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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1909
Page
8
A windstorm hit the Southwest including Kansas City on April 13 reaching up to sixty five miles per hour in some localities. The storm felled many telephone and telegraph wires and caused minor damage across Kansas and much of Missouri.
Delmar J. Young was arrested on a warrant by County Detective Frank H. Watson, charged with murdering his mother Mrs. Vinnie M. Young whose body was found in the cellar badly mutilated.
Fire broke out during a church service in Lima causing a panic and stampede at the doors. Several women and children suffocated in the chaos.
A busy day with residents traveling to Ainsworth Conesville Keokuk Newton Marengo Iowa City and Chicago for court visits jobs and family matters. Notable mentions include Miss Bessie Curran’s gallstone operation in Iowa City and Miss Josie Miller visiting Chicago to see sister Mrs George S Foster.
This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. Apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely four times a day and a quick cure is certain.
Ten men were seriously injured and a score badly hurt in a head on collision on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend interurban line two miles west of Gary. The eastbound car carried twenty from Hammond and eight of the injured were rushed to Gary hospital where all were reported to recover.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on April 13 a four-year-old Durham bull named Strange, trained by Dr Joseph D Chaney and John H Ross, is revealed after three years of private tutoring by wealthy sportsmen. They challenge any 2:30 trotter to race one mile against the bull asserting a 1:22 half mile under saddle and a mile trot in 2:30 or better without a break.
Clergy from Keota and Crawfordsville travel to Keokuk and Marengo for presbytery and presbyterial missionary sessions. Joseph Wright, Jackson township farmer, owns a new Rambler with full equipment, delivered last Saturday by Wooley Bros.
Senator Cummins in Washington introduces a bold tariff amendment to block protection for products of monopolies. The plan, praised by supporters and discussed with many lawmakers, seeks to table the measure before Senate debate. It embodies the "Iown idea" approved by President McKinley and bars import duties on noncompetitive commodities.
Al Kaufman of California and Tony Ross of Pittsburgh set for a ten round heavyweight scrap tonight before a local club. Kaufman eyes championship ideas and aims to fight Jack Johnson despite Jeffries' doubt. Ross has defeated Jim Barry and shown improvement over the past year.
Edward P Fitch arrives in Council Bluffs in Omaha reporting his return after a seven month absence. Authorities searched Europe for him and only learned of his whereabouts when he wired from Naples to a friend in Omaha.
Chicago grain and provisions quotes show record breaking advances with May and July wheat futures at new highs for the season. Corn and oats stay firm and provisions rise as pork, lard and rib prices hit higher levels while cash prices list No 2 hard wheat and No 2 yellow corn figures.
Cattle receipts 5000 steady to stronger native steers 4.50 to 6.50 cows and heifers 3.85 to 5.65 western steers 5.00 to 5.60 canners 2.25 to 3.75 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 6.50 calves 2.25 to 7.25 bulls and stags 3.00 to 5.00. Hog receipts 1500 steady to 5 cents higher heavy 7.05 to 7.20 mixed 6.90 to 7.00 light 6.75 to 7.00 pigs 5.75 to 6.25 bulk 5.90 to 7.10. Sheep receipts 9300 strong to higher yearlings 6.65 to 7.20 wethers 5.75 to 6.20 ewes 5.25 to 6.00 lambs 7.25 to 8.00.
Cattle receipts 18000 up 10c with beeves 4.85 to 7.20, western steers 4.40 to 5.85, stockers and feeders 3.55 to .60, cows and heifers 2.10 to 6.00, calves 5.50 to 7.75. Hogs receipts 34000 up 6 to 10c with classes 7.05 to 7.55 and bulk 7.30 to 7.45. Sheep receipts 18000 steady natives 3.75 to 6.25 westerns 3.75 to 6.50 yearlings 6.25 to 7.30 lambs 5.50 to 8.20.
United States Special Attorney Sylvester Rush and District Attorney Gregg of Tulsa announced no further prosecutions of Governor Charles N. Haskell and six other Oklahoma figures tied to Muskogee town lot cases. The move, dictated from Washington, followed quashing indictments in Tulsa and referral to the attorney general.
Mount Etna in eruption sends a great cloud of smoke from the crater while ashes fall thick over the countryside. Widespread apprehension is reported from Naples and nearby areas.
Thomas J. Hanlas, first cousin of Abraham Lincoln, died in Bloomington Illinois at age eighty four.
Adolph Zerfass nine years old died after trying to climb an iron fence and fell onto a sharp picket piercing his heart. He was playing tag with a companion when the accident happened in Chicago.
Louis P. Allard was arrested by local detectives on the New Orleans wharf after arriving from the Parasiana. He is charged with defrauding Peoria merchants of about $30,000 through bogus drafts and checks.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer of Cor nell University says rural wives show greater interest in scientific home management than city wives. She credits the farmer’s wife with enthusiasm for her husband’s work and desire to be a helpmate, leading to stronger grasp of economy in the home.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has arranged a labor conference in the White House next Friday afternoon to discuss matters affecting organized labor with President Taft and the AFL executive council members.
From Crawfordsville comes word of Editor Huber of the Imprint who used a stamp book as a lecture ticket at a United Presbyterian gathering. The doorkeeper trusted him. discovery came too late to demand repayment. A churching of Brother Huber is rumored, while he buys stamps and moves on in apparent contrition.
F. L. Arthaud of Chillicothe Missouri spent the previous evening at the Dr Arthaud residence.
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