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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options for the Journal Printing Co. in Muscatine Iowa with daily and tri weekly plans, delivery by carrier, weekly collection, and payment by draft express or money order to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa. The price shown is 5.20 dollars.
Republican State Convention details noting H O Weaver as Chairman and W Phillips as Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee. Proceedings and dates not specified in readable text.
The Journal disavows and closes to inexact writings by John O'Brien of Fruitland and his column The Boers and America. The editor condemns sensational unfounded charges and states the paper will not publish similar reckless statements in the future.
Admiral Dewey notes no delegates for Kansas City or national conventions and surveys the nation. He says the South is prospering and its people do not want Bryan, a view mirrored by the Globe-Democrat for the East and West.
Dom Paul states unconditional surrender by the Boers is impossible. He predicts the Transvaal will fight on until most burghers are dead but notes substantial life remains in the Transvaal. He warns the end will be pitiful.
In February March and April cotton exports reached 88 million dollars, up from 44 million dollars in the same months last year. The piece also argues the south should accept payment in gold at 45 cents on the dollar instead of silver, despite loyalty to Bryan.
The St Louis Globe Democrat contrasts Taylor as an elected governor with Beckham described as having gained his position through an infamous law, marking a stark political distinction.
The Porto Rican tariff is praised as just and beneficial, with Albert Shaw arguing the U S collects no direct or indirect federal taxes in Puerto Rico while Americans pay for imports. The piece contends the island gains stability under U S sovereignty and local tax duties fund administration and public works. It also claims U S consumers bear the tax on Puerto Rican exports, framing free trade as less advantageous.
The article argues against allowing Hawaiian and Porto Rican delegates at the Democratic National Convention. It warns that colonies should remain wards of the nation, not join partisan politics, until they are ready for self governance or statehood. It likens this to past expansion errors and urges avoiding franchise-like participation for colonies.
In a speech one Boer commissioner urged not to fight England but to demand an end. The Minneapolis Tribune warned that if such a demand were strong enough to work it could trigger a war that would shake the world.
Des Moines opinion pages note papers push Gov. Shaw for vice president but Iowa Republicans favor re-electing Speaker Henderson. They say no Iowa man will receive GOP VP backing and Shaw would not accept the nomination. The Cuba affairs of Neely are cited without undermining the administration.
The Cedar Rapids Republican condemns the Mothers' Congress as impractical and sensational. It critiques discussions as dry and vanity full, noting Dr Chrisman's radical statements on women and love and his staged reception at the convention.
Judge Sutherland of Monroe County New York ruled that automobiles powered by steam gas or storage batteries may lawfully use public roads and that horses have no exclusive right to the road. The decision followed a Rochester accident where Mason sued West for 17.45 damages and 25 for perceived value loss of the frightened horse.
A bright mother teaches letters as individuals by a play with 26 blocks. She assigns Mother A and 25 children to the Alphabet family, adding a father away on voyage. A three year old learns quickly, building houses for each letter and creating new words within two weeks.
John L. Rendall defends Christian Science and refutes a St. Louis Advocate tale that Mary Baker Eddy fell ill. He states Mrs Eddy has not been sick and calls the report groundless. The letter defends Christian Science and urges accurate reporting.
Uncle Eben muses on silent men and those who always kick. A Scotch witness notes the parties used particularly low words, hinting at a disagreement but avoiding explicit high words. The exchange echoes a public notice style from Tit-Bits.
A newspaper note highlights offhand insults by students toward a teacher as an example of troubling classroom behavior. The piece discusses the impact and calls for respectful language in schools.
A Syracuse murder confession reveals Ernest Hecht killed Mrs. Louisa Foster after she urged death and agreed to die with her. Hecht recounted meeting Foster in December and assisting her plan involving chloroform, morphine pills, and a loaded revolver before fleeing to his room and returning to find her asleep.
A woman in a dazed state consumes morphine after counting twenty four pills and asks for no reason for her despair. A man shares the pills, questions her, and ultimately assists in her death using chloroform and a towel, then she dies.
In Grinnell Iowa on May 2 a 32 year old man wheeled a baby cab onto the tracks and slept till a locomotive dragged the cab and baby about 100 feet. The baby appeared unharmed despite the crash and the long distance.
Alliance Nebraska on May 28 reports E G Kwait a longtime businessman was murdered Saturday by Henry Matthews after requesting payment of a bill. An altercation led Matthews to smash Kwait with an iron bar, crushing his skull. Matthews is jailed.
The diplomatic corps will ask the tsung li yamen to specify the actions the government intends to take toward the Boxers, clarifying official policy and potential responses to the rebellion in China.
A mad dog appeared in Marion Iowa on Saturday and was chased through streets for miles before it was killed. Several dogs and cattle were bitten during the span of the incident.
Sioux City Iowa May 28 The attempt by W C McNamara president of the Nebraska and Gulf Railway to marry Miss Mary McAllister of Dakota City has led to legal action The habeas corpus case against Mary's father was dismissed after McNamara placed the girl under sheriff protection A district court order forced Sheriff Sides to bring Mary to court at Pender where the judge will weigh her liberty Fred Schriever a friend of the girl's father and a suitor for her hand may also be involved in the guardianship dispute The girl fears retaliation from her father or brother if she marries McNamara and has asked for bonds to keep the peace
Ira O. Jenkins aged 27 was found guilty of first degree murder for killing August Stark, a farm laborer employed by Jenkins' father. At inquest and trial both father and son gave conflicting accounts and accused each other. The jury debated the death penalty after eight hours.
Ten thousand enumerators under B F Mitchell begin a religious census in Eldora Iowa. Visitors will survey every home to count family members church members home classes Bibles and home church attendance with no guesswork. Mitchell, state superintendent, proposed the plan at last year’s convention and was elected to lead the effort.
President McKinley and party reached Hampton Roads aboard the Dolphin near Old Point about 2 pm. Secretary Gage and friends landed on the Holly at the government pier. Speaker Henderson and House members arrived, with the eclipse to be viewed from the Dolphin deck.
George M. Gillettte reported by telegram from Kansas City that all structural work for the new convention hall is in place and Minneapolis firm will finish its part today. Bond to complete iron and steel by June 15. three weeks ahead of schedule.
Chicago won the Big Ten dual meet at Camp Randall with 71 points to Wisconsin's 57. Chicago swept seven events while Wisconsin won nine. Wisconsin records fell in pole vault mile run half mile run broad jump and mile walk.
James Fitzharris known as Skin the Goat and Joseph Mullett the Invincibles were released from Irish prison for Phoenix Park murders. The board of special inquiry at the immigration station excluded them and ordered their deportation.
The American Biscuit Company has dismantled its Albert Lea cracker factory and is selling off shafting belts and pulleys. All cracker machinery is being broken into scrap iron and not sold.
Wheeling officials report Judge G W Jeffers former mayor and municipal court judge was found dead in his law office after a week long absence. Decomposed remains found in a rear room. Madison crews set for June 30 regatta schedule with varsity and freshmen boats departing June 22 and training until the event.
The piece satirizes the modern millionaire who mines residences and expansions. It cites a private hotel, a Lenox or Newport palace, Adirondack camp, French château bungalow, and a cross-ocean yacht as symbols of a life with no fixed home. The irony rests on envy and alienation.
The New York Evening Post profiles J Sterling Morton, noting his unchanged 1896 stance and strong rhetoric. He calls Bryanism dominant in gold and silver contexts, says a Kansas City crowd backing either side endorses both, and argues gold Democrats remain split, affecting future Democratic unity.
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