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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
1
Jury finds Mrs Boyle guilty of aiding in a kidnaping plot tied to her husband. She hints a third party planned the crime, and she says she will not serve penitentiary alone. No defense was offered during trial.
Iowa Congressman Dawson told a banquet of the American Society of Naval Engineers that unity and economy are essential to improve Navy administration. He warned friction between line and staff hindered operations and argued harmony could justify larger appropriations for a stronger fleet.
Mercer May 8 Judge Miller announced a motion for a new trial likely, with sentences probable Monday. Mrs. Boyle and her husband face lengthy terms, up to life for him and up to twenty five years for her, amid a verdict of guilty on aiding and abetting the Willie Whitla kidnapping. The defense rested after choosing not to offer testimony.
Nicholas Powers prepares to open a saloon in Bravil Indiana in a county that voted dry under the county option law. Judge Fortune of Terre Haute ruled the remonstrance improperly filed and granted a license, while a restraining order was issued to halt issuance pending likely appeal.
James M. Dawson, a night watchman at a mill near Everett, shot and killed his wife and 14 year old daughter before killing himself. The killings followed reports of marital trouble after Mrs. Dawson arrived from Arkansas. Police cite domestic strife as the motive.
The German Lutheran church will not hold a sermon this Sunday. Rev. Geo. Meiers leaves for Brighton Iowa to introduce Rev. W. Kessler who will become the new minister there. Sunday school will meet in the morning.
In Jefferson City on May 8, the Senate approved a resolution to submit to the people the constitutional amendment for a new state capital site at a cost of 500000 dollars. The measure now awaits public vote.
Harvey P. House a pioneer Iowa horse buyer and longtime West Liberty resident dies at Bethel VI at sixty his wife survives him announced in a message to Iowa City friends as of May 8 West Liberty Iowa
Iowa City May 8 Frederick W Hemstead the oldest man in Johnson county is dead at his Newport township home in his 96th year He came to the county 65 years ago and lived in the same house 39 years Surviving are his widow ten children 31 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild four generations represented by 72 living descendants as a record possibly without a duplicate in the state.
Paris May 8 government and state employees including the post and telegraphs men are rapidly marshaling forces for a coming struggle. Premier Clemenceau is confined to his room by illness and says he will resign rather than concede. The postal workers strike committee plans to wait until next Tuesday to allow parliament, which reconvenes Monday, a chance to intervene in their favor.
Wreckage from the Manx Transit Company steamer Shores found on Lake Superior suggests all aboard, about twenty one people, perished off Whitefish Point while the Shores was en route from Michigan with a salt cargo. Duluth reports confirm the disaster during a fiercest May gale.
Washington May 8 the senate voted just before adjournment to fix a duty on the lead in lead ore at one and one half cents per pound the Dingley rate as passed by the house. Fifty three senators including all Republicans and Hughes of Colorado and McEnery of Louisiana supported the duty with nineteen democratic senators opposing it. The paragraph notes no opposition from low tariff Republicans and calls the vote not significant.
Seattle report states Jean Fortier, 39, shot and killed his brother M Fortier, 44, during a quarrel outside their store at Green Lake. He then shot his sister in law, fatally, amid continuing business feud.
Speaker Cannon marked his 73rd birthday at the Capitol desk yesterday while continuing official duties and receiving congratulations from friends.
Mariano Zagone, 47, a wealthy Chicago cigar maker, was shot in the temple while in his brother in law’s saloon. He likely read a paper when shot and was dragged to the sidewalk. Police found a revolver, a blood pool, and a wiping rag. saloonkeepers Joseph and Nicolasi Carmello were arrested.
Government urges denial of John R. Walsh appeal from five year sentence for alleged bank fund misappropriation. Assistant District Attorney Fletcher Dobbyns filed the reply brief as Walsh seeks relief in the United States circuit court of appeals. Oral arguments are set for the last week of May before Judges Grosseup Baker and Seaman in Chieszs Wisconsin.
President Taft sent nominations to the senate for three federal judgeships. William S. Grubb would serve in the northern district of Alabama George Danworth was nominated for the western district of Washington and Charles A. Willard for the district court in Minnesota.
