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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
1
At Pueblo Colorado on August 14 trains Nos. 8 and 1 collided near Husted. Five killed and twenty four injured with engines and cars badly demolished. Crew failure to observe orders blamed and 36 reportedly injured in total. A wrecking crew departed Pueblo for the scene.
Formal peace under a three and a half year contract was agreed after a meeting of street railway officials and union reps. Current conductors and motormen keep 23 cents an hour for six months rising to 30 cents after two years, while new men start at 23 cents and rise to 27 cents by the end of the contract term ending February 1, 1913.
Two men died and about 25 000 dollars in property was destroyed when an explosion rocked the Aetna powder mill in Aetna Indiana. Fifty workers were present with only a few minor injuries reported. Jos M Kolna head mixer and Michael McCarthy his helper were the deceased. Company officials offered no cause, noting the blast shook windows over miles and damaged Gary Indiana as well.
Washington reports Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina is ill at his Trenton home and may not return to Washington. The rumor of resignation recurs, but Tillman again declines to confirm or deny the claim.
Annapolis August 14 The arguments of Henry M. Davis counsel for Mrs Sutton and A E Birney counsel for Lieutenant Adams concluded the inquiry into Lieutenant Suttons death yesterday The court will privately consider the findings today and forward them to Washington D C Mrs Sutton said she would carry the case further if findings again say her son caused his own death
Cedar Rapids reports the Grand hotel night clerk B F Hunt fled with 120 dollars of guests money early today. He was later arrested at Quincy.
Alfred Haberman, a white man, learned his wife was colored after eight years of marriage. He shot her twice then killed himself. Both are expected to die. The incident occurred in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug 14.
Ware Kramer Tobacco Co of Norfolk files suit in Raleigh federal court seeking 1,000,000 damages against the American Tobacco Company. The complaint alleges illegal trust practices to crush independent manufacturers and says the trust uses influence to push tariff laws favorable to big firms.
Beverly Mass August 14 President Taft spent breaks in golf with Charles P Taft and a drive with Mrs Taft before continuing the task of signing additional census supervisors commissions Only about fifty of 330 had been signed by nightfall showing slow progress.
Serious blast on a Russian submarine anchored in Neva Bay kills two and wounds thirty or more. About twelve workmen remain trapped, with fears they have been suffocated by fuel gases. Americans including Joseph Lake, working under a contract, are reported safe. The accident occurred during benzine motor trials and is blamed on worker carelessness. Also reported: a mine fire in Real Del Monte Hidalgo state with six bodies recovered.
Madison, Wis August 14 Senator LaFollette warns the Payne Aldrich tariff will raise the price of common use articles for consumers. He argues the revision promised has not been fulfilled and duties on everyday goods will lead to higher monthly bills.
Boston is the site of a mock invasion as Blue defense forces and Red attackers prepare a week of maneuvers to test city defenses. Brigadier General Pew will lead Blue and Major General Bliss commands the Red, with 3000 militiamen from multiple states en route. Major General Leonard Wood will umpire the exercise.
A Philadelphia crash near Fairmount Park injures three and kills chauffeur James E. Dugar as a faulty steering gear causes the auto to overturn. Passengers Mrs. Laura Taylor Miss Catherine Betchell and Charles J. Fowler suffer serious injuries.
Cedar Rapids council elects Council man W J Miles as mayor of the city. The August 14 decision names Miles to lead the city government.
Lancaster Kentucky August 14 City Judge Clinton Armstrong committed death by own action by shooting today He was widely known in political circles.
The Post Office Department tests a mail catching and delivering device submitted by F. H. Burr of Atlantic Iowa. The system has operated on one westbound train between Davenport and Des Moines for months and will be placed on trains in both directions.
A joint note by the four protecting powers of Crete Great Britain Russia Italy and France requests the Turkish government remove the Cretan flag and expresses hope Turkey will refrain from sending its fleet to Crete waters.
Chicago reports the death of Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson a pioneer in medicine and social work born 1845 in Ogle county Illinois. She was the first woman instructor at Northwestern Medical College and first female member of the American Medical Society after a three year illness. Also noted is the death of Wm F MacLennan longtime chief of the treasury bookkeeping and warrants division in Washington D C after a lingering illness.
Surgeon General Wyman reports Pellagra numbers rising nationwide with heightened southward concentration. He notes expert Lavindar was sent to Peoria Illinois to study the Illinois insane asylum patients and around fifty individuals are under observation for Pellagra.
The Rock Island System plans to order five thousand 40 ton freight cars and fifty locomotives. Two thousand old cars will be scrapped as new cars are delivered. The announcement came from New York on August 14.
County auditors in Lee Louisa and Worth delay the yearly crop acreage bulletin for three months. Township assessors submit reports to the auditor who forwards them to the secretary of state, the agricultural department and the weather and crops service.
John Hudson operator for the Iowa City Cedar Rapids Interurban at Swisher collapsed with vertigo and was taken to Iowa City hospital. The incident disrupted service briefly but caused no line trouble. Hudson had previously sent for help by telegraph before losing consciousness.
Wallace Johnson, the Pennsylvania state tennis champion, defeated E. B. Larned to win the singles cup at the Meadow club courts in Southampton on August 14. The match pitted Johnson against Larned in a notable post state championship event on Long Island.
A four hour electrical storm drenched Chicago with 3.3 inches of rain, flooding basements and crippling telephone and telegraph services while delaying streetcars. In La Crosse a 3.83 inch cloudburst washed out rail lines and damaged hillside farms, with two houses struck by lightning and partly destroyed.
Beijing announces formal communique to Tokyo signaling willingness to negotiate at Mukden on remaining points of the Antung Mukden railroad controversy. The move comes as both nations seek settlement steps on the rail line dispute.
Des Moines, Iowa, August 14. John B. Blank shot himself in bed at 1022 West Seventh Street due to financial losses totaling over 20000 tied to the Independent Ice company failure for which he sought a receiver days earlier. He was a loan merchant. His wife and three children, the eldest daughter 18, had just returned from a vacation in Fair Haven, Michigan.
The irrigation con gress closed at Spokane with officers elected B A Fowler of Phoenix became president and Arthur Hooker of Spokane secretary Pueblo Colo chosen as next meeting place Resolutions praised Pinchot and Newell in forestry and reclamation bureaus a request for 10009000 irrigation funds from Congress and commendation of the Mississippi deep waterways were adopted.
Four men following a Chicago to Tipton cash transfer escaped after being warned by a railroad employee. The First National Bank of Tipton plans to reopen Monday with $200,000 deposited yesterday as part of a $600,000 replenishment to cover shortages. A notice to depositors guaranteed funds and full repayment.
Carrie Nation led a harsh denunciation of the saloon and liquor traffic under the canvas at the chautauqua grounds in Washington Iowa. Separately Wellman defeated the Washington team 4 to 2 in a baseball game marred by errors in the first inning.
In Ceuta on August 14 a Spanish gunboat engaged a Riffian bark, which fled ashore after the ship was fired upon. The moored vessel was found to be loaded with powder. In Barcelona the fleet pressed toward Melilla with the Emperado Carlos V Princesa De Asturias and Osada sailing from Cadiz.
Iowa expected generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with showers in the east tonight. Illinois also mostly fair with possible local showers tonight or Sunday in the far north. Sunrise is at 4 56 a m and sunset at 6 57 p m with moonrise at 3 14 a m.
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