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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
1
In Iowa sentiment tightens in favor of the Roosevelt administration as pro policy advocates consolidate influence across the state. Local figures and committees rally voters and press for backing in upcoming ballots.
A deposed post master unleashes a tirade against the nation’s leader, venting anger during a public exchange. The episode centers on a dramatic confrontation and the fallout from the dismissal. Authorities assess political repercussions.
Des Moines reports Iowa GOP unity behind Roosevelt policies with Gov Cummins urging a Roosevelt or pro-Roosevelt slate. Fairbanks support remains weak and other names like Hughes Root Shaw Deneen are discussed. Iowa Republicans plan to back a Roosevelt aligned ticket and platform.
The eleventh annual National Cotton Manufacturers' Association convention opened in Philadelphia with about 2000 members attending. The session focused mainly on reading papers about topics related to the cotton industry.
H. Clay Pierce chairman of Waters-Pierce Oil Co was ordered remanded to a Texas sheriff to answer an indictment charging perjury by Federal Judge Adams in St Louis Missouri today May 15.
Boston May 15. Advices from leading cotton mill centers of southern New England say about 5,000 operatives will have wages advanced about ten percent on May 27.
Delegates to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church arrive in Columbus Ohio as tomorrow’s sessions open. Rev Dr William Henry Roberts longtime stated clerk from Philadelphia and Francis E Marston from New York contend for moderator. Overtures from United and Southern Presbyterians are expected to be formally presented to seek union with the main body.
In Cincinnati on May 15 Archbishop Moeller spoke at St. Peter's Cathedral urging Catholics to be good citizens, declaring that the better the Catholic you are the better the citizen. The sermon addressed members of the Catholic Knights of America.
George W. Rendall of Brownsville testified to Senate military affairs investigators that on August 13 a group of three to five men he identified as negro soldiers climbed over a Fort Brown wall into Brownsville and fired shots. He described another group of 12 men joining them and crossing the alley between Elizabeth and Washington streets. Rendall, 73, is blind in one eye.
London official statement says the British minister to Central America did not present an ultimatum to Costa Rica. The report from New Orleans claiming a two week settlement deadline over the republics debt to Great Britain is discredited.
Five thousand carpenters from Davenport Rock Island and Moline were locked out yesterday after the Tri City Contractors association declared for the open shop changing bargaining.
Springfield Ill May 15 Republican lawmakers rush back to Springfield after telegrams from Speaker Shurtleff urge full party return. With deep waterway bills at stake leaders aim to keep the majority in control as the house reconvenes at noon. Democratic members reportedly plan to reassemble en masse and may attempt a rapid power move if they gain the majority.
The committee says competition has been suppressed in an area equal to a third of the United States.
A Kellogg Severance memo on Harriman railroads urges an ICC inquiry into union Pacific Rock Island Alton and Illinois Central San Pedro contracts as Sherman act violations. The ICC has not yet adopted the recommendations and stock traders react as Union Pacific falls then stabilizes.
A hundred strike breakers from New England were brought to New York and escorted by police to South Brooklyn docks where they began work. The strikers offered no resistance. The steamship Majestic sailed on schedule with a full cargo.
The congress of reactionists closed with a resolution demanding public safety actions. It calls for dissolution of parliament martial law against revolutionary agitation disarmament of Jewish organizations legalization of reactionist bands confiscation of revolutionaries property and exclusion of Jews from military and civil service.
Militia takes charge of the jail in Brunswick Georgia to protect Lee Holmes a negro accused of fatally shooting A A Sands at Darien Junction on Saturday night Armed white groups threaten the jail and the defendant is under guard by state militia at the location.
Vienna on May 15 reports Herr Von Marche t, minister of public instruction, has resigned following his defeat in the elections held yesterday. Of 367 results, 154 require second ballots.
Muscatine L O O F lodge plans a short church or hall service then a parade to the cemetery to decorate graves of departed members. They seek grand lodge dispensation and will appoint committees at the next meeting to finalize arrangements. Memorial day is observed on the Sunday after May 30 in many Iowa towns.
Grundy Center Iowa May 15 Jacob Slifer near this city honors a dog that saved his child's life by erecting a monument costing 1500 dollars. The tribute marks the pet’s life saving act and memory.
The Weather Bureau reports killing frosts over central and western Nebraska with light frosts in the east. Snow falls along the Missouri River with two feet reported in Deadwood South Carolina. Topeka Kansas notes light frost and ice while Kansas records 82 degrees in a segment of the state. Farmers report young corn badly injured.
A May storm striking Grundy Will and Kendal counties toppled many barns and small buildings. At Caton a farm school housing twenty pupils was hoisted off its foundation and spun around, though no children were hurt. The storm extended over several miles. Meanwhile Haywood trial jury selection in Boise progressed with jurors excused and challenges noted as attorneys shape the panel.
Boston May 15 The University of California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler has been offered MIT's presidency to succeed Henry A Pritchett whose resignation was announced last December to devote time to the Carnegie foundation.
The cruiser Baltimore at the Brooklyn navy yard went out of commission yesterday and is slated to be converted into a mine laying vessel. The ship, once part of the Manila Bay naval action in the Spanish American War, remains a historic vessel.
Panama May 15. The steam shovel workers on the canal continue their stoppage begun yesterday demanding 300 dollars per month instead of 216. Union leaders say a widespread work action is planned if negotiations fail.
In a joint ballot in the legislature on May 15 Mattison Wisconsin the leading candidates for United States senator were Stephenson 44 Esch 28 Hatton 26 Birdsall 11 with 16 scattered votes.
The Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio passed resolutions at its annual meeting announcing opposition to endorsing Senator Foraker. Dr. W. P. Hunt of Columbus said Foraker’s opposition to the pure food bill and his stance on Christian science and osteopathy justified a formal record against him.
Five ledger sheets vanish from the McArthur water works records in Dubuque Illinois including the account of John Ellwanger former board president. A missing sheet also shows the Great Western railway credit of $1000 over five months with no cash book record, fueling public scrutiny of Ellwanger’s involvement.
St Petersburg reports the upper house of parliament rejected a bill that would abolish drum head court martial trials, a measure previously passed by the lower house on April 4. The vote ends the attempt to ban immediate military tribunals.
Col Arch M Hughes of Columbia Tennessee challenged President Roosevelt over his dismissal as postmaster. He read a sharp rebuke to Roosevelt and Hitchcock, vowing a hard fight, citing family ties to historic battles and forecasting a return to confront officials with a hearing in mind.
In Dubuque Iowa on May 15 attorney Kenline filed a motion for the saloon men attacking the petitions for injunction filed by attorney Thorne against the saloonmen.
Partly cloudy with probable light frost tonight. Thursday should be generally fair and warmer. Sun rises at 4 32 and sets at 7 02 with the moon setting at 10 10.
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