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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
1
London residents notice better signs as doctors report the king’s condition improving. A couch move and brief interviews with his children come amid renewed hope for a September coronation. Public mood shifts from worry to cautious optimism.
A large Des Moines mass meeting of laboring men backed the telephone girls in their wage and union recognition dispute with the companies. A resolution proposing city purchase of the Mutual Telephone company was tabled after opposition as socialist, by a wide vote.
Andrew Walters nine of Houghton Mich attempted to lasso a horse in Wild West style. He used a rope with a noose and a hook on the other end. The hook caught in a shoe and the horse dragged him two miles into St Joseph where he died minutes after being freed.
A new world leading cotton mill project near Kansas City will invest ten million dollars, with 3.1 million subscribed. W. B. Smith Whaley from Olympia and Granby Mills in Columbia South Carolina will serve as president and general manager. The facility will house 500000 spindles and 12000 looms, employ 4000 workers, and support a yearly payroll of 2450000 dollars. Output targets include 170000 bales of cotton and 75000000 pounds of finished cloth, with annual value around 12750000 dollars.
In Burlington Iowa on June 30 John Hendershott a 19 year old prisoner charged with horse stealing killed fellow inmate William Trent by slicing his throat from behind with a razor as Trent played cards. Trent had run a sanitarium and the killer is suspected of feigning insanity.
Chicago dispatch reports Mrs. Carrie Nation, famed reformer with the hatchet, has joined John Alexander Dowie and claims to be engaged to lecture in his interests across Kansas. She says Dowie is the reincarnated prophet and that she has received healing gifts by laying on of hands.
A forest fire in the Tuolumne mountains endangers the famous Tiolumne Big Tree growth. Caused by a government surveying party neglecting signal fires, embers swept by wind and a five mile line of fire spreads toward Big Tree Grove.
Six crew members are believed lost after the steamer George Dunbar sank in a Sunday gale on Lake Erie near Sandusky. Captain John W. Little two women and a sailor were rescued reaching Kelley’s Island. The incident occurred early Sunday morning.
Widespread wet weather moves eastward from the Rockies soaking the country. Heavy rains affect travel and daily life as moisture blankets regions from the central states to the Atlantic coast.
Chicago reports a days long storm belting the nation from Rockies to Alleghenies. Illinois to Pennsylvania suffer 1 2 inch rains with rail lines washed out and basements flooded. Forecaster Cox warns continuing rains threaten crops and livelihoods across the Mississippi valley and Midwest.
Washington June 30 Uncle Sam has had a good year. The treasury expects a surplus for the twelve months of nearly 90 million dollars despite large appropriations and war expenses in the Philippines. June alone added about 13 million to the gains. Secretary Shaw says prosperity is so strong that tax cuts seem to change little in government income.
Chicago workers uncover a long abandoned den at West Van Buren and Halsted where 15000 dollars in fake coins and currency and a full counterfeiters kit were stored behind a sealed brick wall. Police guard the secret chamber to prevent a mob from looting the chamber.
A street car carrying summer garden visitors jumped a track on a curve near Denver injuring eleven passengers, several seriously, as it returned to the city on June 30.
Washington on June 30 announced the decision to dispatch a U.S. warship to Hayti to safeguard American lives and property as the revolution progresses and threatens the area.
Partly cloudy with possible showers Tuesday and tonight in the west portion. Warmer Tuesday, with indications extending to Iowa. Chicago dispatch notes a mild, unsettled outlook for the area.
In Logansport Indiana on June 30 John Black a Burlington saloonkeeper who sold to church members now rents his former bar room and operates a butcher shop. The community supports him heavily and he makes good money while remaining on good terms with church people who previously dynamited his saloon.
Senator Foraker of Ohio remains gravely ill after being carried home from the temporary White House with peritonitis. Doctors report the ailment serious and uncertain as rumors swirl about his condition.
Washington June 30 Senator Elkins addressed the senate on his resolution to annex Cuba. He said the plan would only apply if Cuba takes the initiative and that the annexation serves the interests of both nations.
Sterling Illinois June 30 Henry Canfield of Morrison shot his wife and then killed himself at age 75 wife 70 after fifty years of marriage. Neighbors say the couple had estrangements with Canfield jealous of his wife who appeared young and lively while he was old and infirm.
Evansville Indiana June 30 A weekend tornado near St Wendel killed three people identified as Clarence Goedde Andy Goedde and Christ Laugel. Several others were badly wounded and continued to be treated.
Alex Robertson surrendered to police and confessed taking ninety thousand dollars from Wells Fargo Bank in Salt Lake City where he was the paying teller. Authorities believe two accomplices aided in the theft.
Washington June 30 The senate and house leaders agreed to adjourn Congress at 3 tomorrow. Adjournment was planned for today but could not enroll the Philippine bill in time.
Chicago markets show all cereals advancing with corn up to 72½ cents and oats at 46½ cents. Wheat climbs to 7454, hogs 5 to 10 cents higher and cattle up 10 cents amid extensive rainfall across western farms, cool weather, and discouraging prospect.
Washington dispatch notes large share of House members renominated despite adjournment. Reached home districts through frequent trips and consultations with local leaders to identify weak areas. District reports show no immediate danger to the administration party, with improved prospects apart from areas with local factional fights.
Washington reports no information has reached the War Department about four American school teachers missing since June 10 after leaving Cebu Philippines for a day outing. The men are Clyde O. France Marlboro Stark county Ohio Ernst Hager Philadelphia L A Thomas and John E Wells Providence R I.
The account details several scuffles on Saturday night. A East Second street saloon fight left a man with a cut face from a beer glass. A separate street altercation waned without police reports. A boat quarrel ended with a man being ejected and a loss of clothing. Harry Morgan punched a man at Silver Grill and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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