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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1905
Page
26
Treasury report shows gold circulation expanding fastest since 1896 while smaller notes grow in use. Silver continues its steady decline as paper currency demand increases, signaling shifting investor and public preference.
The annual Treasurer’s report notes two years of expenditures exceeding revenues by more than 64 million dollars. It cites a 1905 gold stock peak of 748 million and highlights paper currency usage at 72 percent of national stock. The report urges reform to aid currency exchanges and notes the small-denomination demand growth amid a larger-denomination redemption.
The report notes silver dollar coinage ended due to bullion exhaustion. As of June 30, 1905, silver dollars in circulation stood at 73.6 million while total monetary stock reached 2.874 billion dollars with per capita 31.08. Gold and national bank notes rise while silver and treasury notes decline.
Preparations are complete as about twenty Methodist bishops arrive for a multi day conference in the city. Sessions are largely secret with public mass meetings planned. a bishop addresses welcome, then greetings in church parlors. The roster includes Merrill Andrews Foss Walden Mattasun Fowler Vincent Fitsgerant Goodssil McOwire Cranston Thoburn Hartzell Moore Hamilton Berry Spellmeyer McDowell Burt Wilson and others with several active superintendents from major cities. On Sunday bishops will preach in local pulpits and a missions mass meeting is planned for the afternoon.
The article traces the formation of a Zionist youth group connected to Adath Israel in 1900 1902, noting leaders Dr Mandel Robert Aaron and Max Aaron and Henriet ta Szold involvement. It details aims religious social and educational and lists officers chairman Mark Stearman Rose Aaron Falk Harmel Rose Cohen Charles Stein N Mazer with 125 members.
The group notes six years of existence with four years as Zionist society and several members joining, led by Mazer in his second term. It explains Zionism aims to establish a recognized Jewish home in Palestine to aid persecuted Jews, credits Herzl for the modern push, and mentions worldwide societies.
The United States has 287 Zionist societies allied with the Federation of American Zionists as leaders like Dr. Herzl affect world aims. Although Basle 1905 faced a setback from Herzl's death, the movement surged with Nordau as a key figure and US delegates at the seventh International Zionist Congress. The East African colony plan was deemed unfavorable, reinforcing the goal to regain Palestine under Wolffsohn and Warburg.
Commissioner Francis Leupp defends optimistic view of Native American development in an interview response. He rejects claims of despair, notes Indians are energetic but need a path into a highly organized, competitive society, contrasts with African American history, and reiterates focus on long term uplift through structured industry.
Pittsburg reports friends seek lunacy commission to probe Edward G. Cunliffe sanity amid alleged derangement claims. A second charge of $750 larceny and missing $100,000 tied to the express robber, with a grand jury next, details his disappearance. Pinkerton chief notes retractions likely. Hartford probes his in law’s home for the missing funds as Cunliffe’s family travels.
Rev Father Joseph Rickard of Santa Clara College reports Sun spots observed recently may surpass all prior sizes. The group is measured at about 144,145 miles long and 116,532 miles wide, with two new spots noted last Friday possibly increasing the total area beyond previous records.
Vice President Fairbanks will not participate in the Philadelphia campaign or oppose Mayor Weaver. He cites prior travel and neglected matters as reasons for not giving campaign speeches this year. Reserved for forestry purposes, fourteen sections in the northwestern area were withdrawn from public lands.
A petition to the Secretary of the Interior cites damages from the California Development Company’s drainage canal. It allegedly created a lake and inundated about 25 000 acres of farmland after diversions from the Colorado River into Mexico failed to have proper works. The company, organized in New Jersey in 1890s, aimed to irrigate desert lands for settlers, but the canal washouts diverted most water away, leaving insufficient flow to the Gulf. It will take months to repair and redirect the river back into the original channel.
Dr. L A Bauer director of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution spoke before the Washington Philosophical Society on the magnetic survey of the North Pacific Ocean. The institution authorized this work with a provisional $20 000 funding and purchased the Galilee to reduce magnetic interference for instruments. The vessel’s first cruise ran from San Francisco to San Diego and now to Honolulu and China with plans for a grand Pacific cruise next year. Bauer noted prior magnetic charts were seriously faulty, especially around California and Hawaii.
