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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
1
William Randolph Hearst telegram from New York states the Mayoral recount was satisfactory. He says the aim was an honest vote count and credits the result with preventing frauds, despite difficulties, ensuring transparency in future elections.
Washington July 1 General Myer reports four cavalry troops sent to Celrio near insurgent activity in Mexico. US forces enforce neutrality on the Mexican border with limited passport and health rules for certain travelers. Rurales near Tas Vacas engage revolutionists. two flee and the rest surrender or are killed.
London July 1 Twenty seven of twenty nine suffragists arrested during the demonstration before the houses of parliament were fined and required to post good behavior bonds for a year or face three months in prison. Two ringleaders who broke Premier Asquith's residence windows received two months hard labor.
Commander Robert E. Peary said the Roosevelt will leave New York on Monday for his next Arctic search. He announced arrangements are complete and sufficient funds have been raised to ensure the trip.
Burton buys air and the National Committee in Washington discusses mental matters. Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland is named to the Chicago convention presidency. Orton reports questions considered by Taft and himself remain unresolved. He notes Jr. Vorys may be tied to the campaign but will not join committees.
Fragmentary report notes Chief Inspector McMillian of the post office notified of an arrest related to a robbery linked to a $50,000 theft. The article fragment mentions Monroe and Stevens and a suspect group, with details obscured.
Secretary of War Taft today resigns and becomes a private citizen again to pursue the presidency. His final duty is presenting Luke E. Wright as his successor, who then takes the oath as secretary of war at noon in Washington.
Reports from St Petersburg and London describe fighting near Tabriz Persia as a large engagement with eighty reported killed and many wounded. Barricades have been erected as the city remains tense with erratic street clashes and night and day patrols.
In Des Moines Iowa the outbound Indianola train on the Rock Island crashed with the Greyhound Western at West Seventh Street this morning. Eight persons were seriously injured. One will recover.
Copperstown New York July 1 Bishop Potter remains in a frail state with no improvement from the prior day. Doctors report the condition unchanged and expect a cautious prognosis as dawn arrives.
The article reports a Wisconsin man nominated to lead teachers as a notable parallel to political processes. It notes Booker T. Washington’s discussion on Negro education and places the nomination in the current educational and political context.
George H. Daniels born December 1 1842 in Hampshire Kane Illinois died at Lake Placid home. He started as rodman in 1857 and held top posts on several lines including Chicago and Pacific 1872 80 Wabash 1880 82 Colorado association 1882 85 and New York Central 1889 1905 rising to general passenger agent and later head of the advertising department for the New York Central lines.
Harvey elected president with no opposition as the convention advances through sessions in Cleveland. L D Har Sy of Menominee is nominated for president by the nominating committee. Twelve vice presidents are elected including Edwin G Cody J L McBrien and James A Edwards. Booker T Washington speaks on negro education and delegates split into groups to discuss teaching sciences. A movement seeks a federal bureau of education expansion to assume more duties.
Washington July 1 report notes the national cotton crop average condition on June 25 was 12s of normal versus 79 May 25, indicating a decline in condition across the United States.
Des Moines Iowa July 1 The Polk county fight ends as the board of supervisors votes to keep Bloomfield township in. Judge Prouty urged removing it citing polls open after 8 PM on primary night. The board rules on jurisdiction leaving Dallas county to final rulings. Captain Hull leads in the district by 46 votes though Prouty concedes 2.
Herman Ehlmanns narrowly escaped losing 2000 dollars to a confidence gang in Davenport Iowa. A bank agent posed as a Scott County Savings Bank official and arranged a land appraisement and a poker game that netted 5000 in real money. The daughter’s intuition helped expose the scheme, leading to a chase and recovery of two matching tin boxes a brick and a note taunting the victim.
The unidentified woman was found dead in a Michigan avenue rooming house with bruising and a finger mark on the throat. Her hands and feet were tied with ropes. She had come with a man who has since disappeared.
San Francisco July 9. Walter J Barnett former vice president and general counsel of the Western Pacific railroad and of the California Safe Deposit Trust Company that failed last November for nine million dollars received a ten year penitentiary sentence. The case involved alleged payments and hypothecated bonds related to the bank’s collapse.
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