Panama Route Favored For Isthmians Canal Passage
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
1
Final Vote by Isthmian Canal Bill Dominates Senate Week
The Isthmian canal legislation will occupy the senate all next week with a final vote likely on the 18th. Indications point to a majority for the Panama route. In the house the Corliss bill for government construction of the Pacific cable will consume the week. The house may also vote to allow arid states to use part of public land sale funds for irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Corliss
Rowe Heads Illinois Republican Committee Unopposed
Chicago June 7 The Republican state committee plans a Saturday meeting at the Great Northern to elect officers for two years and organize for the campaign. Rowe is expected to be re elected chairman with no known opposition. Congressman Hopkins and William Lorimer defer to Governor Yates on the chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Lorimer
Chicago
Republican State Committee
Great Northern Hotel
Rowe
William Lorimer
Yates
Lawyers Clash in Omaha Courtroom Fist Fight
In Omaha on a June Friday Judge Estill's Equity court saw a fist fight between attorneys John O. Yeiser and John T. Cathers as Yeiser questioned Cathers who grew irate under the cross examination. Jurors left their seats as the clash unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Estill
Equity Branch
District Court
John O. Yeiser
John T. Cathers
Cathers
Yeiser
Four Remains Unearthed From Lime Bed in Durand Ravine
In Durand a ghastly find occurred when the high water washed away dirt and part of a lime bed in a ravine. Reuben Weise reported the lime and led to the discovery of four skulls and other remains stored in a box roughly twelve by five by five feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Falls
Ill
Durand
Reuben Weise
Strike Expands Across Coal Regions Headed by Mitchell
Wilkesbarre and Shamokin report massive coal strikes affecting 170000 men in anthracite and bituminous regions. President Mitchell to oversee campaigns from Wilkesbarre as mobs clash with authorities and non union workers. Women join action. police disperse rioters amid attacks on non union men at Bliss Colliery. The president declines intervention citing repeal of 1888 law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
New York
Wilkesbarre
Coal and Iron Police
New French Cabinet Announced Under Premier Combes
Paris reports a new cabinet formed by M. Combes was officially announced. Combes serves as premier and interior minister, with Debcassee remaining as foreign affairs minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Combes
Combes
Debcassee
Tornado Lashes Carroll County Illinois Heads Toward Thompson
A second disastrous tornado in three years struck Carroll County Illinois yesterday. A storm from the southwest moved east of Thompson, causing about 25000 dollars in damage and killing livestock. No injuries reported as telephone lines fell. Chadwick also suffered flood and bridge washouts from a cloudburst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll
Destructive Mt Pelee eruption hits Martinique
Fort de France reports a far worse eruption of Mt Pelee than feared. A seismic tremor shook the territory and stones rained five miles west into the sea with additional falls at Grand Anse. A large town four miles from Fort de France has been totally destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de France
Mt. Pelee
Grand Anse
Wreck on Suburban Wreck Claims Five Injured
A Missouri Pacific train collided with a suburban line electric car in a morning crash in St. Louis. About twenty were injured, five of whom were dying heads reported before updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
President Signs Bill for Muscatine Public Building Site
Colonel J. H. Munroe of Muscatine Iowa reports that the president signed the public building bill, approving a $15,000 appropriation for a Muscatine site. The telegram from Washington, D C dated June 7 confirms the action and credits J N W Rumple with the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Muscatine
J. H. Munroe
Washington, D. C
Commercial Club
Iowa
Collision in Duluth Harbor Claims 17 Lives
A morning harbor collision in Duluth Minnesota between the whaleback Wilson and the steamer Hadley resulted in the deaths of 17 crew members aboard the Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Wilson
Hadley
Golfers at Chicago to Have a Merry Day of It
