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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
1
Officials admit troops are deserting to revolutionists as overthrowing the government seems near. Rebels threaten to seize Hayit's capital and end current rule.
A U S dispatches say the United States has no plan to intervene in Hayti. In Port au Prince fear rises as rebels threaten the city. Foreign nationals display flags, markets close, and residents reinforce homes amid ongoing struggle led by President Alexis.
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry departs Manila and heads toward Colombo, Suez, and Mediterranean ports after a year abroad. The voyage began December 16, 1907, at Hampton Roads, totaling 42 227 miles by fleet return.
Paris reports Societe des Beaux Arts plans a 1909 American tour of canvases by its members. W. H. Leavitt, Bryan's son-in-law, may supervise the exhibit as American representative while finishing a large painting titled The Last Supper. He will resume residence with his wife in Denver after completion.
Fayette Iowa November 30 President Wilm A Shankland of Upper Iowa University received a 20000 check from Andrew Carnegie fulfilling a pledge to contribute that amount once the university completed a 150000 additional endowment goal.
Physicians pursue chemical traces on Steinheil murder case bodies while morgue autopsy proves impractical due to decomposition. Viscera sent for analysis. glasses to be tested for poisons amid reports of Mme Steinheil's lovers and possible accomplices.
The comptroller of the currency today issued a call on national banks to file statements of their condition as of the close of business November 27.
The La Fayette Trust Co in New York fails to open after its Brooklyn predecessor Jenkins Trust Co failed during the prior panic. Officials cite lack of necessary capital as reason for liquidation. Depositors are to receive 100 cents on the dollar.
A referendum in nearly all Cedar Rapids Evangelical churches favors Billy Sunday's return for a series of meetings, after a Sunday vote. The move aims to bring frequent revival services to the city.
A Chicago limited passenger train collided with the Buckled freight near Valencia Pennsylvania about twenty miles north of Pittsburg. One man was killed five others were seriously injured and many passengers were badly shaken.
Pittsburg Pa November 30 110 bodies have been taken from the Marianna mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Co. Eighty two bodies have been removed and thirty more will surface today. One survivor Frank Ellinger spent twelve hours amid the dead. his bridegroom death adds to the tragedy.
The Muscatine button men urge keeping the current tariff as vital to a massive industry. They note the industry began on the Mississippi using clam shells, with large investments and many jobs at stake. Shell supply has shifted, forcing distance transport, while global rivals on the Danube expand with low-cost labor and modern machinery.
Washington Nov 30 Two Muscatine men W F Bishop and D A Willis and J E Krouse of Davenport button industry defended keeping the current duty before the Ways and Means Committee Saturday night. Their case was regarded strong and interference with the duty seemed unlikely.
Two Japanese steamships collided off Chefoo China on November 30. Report says a total of seven hundred people drowned with details still scarce.
Waterloo, Iowa, November 30. Harry Rogers, sought in Winona Minnesota for a June silk robbery, was arrested by City Detective Houston. He denied being the suspect, but police found silk and an oversized coat in his possessions. A woman in his company claimed she met him only this morning on a Chicago and Great Western train from Omaha.
A tele phone message to Peter Dratzburg of the United States secret service warned that two men would be captured soon after flooding Milwaukee Avenue shops with fake five dollar bills totaling 3000 dollars. Police arrested Gustav Bayer and Henry Michaels at the federal building after they surrendered.
In Omaha on November 30 the Charles E. Davis defense began its case for murder in the Rustin killing. Attorneys argue Rustin suffered a personal crisis mania for two to three years before being shot, claiming he caused his own death. Courtroom was packed at convening.
Pope Pius X reported to have a slight fever and to remain in bed in Rome on November 30. Doctors say with rest and careful care no complications are expected and all audiences have been suspended.
Washington D C November 30 Herbert Satterlee of New York is understood to have been tendered the position of assistant secretary of the navy to replace Truman H Newberry who tomorrow becomes secretary of the navy Satterlee is a republican lawyer and brother in law of J Pierpont Morgan He has long been identified with naval matters
The body of John B. Gedney a Gedney Pickle Co. proprietor was found under a Minneapolis bridge with a fractured skull. Authorities were unsure if robbery led to his death or if he fell accidentally.
Archbold testifies in government suit to dissolve Standard Oil detailing 1879 Vilas Keith Chester pact and 1882 trust, noting twenty trust certificates per share and a $70 million property value vs $3.5 million capital. He says trust formed to hold dispersed property and enable unified administration under legal limits.
Sofia reports that while war danger with Turkey remains, the Bulgarian government, led by Council President M Malinoff, believes chances for peaceful independence have increased. He says direct understanding with Turkey is unlikely now, but optimism prevails as Turkey will realize cross purposes are futile and lead to outside control.
Fire destroyed two wings of St. Jerome's Catholic college in Berlin Ontario causing about forty thousand dollars in damage. Several students escaped in their night clothes with one badly burned while fighting the blaze.
Melbourne reports the Australian team defeated American duo Wright and Alexander to claim the Davis Cup title.
Iowa sees fair skies tonight and Tuesday ahead with a cold wave. Illinois reports fair weather tonight and Tuesday except far north with showers or snow flurries, much colder with a northern cold wave. Sunrise at 6 56, sunset 4 21, moonset 17.
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