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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
12
The Isthmian Canal Commission report cites widespread employee indifference and rumors after leadership changes, despite sanitation and housing improvements. It notes 1,000,000 cubic yards removed in the Culebra cut, 4,600 workers, and ongoing dredging, harbor surveys, and rail links, with labor costs and eight hour laws debated.
Isthmian Canal Commission leaders Shonts and Stevens expect the international board to deliver its rock or sea level study within a week. The panel may present both majority for sea level and minority for lock canal. Presidents and commissioners await cost data to decide.
Emphatically denies Japan used military coercion to secure Korea’s monarch signature on a treaty. The narrative credits Marquis Ito with negotiated terms and cabinet approval, detailing a conference at the palace with no soldiers, the Emperor’s absence, and a majority cabinet vote. The author argues Japan must enforce reforms in Korea.
In Richmond Hill a wife, Mrs Charles Nommenson of 987 Fulton Street, fended off a burglar who entered the second floor sitting room proclaiming a mistake. She kept him at gunpoint guiding him out as he fled, while a separate dispatch notes a raid on a Morgan home and a fire scare at 219 Madison Avenue. The piece blends vignettes of crime, high society, and early 20th century urban life.
A testimonial from Santa Ana California praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for fast relief from headaches and nervous pains. The ad touts two tablets at symptom onset and asserts the product cures pains, quiets nerves, and is harmless. It notes a first package benefits or money back and states price four cents per dose.
San Francisco reports a widening boycott in China with many American houses closing their doors. R Vansant, a Shanghai representative, says conditions are severe across seventeen provinces including Canton and Hankow. Trade plummets, Hong Kong buyers switch to Australian goods, and fears grow of harsher measures if US laws stay lenient.
Special to The Washington Post reports David Hill is added to the list of witnesses unable to appear before the Armstrong Insurance investigating committee due to illness. The panel plans a February grand jury to consider testimony, as Jerome and Payn provide most of the notable statements. Payn denied a $34,000 Mutual Reserve Life grant and accused a false report of influencing his investigation. The article covers testimonies by J Ryder Cady, Louis Payn, and others, with details on the Mutual Life, Prussian insurers, and stock allocations.
John P. Munn, president, testified on affairs of United States Life Insurance Company. He cited a capital of 410100 with 7 percent dividends and rebates of 3800 on taxes in 181. He said no retainer was paid to Andrew Hamilton to avoid conflicts of aims. Cost of new business ranged from over 20 percent to as high as 260 percent due to sharp competition. His examination adjourned without conclusion and will resume tomorrow.
James Hazen Hyde former vice president of Equitable Life Assurance Society sails for France on La Lorraine seeking a few months rest. He emphatically denies plans to move his home to France, saying he is tired of insurance and wants a break from the business.
Albany reports that Senator David B. Hill has been ill with a severe cold and has kept at his Wolfert's Roost home since before the November election. Physicians have barred work but the condition is not serious, and he is believed to be mending and may return downtown soon. In New York, Thomas P. Fowler states the Hamilton matter is under thorough examination by a special committee of the New York Life Trustees and will be reported to the board with no immediate announcement. Also, Richard A. McCurdy and L. A. Thiebaud resignations from United States Mortgage and Trust Company have been accepted.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw states no criminal proceedings will follow the closing of the Chicago National Bank and Home Savings Bank. He asserts John R. Walsh did not take funds illegally and that no embezzlement occurred. Depositors will recover all deposits, and the government’s duty ends after liquidation and payout.
In its ninety fifth annual report, the American board of commissioners for foreign missions notes favorable conditions in the Western Turkey mission including Constantinople. It cites some fear and disruption in Bulgaria and Baloniki but finds no imminent threat of mass Christian persecution, while Turkish troops’ presence disturbingly burdens towns and hinders missionary work.
United States District Court, New York, Dec 2, overruled referee findings in Sully & Company bankruptcy case. Hawley and Ray, former Sully associates, have no right to inspect Sully’s books or reexamine Cotton Exchange creditors’ claims. Trustees’ $1,000,000 suit against them moves to the Supreme Court for recovery. Hawley and Ray had argued creditors’ claims were illegal, alleging Sully was solvent before failure.
Madrid and Rome dispatches report former premier Montero Rios demands retirement from public life amid charges he surrendered Spain’s interests to the United States in the peace treaty. Moret defends the government and notes Morocco conference plans. Spain’s military reorganization seen unnecessary.
Pittsburg Pa December court ruling Denied petition by Judge Frazer in Common Pleas Court No 2 upholding 2500000 judgments against the defunct Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny The State deposit of 1082000 remains secured and directors say they will appeal to higher courts, arguing the bonds were signed by former directors of another bank
Consul General Sammons reports growing use of phonographs, graphophones, and gramophones in Manchuria after a boycott fueled prejudice against American machines. Chinese record brands shift from a dog logo to an old man listening, Japanese units appear in Lower Manchuria with YMCA backing, and crowds gather around operating devices in public spaces while private homes favor small, affordable models.
Charles Atton a leading Toledo druggist shot himself in the head about 3 am after hosting a banquet for friends. He undressed for bed when his wife awakened to find him dead beside her. No cause was given for the fatal act.
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