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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
1
A nervous English lord realized after a journey that a bridal gift had been left in a taxi. The incident prompted a search through contact details and discussions with the cab company to recover the item.
London dispatch reports Lord Stavordale will marry the Marquis of Londonderry daughter this Saturday. He left jewels in a cab, which the cabman turned to police. Police rules require the finder to receive ten percent of the value, about ten thousand pounds or fifty thousand dollars.
Lake City reports Geo. McCaulley an elderly farmer killed by a bull while driving cattle to feed. Family noticed his prolonged absence, a daughter found his body in the road mangled and remains indicate the bull was the cause. Local authorities and neighbors await details of the accident.
Canton Ohio Jan 23 The Masonic committee of the McKinley National Memorial association canvassing Masonic lodges nationwide from Canton reports strong giving. If current rates continue the fund may surpass contributions of any single organization and attract broad attention among trustees.
Fire at the residence of Mrs Breed er on West Fifth Street in West Liberty Iowa caused by a defective flue. Fire department responded quickly with a large crowd of spectators. damage minimal to the house.
A party of 25 imperial yeomen were attacked by about 150 Boers at Linridespruit today and forced to surrender. Boers suffered six killed and four wounded while British losses were one killed and seven wounded.
A dispatch to the Liberal junta head says Gen Herrera waits at Paraiso for reinforcements to attack Colon. Panama is not to be attacked now. Revolutionists aim to keep government troops on the defensive, believing Colon's fall will cut reinforcements to Panama and put Panama City at risk.
Secretary Long ordered the gunboat Marietta to Colon to protect American lives and property. The Marietta is now at Culebra Island near Porto Rico.
Washington January 23 Congressman Curtis of the house committee on Indian affairs says the urgent deficiency bill will pass today containing an item of 50000 to provide for smallpox cases among the Tama Indians. The measure will pass with no opposition and the Tama Indians will be amply provided for.
St Paul date January 23 petitions for complete pardon of the Younger brothers are being received by the board of pardons. Secretary Martin today received a large stack of petitions and many personal letters from all parts of the state urging the Youngers be granted clemency and allowed to return to their former home in Missouri. Requests include several long petitions from St Paul and Minneapolis.
Paris January 23. It is reported that Don Jaime son of the Spanish pretender is dead at Nice.
Des Moines January 23 Judge Prouty will declare unconstitutional the curative insurance law. It treats policy and stock amounts as debts of insurers and deducts them from assessments. The ruling, due soon, tests Twenty Eighth assembly taxes and may be appealed to the supreme court.
In Menominee Wisconsin on January 22 a record lumber sale was completed by H Witbeck and W Ludington companies selling 89 000 909 feet of white pine to Edward Hines Lumber Chicago. Value exceeds 1 500 900 dollars. The Witbeck cut totals 35 990 000 feet and the Ludington cut 45 000 000 feet with over 800 000 dollars paid for it.
Mrs. B. Morrill married C. A. Morrison in Dawson after a 1500 mile journey from Seattle. She traveled 500 miles by sleigh over the perilous White Pass route where the sleigh overturned near Selkirk, throwing all passengers from the rig except the bride-elect.
William Allen White, famed author and newspaper man from Topeka, is ill and has left Emporia with his family for a rest in Colorado Springs after a grip attack. He has entered a state of nervous prostration and has paused work pending recovery. White rose to prominence with the article "What's the Matter With Kansas?"
A. Dean Cooper, a several times millionaire, was murdered in a fashionable Turkish bath in St. Louis after an early morning assault. Attendant William Strothers, a colored man, is under arrest. Cooper wore diamonds valued at twenty five hundred dollars and a blood stained hammer used in the beating was found hidden in the cellar.
Vienna reports the final wedding ceremony of Arch Duchess Elizabeth concluded this morning. Gifts from her grandfather include a palace a fifty thousand pound annuity plate jewelry a solid gold dinner service and two thousand pounds in investments valued at about half a million pounds.
Night before last seven masked men rode into Santa Rose on the Rock Island extension and robbed the town. They forced townspeople to take three large whiskies, paying $120 for the favors. A pursuing posse tracked them into a canyon and killed three. the remaining bandits escaped.
