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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
1
Thirty eight lives were lost and about six hundred injured in the Dupont powder mills explosion at Fontanet Indiana. Officials cite a hot box on the shafting as the probable cause while militia occupies the town and coroner estimates only about thirty workers were present at the moment of the blast.
The latest death toll stands at thirty eight with two bodies unidentified in a morgue sack. Additions include Mrs Ethel Taylor sister of Mrs Monahan, Frank Cockerell, Anna Heins age 19, Fred Ousley and Ousley child of Mrs Ousley. An unidentified body likely August Girard was recovered from the ruins and two more unidentified dead are among eleven awaiting burial. Relatives of the Monahan family have traveled from Dayton and Columbus to recover and bury their dead in Jackson Ohio. The skull of Frank Kelllum of Wilmington Delaware was found near Monahan. Morgues were crowded through the night with bereaved spouses and injured women wandering the ruins searching for husbands killed in the disaster.
Alfred G. Dupont vice president of Du Pont Powder Co after his New York wedding learned of Fontanet Ind explosion. He cancelled his motor trip, wired 5000 dollars to Governor Hanly for immediate relief and authorized extra funds if needed. He then proceeded to Fontanet with Frank L. Connable to supervise aid efforts.
Lincoln Neb Oct 17 General Superintendent E B H Guld of the Missouri Pacific Railway reports securing a modification of the speed limit set by the railway commission. The speed will be limited to twenty five miles an hour after Oct 27 on Missouri Pacific trains.
A five stitch repair on the eye of Iron worker rank Post was completed at St Gregorys hospital after nearly four hours. The operation used ultra fine silk thread split four times and required a microscope and eighty candle power light. The instruments were so fine they could not be handled by fingers and the needle eye was unseen without magnification.
Springfield Illinois October 17 The cigarette law validity is reviewed in the supreme court with N C Sears and Senator Ettelson of Chicago arguing the case Chicago defends in print no oral argument. Two questions arise: does the act prohibit sales of cigarettes made of pure tobacco and is the ban constitutional.
Frank Monnette of Muskegon was found near death in a sewer trench on Western avenue by Walter Eyke former University of Michigan football player. Monnette inhaled gas while attempting to stop a leak but is expected to live.
The wooden steam er Case of the Gilchrist fleet collided with the Pittsburg Steamship Company's steel steamer Mariska opposite Amherstburg in the Lime Kilns crossing. The crew was saved uninjured.
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade cover wheat corn and hogs with open high low and close figures. Live stock sections list cattle hogs and sheep prices at East Buffalo with receipts and bid ranges from Dunning and Stevens.
F T Bethel editor of Korea Daily News and Daihan Shimyo faced the British consular court in Seoul on charges of using his papers to provoke riot among Koreans. Readings cited criticism of Japanese crown prince reception. Bethel bonded for good conduct. repeat offense could lead to deportation.
In Marine City Michigan on October 17 it is noted that Hazel Arnold deeply mourns the loss of the steamer Cyprus, a vessel she christened in Lorain Ohio on August 17. Her father is a Lackawanna Steamship Co official, and she rejoiced at the launch before news of the disaster reached home. Upon learning of the wreck she wept.
Seismographs in Washington Albany and Toronto recorded a violent earthquake 5 000 miles away between 9 and 10 am yesterday. Observers noted extreme vibrations beyond the registering limit at the state museum and Cheltenham Maryland with readings also seen in Baltimore and Toronto. Cable lines along the Atlantic reported no trouble.
Private dispatches from abroad report Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and the Duchess of Vanderbilt traveling or involved in events abroad with details not fully disclosed.
The Cargill company's local branch has closed and investors swarm the site asking for agent L Sinclair who is in New York with company books. The firm described as a racehorse investment scheme paid 3 to 5 percent weekly and reports severe losses wiping out capital with plans to reorganize within thirty days. The local $200,000 intake is noted and no legal action was seen, as investors were warned of risk.
Two blacksmith brothers Frank Grodin from Cleveland and Alois Grodin of Brooklyn embraced and danced at Grand Central station drawing a massive crowd. Police intervened after traffic stalled and arrested them for disorderly conduct.
Dr E C Hewitt of Chicago electrified the Illinois Baptist convention with bold claims at a University of Chicago address. He declared there was a man sent from God named William R Harper and another named John D Rockefeller, calling them pillars of the university and praising their high charitable use of wealth.
Jerome K Jerome arrived in New York and blamed Andrew Carnegie for steering him from novel writing to playwriting. He notes libraries cut book sales and explains he is here to oversee rehearsals of his new play Sylvia of the Letters starring Grace George, about a US girl and an Englishman in a love duel.
Norfolk Va Oct 17 The National Disciples of Christ heard Rev G A Hoffman of St Louis report 8 260 305 raised for all purposes in the United States last year The denomination now lists 1 285 416 members and 6 619 ministers A new church constitution was adopted ending the proposed amalgamation of state and national mission boards.
Paris October meeting of the International Medical Congress discussed tuberculosis spread through milk. A resolution recommended boiling all milk used in public institutions to prevent digestive tract infection.
King Alfonso and Premier Maura departed Madrid to tour flooded districts of Spain. California residents prepare a royal reception for the battleship fleet as it sails into the Golden Gate next spring. The Twenty fourth Japanese diet is slated to assemble on December 25 and the Twenty seventh annual National Civil Service Reform League meeting is set for Buffalo on Navy, and 8.
Hog market shows steady to higher as receipts tally 15000 with light types 6 10 to 6 65 and heavy shipping trades 6 00 to 6 65. Cattle and sheep receipts around 10000 and 22000 respectively with bulk hogs and cattle prices listed. closing higher by 10 to 15. Furnished by J W Culver & Co Washington Iowa Phone 741.
A terse note from John A. Babcock of Ghicago Illinois offers personal contact and promises a square deal. The message conveys a confident sales or service intent with a casual appeal to readers.
At The Hague ninth plenary of the peace conference faced the setback over article 1 of the permanent high court project. Mexico opposed the draft, insisting the court be entirely independent and equal for all states. Brazil backed the project with conditions of equal standing for negotiations.
Countess of Warwick, after a three week stay in New York, praised the city as the most wonderful she had seen and said she regretted not spending more time there before sailing home.
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