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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
1
A terse report notes that the Teamsters succeed in prose cutting meat sales, signaling a sharpened stance by labor organizers. The brief emphasizes heightened seriousness in procurement and distribution practices affecting workers and markets.
The four major stockyard packing firms refuse union concessions and oppose recognizing union labor. They threaten to cut off ice and coal to noncompliant establishments as beef supply risks famine next week. Union plans blockade extend to Kansas City St. Joseph Omaha East St. Louis to pressure a settlement.
Delegates from the Dubuque diocese organized the archdiocesan union of Dubuque as a result of Archbishop Keane led temperance efforts. Officers elected: President Rev. J. J. Toomey, Dubuque. Vice President John Coleman, Clinton. Treasurer M. C. Lenihan, Marshalltown. Secretary C. L. Anderson, Dubuque. Delegates to the American Total Abstinence Union include William Kirwin, Clinton. M. F. Healey, Cedar Rapids. Eugene Cullen, Graettinger.
In Madison Wisconsin Miss Frances Shetterly an eighteen year old Des Moines Iowa native and Oak Park high school graduate was arrested in the railroad yards as a tramp. She is being held by police pending action by her relatives after leaving home five weeks ago following a dispute with a sweetheart.
At his summer home Sea View Par Rockaway New York on May 31 I Albert Englehart a lawyer of 21 Broadway Manhattan collapsed and died possibly from apoplexy or a ruptured artery while playing ping pong.
Former Oregon governor Sylvester Pennoyer dies suddenly in Portland from heart failure on a Friday afternoon in May. He led the state in earlier years and his death marks the end of a long political career.
Dispatch from Honolulu dated May 24 and San Francisco May 31 reports famine spreading across Corea. In Kyoha district starving residents stripped bark from trees near a royal tomb, five corpses found beneath one tree, and a province family killed and ate its two youngest children.
Ben Childs of Keithsburg won first in Knox College annual oratory contest with Tolstoi as his topic. Fred Ewing of Arcola placed second on Gladstone. Childs earns the Knox berth in the Illinois intercollegiate oratorical contest.
St Louis church members voice strong objection to a real Spanish bullfight planned for Sunday at the fair grounds. They have urged the police board to hold a special meeting to hear their protests.
In Prince William Sound, Prof. Leeds and natives uncovered a cavern containing fourteen wooden canoes each with a body inside. Stone implements lay beside the corpses and stone slabs covered the canoes. The find, dating to the stone age, puzzled natives and scholars alike. Capt. Story of the Alaska Packers' Association plans an expedition to explore the site.
London, May 31. The Hon Michael Henry Herbert is seen as the probable next British Ambassador to the United States succeeding the late Lord Pauncefote. Herbert is currently secretary to the British embassy in Paris and his appointment may be announced after Pauncefote's remains reach England.
Congress nears a decisive moment as lawmakers prepare to act on key legislation signaling a potential policy shift. Stakeholders expect rapid moves on priority items as public debate intensifies and deadlines loom.
In Washington the coming week aims to conclude the Philippine civil government bill and map action on the Cuban reciprocity and Isthmian canal bills. Senate adjournment is expected June 25 with fifteen minute speeches on the Philippines bill and a vote by four. The Isthmian canal bill will be debated through the week while the Cuban reciprocity message goes to conference. In the House the agenda includes the anti Anarchy bill the Pacific cable measure and the irrigation bill.
Severe weather worsens flooding along the Red River in Texas as rains persist. Local officials warn of rising water levels threatening homes and farms while emergency crews deploy sandbags and evacuations start in affected communities.
Dallas May 31 heavy storms drive people to higher ground as the Red River flood increases rapidly. A $50,000 Vernon bridge has been swept away and hail pelted cattle to death while crops across a wide area are ruined.
News from Tacoma dated May 31 reports the steamer Camano with eleven crew aboard and flour cargo foundered in the Columbia River eighteen miles above Wenatches. The boat capsized but the crew escaped after it righted, trapped briefly before surfacing.
William Haman drowned early this morning while swimming off a log raft near Dubuque Iowa. He was alone and his body was recovered.
Cape Town reports rising unease over delayed peace negotiations in the Boer War. Fouche attacked Colonials near Ripon on Friday, withdrew after a dogged fight. casualties are not known.
