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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
1
The Burleigh bill passed 165 to 102 expanding House membership for the next decade from 857 to 875. Illinois New York Texas gain seats while several states lose or gain. Reeves, Dolan, and other players push for larger representation and compact districts.
The senate discussed post exchange or canteen provisions in the army reform bill. Gallinger opposed alcohol sales while Sewell defended canteens as temperance supports for soldiers. Hawley praised post exchanges for discipline and opposed abolishing them amid Pettigrew’s wine questions.
A Marquette, Michigan article alleges extreme cruelty by authorities in a robbery investigation. The report references a convict’s behavior connected to a February incident and mentions McAllister’s home as the scene. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
Mrs. F C Fetter of Honduras arrives in Harlan to claim J L Fetter's estate. The wealthy man vanished her daughter thirty years ago, and relatives have controlled the estate until her arrival. Her story follows adventures from childhood abduction to life with a wealthy planter in Central America.
Frank Arnold and Fred Depot, farmers twenty miles west of Woonsocket, were ordered to leave the country by a self constituted vigilance committee under threat of lynching. Arnold filed a complaint, six defendants bound at $500 each for circuit court trial. In Michigan, Bell Telephone stops all new construction after two years of heavy work. layoffs affect over twenty crews.
In Macoupin county court Will Kent pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the Dec 3 1808 killing of his brother Noble Kent at Girard. Judge Shirley sentenced him to 35 years in the penitentiary after Noble had previously tried to kill Will amid a family inheritance dispute and was later shot by Vik Prez en route to Carlinville.
Hog receipts 45,000 with pie prices 4.30–5.30, light 5.00–5.30, heavy packing 5.15–5.30. Cattle receipts 6,500 with steers 5.70–6.15, cows 1.75–4.50, heifers 2.75–4.50, bulls 2.50–4.25. Sheep and lambs 15,000 with westerns 3.25–4.65, natives 3.00–4.75, lambs 4.25–5.70. East Buffalo quotes include cattle 5.40 veals 5.50–8.50 hogs 5.40–5.55, pigs 5.40–5.45, lambs to 6.35. St. Louis grain quotes No. 2 red 73–76c, corn 36–37.5c, oats 24–27c, rye 50c, barley 60c. Milwaukee wheat 74–78c, rye 54–54c, oats 27c. Detroit wheat futures around 81–?c.
Senate remarks by Senator Lodge argue for a 100000 man army and a strong navy to defend US rights amid a Europe led trade clash. He predicts improved order in the Philippines but warns of ongoing Moro unrest and interior tribes. Bacon questions duration of force. Lodge cites two years and a 25000 man baseline for order.
Reports from Caracas describe escalating tussles over asphalt concessions in Bermudez with hints of possible American force if diplomacy fails. U S Minister Loomis pressed for delay to allow investigation while conspirators push to strip the New York and Bermudez company of its properties and sell them to rivals.
Washington massachusetts lawmaker Lovering introduced a bill in the house to make the currency responsive to varying business needs across all seasons and regions. The document discusses constitutional limits and the protection of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness under a republican government.
Washington January 8 The house debate on reapportionment nears its close with a final vote expected before adjournment. Key speeches by Crumpacker Indiana and Hepburn Iowa criticise rules while citing disfranchisement in Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina and South Carolina. Pearson North Carolina defends the Burleigh bill and warns against harming Republican gains in the south.
Solicitor General Richards filed a government brief in the Supreme Court for cases by De Lima Downes Dooley Armstrong Crossman against Bidwell or the United States. The cases examine U S dominion over islands before and after the Paris treaty and post law changes. The brief cites Harrison's Ann Arbor address and rebuts ex proprio vigore and copalliation doctrines.
Josephine Taentzel a 22 year old daughter of George Haentzel of New Athens fled with farm hand Oscar Kiefer after spurning suitors August Kunze and John Dier. They traveled to St Louis then returned amid a public dispute with Dier and her brother watching at the courthouse. she declared she was already married as an officer intervened.
A storm-struck steamer Russie with fifty passengers and forty crew stranded off Faraman on the French coast. Rescue attempts by lifeboats and tugs failed as hurricane winds and high seas prevented approach. Nightfall brought officials awaiting a first chance to save those aboard, but the lighthouse keeper reported the position as hopeless and the vessel likely to perish.
A blaze at the Rochester Orphan Asylum in Rochester New York killed twenty six children aged two to fourteen and two adults. The fire began around 1 10 a m likely from a natural gas explosion in the boiler room adjoining the west wing. Twelve others are injured in city hospitals as investigators probe the disaster.
Venezuelan authorities fear clashes with American citizens as New York and Bermudez company guards resist government decree. The dispute centers on Lumense asphalt lake near the San Juan river, 100 miles from Trinidad, with a six mile narrow gauge line to the lake. Meanwhile Sheboygan plans to rebuild C Reiss Coal docks after fire, seeking city dredge approval for twenty feet depth and enhanced fire protection.
J W Gates of Elgin a forty year resident spent the last month with a broken neck after a fall. Dr Fenger examined him Monday and confirmed the serious condition.
Mau Claire business men select committees to push a railroad from Eau Claire to the Mississippi river. The French parliament has reassembled and Deschanel has been chosen president of the deputies.
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