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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
6
Roosevelt Pushes Federal Supervision and New States Admission
President Roosevelt urges federal supervision of corporations and railroads and asks Congress to fund lake navy station improvements in Chicago. The House okays 11 million for Panama Canal construction and the Senate ratifies a Denmark extradition treaty. Senator Allison marks 33rd Senate and 43rd Congress anniversaries. Gorman becomes Democratic minority leader. Two new states to be created Oklahoma Territory with Indian Territory and Arizona with New Mexico. some senators delay rate legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Lake Naval Training Station
Chicago
House
Panama Canal
Senate
United States
Denmark
Tillman
Allison
Iowa
Gorman
Maryland
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Turmoil in Russia deepens as revolution gains ground
Reports from St Petersburg depict rampant unrest and military defections. Officials warn landlords of dwindling protection while strike leaders clash with authorities. Father Gapon faces death sentence, and a female assassin targets Gen Sakharov, signaling a new violent phase in the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Harbin
Manchuria
de Witte
Uzar
Tsarskoe Selo
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Father Gapon
Central Revolutionary Committee
Gapon
Sakharov
British Ministry Named by Campbell Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman discloses the new British ministry lineup including Herbert J. Gladstone John Morley John Burns and James Bryce. Two Ohio financiers jailed for aiding the Galion national bank collapse. Brazil protests Germany over arrest of a political refugee on Brazilian soil. Roosevelt privately hints at a world tour after his presidency. Ridgeville Russiaville football injury death of 18 year old Grover Mason three weeks after game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert J. Gladstone
John Morley
John Burns
James Bryce
Ohio
Galion National Bank
Germany
Roosevelt
United States
Grover Mason
Ridgeville
Russiaville
Ind
Fires, explosions, and a mob of headlines across the nation
A chaotic batch of reports covers a hotel fire near Mount Lowe with dynamite saving guests, oil drillers killed in Kansas, the Idaho launch christened by Governor Gooding’s daughter, and a flood of political, legal, and industrial events. Battleships, rail strikes, and court cases echo nationwide.
Fire Claims Six Victims In Five Story Columbus Ave Fire
A mother and her five children were burned to death in a five story apartment house on Columbus Avenue at One Hundredth Street. Two others were injured and many tenants were trapped or rescued by police firemen and ambulance surgeons. The dead include Mrs John Thomason and her three year old twins plus two other children aged seven months to nine years. Mrs Thomason died trying to save her children as the latch to the hall door failed trapping them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbus Avenue
Committees Named in Fifty-Ninth Congress
Speaker Cannon announced the chairmen of major committees for the new congress. Notable names include Payne for Ways and Means, Tawney for Appropriations, Jenkins for Judiciary, Hepburn for Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Hitt for Foreign Affairs, Hull for Military Affairs, Foss for Naval Affairs, Overstreet for Post Office, Cooper for Insular Affairs, Fowler for Banking and Currency, Burton for Rivers and Harbors, Lacey for Public Lands, Sibley for Manufactures, Gardner for Labor, Howell for Immigration and Naturalization, Crumpacker for Census, and Mann for Elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cannon
Ways and Means
Payne
N. Y
Appropriations
Tawney
Minn
Jenkins
Wis
Hepburn
Hitt
Ill
Hull
Foss
Overstreet
Ind
Cooper
Fowler
N. J
Burton
Wadsworth
Lacey
Sibley
Gardner
Howell
Crumpacker
Mann
Ryan to Answer on Harriman Pressure in Equitable Case
New York December 12 The legislative life insurance investigating committee led by Senator Arm strong gains momentum in pressuring Thomas F Ryan to reveal what H Harriman said or threatened to do to sway his control of the Equitable Life Assurance Society District Attorney William T Jerome advised Ryan to answer and said Ryan would likely respond if summoned again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Lowe
Los Angeles
Herbert Shannon
John Turner
Burkhart Base
Chanute
Kan
United States
Idaho
Crafop Ship Building Company
Philadelphia
Louise Gooding
Frank R. Gooding
New York
Women’s Bar Association
Hanly
Indiana
Warner
Michigan
Chicago
Moody
Standard Oil Company
