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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1904
Page
5
The nationwide stock yards strike began Tuesday in Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, and St Joseph, with 45,000 workers and families affected. Prices for meat rose as packers demand higher wages and a fixed workday, while unions push for a uniform pay scale and ten hour shifts.
Senator W A Clark of Montana announced he wed his ward Miss Anna La Chapelle on May 25 1901 in Marseilles France. A daughter about two resides with mother in Paris. The romance began nine years ago in Butte, linking the western magnate to this French union.
A violent storm swept into St Louis Monday afternoon, sending crowds fleeing the grounds and drenching thousands near the exposition and the Pike. Cold wind and hail caused panic as the fair city faced heavy rain and damage.
Descriptions of ongoing labor tensions at Chicago stock yards with potential replacement workers, plus historic parallels to 1894. A tornado season’s havoc across multiple cities, injuring five people and causing extensive property damage, including demolished churches, uprooted houses, and river disruptions. A separate legal case tests the Citizens' Alliance label rights in San Francisco courts.
A derailed excursion train carrying 750 Sunday school picnickers from Deremua Congregational Church, Chicago, collided with a coal freight near Glenwood, Illinois, killing 24 and injuring 72. Rescue workers arrived within minutes as authorities described a horrific scene of crushed cars and maimed passengers.
The Democratic national convention nominated Davia aged 82 from West Virginia for vice president on the first unanimous roll call after a long, contentious night session. Delegates had considered Williams Turner and Harris, with Parker signaling strong gold standard support before settling on Davia. The adjournment followed at 1 31 a m.
A cloudburst in San Juan del Monte, a Manila suburb, washed through the town after a 24 hour downpour leaving about 200 dead and properties valued at 2,000,000 destroyed. The disaster left the surrounding countryside flooded and residents scrambling to safety in the hills. The article also notes a legal ruling by the Supreme Court denying rights to alien anarchist John Turner under immigration law. It also mentions remarks on prominent figures Bignora Duse and Mrs. McClellan, and cites the cost of a famous stick at 23,036,000.
Former President Kruger of the Transvaal republic died at Clarens Capton Vaud Switzerland. He was long seen as a symbol of liberty and a renowned figure in the civilized world. Grief over British conquest of South African republics is noted as a contributing factor to his death.
An authoritative report states President Kruger died at 79 after a long decline from age and infirmities. The war era leader sacrificed a vast private fortune for liberty, leaving less than $5,000 when he departed South Africa and never returned.
A March order from the Secretary of Agriculture requires cattle west of the Mississippi bound for shipment to be dipped with a department prescribed solution to exterminate mange. Facing delays, a delegation pressed the President and secretary to relax the rule, proposing rigid inspections at shipment instead of dipping before loading onto ships.
Highbalt, the Beighton Beach champion two year old whose 1904 American race record made him a top contender, suffered two leg fractures after being shot while the Derby winner Highball was reported to have acted aggressively.
A Cambridge cyclist covers thirty miles in thirty three minutes fifty two and five tenths seconds, a wind assisted mark. A Pennsylvania coal mine dump fire has burned for years, threatening millions in coal. The American Bible Society loosens rules to print various revisions. The Oregon voyage sparked interest in long distance naval runs, with the Kearsarge racing to Bar Harbor at thirteen and a half knots. A Kentucky ship completes a Madeira to voyage, surpassing prior records.
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