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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1904
Page
1
Chicago council, after a long session, endorsed a plan to reopen most theaters with safety alterations by October 1 1904. The Jones order requires owners to meet fireproofing and exit standards, with oversight by a mayoral panel, building commissioner, and fire department. The plan includes steel curtains, sprinklers, cross aisles, and staffed fire drills.
Telegraphed claim in Cologne Gazette says czar would meet Japanese minister Kurina. Officials deny any interview was contemplated. Japanese source notes Russia’s recognition of Manchuria treaty rights excludes foreign settlements, and Japan may challenge this point with the United States understanding the issue as vital.
Justice Monday granted Major Walter de Sanmares Maud a divorce from his wife Maud on grounds of bigamy after her marriage to Daniel Rosanna of Cleveland. The Mauds wed in New York on April 19, 1897, while Maud was in South Africa.
Springfield IHS Jan 20 Governor Yates filed with the secretary of state a protest against the state tax rate of 2 cents per hundred valuation arguing it should not exceed 45 cents to ensure ample revenue and a minimum $2 million surplus in the state treasury. New York Jan 20 The Peoples theater on the Bowery and two adjoining buildings suffered about $12 000 in damage from a fire starting in the stage loft with performers and crew at rehearsals escaping unharmed. Reyes Charge Against Uncle Sam transmission of correspondence between General Reyes and Secretary Hay To be continued.
Newspapers publish editorials opposing mediation as unnecessary while acknowledging diplomacy won a great victory in Manchuria. The press shows irritation yet praises American diplomacy and the settlement idea.
Four full grown prairie Wolves escaped from a commission house on Sixty third Street and roamed Chicago at midnight. Two wolves were spotted near Sherman Farm, a hunting party formed. One animal was recaptured after taking refuge in a woodpile. another was beaten off a coach dog. The wolves were Wisconsin captured and destined for a Missouri menagerie supplier.
The Mutual Life Insurance company says James L. Blair forged policy fraudulently and concealed forgeries to induce the $200000 life policy. Attorney J E McKeigghan presented the contentions Monday night as the suit was filed.
In London on January 20 Justice Jeune in the high court divorce division granted a divorce to the wife of D R Hanna. The ruling marks the end of their marriage proceedings as documented in the court records.
President Roosevelt faces Senate questions as General Reyes accuses the United States of aiding the Panama revolt. He offers to refer all matters to The Hague while Secretary Hay insists canal construction is paramount and rejects arbitration.
A blaze in the Colonial apartment building in Marion Indiana on Monday night trapped about 200 women with no fire escapes. Elevator operator fled but porter Albert McCarty saved thirty people by guiding them to safety before being forced out. The basement origin involved a live wire and gasoline explosion sped the flames. A church meeting broke into panic as attendees fled through exits in a stampede. In Williamsport Pennsylvania Mrs. Cora Glover was indicted for sending anonymous letters amid a Standard Oil family scandal.
George Francis Train world traveler lecturer and former Union Pacific promoter died at Mills hotel New York at 74. He pioneered rail and street car ventures built many railways and claimed psychic powers and global travel feats. He once toured world in sixty days and faced a Stamford smallpox isolation case.
Detroit January 20 Commodore L Werren awaiting trial for desertion from Company G First United States Infantry at Fort Wayne died Tuesday from bullet wounds suffered Monday during an attempted escape at the fort.
Jackson Mississippi reports that Senators A. J. McLaurin and H. D. Money were re elected by both houses of the state legislature on Tuesday to retain their United States Senate seats.
The case of E C M Rand against Russell Sage as assignee in trust of the Hastings and Dakota Railway company opened Monday in St Paul. Rand seeks $15 000 for salary and extra duties in managing railroad lands while serving as Sage’s clerk for five years.
It is estimated that six more people were drowned when a reservoir burst at Bloemfontein causing the wreck of 176 houses and three hotels. A public funeral and interment were held for twenty three bodies recovered with 2000 inhabitants attending as the town mourns.
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