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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1901
Page
1
A joint executive conference between machinists and the national metal trades association is in Chicago May 29 to settle local differences. Manufacturers have agreed to stand by the local agreement affecting the nation. A nine hour day is likely. wage increase faces opposition from some members.
Des Moines on May 29 reports Rev J A Wirt of St John’s Lutheran church declares the Lutheran creed has endured five centuries without change and will endure five more as the general synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church gathers for ten days starting Wednesday evening.
Dallas county Republicans instructed nineteen delegates for A B Cummins for governor and endorsed Senators Allison and Polliver for re election at Adel on May 29. Winnebago County added eleven Cummins votes and Eugene Secor named delegates to the district convention. Secor favored to secure the nomination with Winnebago's majority.
A horse driven by a lady bolted in Iowa City and crashed through Henry Louis drug store glass front, tearing through the shop and out back. The animal was badly cut, the driver unharmed, and damage estimated at about 5099 dollars.
Sibley Iowa May 29 The Thomas succession for 1902 already underway as Judge Thomas term ends March 4 1963. Plymouth County business convention favors continuance for representative Lot Thomas extending at least to March 4 1905. Hufford of Woodbury a Cummins supporter watches as Thomas managers push re election early.
The United Presbyterian general assembly in Des Moines debated the judiciary report on admitting members of secret orders. Proposals to ease bans on Masons failed, and the assembly approved the report 90 to 63, effectively forbidding secret society membership in the church and risking expulsion for current members.
Josephine Woodbury, a Boston socialite and former Christian Science follower, sues Mary Baker Eddy for 150000 dollars claiming an 1893 Christian Science church address named her as an unclean murderous lustful woman. The case opens with the plaintiff’s attorney asserting some Christians Scientists view Eddy as a personal representative of God.
Washington May 29 The state department confirms China issued an edict agreeing to pay the 315,000,000 indemnity demanded by the powers. The rapid acceptance is tied to allied forces expenses in China running about a million dollars daily that China would otherwise owe.
Watseka Illinois May 29 three persons were burned to death in a lonely farm house northwest of the city. Victims are Mrs Mary Herschberger 70 Mrs Hattie Maggee 22 and Mrs Calvin Maggee 50. Maggee awakened at 3 am to crackling fire and saved his wife and baby before the kitchen collapsed. The mother in trying to rescue the other child perished with her mother and child.
Cummins men have opened a headquarters in Cedar Rapids. Marion caucuses are scheduled for Wednesday night and the Linn County meeting in Cedar Rapids for Friday, according to current arrangements.
In Fostoria Ohio on May 29 a branch bank of the Mechanics' Banking Company was burglarized and $10,000 taken. The safe was wrecked and five men escaped on a hand car.
Rome officials release details on Bresci death at Santo Stefano prison. The official report states Bresci soaped the noose used to strangle himself to ensure the execution, following the murder of King Humbert.
President McKinley and his party rode a daylight train through Iowa, greeting crowds at stations from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines. He commented that Iowa reminds him of Central Ohio as Mrs McKinley rests in the private car and regains strength with Secretary Cortelyou reporting a good night for her.
The 113th Presbyterian General Assembly in Philadelphia dissolved at 10 p.m. after nearly two weeks. The major item debated was confessional revision, sent to a 21 member committee for recommendations to the New York assembly. Moderator Minton noted pending appointments to the revision panel and addressed Young People’s work, urging pastors as heads of all congregational activities. The session closed with an eloquent address by Minton and the hymn Bless Be the Tie That Binds.
Havana reports widespread mourning as thePlatt amendment acceptance divides public sentiment. Citizens note homes heavily draped in black while discussions echo through the island about the effect of the amendment on Cuba's future.
In Havana on May 29 the Cuban constitutional convention approved the Platt amendment by 15 to 14. Senators Porta endo Gomez and Tamayo denounced conservatives, with Tamayo calling approving delegates traitors to Cuba. Gomez delivered an hour long speech urging patriotism and independence.
London officials acknowledge a bubonic plague case exists with no immediate danger of spread. The May 29 report notes the case is contained and health authorities monitor to prevent further transmission.
Pretoria May 29. It develops that General Knox was aboard the armored train blown up by the Boers near Kroonstad. The general had a narrow escape.
Davenport reports a plot to extort $10,000 from Mary Shaw, granddaughter of late millionaire George S. Shaw of Cloquet Minnesota. A threatening letter surfaced after she moved from Atlantic Iowa to Davenport and entered a boarding school. A stranger warned of harm unless money was left at a specific spot. authorities surveilled but the pair did not appear.
Grinnell IA May 29 The marriage of Professor Herron and Miss Carrie Rand stirs local debate. Critics call the union a breach of traditional ideals and a disgrace to the college. supporters reference social theories of marriage and civil ceremony as a concession to Rand. Rand’s fortune and gifts to Iowa College, about 12 000 dollars plus other benefactions, are noted while a church trial set for June Ath.
The presidential train moved through Chicago early today and stopped briefly to switch lines. It will pause at Canton for twenty minutes this afternoon as President McKinley greets the crowd at Ft. Wayne, while Mrs. McKinley rested well.
Supreme Court ruling holds druggists responsible for acts of registered pharmacists they employ. Sims Drug Co of Des Moines must pay a judgment to Orin Burgess for a pharmacist error. Journal report notes the decision and its implications.
Des Moines May 2 The prohibition state central committee of Iowa plans a complete roster of men who have voted the prohibition ticket and are likely to vote it again this fall. They aim to identify 12 000 or more past voters and convert several thousand more, a task to be used not only this year but in future campaigns.
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