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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1900
Page
1
Davenport April 21 Henry Obleffkoff of this city was killed at noon today at the U S arsenal machine shops when an emery wheel burst. His head was torn clean off.
News from Tazewell reports John Peters, colored, assaulted 16 year old Katie Richie in a brutal attack. He was captured and jailed, then a masked mob stormed the jail and killed him. They dragged him along the railroad and hanged him before the woods.
Des Moines April 21 State Treasurer John Herriott declares sharp differences with the Iowa executive council over railroad assessments. He rebuts Governor Shaw’s defense of the council alleging misrepresentation and argues the council has long favored the Chicago and Northwestern, reducing town taxes by about 42000 annually compared with other lines.
Chicago and East Buffalo marke ts report hogs cattle sheep and lamb prices with receipts for the day. St Louis grain shows steady wheat corn and oats values while Milwaukee and Detroit grain markets note lower or quiet trade for No 1 northern wheat and other grains.
In Anderson Indiana on April 21 Ted Podmore 18 son of John Podmore shot and killed his father four times after being attacked with a shard and a hatchet. A coroner's jury ruled self defense and the youth was released from jail. The elder Podmore worked in the Redhill area.
A dynamite mill packing house in Ajax blew up yesterday afternoon in Kawkawlin Michigan killing three married men with children William Weaver Ed Halligan and William Van Wasseler. In North Dakota the village of Lidenburg was totally destroyed and two women burned to death.
Samuel Tingley a People's Telephone lineman in West Superior Wis lies at a hospital with a broken neck after slipping from a crossarm while locating crossed wires. The accident left him with no chance of recovery. Separately Chicago detectives report burglars Toronto Jimmy Lefty Fitzgerald and Dad Flynn linked to a DeKalb Ill post office burglary are at large after escapes from Marinette and Janesville jails.
Powell, a negro condemned to hang in Cairo for the murder of Elino Fife, city marshal of Charleston Missouri, had his pardon denied by Governor Tanner. The state pardons board opposed clemency and Powell was executed yesterday with the victim’s widow and child present. Grand Rapids mill leaders fear closure as Wisconsin river keeps rising. H A Weldon convicted of forgery in Cass county for cashing a fifty dollar check for the Sprague Collecting agency in Beardtown Illinois.
News briefs report widespread flood damage across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Oklahoma with 5.5 million people receiving relief. Other items note a bankruptcy discharge for John H. Haverly, marriage and divorce events, and various obituaries and criminal confessions.
London reports describe General Chermside and General Rundle moving through mud toward Wepener with about 20,000 men. Dalgettyloose in Environs. Caledon river floods impede transport. Boers in Natal begin guerrilla warfare. Buller orders farmers to Estcourt. Botha acts as acting commmandant general. Pretoria and Cape Town dispatches note reorganizations and Steyn denouncing Roberts proclamation.
Captain Little of Brabant's Horse Lieutenant Holbeck and Reuter correspondent Mr Milne were captured near Wepener while attempting to reach the town. Four Boer guns disabled, Boers reported to have 100 killed in one engagement. Boers attacked April 11 but were repulsed by Cape mounted rifles with Maxims, British nets. Boers still surround Wepener as leaders are jailed and food districts ordered held by President Steyn.
London reports explain why the Spion Kop dispatches were released with government rationale. Walter Hume Long defends publishing decisions and notes ministers will not dismiss generals for every error. Dispatch from Bloodlandslaagte notes Boers on the left, fortifications at Biggarsberg, a large hospital, scarce sugar, and hints of a move to Majuba. Denver and Rio Grande Railways shows 250,000 shares or units.
New York April 21 The American Steel and Wire directors adjourned after four hours with a unanimous decision allowing the executive committee to cut prices as needed to clear overproduction and resume operations at idle plants. The board will reconvene May 7 and Gates refused comment on management changes while Seligman and Strauss denied resignations.
A Belleville jury convicts Charles Hastings of murder with an 18 year penitentiary term. James Allen George Godfrey James McGueh Michael Kennedy and Richard Franke get 14 years. John Dugan acquitted. Jail delivery leader Benton Revelle killed by Sheriff Barnickel. Ninth prisoner James Bennett to be tried in Carlyle on venue change.
Washington reports Hepburn secured agreement to set the canal bill for debate and passage by May 1. The measure drops fortifications and pledges neutrality while allowing negotiation with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for a strip across the isthmus for the canal. A minority report opposes the changes arguing for explicit U S ownership and control.
Washington April 21 rear guards win as armor purchase clause for Maine Ohio Missouri removed from naval appropriation. The $4,000,000 armor budget stays. cost cap of 545 per ton struck out, debate continues on senate action and factory language. Assistant Secretary Taylor cites 1000 Japanese landed Port Townsend and 2000 more expected.
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