10 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
1
A major blaze reported in Oskaloosa early morning consumed structures and prompted firefighting crews to battle flames. Authorities urged residents to avoid the area as responders contained the fire and investigated cause.
A furnace fire at Fitch Bros. harness shop in Oskaloosa destroyed five major businesses on a city block. Firefighters saved much of the west square as walls collapsed into cellars. Losses approach 150000 with insurance but fall short of full coverage. rebuild planned as three story structures.
The House approved the Esch Townsend freight rate regulation bill 326 to 17 after four days of debate. Eleven Republicans and six Democrats voted no, with Hepburn among leaders urging the measure’s failure and warning roads to obey the law.
In Lodo s Russia on February 10 crowds gathered around mills in a threatening mood. Additional troops arrived and guard routes to the grand hotel where the governor has set up quarters.
Samuel McCue former mayor of Charlottesville was hanged this morning for the murder of his wife on September 4 1904. He faced execution after his capital case and paid for the crime with his life despite appeals. The sentence was carried out at the jail gallows with officials present.
The Women’s Relief Corps hosts a ten cant social with Mr and Mrs R F Campbell at the Bradford home on the upcoming Tuesday evening February 1. Members with spouses are invited to attend and enjoy the event. The North Side Furniture store advertises new lines of roof bedsteads for sale. Call and view them.
Chicago mourns as C C P Hellen a renowned Chicago pioneer dies at friends home in Matteson after a period of illness. The death comes after a lingering illness and is not unexpected to his circle of acquaintances.
Napoleon first saw the canal's benefits for crossing from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. A false engineer claim of a thirty foot fall halted early plans. Ferdinand de Lesseps began in 1950 and finished within ten years at about $100 million. The canal runs 100 miles long and 28 feet deep, capable of handling the largest ships.
Calumet Michigan February 10 fire follows dynamite blast in the North Kearsarge branch of the Osceola Consolidated mine. Eight names expected on the death roll with twenty five injured as rescuers battle gas and flames. Rescue efforts recount hairbreadth escapes and a tragedy amid drifting smoke.
In Des Moines a Milwaukee road wreck near Melbourne after a broken rail killed conductor H M Marsh and injured about twenty others. Nine coaches and two engines left the track. a foot bridge eighteen feet high was wrecked. Among the injured is C A Morris, a brakeman badly burned.
Cronstadt reports Father Join, the venerable priest long in frail health, has suffered a relapse and remains in critical condition.
The president sent to the senate the nomination of James B. Reynolds of Massachusetts to serve as assistant secretary of the treasury.
Suan Robinson, a former Kentucky slave known as Regress, died in Jeffersonville Ind at 108. Her old Bible reportedly fixes her birth on June 20 17 and she was born in Winchester Ky. She lived sixty years as the property of John Robinson.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show mixed futures with May wheat around 1.14 to 1.16 and July near 1.00. Corn and oats trade within narrow bands while livestock bids at Chicago include hogs from 4.10 to 4.87, cattle mostly 3.80 to 5.70, and sheep prices up to around 7.75 to 7.00 for various grades. East Buffalo reports steady cattle and hog prices, with lambs and calves showing varied shifts.
Milton Missouri February 10. Sheriff Cole of Calloway county recaptured Harvey Fait a school teacher who tried to escape by leaping from a moving passenger train near Council Grove ten miles west of Multon Bay. A second man jumped and was chased about 200 yards then shot at Malt with a pistol but no injuries occurred. Fait was arrested in Nevada Missouri on charges of raising three school warrants from 42 to 52 dollars.
Fond du Lac Wis Feb 10 Dne Fenger train No 1 Wisconsin Central ran deto an open ewitch at Stevens Point and ditched an engine and a box car. William FE Sehell of Pond du Lac killed and Benjamin Hinderinson of North Pond du Lac likely fatally injured. Both families affected. New York Feb 10 Methodist Episcopal church book committees held sessions and reviewed church paper editors. Christian IL Feb 1 Temperance league with 100+ members organized to oppose dry town cooling measures. saloons voted out but cold storage and three quart shops operate without state action. league to press state attorney.
Chicago on February 10 1908 reports estimated receipts 1400 with 7532 prospects and market outlook 5 to 10 higher than yesterday’s opening. Light cattle 465 to 8442 cents, mixed packers 460 to 495, heavy shipping 650 to 500, rough 465 to 475. Cattle 2500 head firm, sheep 6000 steady.
Chicago market notes show mixed hog prices with gains over yesterday and strong demand for beef cattle and sheep. Receipts estimate heavy with hogs priced around 4.65 to 4.97 for packed and shipping grades, cattle and calves steady with cattle near 4.25 to 6.10, natives and western stockers quoted, lambs around 6.25 to 7.90 for western lambs, overall market strength reported.
Paris February 10 officials in the chamber of deputies introduced a bill for complete separation of church and state abolishing the concordat and government subsidies. The 32 article measure creates civil corps for religious groups and enforces religious exercise under public order with debate expected by July.
The Corriere Della Sera reports King Victor Emmanuel will devote part of the civil list to useful national institutions. The plan creates an international chamber of agriculture based in Rome, modeled on David Lubin's scheme, with global representation and a coordinating role for studies and international agreements.
Representatives from penal and charitable institutions in Joliet met at the penitentiary to discuss manufacturing and standardizing goods for state supplies under the new anti tract prison law. The aim is uniform beds, mattresses, shoes and other items.
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