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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
4
Testimony from numerous witnesses dominated the afternoon as the Reeves case against Manatt proceeded. Witnesses described family disputes over property division and proposed arrangements to support Manatt’s wife with $1000 yearly while she stayed away. The trial paused with Judge Scott to decide, Reeves trial set for Thursday.
The case of Charles S Reeves an appeal of a local board of insanity decision began at a night court session. Judge anticipated a full day with 15 to 18 witnesses and only two were heard last evening Mrs Reeves and daughter Maud testified with emotional details of a once kindly husband and father turning abusive and irrational due to excessive drinking. The trial adjourned without completion with future dates not named. Nut pound cakes at the Vienna offer a dessert note.
An adjourned meeting of the Iowa City Kalona and Washington Railway Co. stockholders was held last evening at 7 79 at the Club House with strong attendance. Officers were re elected and the board named for the year. The group discussed purchasing the right of way and agreed to push the work rapidly. Attendees included out of town visitors from Iowa City Kalona and nearby areas.
The Washington County Medical Society will convene next Thursday at the Commercial club. A public lecture by Dr. Henry Albart of Iowa City will be held in the Court room in the evening on Bacteria and What They Do. Nearby farm news notes twelve hogs sold by C A Johnson to McFarland & DeLong at Crawfordsville, averaging two hundred pounds. Washington notes cover statehood bill debate, fur seal remuneration bill discussion, and army appropriation progress with an executive session and ongoing scrutiny of the army transport service.
The grand jury in Marion Indiana after a two day session returned an indictment for murder in the first degree against Charles C Sprong. Sprong is jailed as the man who killed Wilson Addington by firing through a window into his office ten days earlier. Addington died a few hours after the shooting while Sprong was intoxicated.
William A. Hall, prominent banker with Hall Weaver & Co and noted horseman from LaPorte, dies suddenly at 62. He owned Billy H., Indiana snow and ice racing champion, reflecting his status as a leading landowner and sporting entrant.
A Des Moines postmaster is central to an investigation amid a rural scandal. Authorities said the probe focuses on mail handling irregularities and possible official misconduct affecting local communities.
Interstate Commerce Commission reports on railroad accidents while Iowa and Nevada court cases head to the courts. In Des Moines John McKay faces internal probes over alleged political influence by rural mail carriers. In Nevada the state constitutional amendment faces an injunction fight over election timing in Richland township.
City Marshal Tillman of Wilson, Kansas shoots and kills Sam Flutchinson, postmaster and editor, after a dispute following a whipping of Flutchinson’s son. Tillman then dies by suicide in Wilson.
Quote from Bulwer Lytton on personal strength contrasts inferior and superior mindsets.
The commission reports July to September 1904 rail accidents in the United States killed 228 passengers and 183 employees and injured 2,154 passengers and 1,953 employees. Total quarterly casualties reach 1,032 killed and 13,207 injured including 1,429 collisions and 1,321 derailments. Railroad property damage totals 2,439,073 dollars. Also notes chorus girls in Irma staged numbers and a health ad for Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup claiming 4 hours cure for grippe with 25 and 50 cent prices.
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