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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1903
Page
1
President Roosevelt, addressing a large crowd at Syracuse on Labor Day, extols women as homemakers mothers and nation builders. He argues the nation’s strength rests with women who bear rear and educate children and calls for unity between labor and capital through law and duty.
In a broad address the president urged standards in currency legislation guided by the business community and the American body politic while condemning class hatred. About 5,000 workers marched, unions spoke from the stand, and floats paraded past the president who praised the labor movement.
Theodore J. Shaffer, president of the Amalgamated Association, who had been missing from his Pittsburg home, surfaced at the Poughkeepsie Labor Day celebration to give a brief speech before vanishing again. He appeared ill during the event.
Mrs. Maurice Montville of Essexville gave birth to an eighteen and one half pound baby on August 31 in Ray City Michigan. The child has died.
Educators note that the Ida Grove Plan of Self Government in Schools is to be abandoned by the school that introduced it. Superintendent Voelker of Iowa Falls reports the plan, created recently, will be discontinued as of now.
Mrs W J Bryan of Lincoln Nebraska denies a Philadelphia paper story claiming Ruth Bryan and Lieutenant Richmond Hobson Merrimac fame were engaged. Miss Diryan's intimates corroborate the denial saying gossip sparked by Hobson's visit last month. Hobson dined with the Bryans and even helped with a lecture tour misstep.
Wisconsin game wardens report ten men killed deer in large numbers along the northern border, shipping the meat to Chicago by sailing craft. They reportedly crossed the Menominee river into Michigan to evade wardens and sent the deer directly to Chicago.
Heath former first assistant postmaster general discovers a coal ledge in Unita county Wyoming during a fishing trip. The vein runs eight to forty feet thick, traced for miles, with land located and the find valued at about $500,000 in current terms.
Chicago report lists results from the League American and Western circuits. Key games include Chicago 13 8 Pittsburg and 6 7 in a second game, New York 6 Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 6 Boston 4, and Cleveland 4 Chicago 1 in a doubleheader. Western matchups show Kansas City 10 St Joseph 7 and Denver 18 Colorado Springs 17 in seven innings.
Budd Doble driving The Roman fell from the sulky in the fifth heat of the 2 10 trot, preventing completion of the opener. Doble escaped serious harm despite the fall at Charter Oak track in Hartford Connecticut.
Jackson, Sept 8. While crossing the Columbus street bridge on his bicycle T. B. Howard was struck by a runaway horse belonging to Fred Van Ness. The buggy thill cut a seven inch long gash across his stomach and he was badly shaken up. He is an old and prominent citizen of Jackson.
Swansea Wales Sept 8 the long running tinplate wage dispute lockout ended as masters and men agreed to refer all questions to arbitration following a joint meeting.
William Lehrke a 14 year old from Manistee was sent to the industrial school for boys in Lansing. The school physician pronounced him insane and he was returned to the county as an improper subject after only a few weeks at the school.
Port Jefferson area to Wading River reports seven bodies found washed ashore. They are believed to be sailors from a schooner that capsized in the August 25 storm.
Samuel Smiley of Netieville interrupted a funeral near Danville to marry Mrs Anna Wagner Stilley at an open grave. Pastor Greening refused at first but Smiley pressed, produced a marriage license, and the ceremony briefly began before resumed burial.
Mayor Charles L. McMasters of Tuscola was attacked near his barn by two unseen men about midnight. He fought back after one struck him with a brick and both assailants fled. no arrests have been made though he suspects he recognizes them and notes earlier arrests of two women may have motivated the attack.
Danville Ti Sept 8 State's Attorney Keeslar said he would not try any more of the cases this term of court. The next term convenes the first Monday in October. Edward Hart, a bettor, jumped his bet of 500 dollars which his father paid. Devore remains in the hospital. Fon Govan surrendered to authorities and fed the state before being arrested.
Alderman EF T Brewer files two warrants against Jebmuk Cook of the Cook brewery Chicago alleging Cook obtained 1500 dollars by false pretenses. Brewer says Cook borrowed the money in installments, gave checks that were repudiated and returned from Chicago.
A runaway horse surged into crowds near Park Square injuring five children. Among the seriously hurt are Mildred A. Townsend seven from Newton with skull fracture likely to die and Edward Colgan ten with a leg fracture.
Commander Peary says his next summer expedition to the north pole will sail on a ship likely named the Charles H. Darling in honor of the assistant secretary's support and involvement in the venture.