S D Purdy chief engineer and road master of the northern division dies in La Crosse after Burlington wreck in Wisconsin. EF J Blake consulting engineer of Chicago was killed in the same crash. other victims survive.
London reports William Fife and George L Watson have drafted plans for a fresh America Cup challenger to be built by Dennys at Dumbarton. Captain Robert Wringe will command the yacht, with Captain Hogarth previously aboard the Shamrock L during cup races.
Weather bulletin from Chicago dated May 31 indicates unsettled conditions in Iowa tonight and Sunday with occasional showers. Temperatures to rise Sunday as conditions warm across the state.
George W. Salisbury a Reinbeck area farmer about fifty years old has proclaimed himself the inspired prophet of God in Cedar Falls He says he foresees the second coming of Christ and writes to Rev John Earl of Waterloo quoting scripture to justify his claims He is described as intelligent and highly respected by locals
Chicago May 31 Harry Gilmor is charged with robbing a widow as she laid flowers on her soldier husband’s grave in Calvary. He was captured by Policeman McHenry after a chase through the cemetery.
Miss Alice Hay daughter of Secretary Hay was thrown from her carriage when frightened by a passing car in Washington on May 31. She suffered injuries described as painful but not serious and was examined by a physician afterward.
Constantinople reports a terrific storm on the Black Sea Friday wrecking thirty vessels and claiming about 150 lives. Weather authorities note widespread damage and ongoing rescue efforts as ships navigate the region.
Muskegon Michigan May 31 The first statue of President William McKinley unveiled in the world with ceremonies. The bronze pedestal and quadrangle costing 30000 are a gift to public schools from Charles H Hackley whose benefactions total 1000000. The statue depicts the late president in a characteristic stance from his last Buffalo speech with manuscript in hand.
Oskaloosa Iowa May 31 Thomas Meek a Milwaukee employe at Hedrick was killed in the Iowa Central yards this morning. He was intoxicated attempting to borrow a ride. His wife and three children reside in Marshalltown Missouri.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers meeting in Norfolk elected two grand officers and chose Los Angeles for the next biennial session. They adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt and Congress to authorize building war vessels in government navy yards.
Lincoln May 31 Dr E Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska states he has no intention to resign or leave for Wisconsin. He says he will not quit the service of the Nebraska University for a number of years unless the regents wish it or his health fails.
The state convention of the Socialist party met in Columbus with fifty six delegates. L L Rogers of Dayton presided and E L Plummer of Bucyrus was secretary. The platform backed the national Indianapolis declaration and a state ticket was named.
West Point announces the group of candidates who have qualified for admission on June 16. Among them are J. C. King of Muscatine Iowa and G. F. N. Dailey of Iowa, listed in the May 31 notice from West Point New York.
A blaze in Hawthorne’s grandstand middle tower started soon after 30,000 spectators exited. The fire wiped out about 75,000 dollars in property including the renowned paddock, with damage described by Hawthorne master Ed Corrigan.
Frederick K. Landis, Republican congressional nominee in Indiana's Eleventh district, suffered a nervous collapse while delivering a memorial address in Marion. Landis had defeated George W. Steele in the nomination race.
In Washington on May 31 Felipe Buencarino former Aguinaldo secretary testified before the House Insular Affairs Committee urging a just liberal U S government for the Philippines. He recalled secret prewar plots and Aguinaldo misstatements about Dewey and McKinley.
President Mitchell of the Mine Workers returned from a western trip saying peace talks are not underway and no settlement negotiations exist. He noted a national convention plan for coal miners remains unsettled and praised engineers, firemen, and pump men for their eight hour day action, hoping pumps stay manned to protect property.
A Lawton message reports four feet of water in Wallers preventing business. Comanche county streams are raging with feared loss of life. A traveler is believed drowned after being swept away by Cache Creek. Woods claim at Lawton submerged. a 200 foot wire current noted. Wildman Oklahoma reports Wichita Mountains torrents destroying many prospectors' shacks and possible fatalities.
A Baker Motor Vehicle Co racing car speeding during tests on the South Shore boulevard broke loose and crashed into a crowd behind the ropes. Arthur Featherstone was killed and about a dozen others were injured in the incident.
E. O. Burnside closed a deal today selling the Chas. France place east of Illinois City to Thomas Vanatta of Drury township. If you want to buy or sell a farm see Burnside. he has farms and buys them.
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