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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
1
Washington November 14 Bills for constructing the Nicaragua canal and laying the Pacific cable will be introduced immediately when Congress convenes. The decision was reached at a Roosevelt Hepburn and Sherman conference.
Victoria B C November 14 The promoters plan a Dawson to Klondike line with branches to Bonanza Eldorado and Indian rivers extending toward Stewart river and the Pelly mouth opposite Fort Elk Creek. The route may become part of an all Canadian path to Dawson.
London reports the Hope diamond sold for 250000 dollars to two dealers. Its destination is America. The Frankels now possess a 44 1 4 carat cushion shaped stone with sixty four facets. It is darker in hue but of fine quality, valued highly for color and rarity.
Washington November 14. Mr. Rockhill seeks American capital for an international bank in China but the effort drags. Walter G. Oakman president of the Guarantee Trust Company of New York has consulted Secretary Hay on the subject.
Renewed reports in financial circles attribute to the Standard Oil group the purpose to establish a large trust company in Mexico City that will do banking business and provide means for financing large American undertakings.
President Roosevelt will noon Friday receive the Illinois committee which will on Saturday at Old Point Comfort present a silver service to the battleship Illinois.
In Norfolk Virginia a Baptist pastor Rev C G Eseppe who led the Inez church for 40 years was fatally stabbed in the pulpit last night by George Daniels who opposed the sermon on Wickedness Daniels was arrested for the crime and held for investigation
Senator Mason visited the White House and forecast Congress will provision the Nicaragua canal dig, abolish war taxes, pass a pure food bill, and cut letter postage to one cent. He predicted no tariff legislation, insisting the tariff is fine and changes would cause trouble.
At the Iowa State Dairy association session in Dubuque on November 14 former Congressman Grout of Vermont Congressman Tawney of Minnesota and Congressman Dahle of Wisconsin said the Groat bill would pass in the coming Congress and urged dairymen to influence their representatives. Former Governor Heard of Wisconsin presided.
Chicago reports Robert E. Burke's oil inspector profits likely totaled $75,000 for October. Acting Oil Inspector Harper sent the month’s report to Comptroller McGann, the first full monthly oil inspection report received since the office’s creation.
Report from San Francisco and New York notes steady turnout of boxing fans for the Jefferies Ruhlin clash with light wagers around two to one in San Francisco and ten to four in New York. Both fighters express high confidence as Jefferies trains between races and Ruhlin stays in gym work to stay prepared.
Senator Quarles of Wisconsin will travel to Washington next week at the invitation of the president to report on information he gathered about the Indians during his tour of the tribal territory last summer. The data he provides may form the basis of important recommendations in the president's upcoming message to Congress.
In Wapakoneta on November 14 a gang of twelve to fifteen men attempted to hold up Citizens' Bank at Minster. Frightened by locals, the robbers fled in pre-stolen rigs, driving away rapidly in western fashion.
Vienna phrase Chevalier d Ofenheim was sentenced to one month in prison for inciting to a duel after challenging Burgomaster Lueger to a fight for calling him a silly fool. The arraignment followed his remarks against Lueger.
A heavy snow storm with strong winds is reported across New England, spreading as of November 14 in New York and affecting conditions along the coast and inland areas.
Jeffersonville dispatch reports Newell C. Rathbun denies being Pat Crowe while confined and under police watch. The case centers on Rathbun suspected in Charles Goodmans death and the body identification shipped to Little Rock for autopsy and inquest. Coroner and authorities weigh conflicting testimony on the corpse identity as officials pursue test results.
Census bureau release details US glass industry in 1900 with 355 establishments, products valued at $56,523,721, capital total $61,423,993, and 52,818 wage earners. Wages amount to $26,544,148. Product rose 27 percent since 1890 and capital up 49 percent.
Arbuckle Brothers reduce all grades of refined sugar by ten points and set granulated sugar at 4.65 cents per pound net. The National Sugar trust matched the cuts only after the Arbuckles’ move, choosing to keep old prices and letting the National company challenge the move. Consumers benefit from ongoing reductions while refiners suffer.
