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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
3
The closure of twelve large wire and steel mills controlled by American Steel and Wire Co. allegedly impacts five thousand workers. A Gates explanation cites overproduction and price hikes, with barbed wire up 200 percent and rails to 35 a ton. Debates on remedies include reducing prices or creating scarcity.
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Cook County criminal rulings convicting two men for using the U S flag in advertising. The court held the act unconstitutional as it infringed personal liberty, noting the flag's honor is best protected by democratic liberty rather than criminal penalties.
Senator W B Allison in Chicago interview says the Republican party has kept faith with the people and will win in the fall. He credits prosperity and national prestige to the party and calls the Porto Rican bill a wise solution. He declines to comment on vice presidential rumors.
Bishop Merrill reported at the Vermont conference that President McKinley did not drink wine at banquets. Walden discussed the matter with McKinley who said he left wine glasses standing while using a separate glass for apollinaris water. The wine remained untouched in all banquets.
Ex judge S R Davis once of Creston becomes a Des Moines police officer earning 75 dollars a month. Once a leading state politician and Creston postmaster he notes how public favor shifts and political business careers are unstable, says the Carroll Herald.
The New York Herald denounces Bryanism as a dire menace to the nation’s moral and political welfare urging defeat of Bryan to prevent anarchy currency depreciation repudiation of obligations and dissension within the Anglo-Saxon race.
The Iowa Populist State convention chose A W Ricker of Lone Tree as an elector at large and as a national committee man from Iowa and secretary of the convention. The Monticello Express notes opposition to the renomination of the Iowa delegation has melted away with time.
Iowa brief reports Des Moines saloons remain closed after a late official notice. a June petition canvass is sought but debated. W F Main sues 21 Delinquent lot purchasers in Iowa City while further suits await. Prohibition enforcement and bank approvals in New London and Dayton are noted along with a state wide Sabbath school visitation set for May 25 1900.
Mrs Miller and Mrs Hass of Hartley Iowa arrived on No 14 Thursday evening to visit friends in the area. They traveled with Windt and daughter Lilly from Durant and are sisters of Mr Knaack. Mrs Sirger left for Albuquerque New Mexico on Saturday. Her sister Mrs Sidney stays with her daughter Mrs Frank for a time. W J Williams and wife toured Cedar Valley and West Liberty last week bringing home a new driving horse. Two Rock Island trains carried 104 stock cars through town Tuesday. The Mische lumber yard remains bought by Christ Moeller Sons of Durant and will be moved. Rain is hoped for as crops grow briskly and a fruit crop looks promising. Mrs Grafing visited Davenport Tuesday.
Davenport captain Walter Blair weighs another boat to replace the destroyed Volunteer for the Burlington trade. The Diamond Jo line Sidney triggers a rate war while Eloise aims to enter the Keithsburg Burlington route. Developments may come in days as shippers seek a daily service this season amid river tensions and potential clashes.
A number of Washington firemen have mounted bicycles to improve response times and mobility in emergencies, aiming to reach incidents faster than by foot or wagon.
In Marshalltown the sugar beet project failed while Des Moines reports April receipts of 11 391 12. Population estimates for Tracr vary between 1400 and 1700. Iowa Falls plans a driving and athletic park as F M Fort of Sioux City sues the city for 1500 after a sidewalk fall. Rockwell City firm shipped three carloads of eggs in two weeks. Dubuque resident John Zink is sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for brass theft. Temperance activists continue activities in Des Moines.
The Iowa Letter Carriers association meets in Council Bluffs at the federal building with state officers A S Gilbert N Dickerson and W E Lindsay in attendance. Delegates hear of salary bill opposition from Speaker Henderson and discuss civil service rules and the eight hour law the banquet follows with Judge Walter I Smith among speakers.
Mrs. Marie D. Swett widow of Leon ard Swett a Chicago lawyer files a district court damage suit seeking 10000 from the city of Burlington after slipping on icy pavement in February on Fourth street near North Hill Park causing a fractured right thigh and prolonged confinement.
Electric plants in the east will be used this summer to produce ice during periods when electric lights are in lower demand. The move aims to balance power use and support ice production during warm months.
Last year 4,700,000 cubic yards of material were dredged from the Duluth Superior harbor, reflecting substantial maintenance work by the port authority and related agencies to keep shipping lanes navigable and deepen channels.
The thirty first annual Muscatine county Sunday school association meeting ends with reports from committees and officers. E. A. Allbee presents a paper on duties to neglected areas urging a countywide Sunday school campaign. Rev C H Montgomery discusses house to house visitation to boost attendance. Mrs Alice W Beatty speaks on the Bible as a gift and John Robbins on outside work of superintendent and teacher. Next year’s event moves to Seventy Six township with A J Neidig as president.
The audience assembled to hear Rev. W. H. Blancke of Davenport last Sunday, according to a brief community note in the local paper. The event highlighted the preacher’s address and drew residents from the area.
Two young Ponca Indians, Peter Birdhead and Laurier, quarrel over a Bowie knife. Birdhead is killed by Laurier, who is then shot by Birdhead’s father. The mother decapitates and mutilates Laurier’s body. Birdhead’s parents surrender as supporters cite tribal justice.
A terse town remark links a girl with a sleigh and horse to autocratic airs, reflecting local sentiment about power and control in a small community.
A bill before the New York senate proposes shorter work hours for firemen in first class cities. The measure targets urban departments and seeks to adjust shift length and staffing implications pending approval.
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