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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
1
The report notes limited Cuban sugar imports and reduced domestic holdings as key factors shaping the current sugar market. Prices show cautious movement amid ongoing supply uncertainties affecting buyers and traders.
President Havemeyer of the sugar trust testified before the senate Cuban relations committee. He stated the trust owns about ten days of Cuban sugar and denied plans to buy or control a large portion of the Cuban sugar crop.
Rev. Charles S. Olmstead was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado in St. John's Cathedral Denver amid long ceremony with bishops and clergy. It was the first such ceremony in the Rocky Mountain region following the late Bishop Spalding.
Galesville Wisconsin May L. Tom Thunder a Winnebago chief is alive and furious over reports of his accidental drowning in the Mississippi. He arrived in fair health and rejects the sensational notices published nationwide.
Chicago May 1 beef on the hoof drops by 15 to 30 cents while dressed beef prices hold. The government attorney remains reticent on when a bill against packers will be filed, though District Attorney Betha said a bill may go to Attorney General Knox for approval before filing.
Attorney General Mullan has sent an opinion to the State Auditor Merriam stating that the federal bond holdings of national, state or savings banks cannot be deducted from the assessment base for taxation of the banks' stock.
Springfield Illinois May 1 Work in the Springfield and Chicago and Alton subdistricts of the Illinois Mining field was practically suspended today Five thousand men and 45 mines are idle The chief cause of the strike is the refusal of the operators to furnish men to operate a double shift.
In Peking on May 1 the southern viceroys recommend Wu Ting Fang, China’s minister to Washington, for appointment as head of the new bureau of foreign laws.
Des Moines reports confirm Will Bass, age seven, was killed when he fell inside an electric plant. The boy, sole support of a large family, was near the facility today as a fall or accident is suspected to have caused his death.
A convention of the International Laborers' Union began in Chicago as the new body, formed at Scranton last December, grows to about 10,000 members across fourteen states. It targets common laborers in large cities while organizing all trades in small towns with trade autonomy, counting teachers and preachers among its members.
E. E. Thomas and his brother David were digging a deep well on their mother's farm five miles southwest of Mediapolis when the earth caved in. E. E. Thomas suffocated before rescue could reach him, and he died an hour after burial.
Wheeling West Virginia May 1 The Amalgamated Association convention voted to raise the defense fund from twenty five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The move, kept mostly secret, aims to enable a strike lasting a year if required.
Henderson was renominated in Waterloo for the eleventh time as a candidate for Congress in the Third district. Resolutions endorsed President Roosevelt Governor Cummins and Speaker Henderson praising his personal and political life. Cedar Rapids reports Cousins will be renominated and in his speech defends protectionism and touches lightly on the Philippine question.
A massive tornado swept over Dacca and surrounding villages today killing 416 people. The disaster razed several villages and ruined crops in the area 150 miles northeast of Calcutta.
Des Moines reports the states new cocaine law and a hospital ward for dipso maniacs and drug addicts will work together. Drugstores fear customers under influence may still obtain cocaine via physicians prescriptions and standing orders, challenging enforcement. The reform advocates expect the hospital ward to help, a move praised by forward thinking druggists.
Roy McNamara an 18 year old who vanished from Grinnell Iowa six weeks ago was located in Indianapolis by his father Rev J McNamara from Ona wa Iowa He works at Big Four shops Brightwood and says he left college due to nervous prostration He plans to keep his job and says he cannot recall much of his experiences while away Pastor McNamara seeks to persuade him to return home
Boston May 1 gloom and consternation spread as restaurant owners raised the price of a plate of beans from 19 to 15 cents. A major restaurant proprietor cited increased beef trust prices driving demand for beans.
Philadelphia reports a ten cent per ton rise in anthracite coal set by the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads. The increase takes effect today and will recur on the first of June July August and September before returning to the pre April 1 schedule.
