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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
8
Washington dispatch reports railways plan to hire thousands more operators and close small stations to meet the nine hour law. Officials blame the panic and banking stringency for reduced revenues, not regulators, with limited wage cuts and some idle cars.
In Cleveland on March 2 A S Ingalls assistant general superintendent of the Lake Shore road says the nine hour law for railroad telegraphers to take effect next Wednesday will hasten telephone use in train operations. He believes the law will achieve in one year what ten years of new telephones would. Since October tests have been satisfactory and railroads nationwide have accelerated adoption. Lake Shore tested on Lake Erie Altoona and Wheeling with four months of freight to judge performance.
Washington March 2 Funeral of Crosby S Noyes late editor of the Washington Star drew a crowd with many prominent public figures in attendance at St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev Ernest Smith rector led the service and Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale senate chaplain participated.
Seven terrorists condemned for a plot against Grand Duke Nicholas and the czar’s justice system were executed by hanging in St. Petersburg. The condemned included tallan, who was arrested with pass il Calvino, and rem aged eight, as reported from the court martial proceedings.
A list of residents and visitors traveling by train or car this morning, including Higbee from Winfield Dusenberry to Keota and Pearl White to Ainsworth. Several others head to Havre, Burlington, Iowa City or Winfield for brief visits or business, with notes on moving to new homes and a forthcoming Y M C A athletic meet among six Iowa cities.
A series of land transfers listed by buyers and sellers across Clay, Lime Creek, Oregon, and nearby areas. Names include W. P. Moothart Edmund Morrison Thomas O Connor J. Kallaus and many others with parcels ranging from 2 to 80 acres and prices from 80 to 86000 dollars.
W. A. Cox previously of Winfield today took possession of the meat market sold by Barrett & Link. Cox is a seasoned butcher and will be aided by Jake Lehrer and Frank Kurtz, already familiar with the shop. Barrett and Link plan future moves after two years of steady trade.
The Company D team fell to Nichols Athletic Club 42 to 14 on Saturday night in a game played in a small room, with Company D hampered by uncomfortable conditions and persistent bad luck. Separately, Muscatine High School defeated Ottumwa High School 24 to 20 at Muscatine to claim the state championship.
Mrs. J. P. White of Rushboro Pennsylvania credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her life from lung trouble. She touts its quick cough relief and curative power even after hopeless diagnoses. Lemmons Pharmacy sells it for 50 cents and one dollar with a trial bottle free.
Keota residents and out of town visitors appear in today’s city notes. Names include Mrs Wm Mound from Keota Miss Alta Hampsher Pilotsburg Frank Wells at R L Hughes Fairfield Peter Kaufman Ben Eicher Wayland Mrs Foster Latta and daughter Rose from Kansas Dorothea Wickham assisted at Dr Wickham’s office, and Dr W Griffiths reported a successful closing sale with cattle calves and property totaling 2727 95 dollars.
John Mc Gregor president of the board of county commissioners T E Spafford ex member of the board and A W Wil Ents city salesman for Atlas Engine company were arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy accepting bribes and offering bribes Methegor longtime county commissioner nicknamed Trowest John is indicted separately for accepting a bribe Witcotts is indicted separately for offering a bribe
Mrs Lily W Barney widow of Charles T Barney has turned over more than 9.5 million dollars in real and personal property to the Barney Estate company to meet every obligation of the former Knickerbocker Trust president who died by his own action last November. Debts total at least 6.807 million with contingent liabilities up to half a million more.
Cabinas Mexico March 2 reports forty six bodies recovered from the Rosita mine after an explosion last week. Forty more remain entombed with one identified victim being Harry Turner a U S contractor.
Details of a Yaqui descent on the ranch of Luis A. Martinez near Guaymas reveal Japanese workers resisted firmly, driving away fifty Yaqui attackers. Two Japanese were killed and six wounded.
Evanequat J. N. Reynolds opened a city mission in downtown Wabash two months ago and closed it after saying he cannot compete with scent theaters that draw the men he hoped to help, despite plans to keep it open day and night.
In Cartagena Spain on March 2 crowds clashed amid a shopkeeper strike over higher cereal duties. Gendarmes fired into the air then charged to disperse the growing disorder, wounding several demonstrators.
At a Kalamazoo Michigan express company auction of unclaimed goods four men bid on a trunk at four fifty dollars. Opening it revealed smuggled faces valued at three thousand dollars by local merchants. The trunk had arrived from Detroit.
Wealthy widow Mrs. Charlotte L. Noyes was shot dead at her Los Angeles residence by W P McComas, a mining engineer and longtime friend. He states a quarrel erupted after she threw sulphuric acid in his face, leading to the fatal shooting.
Justice Platzek in the supreme court appointed Henry Hag gerty and Joseph B. Ford as receivers of the Mechanics and Traders' bank on the attorney general's petition. The bank suspended operations on January 29 and depositors have sought reorganization to avoid receivership.
Columbus Ohio March 2 The Republican state convention meeting tomorrow will declare for a tariff revision if current plans are carried out, signaling a push for change in federal policy.
Lansing March 2. At the Farmers Institute roundup closing at the Agriculture college Dr L M Burt head of the veterinary department said 20 percent of Michigan cattle are afflicted with tuberculosis.
The army appropriation bill totaling 81 757 566 dollars was passed by the house. The Fowler currency bill was favorably reported. Sessions adjourned until Monday as the senate was not in session.
Mrs Elizabeth Dunham aged forty two former inmate of the Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind stumbled against a stove in her home at 540 California Avenue feeling her way through the kitchen and after her clothing ignited she burned to death three hours later as neighbors came to aid.
New York March 2 The tide of immigration begins to swell again as the Hamburg American liner Amerika arrives with 540 steerage passengers, marking the year’s record.
Frank A. Munsey announces the purchase of the Baltimore News. The independent paper will continue to be conducted as an independent publication with its current political stance maintained.
Henry Loomis Nelson a 62 year old Williams College political science professor died in New York after a fire that killed six including his wife Carime Viacek and children Stephen and Peter Carrol. An US Switzerland arbitration treaty was signed by Secretary Root and Minister Vogel. Augustus Saint Gaudens memory celebrated in Mendelssohn Hall New York with many eminent artists and writers. Thomas A Edison progresses toward recovery after mastoiditis operation.
A domestic exchange shows a wife flaunting a new hat while a husband responds with mild demand for approval and hints at buying a replacement if not pleased.
Japan signs for 20000 tons of rails with the German steel trust. A Pittsburg inventor unveils a steel combined railroad tie and rail guaranteed never to spread. Expresses from Bristol to Paddington cover 118% miles in about two hours. New York car lines report an average of twenty employees injured daily across steam surface subway and elevated lines.
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