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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
1
Local quarrel over property possession led to a riot in Nanchang injuring and killing missionaries. Fifteen Methodist, twelve English Protestant and fourteen French Catholic workers were affected as houses burned and refugees fled by launch to Kiukiang under Chinese and naval protection.
A seven member sub committee of anthracite coal operators plans to meet with a miners committee in New York early next week to discuss miners demands. Some miners have left the city for home signaling no immediate new developments. Rumor ties George F Baer to a Washington talk with the president but is unconfirmed. Indianapolis reports W K Wilson calls a special national convention of the United Mine Workers in Tomlin Hall on March 15.
An incoming Chicago to Cincinnati Big Four train derailed four miles from Cincinnati when derailed by Riverside tower operator to avoid colliding with a freight. Engine and mail car left track. Passengers were shaken. engineer Ben Mitter and fireman Sis sick injured. mail clerks Albert Kern E Lenders Clarence Wakeman and Harry Gerson bruised.
In Mount Oliver near Pittsburg during the night thieves dynamited the Lincoln Laundry Company safe and took a non negotiable stash of cash and securities totaling about 14000 dollars. Police call it a professional job with no clues.
Washington March 2 The Senate committee on Philippines refused to report the Philippine tariff bill This effectively disposes of the measure and ends its prospects in the current session
Clarence Billinger aged 35 is jailed after two women chased him from East Mackinaw Street to the Mackinaw Street bridge and signaled a deputy sheriff. The trio kept him in sight until officers arrived to detain him for allegedly insulting a young woman.
In Munele Indiana Justice Behymer acquitted Albert Lamb who was charged with failing to keep his 11 year old son in school. The decision held that if a parent has used due diligence and believes the child attends school they cannot be guilty of disobeying the law. The boy was placed with a probation officer with guidance to send him to the reformatory if he again stays away without cause. The ruling marks a shift from strict truancy enforcement in Indiana.
In Cleveland at Theodore Kundtz’s Elm and Washington Street complex a floor collapse killed Joseph Antell and fatally injured foreman John Hubbell. Ten other workers escaped with difficulty as lumber weight is blamed for the disaster.
Berlin reports that German firms fear France due to political tensions. Commercial travelers cannot secure orders as European relations waver. A veteran Berlin house notes no orders from southern France this season, while French merchants warn against stocking goods before any war outbreak.
A gas stove exploded at Armour & Co storage in Philadelphia causing a fire that wiped out about 150000 dollars in property. Other notes include 1905 leather exports totaling 38946422 and nurses in New York opposing a regulation bill.
The Gould family consists of Mrs. George J. Gould born Edith Kingdon and her six children Kingdon aged seventeen Jay fifteen Marjorie thirteen Helen Vivien eleven George J eight and Edith Catherine four. Kingdon studies at Columbia. Marjorie is an avid ball player and reportedly a skilled pitcher.
Iowa Senator Dolliver urged the Dolliver Hepburn bill to give the interstate commerce commission broad rate powers. He defended constitutionality, praised Culom and Nelson, and warned Congress may face a government ownership issue if rates remain unregulated. He also eulogized President Roosevelt during the remarks.
In Dubuque on March 2 the body of former U S House Speaker David Bremner Henderson was laid to rest at Linewood Cemetery after services at St John Episcopal Church. A guard of honor from the Elks and a military guard accompanied the funeral with thousands attending and the G A R and Knight Templars present. Ex representative George D Werkins delivered the principal eulogy and messages of condolence came from cabinet officers and lawmakers.
In a senate debate Dolliver defends railroad regulation as a means to improve relations between the public and the railway system. He denies hostility to railroads and cites ancient law to justify the need for an advertising agent as part of regulatory efforts.
San Francisco March 2 Wart Tenny died after a fight with Prankie Neil Wednes day night at Meechantes pavilion. The coroner ruled cerebral hemorrhage likely caused by a blow. Tenny an epileptic had two recent fits, one before the bout. Arrests surrounded the event as those connected with the fight were detained.
Boston march 2A poll elrentor calls for the arrest of William D Owen of Indiana a former Indiana secretary of state and ex representative on larceny and conspiracy charges connected to Ubero Plantation company Owen was indicted on 126 counts in the Ubero case and is sought wherever found.
Springfield Ohio March 2 militia rounded up a large number of rioting citizens. Justices of the peace show an inclination to make mob law costly fining those found with deadly weapons $200 and others $50 each. Dean and Ladd two negroes arrested for shooting Brakeman Davis were brought from Dayton under militia escort. Davis identified Dean but not Laud.
Market summary shows receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep at Chicago. Cattle steady to firm with 4000 receipts and western yearlings and lambs priced, hogs mixed with light and heavy grades, sheep and lambs steady. Prices range across multiple packers and regions with yesterday’s totals noted.
Stuyvesant Fish of Illinois Central fame likely to head a policyholders committee in the Mutual Life probe. Lawyers Cady Herrick Samuel Untermyer and others to advise as the movement seeks independent reform across the United States and Europe.
Suits filed by Mutual Life Insurance trustees against ex-President Richard A McCurdy ex-General Manager Robert H McCurdy and Charles H Raymond Co former agents seek recovery of funds paid to the officers. Joseph H Choate advised suits while his report awaited trustees action. Thebaud is Raymond partner. McCurdy and Thebaud families have sailed for Europe.
The body of Mrs. William Homan aged 60 was found in the burned out Opera House ruins in Williamsburg. Elsie Baker of Hollidaysburg was seriously injured after jumping from a window during the fire and explosion caused by gasoline used with a moving picture machine.
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