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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
1
A special dispatch reports a severe wreck near Pier son Michigan with nine confirmed dead. The incident is described as a frightful collision, and details are carried in a wire-service style update to the Evening Journal.
Special to Evening Journal reports a collision of two passenger trains in Pierson Michigan early today. Nine passengers were killed outright and many others injured with one listed as fatally hurt.
Paterson New Jersey is identified as the gathering point where Italian anarchists allegedly hatched plots affecting rulers including McKinley and Humbert. Bresci is credited with carrying out the attempted strike, and various leaders are described as inadequately guarded or highly watched. Also reports a ruined fire alarm system in Racine Wisconsin with $1200 damage after an electric wire incident.
In Chicago on August 15 Officer William R. Gibbons leaped into Rush Street to stop a runaway team near the bridge. He grabbed the flying reins and drove the horses to a stop just yards from the river, saving Mrs. Clark and the coachman from tragedy. Baseball scores and a note on disputed township bonds follow.
Richmond Ind August 15. A young electricity student seeks a patent on a primary battery claimed to deliver eighteen volts per quart cell with constant output until exhaustion. Eight quart cells reportedly run a two horsepower motor ten hours and ten cells power twelve lamps ten hours. The device feeds fluid at one drop per minute. Joliet Illinois August 15. Actor Ervin F Smith and Tom Walsh accused of robbing an old man on the Rock Island railroad tracks near Rockdale. captured after shots fired and jailed.
News from Sioux City Iowa reports the Vatican will establish a new diocese there. Bishop Scannell of Omaha notified Father E W Fowler at St Joseph Church of the plan in a letter received August 15. Formation would elevate Sioux City's status within the Church hierarchy.
Estimated receipts and price ranges for cattle and sheep traders on this market day include cattle at 5.65 to 5.90 for choicest steers and 2.50 to 4.60 for cows, hogs around 5.40 to 5.70, and sheep from 2.25 to 5.70 per unit. Grain prices in St Louis and Milwaukee show wheat around 71 to 76 cents, corn near 37 to 40 cents, oats 21 to 25 cents, with rye at about 49 to 51 cents.
Paris reports suggest allied forces 16 miles from Peking if true, though London papers offer no confirmation. Dispatches note Hosi Wu arrival, river operations, and heat but healthy troops. Conger dispatch kept confidential. Chaffee near Peking with heavy artillery needed to breach imperial walls. France and Germany oppose British Shanghai landing, fearing broader Yangtse river influence.
Milwaukee August 15 Frederick Driscoll of the American Newspaper Publishers Association urged the International Typographic Union to submit publisher interests to publishers’ association. He opposed rules forcing linotype machinists and proofreaders into the ITU and argued only 300 linotype workers exist nationwide. He urged repeal of the objectionable laws.
East Las Vegas New Mexico Aug 15 Ex Senator Ingalls who is very ill here has decided to return to Atchison soon after the arrival of his sons en route here. He says he feels able to travel though he is thin and very weak.
London August 15 reports Col Hoare’s column is safe. The Daily News correspondent says a convoy was captured by Boers at Elands River, with no further details provided on casualties or location.
Rhinelander Wisconsin August 15 A sweeping order from Mayor Brennan closes all saloons after 1130 p m and bars opening before 5 a m No liquor can be dispensed on Sundays under the order.
Collis P. Huntington, 79, longtime railroad executive and financier, died of heart disease at Pine Knot Camp Raquette Lake New York after a choking spell. He helped build the Central Pacific with Leland Stanford and later led the Southern Pacific, amassing a fortune estimated between 40 and 50 million dollars.
Chicago Aug 15 William Jennings Bryan Jr the 12 year old son of the Democratic candidate for president visited army headquarters in the Pullman building He attached fifty rubber bands to a chair caster end and swung from a fourth floor window hanging by his toes General Wheeler pulled him to safety before harm could occur.
Hazel Patterson eleven year old girl abducted from her mother in Kenosha on Monday night was recovered by Waukegan police at midnight after her sister drove her to a hotel. The abduction stemmed from a family quarrel over custody and the child, from a former marriage, was later sent by relatives to her mother. Her escapees fled by carriage. In other notices Governor Stanley authorized a requisition for Harry Stevens a Kansas penitentiary convict for forgery to be sent to Mills County Iowa. In Chicago Clarence M Henning a Evansville Indiana resident, committed suicide by carbolic acid after failing to find work.
Indianapolis Aug 15 The National party convention devoted day one to addresses and committee appointments with no formal action. Delegates favor anti imperialist ties but doubt a joint ticket with anti imperialists, aiming for a distinct third ticket. Osborne opened the gathering criticizing both major parties and proposing anti imperialism sound money and civil service reform.
Senator Khanni announced the advisory committee members for the Republican national committee. Included are Senators Platton Pew and others from New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Nebraska Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island California and more. Additional appointments will follow.
William J. Bryan and John B. Altgeld met to discuss campaign strategy with Altgeld agreeing to canvas for the Democratic ticket and to speak in several states. Bryan broadcast portions of his Indianapolis address via a talking machine and planned a trip to Lincoln after an Irish picnic. Leopold Moss named to head the Hebrew department at Democratic national headquarters. In Lincoln, the Independent denied Butler’s rumored McKinley stamp plan and a Raleigh telegram quoted a Populist indicating strong support for Bryan and the People's party nominee for vice president.
The Populist national committee opens headquarters in the Auditorium above the Democratic committee with Eugene Smith in charge. Main Populist HQ will be in Lincoln Nebraska. Milwaukee cyclist Frank B Van Valkenburgh dies suddenly likely from brain hemorrhage. He served one term as chief consul of the Wisconsin division, League of American Wheelmen.
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