Inquiries by the Associated Press in the Stafford shire pottery district found no truth to reports that an American combination seeks to dominate the ball clay mines.
The remark reflects popular belief that emaciation signals consumption while weight gain indicates improvement. The text claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures emaciation, obstinate coughs, bleeding lungs, night sweats, and weakness, with cure documented by increasing weight in ounces and pounds.
A Beirut and Constantinople dispatch report cordial Turkish officials while warning a near inevitability of war between Turkey and Bulgaria. analysts expect hostilities to flare before month end as Asia re-enforcements move to Macedonia and Adrianople. Fear mounts over Muslim-Christian tensions and potential massacres amid arrests of Macedonians and Bulgarians in Constantinople.
Large and small Macedonian bands cross into northern Macedonia as General Zontcheff and Colonel Yankoff organize revolt plans in Struma valley. The movement raises funds in Bulgaria via letters seeking aid for fugitives. Turks suffer losses in several engagements while insurgents claim heavy Turkish casualties. A 175000-strong Turkish force is reported in Macedonia with 440 guns. Separately, Gus Newmen in Sugar Camp dies in a delirium tremens episode. in Marion, John Mc Cristy is gravely injured in a rent dispute. in New York Charles Brunning commits suicide after stabbing himself previously.
Tone wos killed and his brother Quickeppe and three offer Trothin Ia borers were serionsly injured on a Pennsylvania railroad work car, which collapsed by belting caught between cuts of cars. Ann Arbor. Mid. Sept SMA Carpele and J. G. Zwergel, of the G. M. Seharf Compatients, are talking about having their smoke consuming factory In thleetty, Chicago, Sept. 7 Owing to Labor day the exchanges throwghout the country clowed for Saturday and Mon day and no quotations were given out.
Miss Foss, a teacher at the Vassar school house west of Wade bury, faced a wildcat intrusion alone and escaped unharmed. John Dower of New Wallingto n responded to her bravery, pursued correspondence for six months, exchanged photos, and the engagement followed. Both traveled to Madison for a meeting and remained hopeful.
Curtis Jett, previously convicted of the murder of J B Marcum and given a life term, has been moved from Lexington to Cynthiana for a new trial proceeding. At Harrison circuit court he faces Commonwealth v Jett on the murder of James Cockerell, former Jackson town marshal, while questions arise over multiple murder prosecutions.
In Cripple Creek Colorado the completed drainage tunnel under Superintendent Bainbridge pumps a two foot deep water flow into Cripple Creek. The 5000 foot long project cost 80000 dollars and faced ten days of labor trouble with owners and managers aiding with shovels. In a separate note a Chicago man Weston Upton was found unconscious on the Eastland drugged and robbed of 40 dollars. He improved then deteriorated and was moved to Chicago for care.
In Columbus Ohio on September S an autopsy on the man believed tied to the Daniels loan shop diamond theft found death from a fractured skull. The cause remains a mystery and no clues to the man’s identity. The stolen diamonds were valued at $5,000.
Reports from Carson Nevada Bloomington Illinois and New York describe fatal and serious explosions. An aged Indian named George Sam killed his ill son and then killed himself in Shurz Nevada. In Bloomington a locomotive explosion killed Engineer Frank J. Upton and injured two crew members. At Ruppert ice factory in New York Joseph Dilley died of burns and John Dosse suffered severe injuries. The incidents underscore deadly accidents across transport and industry.
The State Department notes a routine cable from U S Minister Beaupre in Hageta saying Washington would not engage in actions hampering the president's freedom. Officials remain patient while awaiting ratifications due September 22 and deny U S involvement in Colombian unrest. The Colombian congress already regrets rejecting the treaty and awaits its fate.
Denver September reports the Democratic state convention endorses the Kansas City platform, denounces military intervention, and nominates John J. Mublin or Wilson for supreme judge on one ballot, with Wilson later named. A post vote restatement supports an eight hour law. Elsewhere Hampton protests breakwater building in Petosky amid rising costs. An East Yorkville jewelry theft and a Wilkesbarre trolley crash with one death and eleven injuries are noted.
A cartoon caption exchange shows a cabby and passenger arguing over nonchalant progress. The boy Willie asks why a warship called she implies gender, while a father dismisses bedtime. The light humor reflects urban newspaper whimsy.
The first book published in Philadelphia was Atkin's Almanack for 1686, a ten leaf pamphlet with only two copies known today. The initial print claimed Pennsylvania was founded by "Lord Penn," prompting Colonel Markham to report to the council, which ordered the words blotted out and the edition recalled.
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