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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
5
A compact roundup of personal and political happenings worldwide including disasters at sea fatal explosions and collisions plus sports results annual conventions and financial failures with emphasis on notable domestic and international affairs.
A compiled annual fire tally lists major blazes from January to December across cities including London Ontario San Francisco Halifax and Portland with losses ranging from 100000 to 2 million dollars. Notable incidents include the Atlas block in Salt Lake City the U S arsenal storehouse in Rock Island and the International Salt Co plant in Chicago.
The U S senate ratified the Panama canal treaty with Colombia and a separate Cuban treaty. Royal and diplomatic milestones include King Edward VII visiting the Vatican and Giuseppe Sarto becoming Pope Pius X. Major military leadership changes occur as Maj Gen Young becomes chief of staff and Lieut Gen Miles retires. Ohio and several other states shift to Republican, while New York elects George B. McClellan as mayor. Public sentiment on Cuban reciprocity and Cleveland’s presidential nomination also feature.
The document catalogs multiple maritime disasters and geopolitical events. It lists German actions in Venezuela and Panamanian independence moves, along with numerous shipwrecks worldwide. Notable losses include the Saginaw collision, Arequipa foundering, and the Avona Danish wreck with numerous fatalities.
United States formally recognizes the new Panama republic and lands Marines at Colon to protect citizens. France and Britain comment. Bunau-Varilla named Panamanian agent in Washington. The battleship Maine heads to Colon amid protests from Colombia. Santo Domingo faces insurgent sieges and a canal treaty is signed in Washington. President Roosevelt later nominates Buchanan as minister to Panama.
The report lists multiple bank and brokerage failures across North America. Institutions include A. E. Ames & Co in Toronto with estimated mobilities near 10 million, Talbot J. Taylor & Co and W. L. Stow & Co, and Doylestown National Bank with over 1 million in liabilities. New York brokers Hurlbutt and Hatch & Co also fail.
A compiled list recounts numerous fatal wrecks and injuries on the Pennsylvania, Pittsburg Fort Wayne, Great Northern, Jersey Central, Southern Pacific, and other lines, plus naval accidents near Culebra, Corfu, and off Pensacola. It notes explosions, drownings, and fires across February to November, with scores of dead and many injured in each incident.
A survey of natural calamities lists numerous tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Fatalities include 68 in Clifton and Pacolet, 60 in East St. Louis, and 70 on Jamaica island, with millions in damages in Texas, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, Georgia, and beyond.
Highlights include William Rothwell defeating Terry McGovern for the featherweight title in San Francisco. Cambridge beating Oxford in the interuniversity boat race at Putney. Kentucky Derby winner Judge Himes. Irish Lad Brooklyn Handicap winner. Rock Sand English Derby victor. Africander Suburban Handicap winner. The Picket American Derby winner. Yale over Harvard in varsity rowing at New London. Lou Dillon wagon record 2.04 ½ in Cleveland. Ard Patrick Eclipse Stakes winner at Sandown. Alpha Grand Prix de Vichy winner. Jeffries defeating Corbett for world heavyweight title. Reliance wins America's Cup first race. Lou Dillon sets world mile record at Readville. Reliance beats Shamrock III second race. Hamburg Belle Futurity winner. Crescens sets half mile trot record. and other contemporaneous racing milestones.
The report lists annual and biennial gatherings across the United States including the United Mine Workers in Indianapolis, the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, and the G A R encampment in San Francisco. It notes meetings of Mothers, Peace societies, Elks, and other organizations from Richmond to Cleveland and Omaha.
Lincoln Neb Jan 1 The quashing of the federal indictment against United States Senator Dietrich foreshadows a delay in his Jan 4 trial. The charges included bribery and trafficking in a Hastings postmaster appointment and leasing post office quarters. District Attorney Summers, in Lincoln, said he would move to quash the illegal leasing count, postponing proceedings toward future prosecution on the Hastings postmaster money-for-appointment charge.
Kalispell Montana January 1 a speeder ride ended in tragedy when W V Geary was instantly killed and John Dillon fatally injured after a west bound passenger train struck them in dense fog near Paola West Virginia.
A visiting performer’s single night in Fiji yielded gifts including four sucking pigs, 500 coconuts, 1000 moonstones, 40 pearls, 28 model canoes, 200 yards of native cloth, 42 Fiji costumes, 3 whale’s teeth, hundreds of shark teeth, coral pieces, war implements, spears and knives, native mats and pillows and seven grog bowls.
Mr. Stormington Barnes recalls audience laughter during a Chicago recital of Marco Bozzaris. He explains the crowd misheard the line beginning Strike as a local allusion, prompting amusement reported by the Washington Star.
Under similar conditions an acre planted with potatoes yields more than ten, fourteen or seventeen times as much food material as an acre devoted to wheat, rye, or peas.
John Grimm, a noted young actor known for Faust, is under a ten year contract to John M. Hickey and will appear at the Graham on Friday evening. The company provides the full scenic outlet costumes historically correct properties and complete electrical and mechanical effects.
James M. Wells recounts in McClure's January issue the Libby Prison escape during the Civil War. Fifteen secrecy bound prisoners tunneled from a cellar down a wall and into Richmond streets, followed by two hundred others with many recaptured, as Wells fled to Federal lines. The tale highlights patience and cunning of imprisoned men seeking liberty.
The question when we three meet again will be answered on Friday evening in January at the Graham theater where John Griffith delivers a masterful impersonation of Macbeth.
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