20 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1907
Page
1
Judge MIRO is threatened by a fanatic as Jerome Thaw subjects a woman’s past life to harsh scrutiny. W A Thaw conducts the defense in a tense courtroom scene with intense questioning and public danger surrounding the trial.
A St Louis man claims he is siding with the prosecution in the Thaw trial and warns of a threat related to the proceedings. The assertion centers on courtroom actions and potential influence on jurors.
District Attorney Jerome presses Evelyn Nesbit Thaw on her alleged relations and letters from White and others as Justice Fitzgerald faces threats. Thaw denies nude posing, recalls Turkish and Greek costumes, and confronts questions about her mother and a vaudeville manager. Checks tied to White aid financial context while rulings broaden evidence for truth of her story.
Honolulu reports Governor Carter received a State Department request to bar Japanese laborers with Hawaii passports from entering the mainland. The steamship Mongolia sailed to San Francisco with over 300 Japanese aboard.
The legislature passes a bill making an absolutely closed season for quail nationwide for five years, aiming to protect prairie chicken populations and regulate hunting. The measure sets a strict hunting ban during the period to allow reported declines and habitat concerns to improve.
Five year closed season for quail and prairie chickens approved by the Iowa Senate after debate. Other measures include creation of five state marshals with deputies, an investigation into freight rates, reimbursement for state fair land costs, and annual school book distribution. House actions include salary increases for mine inspectors and various bills to codify school laws and shift department oversight. Washington’s Birthday joint session observed.
Wisconsin railway commissioners set a 20 cent per mile rail fare and endorse mileage books, stirring legislative comment. Gov. Cummins backs a 2 cent rate, while Iowa implications loom as Rock Island's Carroll Wright echoed the proposal. Parliament disputes delay Central Union Telephone ordinance. Smoot debate tightens in Washington with Beveridge, Dubois arguing over Utah seat. Salary rise for postal clerks is struck down on a point of order.
A woman identified as Mrs Anderson from Minneapolis gave birth to a baby 30 minutes after arriving at the Webster City hospital two weeks ago and tried to abandon the infant at the travelers home where she had been boarding. She was caught on a northbound train after the attempted desertion.
Mason City Iowa February 20 a mass meeting of the farmers in Pleasant Valley township is announced by leaders in a movement to organize a farmers mutual telephone line replacing the Sheffield line from which patrons in that area revolted weeks ago.
Mrs. Wilhelmine Mueller an elderly city resident died this morning at 8 at her daughter’s home 1037 Lucas Street from pneumonia and old age. Born February 23 1824 in Germany she came to the United States in 1883 with her husband Wilhelm Mueller who preceded her in death seven years ago. She leaves four children 25 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren and was a member of the German Lutheran church. Funeral services by Rev George Meier will be held Saturday at 2 PM from the family residence.
New York reports negotiations advance toward a landmark tobacco consolidation. If talks succeed, the coming week could witness the most significant merger in the industry since the formation of the American Tobacco Company.
Mason City report states a wreck on the line near Huron South Dakota yesterday killed Frank Booth a prominent Eldora farmer. Booth had gone north recently and several others were injured in the incident.
Springfield, Feb. 20 President James of the University of Illinois told the Springfield YMCA business men's banquet last night that it does not matter how Rockefeller obtains money so long as it is used for the country’s good by supporting higher education.
Fifteen tunnel workers were trapped for more than eight hours in a circular chamber beneath the North River in the McAdoo tunnel. They were removed in a serious condition after the perilous incident near New York.
Two more bodies of Larchmont disaster victims were brought to Vineyard Haven by Gay Head lifesaving station crew from No Man's Land where they had washed ashore.
Guthrie Ohio February report notes constitutional conference approves a section making it a crime to accept a railroad pass or telegraph frank. A railroad commission to be elected by direct vote of the people is created and the consolidation of railroad companies is prohibited.
Thomas C. Dawson, United States minister to Santo Domingo, arrived yesterday in New York aboard the Seminole from San Domingo. The February 20 report confirms his return from duties in the Caribbean nation.
Fire of unknown origin swept the residence and barn of Samuel Quamn in Marshalltown Iowa last night. Five horses a calf and all barn contents were destroyed along with a large quantity of grain.
The sixteenth annual Tuskegee negro conference opened at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee Alabama with President Booker T. Washington presiding.
Washington February 20 Iowa delegation adjourned until Saturday morning with no action taken. Delegation members left the chamber after informal discussions and planned to reconvene at a later time.
The President signed the immigration bill at noon in Washington marking final action against foreigners.
Ransbrough denounces Mormonism and backs a resolution to deprive a Utah senator of his seat in Congress. The move signals a heated political clash over religious influence in federal leadership.
Senator Ransbrough of North Dakota urged the senate to deprive Smoot of his seat in a forceful speech. He condemned Mormonism and recalled the apostle sent to Congress, saying he would vote for the pending resolution to remove Smoot.
Claus Meier, a German, shot Cistle Grant on the highway near Woodward, Iowa, after an altercation. Grant summoned a doctor after the incident, and Meier was later arrested.
Philadelphia February 20 The plurality for Congressman John E Reyburn republican who won the city’s mayoralty over democratic candidate William Potter was 33 008 The fusionists lost the mayoralty but gained seats in both branches of the city council.
The Atlantic gathering of the Council Bluffs presbytery approved routine matters and transferred Rev. Mr. Conybean from Audubon to the Cedar Rapids Central Park Presbyterian church.
Governor Hughes sent a special message to the senate recommending the removal from office of Otto Kelsey the state superintendent of insurance for failure to perform obvious duties of his office.
Letters from Grand Banks report the schooners Nellie M and Tubal Cain lost at sea with twelve crewmen. Six of the twelve were aboard the Nellie M and six aboard the Tubal Cain. The vessels were sighted near North Sidney, Nova Scotia, before disappearing.
The State Indoor Field Meet in Ottumwa moves from February 28 to March 1. The Y M C A athletic field meet in Ottumwa is now set for March 1. The Y basketball game in Ottumwa scheduled for February 22 is canceled.
Partly cloudy forecast for Iowa with colder temperatures tonight and into Thursday. Sunrise at 6 42, sunset at 7 29, moon sets at 12 56 p m.
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