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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
2
Divers recovered a car load of dead as wrecked cars sank in the river near Norfolk. By noon 12 dead, about 80 missing, 23 injured, with 56 to 60 more arriving at hospitals from the Atlantic coast line excursion derailment. An engine-led catastrophe left bodies rolling into the river when a car end dropped during surface recovery.
The sailing race at Charlotte New York on August 18 featured a triangular course of three miles per leg. The Iroquois started at 11 15 20 with favorable southeast wind and finished five seconds ahead of the Temeraire, winning three of five races to secure the Canada cup.
Gus Bobbs a 22 year old messenger for Charles A Stevens and Bros dry goods, left with a brown leather valise containing over 10000 in cash and checks total. Police traced him to the railroad station and wired Detroit and Buffalo to detain him on arrival as authorities pursue the fugitive.
A fierce wind storm and heavy rain swept Topeka early today with winds up to 50 miles per hour. Crosby & Co. Shawnee mills and the Cry ford opera house lost their roofs, numerous residences were damaged, but no injuries were reported.
Baron Speck von Sternburg, brother of the German ambassador to Washington, shot and killed a female poacher at midnight, mistaken for a deer. He surrendered to police and was granted bail.
Oyster Bay reports Kermit Roosevelt, the president’s second son, departed for Deadwood South Dakota to visit Captain Seth Bullock superintendent of the Black Hills forest reserve. He travels alone and aims to tour the area.
A wealthy Englishman arranged a murder for hire against his former wife. Investigators traced payments and communications linking the suspect to a hired killer. Authorities moved to press charges as the case unfolded.
Augusta Maine Aug 18 Mattie Hackett 18 daughter of Levi Hackett a farmer 15 miles northeast of the city was found murdered last night Four men asked for a meal while the daughter prepared it one joined her at the stable where she was strangled a cord around her neck and a deep head wound showed she died during the attack One man was captured and the others fled
Boston officials announce the Back Bay property of Thomas W. Lawson, held in Mrs Jeannie A Lawson name, will be sold at public auction unless $5 540 in taxes interest and charges are paid before September 11. The 1902 1903 taxes cover his Back Bay residence stables and vacant land, transferred to Mrs Lawson years ago.
A man offered a detective $25,000 to coax his wife to a house where he planned to administer chlorform and remove the odor with peppermint. He was released on bail.
Theodore P. Shonts chairman of the Panama canal commission dismissed reports that plans for canal work were halted for lack of funds. He said there has been no shortage and that suspension claims are incorrect in response to a dispatch from Panama alleging exhaustion of the congressional appropriation.
Hugh Watt a former Glasgow MP was arrested in London on a charge of trying to hire a private detective to kill his ex wife. Detective Marshall testified Watt offered 25000 pounds to lure the woman to Watt's flat for a chloroform killing and peppermint to mask the odor. Watt remanded for trial on 3600 dollars bail as chloroform and peppermint were found at his apartments.
In Shelbyville Indiana August 18 the state law banning cigarette smoking provoked a mutiny among many performers including Turks Egyptians Japanese Hindoos and Indians with Robinsons circus. They drafted a telegraph to the governor via Chief Iron Bird seeking relief but no reply was received.
Helena Montana Aug 18 Governor Toole responds to a petition from Helena merchants asking him to intervene in the telegraphers strike on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines He offers to use all means to settle the dispute The petition cites heavy business losses from the strike and seeks resolution.
In a second gathering of Mullins and Flemings clans at the Letcher county line Monroe Seward a Mullins member was killed Henry Mullins was dangerously wounded and Creed Vanover of the Flemings faction was slightly injured at Pikesville Kentucky on August 18.
The sudden rise of a creek flooded Converse’s pasture in Oskaloosa Iowa and drowned 162 hogs and 11 cattle. The loss totals 2500 dollars with no insurance.
Mrs Winfield Carpenter says neighbor Mrs Patrick Lynch attacked her during a neighborhood quarrel in Iowa City. Lynch struck, knocked her down, and bit her arm and thigh, leaving a long deep wound as doctors treat possible blood poisoning.
Dorothy Evans, 1, of West Liberty, Iowa, was brought to Iowa City with a gash in the iris after a boy poked a knife through a knot-hole on a watermelon patch. Surgeons expect possible loss of sight but will treat the injury. Fred Evans, her father, is a noted horseman in West Liberty.
