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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
1
Emil Zola writes to Loubet protesting the recent Amnesty Bill. He warns against whitewashing the Dreyfus case and says a page of his life is besmirched. He reasserts charges against the general staff and hints the German emperor may play a leading role in a new Dreyfus drama.
Mt. Pleasant reports Jessie Lincoln daughter of Robert T. Lincoln and Warren Beckwith have separated after an elopement in 1897. Beckwith, a football star and baseball player, works on the Burling ton line while Mrs Lincoln and their infant daughter are quarantined in New York for scarlet fever. A divorce suit by Whitford nephew of Senator Harlan surfaced the case. Chicago friends question the record.
Omaha police have scoured all known haunts in Omaha and South Omaha for Pat Crowe, the suspected Cudahy kidnapping gang leader. Nine detectives remain at sea for a clue as the morning passes with no developments.
Governor Shaw will be guest of honor at a Davenport Y M C A function tonight with Judge Selden P. Spencer. A banquet at 6:30 precedes an after dinner talk. the event emphasizes social functions and marks the YMCA’s new Davenport facility.
West Point cadets testified in the Booz inquiry that hazing aims to forge soldierly bearing and that no one escapes scrutiny. They denied soap eating or excessive hot sauce, saying the goal is equal treatment with all cadets, including sons of generals or the president.
Rene Dupont reports large scale return migration of French Canadians from Maine to Quebec in early spring. He cites 150000 of 219000 in Maine likely to move, noting Biddeford’s 12000 out of a 14000 town population. Factory closures and priest shortages push return, says the colonization agent.
John Owen alias Jean Radcliffe was executed before a full crowd at the Edgar county jail yard for the Sept 22 freight train murder of Jas Liegue. His partner John Daily received forty years in prison after pleading guilty and the case drew wide attention due to his claimed unknown identity.
Baraboo Wisconsin December 22 A C Keller clerk of court elect for Sank county joined partners Metler Mather and W J Bell fishing for pickerel at Lodde s mill. Keller grabbed a large fish to stop its escape as it lay on the ice. The fish clamped its jaws on his finger biting it off at the second joint.
Gladwin Mich Dec 22 One beneficiary of a pardon from Governor Pingree is Benjamin Nunn who was sentenced for life for murder. Prosecuting attorney says Mrs Nunn recently complained that her husband has been beating her and a neighbor made a similar report. Mrs Nunn worked faithfully to secure the pardon.
Glen Flora in Chippewa County with 400 residents on the Soo railroad and a six mile logging line, plus timber land owned by W F Switzer, was sold for 4500 to T J Connor T B Leonard and William Bowe attorneys of Chippewa Falls Wis.
Burglars damaged the Holcomb Hoke Manufacturing office in Sullivan at dawn. They wrecked the safe with an explosive believed to be dynamite but failed to take any money. Local police investigate the break in.
Milwaukee on December 22 reports sheriffs and sheriffs elect across Wisconsin organized under the banner The Association of Wisconsin Sheriffs to coordinate law enforcement leadership and cooperation.
Iowa City December 22 Judge Horace E Deemer unanimously elected chancellor of the law department to succeed Emlin McClain The salary fixed at 4500 a year an increase He declined the honor preferring to stay in practice of law Regents transacted routine university business Chairs of Greek and Oratory supplied bids for furniture for the new collegiate building Contractor Warren Roberts asked for four months more to finish the structure with completion by December 15 per contract likely extended.
Frank Morris, second auditor in the war department, was shot and killed in the Winder building office at 2:30 PM. Sam McDonald, former disbursing clerk in the department, committed the act and then tried to cut his own throat with a pen knife.
Louisville police identify John Owens who was executed for murder in Paris Illinois as Shiner Sullivan a famed Louisville crook. The confession ties Owens to Sullivan and suggests a broader criminal record in Kentucky.
Berlin dispatch reports Count Von Blumenthal, the oldest of Germanys field marshals, has died on December 22.
Four burglars entered the Coffee county bank at Manchester last night and robbed it of five thousand dollars. One robber was captured. Local authorities report the suspect in custody and ongoing investigations continue.
