Grand jury discharged. indictments returned in Washington case
The district court convened with Judge Chas A Bishop presiding as illness kept Judge Scott away. The grand jury reported and was dismissed. Indictments were found against Penn Oil and Supply Company and individuals Thomas Wilson and Thomas Karr for nuisance, serious charge against Wilson, and breaking and entering by Karr. Wilson pleads not guilty. Karr accused of stealing hides and selling them to Iowa City. Frank Roesch convicted for selling intoxicating liquor orders. Bartholomew case set for trial next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Bishop
Des Moines
Scott
Penn Oil and Supply Company
Thomas Wilson
Thomas Karr
Washington
Iowa City
Bell
Wellman
State
Lona Va
Frank Roesch
Burlington
Justice White
Attorney O'Connell
Congress
Election. M. P. Miller for First Ward Council
M. P. Miller, born December 27, 1858 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania, educated at Joy Academy and Millersville State Normal school. He taught in Lancaster schools then moved to Washington where he has resided twenty years in the First ward and plans to work for the town’s best interests as a permanent resident and businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Miller
Lancaster County
Joy Academy
Millersville
Milk White Flag Draws Large Crowd for Hit Comedy at Graham
The Milk White Flag company performed to one of the season’s largest audiences at the Graham last night. More than sixty from Crawfordsville and Winfield joined patrons from Brighton Keota and West Chester Washington theatre districts. The audience enjoyed a highly laughable comedy with strong acting and praiseworthy specialty acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Crawfordaville
Winfield
Brighton
Keota
West Chester
Washington
Goers
Eomasse
Railway men visit city on business for OB&Q
An official party of railway men visited this morning and left a gate for Oskaloosa. Manager Law Thos. Miller of Chicago, OB&Q General Freight Agent, toured the Narrow Gauge lines to meet agents and review business. Agent Fox joined the coach party for the visit. It was Miller’s first trip over the lines in years, joined by Geo. H Ross of South Bend, traffic manager of the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Law Thos. Miller
Chicago
Ob&q
Agent Fox
Mr. Miller
Geo. H Ross
South Bend
Ind
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
Young John Fritchen dies at 17 near Dublin
John Fritchen age 17 died Saturday at 11 am at his home near Dublin from lung trouble. Funeral held yesterday at Clear Creek Catholic Church with burial at Clear Creek Cemetery. Also notice of ten cent cakes at John son s Bakery tomorrow and Miss Bess Scofield returning from Plattsburg Mo with photographs. Attorney O'Connell of Burlington arrived to handle district court business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fritchen
John Fritchen Jr
Dublin
Clear Creek
Bess Scofield
Plattsburg, Mo
Ben Marshal
Attorney O'Connell
Burlington
City
District Court
Washington council bids honor for Hebener Walther Teas
Mr Charles Hebener long time Washington resident is praised for public spirit and trustworthiness. Ed Walther born Hoboken New Jersey May 8 1866 moved to Missouri then Washington where he earned respect as a plumber and businessman. George Teas born in Washington is described as self made and industrious with strong ties to fire departments and city enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Walther
Third Ward
Ed Walther
Hobogen
N. J
de Sota
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Sul
Washington
Geo
Teas
Fourth Ward
George Teas
Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep and Grain Prices
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and lambs across markets. Chicago style figures show variances with pigs at about 5.92 to 5.97 per unit and cattle varying by grade from choice to common with prices listed. western and eastern stockers and feeders also priced. Grain markets in St Louis and Milwaukee show mixed moves with corn oats and wheat threads reflecting daily shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Grain
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Surveying Party Arrives to Begin Muscatine Rutledge Line
Engineer Scofield and ten men reach the city from Packwood to start the Muscatine to Rutledge survey. Baker directs crews, with another Muscatine team five miles out, as both groups move toward Washington and the proposed Milwaukee cut off. Stakes are set through the city signaling renewed Milwaukee interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofield
Packwood
Baker
Mr. Baker
Rutledge
Benz Hotel
Grace Hill
Hotel Cdenso
