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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1910
Page
1
One thousand prisoners in Georgia cried as Geraldine Farrar sang for nearly forty minutes at the Atlanta prison. She performed with piano accompaniment including Annie Laurie My Old Kentucky Home Suanee River and Home Sweet Home. Warden Moyer praised the concert as spiritually impactful.
An explosion at the M. L. Shoemaker & Co testing house in northeast Philadelphia killed two workmen and injures more than twenty others. About fifty men were present, with many suffering severe burns and some struck by flying debris.
Martinsville Hil May 4 a large force fights burning oil from a 27 600 gallon tank at an Ohio Oil plant after lightning set it alight. Workers bank earth to keep oil from entering the creek and threatening bridges. About 21 000 gallons have been pumped from the tank as flames tower over the refinery roof but the plant remains unburned.
Rockville Indiana May 4 Henry Halton a 45 year old miner was killed by lightning while working in an open field near Coxville. He sought shelter in a barn before the fatal strike leaving a wife and four children.
Ruth Bryan Owen Luke Bryan daughter of W J Bryan and child custody dispute involving former husband. Court documents outline custody arrangements and support details for the children. Local judge presided over proceedings with potential impact on residence and visitation.
Lieutenant Reginald Owen and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt wed at Fairview in Lincoln Nebraska with strict secrecy. Family motives to avoid embarrassment cited after interference by Mrs. Leavitt’s former husband William Homer Leavitt.
Toledo resident W. H. Leavitt says he abandoned plans to travel to Lincoln to oppose his ex wife’s marriage and gain custody of their two children but will begin legal action immediately to pursue the matter.
In Traverse City Michigan on May 4 a 16 year old son found his father Jacob Groesser Jr dead from a rifle suicide on the second floor after a failed attempt to swallow carbene acid. The boy informed his stunned mother as seven children witnessed the tragedy.
An 18 year old girl Lucy was discovered in convulsions beside her father’s corpse. The shock reportedly caused severe injuries and doctors fear she may never recover.
The article reports an estimated $100 million in wage increases for railroad workers nationwide by year end. Based on Interstate Commerce Commission figures, total wages under the new scale would reach $1,227,233,000 annually, per President W. C. Brown of the New York Central.
Utica report says John W. Wotski 23 sold his wife and two children to neighbor John Wingrowski 51 for 25 dollars. Wotski kept the money and told Wingrowski to claim his property. When Wingrowski tried to reclaim, both men were arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.
President Taft spent a day in Cincinnati renewing old friendships amid questions over the railway bill and congressional support. He spoke briefly to Mercantile Library trustees and Loyal Legion members, then attended the May festival concert at Music Hall where Handel's Judas Maccabaeus was performed and a statue of Theodore Thomas unveiled. He later dined with the Queen City club before departing for St Louis.
A cyclone destroyed multiple airships at Palermo on May 4 during a meeting. The storm wrecked several machines and damaged the sheds of various airships.
Police guarded the doors of the All Night and Day bank as hundreds queued to withdraw funds. Officials blamed a newspaper report about the Los Angeles Clearing House association for triggering the run. Newton D. Skinner, bank founder, declared solvency and vowed payments. a man collapsed and died during the chaos.
Vincennes Indiana May 4 nearly all Vincennes Traction Co employees strike leaving only one unpatronized car in service. Thousands wear I walk badges as drivers and sympathizers march downtown urging people to avoid the cars. No violence reported.
Chicago markets show hog receipts about 15000 with mixed and heavy shipping hogs priced around 9 10 to 9 45. Cattle and sheep volumes steady with beeves 560 to 830, native sheep 42 5 to 78, western sheep 475 to seven 85. Estimated receipts next day about 17000 with similar ranges. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company.
Market tone softens toward shade and light into the morning with oil packers quoted from 9 15 to 9 45, heavy shipping grades 9 10 to 9, and rough cattle at 9 25 to 9 10. Sheep show steady to strong movement while cattle remain steady.
John A Babcock listed as involved in matters at U S Stock Yards Chicago care of the North American Livestock Commission Company.
Court to succeed Judge Brewer according to a forthcoming judicial appointment. No other details provided in the fragment.
In San Francisco on May 4, Tex Rickard deposited 30000 dollars at the Metropolitan Bank to meet the agreement conditions for the Jeffries Johnson fight. The total so far is 50900, with 51606 due forty eight hours before the bout. Present in the party were Tex Rickard Jack Gleason Sam Berger Jack Johnson and George Little. A photograph captured 1600 twenty dollar pieces.
Delegates numbering about four thousand from business, politics, and many walks of life gather in Chicago for the men’s national missionary congress. The movement aims to unite denominational missionaries to Christianize the world this century, with notable visitors including former VP Fairbanks, ex-Governor Fork, ex-Governor Hanly, Lord William Cecil, and Prince T H Yun.
News reports say State's Attorney Wayman may use an immunity bath to coax evidence from legislators about Rep White's bribery tale. Subpoenas reportedly target several lawmakers linked to White's claims of visits to St Louis and consultations in Wilson's bathroom at a Southern hotel on July 15.
Alarm grips regu lars and insurgents as both houses show a fractured majority. The Taft railway bill loses key sections 7 and 12 amid cross party votes, while insurgents press for sections on railroad capitalization and stock watering. Debate may extend three weeks, delaying adjournment toward July or August.
Evaristo Madero, Monterrey magnate and former Coahuila governor, ill in San Antonio, reunites with five generations. A special train brings family to bedside, boosting his condition after pneumonia though not yet out of danger. He is Mexico's largest cattle owner with wealth reportedly 25 to 30 million dollars.
The will of Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain was filed for probate in Redding Connecticut and left the entire estate to his surviving daughter Clara Langhorn Clemens, wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch. The amount of the estate is stated as seven thousand dollars.
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