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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1905
Page
1
A towboat disaster occurred near Huntington by Tuesday night as crews responded to the incident. No further details on injuries or causes are provided in the available text.
Reports from Wheeling say a steamer and towboats collided near the city wharf causing a fire and explosions. Several injured, many rescued by local crews, with at least one identified dead and others unaccounted. Fire, smoke, and rising panic described as flames spread to nearby buildings.
In January near Middlefork Indiana, George Stephenson and his daughter Miss Hill were seriously hurt when a buggy axle broke en route home from church. The accident caused severe internal injuries and a broken limb for Mr Stephenson while Miss Stephenson suffered a fractured shoulder.
Munck Jun 41 reports a threatened struggle for control of the canning ware trade. Ball Brothers with factories in Kansas Miltoia Tadiana Pennsylvania and New York own the only machine marking this ware. James Chambers a Pittsburg farmer outlines a plan to handle the Owens machine and fight for market share. Public benefit seen in low prices. a few days will decide whether the fight begins.
At Richmond Indiana on January 4 a doctor died at his patient’s bedside after convulsions woke during a professional visit at the patient home. The death, attributed to Bright’s disease, occurred the evening before arrangements could be completed. The physician, Dr Abers Waers, formerly power of Water Colner, was at the home three miles east of Mehawne when he and his patient were joined by Mrs Retlish.
James Gillespie stands trial for the Gillespie murder with Elizabeth Gillespie as a key witness. City Marshal Overty testifies authorities saw no tracks. defense outlines argue the state’s strongest rebuttal remains disputed. Additional notes include a death of Rev Joshua Griffith’s son and various local incidents.
In Muncie Indiana on January 4 a note cites cigarette smoking as a cause. Charles etner died amid county hospitalizations after being homeless and friendless for a week. In Wabash Indiana the National Cooperage Co plant closed Tuesday due to a levy of 5000 dollars on a judgment favoring White National Bank Fort Wayne.
A garbled 1905 Texas text notes county judge assignments and an executive committee plan for farm tax or land policy. It mentions precinct meetings for action on acreage, a 25 percent below figure, and a farmer fined for grain damage with penalties up to $1,000. It references farmers and citizen rights in Texas and a contested load of corn.
An executive order directs that public employees in the executive service shall not receive compensation for performing notarial services for any other government employee or in any matter in which the government is interested. Immediate dismay reported over enforcement and scope of the order.
A fragmentary report mentions suspected fishing Weasels and beta pesking amid fears of a winter failure linked to yellow fever. Officials, including Gov LeGdos, pursue investigations into affidavits on fraudulent remedies and a child medicine with alleged disease treatment claims.
An interview quotes Adm. Rozestvensky denying plans for Port Arthur and preferring Vladivostok defense. Capt. Clado calls for Russia to buy ships worldwide and mobilize the Black Sea fleet. He predicts Rozestvensky may avenge Russia at sea if he secures the vessels he seeks.
Chaos of siege emerges from dispatches as statistics show Stoessel’s army: 35,000 originally, 11,000 killed, 16,000 wounded or sick, 8,000 in forts with 2,090 unfit to fight. Capitulation articles released. Russian losses, officers killed, and transfer of forts to Japan outlined. Also reports of the US Pacific Squadron flag change and Porto Rico civil service plans.
Rev Dr Carlos Martyn once pastor at Bloomingdale Reformed Church and later First Reformed Newark faced grand larceny charges rooted in the Abbey Press collapse. Indicted by the grand jury after a related diary case, Martyn is noted as a Lab author of several books.
The German steamship Adria, bound for Hamburg Tuesday, carried two lake submarine boats destined for the Russian government. The voyage was delayed as underwriters demanded firmer securing of the submarines on deck to prevent damage from rough seas and potential dislocation of mechanical parts.
Four prisoners escaped from guard holds after an apparently designed stampede of officers horses at Port Hamilton early Tuesday. One recaptured is Paul Berg, taken in Manhattan Tuesday night. the other three believed dead in the harbor’s icy waters.
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