Muscatine
Washington
Milwaukee
Rutlege
Crooked Creek
Mail pouch theft ends with return of clerk Conlin
New York March 2d Joseph A Conlin a Lexing ton avenue post office clerk disappeared February 22 with a mail pouch containing 40000 in government money orders stamps and currency He was traced across the country and brought back to New York in the custody of Postoffice Inspectors James and Jacobs United States Marshal Shine and Detective Ryan both from San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph A. Conlin
Post Office
Lexington Avenue
Postoffice
James and
Jacobs
United States
Shine
Ryan
San Francisco
Conlin
Pacific
Spies and conspirators jailed for twenty years
Reported sentences tag several Filipino spies and conspirators with lengthy prison terms. Carnegie supposedly donates 53 million dollars to a major American city, possibly Philadelphia. Edmond Got, famed actor, is reported dead in Paris. King Edward reportedly weighs a world fair in London. Seno Garcia Meron, Argentina’s agriculture minister, named minister at Washington and delegate to the Mexico Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Edmond Got
Paris
King Edward
London
Seno Garcia Meron
Washington
Mexico
Illicit Distillery Raided in New York Tenement
Internal Revenue officers raided a basement illicit distillery at 211 Eldridge Street. Landlord Herman Loewenstein and Joseph Levy were arrested and held on 2500 dollars each. Two new stills, each 350 gallons daily, and 2500 gallons of mash were found in various fermentation stages. Others injured in related incidents across several cities are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Internal Revenue
Eldridge Street
Herman Loewenstein
Joseph Levy
United States
Welsh Fusiliers policemen attacked in Tientsin clash
Two members of the Welsh fusilier regiment serving as policemen were sabred and bayonetted in an affray at Tientsin. It is alleged that German assailants were the principal culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Becomes a Millionaire Heir in Canada to $6 Million
T R Oatman a Canadian switchman in Holland Michigan learns from his mother in St Thomas Ontario that he is the heir to $6 000 000 from a distant Virginia bachelor relative D F P Kline who died on his plantation and left ongoing litigation over the estate. The mother and two aunts are named as sole heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
T. R. Oatman
Flint
Pere Marquette
St. Thomas
Ont
DFP
Kline Kline
Virginia
Oatman
Storms Ravage Porto Rico As Wind Lashes Islands
Heavy wind and rain storms cause extensive damage in Porto Rico with reports of collapsed structures and major cleanup needed. Local authorities assess the impact as crews mobilize to restore services and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Wood
Cuba
London
Salisbury
Mark
Bremer
Pontiac
Mich
Washington
Secunderabad
India
Missing Rent Rooms Offer on the Square
Classified notice offers a nice suit of rooms for rent on the square with application at the JOURNAL office. It also lists a pair of steel spectacles in a leather case and reports a breakout at a church, with instructions to leave word at the JOURNAL office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
A. Hise
Journal
Horst Lostr
M. BE Church
H. Dirmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
E.C. Carris & Co
East Side
Baldwin
Baird & Johnson
Telephone
Peg
Cash Store
Tsour
J. Wilme
X of Washington
Ying
Everbody
M. Dieker
Thomas
Wilson
Penn Oil Company
Johnson's Bakery
University Club
Monarch Preserves
Ralston’s
SALE
Ralston
Harry Siccall
Windsor Grocery
Charles Hebener
Hebener
Milwaukee Grain
Chicago Grain and Produce
Cincinnati
West Park
Fifty-second
Jefferson Streets
York, Pa
Ice Manufacturing Company
Ice Palace
Ames
College Bell
State College
Albert Lea
Minn
Traveling Man
Evansville
J. A. Rogers
Sceveland
Elwood
R. A. Leeson, Jr
Ethel
Leesen
Boy
Cleveland
Nicholas Heeney
Frank Johnson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Heeney
Newark
Florence
Colo
Fremont
Prince Henry
the Hague
Wilhelmina
State Council
Prince Consort
Reet
Sheboygan
Wis
John Kremers
Wisconsin Sugar Beet Company
Sheboygan County
Plymouth
Augusta
Alex
Whiteley
Sam Scott
Illelt
Lincoln County
Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co
Houston
Tex
F. A. Rtice
William Marsh Rice
O. T. Holt
W. M. Rice
James A. Baker, Jr
I. A. Rice
BR. Oatman
Switchman
Toledo
H. C. Bourquin
St. Mary’s
Sarah B. Ruhle
C. S. Lemmon
Eastside
Lemmon & Lewis
F. W. Brindley
Charley Means
Rookery
John Shields & Son
Columbia Pharmacy
Bowland & Shields
W. Farris
Standard Oil Company
J. J. MckKeone
Main Street
Lowa
New Spring Clothing
Mae
Klein
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