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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
21
Senator Gore presented a resolution for investigating private counsel contracts linked to Chickasaw and Choctaw lands. He alleged offers of 50 000 dollars and bribe attempts to influence lawmakers, signaling an expanding inquiry and possible further action in Senate and House.
The Browne jury in Chicago, tied up since yesterday afternoon, showed no sign of reaching an agreement by noon today. Lee O Neill Browne faces bribery charges connected with Senator Lorimer’s election and the case went to the jury yesterday afternoon.
Des Moines reports a Wabash line wreck at a washout on a curve last night. Twenty passengers were injured when a freight train struck a rear coach after a Louis bound express rolled twenty feet off a bank. W. G Brown of Ottawa died at Mercy hospital. Numerous Des Moines and Iowa residents listed among the injured with varied injuries.
Des Moines, June 25. W H Pyne indicted by the grand jury for illegal voting at the June 7 primary. He allegedly voted in the fourth precinct though living in the fifth ward. The case may be the first of its kind in the state. He posted bond.
Chicago June 25. Mrs. Mary A. Lavender sued Rev. E. D. Crawford pastor of Woodlawn M. E. church for 50000 alleging slander and jurors awarded her 4000 in the verdict today.
The Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee met in Washington and adjourned to meet in Minneapolis on September 5 to work toward agreement on a report. The group will seek consensus on findings and recommendations at the upcoming session.
Rep Murphy accuses a longtime attorney of lobbying for contracts with Indians and names J F McMurray. The House rejects the conference report nearly unanimously and the Senate pursues further conference as Gore hints at a larger scheme involving Indian affairs members and a Tawney linked lobby. He seeks an investigation but withholds names.
Eight year old Harry Metcalf of Frazier drinks from a cup at a well and ingests lye water by mistake. He lies in a hospital bed but doctors hold out hope for his recovery despite the dangerous exposure.
Coroner's post mortem on John Babcock, a retired tobacconist found near a river raft, suggests a fatal blow rather than a bullet. Officials believe he was slugged and his body disposed of in the river, though initial notes raised foul play as a possibility.
Springfield June 25 The grand jury returned indictments in a legislative bribery inquiry. Conspiracy to bribe Browne Wilson Traut Hirshheimer. Bribery and perjury Johnston. Johnston faces twelve bribery counts and three conspiracy counts. Gardner linked to $10,000 payoff and denies soliciting funds. Green testified about a Chicago call and Gardner’s remark. Gardner says he did not solicit funds.
Ashland Wisconsin June 25. After an all night chase by a sheriff s posse Robert Voloski wanted for the attempted murder of Victoria Jonas at Odanah last night was surrounded while crossing the Bad river and shot to death.
Rome reports Italy will not press extradition and Porter Charlton may escape trial in New Jersey. U S officials weigh jurisdiction and possible asylum commitment as Charlton’s sanity is questioned by family doctors. The case hinges on international and federal actions.
Madrid June 25 Premier Cana lejas says if talks between Spain and the Vatican on concordat revision fail Rome would be responsible He denies attacking Catholicism stating they are defending state sovereignty.
The First Methodist church in Colfax Iowa was struck by lightning during a storm last night causing $500 in damage. No fire occurred and the building was not destroyed.
Leavenworth Kan June 25 General Funston's condition is decidedly improved today and he is entirely out of danger indicating a favorable turn for the Army officer's health after his recent illness.
Three young men pulled a payroll robbery in Lynn Massachusetts killing a shoe maker Thomas Landregan and police officer James Carroll. The trio fled, one died in a pistol duel near High Rock, another was wounded near a hospital and arrested, the third captured. About two thirds of the $4000 to $6000 payroll was recovered. The robbers were described as Polish and Russian.
Ottumwa Iowa June 25 Miss Carrie Smith 18 living nine miles north of town was instantly killed by a lightning bolt yesterday afternoon. Her father Charles A Smith nearby was badly stunned and her uncle had toes smashed. The slain girl was a June graduate of Iowa College at Grinnell and was well known locally.
Senator Stone reported in Washington that a United States syndicate has organized to exploit Nicaragua's finances. A former high State Department official is said to have represented the group in the capital.
George Vogel age 55 a Milwaukee shops machinist in Dubuque Iowa committed suicide by hanging on Saturday morning. The body was found by family members suspended from a beam in the woodshed at the family residence. Despondency given as the cause of the act.
Theo dore Corber, possibly from Mankato Minnesota, hanged himself with wire in a Mason City county jail cell last night after being taken into custody Sunday. Authorities say his unusual behavior suggested possible mental imbalance.
In Des Moines Mrs. Cora Metcalf faces bond on a charge of shooting E. M. Metcalf after a dispute over letting M. P. Baker, a sect leader, enter the home. Metcalf was wounded with a shattered jaw and a bullet in the neck. daughter Florence defended her mother during the struggle.
President Taft will tell Congress he will never sign a rivers and harbors bill like the present measure. Congress plans to adjourn tonight after passing several bills amid a mood of finality.
Congress adjourns with a flurry of action as Taft signals plans to sign the rivers and harbors bill while vowing to never again approve similar measures. Bills passed include reforms to railroads, postal savings, reclamation, campaign publicity, and a white slave law.
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