Reunions Promote Crocker Brigade and 35th IA Rally
Crowds throng the streets as reunions for the Crocker Brigade and the 35th Iowa veterans proceed amid active public ceremonies.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
1
Crowds throng the streets as reunions for the Crocker Brigade and the 35th Iowa veterans proceed amid active public ceremonies.
Muscatine awakens to cannon and drums as four Crocker brigade regiments and the 35th Iowa arrive. Decorations adorn stores and the opera house as the day’s program unfolds with regimental meetings, camp fire, and a grand parade scheduled for Thursday morning at 10:30 after delays.
Horace Boies told Louisville Courier Journal correspondent Henry Watterson that he supports tariff revision as a radical change from current schedules. He rejects free trade as defined, aiming for relief from trusts harming Iowa and positioning himself as more radical than Republican revisionists.
New York on September 24 saw a money jar fracture quotes and push small margin traders to liquidation. High interest rates pressured the market after a ten day period of frugal losses, with 20 percent money finally asserting itself and dispelling the idea that large players could hold up prices. As losses mounted, market demoralization grew until the exchange closed for the day.
Dan Patch equaled the world pacing mark of 1 59 1 4 at the New England breeders meeting in Boston. He achieved the time under favorable track and weather conditions, signaling potential for a new record soon.
Jay Cooke of Philadelphia financier and banker, 81, was stricken with congestion of the brain yesterday afternoon at his summer home near Put in Bay, Sandusky reports. Last night he was slightly improved and not in immediate danger.
Madrid reports the Spanish government accepts the Italian ship-building company's proposal to construct eight modern battleships. The king is said to favor a navy that cannot be easily annihilated after the U S defeat at Santiago.
In Wilkes Barre and surrounding towns crowds gather at wash houses and mines amid a severe strike. Deputies and troops battle outbreaks as non union workers are attacked and a coal policeman shoots a striker near Raymond colliery.
Hogs receipts 16,000 with prices 5c higher. light 7.30 to 7.92, mixed 7.30 to 8.05, heavy 7.20 to 7.65. Cattle receipts 18,000 steady. Sheep receipts 18,000. Car lots arriving: wheat 138, corn 228, oats 127, hogs 16,000. Northwest wheat receipts show Minneapolis 430 today, Duluth 317 today. Liverpool wheat percent lower. clearances Wheat and flour 854,000 bushels, corn 4,000, oats 98,000.
The police pursue the theory that William Hooper Young, linked to the Anna Pulitzer slaying, may also be connected to the Kate Feley murder. Feley was abducted after a man lured her from her flat for his ailing wife, later found hacked body parts. Young denies Pulitzer murder, claims he fled to avoid arrest. He is described as Brigham Young's grandson.
The Journal rushed an extra after news that President Roosevelt was hospitalized for an operation and had halted his western trip. Early reports suggested a dangerous abscess, but later dispatches eased public fears. Muscatine readers scrambled for copies as newsboys sold extra editions.
The Republican state convention at Saratoga renominated Gov. Odell by acclamation. The platform urges the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Odell’s renomination seals party unity as Roosevelt’s name is urged for the next national contest.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on September 24 Robert Ray and Howard Rodman of Lyons were killed and J H Moran seriously injured when a freight wreck on the Northwestern Road eight miles east of the city occurred. The victims were said to be stealing a ride.
New York Sept. 24 Specht and Company members of the consolidated exchange failed this morning.
A condensed index page outlines reunion reports across sections. It notes President remarks, tariff talk, Sultana disaster editorial, telegraph market news, and lists thirty fifth Iowa brigade members and Crocker’s brigade photos with historical notes.
Hamilton Ohio September 24 A college riot at Miami University followed the freshman sophomore flag rush. Freshmen seized the college tower in the early morning and raised their flag while sophomores including women attacked the tower, smashing about 200 dollars worth of windows with stones.
Thomas Windus died at his East Third Street home after a ten day dysentery illness. He was 75 or 76, born in Pennsylvania, moved to Iowa in 1845, and lived in West Liberty for ten years. Survived by wife and seven children. Funeral from the M E church at 2 pm Thursday.
Chicago September 24 The great packing houses have finally abandoned the proposed combination after six months of consideration and formation efforts The move follows President Roosevelts stance on trusts as stated in his recent speeches indicating the administration influence on the decision is substantial
Chicago September 24 indicates Iowa will see generally fair weather in the west with showers in eastern portions tonight and Thursday.
Wilkesbarre Pa September 24 Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago says he will travel to New York to meet J P Morgan hoping to persuade him to act to end the strike. He expects Morgan will see him and argues miners deserve arbitration of their grievances as operators have defied public opinion.
Simon Kurtz, a New York cantor, sues a street railway company for $19000 claiming a fall forced him to shave his beard and thus could not continue singing in the synagogue under church rules. He argues the loss of facial hair damages his ability to perform his duties.
Newton Iowa Sept 24 local officers struggle to enforce the compulsory school attendance law. One parent threatens to move the town to evade the act. Only two arrests have been made but more are expected if pupils remain absent from school.
President Roosevelt shows signs of recovery after a trolley accident wound. He rested well on the train from Pittsburg to Washington with normal temperature and improving inflammation. Doctors keep a compress and monitor the shin area for possible tapping if needed.
Ex congressman General Weaver of Colfax is expected to address the banquet program for the League of Iowa Municipalities annual convention in Iowa City on October 8. Other speakers include City Attorney C. H. Van Law Marshalltown and Col. Charlies A. Clark Cedar Rapids with topics on municipal utilities efficiency ownership and village improvement.
In St. Joseph Missouri on September 24, Mrs Magdeline W Rode died from blood poisoning caused by a spider bite suffered three weeks earlier. Her physician Dr Walter H Morris and undertaker E J Williams were affected after contact with the poisoned body.
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