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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
28
A reform drive attacks extravagance, lobbying, and political contributions by current policy holders and trustees. A legislative remedy backed by a committee favors mutualization of present stock companies. Odell and Depew cited among critics.
Abbreviated Albany dispatch reports New York legislators considering eight bills from the Armstrong investigating committee to overhaul life insurance. Proposals include no stock speculation, voters’ control by policy holders, removal of directors, strict proxies purge, annual accounting, and caps on new business. The plan envisions detailed election procedures for mutuals and aims to curb lobbying and political contributions.
Detectives in New York and London seek the missing Englishwoman Miss Hensie Bradley who vanished December 26 before boarding a White Star liner to Liverpool. She was last seen at Grand Central Station and may have been driven by cab to the pier. Miss Bradley visited her brothers in Dobbs Ferry since November and plans to return to Lincolnshire, England. Her worried family awaits word of her safety and whereabouts.
Seattle report notes Maj. Putnam Bradlee Strong was arrested in Shanghai. Shanghai Times January 20 cites police detaining an American citizen on suspicion of obtaining goods by false pretenses. Court action is expected at the American Consular Court.
Mrs Cora Carpenter is arrested in Tilda Ohio on accusations of wrecking a Pennsylvania freight train and attempting another fast passenger train. Grover Bachman confesses to part in the freight wreck, claiming a reward would fund a life of ease after serving a brief sentence. Carpenter denies the charges after lengthy questioning by police.
New Orleans witnesses the Knights of Momus parade ending a string of carnival balls. The city sees heavy rail traffic and crowded hotels as the Titanic battleship Texas arrives with Captain Bicknell and Admiral Dickins aboard. Momus celebrates his thirty sixth entry with seventeen floats followed by a ball at the French Opera.
Tampa Fla Feb 22 An injunction to stop Sheriff Freeman of De Soto County from hanging Isaiah E Cooper who is to die at Arcadia tomorrow for the murder of Marshal Bowman of Punta Gorda three years ago was filed in Circuit Court by C E Harrison arguing Gov Broward lacked authority to issue a new death warrant without a new arraignment and resentencing.
New York Feb 22 Pressed for explanation of his Pittsburg statement Mr Witchell said a strike would affect the soft coal situation. Asked if it would involve the anthracite region he replied You can draw your own conclusions. The Southern’s Palm Lichen to Florida leaves Washington daily except Sunday 633 pm.
The Reichstag approved the government plan to extend reciprocal tariff rates to the United States until June 30, 1907, with only a small bloc of Nationalists and Conservatives abstaining. Chancellor von Buelow framed the vote as protecting German industry from U.S. tariffs, while Secretary Root’s note to Ambassador Sternburg was cited to show mutual goodwill and a path to a new commercial basis.
At Washington's Birthday banquet in Topeka Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri delivered a broad attack on official graft, monopoly grafters, and tariff privileges. He urged stamping out discrimination and cronyism, calling greed the root of oppression and injustice.
Secretary of War William T Taft spoke at the Union League Club in Chicago on The Army and the Republic. He argued a well trained regular force is essential for peace, warned against pension costs masking defense weaknesses, and urged a small regular army with reserve volunteers and state militias. He contrasted the popularity of the navy with the army and cited Washington on readiness. The speech followed his Philippines canal topics and addressed 100000 soldiers as a workable force for a nation near distant fronts.
Baltimore February 22 Johns Hopkins commemorative exercises featured Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte who urged strong funding for the navy to secure peace and national safety. He argued Washington would want a navy capable of defending and elevating the United States among nations and called for clear public criticism to improve naval leadership.
Special to the Washington Post from Luray Virginia reports Capt R S Parks senior counsel for Lester Ruffner on trial in Page County Circuit Court for attempted murder collapsed during his defense argument. The day featured defense testimony and prosecution rebuttal as Ruffner testified about shooting his uncle Isaac Ruffner and the subsequent killing of his cousin David Ruffner during a fox hunt in the Massanutten Mountains on November 26 1906.
In Shreveport Louisiana the funeral for Margaret Lear, murdered last Monday by Charles Coleman, drew strong public reaction. Sheriff Ward requested additional troops and militia from Leegville heads to the city by special train, with Gov Blanchard also asked to intervene amid rising tensions. In other items, Washington Art Galleries lists antiques auction with furniture and rugs by Brown and Tolson as auctioneers.
A Denver based letter written at the Western Federation of Miners headquarters is linked to the Steunenberg murder case. Detectors say the missive directed an assassination and referenced other crimes, with several names and places tied to the plot. The Denver Post details claim Moyer Haywood Pettibone planned the Denver murder, with Orchard and Simpkins central in organizing. A $1000 reward is offered for L. J. Simpking.
In Conn plan, eviction papers are served on seven to eight hundred tenants living in seventy tenement houses owned by Aldrich Manufacturing. The firm demands return to work within thirty days or face eviction. Elderly residents aged sixty to seventy have long lived there.
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court faces a case from 1881 where Jennie Weisberg, married to her mother's brother, seeks to have the union void. Although no statute then prohibited such marriages, 1893 law later declared them absolutely void, and the court weighs whether retroactivity matters and the common opinion against such unions.
James Mulligan, reported in a February incident, woke from a three day trance as funeral hearse neared the church. Groans were heard from the closed casket, glass shattered, and Mulligan sat up asking where he was, narrowly avoiding burial alive.
Miss Pearl Elvin of the Chicara stock company was shot in the calf during a theater performance in Linton Indiana. The unidentified gunman fled the scene as the audience rioted and the victim’s injury was reported not serious.
A spectacular fire in San Francisco destroyed the largest substation of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company on Stevenson Street. The blaze plunged the city’s business district into darkness, stopping elevators, telegraph and telephone services, and halting manufacturing. The outage might reach 500000 dollars in losses, with cross wires blamed and a gas explosion following the fire. Downtown clubs and hotels lose elevator service.
Thirteen year old Lillian Thornman placed a three year old on a hot stove in York. The child was saved by an aunt as the girl confessed to burning other children and stated the devil was in her. She was arrested and jailed.
A Senate flare over railroad rate reform centers on Senator Knox who proposed a bill to amend the Interstate Commerce Act and allow court review of ICC decisions. The move follows White House views on Hepburn bill amendments, prompting debate over whether Knox’s measure could bridge gaps between Hepburn supporters and opponents. The measure faces committee scrutiny, with leaders unsure of its fate, while Democratic and Republican senators weigh potential support and the risk of shaping Federal rail regulation.
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