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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1905
Page
1
A sharp drop in Northern Securities curb stock triggers fear of dissolution plans and wider losses. St. Paul and Union Pacific also slide on the same day amid a Chicago board scene of competing forces in May wheat and cash grain pressures.
News from Glenwood Springs and Newcastle reports President Roosevelt killed a 650 pound black bear after a long chase. The hunt involved Spot the dog and 50 hounds with a single-shot kill on a tree near Gar field mountain. Secretary Loeb expects a courier and plans to visit Roose velt to deliver commissions and departmental business.
Chicago and Wheeling dispatches report unions holding firm in a garment workers and teamsters strike against Montgomery Ward & Co. Mayor Dunne urged restraint to keep order. Fifty injuries cited in a Wheeling clash between non union men and Whitaker mill strikers. In San Juan Porto Rico six strikers meetings saw police clashes with rioters. one flag torn, several wounded, order restored.
Osceola Iowa April 18 twelve years is the sentence given to Dr Crofford of Lamont who was convicted last week of murder in the second degree for performing a criminal operation on Maude Stone.
Kalereff, the assassin who killed Grand Duke Sergius in Moscow, was today sentenced to death by the supreme court on April 18.
Ripah Warden of Clinton aged 94 and longtime resident, died in Clinton Iowa after living there 20 years. The April 18 report notes her death and residence details.
Light ships Manila reports two unidentified steamers aground in Lingayen Bay Island of Luzon 130 miles north of Manila. Admiral Train orders the US gunboat Quiros to Lingayen Bay as French officials tighten neutrality measures in Indo China and Tokyo designates Tsugeara straits a defense zone. New domestic loan subscriptions expected May 1.
Miss Mary A Hoyt aged 82 and a long time resident of Jackson County and Maquoketa passed away in Maquoketa on April 18. She lived in Jackson County for 53 years and in Maquoketa for 40 years.
An independent French Catholic church in Manchaug has become Protestant. Its pastor Rev. A. E. Ribourg and 42 parishioners have been received into the Baptist denomination after leaving the Roman Catholic parish two or three years ago due to differences with the pastor.
The upper house of the Newfoundland legislature approved Premier Bond's bill excluding American fishermen from New Foundland waters. It declares American fishing vessels within three miles of the coast that carry bait supplies or outfit bought on the island shall be seized and forfeited with their cargo. The captain bears the burden of proving purchases occurred locally.
Members of the Masonic order from around the world gathered in Chicago to mark the golden jubilee of Oriental Consistory and dedicate its new home at Dearborn Avenue and Walton Place. The three day convention features a dedication ceremony and a claim of the building being the finest of its kind.
Bellaire Ohio April 18 the steamer Queen City tied up while the coroner held an inquest into the death of Fred Horton a colored man alleged to have been kicked into the river from the Queen City Sunday The crew was detained as witnesses and passengers faced a troubled situation
In Philadelphia on April 18 Edward Smeders of Edna May's The School Girl company shot his wife Mabel during a quarrel and then wounded himself. Both victims are seriously injured.
Chicago April 18 President Roosevelt formally accepted an invitation from the Iroquois Club of Chicago to be guest of honor at a banquet upon his return from a hunting trip in the southwest. The invitation marked an unprecedented cross party honor as a Republican president is welcomed by a Democratic affiliated club.
Sioux City speaker O. R. Rubensstein, claiming ties to Russian revolutionists, declares Admiral Rojestvensky will lose to Tojo and foresees 80,000 revolutionists in Manchuria. He says Nicholas II will fall, autocracy yields to liberty, and a new Russian republic will seek ties with America.
Indianapolis April 18 four newsboys died in a stairway crush at the Masonic building while scrambling for free theater passes distributed by a patent medicine agent. A shouted fire alarm triggered a panic. many others were injured, with 25 reported seriously crushed as the crowd collapsed.
The actor known for Rip Van Winkle is reported dying and near death, with one colleague saying the end is near as he faces a final chapter away from fame.
A dog previously biting a girl near the eye was killed after the bite caused concern the animal was mad. The caretaker notes wounds healing but plans to take the baby to Chicago for treatment in case of poison or disease. The facial wound has healed while a finger remains raw from the bite.
Mervi Italy reports Secretary Hay is much improved and plans to leave Friday for Germany. He expects to travel as part of his health recovery and duties.
In Letts Iowa a two year old girl Naomi Garrett was bitten by a family dog believed rabid after an earlier outbreak. The dog was killed, wounds dressed, and Naomi and her mother boarded the Firefly for Chicago for Pasteur Institute treatment. The Garrets, respected farmers near Letts, await verdict on possible rabies exposure.
The Quakers in Philadelphia denounced Dr. Liman Abbott's magazine the Outlook as heretical and pernicious and excluded it from materials allowed for reading by society members. The meeting took place on April 18 in Philadelphia.
More than 260 general agents of the Equitable Life Insurance society met in secret in New York to protest internal strife. They adopted resolutions endorsing President Alexander and favoring mutualization, signaling opposition to Hyde.
The Wisconsin assembly passed the administration railroad rate commission bill in Madison without debate on April 18. The measure focuses on regulating railroad rates under administration oversight.
Seven children of the Bouchire family perish in a house fire at Ste Anne de Pocatiere Quebec on April 18. The blaze consumes the home leaving no immediate witnesses. Fire officials investigate the cause as neighbors assist rescued relatives.
Chicago reports fair and warmer conditions tonight for Iowa. Wednesday will bring increasing clouds with probable showers in western areas. Sunrise 5 07, sunset 6 34, moonset 4 48 a m.
West Palm Beach April 18 reports Joseph Jefferson in critical condition at his Palm Beach winter home. His famed acting line extends to 1749, with his son achieving prominence in the late 1860s. Jefferson’s health declined after a relapse following a visit to ex President Cleveland, with family present and expecting possible death at any moment.
Missouri Governor refuses to intervene in the case of William Rudolph who is slated to be hanged today in Union. Rudolph was convicted of murdering Detective Schumacher and the governor announced no commutation to life imprisonment.
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