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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1901
Page
1
Pittsburg and Allegheny face massive flood damage with rivers rising and thousands unemployed as plants halt. Ohio Valley towns from Cincinnati to Cleveland report floods and wind snow causing widespread disruption. Bank in Vancouver closes with 80 000 short.
In Des Moines the Iowa Butter and Egg Dealers association met Thursday to discuss the impact of two large meat packing companies entering the Iowa egg market. The firms have set up depots in Des Moines and other cities with eggs hauled in special cars stopping at small stations. Pall River, Wis. April 20. Thos. Andrews of Salmon City Ida. found a nearly pure copper rock while on C Severts farm. He bought eighty acres at seventy dollars an acre and plans copper development this fall.
Detroit edged Grand Rapids 6 to 2 yesterday afternoon breaking the National League minor league pact that forbids games with American League teams. The upset showcases Detroit’s supremacy in a Western Association contest.
Milton California April 20 John H Gorham foreman of the Union Copper mine shot and killed George B McCarthy a Copperopolis leader and then killed himself Both men were rivals for the same woman Columbus Ohio April 20 Mayor Hin kle fired civil service commission for incompetence The commission supervised city job appointments National Strike of French Miners Washington April 20 French coal miners plan a general strike by late June unless terms are agreed upon earlier
London reports a Cobden club committee resolved to open agitation against sugar and coal taxes. Sir Michael Hicks Beach agreed to a plan letting coal exporters sign contracts while awaiting a decision on the rebate amount.
Racine Wisconsin April 20 Walter Terry a teamster narrowly escaped being crushed when his team bolted trampling stones from a wagon. He was knocked down and one foot was badly smashed by the heavy curb stones that narrowly missed him.
Kenosha Wisconsin April 20 The N R Allen's Sons Tannery began a large addition to its plant with over two acres floor space and a cost around 50000 dollars to be completed by September 1 Probate authorities report war loan resolution passed by Commons in London with 186 to 117 vote.
In Brooklyn Philadelphia 2 Brooklyn 10. St Louis Chicago 8 7. Boston New York 0 7. Cincinnati Weather reports indicate the results of yesterday's NL games with several decisive scores and unsettled weather noted.
Paris officials of the foreign office say the French claim for indemnity against China totals 200000000 francs.
J Pierpont Morgan and J P Morgan Co of London each subscribed 1000 to the Victoria memorial. Aggregate NYSE securities sales yesterday reached 2 193 200 shares, the largest single day on record.
Arctic explorer Walter Wellman arrived in New York aboard the St Louis after six weeks abroad. He plans another voyage north this year or next, using the steamship Magdalena fitted as an Arctic vessel with an ice breaker bow and headquarters to reach the pole. The Duke d Abruzzi will head to Antarctica next year and Wellman doubts Dr Nansen will pursue the North Pole again.
In New York on April 22 authorities suspended two major bucket shop concerns as part of vigorous enforcement of the amended internal revenue law. Probers learned from proprietors that they had "failed" to meet requirements.
In Waukegan Illinois on April 22 the board of the Methodist church congratulated Alonzo Sherman the oldest living ex mayor of Chicago on his 90th birthday He has been a long time church member for over sixty years. Chicago scores note national league games with Chicago defeating St Louis 11 to 9 at St Louis and 5 to 12 in a Sunday make up after weather postponements.
Burglars break into the Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago de Cuba and remove ten paintings from their frames, valued at 100000 pesos. The same bulletin notes an official wage committee meeting for window glass workers in Pittsburgh, set for Monday next.
Body of an unknown man with badly mangled limbs found by railroad tracks at Buda Illinois. A pocket passbook shows the address Conrad Byers 5x Windlake Milwaukee Wis. Byers in the house of correction has no one answering the description. Identification hoped before burial. In Indianapolis Elias Atkins dies at 68, head of Atkins Law Company and noted businessman. He leaves a wife and six children.
A crowd gathered at Carnegie Hall in New York on April 20 to create a new political party named the Greater New York Democracy aimed at opposing Tammany Hall. The organization was organized at the event.
In Pao-Ting-Fu and nearby Shan-Hlai-Kwan areas British Indian troops repel a 1000-strong Boxers and robbers raid that killed Major Browning and a Sepoy. Reinforcements arrive as French and German forces mass near the front in Pekin with 8000 French and 6000 Germans, while volatility continues over Gen Liu and Chinese retirement rumors.
Washington reports Chinese minister Wu Tingfang prepares a twenty page memorial for the government. It outlines administrative economic and financial reforms to modernize China while avoiding radical changes. Wu hopes the document will win favor with foreign powers and ease current perplexities.
Dr. Isaac Moore, Alton physician, reveals he almost became a successful miner after owning Tucson copper mines sold for 500000 to eastern investors. He had bought, then sold, and repurchased the mines through a chain involving gambler John Daly and Tucson saloonkeeper Michael Costella, ending with Costella.
Chicago lawyer and Midland railroad owner Carry Crawford refused to appear before Judge Baker in Indianapolis in a petition seeking answers about his property and the 11000 verdict. He argued the court had no right to appoint a trustee or to summon him, delivering a polite defiance via his paper.
Aguinaldo has been moved from the Malacanang palace to a private home at 660 Solano street Manila. General MacArthur says Aguinaldo's address will benefit the Filipino cause. Lopez plans a six month visit to the islands to gauge sentiment and report findings to US papers and President McKinley. The article notes ongoing insurrection leaders and trials and mentions the Balkans crisis.
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