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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
1
Special report from Lincoln Nebraska states the state penitentiary burned completely today. Prisoners were immediately guarded by troops and none escaped. Remarkably no fatalities were reported.
Iowa City March 1 Special Professor J J McConnell of the State University pedagogy chair today accepted the job as superintendent of Cedar Rapids schools.
Illinois senators pause work for a week with no formal adjournment. The house may resume daily sessions, led by Speaker Sherman, while several members plan trips to inaugurations, southern trips, or state institutions. Bills introduced include advertising regulation, ending the death penalty, abolishing boards of trade and bucket shops, and probing employment agencies.
Terre Haute witnesses recall a lynching of George Ward by a mob that overran the jail. Authorities face the challenge of punishing participants as the crowd gathered on the bridge and banks to watch the assault and death.
A shipment of Russian sugar arrives in New York with duties paid. Somali attacks on a British force result in seventeen killed, including Lt. Col. Maitland. A Chicago indictment concerns Ecert von Kelker for face-making at a South Holland minister. Zoe Hurd, a 17 year old from Chicago, has been missing for a week. Market reports cover livestock in Chicago and East Buffalo with varied cattle hog and sheep prices, plus St Louis grain quotes for wheat corn and rye and Milwaukee wheat listings.
Prosecutor Irwin reports statements from six former friends of Mrs. Thomas G. Barker. They recount her claim that two months before the February shooting she said she dreamed Keller would visit her alone, kiss her, and that such a dream often foretells real events.
In Madison on March 1 the Wisconsin Press association elected officers with Idl Lueckow of Baraboo as president and Flora B. Ginty of Chippewa Falls as secretary treasurer. Two women joined as vice presidents Adelaide King of Waupun in the Second district and Sturedevant of Oshkosh in the Ninth.
Calvin Ballows, 43, an employee of Trees Manufacturing in Greenfield Indiana, was instantly killed when the Pennsylvania fast mail severed both legs and an arm and broke his neck yesterday morning. He had moved from Galesburg Illinois two weeks earlier.
Mason Michigan February 28 local churches held a large temperance meeting with most speakers endorsing Carrie Nation's policy.
The British House of Commons rejected a pro Boer amendment to the reply to the king’s speech by 91 to 243 and approved the reply by 207 to 78. Ira Steiner expelled from Harvard for overstudy and malnutrition.
Detailed figures show a total war tax reduction of about 41 million dollars as the bill moves from the house to the senate with July 1 effective date. The report highlights reductions across many sectors from brokerages to tobacco, and notes related political and administrative observations in Washington and Sheboygan.
Washington crowds are expected for President McKinley’s inauguration next Monday as the inaugural committee completes preparations. Decorations along Pennsylvania Avenue will be lavish with new features including the Court of Honor on the White House north front. A special illumination plan covers March 4 to 6 and a circular drive in front of the executive mansion is being prepared with erected pillars of classic design.
Fond du Lac report: William Raymond aged 14 secures marriage license for Ada Adelina Foote aged 80 after cross examination by county officials. Raymond, a fruit farmer, and Foote, a county charge, wed with immediate permit. The couple claim the union benefits both themselves and the county as Foote becomes Raymond’s wife and mother to three children.
In Lansing on March 1 the general fisher bill introduced by Representative Chandler received a public hearing. Fishermen attacked most provisions, especially the cargo labeling rule that would require all fish shipments to show contents catch origin and consignor. The piece also notes passage in the Senate of the McMullen supreme court relief bill to create a county court of appeals, with a people’s vote expected in April, and a Senate approved joint resolution on bill introduction time limits that the House amended to remove any deadline.
In Coal Valley near McKeesport two men died and three were badly injured when passenger train No 16 collided head on with a local freight on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line. Fire destroyed the passenger cars and one car escaped. Names: Frank White engineer Uniontown Milton Thompson mail clerk Brownsville. Injured: C Shaver fireman Uniontown Charles Stroud baggagemaster Michael Kulik Seehoenville.
William Maxwell Evarts died in New York City at 2 10 p.m. after a period of illness marked by pneumonia blindness and frailty He was head of Kyvyarts Choate Beaman and held roles as attorney general secretary of state and senator His public life featured key roles in the Alabama claims Beecher Tilton and Lincoln episodes and his 1861 nomination at the Republican convention.
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