Tag: October 1905
E. A. Allen, Environmental Deception, Walla Walla WA, 1905
Deep in the unforgiving terrain of northwestern Walla Walla County, a tangled web of deceit and environmental manipulation has been spun. On October 11, 1905, the East Oregonian exposed a scheme by H.N. Allen, manager of the Northwestern Gas Electric company, to divert the waters of the Little Salmon River into the south fork of…
K.A. McDowal, Club Murder, New Jersey 1905
October 7, 1905, will be etched in the memories of Camden residents forever, as a heinous crime shook the very foundations of their community. On a fateful evening around 9 o’clock, a ruthless assassin struck down K.A. McDowal, a respected merchant, with a heavy club, as he walked home from work. The brutal attack occurred…
J.J. Hill, Railway Rate Manipulation, Oregon 1905
In a fiery speech, President J.J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad threatened that the country would be ‘strewn with railroad corpses’ if the federal government intervened in railway rate legislation. Hill spoke at a banquet in Portland, Oregon, hosted by the Lewis Clark Exposition managers, on October 3, 1905. As he addressed the crowd,…
Eye Trouble Outbreak, Montgomery, Alabama 1905
Montgomery, 1905 – A peculiar case has come to light, highlighting the growing concern of eye trouble among local children. According to reports, numerous youngsters have fallen victim to this affliction, forcing them to miss school and compromising their education. The culprit behind this epidemic remains unknown, but experts point to a lack of proper…
Britain’s Backdoor Deal with Japan: A New Era of Covert Alliances
September 21, 1905, marked a pivotal moment in international relations as Britain and Japan forged an unprecedented alliance, leaving many to wonder about the true intentions behind this secretive agreement. According to reports from the Foreign Office, Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary, signed the treaty with Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister to Great Britain,…
