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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
1
The assessment of Pi Llaria railroads is increased by nearly four million dollars, expanding their total valuation. Officials cite updated property values and improved infrastructure as the basis for the revision.
The incident at Telegraph Walk concluded with a settlement of difficulties after all danger had passed.
Labor Commissioner Neill and Commercial Telegraphers' union head S J Small met in San Francisco to ease the telegraphers' strike. Oakland friction among national leaders surfaces as terms offered by companies gain traction. Smail to reveal outcome today while potential general strike remains uncertain. In New York Western Union officials install beds at 195 Broadway, signaling readiness for a possible walkout as arbitration seems unlikely.
General Morteza Persian minister personally notifies President Roosevelt of Mohammed Ali’s accession to the Persian throne. He delivers greetings of the shah and wishes for continued prosperity of Persia and the United States. Roosevelt accepts and greets the shah graciously.
Washington reports the 1907 fiscal year ending June 30 produced 1,285,349 alien arrivals, up from 1,100,735 the prior year, marking a six percent jump and the largest single year for arrivals in U.S. history.
Austria to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph with a state celebration and a proposed 25 million dollar fund to establish an old age and sickness insurance program. A special parliamentary committee was appointed to draft the celebration proposal.
New York July 17 The Illinois Central Railroad Company directors today declared a regular semiannual dividend of 3 percent.
John Nordskog a Dayton hotel keeper in Webster City Iowa was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct then swallowed carbolic acid in a washroom near the hotel office and died within moments He leaves a wife and seven children
The Korean premier asks the emperor to abdicate over his dispatch of a deputation to The Hague. An ancient custom in Tokyo notes that cabinet ministers present the counsel and the ruler is morally bound to retire if such advice concerns national welfare.
Senor Corea, Nicaraguan minister to Washington, held a lengthy talk with Acting Secretary Bacon on Central American affairs. Reports from Mexico City suggest the region is near actual warfare, but Corea expressed optimism that there will be no war and that peace will continue in Central America.
Lightning struck the home of A. M. Scull in Wilton Iowa tearing the northeast corner, ripping the spouting and opening the side. No one was hurt and damage was covered by insurance.
In Philadelphia on July 17 a massed band parade showcased more than 40 bands and 1,500 musicians during the Elks' reunion week with all groups playing the same music in unison.
Butler Pennsylvania July 17 fourteen persons were injured seven seriously in a street car collision on the Butler passenger railway lines at the Standard Steel Car Works terminal Lyndora. All the injured but one were employed by the Standard company.
In The Hague on July 17 a conference committee approved the American proposition on private property inviolability at sea. Twenty one delegates voted for the measure and eleven against it.
A violent wind storm with lightning hail and heavy rain struck Lone Tree Iowa last night. The Grand Opera house roof was partly torn off and barns and windmills were wrecked in the countryside. Wires are down and communication with Nichols is impossible.
Des Moines reports the State Board of Equalization increases corporate property valuations by nearly 4 million dollars and raises realty and personal property assessments. The executive council fixes the state tax levy at 3.4 mills as railroad and telegraph property values grow across Iowa.
Karlsruhe reports the trial of Carl Hau, once a Roman law professor at George Washington University, for the murder of Frau Moliter in Baden-Baden on November 6, 1906. Hau pleads not guilty. earlier confession reports are denied. jury selection lasted ten minutes. Frau Moliter died by suicide in June while separated from Hau.
Rev. Robert S. Loring of Boston has been appointed by the National Association of Unitarian Churches as pastor of the Iowa City Unitarian church. A new church may be erected for him.
Philadelphia reports the death of Professor Argzelo Heilprin a noted scientist who died today at his sister’s home in New York City
Washington July 17 Special Humble a member of Company D Fiftieth regiment Iowa National Guards was accidentally shot on the rifle range today by a drag rifle held by a comrade He will live
The state and national food and dairy departments held their annual session at the Jamestown exposition in Norfolk Virginia. Authorities from many states and the federal government attended to discuss methods to prevent food adulteration and enforce pure food laws.
President Fallieres hosts officers from the American cruisers Tennessee and Washington at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Ambassador White and embassy staff attend the event with officials from Brest.
Chautauqua patrons fear delays as Toledo firm fails to deliver tents by July 15. Des Moines Tent and Awning Co. vehicles a new shipment arriving by 12 tonight. C W Kemble leads work crews to erect tents at Electric Park by 7 tonight, with all floors laid and occupancy planned for tomorrow.
Denver judge Ben B. Lindsey accused Colorado's legislature of being owned by corporations and urged a Republican gov to align with Roosevelt or his successor in the progressive line. He called Simon Guggenheim a man to be hanged for harming the poor and labeled himself a Roosevelt Democrat.
Edmund J. Walsh, seaman, died at the navy hospital yesterday afternoon as the ninth fatality from the battleship Georgia explosion. Twelve injured remain hospitalized. Midshipman James F. Cruse of Nebraska and Seaman Jas. P. Thomas of Brooklyn, Ky. are not expected to recover.
London reports plague deaths in India total above 1.9 million for six months ending June. The June figure is 69,944 as the monthly count declines from earlier peaks.
Boise Idaho July 17 court opened with defense signaling three star witnesses will stay in town. Darrow announced a very short rebuttal. O M Sackett testified on the 1901 Smuggler mine riot, Vincent St John coordinating peace terms, and the killings and disappearances in Telluride.
Pittsburg reports a dozen deaths and many prostrations from a heat wave with a high of 87 degrees. Cleveland area records one death and two prostrations from the hot spell on July 17, with similar health warnings issued for residents.
Chicago weather summary notes fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Sun rises at 4 28, sets at 7 22, moon sets at 11 22.
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