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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
2
Four armed men robbed Dennis A Foster, ticket agent at the South Side Elevated, of 70 dollars early yesterday. They forced the agent to keep quiet as they searched the station and cut the telephone line, then escaped as police rounded up nine suspects within three hours.
Washington reports Germany may violate treaties by restricting American consuls access to commercial information in Dusseldorf. If confirmed, Washington would demand Germany honor 1871 and 1828 treaties granting consular privileges. The issue centers on equal immunity under the most favored nation clause. A separate note states Sioux City police have arrested Jack McCrystal for John Robson murder, suspecting robbery as motive.
Chicago reports a collision between two Illinois Central freight trains at Junction C near Broadview Illinois injuring twenty two men. A broken coupling pin caused the rear train to collide with the leading one. two cars burned including a day coach with stockmen aboard. Several injured men are listed with various fractures and head injuries. two may die.
Marion county Republicans held a convention in Indianapolis on March 6. Resolutions backed McKinley and war outcomes, pledging the flag over all possessions. Delegate W W Thornton sought to offer a resolution denouncing the Porto Rican tariff bill, but the motion to table passed.
Milwaukee suffers the season's worst blizzard with eight inches of snow and heavy wind. Streetcar traffic is slowed, lines stay open only via snow plows, and steam trains run ten minutes to an hour late. LaCrosse reports eight inches in 24 hours and a sharp temperature drop as trains and streetcars struggle to operate.
Rev. A B Church of the Universalist church in Akron advocates radical funeral reforms. He favors burying the dead in shrouds without coffins and eliminating hearses to cut costs and reduce atmospheric contamination from gases.
London report from Southampton describes Private O Leary who was headshot at Colenso. The bullet lodged in the brain leaving him speechless blind and paralyzed before Sir William MacCormac removed brain tissue and the bullet and he has since regained most senses.
Indianapolis reports Barbara Gerstner adopted by A J Gerstner married Fred Brooks an Mormon elder in Salt Lake City. Gerstner says he guards against elders enticing his son. Andrew Jansen cites thirty converts already secured here. Also note proposed Philippines liquor ban and Iowa Democratic sweep with seven aldermen.
Washington notes say the U S government sees little to gain from remonstrances over Germanys meat bill as it discriminates against American imports, while officials quietly prepare retaliatory measures by gathering evidence on German wine adulteration and other trade barriers.
William Powers, night watchman at Mullan Idaho, testifies before the House Military Committee about military actions in the Coeur d Alene district during labor troubles. He cites arrests without charges, terror by soldiers, and spying on homes, with mixed conduct by those in the bull pen.
General Otis cables a Manila dated March 5 describing 2200 American troops landing on San Miguel bay fronts in Camarines to advance on Nueva Caceres. Colonel Godwin reports 64 enemy dead, several wounded, 18 Spanish prisoners, 30 rifles, and captured insurgents with Nueva Caceres found practically deserted.
Police Magistrate Mott held Olga Nethe sole Hamilton Revelle Marcus Mayer and Theodore Moss for trial on presenting an immoral play Sapho at Wallack's theatre. Bail set at 500 dollars each.
Over 4,300,000 in India receive famine relief as leaders return safely to Washington from New York. A proposed 25 round bout between Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons is set for next August. Cliff House in Waukegan Illinois burns causing $10,000 loss. W. Cairns found dead in Ellsworth Wisconsin street. Mrs Burge in La Crosse gives birth to triplets. Bank of France aids England with gold amid Transvaal war. One Yale freshman has smallpox exposure. six others isolated. Pontiac Man itoba gains 15,000 American settlers this year.
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