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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
1
Booker T. Washington tells a Columbus Junction crowd that practical education is key to advancing the colored race. He argues for equal intellectual chances with whites, citing moral uplift and commercial progress, as a large attendance enjoys a rain-cleared, festival-like chautauqua setting with concerts and lectures ongoing.
A cyclone like storm swept over St Louis World’s Fair grounds last evening killing one man and injuring another, with a dozen more hurt. Scaffolding and buildings suffered heavy damage requiring lengthy repairs.
Niagara Falls August 6 statistics presented to the National Apple Shippers association in session here show no state will have a crop failure. The report highlights strong prospects for the apple harvest and reinforces industry expectations for robust shipments this year.
Fourteen year old George Hertz son of A J Hertz secretary of the school board accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a revolver in Iowa City today. An operation was performed but the bullet was not found and the lad may die.
New York reports authoritative claims that Rock Island bonds will reimburse the treasury for large past costs. The system built 800 miles of new road at 16 million dollars, bought the St Louis Kansas City and Colorado for 20 million, and paid 1.8 million for a Chicago station stake. Critics warn of a $250 million bond plan and Wall Street opposition.
Judge Tuley rules that stockholders of Steele Mackaye's Columbian Celebration company are liable for the enterprise debts. Hundreds of subscribers including George M. Pullman L J Gage P E Studebaker John Cudahy and Ben Butterworth pledged from five thousand to fifty thousand dollars each as the failed World Fair project left assets at fifty thousand and bonds at eight hundred thousand.
Twenty two workers at the South Muscatine Button Co walk out in protest of a one cent per gross cut on blanks. Plans for a similar reduction at the Beadle factory are expected next Tuesday. Officials say the plant may close for an indefinite period as both sides confirm no work is being done.
In Washington Senator Gorman opened his office to friends and politicians who voiced support for his nomination. While noncommittal on a bid he suggested he would accept if nominated, calling himself a soldier in the ranks and delaying active campaigning as party affairs unfold. He noted shifts in beliefs and conditions over recent years.
Judge Creighton in Sangamon circuit court dissolves the temporary injunction blocking the state treasurer from paying part of the latest legislative appropriation for the Illinois Michigan canal maintenance and repair. An appeal will be taken.
Sac City reports the death of D Carr Early a noted early capitalist and philanthropist who arrived in 1856 when the city had only two or three log houses. He was among Sac City’s most prominent citizens.
Six or seven Italian workers died in a derailment on the Great Western Railway near Devon, five miles north of New Hampton, Iowa, with rescue efforts underway and authorities investigating the accident.
Chris Hamamm died at home near Sweetland Center after a long illness. Born January 12, 1836 in Mecklinburg Germany, he served in the U.S. Army, settled in the county, and leaves a wife Elizabeth and three children. Funeral is tomorrow at 2 PM from Sweetland M E church with burial at Harker cemetery. Also in South Muscatine two Misses Katie and Minnie Berndt face a misdemeanor charge for damaging Mrs. Schmidt's garden after witnesses testified they tore up flower beds and left marks on the premises. The warrants were issued and served for court appearance tomorrow.
Seven typhoid patients are admitted daily to the city hospital in St. Louis. City physicians say all cases stem from germs in the drinking water, signaling a public health concern in the Missouri city.
The office of the division engineer for the Iowa division of the Rock Island railroad was moved to Des Moines this morning to be closer to the center of operations.
William J. Bryan denounces Grover Cleveland in Urbana opening the Ohio campaign. He accuses the party of a confidence game and warns that the split from 1892 cannot be reversed until hearts and sympathies change. Markets show nervous opening with suspensions and brokerages aided to tide over a crisis.
An explosion at the Empire American nitroglycerin factory in Bluffton Indiana leveled the plant as 1,200 quarts of nitroglycerin detonated. Three men were killed and a team of mules perished in the blast late yesterday afternoon.
The post office department issued a fraud order against the Monarch Investment company, an Oklahoma town site company, halting its operations in connection with business in Oklahoma. The Kansas City based firm faces enforcement actions as a result.
William E. Corey has been elected president of the United States Steel Corporation. His salary is set at 75000 dollars per year, 25000 dollars less than the pay Charles M. Schwab received, and reflects a cheaper leadership arrangement for the steel trust in New York.
George Leese of Washington Iowa collapsed in a Columbus Junction lunch counter last evening and is in an unconscious coma with possible apoplexy or brain hemorrhage. He will be moved home tonight.
Des Moines Aug 6 State chairman Jackson of the democratic committee has called a conference of the committee members state candidates and leading party workers in Des Moines Friday afternoon Campaign plans will be made.
John Gilbert Shanklin, national Democratic Committeeman from Indiana from 1896 to 1900 and a noted writer, died this morning in Evansville at age 63. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and would have likely become secretary of state if Bryan had won the presidency.
In Tiffin Ohio Aug 6 eight firefighters battling a fire at Widon s cold storage plant were overcome by a carbonic gas formed from lime and water. Some may not recover.
Quotations show the closing prices of leading stocks and securities on the New York Stock Exchange. The report lists ranges in prices across listed bonds and equities as of today’s close.
Muscatine county shooters shine at the Cumberland Gun meet in Devonport this week. Scores show T Nichols and Ben Black leading in multiple events with teams including Charles McBride Lou Foley and others taking top or secondary positions across shoots 1 3 4 6 8 9 11.
Chicago notes general fair and cooler conditions for Iowa with a forecast for today and Friday. Sun rises at 4 48, sets at 7 06, moon sets at 8 19 a m.
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