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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
5
Z W John was sentenced to serve ten years in the state penitentiary. The defense plans to appeal the case. Bond was fixed at $5,000 and will probably be furnished. The case was stubbornly contested and the defendant received the sentence calmly.
Judge Bollinger heard the motion for a new trial in the Zenas W. John case and overruled it. The prisoner was sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Bond was fixed at 5000 dollars, which will likely be furnished.
Judge Bollinger, arriving from Davenport at 5 05 and 5 15 last evening, denied a motion for a new trial in the State of Iowa versus Zenas W. John. John, convicted at the April term for murder and perjury in the West Liberty restaurant shooting of Walter Boot on October 1 1899, faced defense objections to court rulings, prosecutorial methods, law points, jury addresses, and indictments errors. The court found two glaring indictment errors but refused to grant a new trial.
A neighbor praises improved plow performance after bringing it to Hipple and Pallischeck’s for repairs and sharpening. The other farmer is advised to visit the same shop to achieve a near new efficiency.
The defendant was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary at hard labor. He remained calm and proclaimed his innocence when asked why the sentence should not be pronounced. Defense attorneys gave notice of an appeal to the supreme court and bond was fixed at $5,000.
A. B. Thompson of Cedar Rapids Nebraska writes a note accompanying a Journal subscription renewal. He describes his small town of about 1000 people with railroad, telephone, electric lights, water works, three elevators, a flouring mill, five churches, many businesses, and a high school. He recalls spring rains improving farming prospects and lists market quotes for wheat corn oats hogs hay butter eggs. He notes the district is populist yet prosperous during McKinley era. May 7 1901.
The Hinky Dink convention at the county jail continues with surprises and absences as Mudcat Custer is released and several members dig post holes for a new fence. Judge Young remains to handle urgent business while Newt Edwards gives the principal toast and the group holds late night festivities.
A Muscatine gathering at the Rescue Hose House decided to hold the annual inspection and parade of city fire companies to participate in the celebration. The parade is set for morning with a grand ball at the Armory in the evening.
Last night the First Congregational church elected J. H. Cannon, J. A. Robbins and Mesdames Richman, Thompson and Herr as delegates to the State Association of Congregational churches. The association meets in Burlington on Tuesday, May 71st.
Professor G. W. Coverston, recently elected as principal of the First Ward School, has signified his intention to decline the post. A petition calling for his removal reportedly influenced his decision, leading him to believe the position would not be best for him to hold.
Yesterday noon at 513 East Front Street, Philip Lehr and Elizabeth Rothenhauser were married by Rev. J Jans of the German Evangelical church. The ceremony united the couple in matrimony in the presence of Mrs. B Bernius and other witnesses.
A brief note in the journal asks readers to supply a suitable word for the phrase wants in the article. The request aims to clarify phrasing and improve clarity for readers.
A gang of locals vent their fury at Muscatine police procedure during a Kangaroo Court style meeting. They accuse Marshal Balluff and officers of bias and misconduct while urging enforcement of laws and exposing alleged favoritism and graft. The session ends with plans for a possible night court session.
The water gauge shows a 6 inch fall in the last 24 hours from 8.1 yesterday to 7.7 today. Historical readings for May 9 and 10 are noted for several gauges across St Paul LaCrosse and nearby cities. A Saturn satellite malfunction is also reported with a raft incident mentioned.
Louis Bann Mann. 22, a cigarmaker at C. F. Hansen shop on Fourth street Davenport, fatally injured in Mechanicsville Ia after leaping from a moving train to visit his brother John. He sustained a skull fracture and died an hour later at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening.
Market activity is quiet with little stock or grain movement. Buffalo fish declined from 8c to 7c per pound while other prices stayed stable. Investors focus shifts to the New York stock stampede as small speculators suffer losses. further details appear in another column.
Market listings show gram, produce, and fiourn corn at 40 to 60 cents. oats at 23 to 25 cents, rye 40, barley 40, wheat 55 to 60, hay timothy 11 to 12, Illinois hay 1 to 5 dollars, baled hay 12 to 13. Hides five to six cents, potatoes 40, apples 1.10 to 1.50 per bu. Butter 11 to 20 cents, creamery 11 1/2 to 12 1/2. hogs 5.25 to 5.30, cattle 3 to 3.50, calves 3.50 to 4, sheep 3 to 4, chickens varied by age and form, flour and meal prices listed, sugar, coffee, and fruit prices vary, coal prices listed, oranges and lemons, berries, and greens also quoted. Market described as unsteady with many items listed.
Washington May 10 R A King appointed postmaster at Coal Creek Keokuk county succeeding M A Brunson. Several Iowa presidential postmaster salaries were raised including Hartley Town City Lamont Lenox Lisbon Malvern Mapletown Griswold Hedrick Jefferson Laurens Leon Madrid Manila Marathon and others with amounts adjusted from about 1 100 to 2 800 dollars and more.
Falls six dollars. Additional Jesse Cole of Marshalltown eight dollars. Increase Joseph P Poole Primrose twelve dollars. Reissue Joseph B Wilson Marengo nineteen dollars and twenty five cents. Original widows George W Hooper Grinnell twelve dollars Sarah E Gaylord Ft Madison eight dollars Margaret Blair Clarinda eight dollars Phebe A Carrington Hawleyville twelve dollars War with Spain original Thomas H Barnes Ainsworth six dollars.
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