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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
1
Senate debate centers on a substitute plan creating two states from Oklahoma and Indian Territory and excluding New Mexico and Arizona. McCumber introduces the Sequoia proposal while discussing statehood and territory consolidation.
In St Paul on March 8 a 24 year old murder mystery was solved with six skeletons found near Seatterngood lake in South Dakota. The remains are thought to belong to an 1882 settler family who vanished. their cabin wreckage and stray cattle on the site support a murder by Indians and burial of the bodies. The family were among the first white settlers in the area.
Twenty one modern rifles and 1000 rounds of ammunition were seized yesterday from a Chinese crew on the Pacific mail steamer Manchuna scheduled to sail for the Orient. A further search found two more rifle boxes in the assistant engineer’s room. Investigators say the guns were bought in San Francisco by the engineer and smuggled aboard.
John D. King longtime chairman of the rural carriers examining board of the civil service commission and a rail way postal veteran of 54 years died in Washington D C from nervous paralysis. He began as a clerk in Janesville Wisconsin where his body will be interred.
In Jefferson City Missouri on March 8 Vaughan Ryan and Raymond, the inmates tied to the November penitentiary mutiny and charged with killing a guard, were adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree.
Jule Althaus of Omaha and John Mitchell of Council Bluffs played a dice game for Lulu Baker in a hotel cigar stand. Mitchell won and will marry her, though she is ill from the game.
Opposed by critics the district bill faced strong resistance as it moves toward passage. A surprise late report last evening noted the Greene measure would redraw districts across the state, prompting debate among lawmakers and observers.
The House again did not take up the Gillis land resolution and adjourned as debate on an anti-pass bill concluded with most professing support but opposing the measure. The Greene exemption bill passed 52 to change debt and homestead limits. A redistricting bill proposes sweeping changes to Iowa congressional districts with seven districts listed by counties.
Washington March 8 Roosevelt administration moves to dissolve a 27 firm elevator combine under the Sherman act. The Justice Department has pursued evidence for months and will press the case in court, surprising many in Washington.
In Letts Iowa on March 8 the home of Wilke Furnas and his wife marked their 60th wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends from across the country attended as festivities lasted from afternoon into evening at the couple’s home two miles southwest of Letts.
Monmouth Ill March 8 Truman Co Allen removed weeks ago from his deputy sheriff post at Oquawka was indicted for embezzlement. He is said to be about 30000 short. About half of this sum is county money.
A Wisconsin State University football player testified before a legislative committee that $92 was spent on champagne for the team and friends after the football game in Minneapolis last fall.
President Roosevelt has removed from office John D. Oliphamt register J. A. Trotter receiver and I. J. Chapman clerk of the Mangum Oklahoma land office for irregularities in conduct of the office business.
Labor leaders pledge support as Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell meet in New York to discuss pending coal talks. Illinois operators warn of a strike or lockout from April 1 and demand major concessions from miners. Operators claim 90 percent of shipping mines back their stance.
Andrew Hamilton, legislative agent for several large insurers, returned from Europe and will be defendant in suits seeking return of about $1,000,000. New York Life officials and legal representatives met to prepare complaints. Fowler committee member Hermon R. Steel said Hamilton's return hastens legal actions. Ex-Justice William A. Keener and John G. Milburn led the case preparation with NY Life lawyers.
In Cleveland on March 8, a meeting of Ohio coal operators decided not to concede the miners demands for higher wages. The decision makes a strike by Ohio miners very probable.
Iowa City report says Judge Byington sentenced Charles Devorak to two years in the penitentiary for forgery. The March 8 decision marks the conclusion of the case.
Paris reports Premier Rouvier and the entire ministry quit after a clash over church inventories. President Fallières accepted the resignations as factions in clericals socialists and nationalists united against the ministry, risking new Franco-German tensions over Morocco.
Charles Newman wheeled Anna Biederman ten blocks through the business district to celebrate the election bet. The winner was A. H. Connor for mayor, with Newman backing Cc. D. Huston the Democratic candidate. A portrait decorated the wheelbarrow as crowds cheered the procession.
A snow avalanche on March 7 at Lofeten islands in Trondhjem Norway buried several fisherman huts. Rescuers pulled 21 dead and 39 injured from the debris.
