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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
1
Gasoline tank explosion at an amateur theater in Boyertown Pennsylvania triggers floor collapse and a roaring blaze. Screams and trampling as people rush to exits, with police aided by Pottstown and Reading units trying to control a growing crowd. A mother mourns losing her entire family as night-long wails persist.
Reports from Boyertown Pennsylvania recount a gas tank explosion and fire at an amateur stage show that killed about 150 people and left 136 missing. Chaos and panic trapped many as flames spread and floor collapses plunged crowds into the basement. Neighbors and nearby towns aided with medical staff and equipment.
Port Allen, a 37 year old village in Orono township Muscatine county, has been erased from maps. Land owners Alex McCullough and Annie McCullough annulled the town plat and revert the area to acre property, ending hopes of a future town between Conesville and Columbus Junction.
Flemingsburg Kentucky January 14 twelve men armed with rifles guard the town and turnpikes to avert a Night Riders attack. Tobacco is being received but buyers are ordered to cease. An anonymous letter threatens arson if O Mauser of American Tobacco Co. does not leave by January 27.
Wilton Iowa January 14 Special. Word reached this city that C W Norton a prominent resident suffered a severe paralytic stroke today at the home of his son Dr J C Norton in Phoenix Arizona. Norton and his wife left Wilton to spend the winter with their son and his condition is described as critical.
Albert C. Atwater of Iowa City may inherit a large fortune from his father Leonard Atwater, a Westfield, Massachusetts whip maker and former insurance man, who died at 90. The Iowa City family remains reticent as funeral notices unfold and details are unknown.
Alabama Democratic lieutenant governor Henry B. Gray, passing through Columbus, says Republicans in Alabama have one candidate for President William H Taft. He predicts the South will back Bryan for the Democratic nominee and asserts Taft would beat him if nominated. Gray, though a Democrat, believes Taft’s nomination is assured and would be elected.
Secretary Garfield after a White House conference with the President and former Land Office Commissioner Ballinger announced that prosecutions of land fraud cases will not be discontinued in any way.
The President announced in a senate transmission that by February 1, 1909, Cuba will be turned over to its president and congress elected next December by the Cuban people. The pledge to hand over the island to its own government will be scrupulously kept.
Frankfort Kentucky January 14 The ballot in the house and senate leaves former governor Beckham three votes short of election in the United States senatorship race.
Tokyo reports indicate finance and communications ministers resigned and were accepted while Prime Minister Saionji’s resignation was refused due to budget disputes. The cabinet narrowly averted collapse with reform by merging portfolios, leaving no new faces. In St Petersburg, Stoessel’s court martial resumes as evidence contesting Port Arthur surrender casts new light on the siege.
New York January 14 Dr John T Deemar Thaw family physician testified he treated Harry Thaw for St Vitus dance and measles He noted Cooley relatives on the mothers side and said a Thaw cousin was made an imbecile Two asylum doctors were barred from testimony as objections were sustained Ross cousin's case discussed with Deemar confirming unsound mental condition and manic symptoms
In Reichstag interpellation Count Von Kanitze claims U S pressure on trusts worsened global finance and argues U S interference affects American commerce. Berlin reports note limited violence today as suffrage protests ease and Prussian landtag discusses weekend clashes with police.
Representative Sabbath of Illinois introduces a bill proposing a 25 percent tax on all dowries gifts settlements or property advances made in anticipation of marriage to non citizens of the United States. The move aims to curb what he calls the costly practice of gilded crowns for American girls.
A government official warned that alone would bear responsibility for consequences of further demonstrations and that the government would repress any attempt to disturb peace and order by all possible means.
Washington reports that Congressman Dawson introduced a bill for a 25000 dollar program to establish a permanent biological and fish cultural station at La Crosse for artificial propagation of the freshwater mussel dam. prior investigations confirmed the life cycle with a parasitic larval stage on fish and successful in hatchery experiments with release of spawn and rearing in sloughs near La Crosse.
The forecast calls for generally fair skies in Iowa tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures tonight and cooler in the west on Wednesday. In Illinois expect fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures tonight and in the south on Wednesday. Sunrise 7 17, sunset 1 13, moon set 3 57 a m.
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