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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
1
Washington Jan 9 The House opened and immediately moved to committee for the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill. Early speakers favored passage as presented. A heated exchange occurred between Cannon and Hepburn with both men trading barbs over accuracy and legislative skill.
Vie Financiere reports an American group led by Anthony Brady that a French company is being formed with up to 10 million dollars to bid for Paris gas rights after the 1906 monopoly ends. The plan includes a new gas-making process and rates of 18 centimes per cubic meter for private customers and 15 centimes for municipal, industrial, heating, and cooking uses.
The Globe reports strong U S opposition in the west to sending a special American embassy to attend the King’s coronation next June. It calls dispatching a distinguished citizen to congratulate a friendly monarch an act of civility, while noting critics doubt the gesture.
London Jan 9 A Daily Chronicle correspondent reports a papal bull will set reorganization of the Catholic church and various orders in the Philippine islands. The Vatican reportedly has an understanding with the Washington cabinet on the subject.
The Liberty Bell is due to arrive in Charleston today and will be met at the railway station by the Philadelphia escort the exposition company president and directors Mayor Smyth city council members soldiers and others.
The Rev Frederic William Keator was formally installed as missionary bishop of Olympia in Dubuque Iowa on January 8. The consecration was led by Bishop William Edward McLaren of Chicago with co consecrators Bishops Hare Morrison Palmerson Anderson Edsall and Williams. Gifts to the bishop included vestments from St Johns parish clergy ring from Iowa clergy cross from the Knights Templar and a Bible from Rev Sage. The sermon was delivered by the Chicago bishop coadjutor.
Governor-elect A B Cummins will preside at a Grant Club reception tonight honoring Treasury Secretary Leslie M Shaw. Toasts include The President by William B Allison The Senate by Jonathan P Dolliver The House by George D Perkins The Cabinet Lafe Young Nebraska Edward Rosewater Iowa George E McLean.
Andrew Carnegie remitted 20 to 25 percent of rent due on the Skibo Castle estate in the latest collections, easing payments for tenants.
Mattoon Illinois January 9 A most unusual divorce suit has been filed in Edgar county court John Emerick seeks legal separation on grounds of his wife's infidelity She filed a cross bill admitting the charge but says he knew of it and continued living with her after learning of the offense Therefore she believes she and not he is entitled to the divorce.
The Allgemeine Zeitung Sofia correspondent asserts Miss Stone was liberated ten days ago despite denials. The missionary left Salonika for Genoa en route to America after the full ransom was paid. The porte asks secrecy to avoid encouraging further kidnapping of foreigners.
The White House hosts the largest banquet of the season this evening drawing notable attendees and food courses highlighted by a grand reception. Officials confirm formal address and ceremonial toasts set for the dining hall.
Washington January 9 The annual diplomatic dinner will be held in the east room and is described as the largest banquet ever given in the White House. Workmen have been busy all day on the banquet hall and greenery, including thousands of potted plants, will be used.
A compact item notes road scheduling or timing work by City Shippers. It highlights a delivery or transit project aimed at aligning road usage with time efficiency and regional transport needs.
Interstate Commerce Commission opened testimony in Kansas City charging railroad rate discrimination against Kansas City grain men. The probe alleges railroads favor larger shippers in St. Louis Chicago and other points. One favored firm testified supporting the charges.
Cleveland and Chicago capitalists form the Cleveland Construction Company to build electric lines from Cairo to Mount Sinai and along the Red Sea coast through Syria Arabia to Mecca. A Damascus branch will connect to Mount Sinai. The pilgrimage season could yield substantial profits from Mohammedan pilgrims.
Reports from New York hospitals say 43 injured in the tunnel wreck are improving. Damage suits aggregating a million dollars are expected to follow the catastrophe. Victims include Frank Washburn and A. M. Perrin of Union Bag and Paper, H. G. Diamond of American Bridge, Ernest F. Walton, a broker, and William Leys of B Altman. The wreck was a rear end collision blamed on engineer Frank Wis che’s signals lapse, though others cite tunnel darkness and smoke as contributing factors.
Partial forecast notes fair to moderate temperatures. Indications point to fair tonight and Friday with a continued mild regime.
