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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
1
Ollette Can Wisconsin senator attempts to block pay by sage of bill with aid from F D L P ig. Official VP circulates assistance of gum shoe. Missouri filibuster member among numbers loses first skirmish.
Kansas City Mo May 29 Denver was chosen to host the next year’s Presbyterian church assembly. The assembly reaffirmed Biblical grounds for divorce and urged temperance work, calling on Congress to protect prohibition states. It noted eight million six hundred thousand people abolished the saloon last year and cited multiple temperance measures across legislatures. The report framed the temperance progress as advancing nationwide.
Washington reports May 29 that Senator La Follette escalates obstruction on the compromise currency bill while Senator Foraker seeks punishment for alleged unfair questioning of Aldrich. Burton likely to name Taft at Chicago. House passes Hawaii transport clause and Congress club incorporation. Rainey proposes duty exemption for imported agricultural implements. Cannon says farewell to the president as sessions wind down.
President Fallieres of France concluded a four day London visit this morning. Crowds along the streets cheered as he departed the city for Paris.
In Chicago on May 29 Judge Carpenter ordered three Carpenters and Joiners Union members jailed for 30 days for violating an injunction that barred the union from injuring the lumber company’s business.
Mrs. Mary Peterson of 308 Lincoln Avenue Davenport Iowa, despondent over long illness, drowned herself in a neighbor’s well this morning. Her husband found the body after noticing an open cistern lid. An inquest by the coroner’s jury ruled death by own action due to long continued ill health. She leaves a husband and three children.
Washington May 29 theodore H Price Moses Haas and frederick A Peckham all of New York and Edwin S Holmes Jr former assistant statistician of the department of agriculture were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges growing from the cotton scandal in 1905 Four indictments were returned in New York City same day asserting Price faced conspiracy to defraud and improper transactions tied to government cotton statistics he posted bail at five thousand dollars
Clinton Ill May 29 The jury found Col Snell unsound minded and set aside the will after six hours deliberation The verdict potentially benefits Richard Snell who is seen as likely to profit from the break in Col Snell’s will The courtroom heard dramatic closing pleas and sharp accusations toward Maybelle Snell McNamara and other women in general
New York May 29 Frank Merritt who was inoculated with tuberculosis germs for science is progressing and becoming a consumptive faster every minute. Merritt volunteered two weeks ago to surrender his body to help find a preventive and cure. Yesterday’s exam showed the plague has progressed since the inoculation a week ago.
Representative Stafford of Wisconsin introduced a joint resolution in the House to suspend the import duty on mechanically ground wood pulp for eighteen months. The measure excludes pulp imported from regions that restrict imports or impose export duties or other charges.
The Teddy weather bear speaks of variable conditions with a cheerful tone. He predicts tomorrow will be fair though signs are uncertain and notes past unwelcome news to Muscatine and nearby residents. Illinois shows showers and thunderstorms followed by fair weather. Iowa expects partial cloudiness and cooler conditions with Saturday likely fair. Sunrise and sunset times are listed.
Dispatches report heavy fighting in Samos capital Vathy with 150 dead or wounded over four days. The island garrison is besieged, the governor seeks refuge, and fears of a massacre grow as Turkish reinforcements are en route. The prince of Samos, installed by the sultan, is protected by locals while Britain Russia and France consider intervention.
President Roosevelt ordered half mast in the National Park cemetery at Vicksburg to honor the memory of General Stephen D Lee late commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Lee was a member of the Vicksburg park commission.
The Methodist Episcopal general conference in Baltimore lays out bishop assignments to Episcopal residences including Boston Buenos Ayres Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Denver Foo Chow New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Pekin Philadelphia Portland St Louis St Paul San Francisco Washington Zurich and names bishops for each post. The committee report lists John Hamilton Frank M Bristol Wm F Berry Wm F Anderson Wm S Lewis Thos B Neetey Daniel A Goodsell William A Quayle John L Nuelson James W Bashford Luther B Wilson Chas W Smith Robert McIntyre Edwin H Hughes Earl Cranston and Wm Burt among others.
Manitowoc Wis May 29 General Manager Esplin says Northern Grain Co will close and retire. Unauthorized speculation and mismanagement blamed for losses that led to the shutdown. The firm ran elevators cold storage and wool shipping ventures in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan with lumbermen investors.
The Rev. L. Ward Brigham, pastor of All Saints' Universalist church in Flatbush, has refused a salary increase. Trustees reportedly plan to raise his pay despite his protest.
Washington reports that Theodore E. Burton of Ohio is the likely Taft nominating speaker at the Chicago Republican National Convention. Secretary Taft, handlers Hitch cock and Vorys, and President Roosevelt all sign off on Burton addressing the convention, removing him as a possible resolutions committee chair.
An observation parlor car on the Royal Blue Flyer from Baltimore to New York plunged over an embankment at Garrett Pa at noon. The wreck left twenty passengers injured and three fatally hurt all taken to Cumberland Md area hospitals for care.
Author Elinor Glyn of Three Weeks visits Rawhide Nevada with Sam Newhouse Count Leon Delaborde and friends. She bets $200 on fare at the Northern gaming hall, loses then wins after three tries, ending $1,000 ahead to cover the night in Stangaree Gulch. The Rawhide camp features several dance halls and about 690 women in the street.
Attorneys Darrow and Worden report that a man known as S H seen with Mrs Gunness in Ogden Utah six days after the fatal fire has produced a letter supposedly written by Gunness. The man demands compensation to turn over the document to authorities.
New York May 29 reports Colin the famed racehorse has broken down at the track. He was taken for a quick speed trial lasting just over two minutes, then returned to his stall a crippled animal, his value drop from hundreds of thousands to a mere breeding bargain.
The second series of cyclones, tornadoes, and waterspouts, with heavy rains, hit Oklahoma overnight. Tornadoes touched Hennessey, Enid, Frederick, Cashion, Duncan. cloudbursts hit Weleetka and Tulsa. Five dead at Duncan and three seriously hurt near Cashion. Red River runs wide.
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