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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
1
Muscatine booster special completed a full Mahaska county itinerary, enjoying warm welcomes in Keota Harper Sigourney and Oskaloosa. The crowd heard speeches by local officials and Elks hosted a post reception luncheon before departure.
The Hawkeye, Iowa City junior class yearbook, made its appearance yesterday attracting a rush of buyers. The book features the standard roasts and humorous pieces usual to the publication.
In Brindisi May 12 the German imperial yacht Hohenzollern bears Emperor William as the king and queen of Italy greet the visitor. The British cruiser Amalthross salutes the rulers, seen as evidence of renewed cordial ties between Germany Italy and Britain.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on a May 1912 day crowds of several hundred white and black residents gathered near Tenth and Broadway after Patrolman Horner was shot. Tensions surged as whites threatened to "clean out" the negro settlement until a strong police presence averted violence.
Nairobi May 12 Roosevelt's hunting luck continues On the last expedition he shot a leopard and captured the animal's two cubs A buffalo and two giraffes have also been captured by the expedition No further cases of smallpox have developed among the porters of the expedition
A Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train derailed near Bonita, Texas, after the engine left the track. Engineer Frazier and two flatmen were killed while standing on the sidetrack. twenty-two people injured and one badly scalded, including Conductor Littlefield, Express Messenger Wilder, and the fireman.
Jefferson City Mo May 12 The Missouri state senate refused to recede from the tax under amendment to the prohibitive joint resolution and asked the house for a conference committee This action was taken generally as spelling the end of legislative action on the subject at this session.
In Lansing Michigan Speaker Campbell asked Rep D Z Curtiss to leave the house and not return during the current session after a scandal involving the Detroit lawmaker and a house clerk Sidney Hall the incident followed a Detroit paper report and a rumored dispute over Hall and Curtiss relations.
Paris is under a siege like atmosphere as troops seize central post and telegraph stations and guards patrol streets to protect workers. Dalstein holds 50,000 troops in reserve while 700 strikers and thousands foresee complete suspension within days amid broad sympathy actions.
The American Liberian commission arrived in Monrovia aboard the Chester at daylight. All members are in good health and the city erupted in celebration as citizens welcomed the visitors.
Milwaukee on May 12 reported the arrest of Frank Burton age 33 and Charles Ness age 28 from Pittsburg and Chicago. Police believe they are the duo behind a directory swindle that defrauded businessmen in Milwaukee and other major cities nationwide of substantial sums.
Boston May 12 The National Episcopal congress discussed Socialism in Relation to Christianity with six speakers. Silas McBee urged unity while Rev Elliott White argued socialism marks modern social evolution toward producer control and warned Christianity must decide whether to aid or oppose their ascent.
Winnipeg May 12 The friction between the Canadian Pacific railway and the Federation of Mechanical Unions on eastern lines has been settled amicably across the system. The settlement was announced today.
The A. O. U. W Grand Lodge elected officers with E. B. Evans as Grand Master and T. G. Harper as Foreman. Water 109 was determined as the next meeting place, with biennial conventions planned. Knights of Columbus adjourned their Iowa state convention as Thomas F. Griffin became State Deputy and Carroll announced as next meeting site.
The booster train arrives in Winfield Iowa at 1 10 PM after stops at Washington and Oskaloosa. Mayor Giesler and schoolchildren greet the visitors as the Presbyterian church hosts a supper amid light rain. The banquet ends with thanks to the church ladies and a toast to boosters.
Constantinople witnessed twenty four more hangings this morning within city limits. The total executed since April 13 stands at thirty eight with four at the Sultans palace eight at the Marine Barracks eight at the Djinzi Meidan quarter Stamboul and four at the war office.
A premature dynamite blast at a stone quarry near Albany NY kills 25 workers and injures others. Two work gangs were drilling when the explosion occurred releasing about 1000 pounds of dynamite.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church south died in Jackson Mississippi today from pneumonia at the age of proposed age not stated. The death marks a significant moment for the regional church leadership and the community around Jackson.
Iowa expects showers and thunderstorms tonight or Thursday with warmer conditions in the far east and cooler in the west. Illinois shows increasing clouds with showers and thunderstorms Thursday and possible late tonight. tonight warmer, Thursday afternoon cooler. Sunrise 4 32, sunset 7, moon rise 1 03 a m.
Grain growers from many states met in Springfield to organize like cotton planters and store wheat until prices rise. They also urged Congress to enact laws preventing grain corners and to petition for tariff amendments. In Washington Senator Payne urged tobacco producers to repeal duties, citing a tobacco trust and Kentucky troubles.
Pittsburg May 12 up to late this afternoon four bodies of those drowned last night when the gasoline yawl went down while taking men from the Press Steel Car Co to their homes across the river had been found. Twenty are missing and all believed drowned. of thirty occupants only ten escaped. Names listed include Albert Graham pilot George Thompson and others with several unnamed.
The eighty fifth joint ballot for United States senate in Springfield shows Hopkins 78, Foss 18, Shurtleff 22, Stringer 47, Erskin M. Phelps 15, and 19 scattering. Three Democratic representatives today voted for Shurtleff.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, famed American aero plane pioneers, arrived in New York aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecelie after successful European demonstrations. They traveled from Europe to the United States, marking a notable return to American soil.
A May 12 dispatch from Antioch in Asiatic Turkey reports a large number of Armenian refugees in the city. It notes that all are women and children, as Armenian men have perished.
The trial of Clark Coleman in Cedar Rapids is expected to send the case to a jury this afternoon. Prosecution says Coleman and Meagher met in Cedar Rapids after leaving Anamosa, visited sporting houses, drank beer at the Cedar Rapids House, and later planned to visit girls on the west side. The defense argues alibi. Judge Ellison refused a continuance.
In Oskaloosa Iowa May 12 the Mahaska statue was unveiled amid rain and crowds. Major John F Lacey presented the statue to the city and county while Carl Kuehnle spoke on Mahaska and the Red Men. Wilson Brooks delivered the allied interests address.
The battleship Mississippi pulled into Donaldsonville Louisiana after a successful voyage from New Orleans. Sightseers gathered along the levee to view the man-of-war as it anchored for a two day stay this afternoon on May 12.
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