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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
1
A mine disaster at an Illinois colliery traps 250 miners after an explosion of bollers. Rescue operations underway as officials warn of dangerous conditions and potential casualties.
Maj Lucy Leaton accuses Senator Sullivan of Mississippi of promising marriage and later hedging. Special to Evening Journal. Washington reports a clash near Narvican as Gen. McArthur notes a Thirty third Infantry detachment retreating after heavy Filipino opposition. Five Americans killed and nine wounded. In Illinois, Minonk reports 250 miners trapped after boiler explosion halting hoisting at a mine.
Special to Evening Journal Washington reports Mai Lucy Leaton of Oxford Mississippi asks District Supreme Court for fifty thousand dollars in damages alleging breach of promise by Senator Sullivan of Mississippi.
In Mansfield Ohio October 26 the body of John Sherman statesman and former secretary of state was laid to rest in a simple impressive ceremony. President McKinley Elihu Root and other Washington officials attended. Ohio and national figures joined mourners as the casket was interred beside his wife in Grace Episcopal church area. the service followed the Book of Common Prayer with musical selections. Two units of the eighth Ohio volunteers and forty two Sherman brigade survivors marched in the procession.
Ida Canady of Pana, Illinois, jailed in Edgar county on a $23 theft charge, is linked to a trio flooding central Illinois with counterfeit greenbacks. French and Mackie remain jailed in Taylorville awaiting trial. Canady reportedly aided the scheme and may testify in exchange for immunity. Dr George Eastman president of the First National bank at Platteville Wisconsin is dead.
Indianapolis reports Mrs. Jennie Bridgewater of Scottsburg invited friends to supper, then confessed desertion by her husband and drank a glass of water with morphine. She died early Wednesday. She was 19 and from a good family.
In Portage Wisconsin on October 26 farmers whose lands were flooded by a levee break plan lawsuits against the town of Caledonia and the city of Portage. Notices of injury have been served. attorneys D H Grady and C Wayland represent claimants as a test case potential suits await filing. City Attorney Fowler says Portage cannot be held responsible.
Bedford Indiana reports Carl King aged 19 killed himself after a quarrel with a half-brother. He obtained morphine and took the poison at his boarding house, leaving remorse cited as motive. A defense of dementia is to be used in the trial. Rosslyn Ferrell is accused of murdering an express messenger in Marysville Ohio.
A historical note explains that the tip of a typical watch's minute hand covers almost 0.8 miles each day as it completes its circular motion. The statement emphasizes the minor scale of timekeeping motion in everyday life.
Chicago quotations show mixed grain prices with October wheat at .71% to .72% and November at .72% to .73% while corn October runs 38% to 39? and November 36% to .37. Oats stay around .21% with minor shifts. pork lards and short ribs list varied quotes. Live stock in Chicago sells hogs from 4.35 to 4.80 and cattle from 4.20 to 6.60 with range for sheep and lambs. East Buffalo and Milwaukee figures provide local receipts and price spreads for hogs cattle and grain futures.
Admiral ONeill chief of ordnance reports progress on ships under construction with rapid-fire eight inch guns, conical breech plugs, and a plan to modernize Baltimore batteries. Armor work shows Krupp advantages limited to over five inches, with armor deliveries near 4,869 tons and 86,810 tons remaining to contract.
Admiral ONeill cautions that first trial impressions of the Holland submarine are not enough to judge wartime utility, though moral effect may be significant. Lieutenant Strauss reports stability tests on smokeless powder, with two-year and one-year samples showing no deterioration in ballistic quality or chemistry. Also reports from Racine, Joliet, Aurora, and Clinton on local incidents and civic efforts, including a Citizens League to curb vice and a new Roman Catholic parish plan in Joliet.
Farmers near a panther sighting report losses of pigs ducks and calves as fear grows of a roaming big cat. In Racine Health Officer Schumacher orders physicians to tally typhoid cases finding thirty mild infections. In Mosherville Robert Hubbard of Pulaski shot himself Tuesday amid unknown motives.
Victor Berger the Milwaukee Socialist leader met with Attorney General Hicks over ballot placement. The party lacked enough votes for a party header, so nominees appeared as individuals. Berger urged one column for all county nominees, but Hicks said a cross is required for each nominee.
Caroline Victoria Watson died at 552 Michigan Avenue after a month of illness. Dying as Mrs. Storms, she left a burial certificate under that name. Once reputed a millionaire, she reportedly died poor and hidden from the public eye. The once notorious social figure was known for criminal deeds yet showed occasional charity.
Young woman Lena Bouts, who killed her father near Rapid City a year ago, is sent to the South Dakota state insane hospital at Yankton. Her brother was implicated and the family faced cruelty. Lena has since believed she sees her father’s face and deteriorated in care.
Ripon Wis Oct 26 S E B Mason is harvesting his second crop of straw berries. The fruit is large of fine flavor and juicy. So far he has picked thirty three quarts which have netted him 20 cents a quart. If the weather stays warm he will pick several cases of fruit from his vines before Saturday.
In Charlotte Michigan a defense exam ends with a jailhouse letter from Julia Brumm to the prisoner in Ionia asylum undermining the insanity claim. In Atlanta a US grand jury indicts thirteen former postmasters and carriers for conspiracy to defraud the government by stamping and shipping worthless packages. In New York Mrs Bryan visits before her husband’s arrival.
On October 26 New Yorkers headline a brisk Bryan tour of New Jersey visiting Washington park Riverside Trenton Princeton Junction New Brunswick Elizabeth Marion and Jersey City amid enthusiastic crowds. In Princeton Junction 1000 to 1500 Princeton students heard an orderly address and the Jersey City leg featured a horse drawn tour and four indoor speeches. Roosevelt's New York day concluded with Auburn and Syracuse appearances where crowd questions remained light and good natured.
Report from Valley Field describes a clash between strikers and the militia with eight soldiers and fifteen strikers injured. Three may die, including two soldiers and one striker. About 100 militiamen were deployed to maintain order at the Valley Field Cotton mills amid a year long strike.
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