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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
15
The notice advertises a new stock of spring fabrics including worsted covert cloth for top coats Viennas and whips and suits trousers and vests. It highlights imported and domestic goods in latest patterns and colors with a selection of light-weight woolens for ladies suits skirts or jackets.
James H Cosgrove operates UP-TIDATE TAILOR at 110 East 24th Street offering tailored menswear and alterations with personal fitting services in a downtown location.
The Muscatine network connects with the Burlington and Cedar Rapids Northeastern for Burlington and southbound service, and with the Iowa Central along routes to the east west and north.
Osfontein reports place the Boer left on a kopje and right on the river about four miles from the British line. 5,000 to 6,000 Boers, many wagons, ammunition, and guns left behind after a strategic retreat toward the Free State.
The Court Circular notes the queen’s joy at the relief of Ladysmith under Sir Redvers Buller and Sir George White. The queen and generals exchange telegrams praising endurance and morale among officers and troops. Food supplies also arrive in Ladysmith ending a period of severe shortages and hospital strains. Total casualties since siege began tallied 24 officers and 235 men killed or wounded, plus deaths from disease and other injuries.
The British camp moves to Osfontein as heavy rain aids veldt conditions. Supplies flood in, troops on half rations for two weeks remain in good health. Cecil Rhodes sends champagne from Kimberley for Lord Roberts's health, and Roberts issues a public order praising the soldiers' courage.
Lansing reports the state received $12,000 from Kalamazoo parties as part of a broader effort led by Attorney General Oren to recover $40,000 lost in a fraudulent military supply deal. The case involved Illinois Supply and Henderson-Ames, with bond via Fidelity and Deposit of Baltimore. Further payments, if any, remain uncertain.
About one thousand coal miners in the Centerville Iowa district walked out on Thursday over wage disputes as their yearly contracts expired. They demand a 22 percent raise for the next year while operators offer a 5 percent increase starting April 1, with old scale through March.
Johann Mueller died destitute yet left land rich in iron near Duluth Minnesota. A clergyman foreclosed a mortgage and sold half the property to Carnegie for 200000 dollars, with the other half held for 100000. Heirs in Germany appear amid probate fights that could shift title and the Carnegie option. The case hinges on foreclosure validity and probate actions as claimants challenge the clergyman’s title.
Governor Mount supports enforcement of the weekly wage payment statute amid Republic Iron and Steel plant closures following a state factory inspector suit. He said the law is just and must be enforced to ensure workers receive wages every week.
The Oshkosh health commissioner orders a ban on milk tickets and requires dealers to use non distributing tickets that can be punched for amounts purchased. Officials say the old tickets may transmit disease germs.
A Wheeling source claims a new $1,000,000,000 iron and steel trust will form within six months from April 1, including American Tin Plate, National Steel, American Hoop and Wire, and National Steel Sheet with another large, unnamed concern. The plan shifts from a single trust to regional trusts then full consolidation, excluding Standard Oil and Carnegie interests. John A. Topping to chair temporary officers. The informant expects denial but full verification.
Springfield March 3 A story claims Kentucky Republicans censured Gov Tanner for recognizing Beckham as governor. Tanner, in his sick room, said the legislators erred and should apologize for ignorance. Requisitions are issued in the secretary of state's office, not to the governor personally.
Lady Louisa Madelina Tighes daughter of the Duke of Richmond dies at Woodstock Kilkenny aged 60. Born 1803 she danced at the Brussels ball the night before the battle of Waterloo and girded on the Duke of Wellington sword for the field. Robert Duryea continues to improve at Roosevelt Hospital after a neck injury last August. Dr. Abbe says movement is returning though some limbs remain controlled by will. Chicao Peoria and St Louis railroad Illinois appoints Curtiss Millard general manager with Springfield headquarters.
In Northernon Indiana yesterday Al Fuller and Isaac Powers, a school teacher, fought over a child correction and opened fire on the street. Both men are near death. The item prints an advertisement for Mull’s Lightning Pain Killer and a 10 cent Daily Journal offer.
German American Savings Bank with capital of $60,000 lists officers J. L. Giesler as president J. H. Kaiser as vice president and S. L. Johnson as cashier. Directors include F. H. Little S. M. Batt erson C. A. Mull Albert Baird John Kaiser Gus Schmidt H. W. Juttig J. Scott Blackwell J. L. Kiesler. It conducts general banking pays on real estate or personal security and offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits.
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