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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1906
Page
1
Hundreds of visitors witnessed opening scenes at the national capitol as the fifty ninth congress begins the second session today. Few senators were present prompting questions about a discharge of colored troops from the 25th Infantry.
A large funeral service was held for the man who died in a railroad wreck as many mourners and officials attended the ceremony. Notable figures among the attendees paid respect to the deceased and his contributions.
A War Department report highlights two main bills for the Philippines. A tariff reduction on Philippine sugar and tobacco to 25 percent of Dingley rates and free other goods, plus creation of an agricultural bank in the islands.
Washington D C December 5 Congress convened for a brief session with a large public turnout. Vice President Fairbanks rapped the Senate to order as Speaker Cannon received applause when his gavel sounded the House to order.
Fairfield Iowa December 3 Special A B LaBagh of Fairfield who will become Jefferson county auditor on December first is said to be Iowa's youngest auditor at twenty five. He defeated the incumbent by 628 votes this year after losing to him in 1903 by a small margin. Labagh a Democrat has lived on a farm near Fairfield all his life and has many friends he graduated from Parsons College in 1902, taught country school three years and has been reading law the last year.
Atlanta, December 3. The American Anti Tuberculosis league plans a nationwide drive to push uniform state legislation for the care of indigent consumptives and to curb spread of tuberculosis. It seeks cooperation from national, state, and municipal government officials to forward the measure.
In Washington on December 3 1903 Samuel Spencer former Southern Railway president was buried in Oak Hill cemetery after a service at St John s church attended by Vice President Fairbanks Supreme Court Justice White and many leaders. Rail officials and financiers filled the crowd while hundreds stood outside. The funeral began at 2 pm as every Southern system train halted for five minutes and hymns were led by Bishop Saterlee. Floral tributes from President Roosevelt and others were later distributed to hospitals and charities.
Bishop Coadjutor William Walter Webb was enthroned as the fifth bishop of the Milwaukee Episcopal diocese to succeed deceased Bishop Isaac Lea Nicholson. Prominent church dignitaries attended the ceremony in Milwaukee Wisconsin on December 3.
Ellis Garton of Cimarron confiscated a carload of coal in Topeka and distributed it to residents left without fuel. Mayor Garton faces potential charges by Santa Fe officials but refuses to bow to arrest. The coal shortage mirrors statewide scarcities as temperatures drop. Railroads blame lack of available cars to move reserves.
Adis Ababa December 3 reports of the illness of King Menelik are unfounded and attracted attention in Europe over potential throne succession complications.
Sunday closes a remarkable revival in Kewanee Illinois with 405 conversions in one day bringing total conversions to 2762. The attendance nears capacity as 5000 fill the service and 3000 are turned away. Local officials and dozens of civic groups reported widespread conversions from churches and lodges. An extra service is planned for tonight.
The President sent nominations to the senate for George B. Cortelyou as Secretary of the Treasury Charles J Bonaparte as Attorney General George L. Von Meyer as Postmaster General Victor H. Metcalf as Secretary of the Navy James K Garfield as Secretary of the Interior Oscar S Strauss as Secretary of Commerce and Labor and William H Moody as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court indicating a reshaped administration.
The Mississippi railroad commission lost its bid to compel Illinois Central to stop trains at small stations as the U S Supreme Court decided today. In the same session, Atlanta Ga won a Sherman anti trust suit against the Pipeline trust for inflated pipe prices.
Investigation at Manila’s Bilibid prison reveals plague germs in the corpses of ten inmates inoculated with cholera serum. A visitor allegedly mixed tubes containing plague germs with cholera serum in the laboratory, and no formal report has yet been issued.
The War Department plans a congressional probe into the 25th infantry discharges by President Roosevelt. Officials say a Civil War era record shows a troubling pattern and that the unit once attacked a town in 1885 at Fort Sturgis, Dakota.
Interstate commerce commissioner FE Clarke opened an inquiry in Pueblo Colorado into alleged land frauds and the role of common carriers in producing coal and oil and their transport. Attorneys Thomas and Marchand assisted. Many witnesses will be examined and Clarke will then proceed to Denver.
Acting on Interstate Commerce Commission reports, Attorney General Moody orders suits against many railroad firms to recover penalties for violating the safety appliance law by failing to keep equipment in proper condition. A prior directive had directed action against numerous other roads.
Fall weather tonight with possible rain or snow Tuesday. Warmer on Tuesday. Sunrise at 7 01, sunset at 4 20, moonrise at 6 45 p m.
Moscow Zemstvo famine relief officials return from disaster areas saying crops are in prospect. Seven provinces are nearly failed and twenty more show very poor harvests. About 20.9 million people may need assistance for 4 to 19 months until new crops become available.
Detectives probe a theft of about 1400 dollars and negotiable papers from a Sovereign Bank messenger aboard a train en route to Fletcher. Two men sitting near him reportedly swapped his catcher for the bag. The robbers are said to be known to authorities.
In Mzabethtown Kentucky Superintendent Fuller Nall jokes that men are barred at the Kentucky Overall factory as a matrimonial agency. He notes 22 young women workers have married in three years of operation.
Albert Young of the United Teamsters testified again in the Shea trial in Chicago Illinois. He described picket duty, an incident where a Franklin MacVeagh driver was knocked down, and said Shea ordered the pickets to improve their performance or face payroll removal and replacement.
A white stranger identified as A. R. Sibley was shot to death by a mob in Del Rio Valverde county Texas last night after being surrounded in a suburban house. The mob claimed he murdered ranchmen R. M. Cawthorn and J. R. Ralston to swindle them out of $4000 in a sheep deal. Identity and origin of Sibley remain unknown.
Arguments opened in Herkimer New York as Judge Devendorf strives to finish proceedings and present Chester E Gillette's murder case to a jury before close of day. Grace Brown is the alleged victim. the trial began after court convened today.
In San Francisco, December 3, Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef appeared to answer extortion indictments. The arraignment was continued until Thursday.
The Schurz estate report filed with the surrogate's office shows a net value of 255,150 dollars for inheritance tax purposes. The assets are mainly railroad bonds, with no real estate.
William Evers aged 70 and Agnes Rivers aged 71, both of Manila Bureau County, were married yesterday. The ceremony unites their families, bringing 34 children under one roof.
Seattle December 3 1906 Klondike output was 5 697 042 dollars raising the grand total since first strike to 112 786 572 dollars The report notes the 1906 yield from the Klondike fields and the cumulative earnings to date.
Springfield December 3 Bishop Seymour of the Episcopal diocese of Springfield shows slight improvement in condition today.
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