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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
7
In St Louis May 15 fighting near Brentwood saw nearly fifty shots as guards clashed with wire-cutters. A Suburban Railway conference yielded a settlement with full union recognition, while Transit company talks stalled amid tense demonstrations and police actions. No serious casualties reported.
Denver May 15 President Boyce at the Western Federation of Miners opening warns that the republic is slipping toward monarchy. He condemns injunctions against labor, blasts Supreme Court judges and says relief must come from laborers uniting to vote.
Kansas City May 15 workers report the builders lockout took effect with about 300 to 400 union carpenters painters tinners and plasterers affected while contractors claim 500 workers are involved. The dispute tests strength between master builders and the Building Trades Council aiming to force independent bargaining.
Street railway workers in Kansas City staged a May 15 parade as the city’s street car strike continued with minimal disruption and no reported violence. Local officials urged calm while negotiations with the union remained ongoing.
About 200 strikers marched with a brass band in the afternoon after Chief of Police refused parade permit and appeals to Mayor Reed led to a permit being issued.
In Baraboo Wis May 15 a large tusk was recovered from Bear creek near Joseph Carbury's home at Spring Green. The object, previously thought to be a tree root, measured thirty seven inches long, twenty inches in diameter and weighed about forty pounds. Carbury and family will dig for the rest of the skeleton.
May 15 in Tampa labor troubles worsen with a general strike across all Ha vana-American cigar factories, about 1000 workers out. The conflict pits rival labor unions seeking dominance in settling the stoppage.
Hartwell Allen former Vernon county superintendent of schools died by hanging yesterday. A Vermont native aged 67 at his death he had been one of the county’s most prominent figures in the early days.
Logansport Indiana May 15 Judge Horace Biddle a noted lawyer and writer aged 90 died Sunday night He served on the Indiana circuit and supreme courts and was respected as a judge and litterateur.
Victoria British Columbia reports the steamship Amur arrived from Skagway with news that the Yukon river opened at Dawson on Sunday morning and steamers now run regularly from Lebarge. Michigan state encampment at Lansing canceled due to troops refusing per diem pay.
James N Constable dies in New York at an advanced age. Weather fears for July harm corn prospects. Chicago records one murder and five self-inflicted deaths over two days. Wilkesbarre parish unrest targets the priest. Cambridge grants King Oscar of Sweden a Doctor of Laws. Charles H Cole headed to eight-year penitentiary for bank law violation. Captain Dreyfus case stirs Paris. Arbuckle plans suit against sugar trust. Kellogg suffers mangled hand at Plainfield mill. Cholera devastates India famine camps. John Redmond warns of Irish coast invasion. Edna Becking seeks missing daughter Raby. James Sloan dies in Baltimore at 67. Kansans pursue two jailed bank robbers who killed pursuing men. Camden fire destroys market and 60 buildings. Paris anti-Republican party dominates council. Mycenaean tablets unearthed in Crete. Turtle Creek riot over smallpox hospital move. Great Lakes Navigation orders two $1,000,000 passenger steamers from Chicago Shipbuilding.
Washington May 15. The exposure of the Cuban post office scandal and the arrest of Co. W. F. Neely for embezzling large sums will lead to the relief from duty of E. G. Rathbone, director general of Cuban posts. The scheme involved monthly deficits and hidden funding from General Brooke.
Secretary Gage sent to the speaker a reply to the May 8 house resolution demanding the oleomargarine manufacturing formula. The statement lists quantities and kinds of ingredients used in the United States for the year ended June 30, 1800 and each ingredient’s percentage of the total. Nearby items report a lodging theft near Oshkosh and a Bath Room closure in Belmond after nine months of operation with $27 in receipts.
The body of Andrew Alt aged about forty was found beneath a log raft in Clinton Iowa on May 15. Authorities say death may be self-inflicted or accidental and little is known about him locally. Papers indicate a brother living in Alton Illinois.
The U S Supreme Court issued opinions on inheritance tax under the war revenue act and New York state law. Decisions held federal and state laws tax legacies and distributive shares of estates, applying to passing of legacies not entire estates. Government bonds subject to tax. law affirmed with a progressive rate on each legacy or distributive share.
Chicago reports Governor Tanner has improved and no surgery is planned unless symptoms recur. After a Sunday consultation with Dr. Senn and Dr. Taylor, he gained weight and prepared to return to Springfield. In Ontario, three dynamiters were bound for trial after a resumed hearing. Henry Brink of Hope College was killed by lightning in Holland. League scores listed for Chicago and other cities. Port Huron saloon case seeks mandamus to force bond acceptance near a school. Dororthy Alden, five days old, is tied as Mayflower descendant.
Charles Paustein a known athlete in Butte Montana shot and killed Alexander Tate manager of a butchering concern and wounded Mrs Tate before killing himself. Paustein's wife had obtained a divorce on grounds of cruelty and he accused Tate and his wife of causing the separation.
Hugo Miller reports a refer endum result of 1313 to 931 in Indianapolis indicating the Social Democrats rejected the proposed union with the kan garoo branch of the Social Labor party. The outcome would remove Job Harriman from the Social Democratic ticket for vice president.
General Buller reportedly drives Boers from a Biggarsberg stronghold and occupies Dundee where the war began. Dispatches describe Buller’s march from Ladysmith, heavy artillery exchanges near Helpmakaar, and flanking success. Reports note Mafeking attacks and Afrikander women urging arms.
London dispatch details Lord Roberts and President Kruger exchanges over alleged ill treatment of colonial prisoners. Transvaal replies no difference in care, notes few can be jailed for security, and cites fever as common. Roberts warns exceptions invite abuse and cites a May 10 white flag incident at a kraal with casualties.
London May 15 The parliamentary secretary of the war Mr George Wyndham refused to reveal Lord Roberts relief plans for Mafeking but said they would be accomplished soon. Montgomery May 1 Warrants sworn for the arrest of Warren S Reese U S district attorney Julian H Bing ham and Frank Morague on a conspiracy to kill doorkeepers at the Alabama state capitol during the Republican state convention. Washington May 15 A cable from General MacArthur Manila dated Sunday says Robert B Cramer first lieutenant Thirty fourth United States volunteer infantry was sentenced to dismissal by a court martial and the general approved the sentence.
New York May 15 The Indian famine relief committee calls on American citizens to donate at least 1 000 000 to famine districts in India urging broad public support and swift action.
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