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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
1
Mother and daughter linked to the first thaw case face epilepsy related fits as defense ties into the dual basis argument. The court weighs medical and psychological factors amid competing testimonies from rivals in the case.
Organizations declared guilty of violation of statutes designed to protect members Norris still after paper trust other news reports show ongoing legal actions.
Glasgow reports six thousand woodworkers locked out at Clyde yards as UK shipyards nationwide impose lockouts affecting at least 250,000 men. London notes woodworkers totaling about fifteen thousand joined the action, with other branches likely to halt work without a settlement.
Clinton Iowa May 2. The Dolph murder trial deepens as the defense leans on insanity and degeneracy as the main plea. Two physicians testified that the defendant Irene Dolph would be considered unsound mind under the circumstances.
Iowa safe weather with warm air in the west and frost tonight and Sunday. Illinois fair with frost tonight and Sunday and gradual warming as clouds increase. Sunrise at 4 45 a.m. and sunset at 6 49 p.m. Moon sets at 9 11 p.m.
Frost touched thirty degrees in Des Moines and killed all fruit there while Iowa reports little damage to crops elsewhere. Burlington records a heavy frost at twenty nine degrees. Lincoln Nebraska sees orchard and garden losses and northern Indiana experiences a snow storm affecting gardens and orchards.
National Prosperity association has been formed after a three day conference in St Louis. A formal address was issued to business interests nationwide and the group plans to extend the organization across the country for the betterment of all classes of business.
J W Maxwell aged 73 founder of Maxwell Iowa fell down stairs at the Kirkwood hotel in Des Moines last night breaking his neck died this morning in hospital Funeral arrangements will be announced by his family Maxwell built the town that bears his name and played a key role in its early development
Detectives pursuing Stephens bank raiders near Stephens North Dakota find a dead unclothed man on the prairie eight miles northeast of Stephens with ashes nearby, suggesting the robbers burned clothes to prevent identification. The victim is believed to be the robber shot by a merchant during the May night raid as about a hundred armed men continue the search.
Washington reports a Republican conference to discuss the financial issue, aiming to limit action to forming a commission. A second meeting may address anti trust law modification and injunction regulation, with Civic Federation recommendations in view. Secretaries and officials push for careful, acceptable measures.
Telegraph reports from the west coast note a revolutionary outbreak in Peru beginning at Chosica near Lima and spreading toward the capital.
Pittsburg detectives brought four men to the city on May 2 who are believed linked to the robbery of the St. Louis express Thursday night. The men’s identities and arrest locations could not be learned.
Fifty thousand to sixty thousand Roman Catholic laymen marched along Fifth Avenue in New York to conclude a week long centennial celebration for the New York Diocese. Brigadier General Thomas Barry led the parade as grand marshal directing a crowd of diverse participants toward a large reviewing stand in front of the cathedral.
A Chicago Reduction company garbage plant exploded after a naphtha fire. Three bodies were recovered today, then five more were found, with five men still missing. Dead include Andrew Marshall. John Sterowsky likely burned. Property loss estimated at $100,000.
Jesse Williams of Oberlin College won the Northern Oratorical League contest in Iowa City. Robinson of Wisconsin took second. Iowa and Northwestern tied for third. The league elected officers for the year, with Realff Ottesen as president and K P Johnson as treasurer. Illinois was named successor to Chicago as host for the 1909 contest in Champaign.
Wells Fargo Express reports to Torreon authorities the loss of 63000 Mexican currency from a safe aboard a Mexico train. The funds were consigned to a bank in Chihuahua and the incident is being investigated.
San Francisco May 2 Tirey L Ford chief counsel for the United Railroads was found not guilty of bribing former Supervisor Coleman to vote for the trolley franchise.
Five men dynamited the Farmers' bank in Tyron Oklahoma early today, blew the safe with seven charges, took 609 dollars, and fled after a running gun battle with residents.
Washington May 2 freight rate increases seem likely within months as rail lines file tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Southeastern railways announce June 1 increases on fresh meats from north and west into the southern and eastern territory, signaling broader carrier action unless conditions improve.
A east bound Burlington train due in Butte at 11:30 was dynamited about a mile west of the Northern Pacific station. The first engine left the rails while the second crashed into a bank. engineer Bussy was crushed to death and fireman Ehle badly scalded. Carl Mange was seriously injured. Believed the act was revenge by a hobo ejected from a train.
Mukden May 2 The assault incident of April 6 at the American consulate is closed with the American staff exonerated and three Javanese officials punished.
The monthly public debt statement shows debt at 925,167,236 dollars, up 15,445,899 since March 30. April receipts were 43,919,321 while expenditures reached 59,888,784, creating a four month deficit near 16 million and a ten month fiscal year shortfall of 51,644,615.
Alexander Berkman an anarchist was allowed to speak at Union Square May Day rally before police warned that a fiery harangue would bring arrest. After the brief address the meeting was adjourned and most leaders and followers dispersed.
Miss Laura Craig of Albia married William Ramsay, who posed as her former fiancé George Crosier from Des Moines, after mistaking Ramsay for Crosier at a dance. The groom was Ramsay’s double, while Crosier stood as best man, shocking neighbors who believed Crosier would wed.
The United Christian party convened and nominated Rev. Daniel B. Turney of Decatur for president and L. S. Coffin of Ft. Dodge for vice president. The platform endorses the decalogue and the golden rule and supports female suffrage. Mrs. Laura Fixen presided as chair. W. R. Benkett of Davenport was re elected national chairman.
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