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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
7
A tailoring shop proclaims skill in fine cuts and fabrics to attract discerning customers. It promises perfect three-button frock suits and overcoats with cleaning, repair, and alterations for ladies jackets to current styles.
James H. Cosgrove, a merchant tailor, announces his new shop at 110 South Street, inviting customers to visit for bespoke garments and fittings. The placeholder text reiterates his name and trade.
Gen Bernardo Reyes is sworn in as Mexico’s minister of war succeeding Gen Felipe Berriozabal. Morgan lambasts Nicaragua canal work in Mobile. Ex mayor Cotton Allen dies in St Louis aged 65. burial in Columbus. Nikamarra schooner crew killed by cannibals on Admiralty Island. victims eaten. Hilo rebels threaten to resist plague controls. Chinese emperor abdication shocks Japan with talk of Russia’s role. Carnegie blamed for Bryan fund, Carnegie denies it.
Col Louis Strassburger of Detroit collapsed and died from apoplexy at the post office. A Maryland native, he served on three Maryland governors staffs and spent 14 1/2 years in the Confederate army after enlisting at age 13. He later held roles as Baltimore commissioner and city councilor and was active in Baltimore business circles.
Washington January 27 The House devoted most of its Friday session to eulogies for the late Vice President Hobart praising his public service. The conference report on the census bill was adopted and a Manila cable repair bill was debated but not passed. A proposed constitutional amendment would empower Congress to create corporations for interstate commerce including railroads telegraphs and transportation.
R G Dun reports varied early 1899 activity across industries. Woolen makers show record weekly transactions while other lines face reduced new orders. Boot and shoe orders rise with shipments up 16 percent from 1895. Iron and steel prices ease but scarce billet remains tight. Cotton demand moderate as India scarcity and new southern spindles boost consumption, with cotton prices firm at open market levels.
Washington reports detail House actions on Mr. Roberts salary and mileage allowances with doubts over appropriations. The Interstate Commerce Committee revisited the Nicaragua canal bill, revising the funding to 140 million total and enabling private or government roles in the project. Wagner Swayne spoke for private cable construction and operation.
Cedar Rapids, Jan. 27. H. M. Day, who rose from Civil War private to brigadier general through notable bravery, died Friday of heart trouble at age 74. He was a prominent figure in Grand Army circles.
In Hurley Wisconsin on the Superior mine west of town a timber collapse on the eighth level killed Fred Lind Victor Fredrick son and Walter Grazesky. Charles Nidterbach and Joseph Ename were injured and Ename may die.
Mrs John D Rich, a Chicago woman who surrendered to Mexico to face murder charges in Juarez from last May, was found guilty by a Mexican court on Friday and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
The report notes four week export figures with Western receipts at 10.98 million bushels and Atlantic exports at 7.74 million, with Pacific gains to 8.31 million. Corn exports total 13.48 million as American food remains in demand abroad, while cash corn prices drift lower. Bradley’s business note highlights woolen and dry goods strength, mild weather depressing retail trade, and lumber stock trends. The iron trade shows buyers and sellers divided, with steel in demand and limited raft and structural material.
Fire at Angora Manufacturing in Philadelphia destroys a four story brick mill and injures several workers as panicked women jump from windows. Lizzie Blackburn, 17, is missing and believed dead in the ruins. origin suspected from an overheated bearing. Loss estimated at about 150000 dollars.
Frankfort Kentucky January 27 Governor Tay lor pardoned John Dung who was convicted in Mount Sterling 15 months ago of manslaughter and sentenced to two years. Dung is the son of ex Congressman John D Young.
London reports Gen Buller confirms Warren's garrison abandoned Spion Kop after a night withdrawal. Casualties tallied for January 24 include officers and men, with Col. Buchanan Riddell among the dead. Reactions note a depressing sense of failure while Britain plans to mobilize the Fourth Cavalry Division for South Africa.
The Mine Workers and Operators joint scale committee in Indianapolis reported a narrowed gap with no concessions yet. Illinois miners threaten a strike to block restoration of screens and the double standard, while Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania miners back Illinois.
Marcus C. Smith former Muncie mayor for ten years and longtime public servant died Friday at age 76. He served in the Indiana House and Senate and devoted retirement to charity work for the county orphan home free kindergartens and the industrial school with his wife. His father Oliver H. Smith was a U.S. senator from Indiana in the 1800s.
Chairman Hernly of the republican date committee reports, after telegraphic talks with state committee members, that the state convention will be held in Indianapolis on April 25 and 26. Earlier dates conflicted with the G A R state encampment and the prohibition convention, both on the same dates.
State Railway Commissioner Rice says the C M and St P will construct a new line to West Superior in the coming season. Terminals and route have been surveyed and the line will cross Bayfield Burnett Polk and Douglas counties starting in spring.
Montreal January 27 report says the Dominion police have no knowledge of the location of Miller the Franklin syndicate manager of New York and that no US authorities have made representations to them on the matter.
Beloit Wisconsin January 27 Albert Dennis Burns a college senior and prominent student drowned while skating on Rock River Thursday his body recovered He was 25 years old and his parents reside at Sweetwater Indiana
Indianapolis, Ind announces that the United Mine Workers will hold its convention and the interstate conference of operators and miners will meet there next year, signaling a major labor gathering in the city.
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