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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1900
Page
6
The Electric Tower will rise 375 feet with an 80 by 80 foot base and 75 foot tall flanking colonnades. Five thousand horsepower of Niagara Falls turbines will power rainbow lighting and dramatic fire effects around the tower and fountain basin. Elevators will reach restaurants on the colonnade for views of the Court of Fountains.
Wichita reports from Dec 17 show yardmaster Thomas Peters and associates disputing sympathy strikes by Santa Fe operators. Union leaders deny plans, while Dolphin calls drift toward a pipe dream and Wichita observers predict varied outcomes today.
The 20th annual American Federation of Labor convention adjourned in Louisville after choosing Scranton Pa for next year. Officers elected: Samuel Gompers president Frank Morrison secretary John B Lennon treasurer James Duncan first VP John Mitchell second VP James OConnell third VP Max Morris fourth VP Thomas Kidd sixth VP Dennis Hayes fifth VP. Delegates passed technical resolutions and referred direct trade autonomy to the incoming council amid protests over boycott measures targeting non union labor.
In Madison Square Garden before about 20 000 fans the American team Elkes and McFarland secured first place by a wheel ahead of Pierce and McEachern of Canada who finished second and Simar and Gougoltz of France who took third. The winning distance was 2 628 miles and 7 laps, 1 mile 7 laps shy of the record. Prize money totaled $3 900 with $1 500 to the winners, $1 000 to the runners up, and $800 to the third place team plus smaller amounts to others.
Washington December 17 lists populations of Wisconsin towns over 2,000 and under 25,000 Appleton 15085 Beloit 10426 Eau Claire 17517 Fond du Lac 15116 Kenosha 11606 Manitowoc 11786 Marinette 1819 percent Sheboygan 22062 Wausau 12354.
Crawford Neb December 17 Batiste Garnier known as Little Bat famed scout shot by James Hague Wood manager at Dietrichs snoon after dispute over a bar bill. Garnier died yesterday morning and Wood was arrested immediately after the shooting.
A Daylight Ride from Buffalo to New York via the Lehigh Valley Railroad offers a most pleasant trip with every comfort enjoyed and a smooth travel experience highlighted by convenience and scenic views.
Indianapolis on December 17 details plans for the Standard Fraternal Association designed to insure Chosen Friends members and others. A meeting tomorrow will endorse officer decisions led by Joseph Clark Jr. and W F Gibson. The plan sets level and stepped rates by age with a 74 year age cutoff and no link to the old order.
Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of The Staats Zeitung and German philanthropist, died at his New York home. Born February 26, 1825 in Zewitsan Austria he fled due to a revolution and settled in the United States as a laborer. He and his wife founded the Old People’s Home in Astoria and endowed the German dispensary and library in New York. He also funded a Austrian orphanage, poor house, school, hospital, and library back home.
Peking dispatch reports Sir Ernest Satow demanding a modification of a point in the joint note to the Chinese envoys. The objection delays progress as ministers must again consult their governments. Details of the objection are not disclosed but will require further diplomatic steps.
In Washington on Saturday the senate ib?transacted no public business remaining in executive session on the HayPauncefote treaty. The house passed the war revenue reduction bill after opposition sought to insert measures including a $70 million revenue cut and an income tax provision. The amendment failed 191 to 129 and the pension appropriation bill totaling 145,145,230 was approved in thirteen minutes.
John Addison Porter former private secretary to President McKinley died at his Putnam residence after weeks of illness from a malignant intestinal disease An operation two months ago delayed the illness Porter was born in New Haven Conn on April 17 1856
Washington December 17. The state department reports the death of Henry Morris Hunt United States consul to Antigua He was born in Bristol England and naturalized in the United States He was appointed while residing in Chicago on January 12 1898.
Students returning home can obtain tickets via Nickel Plate Road to all points in Central Passenger Association territory at a fare and a third for the round trip. Tickets sold on closing day or the day before and valid until the return date when school reconvenes but not after January 8, 1901. For train information contact John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams St Chicago.
A comment on loyalty notes that some friends will remain by your side to support you financially even when it costs them their own money. It emphasizes the asymmetry of who bears the burden in close relationships.
A vintage advertisement promotes Rector pile remedy with a pipe free with each package and a positive written guarantee. It claims cure or no pay, priced at 50 cents, with free samples offered by J. J. Havercamp.
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