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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
1
In Muskogee Oklahoma on February 22 a deliberate fire was started in the Scales hotel while about 100 Democratic convention delegates slept. Oil touched floors in two vacant rooms and flames were stopped with no major damage. In Cleveland Ohio on the same date a fire damaged the city hall council chamber and many records as water flooded most of the building.
Jerry Vizal aged eighteen swears his earlier testimony against Herman Billik the Bohemian fortune teller was perjury. Vizal claims relatives lied on the stand and a police official and assistant state’s attorney plotted the case. Billik faces hanging after the supreme court affirmed the trial judgment. Father O Callaghan supports Billik's innocence.
Maj. William H. Torbert of Dubuque addressed a Sioux City campaign crowd, noting Cummins allegedly pledged to oppose Senator Allison and offering a $1000 charity test to prove any such letter existed. He argued Cummins promised much to gain votes in the third district.
Governor Hughes of New York addresses the Union League in Chicago linking Washington’s spirit to duty in executive and legislative life. He urges a settled national policy, condemns gambling in business and calls for honest industry, while praising American opportunity and urging efficient, constitutional governance.
The minister of the interior announces a thwarted plot uncovered by police two days earlier. The plan targeted Grand Duke Nicholas, imperial second cousin, and Minister of Justice M. Chtcheglovitoff. Officials credit the social revolutionary party with the attempt.
The Right Rev Henry Yates Satterlee D D bishop of Washington for twelve years died of pneumonia in Washington D C aged sixty five He previously led Calvary church New York and was a noted religious writer He declined electing bishoprics in Michigan and Ohio فت
A midnight attempt to derail an eastbound Missouri Pacific fast passenger train at Ottoville failed as rail was removed. An extra freight train struck the bad track, wrecking the freight and seriously injuring the engineer, fireman, and brakeman.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Kansas City from Illinois and, after rest, attended a Grand hotel luncheon hosted by local Democrats where he gave an address. A public reception followed before he left for Topeka to speak that night.
London reports fierce hurricane winds and hail storms sweeping northwest England and north Ireland. A schooner capsized on the Mersey River, eight men drowned, and several small steamers were in distress.
Chicago announces the second annual Mardi Gras pageant at Blackstone hall on March 3. Under Art Students' league auspices the event draws 300 students and features queen Mrs. Ralph Holmes, a 25 person retinue, and 25 groups portraying Puritan fathers to Spanish dancers with light color music and pantomime effects.
New York socialite Mrs. William Proudfit Burden once Miss Nat ica Rives was found dead from gas in her mother in law’s Fifth Avenue home. The coroner thinks accidental gas drop light tubing derangement caused the asphyxiation amid lingering questions of whether it was truly accidental.
The House committee on merchant marine and fisheries reported Dawson’s bill to establish a biology lab in Iowa to study and stock fresh water mussels. It credits Professor Barthh of the University of Missouri for discoveries to restore mussel stocks in western rivers, supporting the pearl button industry.
Four burglars used an unlettered moving van to raid the St Louis home of Mrs Jennie Griffis today taking nearly all valuables including two stoves with fires still burning and leaving only the canary bird.
American warships in Callao harbor fired national salutes at noon to honor George Washington. Ten Peruvian ships of war answered the salutes as local observers noted the ceremony.
Des Moines February 22. Colonel T. L. Sellers attorney for thirty saloon owners says Byers opinion that corporations cannot own saloons is wrong. Lills Sons company runs thirty saloons here and will contest the law. Sellers reports contact with saloon men in major Iowa cities and plans to unite in court challenges.
Joseph E. Dubruiel assistant paymaster of the Rock Island died in Topeka this morning from tuberculosis. He leaves a widow and three children. The funeral will be held Monday with Masonic honors at interment.
Pittsburg and Toledo dispatches report two government employees J. W. Draper and F. B. Garrett saved from icy Monongahela river near Elizabeth- then struck by a train upon shore death. Companion E. Stoner injured. Captain Delos Hayden dies after a seven day vigil on Maumee bay ice. rescue party endures fourteen miles in perilous conditions.
Burlington Iowa February 22 Oscar Magnuson the coach man for Mrs W D Gilbert was mysteriously burned to death He went out to milk the cow and was found later by his wife outside the barn with the upper part of his body charred.
A Los Angeles park model boat, steered from shore via wireless control, demonstrates new guidance technology. The inventor aims to extend the method to torpedo boats and even airships, promising precise, decisive attacks if developed commercially.
Oscar S. Straus, secretary of commerce and labor, urged full freedom of trade and equal opportunities politically economically and individually at a Boston merchants banquet. The event marked the formation of a permanent body for general commercial and civic welfare.
Lisbon on February 22 reports a crisis for the government as it battles renewed calls for more liberties while facing a reactionary conspiracy. Prominent anti-government figures have been exiled to the Azores and Setubal remains described as critical with a gunboat dispatched there.
Toulon February 22 Charles B Ullmo an ensign in the French navy was found guilty by a court martial of attempting to sell naval secrets to a foreign power. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and degraded from his rank.
Berlin reports Andrew Carnegie donated 125000 dollars to the Robert Koch Institute for tuberculosis research. The gift supports tuberculosis investigation at the Berlin based institute with Carnegie cited as donor.
Road workers in Sedalia Missouri and Little Rock Arkansas face plant shutdowns as Missouri Pacific railway shops idle eight hundred workers and Iron Mountain shops idle one thousand two hundred fifty. Closures extend until March 6 per today’s announcement.
Cincinnati February 22. National officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers request a general conference with seventeen southern railways to consider a wage cut proposal set for March 1, announced today.
The forecast calls for fair skies in Iowa tonight and Sunday with cooler air in the extreme west tonight. Illinois remains fair tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer conditions in the north tonight. Sunrise is 6 37, sunset 5 32, moonrise 10 55 p m.
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