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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1905
Page
2
Portsmouth August 29 reports say peace talks between Russia and Japan nearly concluded. The Japanese accepted the czar's ultimatum and withdrew demands for Sakhalin reimbursement and naval limits, signaling a possible armistice and a drawn treaty outline for lasting peace.
A report indicates a person killed themselves using a novel method displayed on Monday. The event details are limited in the readable text.
A chaotic day reports a fatal balloon stunt near the Mississippi River. Witnesses describe John Williams falling from 1,200 feet after the parachute failed, while aeronaut William Scanlon makes vain rescue attempts as a crowd watches in horror.
Manila August 29. The marble hall at the municipal building housed supporters of independence invited by Governor General Wright to present grievances against insular and federal governments before visiting congressmen. The talks urged immediate independence but yielded no new proposals as the speakers admitted they had not studied how independence would be implemented.
President Roosevelt received word from Associated Press that peace envoys reached an agreement. The cipher dispatch from Baron Komura at Portsmouth confirmed withdrawal of war expense reimbursement, partition of the island of Sakhalin, and settlement of main points with details to follow.
Eldora Iowa reports robbers cracked the Owasa post office safe last evening taking a small cash sum and stamps of all denominations before fleeing. Sheriff Miller investigates a wave of burglaries in small towns nearby. Also a burglary at L E Ross general store in New Providence on Friday night yielded a large quantity of goods.
Two men died and three were seriously burned when a sixteen inch steam pipe burst at the Danville electric light plant. The blast left the city in darkness and halted street car service yesterday afternoon.
Following a conference at Oyster Bay between the President and J P Morgan the Chinese Development company met and ratified selling the Hankow railroad to China.
A major fire in Peoria area destroyed six business buildings including the Finkler and Harrison hardware store at Princeville Illinois. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
Twenty one of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company mills at Vandergrift near Pittsburg closed today for lack of orders. The company operates twenty nine plants and the shutdown affects Vandergrift facilities due to reduced demand.
The quote from Albert B. Cummins scorns the French treaty as a deformity and a bargain offered to France with little return. Cummins cites Lafayette Young of Des Moines Capital as confirming the speech’s division of tariff reciprocity and its perceived aims. He asserts Young’s understanding aligns with Cummins and defends the Chicago remarks.
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a 110 acre Hodgenville farm, was sold at auction for 3600 dollars to R J Collier of New York. The sale was by court order in the bankruptcy of A W Dennette. Bidders included John E Burton of Philadelphia and W D Frost of Chicago.
In Brussels on August 29 the international parliamentary congress discussed the plan for a permanent international parliament. On Count Albert Apponyi's motion the proposal was referred to a committee of specialists from parliaments of various nations to report in three months.
A runaway electric car on the Los Angeles and Pacific railroad left the rails at a steep grade in Los Angeles injuring eleven and killing one passenger. Authorities investigated the derailment and collision with the curb on the track.
Five of the inmates who escaped from Benton county jail near Vinton Iowa last Sunday have been recaptured and returned to custody. Evans brothers and Ernest Worthen were arrested at Greene Iowa while riding a Rock Island freight train and brought back to Vinton. John Lang, the first escapee to be captured, was nabbed while trying to steal a team the night of the escape. Matt Bove was arrested at Palo Iowa, while William Davy remains at large in Kansas and is the most wanted.
Milwaukee August 29. William W. Allis the millionaire manufacturer and society man was fleeced of $41 000 at the Oriental gambling house. The scheme involved a saloonkeeper Frank H. Dare and Rose Whitney and was planned days before the event. No arrests have been made.
Samuel Stewart aged 12 of Gilman Iowa was accidentally shot through the head with a .22 rifle while playing with two companions. He did not know the weapon was loaded and faces probable death.
In Zearing Iowa a four year old boy named Douglas Jones suffered a severe left hand injury when caught in a threshing machine near Marshalltown. The accident required amputation of the hand.
Washington rumor claims Secretary Hitchcock will retire soon and Maj. John F. Lacey of Iowa may replace him. Support cites Lacey’s expertise on public land questions and his leadership of the House committee on public lands.
Spivefield IL August 29 The city council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Devereaux to take over the municipal light plant. The vote was 10 to 5 with one alderman abstaining. A clash had earlier erupted in the chamber with revolvers drawn and blows exchanged between supporters and opponents of municipal ownership.
The will of John Hay, former secretary of state, is admitted to probate in Washington. Payne Whitney and James Walcott Wadsworth Jr. named as executors after posting a $250,000 special bond to cover claims and debts of the estate.
The Comptroller of Currency issued a call for the condition of national banks as of the close of business August 25. Washington reports the action on August 29. Banks are instructed to submit statements detailing their financial status and operations.
Special indications for Iowa show fair and cooler conditions with showers in the north tonight and cooler west tonight. Wednesday brings fair weather and cooler temperatures with showers in the northeast portion. Sunrise at 5 12, sunset 6 32, moonrise 3 59 am.
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