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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
3
Thomas L Stanley as president Warren L Hastman secretary and J Maurich Farnham as treasurer receive a 100 dollar payment with 95 dollars and 3.75 listed in the record.
A life insurance and beneficiary society critique notes 12 deaths in September listed as death by own action plus several others by railroad trains drowning and accidents. The piece questions whether these are genuine self inflicted cases and argues for tighter controls on paying such claims while urging public reform and civic action. It also mentions Moline city council franchise talks and library site plans as local news items.
The Lake Mohonk Conference backs a plan to fast track wards into equal citizenship, abolish Indian schools, and sell tribal lands to whites. It argues assimilation will erase the Indian question though tribes fear loss of identity and culture. The piece also notes Hall Caine’s Isle of Man campaign, proposing nationalization of transport, banks, and drainage to boost prosperity.
A London Society for the Study of Inebriates cites arrests per 1000 in London Chicago and New York as seven thirteen and twenty three. English and American drink figures show higher British consumption. Coronation of Edward VII promises a spectacular show with peeresses and music hall artists in prime seats.
Worcester mourns Hon. Henry Clay Hall 81 a retired consul in Cuba and minister to Central America who died at Millbury his home after 30 years in Cuba and Central America service He served under eight presidents from Buchanan to Cleveland and was famed as dean of the diplomatic corps He drafted the first treaty for the Nicaragua canal and was called its father Hall retired in 1892 for health reasons.
Hazardous mining history marked the first anniversary of the end of the anthracite strike with parades in Hazleton and Scranton. About 15 000 miners marched in Hazleton while 10 000 gathered in Scranton from surrounding corners to honor United Mine Workers president Mitchell Day and wage gains won last fall.
Henry Schroeder shot his seven year old stepdaughter Katie Kirst through the heart then wounded his eleven year old stepson Henry Kirst before killing himself with carbolic acid and a final gunshot. Authorities attribute the act to Schroeder hatreds toward his stepchildren.
The German press quotes Emperor William threatening bold action if commercial talks fail. In Cheyenne, Mrs Julia Wagstaff and her ten month old died at Sun Dance after she drank blue vitriol and the child reportedly nursed from the mother and died. In Utica John J. Wandell, Saratoga Springs hotel owner, filed for bankruptcy with debts 6208 and assets 34000, more than 100 creditors.
Constantinople reports no definite progress with Miss Stone and her companion as negotiators weigh paying the Turkish £25,000 demand. In Pittsburgh a discharged worker shot and killed Charles E Youngberg of George A Fuller Co after being fired for drunkenness.
Chicago markets recorded varied results with flour patents firm and priced around 3.40 for springs, wheat slipping December and May options, corn uneven but steady, oats steady, potatoes firm, and butter quiet. Prices reflect cautious demand and steady supply cues in early October trade.
Irregular and barely steady markets for flour and wheat. No. 2 red wheat closed around 79 cents with options drift weak. Corn No. 2 firm at 63 cents with unsettled option limits. Oats firm with various grades between 41 and 48 cents. Butter steady near 2 dollars per pound, cheese quiet with colored and white varieties at 9 to 10 cents. Eggs firm across states at 16 to 22 cents.
Market summaries show HOGS trading around 5.75 to 5.80, with mixed loads near 5.75 to 5.80. CATTLE listings include native beef steers at 4.75 to 6.45, western steers 3.75 to 6.30, cows and heifers 2.30 to 4.64, and stockers 2.50 to 4.40. SHEEP demand remains active with wethers 2.20 to 2.40 and lambs around 2.60 to 2.80. Kansas and Nebraska lines note similar ranges for cattle and hogs.
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