In Indianapolis on October 22 the Board of Managers of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church elected officers: President Mrs Clinton B Fisk of New York, First Vice President Mrs Jane Bapcroft Robason, Secretary Mrs De Delaware Ohio, Treasurer Mrs George H E Thompson. In La Crosse Wisconsin on October 22 electricians and linemen of local telephone companies struck for recognition of the strikers union. The companies are paying union scale and operating under union rules.
New York city workers led by Local No. 708 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters vow a general strike within days if demands are not met. Bosses at Libby & Co. refuse concessions and maintain open shop. Pinkerton guards observe as Orr’s trucks haul for Libby amid growing labor pressure. Managers claim no interest in the strike while workers push for ten hour days and overtime pay at specified rates.
Chicago machinery moving and rigging drivers vote to walk out Thursday morning in a general strike against contractors who haul for machinery manufacturers and heavy electrical firms. The vote involved members of International Brotherhood unions and the Chicago Team Owners Association, with about 8,000 drivers linked to the action. Employers rejected demands for wage increases before the strike was approved.
Harrisburg October 22 detectives hunt men who placed iron on tracks of the Philadelphia and Erie line near Dauphin County. A track walker found large iron pieces obstructing the rails and moved them aside before the express train could arrive. Detectives have been assigned to the case.
Lima Ohio October 23 1900s Kingsing and Elijah Bowsher were indicted for robbing the American National Bank seven years ago. They report a confession today with Kingsing pleading guilty to receiving stolen money from Bowsher who is in the penitentiary. He received a five year sentence.
Dr Edward Martin director of the Philadelphia department of public health and charities resigned citing personal reasons. The $10 000 a year post was left due to demands of private practice and university work. Mayor Weaver initially considered the note possibly a joke.
Col William Wallace Brown, Civil War veteran and two term congressman, serves as auditor of the Navy Department. Born April 22, 1838 in Cayuga County, he moved to Pennsylvania, studied law, served in Congress, then held key posts including War Department auditor and Navy auditor. He farms in Erie County and is active in his Baptist church. Married Helen Crandatt after Alfred College.
The body of Miss Annie Scott, who died by suicide at Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, was brought to New York and identified by T Davis of Brooklyn. He claimed lifelong acquaintance, saying she mourned her fiancé’s death in the West. Davis wished cremation and paid the expenses, while authorities and locals questioned antecedents and denied any Peck family connection.
The Supreme Court advanced the Indian cases, including Daniel Red Bird and others who intermarried with Cherokee Indians, to the docket yesterday and fixed February 19 as the date for their presentation.
Interstate Commerce Commission members opened a Cleveland hearing on Fred G Clark Oil Company s charge that through rates to New England are denied by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad The Clark Oil Company a large producer argues rates are blocked to compete with Standard Oil. the railroad cites the oil s combustibility An analyst testified the questioned products are not as combustible President Wall outlined the company s troubles and findings may be sent to President Roosevelt for use in his annual message to Congress
The Supreme Court ruled that George Greene, New York state senator, must travel to Washington to stand trial on charges of conspiring with George W. Beavers to defraud the government. The decision ends his bid to avoid removal despite earlier habeas corpus applications.
In the United States Supreme Court, Georgia was yesterday granted leave to file its complaint in a case against the Tennessee and Ducktown Copper Companies. The state seeks relief for citizens from fumes emitted by furnace smokestacks at Ducktown near the interstate line. A show cause rule was entered requiring the companies to justify the restraining order sought.
The U S Supreme Court moved the hearing of Security Mutual Life Insurance Co of Binghamton N Y versus Kentucky Insurance Commissioner H P Prewitt to January 2. The suit challenges Kentucky law allowing the revocation of foreign insurers licenses when cases are moved to federal court under vigueur.
The U S Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the writ of error in Cedar Rapids Water Co v City of Cedar Rapids Iowa. An effort to have the city ordinance fixing water rates declared valid was met with approval by the state supreme court, and the federal bench declined to review, affirming that judgment.
Sioux Falls, S.D., won its appeal over the Bancars Loan and Trust Co and others regarding the city's authority to purchase or build waterworks. The Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the city, and yesterday's US Supreme Court action in Chicago franchise cases granted leave to file records.
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