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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
1
Secretary Ballinger plans to present President Taft with a substantial report on the Glavis affair. The document will detail Ballinger’s views on land policy and Alaska coal lands and influence the administration’s stance.
Reports from the isthmian commission indicate the backbone cut is half complete. Some 39,002,299 yards have been excavated with about nine miles remaining. The dig will be 300 feet wide at the bottom and 40 feet deep to sea level, and completion is assured within four years.
A long running family settlement concerning Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy and her heirs ends with Glover and Foster Eddy receiving 245000 and 45000 respectively. The terms have the son and adopted son relinquishing present and future interests in the estate and agreeing not to contest the will.
Officers and civilians report a raid on a drinking joint in Leavenworth Kansas on Nov 11. Two men led the operation, seizing twenty cases and two jugs of whisky. The Rev F H Brown and the Rev E Ningham of a Fort Leavenworth church were involved, and parishioners were seen entering a house on the street as the raid unfolded.
Emperor William I told Count Zeppelin he would never ride in a dirigible or aero balloon. He described flying as an ex perious sensation and warned he would not ascend in airships, despite Zeppelin hosting royal passengers in past flights.
The annual conference of the Methodist church committee of foreign missions opens at the Albany Methodist Church with clergymen and lay members from around the world. Rev J D Van Valken will preside as meetings run through Monday and feature talks by Bishop Robinson and doctors Headland Jones and others. The conference aims to apportion funds for missionary work.
Marietta Wolf, the Steinheil cook, testifies loyally for her mistress as the trial weighs Mme Steinheil’s alleged involvement in the husband’s and stepmother’s deaths. The witness disputes a quoted remark and the case appears to weaken for the defense. The hearing sparks talk of a potential abandonment of the case and a new inquiry. Anti-Dreyfus papers rekindle claims of a political plot linked to the death of ex President Faure.
Homestake Mining company sues the Western Federation of Miners for 10000 dollars in federal court at Deadwood South Dakota claiming union interference with seven employees seeking to organize. More than per cent of the employees are said to belong to the union.
In Washington on November 11 delegates urged compulsory arbitration in all labor disputes to protect the public welfare. The action followed debates stressing the public good over other interests.
Mrs Jean n ette Stewart known as Mrs Ford denies blackmailing Charles L Warriner in the Big Four railroad theft case. She claims an unnamed rival woman caused her notoriety and furniture attachment and asserts she will reveal the full story in court. Stewart says she inherited a fortune from Portsmouth Ohio, and did not receive any money from Warriner.
Alice Paul and Amelia Brown, members of the Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst group, were jailed for one month at hard labor after smashing a window at Guildhall during a banquet in honor of the king's birthday. The incident interrupted the lord mayor's speech and marked a suffragette demonstration.
The text extols a banana and peanut diet as optimal for labor and mental effort. It argues bananas supply carbohydrates and water while peanuts provide digestible protein and minerals. Recommended intake is six to ten bananas with two fistfuls of Virginia peanuts, dried slowly at 150 degrees, yielding easy shell removal.
Delegates representing more than 1,000,000 farmers from twenty eight states attend the forty third annual National Grange convention in Des Moines with an open public session at the Auditorium. President Bachelder of New Hampshire presides. Speakers include Dr. A B Storms and John Hamilton.
Vancouver reports a runaway lumber car crashed into a crowded interurban passenger car on the British Columbia Electric Railway line. Fourteen killed including the freight car crew, seven injured with at least two to die. Most passengers were workers bound for the New Westminster electric car shops.
Carroll La November 11 Ernest Lindquist the murderer of Marshal Hatton was returned to the jail from the hospital after the pallet was removed and the patient is now on the road to recovery.
General profit taking and a weak tone closed the day with losses in wheat and a downward move in corn and oats. Provisions also finished heavy with lower prices across pork lard ribs and cash grain values listed for No. 2 hard wheat No. 2 corn and No. 2 white oats.
Openings show hog receipts estimated at 14000 with leftovers from yesterday. Prices range light hogs 7.50 to 7.95, mixed packers 7.60 to 8.10, heavy shipping 7.60 to 8.12. Cattle at 7000 and slow, sheep 17000 steady.
The second report from Chicago notes estimated receipts today at 18000 with official receipts yesterday at 29753 and shipments yesterday with percent left over at 79. Tomorrow's receipts expected around 16000 as market holds at best prices. Prices vary by grade from bulk 785 to 805 light 765 to 80 mixed packers 7 60 to 7 124 heavy ships grades 7 60 to 7 15 rough 7 60 to 7 75 porkers 7 25 to 7 95 pigs 5 75 to 7 60.
Estimated receipts show a weak market after yesterday's decline. Reeves reports cattle and heifers from 2 10 to 5 75 per hundredweight, Texas steers from 5 89 to 4 85, stockers and feeders 3 10 to 5 20, western cattle 25 to 7 50, with 7000 Market figures.
Strong demand noted for native sheep with receipts ranging from 275 to 515 head. Western sheep active from 315 to 515. Yearlings 50 to 625. Lambs 475 to 765. Western lambs 475 to 740.
Market shows weakness to lower prices for bulk cattle and sheep. Light grades 780 to 805, mixed packers 750 to 795, heavy ship’s grades 760 to 812, rough 710 to 775, cattle slow and weak while sheep stay steady.
Cattle receipts 2,400 with steers and heifers trading around 3.80 to 4.85 for Texas and western stockers 3.10 to 5.20. Hogs receipts 24,000 with prices from 7.50 to 8.10 for various weights. Sheep receipts 20,000 with natives 2.75 to 5.10 and lambs 4.50 to 7.40.
South Omaha notices cattle receipts 3800 steady to strong native steers 4 50 to 8 00 cows and heifers 3 00 to 5 25 western steers 3 50 to 6 25 stockers 3 73 to 5 25 calves 3 50 to 7 00 bulls 2 75 to 4 60 hog receipts 5200 lower to 7 90 mixed 7 70 to 7 75 light 7 60 to 7 90 pigs 6 50 to 7 25 bulk 7 70 to 7 75 sheep receipts 7000 strong to higher yearlings 4 90 to 5 40 wethers 4 25 to 4 85 ewes 4 00 to 4 50 lambs 6 50 to 7 25.
U S Stock Yards Chicago announces operations by North American Live Stock Commission Company handling sales and market services at the Chicago facility with contact details omitted for brevity.
Two delegates from city central bodies were barred from the AFL convention on credentials committee grounds for representing organizations with seceding electrical workers. A. L. Urick and H. Michelstatter were cited. A resolution from the Greater New York central union urged protest over Gompers Mitchell and Morrison sentences and proposed a defense fund to contest penalties.
Memphis news reports M. H. Sexton of Rock Island re elected president of the National Association of Minor Leagues by unanimous vote on November 11.
Kingston Jamaica November 11 All land lines down after a storm swept the area disrupting communication and leaving coastal towns isolated and services affected across the region.
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