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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
1
Paris reports the Pasha of Casa Blanca to answer to France for city security as European refugees are taken aboard the US Galilee. Three French cruisers head to Casa Blanca amid the August 1 massacre blamed on a holy war preached by Arabs. Doctor Merle reports 20,000 Arabs may invade Casa Blanca today.
New York police link latest 8 year old Katie Dritschler found strangled in east side cellar to earlier deaths of Sophie Kohrer and an unidentified woman. Evidence points to a killer using the same method, with a hair ribbon found embedded in the neck.
J F Ryan Southwestern district manager of San Antonio tours Iowa and Illinois stopping at Muscatine Hotel Grand to gather names of people considering a move to Texas the first Tuesday of September. He will answer questions about the Lone Star Site and Texas opportunities.
The Nebraska supreme court directs Harrison Clarke, convicted of murder in Omaha, to be hanged at Lincoln State Penitentiary between 11 am and 3 pm on August 30. Clarke's appeal was denied and the death sentence affirmed.
Oskaloosa Iowa, August 1 Special William Barnhiezer 24 secretary of the Oskaloosa printers union committed death by suicide. He placed his head in a mail sack and started the gas blower from his linotype machine followed by strangulation. He leaves a wife and baby. Barnhiezer had lost money and this is thought to have been the motive for the act.
Prince Yong Dui Yi and Yi Sang Sul, Korea’s Hague delegates, arrived in New York to urge U S intervention against Japanese dominance in Korea. They aim to meet President Roosevelt and present the Korean situation. Forty Koreans killed or wounded in Seoul amid disarmament tensions. Japanese casualties limited.
Lodz reports a renewed strike movement marked by violence and death. Troops faced strikers in the town center as thirty men were killed or wounded and business remains at a standstill amid ongoing disorders before morning.
A miners leader advocates deadly force with a controversial chant urging strikers to shoot ten to cause fatal harm if denied justice. The remarks prompt questions about violence at labor protests and safety precautions at mining sites.
Duluth reports 243 dock workers back on ore piers with more to follow. Hibbing and Eveleth districts quiet as fears rise over Petriella's inflammatory speech urging miners to arm, strike, and "fight to kill" if justice is denied, with a governor promising investigation and Western Federation of Miners backing the movement.
In Tulsa Oklahoma and Indian Territory Republicans met to adopt a platform name state officials and choose a state central committee chair. The crowd applauded Taft and a banner urged a Taft appearance August 24. A proposed telegram to Roosevelt praised the square deal for all.
Chippewa Falls Wis Aug 1 Congressmen Jenkins chairman of the house judiciary committee issues a statement on the North Carolina railroad rate dispute. He condemns recent tirades against the nation and warns that without law enforcement there could be another civil war. He urges compliance with the constitution and respect for the judiciary as final arbiter.
Ex Governor Jyron T Herrick was forced by County Auditor Wright to pay back taxes totaling 12530 after stocks and bonds were under listed dating to 1901. The auditor added 420000 in untaxed value. Herrick promptly paid upon notification. Negotiations had been ongoing for weeks and Herrick acknowledged the debt to the county.
The American Philatelic Association, opening its annual convention atop Pike's Peak, held sessions in Denver and will decide the next meeting location today Columbus Ohio is favored, while Cleveland was previously misreported as chosen.
Paris reports dramatist Edmond Rostand author of Cyrano de Bergerac is seriously ill. The August 1 dispatch notes Rostand’s illness is serious and draws attention to his literary prominence.
Cedar Rapids August first special report Charles Lodestein a pump factory worker was killed when the factory floor collapsed. His death marks a fatal accident on the work floor with emergency crews responding to the scene in Iowa.
Joseph F. Johnson was today nominated in the joint caucus of the Democrats of the two houses to succeed Senator Pettus. There was no opposition.
Isaac Emmons, a Johnson County pioneer, was crushed by a heavy hayload on Major Ira J. Alder’s farm near Iowa City. He suffered two broken ribs and a crushed shoulder and remained unconscious for two hours with doubt about recovery. Emmons, 60, comes from a family plagued by accidents this year. Also, Joseph Pudil, Iowa City’s early settler, died at nearly 80, leaving Deputy Marshal George Pudil among his kin.
Governor Hanly spoke at the Elkhart chautauqua assembly about preserving states rights against federal encroachment. He argued for cautious, conservative approaches to national problems during his address yesterday.
Two separate boiler explosions claim seven lives in one morning. In Urbana Ohio engineer Chamberlain fireman Weisner and brakeman Stewart died instantly when a Pennsylvania freight engine boiler exploded. At Broken Ridge Missouri Milburn Hall brakeman Patrick Brewer and a student fireman were killed and Samuel Roberts fatally injured when a Burlington engine blew up nearby.
Marshalltown Iowa August 1 Jacob Reisinger accidentally shot his sweetheart Florence Brunner in the calf while aiming at a target. The wound is not likely serious for her but could be to him if she resents the shot.
The directors of Southern Pacific company announce a quarterly dividend of 1% on common stock, an increase of one fourth of one percent. The statement comes from New York on August 1.
Martin W. Littleton of Brooklyn has been chosen by Harry K. Thaw to conduct Thaw's next trial for the Stanford White murder charge. Littleton, ex-president of the Brooklyn Bar, is a renowned lawyer and orator. his fee is set at $25,000.
Edmund R. Watson, president of the Northern National Bank and treasurer of the Henry Hess Brown company, was found dead in the Columbia club swimming pool in Philadelphia. Police say he slipped while diving, struck his head on the concrete coping, and died soon after as the coroner investigates.
Berlin August 1 The imperial yacht Hohenzollern reached Swinemunde with Emperor William aboard and anchored awaiting Emperor Nicholas on the Standart. Imperial Chancellor Von Buelow will attend the summit of the two emperors.
The old section of Hong Kong's principal hotel collapsed today. Locals fear casualties as tourists and Americans bound for Manila were among the guests.
Laura Matthews, a Chicago girl born in Clinton, was found dead on a Colorado mountain. A Clinton niece of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Matthews, she visited Clinton relatives often, including Thanksgiving 1905, and was well known and popular here before her death amid a developing mystery reported nationwide.
The report states the government on the island will fail again as the Old Glory flag is to float over Cuban soil indefinitely. It frames the flag as a symbol of enduring presence amid political conflict and resistance.
Washington Bureau reports Senator Beveridge rebuts William J Bryan on imperialism and U S policy toward Cuba and the Philippines. Beveridge defends annexation and warns against independence for the Philippines as dangerous. Bryan argues for self rule and criticizes U S democracy.
Illinois shows fair skies with scattered showers in the far north tonight and fair conditions Friday. Iowa predicts fair weather tonight and Friday. Sunrise is 5 01, sunset 7 29, moonrise 11 64.
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