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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
1
Morrocan dispatches report Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan at Fez on January 4 with a holy war declared France and Spain may recognize Abdel Aziz as legitimate sultan. Paris observed the move with concern, fearing a possible division of Morocco and extended French and Spanish troop presence.
Rochester reports the Republican general committee of Monroe County endorses Governor Hughes for president and urges New York Republicans to seek his nomination. The piece also notes Minnesota Governor John A. Johnson as a Democratic presidential possibility and discusses tariff-focused platforms without firm declarations of candidacy.
Edwin J. Collier of Cleveland killed his seven year old blind son at his wife's grave in Ravenna then shot himself. He died later from exposure after being found near death yesterday. Collier had spent savings on specialists for his son’s sight and cited his wife’s death as the reason for his act.
Secretary Taft addressed a Cooper Union audience in New York on January 11 outlining labor and capital interdependence. He emphasized that wealth and employment grow together, praised unionism when it serves the common good, and warned against policies harming the wage earners by targeting capital. He noted unions are a permanent feature of industry and cautioned that heavy taxation or unfair legislation hurts workers through corporate impact.
The Walsh case nears verdict as the examination of John R. Walsh ends and judge’s rulings deny the defense motion to take the case from the jury. Arguments begin Monday with expectation of a juror verdict by week’s end.
Lynn Massachusetts scene reports George Munroe leaping on stage in protest at the Villain’s treatment of the heroine. He seized the actress, refused to leave, and brandished a fire ax until restrained by six policemen.
Berlin reports indicate order prevails with no repeat demonstrations for manhood suffrage in Prussia. Police keep strategic points manned and prohibit group formations, preventing gatherings. Most detainees from yesterday have been released today.
Judge Alton B Parker, the 1904 Democratic presidential hopeful, spoke before Ulster County Democrats in Kingston about the Credit Panic and the risks of placing untutored idealists in national leadership. He warned against inexperienced reformers guiding the nation.
Mrs. Claire Heyl of Milwaukee, once married to Jacob Heyl in 1907, divorcée and heiress worth $6,009,000, has married Arthur Schlubreck, a Berlin portrait painter and ex lieutenant of the royal cuirassiers. The couple’s union follows a court dispute over her late sponsor’s fortune and a one year restraint on remarriage.
New York January 11 1924 lawyers in the Thaw murder trial take a day off to review testimony before opening Monday with a brief address by Assistant District Attorney Garvan. Prosecution to present the case showing Thaw fired the fatal shot in the White killing. The jury will be under tight guard and roving access is denied as the trial proceeds. Separate items note savings banks annoyed by excess currency and a clearing house report showing surplus reserves above required levels.
The first session of the Storthing was held in Christiania with a brief formal sitting. M Berner was re-elected president.
ex governor John Hs Mickey is listed as seriously ill at his Osceola home with details from Lincoln Nebraska dated January 11 Osceola is noted as his residence and condition is described as grave by sources close to the family
New York dispatch reports three firemen killed and many injured in a thirteen story Parker building blaze on Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue. Loss estimated at six million dollars with sensational rescues and extensive structural collapse trapping crews. Names of the deceased included Thomas Phillips Thomas Oconnor and John Lynch.
Louis Parisoe of Cedar Rapids knowingly passed checks totaling over 100 dollars to avoid missing a planned meeting with a lady friend in Duluth. He traveled there hoping for a railway pass that never arrived. Police traced him via the late arriving pass and the case is before the grand jury.
In Red Lodge Montana on January 11 a local doctor discovered two pieces of rubber tubing nearly five inches long with a rusted safety pin left inside Charles Joakin en a Finnish miner after a failed operation. The patient had earlier undergone surgery in New York for pleural abscesses and later grew weaker, prompting the investigation of negligence by Eastern surgeons.
John Lynch, a prominent Philipsburg Kansas merchant, says he was assaulted in Belleville Kansas while awaiting a train and robbed of eight thousand dollars in cash and ten thousand dollars in notes.
A crowd panic at a Barnsley theatre in England caused sixteen deaths including several children and many injuries. Reported there was no fire or danger, only a chaotic rush to exit the building, hampered by the crowd itself.
Illinois forecast calls for rain or snow tonight and likely Sunday. Iowa predicts partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with possible snow in the eastern counties. Sunrise is at 7 18, sunset at 4 40, moonset at 12 49 a m.
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