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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
1
Moscow reports say scattered revolutionists show only feeble resistance as troops advance. Workmen's Council seeks terms with strikers who took part in the uprising to call off the strike. Radical papers boast of ten miles square of fighting while barricades and corpses fill column descriptions.
Charles T Yerkes, famed street railway financier of Chicago and London, died at 2:15 PM in New York. Born June 25, 1835 in Philadelphia, he built a vast career from private banker to street railway magnate, transforming Chicago transit and later funding the London underground. His wife stayed at his bedside.
Five men who mortally wounded Marshal Thornton remain at large after escaping through a net set about the woods between Toledo and Perrysburg last night.
In Minneapolis this morning a fire in the Higgins tenement at 823 Minnehaha Avenue killed one person, burned two others badly, and left 15 or more injured or overcome by smoke. Mrs. Lorraine Buckliff was the resident of the affected apartments, and twenty seven families were rescued to the cold outer air as the blaze spread rapidly.
In Northport L I an inquest into Bartley T Horner s death found he was shot by his son in law Dr J W Simpson a New York dentist Horner a former Southern representative of Lorillard Tobacco was worth about 109 000 His widow testified that Simpson wished Horner dead and would not permit changes to the will The other case from St Louis reports William Murphy age 31 was arrested on charges of stabbing his friend David Leahy who is mortally injured claiming they were attacked by highwaymen
Filipinos at a W. J. Bryan banquet urged immediate independence and urged him to champion the cause with the American people Aguinaldo attended the event and the menu showed an American flag with an insurgent banner Americans praised Bryan for his conservatism In Washington an excavation at a banking building buried eleven workers three rescued one dead and four believed still buried
A Sioux Falls dispatch reports from St Paul that Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, here for divorce, told a reporter she will not reconcile. She is willing to talk compromise but will never consent to living with him again.
A Philadelphia dispatch reports Reno Nevada club offers a 25000 dollar purse for the Hart versus O'Brien prize fight planned for April 15. The Reno organization guarantees backing and will allow the principals to divide the purse. word says Bob Fitzsimmons has accepted the offer.
Miss Dottie Perry returns to Walla Walla and her brother S. J. Perry to Spokane. Claude Keany leaves for Ellensburg via the overland trail. Robert Smart comes back from Wenatchee. Alma Courtway of Lone Rock heads to Wenatchee for a few days with A. N. Courthway. Jack Cook and bride arrive from Entiat and plan a New Years dance. E T Balch returns from Monitor after a holiday visit.
Four thousand dollars worth of rings stolen after window smashed as pedestrians crowded Broadway. Police believe two men and a woman carried out the heist. burglars escaped into the morning crowd.
William Randolph Hearst states in a published interview he will not seek Congress again. He compares office holding to jury duty and argues he can accomplish more with his newspapers than in political office. He also notes limited impact as a member of the minority.
The railroad magnate J J Hill has employed an English valet long with New York ties to manage his wardrobe. The valet reportedly ran up a $1000 tailor bill in a week while transforming Hill into a Wall Street style figure. Hill now shows stronger interest in railroads art and dressing.
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