Sterling Illinois August 18 The Whiteside county republican central committee adjourned without action on governor appointments and did not endorse any candidate as members could not agree on the county's wishes.
In Cincinnati on August 18 Ernest A. Graham and Alva Cain, having contracted to disinfect the armory infested with southern fleas after a deployment from Vicksburg, Miss., sprayed themselves with an ant disinfectant and are in serious condition and may die.
New Orleans reports 74 new cases with 32 in the infected core and 14 more since 6 p.m. Thursday. Most deaths total 181 with 1,237 cases to date. Officials cite Italians visiting sick neighbors as spreading infection and note improved conditions above Canal Street. The Bayou La Fourche area near Thibodaux reports 100 cases with coast-strain transmission.
A supposed explosive device received at Kugh, Loeb & Co. in New York was handed to police. The box held matches, cotton, 31 grains of powder and two loaded cartridges, with a mechanism set to detonate by handling. A second bomb similar to the Schiff device arrived at M Guggenheid & Sons by mail.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa ex Gov Larrabee and ex Gov Packard of Louisiana spoke at a Hamilton club luncheon in Chicago. About 150 members attended as Cummins urged reciprocity laws and tariffs while Packard criticized stockyard packers and beef pricing.
After a Sagamore Hill meeting with President Roosevelt, Ambassador Er win H Conger will likely return to China as a special commissioner to address the boycott and Hankow railway concession crisis. The move signals administration belief that Chinese and Japanese interests drive anti American tensions. Conger declined to reveal plans, noting uncertainty about Japanese involvement in the seven million dollar Hankow offer. Postmaster General Cortelyou and Illinois University president James were guests at the White House.
The Philadelphia ring announces at the opening of the select councils a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate all city acts since Mayor Weaver began his term. It seeks to expose causes behind the political revolution that ousted Durham and McNichols and to argue the mayor ousted machine leaders for political reasons under the Bullit bill.
Dr. Washington B. Gladden will introduce a resolution at the American Board of Missions meeting in Seattle to bar executive officers from accepting gifts including money from any source. The action targets John D. Rockefeller and seeks to prevent tainted money flowing to officers.
Frank Ward, foreman at Pueblo steel works, compelled his 16 year old daughter Frances to swallow poison and then killed himself with the same drug in Pueblo Colorado on August 18.
In Cairo Illinois on August 18 John Mockler aged eighty a grocer and Oscar Reynolds a customer were killed when an electric wire broke at a connection and fell on them at the rear of the store while they went to fetch kerosene.
A disastrous fire swept through the Clinton Herald building last night causing extensive damage. Firefighters battled flames as staff evacuated and no casualties were reported. Local authorities investigate the cause of the blaze.
Fire last night at the Clinton Herald plant caused $11,000 in losses with $10,000 to equipment and $1,000 to the building. Linotype machines and a perfecting press were ruined beyond repair, origin undetermined with oily rags cited as possible cause. The Herald will publish from Clinton Advertiser until new machinery arrives.
The International Typographical Union chose Colorado Springs as the site for next year’s convention in Toronto. Pittsburgh was the strongest rival for the location. In New York, periodical publishers backed a resolution to support the United Typographical Union in opposing adoption of the eight hour rule.
St Paul Aug 18 indications point to an early settlement of the telegraphers strike on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. President Perham of the order has asked for a vote among the strikers, and returns are expected by wire tonight.
Russian values stiffened on the bourse in St. Petersburg as August 18 trading opened. The report notes firm sentiment and renewed activity in the market.
The session reviewed Article 11 in conference hours focusing on naval power limits. A Sakhalin fishing rights note explored Russia's indemnity stance. M de Witte’s peace talk reply to Japan outlines payment for good deeds but rejects reimbursement of wartime losses.
Portsmouth dispatch reports 9:55 AM session of a peace conference with plans to adjourn until Monday. Focus centers on Article 11 delaying Russia’s Far East naval limits and Article 12 fishing rights, while indemnity and Sakhalin dominate the agenda. China’s role in the talks grows as Article 7 contemplates transferring Harbin rail branch to Beijing.
Chicago reports Iowa weather with fair skies and cooler conditions tonight. Saturday will be fair and cooler, especially in the eastern portion. Sunrise is 5 01 and sunset 6 48 with the moon rising at 8 44 p m.
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