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