23 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
1
Report from Washington outlines two linked issues. Moros fire on Baldwin near Mala bang as US forces push toward Mindanao, with red flag signaling continued resistance. Separately, Republican senators hold a conference on Cuban reciprocity, aiming to craft a party bill and limit cross-party cooperation.
A newspaper style notice extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for deep seated coughs bronchitis and weak lungs claiming rapid cures. Personal testimonials from McCauley of Leechburg PA and Himer Lawler of Volga IN praise the remedy after failed other treatments and mention multiple bottle courses and related pellets.
The Kinney Trawkins Crosby mine west of Hibbing is sold to the Deerings Harvester Works of Chicago for 525000 dollars. Parties receiving shares include O D Kinney and F B Hawkins each 183750 dollars, George H Crosby 105000 dollars, and J T Pearce 52500 dollars. An Eastern Minnesota railroad option was noted earlier. The property reportedly holds 40000 tons of ore and ranks as the Mesaba district’s third largest.
Labor troubles caused a one hour delay at the funeral of Joseph R. Stafford, a Masons post master. The lodge provided ten carriages but rival firm vehicles caused a dispute, leading to an extra hearse and further delay before the service could begin.
In Clay county a family quarrel over a pistol ended with Dennis McCollum age 20 dead after William McCollum shot him. The father arrived and wounded William in the thigh before both men were arrested.
Mrs. T. A. Watson, wife of a farmer near Searsboro, flagged an Iowa Central passenger train moments before it reached a burning three mile long bridge. The bridge caught fire from coals dropped by a freight engine and the crew battled the flames for two hours.
LaCrosse Wisconsin reports bones believed to be a mastodon discovered in a local gravel pit. The specimens are noted as unusually large with teeth about eight inches long. A separate dispatch from Phoenix Arizona mentions Governor elect confirmation and other political notes.
Ad claims hot rolls muffins and cakes made with Royal Baking Powder may be eaten freely without fear of indigestion.
John Hays Hammond, returning to England, urges generous peace terms for the Boers and criticizes Anglophobes and Anglomaniacs in the United States. He contrasts Kruger with Lee and warns against Northern control in the postwar South, noting a dinner with British peers.
John Burk, 2105 South East street, drank carbolic acid mistaken for whisky after keeping it in a whisky flask. He rushed to Pantzer's drug store with an empty bottle, where Pantzer and Dr J E Morris and others treated him until revival. he was taken home by ambulance in critical condition.
First National of Chicago offers to buy the Metropolitan National in Chicago. If accepted the merger would create a bank with about 7.0 million in capital and 5.65 million in surplus, totaling around 100 million in deposits and making it the United States’ second largest. In Brazil Indiana an interurban street car attack occurred near Seeleyville as strike sympathizers fired on the Terre Haute Electric car, injuring riders.
In Denver on April 2 Frank Cheatley John Garbare David Moscoli and Charles McParlin were found guilty of cruelty to animals for a rabbit coursing meet at Union Park held March 2. In Omaha on April 23 the first session of the annual conference of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Northwest convened here last night.
The article notes dramatic temperature swings and storms across the region. Chicago saw a 78 degree day followed by a sudden cold front, with up to heavy snow in the Dakotas and wet conditions spreading from Missouri to Pennsylvania.
The Hague April 2. Queen Wilhelmina yesterday signed a decree relating to the election of a member of the first chamber of parliament. The cabinet was reluctant to bother her majesty, but physicians allowed the sign.
Trade data show varied receipts and valuations across cattle hogs and sheep. Quotes list mixed prices for cattle hogs and veal calves, with western, native, and Texas market notes from East Buffalo and St. Louis regions. Grain futures in St. Louis and Milwaukee markets show No. 2 red wheat easing while corn climbs.
A tornado near Beetown and Johnson’s Creek, Wis, yesterday caused barn collapses and killed farmer Gillett Reed while seriously injuring Mary Pertiseh, 15. The storm toppled tombstones in a cemetery and felled trees as well.
Saginaw Michigan April 23 A young Telegraph office worker Miss Hattie Palmer left town last week to marry Br A Goodwin a Latter Day Saint elder in Lamont Iowa Friends awaited the arrival at the station but she was not aboard Goodwin searched via Chicago Bay City and then to St Paul Minnesota discovering no sign A young telegraph operator from the same office vanished on the same day as Palmer Some say she is in St Paul He is a widower about 28 years old The sect she planned to join is not Mormon but an offshoot From Salt Lake City never subscribing to polygamy
In Cairo Wisconsin on April 23 the wrecking and insurance teams report eighty survivors fifty one known dead and over twenty missing from the steamer City of Pittsburg. Officials fear the death list could reach seventy with families awaiting word on L L Hunter and L B Magill of Tidioute Pennsylvania.
LaCrosse Wisconsin April 23 A drayman aged 60 Fuescher killed himself by hanging in the manger beside his horse to prevent his wife from obtaining a divorce for cruel treatment. He had lived in the city 35 years and said she would never get it. The divorce was to be heard next month in circuit court.
An anonymous stockyard insider tells the Evening Journal that a meat trust controls prices and wages. He alleges packers buy cattle cheaply, use by products for profit, employ rebates, and store chilled beef to drive prices up.
An informant describes a cross industry pact where big meat packers meet weekly to fix prices, backed by heavy penalties and railway rebates. The scheme allegedly extends to insurance control, cold storage monopolies, and suppression of smaller competitors through payments and retaliatory actions.
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