Thomas Sheridan was arrested in Rock Rapids Iowa charged with malicious mischief after Edwin Tressier reported finding his ice house salted and damaged. Tressier had nearly filled his season ice supply when he discovered the loss and investigators found an empty salt barrel in Sheridan's possession.
Des Moines reports that Jonathan P. Dolliver plans to push a bill in the Senate granting the interstate commerce commission power to set and enforce maximum railroad rates. The measure mirrors a House bill by Representative John B. Corliss of Detroit, chosen to lead the effort in Congress.
A well founded belief says the state will prove the rig used to transport Mabel Schofield’s body to the river on Oct 21, 1899, identified. Thomas’s case was moved to the grand jury after Judge Spurrier appealed, with prosecutors claiming further truth would emerge in evidence.
Washington Jan 23 Democrat Clark of Missouri introduced a joint resolution expressing strong sympathy with the people of the South African republic and the Orange Free State. The measure states Americans are pained by reports of Christian suffering and hopes Great Britain will consider the declaration.
The Mansfield Blair vs Chas Braunworth case continued in court after being mentioned previously. Plaintiff’s counsel J R Hanley led the case for the plaintiff while F M Warner and J C Kammerer represented the defendant. A jury comprised of Henry Kern George Barnes Wm Priester Wm Everharat Andrew Cochran W J Hilton H G Overhouse H S Springer W C Richards J A Eaton L N Derrs and Wm Miller is hearing the matter.
Helena Montana January 23 Mrs Winifred Carroll died at her home at age 104 She was reputed to be the oldest woman in Montana Born in Queen's County Ireland she came to Canada at age 10 and married James Carroll in 1812 He died soon after She had lived with relatives in Helena for twenty years and was well known locally
Dr. William R. Harper president of the University of Chicago in an interview dismisses a claim that John D. Rockefeller would donate twenty six million dollars as false from beginning to end. The remarks respond to a student newspaper story from Morgan Park Illinois dated January twenty third.
Ernst Gutschow manager of the American Tobacco works in San Francisco Judge Bernard Phillips and Rufus Patterson arrived in St. Petersburg to investigate the tobacco industry for American Tobacco company They conferred with La Ferme company which denied the reported purchase to the Americans
Roosevelt signed the bill granting the franking privilege to Mrs McKinley in Washington on January 23.
The Interstate Commerce Commission asked Congress for expanded powers to reach hidden evils beyond existing laws. It denounces rebate practices to packers and agency officials who enable law violations through voucher destruction and book keeping manipulation.
Thomas Morgan, killed by "Kid" Noble, was laid to rest this afternoon with services at 2 from 408 East Fifth Street. Rev. L B Hix led the sermon for family and friends, with music by a quartet and pallbearers named J J Powell, Fred Ruthenberg, George Hartman, Frank Maurath, James Dermidy, and S Lorenzen. Floral tributes included an anchor, a lyre, and a Gates Ajar piece presented by 20 city youths. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery.
Clinton Iowa January 21 1992 invitation from Clinton county bar to Muscatine and Scott county bars to attend a banquet for the bench and bar of the district at the Revere House. Each attendee pays 290 per plate. local bars cover most expenses. Committee on Invitations asks for attendance lists and postence addresses.
Partly cloudy and colder tones sweep Iowa with Chicago dispatch noting partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Forecasters expect colder conditions across the northwest portion on Friday.
James Lane, aged over 60, was sentenced by Judge J R Whitaker in Hardin County District Court to twenty five years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree murder. Lane killed his wife on a farm near Alden and shot at his son in law, who survived despite serious injuries.
Open high low close quotes cover wheat corn oats and pork futures with May and July positions. Hogs receipts 38,000 left 1,678, open weak close 5 to 10 higher. cattle 10,500 steady. sheep 15,000 steady. Car lots: wheat 15, corn 80, oats 199, hogs 38,000. Northwestern and Liverpool reports show mixed gains and clearances.
Revival meetings continued across four Montezuma churches with pastors leading services. Assistants Rev. Hammond of Nassau and Rev. Elliott of Muscatine aided Presbyterian efforts, while Rev. Chambers of Newton preached this week. Several new members already joined as good weather aided the efforts.
Mrs. A N Gogarn of Powell's Point near Munising collected a bounty after killing a 39 pound wild cat that had been prowling the vicinity. She shone a light on the animal's eyes, reentered the house, and with her husband’s rifle shot it through the head.
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