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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
1
The riot in Blaystok Russia leaves at least 70 buried with Jewish casualties estimated not less than 200. Streets show arson and pillage with Christian homes marked and civilians weeping as cavalry and infantry guard the town.
Sunday clashes with armed revolutionists near Biakystok left a police station attacked and dispersed by Cossacks. At the Jewish hospital the scene was brutal with mangled corpses laid out, hundreds of wounded and deaths, while Christian casualties appeared lighter and wounds varied from explosions and gunfire.
Little Rock June 19 J R Baremore a Fort Smith area farmer and his two children Emma five and James eighteen months died in Font Smith hospital from ptomaine poisoning after eating bologna sausage A seven year old daughter is at the point of death
The Ohio coal strike was settled and miners were ordered back to work. The agreement covers the eastern Ohio mines where troubles had prevailed, restoring normal operations after a prolonged dispute. Philadelphia report notes John Joseph Kean, kidnapper of Freddie Muth, indicted by a grand jury and sentenced to twenty years in prison. He proceeded to the penitentiary within a day of arrest.
A majority of soft coal mines in Missouri Kansas Indian Territory and Arkansas have resumed operations under the Kansas City contract signed by the United Mine Workers and the Southwestern Coal Operators Association. A revolt in district No 21 threatens continued strikes by eight local unions near Hartford Arkansas amid claims the conference sought to violate Arkansas laws.
A freight train on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line split near Mix Station, sections reengaged with force, causing a naphtha car to explode. A fierce fire destroyed the train and damaged nearby woods and telegraph infrastructure. A water-filled tank car train was dispatched to fight the blaze. No crew injuries reported. property damage expected to be heavy.
Des Moines June 19 Iowa campaign tallies show Cummins with 758 instructed and uncon tested delegates including Scott and Delaware counties where contesting delegates were elected but won't attend the convention. Perkins counts 531 delegates with 92 uninstructed. Sioux City Journal lists 723 for Perkins and 90 for Rathburn, totaling 813 anti Cummins delegates, and 711 for Cummins.
Fortunes seem possible for William Bates of Red Wing after discovering a freshwater pearl in a clam shell. The gem, weighing 85 grains and marble sized, gleams with lustre and is valued at an estimated 10 000 to 100 000 dollars. Bates and his wife, once poor, are among the few remaining clam fishers.
Fred R. Close, a Lansing mail carrier, denies the charge of rifling mail. Detroit Post Office Inspector Birdseye is said to have found marked bills stamps and money on Close connected to a decoy letter. A woman had flagged Close as a suspect by giving him a letter containing three dollars that failed to reach its recipient.
The annual Bunker Hill commemoration unfolds in Boston with strong public enthusiasm. The Central Federated Union based in New York announces a decision to enter the political arena.
Francis Marton Cockrell, nearly seventy two, served as brigadier general in the Confederate army and as Missouri senator for thirty years. He was nominated for president by William J. Bryan at the 1944 Democratic convention. Missouri voted Republican in the following election, Cockrell lost his Senate seat but was later appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission, whose role has grown with the rate bill.
President Roosevelt and the House Agriculture Committee reached a near complete agreement on a meat inspection bill after a White House conference. The measure omits court review and civil service waivers, sets 3 million dollars annual funding, and removes a labeling date. Speaker Cannon explains the bill’s urgency for national industry welfare.
Tillman in the senate pressed a resolution to probe national bank campaign contributions and the Chicago National Bank failure. He cited testimony alleging loans benefiting John R. Walsh and claimed possible criminal acts by Walsh. Hopkins defended Walsh as a long-time prominent banker and said the Chicago affair was not criminally investigated.
In Richmond Missouri on June 18 a clash between officers and robbers near Wibbard wounded two deputies one may be fatally. Bandits who had robbed Mooresville post office were shot at and fled four miles toward the woods with two companions.
Hartford City Indiana June 18 Benjamin Weaver Sr near Ossian Wells county declared of sound mind by a Wells County jury. A Blackford circuit court verdict affirms his capacity while a Wells circuit court case was dismissed. Weaver 80, totally blind, Civil War veteran says his son sought guardianship to seize his property.
The first rainfall in nearly two months sweeps through St. Joseph Missouri. Farmers rejoice as oats and early potatoes, ruined by drought, show signs of recovery and crops may be saved.
A pickened San Francisco police and fire department baseball team will head east in a few days to play department teams in major cities. Proceeds will aid widows and orphans left after the recent city fire.
Sayville reports President Roosevelt notified John E Roosevelt of his absence from the funeral of his uncle Robert B Roosevelt at Lotus Lake this morning. The president assigned official duties as the season for his abe serice.
David Evans was knocked from a trestle into the Mississippi River by a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul engine. He was pulled from the water by his brother in law George Parks but did not survive.
A 20 year old man was found dead near Lacon with a bullet through the head and another in the chest. The name Nic Stap was found on the body, and authorities report a murder.
Washington June 18 The house considers a civil bill amendment appropriating 12000 for repairing the bridge between Rock Island arsenal and the Illinois shore. Car conductor killed in Kansas City June 18 E R Potter on Twelfth street line died and John Lafton injured in a collision no passengers hurt.
President signs the statehood bill in Washington on June 18, marking a major political milestone and setting the path for new statehood. The action follows fast-moving legislative debate and signals a historic expansion of the union.
Chicago market report lists hog receipts and prices with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades. Cattle and sheep sections show steady to strong trends with native and western cattle prices and lambs at firm levels. Receipts and official shipments are noted, with references to Beach Wickham and McCall Bros. agents.
In Madison Wisconsin on June 19 the predicted flood and wrath failed to strike. Residents returned home as crowds dispersed after following prophecies by Trev Jones and a Negro evangelist named Bret Jones. Banks saw upticks in withdrawals and hotels emptied as townsfolk prepared for disaster that never came.
In Madison crowds pressed to boards on lake boats as flood fears spread. Exoduses formed in the railroad yards with extra cars pressed into service while townsfolk awaited rising waters. The register of deeds, Madison’s oldest resident, insisted no flood threat, yet evacuees continued preparations amid alarm and fast-moving rumor.
Des Moines Iowa June 19 The legislative Commission will begin examining witnesses this week in the investigation of town life insurance companies. The panel has been reviewing records in the auditor of state office to gather data from the reports filed by the companies.
Christopher Koehler a wealthy Hastings banker in Nebraska was fined 250 dollars and given a twelve hour jail sentence by Judge Hunt in the U.S. district court on charges of illegally fencing government lands in Hiélena Montana.
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