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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
1
The building bill includes a new post office for Muscatine and notes Iowa cities gain substantial facilities. The omnibus measure provides twenty five thousand dollars for the Muscatine project and mentions Moline among the fortunate locations benefiting from the state public building program.
The bill proposes federal building funding across Iowa and Wisconsin with earmarked amounts for Muscatine 75000 Council Bluffs 875000 Ottumwa 30000 Cedar Rapids 200000 Des Moines 500000 Mason City 70000 Webster City 70000 Clarinda 40000 Davenport 2000 Estherville 38000 Shenandoah 50000 plus Illinois and Wisconsin towns including Baraboo 2500 Eau Claire 20000 Green Bay 55000 Wausau 30000 Sheboygan 30000 Chippewa Falls 70000 Marinette 80000 Kenosha 75000 Manitowoc 75000 Platteville 40000 Appleton 15000 Watertown 8000 Waukesha 10000.
A heated contest for the state governorship dominates political coverage with rivals from major parties campaigning vigorously. Voter engagement climbs as campaigns target key regions and issues shaping the race.
Des Moines reports show five counties Audubon Allamakee Carroll Howard and Winneshiek choosing delegations. Cummins backers claim advantage but anti Cummins forces tally 796 to 782 with over 900 claimed. Concurrent Davenport murder: Edward Hoffman shot John Esberg dead and wounded Paul Ross fatally in a dispute after a dance. Hoffman fled the scene.
Congress will wind up its affairs this week with two appropriation measures pending. The Omnibus Public Building Bill and the Deficiency Bill remain to be taken up as lawmakers push to adjourn by Friday.
Senate committee on judiciary reports that regulation is not needed for insurance and asserts that insurance power does not lie with Congress. The brief outlines constitutional questions and clarifies jurisdictional boundaries.
Washington June 25 Congress faces a quick exit this week with two deficien cy and omnibus public building bills still in play. Senator Hale aims to finish by Saturday while Tillman and La Follette push policy scrutiny on railroads and coal lands. Night sessions may follow to complete appropriation measures and the immigration bill advances in the House.
Waterloo Iowa reports 1905 male population aged 21 to 45 at 2050 and 1906 count at 3028 an increase of 978. If 1905 count was accurate the city’s growth exceeds prior years and Waterloo’s population likely tops 20000.
Washington June 25 The bill authorizing condemnation of private property for use by the Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power Company passed both houses and goes to the President for signature. It allows the attorney general or secretary of war to start condemnation to acquire lands for government works with construction by either the government or private parties to be turned over to the government when completed. The company must bond for all awards and expenses.
Gov Harris, stricken with indigestion, was confined to bed in Eaton Ohio. The illness followed a week of heavy strain, but his family expressed little alarm and expected a swift recovery.
Mr and Mrs William J Bryan departed Trond hjem today for the North Cape in a northern voyage led by their party association.
Louisville enforces strict Sunday closing under Magistrate Frank J. Hoffman. Cigar stands, soda fountains, fruit stands, and many meat markets and grocery stores are shuttered after morning hours. a few soda fountains stayed open to invite test arrests, but none occurred.
North bound Great Western No 6 wreck near Gladbrook reports several injuries with none fatal. Mrs H A Drury of St Paul and Mrs C P Roe of New Sharon among the injured along with local residents Mrs W H Matthews and C W Hughes. Nearby Dundee branch collision injures Mary Bogan, 65, of Chicago after a switch error at Lake Shore yards.
In Philadelphia on June 25 a sweeping denial was filed in equity by the city against D. J. McNichol and Co. The suit seeks about 5 million dollars claimed as overcharges on filtration contracts and accuses unlawful combination excessive profits or intent to defraud.
New York news reports Miss Olive Fremstad of the Metropolitan Opera secretly wed three days before the San Francisco disaster. She married Edson Webster Sutphen, a West Point graduate and local automobile importer, on April 15 in Salt Lake City while the company toured. Credit cards from Paris announce the marriage as the honeymoon begins.
The body of 17 year old Alec Keppler was found in Lincoln county yesterday, badly shot and with hogs eating the remains. A missing uncle, last seen ten days ago, is suspected in the killing as authorities explain the boy’s disappearance.
In Toledo Ohio June 25 in common pleas court Judge Kinkade imposed the maximum five thousand dollar fine and one year in the workhouse on men guilty of conspiracy in a case of trade. The defendants are Joseph A Miller R F Beard R C Lemmon H P Breining and Peter H Waters. The judge said sentences might be mitigated if restitution is made.
London June 25 Commander Booth Tucker and Miss Minnie Reid were married at the Salvation Army citadel in South Tottenham General Booth officiated Only relatives and high Salvation Army officers attended the ceremony This item notes a key leadership marriage within the Salvation Army network.
Washington dispatch reports Joseph W. Ripley named special engineer to design and construct locks for the Panama canal by Isthmian Canal Commission Chief Engineer John H. Stevens. Ernest Howe of the United States Geological Survey named geological engineer for the project.
In a high speed auto overturn on Colorado street in Pasadena the car exploded and burned. Mrs J J Cordori 28 the wife of James J Cordori was trapped under the machine and burned to death. Chauffeur John Henderson suffered severe burns and may die. Mrs Ella May Morris of Pueblo Col a bystander was burned and bruised. Cordori was also badly bruised and may die.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland will preside at a reception for William J. Bryan at Madison Square Garden on his return to the country. Henry Watterson to speak for the south and Alexander Troup for the east with a western speaker yet unnamed.
Mrs. F. A. Havens and farmer John McElwee were bucked from a buggy when a fleeing automobile frightened the team in Marshalltown Iowa. Havens suffered a broken collar bone a scalp wound and internal injuries while McElwee sustained minor injuries. The auto owner fled and remains unknown.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with near steady temperatures. Sun rises at 4 17 A M and sets at 7 29 P M moon set at 10 11 P M.
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