Chicago on June 7 hosts the annual golf burlesque at Midlothian Country Club. Old silk hats and butlers’ pantry stock are to be used for costumes as players reenact the “cottagers” versus “clubhousers” clash. The event, first staged last year, drew laughter and will be repeated this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midlothian Country Club
Midlothian
Cclubhousers
Superintendent Held Guilty in Teacher Exam Questions
Indiana official Frank Jones accuses a county superintendent of selling teachers exam questions to Joseph Hall, who was arrested yesterday. Jones says the county official is guilty and will be prosecuted, Hall likely to be released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Frank Jones
Joseph Hall
Hall
Court Martial Recommendations For Chicago Officers
The War Department reports a court of inquiry on the cruiser Chicago crew arrested in Venice for fighting. It recommends court martial for Lieut John Doddridge Capt Robert Wynne and Assistant Surgeon Robert Leabetter, and that no further action be taken against Cadet James Kress or Private Wilfred Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Navy Department
Chicago
Venice
John Doddridge
Robert Wynne
Robert Leabetter
James Kress
Wilfred Langley
President Roosevelt Calvary Ride Through Storms
Washington reports President Roosevelt enjoys daily horseback rides in all weather. Two iconic excursions mark his rides: a twenty mile canter with Prince Henry and a tour for French visitors ending in a Virginia Maryland storm. The president, his daughter Miss Roosevelt, Theodore Jr, and staff endured thunder, rain, and wind as they continued the cavalcade amid splendor and rain soaked uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Prince Henry
Rochambeau
Virginia
Maryland
Miss Root
Brugiere
Admiral Fournier
Root
Senator Lodge
Miss Roosevelt
Theodore
Three Victims of Cyclone Near Rensselaer Ind
A cyclone ripped through the north part of the county Friday afternoon, leaving a 200 yard wide path and killing Alexander Leach and his wife and child of Virgie. The storm swept a sparsely settled area, limiting further fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Ind
Alexander Leach
Virgie
Lumberman Indicted Over Glasgow Stand Collapse
London reports a sensational development in the Brock Park disaster inquiry. Alexander McDougal, a lumberman, is indicted for faulty construction of the stand that collapsed during the Glasgow football match on April 5, killing twenty one and wounding 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brox Park
Glasgow
Alexander McDougal
SAVED FROM ELEPHANT RAGE A man rescued from Tops in New York story
In Brooklyn the elephant Tops killed a tormentor recently after he teased the beast with a stick in Poughkeepsie Louis J. Dondeere attempted to tickle Tops ears the elephant hurled him grabbed his waist and held him aloft before dropping him as a keeper arrived to intervene Notes show the animal had previously killed a tormentor in Brooklyn and saved another man from a similar fate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tops
Brooklyn
Poughkeepsie
Louis J. Dondeere
Dondeero
Tos
Strikers Liable for Damages in Indianapolis Case
Judge Baker suggests a civil suit by Rockwood Manufacturing Company to recover damages from striking workers. The plant cites assaults and intimidation of non union workers as bases for claims. Under Baker's rulings, property owned by strikers could be subject to execution if a judgment is won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Indianapolis
Rockwood Manufacturing Company
Human Battery Claimant Detained in Washington
A colored man named R. B. Allen of Hicksville Ohio was arrested at the White House in Washington D C He claimed to be a human battery and the sole communicator with the U S Army saying he brought the army in balloons He will be held for a sanity investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
R. B. Allen
Hicksville
Ohio
Army of the United States
Twain at wheel and ship christening on river voyage
Mark Twain served at the pilot wheel for the last time on the Mississippi as the Countess de Rochambeau christened the craft with the name of the renowned Missourian during a Louisiana river excursion in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Countess de Rochambeau
Louisiana
Butchers Summoned by Jury in New Orleans Beef Trust Inquiry
A federal grand jury ordered subpoenas for every retail butcher in New Orleans to appear Monday with all books papers and correspondence to testify about operations of the alleged beef trust. The goal is to show uniform prices among packers and that price hikes by one firm led others to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Nauiry
