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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1907
Page
1
Vienna reports a dire change in the austere ruler Francis Joseph. Doctors fear pneumonia amid fever and arterial concerns. The ailing emperor shows apathy and nervous excitement, reads official dispatches, and contemplates postponing the Spanish royal visit scheduled for Oct 8.
Dun and Co review notes increased business versus last year though 1906 conditions were favorable and commercial paper rates remain prohibitive. Retailers report brisk merchandise sales, jobbers ship consignments, and industrial plants stay busy. payments vary by region with some delays in the East. Old law against Sunday fishing and hunting to be enforced in northern Indiana after arrests and fines totaling 81 dollars.
Gustav Schwab of North German Lloyd praises the Lusitania as a superb ship while conceding loss of the blue ribbon to Cunard's Vernon H. Brown. The Lusitania's time was 4 days 19 hours 52 minutes at 23.99 knots, with a 617 knot single-day run, and it earned a warm reception in New York harbor.
Cleveland on October 12 reports Mrs Shadwick who lived on Euclid Avenue kept a large home and hosted many social events but has been without friends since her financial ruin and the disaster that followed.
Fire at the International Harvester company plant on First Street North caused an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The building housed machinery twine and farm supplies.
Prices on Wheat corn and oats slide with declines in Dec May and July contracts. Pork lard short ribs and live stock prices shift with hogs at 6.80 to 7.00 and cattle from 6.75 to 8.50 while sheep and lambs show demand. East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens reports list steady hogs and lambs with calves to 22.00.
Washington hearing on posting rail freight tariffs under the Hepburn act reveals vast costs and administrative hurdles for carriers like Santa Fe. Officials rule federal rate control cannot be fully shouldered by industry, pledging to ease burdens while upholding law. convention set for next year in same city with McChord as president and Connelly as secretary.
Mrs J Pierpont Morgan is pictured with Viscountess Esher. Known for rare photographs she keeps private. Formerly Frances Louise Tracy daughter of Charles Tracy a prominent New York lawyer. Married in 1865 to J Pierpont Morgan they have one son and others.
After a four days session the nineteenth annual convention of the National Association of State Railway Commissioners adjourned in Washington. A report was submitted detailing proceedings and recommendations.
In Los Angeles on October 12 the jury found the Santa Fe Railway company guilty on all counts of rebating shipments. The charges carry penalties from $66,000 to $1,100,000 in fines.
Charles Davis, alias Joe Wheeler, in Keithburg waits for a girl when town marshal recalls a reward for his capture. Davis is jailed in Bartholomew county awaiting prosecuting attorney action with multiple indictments including check raising. He has a wife and child in Jennings county.
Ernest Aldridge forged checks to fund his wife’s release from jail and was later deserted by her. He claimed she eloped with Coral Smith of Battle Creek, swore warrants against both, then sought to drop charges, with authorities initially agreeing to do so.
Aldridge, penniless after a merged debt, forged two checks for £12 to raise funds for his wife. His love and fear of capture drove him to flee the city, but after nights of insomnia he surrendered to Ann Arbor officers and was returned to Calhoun county for processing.
At the Twenty first regiment Illinois volunteers annual reunion in Paris TL the group elected T J Roush president Jacob Weaver vice president Mo A Ewing secretary J Wilson treasurer and J M Moore chaplain. They adopted a resolution urging Congress to purchase land at Trenton Missouri where a monument marks Grant's first brigadier general commission and initial headquarters. The monument was built with help from Colonel Emerson and regiment members. Emerson died intestate before transferring the land.
Hamilton county state's attorney Johnson Lane was beaten by a masked assailant with a club in a secluded McLeansboro area likely while responding to a dying man's call to write a will. The injuries threaten his life, and he was contacted by telephone for the appointment.
In Marshall Michigan on October 12 a verdict awarded Mrs. Susan Schultz five thousand dollars for injuries from a sudden car movement as she alighted from an M A R car at Rat tie Creek. She had sued for ten thousand dollars.
Atlanta station report states Omaha Nebraska was chosen as the next meeting place for the National Association of Rural Free Delivery Carriers. The selection follows a discussion held in Atlanta Georgia on October 12.
Market notes show hogs estimated receipts 14 000 today and 17 6 yesterday’s leftovers with prices from 5 6 to 6 95 for various hog categories and cattle at 10 000 head weak. Sheep 2 000 steady. Closing lower with mixed shipper grades 6 05 to 6 90 and cattle weak. Furnished by J W Culver & Co Washington Iowa.
A message from John A. Babcock urges timely action with a pledge of a square deal. The note underscores reliability and clear terms, emphasizing straightforward commitments.
Private reports from Tangier and Washington detail Moroccan unrest as Moulay Hafid gains, Abdul Aziz loses ground, and rebellion allies waver. Sultan’s campaign restores order in southern provinces while the pretender issues proclamations to diplomats. Caid Antiloos seizes Mogador as French ships monitor the coast. Two Hafid envoys head to London seeking Edward VII support.
New York reports Griffith Brewer and Claude Barbazon among English entrants for the St Louis balloon race on Oct 21. Foreign teams converge as German lineup is finalized with Oscar Erbsloh first Paul Mecher second Captain Abercorn third in the balloon Abercorn. Start time is 3 20 PM with balloons sent at five minute intervals.
Charles Breegar an artist from West One Hundred and Fourteenth Street died from injuries after an assault by armed hold-up men near Central Park. He suffered a fractured skull and brain concussion from the beating.
A tablegram from Munchuria says the Chinese imperial government approved a loan of unknown amount in Abe United States to fund public works construction.
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