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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1904
Page
1
In Seoul the American guard at the U S embassy was bolstered by sixty Marines, with foreign residents guarded as tensions rise. A German man‑of‑war reaches Chemulpo while Japanese influence grows, and officials hope for peace in the Far East.
Alderman John J. Brennan of the Eighteenth ward received a one year term in the house of correction for complicity in election frauds. He is assigned to the broom department tying bundles of brooms in a shop division, wearing a blue prison suit. He works with 157 others, both colored and white.
Colonel Bill a $25,000 racehorse owned by L. V. Bell died at Sheepshead Bay from spinal meningitis after an earlier injury at Aqueduct. The horse, stable mate of Hermis, sparked a public dispute with Official Handicapper Vosburgh over weight assignments and provoked widespread debate among horsemen.
A blaze on Pearl Street, Buffalo, yesterday damaged Julius M. Georgger's wholesale hat and cap store and the adjacent George Irish Paper company building. The upper floor suffered fire exposure with stock harmed by smoke and water. Total loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 18 William Jennings Bryan arrived in Lincoln at 1 AM and went to his Fairview home in good health and spirits saying he enjoyed nothing more than his quick trip to Europe. Heath commends Mackington Jan. 18 in Mackinac.
Treatt commends August W Machen as a competent man in the service while noting the office routine allows clerks to order supplies. Ruth Brown Thompson, daughter of John Brown the tolerator, dies in Pasadena aged 75.
Relatives fail to identify the Morton Grove area boy's body at the county morgue as Howard Palmer, the family hopes the correct body is found to settle a $25,000 estate. The Palmers buried James Henning Jr. in Graceland cemetery two weeks earlier. Coroner Treager will investigate the mix up and two more possible victims are reported missing.
Rock Island January 18 seven defendants are named in the case against a former secretary of the Moline Building Association accused of embezzling more than $100,000. The indictment details alleged misuse of funds and the accused faces charges in the local court.
A water pageant along the bay near the binding station thrilled spectators as boats festooned with colored bunting lined the waters. The shore parade drew about 10,000 people plus 5,000 school children from Catholic societies across the archdiocese.
Benjamin Lach man a bridge laborer on the Eads bridge eighty feet above the Mississippi River lost his hold and fell striking an iron girder then plunged into the water He fought to stay afloat as a line was thrown but sank and died before rescue could reach him
Coroner Thurston reports on an inquest into the death of George Smith a 50 year old man who killed himself by forcing his 10 year old son to pull the trigger. The blast destroyed his head.
Havana reports no quorum in both chambers delaying votes on the revolutionary bond payment and public land sale measures. If no agreement on adjournment is reached, President Palma may prorogue and end the session.
Fire gutted the New Normandie theater in Calgary Nova Scotia twelve hours before its scheduled dedication. The blaze also destroyed six large stores and left the area in ruins.
January Rock Island county grand jury returns true bills against J. W. Warr Moline publisher and reformer for alleged embezzlement exceeding 100000 largely from the Moline Building Savings and Loan association where he served as secretary. He is arrested arraigned on bond and faces trial at the current term after books show years of defalcations and absorption of association surplus leaving assets under 6000.
Convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses by impersonating a wealthy Iowa banker and dry goods merchant of the same name. Joseph H. Marshall receives a prison term of five and a half to six years. Trial revealed he had impersonated the Iowa banker at least fifteen times in three years, stealing $200 to $600 each time.
A Sigourney Iowa bank vault yielded a bundle of notes totaling 25 000 and 20 000 in certificates that do not match bank books. The discrepancy of 55 000 may not have been known to cashier G F Utterback before his suicide a few days earlier. State examination ongoing.
Archbishop J. J. Harty of St. Louis arrived in Manila on January 18 as part of a formal visit. The church leader is expected to meet local clergy and officials to discuss regional pastoral matters and aid programs.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a block ruin with an estimated loss of 280000 dollars. No further details on location or cause available in readable text.
Miss Ethel Gould dies at St Mary's Hospital from injuries after a Grand Trunk passenger train collides with an outbound Michigan line trolley at the Dequindre Street crossing on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit.
District attorney forces target lending rings alleged to operate a clearing house for unsecured salary loans. Four women jailed for trial on charges of attempting to collect interest exceeding the principal. Earlier two women convicted and fined in related cases.
Frank W. Holly, aged 53, longtime superintendent of the Holly Manufacturing Company and a renowned water works engineer, died in Lockport New York on January 18. His career spanned decades in civil and municipal water systems.
Joliet Illinois January 18 C H Bacon and A H Butler president and cashier of the Lockport bank which recently failed have been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of embezzlement.
In Allentown On Jan 18 Mrs Catherine Bechtel on trial for being an accessory after the fact defended her aim as clearing her dead son’s name. Testimony covered a light in the Bechtel home the night of the murder and alleged washings of wounds, with accounts of Mabel Bechtel and Weis enberg visiting a St Charles hotel and Mabel’s intended marriage. Fever cases threaten Trinity College as Lakeville academy closes.
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