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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
12
The Muscatine Journal lists subscription options with annual carrier delivery at 6.20 and tri weekly service on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays payable in advance. Orders may be placed by postal card or telephone 27 with remittances by mail express or money order to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
The piece argues Republicans will force the expansion issue, sidelining free silver and trusts. It claims public interest has moved beyond free trade, notes U S gains in territory and world power, and cites China trade access and a currency settlement as progress. It predicts broad support for expansion and a global market stance.
William R. Merriam discusses the 1900 census method in the January North American Review. He notes an act placing responsibility on line officers, outlines a two year result plan for population, vital statistics, agriculture, and manufacturing, and compares expected gains to 1890 and 1850 figures.
The Chicago Drover's Journal notes sheep farming shows rapid gains with many West investors entering the market. It warns of possible overstocking and advises novices to gain practical experience beyond books before expanding.
The Fairfield Ledger reports the vacant federal judgeship, created by Judge Woolson's death, will be filled by a vote of the Congress members residing in Iowa's southern district.
A New York Sun two column article describes the ruinous effects of whisky on Indigenous peoples in British America. Traders adulterated liquor and exchanged it for furs, causing physical and moral devastation including murders and massacres. The piece condemns the liquor trade as a corrupt civilizational force.
An editorial argues prohibition based on economics citing Carroll D. Wright that each $1 of saloon revenue imposes $21 in costs. It frames the saloon as a costly burden on the community and questions whether the century will adopt a higher economic view.
Carroll Herald notes developments in the Des Moines senatorial contest recalling James Whitcomb Riley’s mock tribute to John Henry. The exchange suggests a rugged toughness yet weariness, with lines about old John Henry and rheumatic stiffness, shoes and hair as symbols of the candidate’s grinder image.
Robert T. Lincoln son of Abraham Lincoln and Norman B. Ream will receive 425000 as executors of the George M. Pullman estate. Judge Batten of the probate court entered the order January 5. All heirs consented that the compensation is not too high. It is the largest fee ever awarded in the nation for such service.
The Clarinda Herald weighs the newspaper’s role in society. Some publishers push for feeding popular taste and sensationalism while others argue for guiding public opinion and upholding truth and ethics, beyond mere financial success.
Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Bradford urged government built Pacific cable from San Francisco to Luzon with Midway Guam and Yokohama spur, cost about 10 million dollars. Senate and House committees push to build the Nicaraguan canal under American control with Hepburn bill authorizing 140 million.
A compilation notes editorials criticizing mulet law saloon taxes and tax burdens on the poor while praising or critiquing political figures. It references Algona Upper Des Moines Wilton Advocate Review Carroll Herald Waterloo Courier and Governor Shaw addressing wages trusts and state policy.
A suspect was accommodated, a warrant issued and served at once, and a guilty plea entered.
Henry Negus of Springdale was doing business in town Tuesday. Mrs. L. A. Baird and Miss Laura Wright remain very sick with typhoid fever. Vore and Gibson move their meat market to new rooms in the Harris building on Calhoun street. Cattle from Barclay, Thompson, and Crookston Bros. shipped to an experiment station in the west. Unpleasant weather and bad street crossings. Electric light committee wrapping steam pipes with asbestos, Eli Elliott contractor.
The Advertiser notes Tipton plans three saloons each to pay 2200 dollars annually. Attorney A T Wheeler prominent Clinton Democrat dies of paralysis at 75. Grant club Des Moines aims Indiana Senator Beveridge to deliver annual Grant birth day address. Des Moines man jailed to avoid drink tempts seeks ten days jail to sober up.
A young woman forced into a distant town for work finds meals in silence harmful to health. The doctor urges the hostess to break the chill at the head of the table, or the dyspepsia will persist. The piece argues a hostess should foster cheer and kindness at mealtimes. S. H. Green.
The article notes a dress similar to corsets worn in Germany and France by the thirteenth century, featuring whalebone steel rods and plates to conceal flaws and enhance form. It was discarded during the French Revolution as Greek dress rose, replaced by a smooth fitting under waist.
