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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1906
Page
1
In St. Petersburg crowds gather outside the Tauride palace as an army officer declares the nation’s soldiery will support the representatives of the people, not the emperor. Officials deny plans for force, while a deadlock delays a peaceful settlement amid international maneuvering.
Fire Marshal John Campion was summarily dismissed by Mayor Dunne in Chicago. The removal followed a dispute over specifications for new fire engines the city planned to buy.
Columbus officers call a union convention to discuss complications affecting miners. It is the most important decision since the April 1 suspension of work. Delegates from the Western Federation of Miners open their annual session in Denver with leaders Moyer and Haywood likely to be reelected while detained. Agreement dissolves as tri state operators say settlements must be coordinated across Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed during backing into the station after a flange failure. Eight killed, twelve to fifteen injured. Notable victims include Howard B. Coleman of Stanford and William Pruitt of Lebanon. Seven unidentified bodies found at an undertaker.
Des Moines reports show Perkins ahead of Cummins in state convention delegates after Saturday caucuses and conventions across multiple counties. Cummins holds a minority position with 580 to Perkins 536, plus 104 for Rathbun and 26 in doubt. control shifts in Johnson Louisa Wayne and other counties with Perkins successes in Pottawattamie Cass Warren and broader totals.
Washington May 28 The house committee on elections authorized a favorable report on a bill for publicity of election expenses. The measure is elaborate detailing to whom contributions are made and defining political committees.
President Roosevelt is informed of a Europe wide push to bar American meat exports. The drive, led by agrarian party supporters, aims to curb sales of U S meats and push the government to tighten packing house regulations further.
A high railway official says dissatisfaction with President A. J. Cassatt's regime is rising and a full overhaul is planned. Within a year George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading would become president, to be succeeded by Theodore Voorhees, linking the two systems with the Baltimore and Ohio as a unified operation.
The district supreme court began the trial of State Senator George Green of New York and W Doremus on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and bribery connected with postal service stamp cancelling devices. Both defendants pleaded not guilty.
Washington dispatches warn that Guatemala faces a possible revolution threatening American interests. Trouble centers in the northern republic near the Mexican frontier with internal causes driving the unrest.
Richmond Ind May 28 A new pension plan was proposed to the general assembly to end ministers feeling like charity recipients. The scheme would provide a definite sum after a clergyman serves a set number of years.
The government moves to punish those involved in the March 19 lynching of Ed Johnson in Chattanooga Tennessee. Attorney General Moody sought a Supreme Court rule to show cause why 27 named individuals, including Sheriff John F Shipp of Johnson County Tennessee, should not be punished for contempt of court for their actions.
The New York Central Railroad Co. v Comptroller Miller of New York was decided in favor of the state by the Supreme Court. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion, upholding the state law imposing a franchise tax on railroad property in New York.
Protests against Reed Smoot holding the U S Senate seat flood the chamber from multiple states. Petitions are expected to arrive from every state and territory during the week, signaling broad opposition.
Senator Morgan charged abuses of power by the President in the Panama canal zone. He argued no congressman would dare propose a law to authorize what the President had done, during remarks in Washington on the canal resolution.
Chief Secretary for Ireland Bryce introduced in the house of commons a bill authorizing a loan of 22.5 million to provide laborers cottages in Ireland.
Marshalltown Iowa May 28 sheriff of Mitchell South Dakota wires arrest of two of the escaped safe blowers and the presence of two others in the vicinity. Sheriff Hutson left for Mitchell.
In Chicago on May 28 members of the executive committee of the coal operators of Illinois Indiana and Ohio held a secret session to consider ways to end the miners strike.
Washington May 28 The defeated natured alcohol bill with Senate amendments was agreed to in the house today. It now moves to the President for signature.
Mason City reports Senator A. H. Gale sustained a broken leg after a playful scuffle with J. H. McGhee. Details were kept quiet until today.
Secretary Shaw began a two week speaking trip Sunday night and will pass through Iowa. He will not speak on this trip though some addresses are expected to outline administration policies for the fall. Shaw plans active campaign involvement and service in close congressional districts. Frank J. Stillman.
Joplin Missouri May 28 the Joplin Savings Bank was closed by state bank examiners under orders from the secretary of state. Deposits total 84000 with capital of 19000. Assets are described as small. President George W Layne issued a statement pledging to pay every depositor in full.
In Wadesboro North Carolina May 28 a mob overpowered the sheriff and stormed the county jail. They secured J W Johnson who had killed his brother in law Quin Johnson. He was taken to the suburbs where he was strung up to a tree and shot multiple times.
Vienna May 28 Premier Hohenlohe and his cabinet resign over dissatisfaction with settlement proposals for the common customs tariff of Austria Hungary.
The Supreme Court today reiterates last term ruling on Philippine tariff collections under the 1898 executive order. The cases involve about $4,060,000 in disputed revenues.
Six year old Earnest Robbins son of K W Robbins was severely scalded today after falling into a tub of hot water in Marshalltown Iowa. Authorities reported the accident occurred in the home and the child was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Washington May 28 The supreme court granted Illinois motion to require Missouri to pay costs in the suit over Chicago sanitary canal discharging waters into the Mississippi River.
The Senate today sent the rate bill to conference with Senators Elkins Illman and Cullom named as conferees marking the start of formal negotiations on tariff changes.
An editorial extols the Muscatine Journal for unbiased reporting and broad coverage, claiming a daily circulation over 5,200 and calling it the sole reliable advertising medium in the city. It urges local businesses to place notices in the Journal.
Snow fell in St Louis for about five minutes this morning. The temperature stood at 44 degrees as the light fall occurred in the early hours.
Chicago weather note reports fair skies in the east with possible showers in the western portion tonight and Tuesday. Temperature to rise, sun rises at 4 21 AM, sets at 7 15 PM, moonset at 11 51 PM.
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