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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1901
Page
1
Pittsburg reports the flood over with rivers dropping and cleanup underway. Officials estimate total damage near two million dollars including property, railroads, and mills losses while towns along the Ohio below remain wary after weekend rain and snow.
Flood alarms lessen as the Ohio River falls near Cincinnati while higher crests loom upriver at Ripley Maysville Aberdeen Portsmouth Hanging Rock Ironton Ashland Catlettsburg Huntington and Parkersburg. Local losses loom large though life remains held to a minimum in most communities.
New Richmond Wisconsin reports Carrie Nation style action as women raid a northern city dance hall on Saturday night. The raid targets dancing and scandal surrounding local gatherings with local men and couples involved.
John Jessen was shot dead at Henry Steffen's farm eight miles from Lemars. Henry Steffen and William Beaver are jailed in Lemars on murder charges, Peter Peterson charged as accessory. The suspects say self defense. Jessen and wife lived with Steffen. Beaver was Steffen's hired man. Jessen allegedly abused his wife after returning drunk. Steffen admits firing the fatal shot.
Judge Fruit in LaCrosse grants a divorce to 70 year old John and wife of nearly forty years. The wife alleges abuse and drunken behavior by her husband when he went to town, prompting her departure from home in Galesville. Sparta suffers a $75,000 fire damaging paper mills of R Newton & Sons after adjacent barns burn. incendiary suspicions cited.
One hundred fifty workers report for duties at the Great Western Tin Plate company plant in Joliet Illinois as the factory resumes operation after a year idle period.
Newport April 22. Augusta I Bowen, a noted society woman, seeks release from Harold W Bowen the present minister to Persia from this county. The petition cites desertion as the ground. The couple married in New York a few years ago and were prominent in social life. they separated after a son was born.
Chicago Board of Trade prices show mixed wheat and corn with May and July futures, pork and lard figures, and short rib and suif values. East Buffalo and St Louis reports add live stock and produce prices including cattle hogs sheep and lambs with regional variations.
Paris reports a provocative painting by dean Beraud titled Jesus Tied to a Column. The piece shows Christ crowned with thorns bound to a pillar while a jeering crowded mob includes a workman, butcher, virago, Free Mason, a Jew in a Phrygian cap, and a schoolboy. The scene appears as a political protest against anti clerical campaigns.
Chicago. In obedience to War Secretary Root a reduction of river flow to 200000 cubic feet per minute was ordered after 300000. The drainage board plans to travel to Springfield to seek borrowing power to fund capacity increases and maintain safety. Major Willard will monitor the current and permit flow increases when shipping safety allows.
A friend of Charles A. Johnson the Niles National bank cashier jailed in Grand Rapids says Johnson has repaid over half of his alleged defalcation and can account for the rest. The friend disputes ties to bank failures and suicides, adding Johnson will plead guilty when called.
Owing to large oil funds in Shelby county capitalists have leased 8500 acres of land near Pana Illinois and have placed men at work prospecting the leases were taken in anticipation of rich returns and continued activity in the oil boom region.
In Wellington Washington on April 22 J M McDonald died from suffocation and twelve others were overcome by smoke and gas in the Great Northern Cascade tunnel trapping workers and signaling a fatal accident.
A railroader notes the daily danger of orders in bad weather and credits Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with curing chronic bronchitis after four bottles. He claims lungs heal, tissues rebuild, and overall health improves. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
Leonard Williamson a Chicago man sentenced to four years for robbery to fund a wedding plan writes two letters from Kenosha jail. He pleads love to Ethel Sharkey and apologizes to landlady Mrs. Catherine Pierce while describing his religious, upright character. He was captured after a hardware store holdup and a later street theft. Ethel denies wedding plans, claiming they were only friends. Mrs. Pierce says he was honest, punctual, and devout, despite the crime.
In Elgin Illinois on April 23 the daily board of education election pitted Walter D Kee against Dr G J Schneider with Kee's group opposing Superintendent Whitney. Kee won by 270 votes amid student activism following suspensions of several pupils and a clash between Whitney and Kee at a board meeting. Grinnell Iowa also reports a trial likely for Professor George T Herron over heresy and socialism. In Port Huron Michigan Mrs Charles Moak was found dying on her husband’s grave, likely from exposure after crying at Lakeside Cemetery.
A payroll row in Munelé and Marine City events shows journeymen agreeing to 20 cents an hour with nine-hour days, while contractors in the Gas Belt alliance hold at 28 cents. The carpenters refuse to endorse their arbitration committee's work, widening the dispute. Reports from Washington and other cities follow.
Cleveland reports a $1500 additional shortage found in the city clerk office books toward ex-License Clerk Rowbottom. Mayor Johnson orders continued probing even after noting a $1566 previously taken and returned. Milwaukee widow Fannie Moses seeks divorce from millionaire L D Moses after two marriages in Wisconsin.
In Venona Illinois on April 22 the Magnolia seminary incendiary case concluded in Hennepin with Jack Horton discharged after trial for causing the fire.
An Associated Press visit to Emilio Aguinaldo at 56 Solano Street reveals a courteous, dignified leader contemplating his stance on American sovereignty. He talks of aiding pacification, notes surprise at U S achievements, and says insurgent chiefs acted independently after dissolving their congress with limited communication for seven months.
Aguinaldo appeals to insurgents to surrender and swear allegiance to the United States. He cites amnesty as a path to pacification and hopes prisoners in Guat will be released. He praises U S military courtesy and expresses desire to visit the United States, awaiting government plans. He says his address to Filipinos is sincere and aimed at peace under American oversight.
In Havana on April 28 a Cuban telegram from Bravo Correoso urged American troops to replace native police at registration points in Santiago province. The Discussion denounces Correoso as radical and argues the move shows Cubans cannot govern or maintain order without US soldiers. It notes Correoso spoke impulsively while Cuba seeks unfettered self rule.
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