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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
5
Miss Beulah Bennison of 501 West Third street and Miss Blanche Munn of 614 East Eighth street left yesterday afternoon for Washington to spend a few weeks with friends.
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness with showers and warmer conditions Friday. Tonight will see west and central portions experience rain and higher temperatures across the state.
Short items note bread sales at Johnsons and visits from residents traveling to Keota Fairfield Mediapolis Rockford and Ottumwa with many names mentioned including Mrs Martha Wortman Mrs Jennie Allen and Mrs Kate Girard. A Christian Union convention group traveled from West Chester Keota Birmingham and other towns.
The Washington First ball team will play Brighton on the Brighton grounds the Fourth of July. The boys expect a good game and are getting ready for it.
Walters Keir was fined $100 in a Chicago police court on a charge of beating his mother. The Hungarian diet used tactics to block reading a prorogation document until a no confidence resolution in the ministry was adopted. The Crawford jury in the postal fraud case appears likely to disagree. Joliet camp No. 2892 won first prize in Foresters drill at Milwaukee.
A dated notice reports a proposed Intercollegiate Socialist society aimed at promoting intelligent interest in socialism among college students through study clubs. Signatories include J G Phelps Stokes Thomas Wentworth Higginson Charlotte Perkins Gilman Oscar Lovell Triggs Clarence Darrow B O Flower William Engilah Walling Leonard D Abbott Jack London and Upton Sinclair.
Powder experts witnessed an exhibition of an explosive invented by F. H. Briggs of Cleveland Ohio. It cannot be exploded except by a percussion cap and shows one third greater penetrative force than Japanese powder. Demonstrated in a coffee mill like apparatus, it can be manufactured on the battlefield. Cost about four cents per pound versus sixteen cents for the latest powder. It may be used for firearms or blasting.
At a Royal Society meeting in London scientists reported a new mineral called thorianite found in Ceylon. It is black cuboid crystals with a hardness like rock crystal and contains 80 percent thorium oxide. The mineral also holds uranium oxide and rare earths, giving it commercial value.
The London Globe notes Jenny Lind’s unpretentious nature when summoned to sing at Queen Victoria’s concert. She declined the royal venue then personally explained the situation, prompting the queen to invite her in and pledge friendship.
John WWT once led the alteration bureau and appeared before Magistrate Eisenbrown after his arrest on forgery and falsification of official records charges. The case ties to revelations at a Select Council hearing where Frank H. Craven is bail for alleged oath violations in supplying sand and gravel for Torresdale filter beds. Hill refused comment beyond stating readiness to face accusers and offered no explanation for resigning.
In Columbus Ohio the Union News company orders all detective tales and bloodthirsty dime novels removed from Pennsylvania lines trains and stations. Railroad officials say the move aligns with officials’ decision to eliminate what they deem a source of crime.
Atlanta June 22. Solfetror wnerl Terrell of the Coweta circuit court has brought to State Chemlaet Me Andless the stomach of Mrs Minnie MeAndless for exam to test the claim that her death was caused by poison given by her husband Henry Noland. Noland, jailed in Carroll county on an indictment for killing his wife, recently announced a bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.
A Boston mailed unsigned letter containing poison threats was received by Vermont State Prison Superintendent Lovell. It threatened $2000 if the substance harmed Mrs. Mary A. Rogers, who is to be executed tomorrow for her husband’s murder, as officials monitor the case.
The exam before referee Lee R. Josson showed the failed Stewart bank owed nearly 600000. Charles D. Stewart, owner, traced the bank’s start to 1860 with 10000 borrowed from Reuben Whiteman, repaid by Joan M. Stewart from bank funds, leaving a personal note unpaid and now a worthless asset.
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and his wife attended Ohio Wesleyan University events in Delaware Ohio on almont day. They revisited the old sulphur springs where they first met as students and called at Liberty Street to see a former poor student who mended his own trousers.
Shelbyville Indiana June 22 reports uncertainty over the May Hill slaying as coroner witnesses suggest the fatal injury could stem from a fall. Only limited crews have been found to continue the investigation and reveal the truth.
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Territory June 22 announcement after W J Ryan visit that Hiryan has given 500 dollars of the Bennett fund to Congregational college at Alingfisher.
The Salmon bank the oldest and largest financial institution in Henry county did not open its doors for business at close of banking hours in Clinton Missouri on June 22.
Prominent engineer and contractor Andrew Onderdonk died at his Oscawana home at age 56. In a separate note from Sweden King Oscar spoke against force in resolving disputes with Norway at the opening of the Riksdag.
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