Garfield
Kansas
Charles James
Hamilton
O. James
Michigan State Supreme Court
John W. McGrath
Detroit
William Lloyd Garrison
Boston
John Farson
Ilinois
Madison
Wis
Rockford
Janesville
Hongkong
West Indies
South America
Venezuela
Santo Domingo
Brazil
von Suttner
Austria
Chauncey M. Depew
Yale Corporation
Cortelyou
Sargent
Immigration Bureau
America
Thomas F. Ryan
Insurance Investigating Committee
E. H. Harriman
Jerome
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Portland
Robert H. McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Takahira
Tokio
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Commission
Congress
Wisconsin
State University
Trunk Line Association
China
Taft
United States Army
W. H. Thomas
Springfield
United States District Court
Kansas City
Legislative Life Insurance Investigating Committee
William L. Armstrong
H. Harriman
Equitable Life Assurance Society
William T. Jerome
Ryan
Harriman
Edward Atkinson Dies of Heart Attack in Boston
Edward Atkinson, renowned social and political economist of Boston, died suddenly Monday after an acute indigestion attack affecting the heart. He was qT years old and had served 49 years as an authority on economic questions including an 1887 appointment by President Cleveland as special commissioner on bi metalism in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Cleveland
Europe
Curtis Made Captain for Michigan Football Team
Ann Arbor December 12 Left Tackle Joe Curtis of the University of Michigan football eleven was unanimously elected captain for next year. His election reflects belief that Curtis was unjustly ruled out of the Chicago Thanksgiving game for alleged unnecessary roughness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Joe Curtis
University of Michigan
Curtis
Chicago
Miss Alice Roosevelt to Wed Nicholas Longworth
Washington dispatch reports Miss Alice Roosevelt engaged to Cincinnati's Nicholas Longworth. Wedding date not fixed but planned for early spring with bells to ring soon, indicating a forthcoming society announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Roosevelt
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Crisis of Girlhood Lydia E B ranks Vegetable Compound
Miss Emma Cole credits Lydia E B ranks Vegetable Compound with saving her life and restoring health. The piece laments sacrifices of young girls at ripening into womanhood and the irregularities or displacements causing long years of suffering.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Credited By Teen Girl For Health
Miss Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for easing her transition from girlhood to womanhood. She describes years of pain and illness resolved after using the remedy and urges other young girls to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance for healthy womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Cole
Tullahoma
Tenn
Lydia
Pinkham
Comedic Diction and Royal Edict Dominate Yonkers Page
The Yonkers Statesman features a playful dialogue on love and marriage. Emperor William issues a strict order that all his chauffeurs abstain from alcohol, reflecting a mix of humor and political tidbits in brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrice
William
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Jill
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Zedwitz
Peoria
Spalding
Marquise de Monstriers
Kunz
W. Bourke Cochran
Tammany Hall
Washington Gas Light Company
D. C
Mary Mabel Rogers
Windsor
Marcus Rogers
Bennington
John Mullen
Lawson
William Taylor
Roxabel
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Buffalo Bill
Marseilles
France
Ridgely
Fernando Jones
Department of Justice
Yates
Illinois
United States Senate
Deneen Machine
Annie Mitchell
Alonzo Conway
St. Louis
J. B. Haggin
Wisconsin Assembly
la Follette
Fram
Christiania
Norway
Bloomington
John S. Martin
Alfred P. Frelich
Presbyterian Hospital
Fannie
Anna Hoefling
Brooklyn
Leo McNally
Bridgeport
Conn
McNally
Andersonville
Pennsylvania
John R. Ward
Berlin
Roots
New York City
Marshall Field
Ward Heeler
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Reading
Jersey Central
John Thomason
Insurance Committee
Congressman Longworth
Lydia Brinkham
Miss Emma Cale
Canada
Ottawa
C.J. Brocguron
Quincy Bidg
W.lil. Rogers
Indianapolis
Yo. Currie
Callahan Block
Miwaukee
J.S. Crawford
West
M. V. McLines
Ave
Mich
Ghana
R. Paxton Company
Boson, Macec
Faris
Colville
White
Homweeseerer
Spubane
Wasif
eBaySure
Royal Manufacturing CO
Raddhrees
Mick
Visiston
Wren
Mull
Jeros
Faneit
Tiis
Jobber
Mull’s Grape Tonic Co., Makers
Third Ave
Roc Island
Price
F. W. Diemer
M. D
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