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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
13
Copenhagen debate shifts as public opinion leans away from Cook on the discovery claim. A university report casts doubt on the doctor being the discoverer of the big nail, signaling a turning sentiment in the affair.
Commander Peary smiled at news from Copenhagen but declined to comment. The University of Copenhagen committee reported no evidence that Cook reached the pole after examining polar records. Secret session discussed the report as public opinion shifted away from Cook’s discovery claim.
Miss Grace Todd of Arcola Illinois field secretary for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church died from injuries after an automobile struck her carriage in Amsterdam New York on December 18.
In Marshalltown Iowa on December 18 John Hockgraff was killed instantly and Jerry McQuaid fatally injured when a dump car loaded with earth overturned at the Northwestern quarries burying the workers. The men were stripping the quarries at the time.
George Farrand a teamster for John Miller was unloading an engine at the McKee and Bliven button factory when a doubletree broke and the rope hit him above the hip. The blow could have been fatal or broken his leg if higher or lower. he was taken home and Dr. E H King attended him. No serious outcomes expected.
Mrs. Cutler of 209 East Fourth street sustained a cut to her little finger and a bruise to her third finger on the right hand while operating machinery at the Muscatine Pearl company. Dr. E. B. Fulham attended and dressed the wounds.
The city today retired sewer bonds totaling 3700 dollars, nearly half of the indebtedness from building the East Hill sewer last summer.
Mrs. Chadwick Cosgrove of Dubuque Iowa will undergo a latarotomy for carcinoma of the small intestines at Chicago's Woman's hospital using stovaine amylene chlorhydrate as an anesthetic. Drs Blake Burk and Auld will administer it while Dr Jonnesco, the Romanian discoverer, observes.
Washington D C December 18 the Supreme Court bar adopted a resolution honoring Justice Peckham with Judge Alton B Parker delivering the eulogy Parker named a committee led by Senator Root to draft the resolution praising the jurist for fifty years of service to justice and his learning and reasoning that upheld legal standards
John R. Walsh of Chicago filed in the U S Supreme Court a petition for a writ of certiorari alleging the Illinois trial verdict was repugnant because the counts were based on the same transaction. He notes the case involved multiple charges arising from a single act and asks the high court to review.
The Amish settlement in Johnson County will contribute 30 000 dollars in cash to support the Iowa City Ottumwa interurban line but will not accept stock, citing that trains operate on Sunday and they refuse partnership with Sabbath desecration.
Dr. Doxey and his wife Dora E. Doxey are charged with first degree murder in the death of William J. Erder, a St Louis mail clerk. Bench warrants issued, Doxey arrested last night and his wife held in jail since December 4 as indictments are prepared.
Brussels dispatch reports King Leopold's will limits his estate to about three million dollars to his children while forbidding attendance at his funeral to all except Prince Albert and household members. Albert, now king, will adopt the name Albert. Several daughters are named for specific bequests, with estate controls and possible Belgian transfers discussed.
President Taft arrived in Watertown and will attend his brother Horace Taft's wife's funeral. Mrs Taft, recovering from a nervous breakdown, delegates hostess duties at winter receptions to her sister Mrs Thomas K Laughlin. She plans smaller at homes and daily walks while continuing limited visits by appointment.
Washington December 18 Secretary MacVeagh issued an order to raise the price of Panama two percent bonds by excluding state city and railroad bonds from the securities eligible for public fund deposits in national bank depositaries.
Cincinnati Ohio December 18 Reverend Sigmund Mannheimer longtime professor and librarian at the Hebrew College dies at 74 He was a noted figure in Jewish educational circles and father of Des Moines Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer.
General Greenberry Baum former commissioner of pensions dies at eighty in Chicago. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War and was a Democrat delegate to the 1880 national convention that nominated Stephen A Douglas. Baum was a congressman from 1847 to 1869 and held other federal posts.
A Lake Shore passenger train collided with a switch engine in Cleveland causing five deaths. Ten passengers were slightly injured. Names listed include H L Adams and Frank Swales. Accident blamed on obscured red signal during snowstorm.
In Cabcago Illinois on December 18 wheat rose to 1.19 from 1.16 as Buenos Aires reports drove the market. The gain followed yesterday's movement.
A bobsled carrying a dozen people collided with a street car at Rock Island street midnight. Actress Miss Lillie Jewell suffered a broken arm while others received minor injuries.
In West Liberty Iowa Nichols Independents lose 22 to 17 against West Liberty High School. Nichols faced a home court disadvantage but played hard. They meet Cedar Rapids biz five at Nichols tonight.
Thomas J. Lynch of Cincinnati was elected president of the National League. John A. Heydler, ex-president, was chosen secretary and treasurer. The elections were unanimous as the league adjourned to meet in February. The vote signals no major war between leagues and hints at a 168 game schedule next year.
The Roosevelt hunting and scientific expedition starts the second stage in interior Africa from Nairobi on December 18. The objective Gondokoro is expected to be reached around February 17. All members reported in good health and spirits as they departed.
The cold snap extended across the Mississippi valley with Chicago near zero and New Richmond at 19 below. Sioux City five below, Lincoln six below, Norfolk 16 below, and unusually bitter conditions reached the west slope of the Rockies into New Mexico.
Oliver Spitzer Williamsburg docks superintendent and four checkers were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government by under weighing sugar. They were released on bail until January eighth for new trial arguments.
Washington December 18 Enrique Creel Mexico confidential agent denied Mexico has made representations to the United States in Zelaya's favor and said no word has passed between him and the state department about Zelaya's safe conduct out of Nicaragua.
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