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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
1
Iowa faced a border to border storm with floods and tornadoes. Botna town reportedly wiped out while South Des Moines suffered a deadly tornado claiming three lives and injuring nine. Des Moines River rose six feet in twelve hours prompting fears of further flooding and widespread property losses.
Washington Iowa May 27 Special Harry Gay the murder suspect in West Liberty Meade case is a Mormon baptized at Grace Hill last winter. He lived in Washington county last winter worked for Flick Johnson contractors building the Milwaukee cut off guarding property and keeping a steam engine at Grace Hill He has a wife and three children.
Senators Hanna and Foraker clash over whether Ohio should endorse Roosevelt. Hanna says he never opposed the nomination and withdraws opposition after Roosevelt telegram clarifies Ohio may indorse. A Montana dispatch notes Hanna’s message to Roosevelt accepting endorsement.
In Chicago on May 27 waiters cooks and other hotel and restaurant employees presented demands to their employers. About twenty thousand people are affected seeking roughly a twenty percent wage increase. Employers have until Monday to respond, and several large restaurants have signaled intent to sign the new agreement.
Two freight trains collided twenty-two miles from Birmingham on the Southern railway early today. Three engineers and two firemen were killed and several others injured as the wreckage caught fire.
A Muscatine man departs this afternoon to retrace Harry Gay's claimed movements from May 13 to May 26 in Wapello Columbus Junction Fredonia Adel and Runnels. The probe will interview locals to verify Gay's account and assess credibility before his arrest for murder.
A cyclone swept Des Moines last evening causing two fatalities and injuries. Emergency crews battle fires and debris as residents seek shelter and authorities assess damage. Weather officials warn of potential aftereffects and power outages across the city.
A violent tornado struck South Des Moines at 6 p m killing Russell Knouf and his infant Floyd Knouf and injuring several others including Mary Knouf Mrs Margaret Boston Charles McNutt and Mrs John McCoy. The Knouf home and the Christian church were destroyed along with multiple homes and businesses as telegraph and power lines failed and trees were uprooted. The same storm damaged Blanchard Iowa where Elmo a nearby town suffered a fatality toll of nine with a three story hotel demolished and debris burying victims.
Dispatches from Jackson report a critical feud situation as Curtis Jett is expected to confess to the murder of Attorney Marcum implicating many prominent men. Militia officers weigh reinforcements and fear Jett may be rescued by friends.
Bishop Morrison tells Iowa diocesan convention that the meeting should oppose changing the Episcopal church name to the American Catholic church. The discussion occurred during the convention in Davenport on May 27.
In Los Angeles at the Presbyterian general assembly Rev. Charles L. Thompson, secretary of the board of home missions, declared that Mormonism must be crushed. He asserted it could not be educated civilized or reformed and must be stamped out.
A fire in a five story tenement in New York killed four people including Julia Wadling and her children Helen and George with two young boys ages seven and seven and another victim Charles Wadling. Several residents were seriously injured from jumping from windows and many rescues were made by firemen.
The British steamer Huddersfield collided with the Norwegian bark Ute off Scheftingen. Huddersfield foundered. crew saved and fifteen to twenty passengers feared drowned or crushed.
Reports from the Philippines issued today show since last year’s outbreak there have been 131,817 cholera cases and 3,282 deaths. Local agencies in Washington report on the continuing health crisis across the islands.
Fireman John Fisher of Eagle Grove is dead after a railroad wreck on the Northwestern road three miles east of Hawarden Iowa. A number of people are injured in the incident which occurred May 27.
Harrisburg May 27 The Republican state convention meets to unqualifiedly back President Roosevelt and advocate his renomination in 1904.
Former Speaker Henderson announces he will move with his family to New York next fall to practice law. He will have a partner whose name is not announced.
Indianapolis on May 27 reports Booth Tarkington the novelist has been ill at his father's home and is slightly improved after a period of illness.
Omaha May 27 Union railroad boilermakers refuse to work per agreement with Harriman claiming the road still uses strike breakers. The dispute centers on the railway yard and maintenance shops as tensions rise.
Cleveland Ohio May 27 President Roosevelt will be endorsed at the Republican state convention next week. Senator Hanna has withdrawn all opposition.
Chicago May 27 George T Sullivan whose offices were raided in this city last week has been indicted by the grand jury on the charge of keeping a bucket shop.
The forecast reports generally fair conditions over Iowa tonight and Thursday. Moon sets at 8 06 p m and sun rises at 4 21 a m with sunset at 7 14 p m.
Chicago on May 27 faces a potential freight handlers strike that could halt traffic. Merchants rush orders, stock up threefold, and fill cold storage with provisions to weather a shutdown.
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake led the opening day with 167 of 180 at the Dubuque Gun Club tournament in Dubuque Iowa on May 27.
In Chicago on May 27 the diocesan convention heard Bishop Charles P. Anderson call for renaming the Episcopal church to the American Catholic Church. The discussion centered on altering historic church branding to reflect a new national identity.
Jackson Kentucky May 27 Thomas White indicting with Curtis Jett for the J. B. Marcum murder has been captured without trouble and brought to Jackson.
James McNally, released from Stillwater prison after burglary, confronted Governor Van Sant in his Minnesota capitol office claiming his head was cracked and part of his stomach removed. Officials soon ruled him insane and committal to Rochester asylum followed.
Chicago markets report hog receipts at 33,000 with opening steady to weak, light sales 5.44 to 5.95, mixed 5.80 to 6.25, heavy 5.85 to 6.25. Cattle receipts 23,000 opened lower and closed weak. Sheep receipts 15,000 opened 16 cents lower and closed steady. Car lots listed for wheat 28, corn 279, oats 133, hogs 33,000. cars estimated for tomorrow.
W A Machen former rural free delivery superintendent at the post office department was arrested on information alleging he profited from devices used in free delivery boxes and engaged in government contracts to the detriment of the government and for his own benefit, with losses reaching many thousands of dollars.
Wheat 30 corn 365 oats 150 hogs 21000. Market data lists grain and hog values, reflecting a mixed daily commodity snapshot with specific figures for wheat corn oats and hogs.
Liverpool market notes show wheat unchanged with corn movement mid session, parallel to early trading. Prices steady for wheat as corn shifts between gains and losses in a tight session.
May 27 report shows closing prices for key securities with lines for open, high, low, and close. Stocks listed include Atchison Topeka Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific Great Western Erie Penna St Paul B&O Rock Island Wabash and U S Steel along with copper sugar leather and manh..
Robert Jamieson, chairman of the Republican central committee, signs a statement asserting there is no division of feeling in Minnesota on renominating President Roosevelt.
Fontanet Indiana May 27 The soda house of the Indiana powder company was blown up this morning. One man is dead four are missing and four are seriously injured.
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