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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
1
Rome reports orders countermanding the Italian squadron to Turkish waters while Italy presses for port privileges. Paris says France demands daily penalties of 2500 and 28 million for past losses, anticipating concurrent demonstrations to force settlement with the sultan.
Des Moines April 20 electors chosen for the Taft ticket. a 13 member slate loyal to William H. Taft. Electors at large Thomas T. Anderson and John Amundson. district electors Marsh Bailey F D Letts W F Ray D H Bowen selections to be finalized. delegates from multiple counties named with dates for filing petitions.
In St Louis on Easter, Merry Widow millinery worn by front row worshipers obscured the altar and halted a fire panic when paper lilies near candles ignited. The blaze spread before the clergy noticed but was extinguished promptly, leaving the congregation unaware of the danger.
New York reports Mrs. Frank Gould and her mother Mrs. Kelly left for Atlantic City where friends expect a reconciliation with her husband. The couple had filed for legal separation, and the meeting may end their dispute.
Iowa predicts generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Illinois expects fair weather tonight with cooler air in the far northeast, followed by increasing cloudiness on Tuesday. Sunrise is 5 02, sunset 6 36, moonrise 11 09.
Mrs. Jessie Llewellyn Call daughter of former Kansas Governor L D Llewellyn and sister of Mrs J A Devitt died by self poisoning at the Newberry Hotel in Chicago. She left two letters to relatives and a third to the hotel mistress stating the act was premeditated.
E F Brockway a noted temperance worker and former state legislator died suddenly at his Letts Iowa farm at age 75 from heart failure. He had lived in Muscatine and Washington counties, served in the state house, and led local temperance efforts. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 from the family home with Rev Longnecker officiating. Interment Grandview Cemetery.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria left London for a royal tour visiting Copenhagen Stockholm and Christiania. The trip aims to strengthen diplomatic ties with Nordic nations and is marked by ceremonial departures and planned engagements.
Arrangements are made for the Prince of Wales to visit Quebec in July for the ter centenary celebrations and to dedicate the monument on the plains of Abraham to Wolfe Montcalm and their men. It will be his second Canada visit but he will stay in Quebec this time.
Washington April 20 The seventeenth continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution opens for a six day meeting with high attendance but limited election drama. No head election is planned this year though the choice of ten vice presidents is expected to draw interest.
About forty state police in Chester Pennsylvania fall ill from suspected food poisoning during a strike-related disturbance at the Chester Traction company. Officials say no one is seriously ill and the danger of another outbreak is past.
Iowa district court under Judge Anderson sustains the injunction on violence but upholds workers right to picket Ottumwa Box Car Loader Co case. One hundred men idle while company claims near full force. union men insist strike continues despite assertions.
Army officers on the Buford report uprisings in Mindanao and armed clashes between white settlers and Moros. Detachments of the 23rd and 25th infantry with the constabulary disarm Moros on Basilan and Mindanao under Maj. Finley. An armed band of eighty Moros is singled out as particularly troublesome.
An alarming report from Tiflis on April 20 describes a small Russian expeditionary force bogged near Belostvar Persia, menaced by a far larger Persian brigand force. Flooded terrain hinders Russian reinforcements as the situation grows dire.
In Iowa City on April 20 a fire started when lace curtains ignited from candies while Ira Schindheim lay dead inside a room. Grandmother and a child present extinguished flames and saved the corpse and home. Also, Martin Vevera, grieving his wife, attempted suicide by cutting his throat but survived and is recovering in Mercy Hospital after calling for help and collapsing outside.
Secretary Taft meets supporters in New York as he prepares to speak at Carnegie Hall and plans to return to Washington. William Jennings Bryan arrives at Hoffman House, declining meetings with leaders while avoiding discussion of the New York Democratic convention actions and Illinois delegation signals.
President Roosevelt continues to press Congress to fund four battleships while shifting to personal interviews with lawmakers. The Senate pensions committee nears final approval of a 162 million dollar bill, and Frank Wyman is nominated for postmaster of St. Louis amid opposition. Easter Egg Roll festivities draw thousands to the White House grounds as the president and Mrs. Roosevelt observe.
New York April 20 Henry Chadwick aged 83 died today at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia and heart disease a pioneer in baseball development often called the father of the game his work helped shape early statistics and reporting in the sport
Washington April 20 Senator Borah Idaho in his maiden senate speech condemns any effort to spare Harry Orchard the man who threw the bomb that killed former Governor Steunenberg. He ties the Brownsville affair to harsh justice for criminals in uniform and argues evidence shows a conspiracy among some Twenty fifth Regiment soldiers.
John N Baldwin general solicitor of the Union Pacific railway died at his home in Omaha after ten days in bed. He had Brights disease for two and a half years and had been unable to work for three months. Physicians held little hope for recovery after he entered bed ten days earlier.
T P Morrissey of the Mercury A C Yonkers N Y won the Marathon road race in 25 miles in two hours 25 minutes 43 15 seconds. Hayes of New York finished second with Fowler of Cambridgeport Mass placing third.
An Oriental Limited fast passenger train of the Northern Pacific traveling eastbound was wrecked and burned near Summit Montana after striking a landslide. The derailment damaged every car but, despite the severity, no one was seriously hurt.
The directors of the United States Express company today declared semi annual dividends of 2.00 dollars a share. This is a reduction of 1.00 dollar a share compared with November last.
About thirty thousand miners in the Pittsburg district resumed work today following an agreement reached last week at Toledo. The decision ends a pause in mining activity and restores normal operations across the region.
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