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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
1
In Havana Aug 25 General Quintin Bandera the noted Havana province insurgent chief was killed at 3 o clock after a three day surround by 100 mounted rural guards. Two followers died and none were captured as Bandera’s camp was overwhelmed.
Otto Radeck died after drinking carbolic acid during a personal crisis in a tent. Surrounded by his wife and two young children he staggered toward a mirror and slumped to the floor as the poison took effect. The wife denied knowledge of the act and remained with him until he died.
Pekin officials plan a conference of high officials including viceroys to discuss adopting a constitution. Chinese commissioners who recently toured the United States and Europe urge a gradual shift to constitutional government over 10 to 15 years to educate the people.
Eugene Smaltz of Ilion, employed at the Remington typewriter works, reportedly found a rare dark pearl in a clam at a clambake near Utica. The four and one eighth carat gem, valued around $1,000, is described as flawless with purple blue and black hues.
New York on August 23 reports the suspension of Franklin and Dillon, members of the consolidated stock exchange, due to failure to collect margins. Liabilities total $100,000 with assets around $35,000, signaling financial distress and potential liquidation.
West Liberty August 23 over 6 000 people passed through gates setting attendance records. The fair features fast races starting with 2:25 trot for a $200 purse and 19 entries. Tomorrow includes judging of single drivers with 35 entries and 10 prizes. music by the West Liberty band.
Lincoln Aug 23 Republicans of Nebraska adjourned shortly after 2 AM after nominating their ticket. Attorney General Norris Brown won the US Senate seat over Edward Rosewater on the sixth ballot. Gov George L Sheldon Lt Gov Melville Hopewell Sec of State D C Junkin Auditor Edward M Searle Jr Treasurer L J Brian Attorney General W T Thompson. The platform praises state and national administrations and endorses direct election of senators and anti pass laws. Resolutions endorsing Roosevelt’s 1908 nomination were ruled out of order.
The Davenport Baptist association schedules its 65th annual convention at Downey near Iowa City from September 4 to 6. Key speakers include Rev. Dr. D. D. Proper and Rev. Howland Hanson both of Des Moines, Rev. Dr. S. E Wilcox of Des Moines, former attorney general Milton Remley of Iowa City, Mrs. Carrie W. Miller of Ottumwa, Rev. Judson Kempton of Muscatine, and Rev. I. H. Benedict of Iowa City.
St Petersburg reports strict censorship over Caucasus dispatches. The Armenian Tartars warfare and mutinous troops in Trans Caucasia are said to be worse than outside observers know with many Russian units disaffected and Cossacks rebelling against police duty. The government plans land distribution to settle the agrarian question before elections.
The Prussian government medical department issued a report on bakery and slaughterhouse sanitation. Papers hype the results under sensational captions as many establishments were found in filthy condition. In one town boys kneaded dough with their feet and a bakery was used as a goose pen by cats and hens.
Three hundred fifty telephone operators at the Chicago Telephone Company struck, rendering 7,000 telephones in the business district inoperative. They protested an order to enter the building through a rear passage 100 feet long, which they deemed dirty and objectionable.
Chicago reporters say the Tabasco Chiapas Trading and Transportation company and its La-Me-Ha Mills subsidiary netted promoters over 850000 from investors in five years. President Henry D. Bushnell and Secretary Isaiah B. Miller were arrested at postal authorities’ urging. Offices on River Street were closed. they were arraigned before U S Commissioner Foote with bonds set at 2000 each.
Christ Aldinger 67 formerly of Sweetland died yesterday at a hospital in What Cheer Indiana after an appendicitis operation. He left a wife and son William of What Cheer plus one brother and two sisters. He was born east of Iowa, lived in Sweetland, then moved to What Cheer. Funeral details not announced.
Elia Pinchin of South Haven Michigan aged 75 has inherited $60,000 from an English relative. He will quit his three year job as a city street sweeper after receiving the estate. Pinchin, once owning property, lost it a decade ago and has since supported himself by labor.
Caspar Musselman 19 was struck over the heart by a pitched ball during a game between the Catasqua and Phillipsburg clubs in Allentown. He started to run after the hit, collapsed six feet from first base, and died. Musselman was a student at Lehigh University.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway filed incorporation papers at Pierre South Dakota. Capital stock is 4 million dollars. The plan is to build a railroad from the Missouri River to the eastern border of Montana.
