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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
1
Michael Hennessey files in district court to declare Archbishop Hennessey's will null and void and to substitute other wills revealed after the fact. A contest is anticipated as proceedings unfold in Dubuque.
Eight hundred union coal miners from Pike, Gibson, and Daviess counties marched into Washington Indiana to organize Cabell & Co. No. 4 and No. 9 mines. They confronted non union miners, threats and pistols surfaced but no shots fired. In the afternoon a mass meeting led to a clash injuring non unionists Charles Handy and B W Manuel with Manuel gravely hurt.
United States Commissioner Ferdinand W. Peck learned the Paris exposition must keep exhibits open all seven days under a French by law. President McKinley asked Sunday closure where possible, but Peck obtained special permission for the American pavilion to close on Sundays.
Carson City Mich April 11 Harry Ralph eight miles west of town fed into a flock of wild geese. The sun burst then blew off his left arm but did not require amputation above the elbow.
Floods in Texas inundate large land areas with reports predicting up to fifty deaths. Admiral Dewey denies retirement rumor from the presidential race. After thirty years a cordwood purchase suit ends in the U S Supreme Court. Revival of Chicago to Fox Lake electric railway talk surfaces. Dr Joseph Kenny Irish Parliament leader dead. Watertown Wisconsin to build a large box factory this spring employing 200. Commodore William Mayo retired U S Navy dies in Washington aged 76.
Springfield man Tingley C. Wood, once a society leader, died by his own hand at the Mentone hotel in Chicago after a rapid decline following his army service and a fortune given by his father. His father Tingley S. Wood of Colorado and mother with three daughters in California were not at the funeral.
A circulation in Republican circles claims Colonel A. T. Bliss of Saginaw is quitting the gubernatorial contest amid high campaign costs and poor worker results. Governor Pingree denies surprise resignation while Roosevelt reiterates he won't accept the vice presidential nomination. Market reports follow, including livestock prices and grain values from Chicago and East Buffalo with receipts and bid ranges.
Dispatches from April describe General De Wet's victory at Meerkatsfontein with 600 British killed or wounded and 12 wagons taken. Reports from Pretoria and Lorenzo Marques note British losses, prisoner captures, and Dutch railway claims. Colonel Plumer is wounded as Mafeking relief efforts falter, with several officers killed or gravely wounded in action near Gaberones and Ramathabama.
London reports heavy cannonading at Fourteen Streams as British forces press in South Africa. Boer remount losses are estimated at 5 000 horses monthly, while peace envoys bargain to save pride or seek a truce. Fischer cites Boer strength at 88 000 and documents found at Bloemfontein amid ongoing negotiations.
The Times correspondent at Bloemfontein says correspondence claims the Ladysmith fall would trigger a general Dutch rising. The Berlin corre spondent of The Daily News names Captain Carl Reichman as the Boers’ leader at Kronpriny. Pretoria reports the volks raad summoned for May 10 in ordinary session.
In Utica New York the Utica presbytery met in session with Rev. Dr. Taylor proposing removal of paragraphs 1 to 7 of chapter 3 on election and reprobation from the confessional standards. Rev. B W Brokaw cited Utica church resolutions backing the change. A revision move was debated. a committee's “not ripe” finding was overturned and a revision rejected.
In Fort Dodge on April 11 C B Rehn, drunk after Boer victories, was about to be arrested when his brother-in-law J B Hill intervened and offered to take him home. A quarrel led to Phil and Hill fighting. Hill stabbed Rehn. Wives from both sides were cut during the riot call to police. Rehn remained unconscious from blood loss. doctors treated him. Hill was jailed and Rehn may not survive.
A letter from Fort Worth describes a soldier separated from his company in the Philippine island siege. He hid in a cave on a mountain for three days with no food or water, rescued to find sixty dead or wounded enemies at the cave mouth. He carried 100 rounds. he fought with the gun butt to kill two Filipinos.
Washington April 11 Representative Toss of Chicago disclosed that the government cannot build warships as cheaply as private firms and opposes a government armor plate factory. He cites European methods, says private yards are cheaper for repairs, and notes armor plate costs are lower abroad. The same day the Senate panel’s unseating of W A Clark of Montana dominates Capitol discussion.
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