Constantinople reports show seven point five million dollars found in treasury boxes at the Yildiz palace and papers indicating Abdul Hamid deposited more than fifteen million abroad. The cabinet asserts foreign deposits and palace treasure are state property as a military commission heads to Adana to probe the massacre.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 8 judge Campbell overruled demurrers in the Mott Creek Indian land suits against Governor Haskell and others. He said all innocent purchasers will be protected as the United States seeks recovery for the Creek nation. The case centers on millions in Muskogee town lots totaling about three thousand acres said to have been obtained by fraudulent scheduling dummies.
New York May 8. It was announced that interests of the Chicago Great Western railway now in the hands of a receiver have reached an understanding for the road’s reorganization.
A bomb hidden in a basket of vegetables on a tramcar platform exploded during a strike protest, injuring twenty people including a police agent who lost a leg and a girl who fractured both legs. Four are seriously hurt. the bomber fled. A passenger alerted police after hearing ticking from the basket.
Nashville report notes Judge William F. Cooper aged ninety died in New York City. He was brother of Duncan B. Cooper and uncle to Robin J. Cooper, linked to the Carmack assassination case. Yale graduate, editor of Daniel's Chancery Practice and author of Cooper's Chancery Reports. He served on the Confederate States Supreme Court during the Civil War.
Castro the deposed Venezuelan president arrived in Santander Spain and will await his wife who is traveling from the West Indies.
Vienna May 8. In a fit of despondency over the torpedo boat Pelikan going ashore in the Adriatic yesterday Lieutenant Lutterotti in command at the time of the accident killed himself. The Pelikan sustained little damage and has been refloated.
In Columbus Junction Iowa on May 8 a fire destroyed Fred Snyder's new barn in Columbus City. Neighbors and residents saved five horses a buggy and several items while approximately one ton of hay 160 bushels of corn a sleigh bob sled and a wagon were lost. Insurance totaled 900 with 500 on the barn 300 on grain and 100 on contents. The blaze started in the hay mow but the cause remains unknown.
William P. Purcell and Mrs Helen Neyens wed in Muscatine on March 13 by Judge D W Jackson. After a quiet ceremony the couple left for Dixon Illinois where Purcell works with ditching crews. They plan to return to Muscatine by early July per friends.
With ideal weather a large crowd gathers at the polo grounds for a 26 mile 385 yard marathon. Thirteen athletes start as nine nations are represented including France Italy Sweden Canada England USA Cuba and Emerald Isle entries.
In Tallahassee on May 8 the Florida house of representatives defeated a joint resolution aimed at disfranchising black voters. The measure sought to remove rights from negro voters, but failed to pass.
The measure dissolves communal institutions and enables peasants to transfer to individual ownership. The interior ministry said 1,300,000 peasants had declared withdrawal from communes, with 600,000 already holding title deeds to individual properties.
Laborers clearing a vacant lot in Iowa City Iowa find a baby boy buried in a cheroot box within a tiny coffin. The body was buried only a few days prior and carries only the letters K and A on the box as identifying marks. The case remains a mystery.
Levi Cross was buried after a 2 PM funeral at his nephew William Eberling’s home, 214 Clinton street. Rev. W. H. Thomlinson led the service, with Shelby Norman Post and the Sons of Veterans assisting at Greenwood cemetery. Pall bearers included W. J. Hilton Samuel Smedley David Holiday R. A. Thompson W. B. Pomroy and Dennis OLeary.
Mrs. Kathryn Sinclair was granted a divorce from Arthur C. Sinclair this morning by Judge D. W. Jackson in district court. The defendant waived time and notice and consented to an immediate hearing. J. R. Hanley appeared for the plaintiff.
Edward Morrow of 1116 East Fourth Street attempted to hammer a nail through a plank held on his knees and drove the nail into his leg at the joint. The accident occurred this morning and Dr. E B Fulham treated the wound.
Mrs. Gladden wife of Rev. Washington Gladgen of the First Congregational church died today in Columbus after a year long illness.
Weather bulletin notes unsettled colder conditions tonight with rain in the east and south and frost in the northwest. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures in the east. Illinois reports showers and likely thunderstorms tonight and Sunday with a colder Sunday afternoon. Sunrise at 4 27 and sunset at 6 56, moonrise at 10 29.
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