Chicago reports no relief from the heat wave for the next twelve hours as temperatures climb to 85 degrees at 9 am. Two deaths were recorded before nine o'clock, and city officials warn of dangerous conditions amid the heat.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana opened the Republican campaign in Missouri with a rally in the first district. The keynote urged voters to send back a Republican Congress to support Roosevelt, noting no third term was mentioned.
Secretary Shaw moves to raise the public money deposit per bank in national depositories to 50 000 under federal law. The action affects about 150 banks and will add roughly 3 000 000 in new deposits nationwide.
Doss Galbraith, alleged mob leader, testified he was not active in the April lynchings of three black men in Springfield Missouri. He claimed he reached the square after the first hanging and left before the third, as spectators applauded his departure.
Eugene Hunt colored of troop F Ninth United States cavalry stationed at Fort Leavenworth was arrested yesterday on charges of two recent highway robberies on the Fort reservation. Hunt whose home is at Washington DC proclaims his innocence.
Aug 23 London. Mrs Langtry faced a hostile Folkstone audience after a 20 minute South American episode performance. Fans jeered as the crowd followed her off the pier. police escorted her to the hotel. Two Folkstone winners were noted at the races earlier in the day.
In West Hammond on August 23 Ethel McNeill a 19 year old musician summoned a bartender by button saying she had swallowed ecarbolic acid. She died before a doctor arrived. Her body lies in the Hammond morgue unclaimed.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth daughter of President Roosevelt and wife of Congressman Longworth accepted an invitation to unveil the monument statue to William McKinley in Columbus Ohio on September 14.
Plattsburg New York August 23 Speaker Cannon arrived at the summer home of J C Sibley of Pennsylvania from New York. He learned of the Illinois state convention resolutions endorsing him for the presidency and expressed gratitude to Illinois voters while denying active candidacy. When asked if he would accept a tendered nomination he said no man could decline so high an honor.
A royal visit in Bilbao is disrupted by a strike and troop deployments. Fighting erupts between police and the crowd at multiple sites. several dead and wounded reported. The city remains panic stricken as authorities adjourn the events.
Thirteen firemen were overcome by smoke or injured by explosions while battling a blaze at John Lucas paint plant on Desplaines Street Chicago early today. Loss estimated at 65 000 dollars.
Samuel Gompers writes to all congressmen demanding views on a Labor bill of grievance. He says he has received many replies and will treat those not for labor as against. He vows to fight any congressman who does not fully support Gomper's demands.
Sage & Co., brokers with 300 offices from Maine to California, suspended operations claiming a potential $2,000,000 failure. The firm, once in New York City and then Jersey City after a transfer tax change, was incorporated in 1904 with $50,000 capital stock to conduct stock commission business.
Washington reports General Humphrey the quartermaster general may reply to Brigadier General Carter’s criticisms. He argues department expenditures cannot be unrestricted by revised statutes. The piece notes fines totaling 8,100 dollars on steamship lines for admitting aliens with trachoma and penalties for returning diseased immigrants.
Frederick Green of Cleveland proposed at the American Cemetery Superintendents meeting that cemeteries should run undertaking services to curb funeral costs. He says undertakers charge three to five times too much, and burial expenses could drop to about a fourth if cemetery undertakings are established.
Bids opened for 1,000,000 Philippine certificates amid heavy competition. Fisk and Robinson of New York reportedly lead with a bid of 1.02.28-100 for all or none, and the full amount is expected to be awarded to them.
Martial law remains in force as San Francisco begins relief efforts for Valparaiso quake victims. Government appropriates 4 million dollars. city also sends 10 thousand dollars, resumes mail, ferries, rail, and telegraph lines. Cemeteries destroyed complicate burials and morgue conditions.
Tickets for William J. Bryan reception at Madison Square Garden on August 30 were issued by the reception committee. About 500 tickets are for reserved seats, while Tammany Hall receives 2,590 admission tickets not granting reserved seating.
Word reached this morning that A. T. Butler, father of J. M. Butler of this city, was in a dangerous condition at his home near Vinton Iowa, and that all relatives were summoned to his bedside at once. Mrs. Butler plans to leave this evening.
Word reached this city via Frank Walker of Walnut Street that Rebecca Appleton died yesterday in Chicago. A longtime local resident, she was the daughter of Rev. Alexander Clark who served as a foreign missionary to Bavaria. Her body will be brought here tomorrow morning for interment at Greenwood Cemetery, and she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Clara Lieber of Chicago who will accompany the remains.
Chicago reports Iowa weather with showers and cooler conditions tonight and Friday. East portion may see more showers with lower temperatures. Moon sets at 9 p.m., sunrise 5 06, sunset 6 41.
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