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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
1
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a sheriff posse fired on a crowd injuring several and killing a child as tensions flare after a mine dispute. Troops were requested as authorities describe a riot and earlier clashes between mine officials and rioters.
Hazleton Pa Sept 22 The first big parade since the strike began leaves McAdoo and heads to Coleraine and Beaver Meadow mines. Women carry brooms as deputies accompany marchers to Beaver Meadow where a meeting is held. Guards in the Hazleton district are greatly increased.
If you plan travel to New York Philadelphia or Seashore points you can expect a comfortable journey with scenery noted as delightful on the Lehigh Valley Railroad line.
Judge O W Powers of Utah announces he will not accept the United States senator appointment. He cites the Quay case precedent and says he would not contest and would rather not draw a salary, reserving further action to the national committee. He thanks Governor Nebeker for the confidence.
New York’s David B. Hill will skip the National Democratic clubs convention in Indianapolis October 3 and 4. Myron D. King notes Hill’s absence. The Ninth district becomes a battleground as Bryan, Weaver and Towne stage appearances across Noblesville Lebanon Rensselaer and southern Indiana with Populist backing in plays near Roosevelt’s path.
Port Huron Mich Sept 22 The barge Martin in tow of the steamer Maurice P Grover sank in the rapids near the St Clair river entrance after the steamer Yuma collided with it. Captain James Lawless of Lorain William Ross mate of Toledo Mrs Bacon cook of Toledo and three unnamed sailors are missing. Gabriel Peterson of Cleveland and George Kyle of Toledo survived. The Yuma bound up and the Grover and Martin bound down were loaded with iron ore. The accident occurred below the sunken Fontana wreck.
In Ponchatoula Louisiana on September 22 a mob lynched four Black men Isaiah Rollins Nathaniel Bowman George Bickhaim and Quaries Elliott after burglaries at Henry Hatfelder's Tangipahoa parish home. Hatfelder reported $250 stolen leading to fourteen arrests and a mob action.
Seth Abbott, father of the late singer Emma Abbott, came to Chicago from Lowell Massachusetts and is reported insane. Police say he had been under a delusion that his daughter left him 100 dollars a month and that this income had grown to millions, prompting him to scatter money in the streets.
New London Wis Sept 22 Mrs Augusta Pahlow of Liberty town was arrested on a husband’s complaint for alleged Paris green poisoning via coffee. She has made peace and is living with her husband under $500 bail while enjoying her liberty.
Richmond Ind September 22 The local flower mission of prominent city women arranges a carnival week in October or November. One newspaper will be taken over for a day by the group and a portion of that day’s profits will go to their funds.
Shenandoah Pa. Sept 22 The town remains tense after yesterday's clashes sparked by foreign miners. Saloons closed and streets cleared as police and four hundred soldiers, including the Fourth regiment, arrived to enforce order. English speaking miners vow to suppress foreigners while authorities urge restraint.
Scranton reports growing belief that railroad workers may join the coal strike with a meeting of all railroad men planned for Sunday. No show at Mahanoy City after the Sheandoah riot, yet mines near Scranton close, adding ten thousand to strikers. Concerns linger for Bellevue mine if operators move to work.
Muscatine golfers travel to Iowa City to face four top Iowa City players on their home course. Reed er Sterneman D V Jackson and Chas Jackson represent Muscatine with D V Jackson substituting Sheriff McGaughey who is detained by a city court session. Frank Neidig accompanies the team. Iowa City’s lineup is expected to mirror Muscatine’s, aiming for a stronger showing.
The First Baptist Church offers Sunday School at 9 20. Morning worship at 11 features the discourse When is a City Strong. Evening service at 7 30 presents Interparance as Fowler continues his sermon series The Perils of Our City. Doors open at 7. Congregation led by chorus choir.
Two former partners of bank robber Jim Dunlap abscond with 1200 dollars donated by Chicago friends for his defense. Dunlap, jailed in Iroquois county awaiting trial for blowing a safe at Pate bank in Wellington, once earned the title Prince of Bank Robbers after a 1875 Northampton heist.
A Muscatine county Democratic gathering at the courthouse named candidates for auditor Charles Hahn clerk Bert Cecil recorder William Hitchcock attorney C A Coldren and supervisor Andrew Healey after a morning session featuring Prof. J S Pepper and Henry Vollmer. Vollmer addressed the forum while ballots confirmed Hahn Cecil Hitchcock Coldren Healey as nominees.
EE Warner was absent as Muscatine county delegates gathered to name candidates for auditor clerk and recorder with Bert Cecil Hal C Wolford and J J Trischeid among finalists. Ex mayor Vollmer spoke then ballots showed votes for Bill Hughes until Hoopes announced Hughes would not accept.
Company C held the first in a series of dances last night and its success suggests the season will be favorable. The event drew attendees and set a promising tone for upcoming gatherings.
Westbound Lehigh Valley Railroad passengers with tickets to New York or Philadelphia may stop at Niagara Falls without additional charge. This easing applies to those holders traveling through Niagara Falls en route to their final destination.
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