Washington reports US merchandise exports in October fell by about 17 million dollars compared with October 1900. The prior October had exceptionally large shipments, making the year over year decline appear modest in context.
Fort Worth Texas November 14 The advance guard of the National W. C. T. U. convention has arrived for the meeting on Friday. Leading the party is national president Mrs L M N Stevens from Portland Maine and vice president Miss Anna A Gordon from Evanston Illinois.
A cat climbed a trolley pole near Hoffman and touched the feed and parallel wires, shorting the system and burning out a 24000 volt circuit. The blaze, fuse blow, and ensuing outage cut power to railways and street lighting across western New York for about two hours while crews cleared debris and traced the fault.
Police expect quick arrests in the strangling deaths of Mrs Georgia Bailey and Lena Renner after an Evansville traveling salesman linked to the pair is sought in St Louis. Witnesses recall a man in Evansville the murder night and the coroner says evidence justifies arrest of a local man. the killer is blamed for multiple crimes.
Will iam Everhardt of Menominee Michigan was seriously wounded while hunting at Stephenson. His companion George Richardson fired at a deer. The deer was struck but the bullet passed through the animal then through Everhardt s wrist. The bullet then richocheted off a tree, hit the stock of Everhardt s gun and entered his cheek, piercing his mouth and lodging in his neck.
Pendleton Ind Nov 14 The national committee of Friends led by John L Thomas of Pendleton returned after buying four thousand acres in Powers county Colorado near Holly on the Santa Fe railroad It is suited to sugar beet or cantaloupe culture The colony will be organized quickly Officers named Edward Cole Bloomington Illinois president Morris Wilson Magnolia Illinois secretary John L Thomas Pendleton treasurer Daniel Brice Kansas general manager
Queen Wilhelmina remains very weak but her condition is not alarming, per early reports from Amsterdam on November 14.
Fair to slightly colder conditions expected. In Chicago the outlook calls for fair skies with a drop in temperatures tonight and again Friday as a cooler front moves through.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived from Skaguay with 273 passengers most from Dawson. They had reached White Horse on the Ora last Thursday, the last boat to ascend the river this season as captains and crews of the Yukon boats went into winter quarters.
Leon Iowa November 14 Judge H M Towner links the murder of Homer Holland to the inter collegiate association banning him as a college athlete after he played baseball for money. Hunter to face indictment. trial set before Judge Parrish. Holland was engaged to Josie Bowman of Leon and spoke with her weekly before his death.
Secretary Long plans to assign Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans to the Asiatic station as second in command. Both Rear Admiral Remy and Rear Admiral Kempff, leaders there, will soon return to the United States after completing their terms of service in Asiatic waters.
Berlin dispatch reports all attempts at reconciliation between the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse, Queen Victoria’s grandchildren, have failed since 1895. A divorce is now being arranged.
Two prominent society women take subsidiary roles in the Theatre Republique production Under Southern Skies in New York. Mrs Durant Da Ponte, longtime New Orleans social leader, and Mrs Jack Wilmerding, great granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt, appear in supporting parts.
President Roosevelt will order about 200 executive branch workers in the rural free delivery service into the classified service within a week or two. The group includes clerks special agents and inspectors. Rural carriers totaling 6000 will be brought in later with possibly different classifications pending regulation.
London reports describe widespread disaster from storm wind and rain across the United Kingdom. West Moreland loses hundreds of sheep and several shepherds as a lifeboat aid mission near Yarmouth capsizes, with eight missing and three lives saved.
A secret marriage formed ten years ago between Miss Jessie Williams and Forest Roach was revealed when the wife left for Armourdale Kansas to join her husband. The ceremony occurred in an Indiana town and the bride then returned home, continuing to be known as a Miss.
Five hundred delegates have arrived from Indian Territory towns for the single statehood convention in Muskogee today and Friday. Preparations are made to entertain 509 more from Oklahoma. Politicians are on the fence while business interests favor statehood with Oklahoma as quickly as possible.
Roland Molineux’s fight for liberty resumes in New York general sessions court as ex-Governor Black leads the defense and argues for immediate dismissal citing insufficient grand jury evidence and irrelevance. Ex-Governor Hill represents the prosecution.
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