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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
1
Nimrod Utterback, about 65, was found dead yesterday hanging from a beam in a barn six miles south of Sigourney. The well known local resident left a note, his cause described as illness and troubles, following the burial of a near relative the day before.
Special to Evening Journal. Des Moines May 2 Governor Shaw signed the new building and loan law which takes effect in July All associations now doing business must amend their articles by July 15 to comply with the new provisions or cease operations.
Mary Olson of Boone suicided last night by jumping into a cistern. She was found this morning. Family distress followed the recent death of a brother and the mysterious disappearance of her father.
Captain C M Henry of Company K Emmetsburg resigns from the ward guard to take charge of a bank in South Dakota. He is the fifth or sixth captain to resign in a month. C F Starr, last lieutenant, may be promoted to captain. Colonel B Humphreys will call an election to fill the vacancy.
Carrolton May 2 Louis Rinehart a 22 year old man died here yesterday from injuries after a nose wound during a farm accident near Here. He felt soreness on one nostril days earlier and blood oozed from the wound before his death.
Governor Shaw travels from Des Moines to Chicago as a delegate with his family and Miss Isabelle Wilson, planning to spend May in the Windy City. He previews issues before the conference, notes likely contests over seating and the one man delegate, and says seating women delegates has long been debated within the church.
Secretary Root is confined to his house by a grip attack, keeping Cabinet members in Washington from hearing updates on Philippines affairs. Attorney General Griggs and others said they had nothing new to report. An informal statement noted the refunding of old bonds under the new currency act was proceeding favorably, about $260,000 exchanged for new 2 percent consols.
Mary Wagar of Hudson Michigan recounts a life tied to St Helena where Napoleon was once imprisoned and Cronje is now confined. Her father Captain Bagley served as English guard when the exhumation occurred and relics connect to Napoleon. The island hosts market gardens and attracts ships for produce while a cousin serves as governor.
Bonn May 2 Munkacsy the famed painter died in an asylum. Born near Munkacs in 1846 he trained as a carpenter before turning to art. Noted for The Last Day of a Condemned Prisoner at Paris in 1870 and the Christ Before Pilate canvas shown worldwide. Burial planned in Budapest.
The Philadelphia Times is sold by the heirs of Frank McLaughlin to a local syndicate led by Charles F. Kindred. Colonel A. K. McClure will stay as editor in chief under new management. Mayor van Wyck says he is tired of his post in New York. Cattle killed when a bridge collapses near Lafayette Indiana. nine cattle owned by Elias Pay perish.
The Board of Trade closed for Dewey Day in Chicago. Butter and dairy prices steady with slight gains. eggs and poultry mixed. Potatoes and apples priced, Illinois sweet potatoes at 3.00 to 3.50 per barrel. Buffalo live stock report shows fat cattle steady, hogs steady to down, sheep and lambs dull. St Louis grain shows wheat and corn higher with mixed oats. Milwaukee and Detroit provide regional price ranges for grains and rye.
Describes a major explosion at Pleasant Valley Coal near Scofield Utah with blasting powder miscue. Ninety bodies recovered. up to 250 believed dead. Rescue efforts under Superintendents Sharp and Welby. several workers identified or injured. Reports from Scofield and Chicago describe death toll and ongoing recovery.
Sioux City May 2 A 17 year old son William Wilcox shot and killed his father at the Wilcox farm near Lake City Calhoun county. He surrendered at Lake City afterward the father had allegedly threatened the mother. The son fired point blank into the father's breast with a shotgun.
The archbishops of Canterbury and York ruled that the Church of England forbids reservation of the sacrament in any form. They explained reservation means preserving eucharistic bread for adoration or use with the sick or prisoners.
Yesterday's baseball scores list Chicago beating St. Louis 3 to 2 at home, Brooklyn over Boston 3 to 2, New York routing Philadelphia 8 to 1, plus American League results with Cleveland winning 13 to 7 over Detroit and Milwaukee beating Kansas City 13 to 1.
South-bound freight No. 91 led by conductor Jerry Cavanaugh was flagged four miles south of Farina by a 50 year old farmer JK Boomgarten who claimed he expected packages by freight. He said he would hitch his mule team and go to Farina to collect his property if the train had delivered the packages.
New York on May 2 reports the steamship La Bretagne bound for France will carry 500000 dollars in gold from the National City bank. Another 2500000 dollars is said to be shipped by Thursday's steamer.
Port Huron Michigan May 2 Daniel J Campau was unanimously chosen as first delegate at large from Michigan to the Democratic national convention by the state convention held here yesterday.
The twenty ninth general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened in Chicago with a ceremonial clemency and address. Delegates from various regions gathered May 2 for the quadrennial session to set church policy and discuss missions and governance.
London May 2 dispatches report intensifying action near Thaba N'Chu as Boer rear guards resist Lord Roberts' advance. General French commands about 15 000 to 30 000 British and Boers estimated at 6 000 to 10 000 with artillery. Desultory fighting continues as mounted troops prepare a decisive push toward Pretoria.
Waukegan Illinois May 2 Members of the Bachelor club held a solemn conclave to select a victim for next year at the matrimonial altar. Officers named include President Charles B R Lyon and Dr Percival Pearce among others. In Indianapolis a Bryan fusion party convention opened to elect delegates for Sioux Falls. In Bristol coal mines are on fire with nine miners unaccounted for.
John W. Gates chairman of American Steel and Wire has been served with four summons in a criminal proceeding for alleged official misconduct. He acknowledged the service with a smile. Akron reports the American Clay Manufacturing Co has acquired the Bennett Sewer Pipe plant in Jackson Michigan, expanding the combine to thirty plants.
Grand Rapids May 2 William Alden Smith was unanimously renominated by the Fifth district Republican convention. Resolutions praised all congressional legislation related to insular possessions. Other items note a steel plate discovery, sanitation district boat costs, Harper's magazine ending, and political musings on Grover Cleveland.
Senator West of Missouri says his vote against Matthew S. Quay was strictly constitutional. He denies hidden motives, defends Quay as a friend, and expresses hope Quay will be elected by Pennsylvania’s legislature next winter.
The porte circulaR notes that raising duties to 11 percent is a provisional plan rather than a decision and invites embassies to acquiesce while urging delegates to form new treaties. An export ban on electrical apparatus and bells is also noted amid Turkish political turmoil.
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