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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
Rain postpones the weather search as authorities wait for clearer skies. Four additional bodies are reportedly found at the Gunness farm. A woman is arrested amid new theories comparing the case to a modern Lucretia Borgia and suggesting she can reveal key details of the mysterious circumstances.
Reports from La Porte indicate the Gunness farm shed was broken into and bodies damaged while digging for more corpses continued. Authorities identified two victims, Jennie Olson and Andrew Helgelein, as the case widens with nine cadavers, including seven men, unearthed in the barnyard.
Light frost tonight with rising temperatures Friday. Mostly fair conditions tonight and Friday with a chance of rain in extreme northeast. Continuing cool air with a slow uptick in temperature Friday. Sunrise at 4 40, sunset 6 56, moon set 12 40 a m.
Guthrie Oklahoma May 7. Across the state a legal holiday is observed as Governor Haskell issued a proclamation urging public meetings to pass resolutions requesting Congress to enact direct popular vote for U S senators.
Train robbers boarded Denver and Rio Grande No 4 at Castle Rock and killed Charles H. Wright 60, the Globe Express Company messenger, taking under $100 from a small safe after gaining entry through a broken side window. The large safe remained untouched as Wright died with his revolver in hand.
One hundred men on the disabled ship Peter Rickmer are in peril off Fire Island New York as it pitches on a sandbar. Three life saving crews battle wind and rain to reach the doomed vessel while each wave washes over the hull.
In Frankfort Kentucky on May 7 the court refused to dissolve the injunction against Louisville officials, allowing betting at the current race meeting to continue under the present system.
San Francisco May 7 The great naval parade and governor banquet highlight fleet festivities as Admiral Evans makes his final active appearance before retirement. About 15 000 sailors and soldiers line the parade with 2 500 regulars under General Funston. The fleet anchors off the Golden Gate amid illumination and cheers.
Representative Dawson urged emergency currency legislation and backed a resolution approved by the caucus. The House then voted 167 to 16 against reestablishing the canteen in national soldiers homes. A Bennett admission on immigration naturalization stirred debate amid slow progress on the sundry civil appropriation bill. Senate upheld a District limit on child labor hours.
Mason City Iowa May 7 Mrs Chas Hall 32 wife of a Northwestern brakeman was accidentally shot in the abdomen by her four year old son who was playing with a 32 caliber revolver. She is in serious condition and taken to the hospital.
Decatur Illinois May 7 fifty eight saloons will close at midnight under the local option law. The brewing company will now manufacture soft drinks exclusively in Decatur as the city becomes dry.
Danville Illinois May 7 torrential rains threaten the homes of 300 residents in lowlands as Stony Creek swells into a roaring river tearing away at property. Chicago May 7 a man is killed and many civilians suffer injuries from falling live wires and high winds during a morning storm that continues.
Louisville May 7 The Republican state convention platform applauds Roosevelt and urges Taft until nomination while backing his policies Their Chicago convention delegation is instructed to vote for Taft. Boston May 7 Democratic state convention committee resolves to back Bryan for president and adopts a platform.
After a brief shutdown the Frisco railroad shops in Kansas City reopened today. Three hundred fifty men are employed at the facility as operations resume.
Boston and Chelsea arrests follow a Chelsea fire on April 12 linked to arson. In New York Orchard Street tenement inferno four people died, twelve injured as firemen rescued over 100 occupants, with victims named Eva Berg Sam Sach Hattie Hopleman and an unidentified man.
Edgar M. Davis a Des Moines druggist pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of his wife and was sentenced to 18 years in Ft Madison penitentiary. The outcome surprised observers.
Financial circles report the control of the Western Maryland railroad has passed from the Goulds to other interests. Purchaser identities are not disclosed. Paul Morton was yesterday elected director and member of the executive committee of the Santa Fe railway.
At the Baltimore quadrennial meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church the general conference heard reports praising a four year growth in communicants by 278 357 and a total church property value of 186 924 000 while urging changes to parish amusements and divorce laws. The Epis copal address also highlighted the Book Concerns sales 4 175 019 and net profits 735 999 with cash on hand 54 899 and total surplus 723 618.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt with five guests departed Washington on a special train at 11:30 AM for a brief outing at Pine Knot Virginia. The party includes one other family member and one additional guest. The trip marks a planned respite from official duties.
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