11 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
1
In a tense court session, Fat Boy defends his native town as police inspector objects to a proposal naming beer gardens after him amid a lively craps game atmosphere.
A Chicago Scene special recounts Maggie Donovan and Margaret Brown in juvenile court as two children are taken to a training school while the mother defends herself against drink accusations. It also covers a fat man act, Inspector Heidelmeier's protest at a garden sign, a police raid on a crap game, and a funeral of Captain Dewey as Newsboys' Alley mourns.
Detroit July 11 Mayor Maybury announced he will not seek re election and will leave public life at term end. He will continue work on grade separation taxation and bicentenary questions and will challenge the term extension law if the council does not.
Maybury states he has no wish to be nominated again or serve another firm. He says he cannot foresee accepting his name for public office again and has been repeatedly drawn into public service under trying circumstances. He declares he is content to retire after a long career and feels he has made enough sacrifice.
Nearly 1,000 residents left Oklahoma City on Tuesday night to reach El Reno and register. The sole train filled to capacity as men and women signalled through windows and crowded platforms. Passengers carried blankets provisions and water jugs to prepare for a possible street sleep.
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle sheep and calves across Chicago East Buffalo and St Louis reports. Hogs mostly $4.50 to $6.17 packed lots up to $8.00. steers $2.00 to $6.10. sows and pigs available. sheep and lambs varied with western and native offerings. Grain futures show mixed gains and steady to higher values across wheat corn and rye in St Louis and Milwaukee markets.
John H. Stephens, former editor of the Miami County Record before its consolidation with the Miami County Sentinel, departed the city after settling business. A letter mailed from Lafayette reached his wife Monday evening saying he would never return, leaving Mrs. Stephens unable to explain his strange conduct and prostrated by worry.
Mrs. Virginia Ieinisch, half sister of the late Jacob S. Rogers, says she has consulted an attorney about challenging Rogers will. Her name is not listed in the document.
Columbus Indiana July 11 Captain William J Lucas president of the first National Bank of this city died Tuesday from a paralytic stroke he suffered last October He leaves a widow and three children.
A deadly rear end crash on the Chicago and Alton line near Norton Missouri killed six instantly and left many more injured as two trains collided on a curve two miles west of Norton. The wreck involved a passenger train in three sections and a freight run by Conductor McAnna. Escaping steam caused severe scalding and respiratory injuries among victims.
Conservative delegates in Ilavana, July 11, rejected the commission’s electoral law proposal by 13 votes to 12. They argued the draft was too radical and warned that without a restraining power elections could not be honest, urging safeguards at least equal to those under the military governor. The committee favored delaying elections under the existing law and drafting a new framework later.
Chicago July 11 report says brooms rose 25 cents a dozen by the Central Broom and Brush Manufacturers' association with an immediate effect and another 25 cent jump planned for August 1. Retailers will likely add at least 5 cents to each broom.
August M. Unger and F. Wayland Brown were convicted of conspiring to defraud insurance companies tied to the death of Marie A. Defenbach and were sentenced to the penitentiary with indeterminate terms.
Indianapolis reports the cold storage combine is assured. Chesago capitalists are negotiating for the large Indianapolis cold storage plant, among the nation’s biggest, and they hold options on nineteen plants.
Frank Swemoy of Coal Bluff, Terre Haute, filed a police report Tuesday claiming his wife vanished from home with $600 of his savings.
The Democratic state convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominated James Wilbourne for governor with Anthony Howells as lieutenant governor and M. B. McCarthy as attorney general. The gathering featured surprise choices and a push to honor principles over men, while affirming anti monopoly aims and a tariff for revenue. The party backed Bryan cautiously, avoiding national platform references in early debates.
Andrew Carnegie states he still has 56 million pounds to give away for public benefactions. He spoke at Skibo Castle to a New York Chamber of Commerce member and discussed future, more extensive gifts to public institutions.
Abram M Rit tenberg the confectioner blamed by a coroner jury for the June 24 Paterson New Jersey explosion that killed seventeen. He was arraigned in Paterson court and fined fifty dollars for storing dynamite on the premises. Wild animal reports from Cass township Indiana prompt a general hunt after hog and sheep depredations and a dog is killed. In Racine Wisconsin Jennie L Matheson contests her father's will leaving about 250000 in estate to the widow and two farms to Calvin and Ervine with other heirs receiving lesser shares.
Joliet Illinois July 11 Colonel Joan Lambert president of the Joliet Business Men's association called a meeting of the organization and all citizens to seek a more pretentious federal building than the government plans. Advanced drawings of the proposed structure are not well received.
Greenville Tenn July 11 President Martha Patterson the final surviving child of ex President Andrew Johnson has died.
Washington July 11 Preliminary returns to the agriculture department indicate corn planted acreage falls by about 400 000 acres or 3 percent from last year. In 22 states with 1 000 000 acres or more, 12 show decreases totaling around 4 million acres while 10 show increases about 100 000 acres. Wheat and oats conditions improved in several states with winter wheat up and spring wheat also better. Potatoes show a drop of about 60 000 acres with July 1 condition around 74. Averages for rye and barley show improvement. fruit crops face declines in apples and peaches, with peaches promising larger crops in key states.
A Chicago Tribune style collection describes Teddy Wrathy facing a real locker room of danger after a staged theft ends in a thrashing and loss of valuables. A hydrophobic dog terrorizes Occidental University events while a janitor, John Radstrom, subdues it. Separate vignettes cover swimmer Paul McLain losing his clothes to a hickory limb, a balloon misadventure on a roof, a missing boy alarm, a shooting at 3427 Charaten Street, and a Kansas City elopement with thefts amid social unrest and pension fraud chatter.
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