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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
1
The June report notes a record July disbursement of 182 million dollars in dividends and interest to security holders, surpassing last year and January 1 levels. Railroads lead gains amid broader corporate prosperity, with stockholders set to receive 56.75 million and bondholders 71.25 million, surpassing prior totals.
An article notes rising dividends and interest across sectors, led by railroads and securities, with July figures showing $92,553,637 in dividends and $9,328,808 in interest, up from the previous year. Government bonds fall slightly, while overall conditions reflect renewed confidence and favorable rates.
J G Apperton of Columbus Indiana found four diamonds in a field after a heavy rain near Edinsburg close to Bartholomew county. An expert valued the gems at 250 to 800 dollars, noting their good quality and color and that tests prove them genuine stones.
The War Department allocates 3500 yards of ribbon to manufacture service badges and merit emblems. These awards honor service in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the China Expedition, the Civil War, and the Indian wars.
Constance 8. Titus, noted as a national amateur culling champion, declares retirement from active rowing competition. The report also notes official action closing opium dens in Shanghai’s Chinese district.
Mrs J Wilbur Chapman wife of the noted Presbyterian evangelist died early today after a limb amputation two weeks prior and a period of serious illness. A cable from Guatemala City noted a disquieting situation in San Salvador with troops being sent to the frontier by Guatemala and San Salvador.
Six Assumption women including five mothers and a 17 year old girl remain jailed in Taylorville to uphold a moral stand. They accuse Alfred Bourland of bigamy and attempted to lynch him. Bourland was tried and acquitted. The women refuse bond, awaiting town vindication and urging husbands to stay away.
Nearly four hundred homing pigeons belonging to six Chicago clubs were released by T. A. Hoffman of the Burlington railroad in Liberty. Birds took off from 6:00 am to 5:20 pm bound for Chicago 400 miles away. Most arc in a northeast circle after release. two birds may be injured but others expected to set a record flight.
In East St. Louis on a hot Sunday Mayor Cook ordered police to stop ice deliveries on Sundays. Ice deliveries were halted while saloons operated, though their front doors remained shut. The city official action targeted ice vendors with Sunday bans amid sweltering conditions.
Chicago dispatch lists scores from leagues including Pittsburg 12 Pittsburg 5 Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia 1 New York 8 Chicago 4 and Boston 9 New York 8 in doubleheader game two 11 8 Philadelphia 9 6 Chicago 2 Cleveland 8 St Louis 2 plus minor associations Toledo 6 Louisville 1 Indianapolis 5 Columbus 0 Minneapolis 5 Kansas City 4 St Paul 14 Milwaukee 5 and Western Denver Omaha 4 Omaha 2.
One of the prettiest young stage beauties Miss Bessie Wynne stars in vaudeville and previously won fame in Babes In Towland as Tom Tom the Piper's Son. She is praised as both singer and actress by audiences.
The Louisiana governor ordered the state militia to stand ready to protect Italians detained in the Lamana kidnapping case. Prison transfers threaten to move suspects to St. Charles parish near the site of a fatal shooting involving an ex judge. The case draws crowds and fears of mob action as investigations expand.
Ex Judge W. G. Loving of Nelson county stands trial in Houston Virginia for the murder of Theo Estes son of Sheriff M. K. Estes. The circuit court with Judge William R. Barksdale presiding convened a speedy jury comprising eleven farmers and one merchant.
Thomas L Harper a prominent politician was arrested in Pittsburg on a charge of assaulting Levi De Wolf a broker inside De Wolf's office. Harper fired a revolver four times but the broker remained unharmed and Harper was overpowered and handed to police. two revolvers were found on him. The two had been unfriendly for some time.
Dr Charles Godfrey of the New Jersey adjutant general’s office claims the signer on the Declaration of Independence is John Hart not John De Hart. Records show John De Hart quit the Continental Congress June 1 1776 while John Hart joined June 22 1776 and signed July 4 1776. Chauncey Ford of Washington manuscripts replies federal records err and honors Hart’s memory.
New York reports Miss Edith Crater has wed Rex Beach the author of The Spoilers in a recent ceremony. Details of the marriage and wedding events are noted in press dispatches from June 25.
News letters reveal the tale of Mrs Beach as a modern Enoch Arden. Her author husband Mizner writes a play using her life as material for the heroine. She wed Wilson Mizner after a ceremony while her first husband Henry Lamm was alive in an insane asylum. Her Mizner marriage was later annulled after the Yerkes widow episode.
Springfield report notes U S District Attorney W A Northcott will argue in Indianapolis before the Indiana Supreme Court on the Mutual Protective League case against the Indiana auditor. The dispute centers on extended and paid up insurance and whether statutes bar such death benefits. The National Fraternal Congress follows the outcome closely.
Market reports show hogs and cattle prices with receipts and shipments figures. Officials note weak to five lower trend. light, mixed packers and heavy shipping grades listed with specific price ranges across hogs cattle sheep and lambs.
John A. Babcock appears as Wilt Ghigago in Illinois with a curious request to pay in cents and a playful invitation to continue. The fragment hints at authorial alias or local joke and invites further interaction from readers.
Clarence Darrow outlined a comprehensive defense for William D Haywood in the Steunenberg murder case. He denied a great conspiracy and accused mine owners and Pinkerton agents of crimes to discredit the Western Federation of Miners. He argued Orchard acted from a private grudge over mine shares and pledged to prove denials with credible witnesses.
A fragment of a Civil War era steel shell embedded in an oak log damaged a planing machine at Hoosier Cabinet works in Newcastle. The log, sawn into boards, was from West Virginia and the shell shows no surrounding discoloration, indicating long presence.
Hazleton Pennsylvania June 25 400 drivers at C M Dodson and Co Beaver Brook colliery suspend work over wage demand from 143 to 150 dollars per day. Company says drivers left after violating strike commission award. New York June 25 John Johnson executed in Sing Sing electric chair for killing wife Catherine in Yonkers two years earlier.
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