The piece recalls the first weddings to occur at the White House listing Miss Todd tied by marriage to President Madison, followed by Elizabeth Tyler wife of John Tyler, John Quincy Adams Jr and Miss Easton and Miss Lewis, then Martha Monroe Nellie Grant Emily Platt niece of Hayes and finally President Cleveland.
A compact quip notes a barber can steady another man who cannot steady himself, highlighting craft and steadiness in a quick, witty image.
The Lexing ton, the Carr line steamer from Charleston W Va, sank after striking the lock wall near Leary while racing the Argand. The Argand aided by taking aboard passengers and crew. The Lexington appears to be a total wreck.
New Orleans January 17 The American mule must be vaccinated before enlistment in British army service in South Africa. The admiralty has ruled this decree final. Seventy five to a hundred perhaps more mules died of glanders or a similar disease after landing in Africa.
Fort Worth Texas hosts the third annual convention as delegates gather for the National Live Stock Association of the United States. After greetings several addresses of welcome the president’s annual address was delivered by J. W. Springer. Attendance is estimated near five thousand.
Taylorville report says Fred Sibeley was found guilty of complicity in the murder of Mrs. Jane Brunot near Paris last summer and received a life sentence. His counsel has filed a motion for a new trial.
The Saratoga, historic frigate and schoolship for the Pennsylvania nautical school, sails from Philadelphia on its annual winter West Indies cruise. Seventy boys participate, including 25 new recruits, on the voyage.
William Newman, a Black man, was hanged in the county courthouse yard at 10:30 this morning for the murder of his mistress Alice Warner alias Van Horn. Death resulted from strangulation.
The remark by Geo. T. Angell asserts that instilling mercy through school literature will reach the roots of cruelty and crime. It emphasizes education as a preventive force influencing behavior and social change.
Ex congressman David G Colson shot and killed Ethelbert Scott and Luther Demaree and wounded B Golden in Frankfort Kentucky. The feud between Colson and Scott, rooted in Army days, sparked the killings. Demaree and Golden were bystanders and were shot by accident. Charles Julian died later from shock and loss of blood, the third death.
United States Senator James H. Gear was formally elected by the Iowa legislature to succeed himself. The house vote was 73 to 33 in the senate 33 for Gear and 14 for Fred White in the senate and 18 in the house for White. A joint assembly will vote Wednesday to sign certificates by the governor in joint meeting.
The Kentucky court of appeals nullified Gov. Taylor s appointments of W. H. Mackay and A. M. J. Cochran as election commissioners and enjoined them from acting. Democratic commissioners Poyntz Fulton and Yontz will hear contests of minor state officers with judges Guify Bure nam and Durille dissenting on party lines.
Gov Lon V Stephens and Attorney General Crow depart St Louis for Washington to seek a Supreme Court injunction against Chicago and its drainage canal trustees to prevent discharging sewage into the Mississippi River.
Danbury Connecticut January 17 reports that leading manufacturers in Danbury Reading and other hat centers agreed to boost wool hat prices by 75 cents per dozen on cheap grades and proportionally on higher qualities due to the rapid rise in wool prices.
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 17 the election of Blackburn as senator was duplicated in both houses due to a legal question about the prior Tuesday’s vote. Proceedings and vote matched the earlier ballot.
Found hanging to a tree near Henning Tennessee is Anderson Gause a Black man suspected of aiding the escape of the Giierly brothers who recently killed two officers near Ripley Tennessee The incident points to a racial lynching in the area.
A telegram from Graysville Tennessee reports the death there of Mrs S M J Henry in pneumonia. She served as a national evangelist for 25 years with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union based in Battle Creek Michigan.
Steamship Danube reports from Victoria that a large portion of Dawson Alaska’s business section was destroyed by fire. Losses are expected to exceed $500000.
The article traces lighting candles from ancient Greeks and Romans using papyrus and rush torches to medieval Europe. It notes English practice of fat soaked splints, then dipped tallow and wax candles in the 14th century, with wax candles becoming costly luxuries and a London wax candle company founded in 1484. Mold candles credited to Sieur Le Brez of Paris.
A mother participates in a spelling game with her children after a glove cleaning session. They challenge her to think of a household liquid starting with A and ending with A. The children shout pneum on ia as the punny answer.
Twelve average tea plants produce one pound of tea, indicating typical yield per planting.
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