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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1901
Page
1
Mary Clark a 75 year old spinster found dead at 137 Turner street after heat exposure. Police discovered a stash of $890 sewn into heavy corsets worn daily for fear of losing money from a bank. Edward McIntyre involved in extracting the cash.
The report warns of a deadly outbreak spreading rapidly through Amoy Swatow Formosa and Taicang with hundreds dying daily. Authorities impose new pension rules as railway workers face retirement and benefit changes under a sweeping Labor Department order amid the crisis.
July 1 report from Bago states the American Saygoday warns the grey railroad trust will feel the effects of the combination. Thousands of men earning good salaries in rail service may be discharged as competition with other roads grows. A probable consolidation of rail lines in different cities is anticipated.
Chicago reports 90 degrees by 10 am with a citywide heat wave. Prostrations rise in crowded districts as sweltering conditions spread through St. Louis New York and Chicago and other leading centers seeking relief and cooler weather.
The revenue tax ends many levies effective today saving the public about 45 million dollars annually while removing taxes on gum perfumery telegrams and many financial and business papers including bank checks drafts notes and life insurance policies with various listed exemptions and removals.
Four thousand people rushed to purchase tickets for a major San Francisco event on July 1. Authorities expect strong demand and have issued a special ticket for the occasion, with tickets sold across eastern and southern regions.
Fragmentary notice describes a death by own action in Lincoln on Saturday involving a captain formerly in service and his wife. Other scattered lines mention Des Moines, a Mrs. Lalu sent to the state penitent order, and Kennedy hearing emotional remarks in July.
In Waterloo Iowa a Daily Courier correspondent, a prominent Democrat, suggests Mayor P J Martin as a Democratic governor nominee due to executive ability honesty and courage. The article notes Martins blacklist law against habitual drunkards has seen radical enforcement and earned him popularity though he declines to discuss candidacy.
In Chicago on July 1 officials noted a conference planned in the city to shape a national labor consolidation uniting major unions including the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor. The aim is to counter big trusts and steel industry power with a unified labor front. Invitations will go to Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly, and Thomas J. Shaffer among others.
At Gileston parish church Ps Brown-Potter led a ceremonial service with organ and choir as they recited Ode to the Soul causing many in the large congregation to weep. She then performed Ella Wheeler Wilcox's Requiem Ode to Queen Victoria. The innovation drew broad support from a majority of attendees though some had opposed it.
In Aterloo Iowa July 1 Bogardus of this city met with a unique accident Saturday while trimming trees. He tied a rope to a limb and looped it around his neck causing the limb to snap free. He was hanged momentarily but rescued with great difficulty before life could be taken.
Chicago July 1 Mrs Mary Laurer aged 17 and a newly married bride of a month killed herself at her home by swallowing carbolic acid. Her marriage had been opposed by her father John Huebner who swore out a warrant for her arrest.
St Louis endures a severe July heat wave with eight deaths and many prostrations reported. Boston reports an ice cream famine as demand surges amid the hot spell.
Between midnight Saturday and Sunday eleven deaths are directly attributed to heat, with fifteen prostrations also reported. Many children died, burial permits show, eighteen hours produced fifty nine permits, about three quarters for children under four. normal death rate is sixteen.
Isaac Welsh a prominent Methodist citizen of Columbus Junction died at 11 30 this morning aged 75 The funeral will be Tuesday at 7 60 o clock and burial at Martinsburg Rev F W Adams will conduct services He left one daughter and two sons who reside in Colorado He was a leading citizen of Columbus Junction
Ramuel Gompers, injured when he fell from a street car last week, shows improvement this morning in Washington.
A Wall Street rumor claimed a local bank faced financial trouble but the clearing house check cleared all banks as normal, and the claim was discredited.
Des Moines based state superintendent H. H. Abram of the Iowa anti saloon league again pushes restraining actions in Wapello County by filing petitions in the county clerk to enjoin Keb and Eldon saloonkeepers from engaging in business.
A passenger aboard a stern-side section of a Cedar Rapids vessel was involved in an incident reported in local notices. Officials provided initial details and ongoing investigation is underway to determine cause and safety implications.
Buffalo news reports City National Bank failed to open this morning. T. C. Cornwell served as president while several Midway commissioners held accounts with the bank.
Washington D C sees the national government end its connection with sectarian schools in India youth scholarship. Only Hamp ton Initiate remains partly funded by government aid. Abolishing the contract school system ends government support for several formerly excellent institutions, likely delaying replacements of equal standing for years.
The New York heat wave persisted with no relief from storms. By midnight nineteen deaths and twenty prostrations were reported, with eleven deaths on Saturday. City government thermometers showed 88 degrees at noon and 97 degrees by 4 p.m. before cooling later.
Berlin dispatch reports Count and Countess von Waldersee plan a three month visit to the United States starting next May. The countess, formerly Mary Lee of New York, wishes to introduce her husband to her former home and friends.
Rafael Jauer, noted teacher and journalist from Porto Rico, arrived in New York from San Juan with 15 children for schooling but was refused entry. He had ample funds, yet no explanation was provided.
Washington July 1 The new system of free rural mail delivery over all star routes in states north of North Carolina and east of Ohio begins today. Star routes serve distant post offices by foot, horse, wagon, or bicycle from the nearest railroad station. The service, already tested in South Carolina and a few other states, now totals over 5,900 routes covering more than 50,000 miles.
Yesterday set a heat milestone with 97 at the auditorium tower and 102 street level as preparations for Fourth of July casualties mounted. Woodworkers demand 25 cents wage rise or a strike follows while officials enforce new death penalty measures. Patrol driver Samuel Wilson saved a child from a burning building. Dowie criticizes church funding. Trade unionists clash with Fr. Logan on retirement age.
Mt Peasant Iowa July 1 The Iowa Music Teachers Association elected Dr Rommel director of the Conservatory of the Iowa Wesleyan University as its agent His unanimous election followed his prior service as president and his second term is noted as unusual and highly complimentary He spoke on Saint Saens during the program PS 1
Chicago July 1 W C Gross superintendent of the South Side branch of the Wacker Birk Brewing company tried to end his life after facing a charge of being short 1200 in his accounts He stabbed himself with a pocket knife and shot himself in the left breast The knife wounds are reported not serious but the bullet wound could be fatal.
A massive fire destroyed the Boston and Maine railroad storehouse on Piers four and five in Boston this morning. The loss is estimated at 175600 dollars, with coffee, cotton and other merchandise burning. The blaze prompted swift response from fire crews and affected regional railroad operations.
Generally fair and cooler in Chicago with a cooler trend elsewhere. Iowa expected to be generally fair tonight and Tuesday with possible thunderstorms tonight.
Reported events include storms in the Hills. fatalities from a wire accident near Sterling. political shifts with a new Chinese capital plan. advances in naval crews. a Cuban election law outline. health measures in Poughkeepsie and Pekin. a stoppage of pneumatic mail. rising tenement laws. and a local fire inspection case tied to City Hall.
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