The Times quotes merchants as saying Americans are by far the best and always gentlemen. In Cape Town rumors say rebellion threatens Kimberly as heavy rains pause military operations. Banks move specie to the coast for safety as Boers threaten Kimberly.
Jury convicts Mrs. Kuhn of poisoning her husband by arsenic in beer on September 22 in Sicourney.
On December 11, 1990 the Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip excursion tickets to Port Arthur Galveston and Houston Tex at less than one fare for round trip with a fifteen day limit from the date of sale For full information call ticket agents or write Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa
The torpedo boat destroyer McDonough was launched this morning in Weymouth Massachusetts. Mrs Lucy McDonough Reed christened the craft, a descendant of the hero of Lake Champlain whose name the boat bears.
Dalton City bank was entered by burglars last night and about four thousand dollars stolen. Local authorities investigated and searched for suspects in the town of Dalton City Hil bee 22.
A New Year’s Eve ball hosted by Company C at the Armory ends with festive music and a cheerful conclusion as attendees celebrate the close of December 31.
A lively concert segment filled the O C venue as musicians played sweet strains during the ball night. Attendees enjoyed the melodic performances and danced through the evening in a festive social event.
The ladies of the First Baptist church will offer a turkey dinner on Washington's birthday February 22. Proceeds support church activities and mission work. Local residents are invited to attend and dine.
Persecuted Christians in northern Albania appeal to the governments of Serbia and Bulgaria for protection amid Muslim persecution. The dispatch from Vienna notes their plea as of December 22. Christmas cigars advertised at Gremmel's.
Christmas program at the First M. E. church features organ and violin solos, quartets, readings, Santa Claus, stereopticon views, and a cantata by Messrs. Paudiet, Battey, and Mahin. Special Christmas Eve and Night services planned with free admission for pupils and a collection for the Warrrington Orphans Home.
Tomorrow special period appropriate services will be held at the First Baptist church. The choir will perform special music including an organ prelude by Mrs Lane Holy Holy Holy chorus Lord's prayer responsive reading scripture reading and an anthem Sing O Heavens by D Prothero. Solo It Came Upon the Midnight Clear by G Marston Mrs Gobble and benediction. Evening organ prelude Mrs Lane
The Congregational Sunday school will hold a special Christmas exercise tomorrow replacing the usual recitations. Classes meet as usual to take the collection and enroll members, then gather in the audience room for the program. The lineup includes carols recitations a Christmas story for children and a Christmas talk by the pastor. Everyone is invited especially Home Study department members and parents of Sunday school children.
Rain and colder conditions forecast for Chicago Dec 12 with possible rain into eastern areas Sunday. Iowas alerts include special jurisdictions, with rain tonight and colder air spreading from the southwest tonight into Sunday, and winds turning to the northwest.
Arrangements are under way to install the American District Telegraph alarm service in Muscatine led by Randolph of the Western Union graph office. The system will connect to telegraph lines and employ a police watchman for immediate investigation. Local firms may join. the article cites Mueller mill fire as a test of the service.
Des Moines residents travel home for holidays as others plan visits to Washington Columbus Junction and Oskaloosa. A Davenport case questions the constitutionality of an advertising license. Attorney John W. McKee defends a Worcester firm representative amid a January district court review.
Judge Prouty ruled Polk County treasurer may retroactively place on the tax rolls property omitted in five years, enabling contest of validity. The decision cites Section 1374 of the 1897 Code and marks a broad win for tax collectors and tax ferrets.
The Mechanics band presents a December Armory concert featuring Shubert Overture and a varied program. After the concert the floor opens for dancing with a mandolin song and dance number and a closing item We Won't Go Home Till Morning. Andrew Herman and W. H. Kieffer give performances.
Grace English Lutheran Church with Rev J L Murphy conducts 10 45 a m services on Prophecy of Daniel Belshazzina Feast and a 7 30 p m service at Green street Chapel South Muscatine Sunday school at 9 15 a m Confirmation class at 1 30 p m SS practice for Christmas at 2 30 p m in the hall and a Christmas program with presents that evening.
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