Federal Grand Jury
Kaiser to See Dutch Queen on Rhine Route
Emperor William announced plans to meet Queen Wilhelmina at Niederwesel on the Rhine as she travels to Castle Schaumburg in the Lahn valley for convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
William
Wilhelmina
Niederwesel
Rhine
Castle Schaumburg
Lahn
Colored churchmen revolt over discrimination in Sunday school convention
Denver representatives of colored churches vote to stay away from the International Sunday School Convention in Denver. They notify colored delegates nationwide not to attend unless an order restricting them to a section of the church is withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Fire in Prudential Building Causes 170000 Damage
A fire at the Prudential building on Sixth street in Pueblo Colorado caused 170000 in damage. Fire crews fought the blaze through the day and prevented further spread to adjacent structures. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puebla
Colo
Prudential
Sixth Street
Santos-Dumont Quits London Airship Plans
Santos-Dumont left London for Paris signaling he abandons any flights with his air ship in London this summer. The move ends his aerial project in the English capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos-Dumont
England
London
M. Santos-Dumont
Paris
Aeronaut
Botha and Men Surrender Pretoria Today
Former South African leader General Botha and allied forces surrender in Pretoria this afternoon, ending weeks of resistance amid negotiations and Allied pressure. The capitulation marks a turning point in the campaign around the capital with implications for the regional front.
Boers Surrender at Heidelberg and Disperse Homeward
Commandant Botha and eight hundred Boers surrendered at Heidelberg, then dispersed to their homes after a hearty dinner. British reports say more commanders may disperse without formal surrender as peace brings rejoicing in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Botha
Heidleburg
London
Kitchener
Only Five Prisoners Guarded by Lonesome Sheriff
Sheriff J D Stuart keeps five prisoners under close watch and bound over to the next grand jury meeting in September. Three are youths charged with attempting to enter an express car on the midnight train. one with holding a man up. and Bird who shot Kolimon in the hand. City police report quiet conditions with few arrests and dismissals for cost savings. Only two arrests occurred this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Stuart
Noble
Young McCroskey
Bird
Kolimon
FIGHTH VICTIM OF MAD DOG
Ole Crae adick of Webster City Iowa the eighth victim of the Ellsworth mad dog scare was taken to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago last night John Olson the first victim has died and six others are at the institute for treatment Indications for Iowa are generally fair tonight and Sunday cooler tonight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Ole Craeadick
Ellsworth
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
John Olson
Institute For Treatment
Great Assembly for Naval Practice in Caribbean
Orders issued to North and South Atlantic and European squadrons to assemble a fleet for the greatest naval maneuvers in U.S. history. Ships listed include Kearsarge Massachusetts Iowa Illinois Alabama Indiana Brooklyn and more with ulterior support vessels. Admiral Higginson Sumner Crowninshield receive progressive drill orders and sailing readiness targets through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Atlantic
Carribbean Sea
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
Iowa
Ilinois
Alabama
Indiana
Brooklyn
Maine
Olympia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Albany
Chicago
San Francisco
Newark
Atlanta
Detroit
Montgomery
Nashville
Marietta
Sumner
Bahia
Brazil
Crowninshield
Gibraltar
Cape de Verde Islands
Britain waives sovereignty over Transvaal for Boer delegates
The Birmingham Post reports that due to age and infirmities the British government has waived sovereignty over the Transvaal and guaranteed Boer delegates in Europe safe conduct home to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham Post
Chamberisin
Transvaal
Europe
South Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama
Nal
Thi Sih
Pacific
Cable and Irrigation Matters
Pacific Cable
Morgan
Day
Mitchell
J. P. Morgan
Bliss Collery
of Interior
Illinois
Carroll
Rey
Duluth, Minn
Echo OF Glasgow
White House
Rochambeau Party
Kaiser
Pueblo
Akt
Stuart
Bastile
Fighth
Great Assembly For Naval Practice
Krugger
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