The Ilowa Indiana and Illinois league starts its season in Chicago with eight clubs each playing 126 games. Opening matchups include Rockford at Terre Haute Davenport at Evansville Rock Island at Decatur and Cedar Rapids at Bloomington.
Congressman William Moody of Massachusetts took the oath as secretary of the navy in Washington. Attendees included predecessor John D. Long, several Massachusetts congressmen, department officials and others. Long congratulated Moody first.
The Russian battleship Retvizan built by the Cramps has departed the Philadelphia shipyards for Russia marking a move in naval strength.
Albion Mich May 1 Congress man Washington Gardner was renominated without opposition by the Republican congressional convention of the Third district.
Mrs. Mary Hall of Lagrange Indiana died after fasting fifty days on a physician’s warning of future nose cancer. She stopped eating fifty days ago hoping to drive away the disease, despite medical advice. Post-mortem showed her organs were healthy.
The sixth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs opens in Simpson auditorium with about three thousand delegates. President Mrs Rebecca Lowe leads the session as governors, mayors, and state federation officers address the gathering, followed by reports and an evening reception at the Woman's Club.
Indiana State Geologist Blatchley warns of a 17 year locust outbreak this summer spanning Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Ohio with Indiana seeing the most locusts among central states. Farmers heed warning and reduce fruit tree plantings this year.
Chicago dispatch on May 1 indicates threats of thunderstorms tonight across Iowa with central and eastern portions likely to see showers. Warmer conditions predicted in eastern areas.
A man posing as a Wallace circus agent visited Waterloo Louisiana on May 1 to obtain food supplies and small loans by spinning a hard luck tale. He claimed the show would arrive June 3 and would send an advertising car, but he had no connection to the circus.
The Trunk Line Passenger committee abolished second class passenger fares from New York to Chicago. The new minimum rate is set at 18 dollars via Erie Lehigh Valley Lackawanna Ontario Western and West Shore with connections at the western termini. Standard lines will charge 20 dollars.
Columbus Junction seeks the Chautauqua Assembly this summer with a varied program. Speakers include Dr. A Willitts, Lou J. Bauchamp, Schiller's Male Quartet, Eva Shantz, Sam Jones, Anna Shaw, J Knox Montgomery, and Govs A B Cummins and A M Dockery planned for a possible debate. Three daily sessions expected.
A W Mills, inspector of free delivery service, has spent about three weeks in Davenport reviewing 1 petitioned route area in this county and Muscatine. He arrived with 30 cases and is ordered to return tomorrow to the Eighth district under Congressman Hepburn. On departing, he reports leftover cases to Denver division headquarters.
Oskaloosa May 1 A family row led to a shooting affray at Buxton. James A. Wilson was shot in the hand William Morris in the jaw and Mrs Morris in the shoulder Morris is in serious condition.
Minneapolis May 1 Governor Cummins argued that only competition and law can regulate industry and commerce. He urged that stock be paid in money at par value and that government fix prices where monopolies exist, plus authority to remove import duties on noncompeting goods.
Rev. Mark Wayne Williams philosophy instructor at the University of Iowa has received a call to lead the First Christian church of Chester England. He has applied to President MacLean for leave to accept and will depart for England once approved. Williams, a University of Iowa 1899 graduate.
Indications say more than 15,000 workers will strike in Pittsburg today for higher wages and new rules, mostly building trades. The action could affect as many as twice the number unemployed. Ice men strike averted as ice companies sign the new scale. gas plant workers win raises.
In a mill panic among about a thousand factory girls at Harburger Homan Co on Tenth street and Washington avenue eight workers were killed and more than forty injured, three of whom were in critical condition. The incident unfolded yesterday with frightened crowds and no apparent cause.
In Chicago on May 1 the work on the bank’s new home started. The project estimates at 5 million dollars, planned as the city’s and possibly the world’s largest building. It will rise sixteen stories and is not due for completion before May 1904.
London reports there is no truth to a U S circulated claim that General Delarey with three Boer commands has surrendered to the British in South Africa.
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