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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1902
Page
4
In Brittany France labor saving machines in canning plants triggered a strike that escalated into a riot as workers marched to the factories and smashed the new equipment. The report notes the episode as part of broader labor unrest in the era.
The king and the prince of Wales are heavy cigar and cigarette smokers respectively, while Lord Roberts leads by example in temperance. Many officers including Sir Redvers Buller Sir W F Gatacre and Sir William Butler are noted non-smokers. A Mexican bird called the matanarpes uses telegraph poles as homes and observatories storing food in holes along the pole.
In Beaverton northern Ontario a peat machine operates with press dryer and spreader to cut pulverize and spread peat. It cuts moisture by half and dries remainder. Capacity reaches 20 tons daily with plant price 3.25 dollars per ton and Toronto retail at 4.25 dollars per ton.
Before the Prussian Austrian War Bayénce stood as the world’s most cosmopolitan city with German as official language French law Hesse Darmstadt governance Roman Catholic church Austrian administration Prussian military Italian garrison and Thurn and Taxis post. The Italian queen cared for 50 boys to be educated and taught a trade. A Chinese dowager empress backs a girls school in Peking with ten princesses as students and a female teacher to impart English for future interpreters.
Queen Alexandra excels as an amateur photographer under the tutelage of Mr. Rolph a veteran photographer and former Sandringham usher who still teaches her developing and printing of snapshots in a small Hunstanton studio near Sandringham road. He is over seventy years old.
Professor Herman V. Nijprecht, renowned excavator of Badyton and Nippur, has returned to Philadelphia. In a mound at Nippur, once identified with biblical Catheh, he uncovered nine inscribed tablets forming part of a library destroyed 4,000 years ago around the era of Abraham’s departure from Chaldon. One twentieth of the collection has been opened to date.
Wilkesbarre Pa October 22 by unanimous vote the anthracite miners convention accepted arbitration and declared off the strike affecting 147 000 workers They are to report for work Thursday with the commission appointed by President Roosevelt to settle grievances President Roosevelt informed Mitchell that the first meeting will be in Washington Friday Barricades of relief and manpower plans were put in place while crowds celebrated across towns and cities The strike was officially ended with a note from Jon Mitchell and W B Wilson.
Chicago October 23 The Inter Ocean reports President Roosevelt plans a strong push on anti trust legislation in the upcoming session with Attorney General Knox to introduce a comprehensive bill before December 1. The president may also back appointing an expert tariff commissioner to study tariff reductions, though likely limited to the commission's appointment.
The annual education report shows 17,299,230 pupils in elementary, secondary, and higher schools in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1901. Of these, 15,710,394 were in tax-supported institutions, with about 500,000 in special schools. Total education exposure nears 17,750,000.
Copenhagen voters rejected the Denmark United States treaty for cession of the Danish West Indies by a 32 to 32 tie. The session sparked loud spectator demonstrations with mixed abstention and party lines. Public sentiment favored sale, seen as domestic political maneuvering to embarrass the government.
Five bodies lie in the morgue as a large number of workers remain missing after a massive blaze at the Corn Products plant on West Taylor Street near the river. An explosion toppled the six story annex and firemen fear several more bodies may be buried in the ruins while rescuers search for survivors and assess property damage around 400000 dollars.
Officials forecast 50 000 tons next week and 100 000 tons the week after as mining shifts surge. Normal daily output runs at 40 000 tons, with total district production stressed by ongoing conditions.
Frederick Larimore, son of Isaac Newton Latimore, a leading Plainville resident, was found dead outside his home with a bullet wound in the right breast. His brother Clarence discovered the body. No weapon was nearby, making suicide unlikely. community agitation rose as bloodhounds were deployed. He was to marry Miss Rose Frick of Kinderhood.
Ottumwa Iowa October 24 a domestic dispute escalated when Mrs John Kreebs awoke to her husband pouring water on her at their Jerome home. She then used a public safety item to strike his stomach causing serious injuries. She has been held for question in the case.
Edward Hart aged 21 son of Calvin Hart of Nadeau Mich was killed instantly when a 121 pound 18 inch iron fragment flew from a fodder cutter striking him below the shoulder blade and passing through his body. In Washington King Oscar of Sweden and Norway backed Germany in the Samoan controversy opposing the US and Britain. Marines landing at Apia deemed unwarranted as natives rebelled and three powers debated.
