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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
1
Dispatches describe ongoing Jewish massacres in Bialystok with mobs attacking trains and killing passengers. Troops are said to be in the city as fires rage and supply of escape routes is limited. reports note Jews fleeing into fields and woods.
Reports from St. Petersburg and Warsaw describe growing revolutionary fever with strikes and street demonstrations in Moscow and Petrograd. Martial law in Bialystok follows reports of anti Jewish pogroms as censors suppress telegrams and violence spreads to Brest Litovsk, Vilna, and surrounding areas.
In Louisville Kentucky closing day events centered at the Lincoln birth log cabin. Adlai E Stevenson spoke on Lincoln career and character with Henry Watterson present. The program included music and a notable address.
Dover June 16 Six yachts started this morning in the annual Dover Heligoland race for Emperor William cups with a fair easterly breeze. The order of departure was American Yawl Navahohe British Cutter Ailsa British schooner yacht Clara British schooner Yacht Sunshine German yawl Armgaard and British yawl Betty.
Epworth League district convention in West Liberty Ia adopts Washington Iowa as next meeting site. Friday sessions feature Devotions by Rev G W Kemp and talks on Our Weaker Spots Bible giving and junior work led by Miss Ingersoll. The reform includes a Round Table on junior topics and a mass children’s meeting by Rev J W Potter.
Reports say Jewish shops were looted and Jews beaten in Chermayawicz and Bialystok. In Warsaw two policemen were killed. a third wounded. Odessa and Kishinev panic as troops patrol. In Bialystok six thousand Jews shelter in forests after a violent mob attack. dozens killed or wounded. Governor orders calm measures.
The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was sent to the President for approval in Washington. President’s signature awaited as of June 16.
In Peoria Illinois on June 16 the defense cites a wide pattern of insanity in the Philip family to explain Mrs Mary L McKinney's alleged maltreatment of 12 year old Stella Grady. Witnesses claim relatives in asylums and suicidal behavior while Dr W R Wright inexplicably cannot justify his insanity verdict. Additional evidence is expected today and Monday.
The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders in this city today adopted a resolution declaring that the best interests of labor require the admission of women to full citizenship. The move signals support for equal rights within the union and labor movement.
Dr Lee Wallace Dean of Iowa City receives an invitation to the Laryngo Rhinological congress in April 1908 in Austria under the Vienna association. He was elected last year to membership in the Heidelberg physicians and surgeons group, a distinction shared by few in the United States.
Iowa City officials led by Mayor George W. Ball plan a June 20 gathering to discuss an electric inter urban railway linking Montezuma and Iowa City. Delegates from about 15 cities will attend the meeting to consider the project.
In London on June 16 the Brothers Doherty defeated Helcome Ware and Raymond D. Little in the Dwight F. Davis international tennis contest, taking three sets to one and ensuring Britain retains the cup.
San Francisco mayor Schmidt has decided saloons in the city may reopen July 5 marking a return to operation after closures.
A severe earthquake was felt in San Francisco on June 16 at 9:41 p.m. It lasted about five seconds and was likely not damaging, though it might have caused some walls of ruined buildings to collapse.
Davenport Ia June 16 A bolt occurred at the Scott county convention with S A Finger naming F D Letts as temporary chairman while Cummins supporters pressed for Calderwood. Perkins men controlled part of the gathering causing bolting and a factional split as the regular convention proceeded to choose a state convention delegation.
John Alexander Dowie testified in federal court during cross examination in the Zion City controversy. He affirmed he is Elijah the restorer, saying the belief gradually grew and first occurred in Melbourne or Sydney, Australia while leading a Bible society.
President Castro will return to the Venezuelan presidency on July 5, according to a dispatch received by the state department in Washington. The note confirms his resumption of office after a period away from the post.
The president signed a statehood bill at 3:05 pm after passage in the House. A sundry civil bill failed in the House after an amendment by Sullivan of Massachusetts, while a senate bill to ratify Philippine customs pre March 1902 was deemed necessary by Manila business leaders to prevent financial panic.
Minneapolis June 16 Dr Jacob A Force former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance company received a three and a half year prison sentence today for grand larceny connected with the firm during his presidency. Force was convicted two weeks earlier on the same charges.
Washington June 16 Senator Dolliver is awarded the degree of L L D by the State University of Ohio in recognition of his services in national legislation. This marks the third time he has received the honor. F J Stillman reported.
The piece reports that with a hot spell Congress faces a congested session and a push for action. It highlights Smoot's expulsion fight, statehood debates, the canal bill, beef inspection amendments, and railroad rate talks as major items likely to be decided later.
The beef inspection dispute heats up as President Roosevelt argues the house committee substitute is inadequate and seeks reforms after a White House conference with Representative Adams. Wadsworth stands by the substitute but signals openness to modifications to produce a tougher, more thorough inspection system.
Springfield June 16 The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that all railroads incorporated under state law must carry passengers. The Litchfield and Madison Railroad had argued it was built for freight only, but the decision affects incorporated lines across the state.
Rome reports Pope Pius has consented to authorize a search for the tomb of St. Peter the apostle and first pope. The tomb is believed hidden in vaults beneath the altar of the original basilica built by Constantine in 306. In 1450 Nicholas V. rebuilt the church but left the tomb undisturbed.
Generally fair conditions expected across Iowa tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. In Chicago, June 16, sunrise at 4 15 a m and sunset at 7 27 p m with moonrise at 1 32 a m.
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