W E Brice of Beaumont Texas plans a mammoth pipeline 72 miles from Beaumont to Galveston to move Texas oil to the Gulf for delivery to ocean steamers. The plan aims to supply New York Liverpool steamers with fuel oil, reducing coal costs by piping oil to Gulf tankers for transport.
Postal authorities say Des Moines will need the $1,000,000 federal building within about three years. The current site will be bought by government appraisers from Washington. arbitration will be offered if owners refuse a fair price, otherwise condemnation may follow.
Nicholas Paul, an elderly recluse once near Fillmore, vanished for over a year prompting hundreds of searchers. A desert skeleton half buried in southern Utah is believed to be his, with evidence pointing to a trek into Arizona where thirst and delirium led to his death.
Henry Damm 77, a Hoff man farmer near Centralia Illinois, arrives in Detroit as sole heir to his brother John Damm's $150,000 fortune after an intestate death. The finds nephews and nieces had claimed the estate. a Detroit attorney located Henry after a long search, noting his return from years in Detroit.
New York reports Miss Helen Miller Gould will start Thursday on a six weeks pleasure tour with eight young women. They ride at 10 a m from New York Central to St Louis then Kansas City and Galveston to study the city’s hurricane remodel. The trip includes Houston Los Angeles and San Francisco and returns via Chicago with visits to major cities.
Mrs J King and her daughter Miss Katherine King of Niles Michigan took perpetual vows at the Ursuline convent in Springfield Illinois before Vicar General Hickey. The widow followed her daughter two years ago and chose the same life to avoid separation.
ChicagoJanuary 9 500 Democrats at the Jackson day banquet heard Judge E F Dunne warn of rising financial monopolies and a looming new United States bank threatening the republic He urged a need for another Andrew Jackson as a remedy Bryan was absent from the event
In Kokomo Indiana on January 9 two women the sheriff’s wife and Miss Pohlman a domestic stopped a wholesale jail delivery by the Clevenger gang. The prisoners fought back but were driven off and a heavy guard now surrounds the jail. An unknown woman had supplied saws into the jail.
Des Moines Jan. 9 Governor Leslie M Shaw received a cordial invitation from Selden P Spencer of the Sons of the American Revolution in St Louis to be the speaker on Washington's birthday in St Louis. Shaw earlier declined a Feb 22 invitation due to other engagements and is unlikely to accept western speaking invitations this year.
President Jones of the National Stock Yards bank north of East St. Louis says no clue to the robbers has been found. Officials believe experts blew the safe. No tools were left, books undamaged, records intact, and only three thousand five hundred dollars were secured.
The German Foreign Office and people praise Emperor William's request that Miss Alice Roosevelt christen his new yacht. Illustrated papers show portraits of Miss Roosevelt and Washington society coverage highlights a Jan 6 Twelfth Night ball in her honor.
The steamer Bristol, a veteran coast carrier, lies wrecked off Green Island forty miles from Port Simpson. Her captain and six crew members are reported dead, with the ship one of the coast’s oldest heavy carriers.
Senate committee on military affairs adopts a report exonerating Lt Col Henry Heistand in the Manila hemp case. Separate hearings on Governor Otero of New Mexico accuse improper tax levies and salary increases to fund a machine for state plunder, which he denies. He is described as a friend of Roosevelt.
Berlin January 9 The Kaiser is credited with plans to convene an international labor conference in Berlin. The proposal was reported by authoritative sources today.
Jan 9 East St Louis. Night watchman opens fire as two men chisel off rear door lock of Southern Illinois National Bank. Robbers flee. Suspected to be same pair linked to the National Stock Yards bank heist.
John Hess, a shoe maker for Barney Schmidt and lamp lighter for the Muscatine Electric Railway, was riding a horse to light a lamp near the Front street freight house when the horse startled and threw him. He landed on the pavement breaking his right wrist with a dislocation. he rode on briefly before fainting and seeking medical help.
Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis approved Arthur Pue Gorman for the United States Senate. The move follows his political rehabilitation and positions him as a potential 1904 presidential candidate. The Jan 9 caucus saw 64 members present with 61 votes for his election.
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