Washington January 25 A general order announces by the president that the army organization under the 1901 reorganization act will be reduced to 56 989 the minimum authorized by law the move aims to streamline forces and adjust manpower to current needs.
Made a Bank President in New York as C. H. Allen a former governor of Porto Rico is elected president of the Appleton National Bank per a Times Lowell Massachusetts dispatch.
Hobbers strike in Summit with a bank explosion blowing vaults and looting. The Bank of Summit reports losses estimated between 10000 and 20000 dollars.
Duluth Minnesota October 24 George R Stuntz who led the lake in 1852 and spent fifty years as an engineer and explorer died Thursday night after two years of paralysis He was the first to explore the Mesaba range and an authority on the topography of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin
Washington reports the Danish lands ting rejected the treaty of cession, ending hopes of a sale. Officials expect Denmark to tire of funding deficits from island revenues and may renew the sale question later.
The passage estimates monthly mine output at about 4,500,000 tons and warns that five months of idleness would cut 22,500,000 tons from reserves. Recovery would require several months even under best conditions, signaling a fragile supply situation.
A lone bandit robbed a eastbound Northern Pacific train near Drummond killing Engineer O Neil and looting the registered mail and express. He forced the crew to move four miles to fetch his hidden horse, escaped unscathed with a large haul, and bloodhounds from Warden Conley of Deer Lodge are on the case as a $5000 reward awaits the bandit dead or alive.
A mob of 300 men pulled Ben Brown from the county jail in Tallapoosa and lynched him after he was charged with attempting to assault Mrs Henry Dees a white woman. Troops were ordered from Atlanta but arrived an hour and a half after the lynching.
The French fishing vessel Cecilia sank off the Grand Banks with all 18 crew lost amid heavy gales. Authorities fear further casualties among Newfoundland, Canadian and American schooners.
Washington Oct 25 members of the strike arbitration commission appointed by President Roosevelt met at the White House in brief talks. Judge Gray was elected chairman and the two assistants to the recorder were named Moseley and Nell with Moeely as secretary. Meetings will be public and hearings set for next Monday.
A hurricane swept Port Diamante in Entre Rios province killing fifteen people and injuring many. One hundred houses were destroyed and several ships sunk. Negroya and other areas also suffered damage.
Sioux Falls October 23 Walking Shield a Rosebud Indian was hanged here Monday for the murder of Mrs Ghost-Faced-Bear on the Rosebud Indian reservation May 8 1962. On Thursday night at sundown Walking Shield sang a death song as is the custom of Indians about to die.
In Hempstead Texas on October 22 Kim Wesley and Reddick Barton, both Black, were executed by a mob after being duly tried for criminal assault and murder and sentenced to death. The lynching occurred in the public square as authorities failed to restrain the crowd.
Willie Evans once the United States youngest convict has been pardoned from the Jackson Mississippi penitentiary by Governor Lopgino. He nears nine years of age and has served about a year of a three year term for robbery in the state prison.
Work of the Fish Commission reports that in the last fiscal year 1 495 543 374 young fish were distributed, up from 1 071 000 000 in 1901. White fish were in greatest demand, nearing 000 000 000 distributed.
Oct 3 report says Judge A B Houston aged about 80 died at his home in the city after valvular heart trouble. He was a pioneer practitioner in southwestern Iowa and had a long legal career.
A federal judge granted a sweeping injunction in Cleveland on October 24 preventing all city labor unions from distributing boycott cards against a restaurant whose employees are not union members.
Washington October 24 authorities deny any truth to reports from Little Rock Arkansas that Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president is engaged to Mr John Greenway of Hot Springs Arkansas no foundation exists for the rumor and no engagement has been made public by the White House or the parties involved
Oyster Bay records show President Roosevelt with a tax assessment of 40000 dollars for the year. The tax roll was recently completed in Taxen New York on October 23.
A garbled historical wire recaps multiple world events. It mentions drownings off Foggy Point, political shifts in the Kentucky Confederacy, and a Pewee Valley reference. It notes university governance votes, troop withdrawals in Europe, and trials with sentences handed down in Iowa and Illinois. It also covers oil fuel for destroyers, tobacco tax cases, Rockefeller philanthropy, and labor disputes, with scattered mentions of Roosevelt, Moody, and Carnegie.
In Newark and Omaha market notes traders publish daily price ranges for cattle, corn, oats, wheat, and other commodities. Entries cite steers, heifers, calves, hogs, butter, eggs, potatoes, and lard with regional quotes and forthcoming contracts for December and January delivery.
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