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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1901
Page
2
Daily except Sunday service lists 8:15 am passenger and 8:40 am freight from Montezuma, with return 7:10 pm passenger and 6:00 pm freight. L & P Railroad operates the route in Muscatine Division.
Muscatine North and South Railroad timetable taking effect Sunday at 12:01 p m with trains to Muscatine Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Elrick Junction. Trains no 1 2 3 4 run daily except Sunday and some trains run regardless of others. Connections available with B C R N to Burlington Iowa Central routes.
Des Moines reports Governor Leslie M. Shaw aims for the presidency and may seek a third term as Iowa governor as a stepping stone. Encouragement from Washington and from lawmakers in Kansas Virginia West Virginia Ohio and other states supports his possible candidacy in 1904. The clock toward campaign time could push him to run if constitutional changes extend his term.
The Eastern Traffic Association of New York says a committee report will outline accomplishments and progress by eastern roads. Representatives from member lines will participate in presenting findings and future goals.
Des Moines reports negotiations for the Morning Register sale with the Clarksons denying any agreement. A state newspaper man cites a syndicate seeking control, with previous offers rejected over a $12,000 gap, but talks continue and sale may yet be consummated.
The Griswold college property title is transferred to Bishop Morrison of the Iowa Episcopal diocese. The trustees had sold the central block and adjacent Lee hall area for 53 000 dollars to the city school board, and the trustees now turn over the block housing Grace cathedral and the bishop’s residence to Morrison. The move signals trustees’ respect for the bishop’s business ability and dedication.
Des Moines reports the newly elected state officers assumed their posts today without ceremony. Outgoing officials prepared resignations to avoid Titus amendment issues and handed them to the governor who will appoint the new officers to their positions after oath and bond approval.
Isaac Sipen of near Iowa City and Martin Sipen of Dubuque, long separated brothers, unexpectedly met their sibling John Sipen, a Howard county contractor, while John was dying of an incurable disease. The reunion occurred in LaPorte, Indiana, after each traced the other's whereabouts. John rallied briefly, then became unconscious again.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Wholesale Butter and Egg Dealers association will meet February 7 at the Savery hotel, alongside the Iowa Egg Shippers Strawboard and Filler association in Tama. Officers will be elected and a key report from the transportation committee on carload rates seeks relief from Missisippi-area pricing. W K Boardman and E W Shotwell lead the committee after a year of work.
Fred Nelson of Lehigh was arrested at his sweetheart's Mondamin home on a horse theft charge. He allegedly stole his father's horse, drove to Ft. Dodge, sold it for $20 to W. H. Arthur, and was later held to the grand jury on $1,000 bond after the horse was reclaimed. The case has stirred excitement in Lehigh due to the suspect's notable connections.
A Minneapolis fire at the Harvard lodging house on Washington Avenue South killed seven men and left another man hospitalized from smoke. The blaze began in the rear of the Standard Furniture store, trapping lodgers as rescue efforts failed against dense smoke. Lodgers escaped in scant clothing, several leaping from windows, with one man injured slightly.
Springfield Jan 7 Judge WL Sherman of Macomb a former speaker of the house is expected to be renominated by acclamation at the Republican caucus. Governor Elect Yates will not interfere and Sherman backers claim sixty two votes. Shanahan has withdrawn. Washington Jan 7 Rep William Neville of Nebraska is gravely ill and may not live. He is a Populist in his first term.
In Hyndman Pennsylvania two men were killed when dynamite exploded while thawing it near a Baltimore and Ohio railroad yard at Philson. A second item notes a Chicago court ruling forbidding price hikes by a gas company that absorbs a rival against charter limits. Seattle reports Andrew Carnegie pledging 2014 dollars for a new public library with a 50 000 annual maintenance guarantee.
A Cleveland Iowa mine blast Saturday at 4 39 pm killed W A Bennett Duncan and W E Jenkins as ten men worked the day shift. The fire from the lamp ignited gas, injuring several others and causing property loss though the blaze was later put out.
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures chronic dyspepsia by toning the stomach and digestive system. It cites a testimonial from Frank Fay of South Boston Mass about his niece, ill six years with sour stomach and headache who recovered after two bottles.
John A Montgomery longtime Chicago post office superintendent of mails for ten years and a postal service veteran of thirty five years passed away Saturday. He was among the best known figures in the service.
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