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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
1
Governor Willson grants a pardon this morning after the case involving powers and the four trials. Jim Howard is released as the controversy over the powers ends with two death sentences and subsequent clemency.
Caleb Powers and Jim Howard were pardoned by Governor Willson eight years after Goebel’s gubernatorial election violence. Powers, once tried four times with two death verdicts, and Howard, life-sentenced for complicity, were released from jail and penitentiary. The pardons closed a famed, widely urged case with petitions from across the nation.
Washington reports William H. Taft believes he will secure the Republican nomination and will resign as secretary of war next week. The plan is to place the resignation with President Roosevelt, effective July 1, with Gen Luke E Wright ready to assume the role upon Taft's departure.
Mrs. Alphia M. Shevalier the chief beneficiary in the will of Helen Horn was arrested in Lincoln Nebraska charged with larceny of 6500 dollars. Police matron searched her and found 4500 dollars sewn in her clothing.
Ottumwa Iowa June 13 Special Hon W A Mechntire aged 59 former state senator bank president and business leader died at 2 am today from Brights disease at his Ottumwa home He was prominent in local affairs and banking and served in the state senate earlier in his career.
Washington June 13 Ruel Rounds United States marshal for the district of Idaho has until today to resign or be removed. The charges allege his administration has been unsatisfactory in many respects.
Gov. Hanly avoids berth No 13 on a trip to Chicago choosing berth No 14 instead. His private secretary says deferring travel would be preferable for the gubernatorial nomination effort.
Attorney Frank Porter and 8. P. Clark of Ogden State Bank reported finding a prehistoric mammoth skull three miles east of Ogden near the Des Moines river. The bones were buried underground but rains washed away dirt exposing part of the skull, which was placed on display at Ogden and reported to the State Historical Society.
Iowa City Iowa June 13 Special The democratic senatorial candidates in the twenty fifth district are tied after county canvassing. The Iowa county board cut J A White's majority to seventy one while Johnson county board raised Thomas Stapleton's to seventy one.
Chicago readers learn the Cannon headquarters open with band, glee club and speeches while delegates from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio arrive. Long from Kansas fuels Dolliver vice presidency chatter. open-ballot proposal gains traction amid crowding convention scene.
Will M Narvis of Muscatine is re-elected supreme master workman at Des Moines convention. Officers named include Eckstein Currier Sackett Dickenson Welch Phelan Aschman with Narvis to lead memorial services Sunday at First Baptist church. Convention may run to mid next week with several amendments and resolutions referred to committees. Memorial programs feature addresses by Riggs Tate and Walker.
Secretary Taft and colleagues witnessed the firing of an American whitehead torpedo charged with 226 pounds guncotton into the monitor Florida at Fort Monroe. The water tight buckhead held, the vessel suffered serious but nonfatal damage, and officials deem the test satisfactory with no further tests needed.
Cadillac Michigan report describes Mrs Daniel Cooper shooting and killing her husband and six children in their home during the night. The sixth child died later from wounds. the mother reportedly suffered spells of dementia. In Findlay Ohio a 15 year old boy shot another while playing a game titled Wild West.
Iowa Senator Dolliver writes to Hart saying he neither desires nor favors a vice presidency. Conference outcomes between Hitchcock and Simmons may decide the Dolliver boom with Cortelyou, Young, and Coolidge as possible pivots. Kellogg nomination for VP to be placed by Joseph Cotton in Duluth.
Topeka faces worst flood in years with North Topeka submerged and boats rescuing residents. The Shunganunge River overflows, creating a 144 block lake up to four feet deep in parts east of town. Kansas City braces as Kaw rises and Emporia notes Neosho valley flooding and Cottonwood river surge.
Delegates in Chicago today show no clear second-place frontrunner as political dope fails to fix on a single candidate. Hughes and Dolliver maintain persistent booms amid uncertainty and shifting support.
By Lee P. Loomis Chicago June 13 delegates and politicians pour into the city as the advance guard for the convention swells. The Auditorium area buzzes with activity and lobby chatter while state headquarters fill with delegates, reporters, and taft supporters iron out contests and form the temporary convention organization. Continued on last page.
Iowa fair tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures. Illinois showers and thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight, followed by cooler conditions. Sunday should be fair and cooler. Sunrise 4 13, sunset 7 27, moon 3 92.
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