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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
1
Cedar Rapids delegates fill the auditorium as Cummins appears the likely nominee with Harriman tipped for second. Rumors swirl of Herriott withdrawal and credentials committee battles delay reporting as anti Cummins forces push for a final victory on early ballots.
Aug 7 Chicago specials report a mass defection of Herriott delegates from anti Cummins forces in the Ninth District. Herriott endorses runs solo while Cummins gains on first and second ballots. Steering committee forecasts Cummins setback but remains confident in Harriman and Lacey’s exclusion from nomination.
Paris reports a France Turkey dispute over Constantinople quay ownership. Three French battleships are held in readiness for a demonstration in Turkish waters to pressure Turkey to concede.
San Francisco August 7 police continue probe into the Vallejo bullion theft. Dick Phelan and Harry Cooper two ex convicts seen recently in Vallejo remain under suspicion as investigators search for crew to the heist.
Paris dispatch via Rappel states Kitchener is soon to return to England due to his serious health condition. The report places focus on the general officer's wellbeing and possible impact on ongoing operations in Cape Town.
H H Toll a 23 year old Clarinda barber is the inventor of a rapid fire gun. The engine is being built at Monarch Gas Engine Works in Indianapolis after a patent was granted. It will be tested in Des Moines. Prominent officials have reviewed plans and favor its firing capability. Toll has strong backing from a local camp awaiting results. The gun can scatter 8640 shots per minute over a 248 foot line at half a mile range.
Consternation followed the strike when two Clark mills restarted as repairs proceed. Company officials say more mills will reopen and workers can be secured. Large crowds gathered seeking work while other city mills remained quiet. Shaffer reported no notable developments. In Wellsville Ohio the town was quiet with no trouble. London press decries steel strike as a revolution against plutocracy.
At Cedar Rapids on August 7 a large excited crowd fills hotels and private homes as the Great Iowa Convention convenes. Notables like Senators Allison and Dolliver and Governor Shaw arrive while Cummins' camp dominates chatter. a loud Iowa State Band parades with the Cummins club, and district caucuses hint at first ballot support shifting in Shelby County.
The Jackson contest on the convention floor drew disputes as arbitration failed to win favor with contestants. Officials reported no agreement reached after deliberations and the matter remains unresolved.
Cedar Rapids Aug 7 Captain Rumple presided as chairman of a lively Second district caucus over contested Jackson county delegations. Cummins supporters pushed to take the issue to the convention floor while Rumple urged unity. A parallel Sixth district caucus saw anti Cummins forces win the chairman race by four votes.
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