Greensburg Pa March 8 Three Italians were killed and many injured when a milk train collided with a work train loaded with pipe near Radebaugh. The mob of Italians attacked the milk train crew who fled after seeing their dead and wounded countrymen. Three more deaths followed when the Delaware and Hudson local passenger train was struck by the Montreal flyer near Saratoga Springs. The dead include Mrs Charles Esmond and Gertrude Esmond of Gansevoort and Frank A Sindecuse of Buffalo.
In St. Louis on March 8 two sergeants and eight patrolmen were suspended from the police department. They were assigned to the central district and face charges that will be formally perfected before the police board as part of the graft investigation.
A mutiny aboard the steamer Massachusetts at a Brooklyn dock left firefighter James Slocum dead after a revolver battle between firemen on one side and ship officers and crew on the other. The crew was arrested amid long simmering disputes over food aboard the vessel.
Paris March 8. It was announced that the Countess Boni de Castellane must remain in Paris for at least another month. The report that Anna Gould had sailed for New York is denied as negotiations for reconciliation with the count reach a point requiring her presence in France.
Richmond March 8 The Church man bill to fix railway passenger rates at 2 cents per mile for 500 and 1,000 mile tickets passed the house today after Senate approval and moves to the governor for signature.
Four injured and one fatally in a Burlington Iowa wreck as a C B Q freight splits on a hill. A fast meat and stock train rammed the rear. locomotive and 12 cars plus caboose smashed. A carload of horses and hogs killed. property damage about 25000.
Pittsburg March 8 Henry E Dixey the comedian sends an open letter to the Pittsburg Young Men's Christian Association protesting the barring of actors. He notes a meeting at the Belasco theater next Sunday of actors actresses and others who defend equal treatment for all professionals.
A special meeting of stockholders in Chicago on March 8 voted to consolidate the Chicago and Alton railroad and the Chicago and Alton Railway Co under the name Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. Exchange of securities will occur with about 23 million dollars less debt in the new entity than in the two former companies.
Columbus March 8 reports spread that Governor Pattison would resign due to ill health. Secretary Houck denied the rumor, stating the governor is gradually recovering and has no intention of resigning.
The Caney Kansas gas well six miles from town continues to burn with great fury. A supreme effort to cap the well with a 3000 pound iron hood is under way with haste. Hundreds of sightseers are flocking to the scene and many walk the streets unable to find rooms due to the crowd.
Reports from the bedside of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester say her condition is not as encouraging today as it was yesterday, the patient suffering pneumonia and remaining under care.
New York Mutual Life reports 1905 new insurance totaling 181,663,000, down from 229,532,000 in 1904, according to the annual department report.
Albany March 8 The New York Senate passed a bill fixing gas rates in Greater New York at 80 cents per thousand cubic feet. The measure targets cheaper gas for consumers in the city.
At Algeciras the Moroccan police issue is debated with three proposals from Austria, France, and the Moroccan mission. The Moroccan plan proposes Sultan sovereignty with joint powers in policing. The French plan favors an eight port Franco-Spanish force. The Austro-German plan combines Franco-Spanish police with neutral port division. Adjournment taken to study proposals. agreement seems likely.
In Galesburg Illinois a jury found Isaac M Shelton guilty of murder in the Lena Ramp death case and sentenced him to sixteen years in the penitentiary. Ramp, daughter of a wealthy farmer, died after an operation by Dr John Cole of Williamsfield. Shelton had induced Ramp to a country home where the procedure occurred. The Cole trial for the same charge was set to begin Monday.
New York March 8. The grand jury indicted President Frederick A. Burnham First Vice President George D Eldredge and Second Vice President George Burnham Jr of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company in a major legal action.
Columbus Ohio March 8 the Ohio Senate voted 23 to 13 to approve a resolution by Senator Howe Cleveland for a constitutional amendment allowing the people to initiate and vote on legislation to initiate a new law requires at least 5 percent of voters signatures on petitions and measures for submission to the electorate
Abraham Jandorf, longtime Joliet seating shoe merchant, asked the county court to be sent to Kankakee asylum for treatment. The application was granted and he departed for Kankakee with the order in his pocket.
Major General Corbin arrives in San Francisco from Manila with his wife and personal staff after command in the Philippines. The homecoming marks a return for the military leader and his entourage.
Fair tonight and Friday cooler with a west portion setting earlier and east portion later. Sunrise at 6 16, sunset at 5 48, noon around 5 02 am.
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