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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1903
Page
1
Debris from a cloudburst on Willow Creek floods Heppner washing away homes and killing hundreds. Rescue crews recover bodies amid crates for burials as Governor Chamberlain orders aid. telegraph lines down and relief from nearby towns sought.
The Muscatine hotel and restaurant workers including waiters cooks porters dishwashers chambermaids and all lines of hotel service were organized into a union. District Organizer G J Peck led the effort with seventeen members and a charter sent for today. Officers will be elected after the charter arrives.
Nine miles down the Mississippi a clammer found the body of Mrs Ella H Goodrich. She had jumped from the Muscatine High Bridge the previous night. Coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of death by her own hand. Her husband Ezra Goodrich identified the remains. Funeral set for Greenwood chapel at 10 tomorrow conducted by Dr Beatty.
Chauncey Dewey, a wealthy ranch owner from Chicago, and his two associates are under a preliminary murder charge for the killings of Daniel Perry and his two sons. Troops guard the St Francis court house in Kansas as visitors are searched for weapons. The town of St Francis is crowded with cowboys and settlers amid rising tensions over Dewey’s land acquisitions.
Iowa City June 16 Congressman Martin J Wade of this city was shown to have frozen out the free silver faction in the Johnson county democratic gathering. Delegation instructions to the state convention were postponed until many delegates had to go home and the delegation was subsequently reorganized.
A Chicago report cites a New York correspondent that President Roosevelt and financier J Pierpont Morgan have reconciled and Morgan will not oppose Roosevelt politically. The note signals a thaw in their public differences.
Belgrade honors the new king of Servia with a city illumination after the murder of Alexander. A thanksgiving festival is held as the celebration begins.
Washington Iowa June 16 TheWashington democracy has been reorganized. A solid delegation of reorganizers headed by Mayor Albertson was chosen to oppose reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform despite silver faction pressure.
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Clay Shealy at Seventh and Sycamore streets nearly tore off his third finger while rolling it through a wringer. Dr Beveridge removed the nail and sewed the fingertip back. He is resting comfortably.
Peter Arp, 31, is dead after his family fell ill from eating strawberries in Fairfax. One child is in critical condition and officials call the incident suspicious as they investigate the case.
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Slightly cooler tonight. Sun rises at 4 15, sets at 7 27, moon rises at 11 24 p m.
E J Dougherty president of the Davenport Suburban company has engaged offices in Davenport and expects the engineering head to assume charge of the Davenport to Muscatine interurban line this Wednesday.
Scranton Pa June 16 The United Mine Workers convention endorsed the executive board s election of miners representatives to the board of conciliation averting any strike prospect.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs shown for July and September contracts. Chicago live stock receipts hogs cattle and sheep noted with price ranges and weekly car and regional receipts from Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis and Liverpool market activity included.
In Jackson Kentucky Judge Jim Hargis and Sheriff Calahan testified as key witnesses for the defense of the accused killer. They described seeing Marcum shot from Hargis store across from the court house while Ewen stood near him and Jett and White were in the street.
New Orleans on June 16 reports Miss Hattie A Thomas took laudanum within an hour of her wedding time and died by her own hand. She left a note asking her family to pray for her.
Chicago June 16. The leaders of the waiter and hotel restaurant strike are losing business judgment and the unions are breaking apart as hundreds seek their old jobs back.
William Tippetts of Victory Wisconsin, who killed Ira Shrake on the Musser steamboat on the Mississippi River a couple of months ago, ended his own life near the scene of the murder, according to a La Crosse report dated June 16.
Rome reports the pope’s health is rapidly declining due to extreme feebleness and grief over France’s government crackdown on Catholic associations, undermining his vitality.
Miss Tillie Kahn returning from a social at Mrs. Hannan’s on Fourth Street trod on a man’s feet and legs in a dark doorway. Neighbors alerted police but the intoxicated suspect eluded capture after a neighborhood search.
Mrs. Ella H. Goodrich, an epileptic from 605 Woodlawn Ave, leaped into the Mississippi River after leaving a note for her husband Ezra Goodrich explaining she could not endure further hospital treatment. The body was found miles below. a hat bearing her name confirmed the death by own action.
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