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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
1
Defendant appeals to the Supreme Court of Iowa. bond set at two thousand dollars. Court sentences defendant to two years in the penitentiary at hard labor and to pay court costs.
Hon. Judge Withrow of Mt. Pleasant ruled on Hubbell O. Soper in District Court this afternoon. The judge overruled the motion for arrest of judgment after citing the State vs Grant case, and Soper declared no guilt while planning appeal bonds of two thousand dollars. The term ended as the court adjourned sine die.
In Mount Pleasant Iowa a suit filed by J C Whitford nephew of late Senator James Harlan seeks 27000 for two decades of alleged services. The case targets administratrix Mrs Ro bert Lincoln the senator’s daughter. Other notes reference Harlan’s will and a potential endowment for Iowa Wesleyan University. Nearby items mention Clifford Hand’s parole petition and a large Thanksgiving dance near Turtle Lake Wisconsin.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin October 20 Rev Dr R W Weller will be consecrated as bishop coadjutor of the Fond du Lac diocese on November 8 by Bishop Grafton. The ceremony is planned to be the most elaborate ever held in the diocese.
Hogs receipts estimated at 22 000 with pigs 3.50 to 4.60, light to heavy packing. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steers 4.20 to 6.50, stockers and cows 2.00 to 4.60. East Buffalo quotes show hogs down and cattle steady, veals 5.50 to 8.00, lambs 5.50 to 5.65, sheep 4.00 to 4.50. St. Louis and Milwaukee grain markets list mixed wheat corn oats rye and barley values.
Governor Roosevelt drew massive crowds in Charleston despite a collapsed wigwam roof. He spoke twenty minutes after an early morning train trip, with Atkinson and Dawson aboard, as thousands arrived on foot, horseback, and wagons. In Nebraska, Hanna denounced Bryan in his home town with several large meetings. Prohibition train in Baltimore attracted 1000+ at Heptasops hall with a torchlight parade by the Young Men's Prohibition League.
William J Bryan faced college student interruptions during a Ithaca Cornell University event. Female students at a high school window lowered posters of McKinley and shouted while questions were fired from below. Bryan remained composed and eventually the interruptions subsided as his remarks continued.
A Boston lawyer queried Senator Jones, chairman of the national Democratic committee, seeking clarification on the party platform. Jones responds in a letter outlining interpretations and positions related to the party statements.
Hazleton Pa Oct 20 United Mine Workers officials report no change in the anthracite mining dispute with operators. President Mitchell refuses to speak while miners press for a flat 10 percent wage increase. A Uniontown mass meeting formed a local branch to block Cameron colliery separators and prevent operations as deputies guard the mine.
Chancellor Hickman reported DePauw University has crossed the danger line after three years of effort though bills exceed income. He cited endowment additions totaling over 150000 and projected gains from the DePauw estate of 225000 to 250000, with the estate settled within three years.
A Baltimore dispatch notes Maryland Steel Co. supplying 3 000 tons of rails to Ireland's Great Southern and Western railroad, at about 10 percent cheaper than England. Similar orders, including 8 000 tons to London Brighton and South Coast railway, signal strong US pricing. The piece also covers steel industry shifts in Brazil Indiana and storm aftermath in Galveston with 2 007 bodies reported, and local incidents in Lansing and Keokuk plus an Indianapolis switch engine crash injuring 18.
European miscellany from London and Washington reports dispatches on the Chinese situation. Major General Campbell notes two thousand Chinese cavalry retreating south from Wang Chia Fou and Boxers being suppressed as Me Nan Heion falls under allied pressure.
Sebastopol correspondent details an alleged plot against Emperor Nicholas. A Moscow student linked to a post captain’s family was arrested after dying mysteriously near a tunnel. explosives found could wreck the Imperial train.
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