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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1908
Page
1
A political motion labeled Revolution 100 appears set to challenge the rule of the Sultan with organized opposition forming within the movement. Details on leadership and timing remain unclear as groups mobilize support.
Reports from Tiflis on February 17 say Turkish army reserves in Van Mush and other Asia Minor vilayets are summoned to the colors and moving toward the frontier. The Turkish revolutionary league intensifies agitation with appeals and proclamations urging resistance to the sultan’s war plans.
Odessa February 17 The governor general announced that in the future Jewish wives who have emigrated to America may obtain passports upon authentic letters from their husbands inviting them to join them. Previously Jewish women could not emigrate without in person authorization from their husbands.
Ottumwa, February 17. A sheriff raid Friday disrupted local gambling circles. Uncaught players hurriedly disposed of their devices and planned to leave town as lawmen tightened controls.
Bert Hendershter, stepson of Nathan Taylor, confessed he fired the shots that killed Taylor in Creston Indiana after hours of questioning. He said the act was revenge for ill treatment of his mother Belle Taylor and produced a watch and chain taken from the body. The confession, kept secret, will be disclosed at the morning inquest. He is described as hardly responsible mentally and may be committed to the penitentiary insane ward.
The Iowa state boys conference in Oskaloosa attracted 210 delegates. Oskaloosa won the basketball tournament. A large religious meeting last night led to 14 conversions. Clinton is expected to host the next assembly.
West Orange N J Feb 17 John F Randolph treasurer of the Edison Manufacturing Company and a director of Edison was found dead last night from a self inflicted gunshot wound Authorities believe he was temporarily insane and he died from the action.
Five persons were injured, one probably fatally, when a Michigan Central passenger train at 25 miles an hour crashed into and telescoped a New York Central yard engine at Black Rock late last night in Buffalo.
William Sells, son of a Sells Brothers circus organizer, died suddenly in New York City at age 42 from gastritis.
In Marshalltown Iowa on February 17 Leslie Watt aged 15 drowned when an ice floe struck a boat on the Iowa River. Lewis Arnold saved Frank Cook Burton Jenkins from danger by using an oar while standing on a cake of ice.
The Snell will case jury in Clinton Illinois had not reached a verdict by 10 o clock tonight after 36 hours of argument. Rumors say the panel stands 11 to 1 for breaking Snell's will and they asked Circuit Judge W G Cochrane late last night to be discharged.
After long deliberations the jurors refuse further talks and urge Judge Cochranes release. A deputy sheriff was summoned to the door of the courtroom as the jurors remain unable to reach a verdict. Judge Cochranes illness has caused a three week recess and his daughter Grace Cochran asks that he not be disturbed.
About four hundred night riders in Eddyville Kentucky invaded the city first thing and raided Sheriff Cash and the city marshal. They captured four white men and seven Black residents, then marched them to the river landing and whipped them with buggy whips for talking too much. Police Judge W C Rucker aged sixty and Grace Robertson were among those whipped.
Chicago today reports Dr John L Atkinson a veteran Congressional missionary at Kobe, Japan is dead. He served as a minister in Iowa before departing for Japan in 1873.
Wellsville Ohio February 17 nearly all industrial concerns employing 2500 men in this vicinity have resumed operations after being closed for weeks.
Mrs. Mary Weed longtime Muscatine philanthropist dies at Weed Park home after church service. Born January 26 1828 in Yates New York she and Dr James Weed endowed Weed Park about five years prior. She led Weed Park club as president and contributed to city welfare.
Marian Grey known as affinity finder was found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud while running the Elgin Search Light Club. She was convicted on one count and acquitted on two, facing up to eighteen months in prison and a $500 fine.
Fire in the Davenport public library basement near the janitor's room caused smoke damage to the building and its contents. The blaze was extinguished with losses estimated under 400 dollars, with valuable newspaper files once at risk.
Des Moines the town mourns after druggist M. E. Davis shot his wife on Saturday night and wounded City Physician James E. Miller who went with officers to Davis home. Miller suffers a chest wound from a rifle ball with slim chances of recovery.
Chicago February 17 creditors of the Phoenix Coal Co with mines at Cornell Illinois applied for a receivership. Internal dissensions within the firm are cited as causing business deterioration.
The jury finds for Vera E. Smith against L. D. Hendrix and awards $8,000 actual damages and $5,000 exemplary damages. The verdict, read in district court, follows allegations of assaults and improper advances. A recall was ordered to correct a missing word and decimal issue in the damages figures.
Wife meets him at steamer. Detectives have him in charge. Journey to justice in auto.
Floods bring heavy damage in Pittsburg and nearby Ohio towns. In Pittsburg two brick houses on Penn avenue collapsed. one man injured and eighteen narrowly escaped deaths as waters rose to 24 to 24 percent feet. In Steubenville two hundred fled rising water and many narrowly escaped drowning at Mingo Junction. In Upper Sandusky one man died and another barely escaped when driving into floodwaters on the Sandusky River.
New York on February 17 Charles W Morse a former banker and financier was indicted for perjury for testimony before a former grand jury and arraigned on charges of grand larceny and misappropriation of Mercantile National Bank funds. He pleaded not guilty and a hearing was set for next Monday.
Congressman Dawson was the principal speaker at the Lincoln dinner of the Middlesex club in Boston on Saturday night and received a great ovation. Nearly 300 leading business and professional men attended as Ex-Congressman Powers presided.
American novelist William Dean Howells is reported ill with influenza while in Rome. The February 17 update notes his illness and resting status.
A dawn fire caused by a defective heating device destroyed the Solm residence of Mrs. Henry Hartz and its contents. Mrs. Hartz and her children escaped in night clothes, with a loss estimated at $2,000 and limited insurance.
Washington D C Feb 17 The President sent to the senate the nomination of Charles P Grandfield of Missouri to be first assistant postmaster general.
Harrisburg reports 270 men arrested in 32 raids by state police in a crackdown on Black Hand gangs terrorizing foreigners. Authorities aim to crush the operation before it extends to Americans as bands widen from the anthracite regions into North Cumberland County.
Members of the Ministerial Association met at the local Y M C A this morning to discuss matters but take no definite action. They decided all would hear Attorney Trickett speak in the city. A report noted hundreds of new converts since the Sunday meetings joining Christian churches.
Former New Jersey governor Foster H. Voorhees and Philadelphia’s Frank G. Combes surrendered after being indicted by a grand jury on perjury charges and posted bail of $2,500 each in New York on February 17.
Chicago Feb 17 Inter state Commerce Commissioner Prouty resumed the hearing of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association vs Missouri Iowa and Illinois railroads The group seeks lower interstate shipping rates on Iowa livestock The Des Moines start of the case was continued until today Independent Iowa packers join against stock growers in this rate reduction effort
The local council members will meet at the Commercial club parlors on February 23 at 7 o clock to finalize arrangements for the initiation exercises set for Sunday March 1. Committees will be appointed and all details addressed.
W. R. Jayne will read his paper on the Iowa liquor law before the Brotherhood of St. Paul at 7 30 Tuesday evening in Musserville M E church. All men of the church and others interested are invited to attend.
Johnstown Pa February 17 Work resumed in the Bessemer department of Campia Steel company with about two thousand men back at work restoring production and employment.
Iowa will see rain or snow tonight and Tuesday with warmer spells tonight and colder in the west Tuesday. Illinois forecasts increasing cloudiness with rain or snow Tuesday possibly late tonight with rising temperatures. Sunrise is 6 44, sunset 5 24, moon rise 5 44.
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