27 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1902
Page
1
Havana faces a broad strike as workers from cigar makers to cooks stop work in solidarity. Police clash with strikers leaving two dead and eighty two wounded, including a police lieutenant. Cars halted, passengers stranded, amid a growing crisis prompting state intervention threats.
The transport Ingalls, with General Miles aboard, struck a reef Saturday and floated at high tide the same day. A Spanish salvage demand of 100000 Mexican pesos was declined. Captain Brugiie said the ship aimed to save twenty minutes by a canal route, but the vessel remained afloat with pumps removing water ballast.
Colonel Emmett Bell commander in chief of the Spanish War Veterans with Fred Hodgson and G Leyburn Sherry urged the president to place all Spanish War Veterans serving in clerical government roles in the Philippines under civil service. President Roosevelt promised to consider the request.
The Star and Herald reports Rear Admiral Silas Casey acted as mediator aboard the Wisconsin during a conference. He delivered a bracing speech praising the negotiators for judgment and patriotism and the delicate peace arrangement. General Cohas of Minister of State Perdomo's staff thanked Casey in Colombia's name for hospitality and intervention.
Secretary of War sent papers to the attorney general on Father Augustine who died from the water cure used by a Vermont regiment in the Philippines. The judge advocate general investigated charges by Charles Francis Adams and Herbert Welsh. no current soldiers are found guilty. Attorney general likely to rule that U S courts have no jurisdiction over discharged officers and men both at home and in the Philippines.
Major General Chaffee reported to Secretary Root on Monday and arrived in uniform. He visited Adjutant General Corbin and officials Hay Moody and Root discussed Philippine conditions and army reduction plans. President Roosevelt congratulated Chaffee on his work in China and the Philippines.
Paul Morton, Santa Fe vice president, said freight rates are too low under current wage scales and costs. He announced plans to push increases across rail territory from Chicago to the Pacific coast, likely totaling at least ten percent. He warned rapid action is needed to align tariffs with rising prices for rail goods and services.
New York traders and Chicago grain men agree that the time is ripe for a significant wheat price advance. Increased market activity in recent days signals they are acting on this view.
Telluride Miners' union adopts resolutions condemning the murder of Arthur L. Coll as general manager of the Smuggler Union Mining company. They call the act cowardly and oppose labor policy and spirit. In Springfield Wisconsin Governor Yates orders Colonel Goglesby to investigate a reported bull fight ad in Sullivan Moultrie county for Thanksgiving. Sheriff Foster notified to block the event.
A Des Moines supreme court case affirms Hubbell O Soper in a fraud scheme over county rights tied to a washing machine hoax. Soper fled Illinois as the decision loomed. Other Iowa notes include a Knights lodge in Council Bluffs, libraries in Hamilton county, a Creston canning plant effort, Muscatine power plans, and a bold jailhouse death amid a string of local incidents.
CRESTON The annual convention of the Seventh District Woman's Relief corps covering Adams Appanoose Clarke Montgomery Decatur Lucas and Union counties closed a very interesting session. The banquet and program by local and Afton corps entertained visitors while the ritualistic work was exemplified by the president. The business session showed all corps flourishing and the meeting was said to be the largest and best ever held in the district.
State Superintendent Barrett rules Madison county school board acted within its discretionary power when changing site for the schoolhouse and reverses county superintendent’s reversal. He states such decisions are exclusively for the board’s discretion and not subject to county interference, given their better knowledge of case facts.
Congressman Hull says rumors of Pension Agent Sperry contesting Richard P. Clarkson for the Iowa Nebraska district agent post are unfounded. Hull cites a conference with Sperry who states he never planned to oppose Clarkson and any talk of a fight referred to prior delegation discussions before the nomination was made.
Harry Roe killed a large gray eagle near Creston Iowa that measured seven feet from tip to tip. He wounded it with a gunshot and finished with a club after a fierce struggle. The non native bird likely followed wild ducks from the north. It will be stuffed as a curiosity and could carry off sheep or dogs in its talons.
Iowa State Normal announces a new gymnasium on the northwest campus corner. The $50,000 building will include apparatus for both men and women, with plans prepared by President Seer ley after a study of larger eastern schools.
Mrs. Ben Lovell is under arrest on a charge of attempting to murder Walter Jaggett after a confrontation between Jaggett and Lovell’s husband ended in a fight. The wife intervened with a hatchet during the brawl, while Jaggett reportedly struck the husband, who was getting the worst of the struggle.
A jumble of ad phrases touts Electric Oil curing in a day, Burdock Blood Bitters and Winslow’s soothing syrup, plus a Tivoli Music Hall inventor claiming to pipe ozone from a machine. The spoofed notes mention sea breezes and portable devices to freshen air, with scattered city names and travel implications.
The article notes dental X rays aid in locating second teeth and clearing obstructions. It also reports Mrs. Hildebrandt of Lake Sarah Minnesota claiming a complete rheumatism cure via Dodd's Kidney Pills, with testimonials and caution about similar claims. It mentions wagon train attacks as part of a Fort Riley mock war program and commanders’ reminders about wagon contents.
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