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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1900
Page
1
Special to Evening Journal. Waterloo Iowa April 30 thieves stole from the oil store of Weishaar and Fassig using $2000 worth of fine silks as the principal items in the raid. The incident occurred last night and is being investigated.
A search party recovered the decomposed body of Rob it Carter from a well on 1¢ Salzenstein farm near Athens Sau rday. Four coal miners named Harvey Garrettson Moore and ixon were arrested. Carter disappeared from Athens March 123 after being seen with them.
Mrs Iry McCarthy Frazer sues Joan E King and Hubbard King firm for breach of promise claiming a marriage proposal arose during a real estate inquiry and failed engagement would yield a fortune. Frazer, 38, mother of two, alleges King leveraged a prior meeting to pursue marriage. The suit seeks 100000 in damages.
A Fairfield Iowa girl, 16, in a plain dress and sunbonnet, was stopped at the Harrison Street station in Chicago while traveling to Kalamazoo Michigan with a young farmer who signed himself Jack. The pair planned to meet there. observers recall the girl gave her name and attempted to keep the meeting secret before authorities intervened.
Immigrants from Finland arrive in northern Michigan via Sault Ste. Marie and head to Calumet Negaunee and Iron Mountain mining towns. Houghton County now hosts about 15 000 people of Finnish birth or parentage with 6 000 more in Finn settlements.
Fire swept through the Cliff Lumber Company yard in Bay Wis burning several valuable horses owned by the firm. Firefighters faced intense heat as flames raged amid sheds and stables. No further details on casualties or total loss are provided in the fragment.
On a Lebanon road near the New Lebanon church two neighboring farmers Joseph Reese and Sant Campbell clashed over charges of drunkenness and alleged moral improprieties. Reese shot Campbell in the back and abdomen after a county church dispute escalated from a town meeting and Bible quarrel. Campbell died from his wounds.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss Isle French daughter of Mrs. Francis Ormond French announced engaged. Vanderbilt heir to a vast fortune, with the wedding planned in Newport at Trinity Church in September.
The Ottumwa merchant John H. Allen who was murdered April 20 had his will filed in Burlington Kansas. He leaves all property to his wife America I Allen who is sole executrix. Mrs Allen is under arrest charged with instigating a neighbor Harris to murder her husband. Daughters present at the will reading were not mentioned.
A synthesis of scattered items: Senor Paterno in exile, a mountain incident, James McWhorter and David White killed by a Birmingham building collapse, and William McWhorter and D O Patille injured. Also reports on German press reaction, a Chicago burglary, and a life sentence for Charles D Lamb. Other notes cover imperial honors, art funding in Paris, a U S penitentiary transfer, India famine aid, and Henry White’s New York arrival.
Barker forecasts 1500 delegates at Cincinnati for the Populist convention and says up to 1.5 million of Bryan’s 1906 votes may shift to the Populist candidate. He predicts McKinley could win with Barker and Bryan as rivals if Bryan runs. Dewey plans to oppose Bryan at Kansas City as a Democrat.
O P H Belmont returning from Europe notes the 1900 ticket lineup and doubts Admiral Dewey’s independent bid. He cites imperialism and trusts as campaign issues and predicts battles in Indiana Illinois Ohio and New York. In Newton Stewart Frederick J Barry a young lawyer dies by his own hand over a love tragedy.
Fifteen children near Banfield, Als., were poisoned after eating brick cheese from William Keerps' farm. Dr. J. W. Allison of Essex treated them, finding them in serious condition but saving all with extensive care.
An accident inside the Paris exposition grounds yesterday caused six deaths and forty injuries. A man trap mishap led to a deadly incident on the fair premises. Police and authorities investigate the cause and safety failures.
Government leader W. S. Taylor traveled from Washington to Frankfort Kentucky with Mrs Taylor and K J Hampton secretary of the Republican state central committee. His city visit surprised residents and prosecutors note no arrest warrant was served signaling a delay in the grand indictment decisions alongside indictments against other defendants.
The wife of Major General James T. L. Wilson, governor of Manzanillo Santa Clara, died Saturday afternoon from burns after stepping on a parlor match while alighting from a carriage with her daughter. Condolences came from Governor General Wood General Chaffee and Adjutant General Richards, with broad sympathy shown by both Cubans and Americans.
The Chronicle quotes Dr. Nicholas Senn on Governor Tanner’s condition noting his illness is dangerous and operation may be a last resort. Senn says recovery is unlikely but governor remains hopeful and will proceed if required. Other briefs cover baseball scores, deaths, a shooting contest, a Missouri Missouri Supreme Court brief, and a socialist May Day parade.
Dispatches from Thaba N Cho and London describe Boer fighting at Israel s Poort near Thaba N Chu with Canadian forces under Colonel Otter and British losses. Reports mention a Boer peace commission sailing for the United States and renewed British patrols as Boer detachments retreat toward Ladybrand.
In Sioux City Iowa on April 30 Willis E Mayne 20 and Miss Eunice Arnson 27 both of Minnehaha county were wed last week while Maynes first wife lay dead in the house awaiting burial and his five children sought their grandmother for comfort. The mother of Arnson aided the match and later urged the couple to leave her daughters home.
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