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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
1
London reports the Black Sea squadron reached Odessa and withdrew before sighting at the horizon. U S officials cite heavy violence including many rioters killed and the harbor fire, with the Potemkin surrendering without resistance as the fleet later arrived.
Prominent citizens charge Iowa City and its city council with fostering trusts and monopolies over the paving of Iowa avenue. A district court suit seeks an injunction to halt laying 50 000 dollars worth of bitulithic paving by the Bar ber Asphalt Paving company, alleging exclusive bidding on Warren Bros material.
Dispatches from June 30 report the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine blockading Odessa port to all ships. Nine ships burned and mutineers killed six officers with others imprisoned while newspapers are suppressed and officials rush abroad. City remains tense as bombardment resumes and fear grows.
In this city a former Rock Island official named Stevens is positioned to take over Wallace's post. Officials confirm Stevens has been considered for the vacant role.
Libau reports four hundred mutinous sailors surrounded in a wood near the port by infantry and machine guns. A thousand mutineers had already surrendered. The mutiny began Wednesday night over bad food and drew five thousand bluejackets into the rebellion. They seized the guard house and looted stores amid pandemonium until troops arrived.
Washington reports Secretary Taft demanded Chief Engineer Wallace resign at once citing public interest and personal honor. The war department released a stenographic summary showing Taft’s reproachful remarks and approval of Wallace’s resignation after his return to the United States from the isthmus.
A. R. Knabenshue piloted an airship three miles into a strong east wind near Toledo Ohio on June 30 landing atop a ten story building within 20 minutes and then returning to the starting depot. The flight is hailed as one of the era’s most remarkable aerial feats.
Berlin dispatch says mobs of about 12,900 attacked in the streets with fighting lasting into the night. Several hundred killed and wounded. hospitals crowded. petroleum reservoirs set ablaze. traffic halted. volunteer cruiser Saratov burned.
Washington June 30 W A Darling of Chicago connected with the Rock Island has been tendered the appointment to succeed J F Stevens in railway construction work in the Philippines.
Report from St. Petersburg dated June 30 states that military operations in the Far East have suddenly stopped.
Conductor Little of Keithsburg sustained painful injuries when an engine hit the lookout car during switching in Hedrick Iowa. He suffered three broken ribs and a fractured left shoulder. Dr. R V Henry treated the wounds and reported he is recovering.
London observers report King Edward's birthday celebration delayed as inclement weather forces postponement of the trooping of the colors, the event's main feature.
Dubuque Iowa June 30 George F Lodge 24 brakeman on the Great Western was struck by a bridge near Dubuque and killed.
Monticello Iowa June 30 Harry Bean 14 died after diving from a bridge rail 30 feet high and hitting a sand bar on the river bottom. He and other boys leaped from the railing and he jumped too far out. Death was instantaneous.
A sensational report from St. Petersburg says about 8000 imperial sailors and dockyard workers at Cronstadt have refused to work, with mutiny confirmed and one officer killed. The turmoil affects the naval port and is reflected in the stock market today.
New York June 30. Doctor Dubois Hunt an interne at Gouverneur hospital has been dismissed after being charged with burning the word fakir across the chest of an immigrant during thermocautery treatment for neuralgic pains.
Charles H. Hubbell, superintendent of the Chicago terminal of the Rock Island railroad, is appointed general superintendent of the central district with charge of the Chicago to Denver line.
Chicago June 30 Mayor Dunne announced guards along routes between strike houses and freight depots will be removed. He said rioting danger is practically over and that guarding the routes should preserve order at trade centers.
Captain George W. Ball and Maude Hester Young wed at 8 p.m. in the bride’s North Liberty home. Ball, a Johnson County Abstract Co. head and S A L law graduate, led Company I of the 54th Indiana National Guard unit in the Spanish American War. He is son of former Senator George W. Ball, Iowa City’s former mayor. The bride, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. Young, is an Oberlin alumna.
Clayton L. Stoner and his wife were arrested in St Louis charged with selling lottery tickets. Five hundred blank tickets purport to be for Louisiana Banks Company of New Orleans for Capital Oil Lands in Vermillion Parish Louisiana. Bail set at 21000. Stoner wired L A Gourdain of Chicago to come and extricate him.
In Paris on June 30 the council of ministers reviewed Franco German negotiations and issued a communication stating progress toward an agreement is satisfactory.
Japanese crews raised the Russian battleship Peresviet, sunk at Port Arthur, and floated her successfully yesterday in Tokyo dated June 30.
Paul Morton announces cuts to retainers for Chauncey Depew David B Hill and George M Squire at the Equitable Society Depew faces 20000 annual pay Hill 5000 Squire 1000 monthly pay ends July 1 Squire had retired but still paid Morton heads to Washington to hand over Navy secretary duties and return to lead Equitable interests
Charles H. Williams a Loveland druggist died at his home at age 27. Born December 27 1878 in Morrison Illinois he was survived by his wife. Funeral services will be at the Presbyterian church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery tomorrow.
Contracts awarded for straightening Green river in Henry county mark the largest drainage project in the state. The $500,099 cost will be paid by benefiting landowners, bringing over 46,000 acres under cultivation for the first time. Excavation starts immediately.
New York June 30. At a meeting of the general education board the announcement stated a gift of 16 million dollars from John D. Rockefeller. The fund will form an endowment for higher education in the United States.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squadron will return to America with the body of John Paul Jones. The vessel laid at anchor in the Roadstead of Cherbourg and was greeted by a French welcome as preparations to ship the remains proceeded.
Trondhjem reports almost the entire Norwegian army mobilized with three conscription classes in training. Two thousand infantry move toward the Swedish boundary as sixty five cars and two engines transport troops from Trondhjam. In Chicago nearly 20,000 Norwegians sign a petition asking President Roosevelt to recognize the new Norwegian government.
Des Moines reported Virgil White a missing Des Moines attorney. Fred White, his father, called the absence a delusion and said he would go to Council Bluffs to find him and urge his return to Webster, Keokuk county.
In New York on June 30 Chairman Morton announced that H. C. Deming, president of the Mercantile Trust, and Valentine P. Snyder, president of the National Bank of Commerce, have returned their shares in the James Al Hyde and associates syndicate to the Equitable Society.
Arsenic found in large quantities in the stomach of Cyrus Pratt of Calhoun county. Authorities suspect murder by his tenant and hired man Will Kersing. Pratt's funeral was held as arrests were being pursued and an inquiry began.
A rare disease named aestivo auturonal caused the death of John Brock a 60 year old Black man at the city hospital. Postmortem findings indicated crescentine that absorbed red blood cells leaving him unconscious before death.
Indianapolis June 30 R R Barber of Paulina Iowa won the diamond medal in the grand American handicap shoot with a record of 99 out of a possible 100 the best mark ever achieved in the event.
Weather summary notes likely showers tonight and Saturday. Warmer conditions in the eastern portion tonight. Daylight times: sunrise 4 19, sunset 7 29, moonrise 2 50 a m.
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