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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
4
New Orleans February 16 fifty four master plumbers and three firms were indicted by a federal grand jury on Sherman act violations. The cases add to more than 125 indictments in two days, including 72 dock and cotton council members charged with conspiring to block deliveries to steamships and a local hardware firm.
Feb 16 report: M. Davis, a druggist, shot his wife at home and fatally wounded City Physician James E. Miller who came with police to aid the injured woman. Miller was struck through the lungs by a rifle bolt. Davis, intoxicated, barricaded himself upstairs as neighbors called for help.
An authentic letter from husbands invites their wives to join them but notes that Jewish women up to now have not been allowed to emigrate without direct authorization from their husbands.
William Almack was Saturday convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment in Omaha. He and two companions, employees of Ham Pak, a Chinese restaurant keeper, killed and robbed their employer last July. Basil Mullin, one of Almack's companions, is already serving a life term for complicity in the crime.
Salina Kansas February 16 J L Bristow former fourth assistant postmaster general announces bid for United States senator to replace Chester I Long whose term ends March 2 1909 Bristow edits the Salina Journal and backs tariff revision opposing the Aldrich bill and says he is a progressive Republican aligned with Roosevelt Taft La Follette and Hughes.
La Crosse Wis Feb 16 An agitated Anton Hesselberg a farmer near Bangor broke down on the witness stand crying I am killed after persistent questioning by the plaintiff s attorney The court adjourned to allow him to regain consciousness as he was being sued by Drs Christianson and Gunnerson for services rendered his son.
Three thousand dollars were stolen from an iron box on a Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train traveling from Eldorado Springs to Nevada. The conductor had locked the box at Eldorado Springs and the money was missing by Walker, Missouri.
The governor general announced that future wives of Hebrews who emigrated to America may obtain passports upon byaraoostation of an unspecified process in Odessa on Feb 16. The notice signals easing of emigration procedures for Jewish families seeking reunion.
Minnesota Democrats urge John A. Johnson to seek a third term as governor but face a tough choice. He is offered $15,000 to $20,000 yearly in the national lecture circuit, far above his $7,500 governor’s salary. He reportedly plans to refuse renomination and pursue wealth on the platform road like Bryan and La Follette.
Rockford reports the first robins of the season sighted as heralds of spring. Credible witnesses confirm the sightings, including John Brain Jr on the A Cotton farm four miles northwest of Rockford. The birds appeared amid a spell of warmth but are expected to face colder weeks before steadier spring weather arrives.
Owen reports the first robin in the North Main street region near Haskell park signaling potential early spring. In Dubuque on February 16 ducks were observed along the river and bayous as warm spells melt open water. Hunter activity increases though no ducks have been killed yet.
The $2,000,000 Snell will case went to the jury in Clinton II. Judge Cochran instructed that moral depravity does not negate testamentary capacity. The jurors had not reported by late Saturday. a verdict was expected Monday. Also, Honduran congress declared the 1854 constitution operative again.
Portland reports eleven seamen are lost after the Emily Reed wrecked near the Nehalem river last Friday. Initial notices indicated ten men missing, but confirmatory details show eleven fatalities. The incident underscores a deadly shipwreck off the Oregon coast with rescue efforts ongoing.
A Fort Riley study shows soldiers with blurred vision can fire accurately using rifle sights aided by lenses, prompting a shift in standards. The findings reveal eye quality matters less than sight alignment, with France Germany and England accepting lower vision. The change could allow many rejections to reapply and serve in the national guard.
The operating camp remains non-union and in open shop status as all properties agree to grant an eight hour day once enough workers are available to offset time lost. Union recognition is not present in the current setup.
Brooklyn reformers push to hide family washing from public view. A civic society mails literature arguing backyards should conceal clothes poles and visible laundry to preserve the skyline and village improvement standards.
Fairbanks Alaska February 15 The strike led by the Western Federation of Miners failed to secure the arbitration board’s offer of six dollars a day with room and board. Fewer than 100 miners halted work and pledged to resume if necessary marking a stalled labor action in Fairbanks.
Guthrie Okla Feb 16 In the democratic primaries Saturday W J Bryan was endorsed by every one of the 75 counties.
Officials scramble to adapt to a March 4 federal law restricting train movement workers to sixteen hours on duty. Readiness plans seek practical rules to avoid idle side tracks and ensure ten hours off after sixteen hours, with eight hours off after a twenty four hour period, penalties up to 9500 per violation.
Washington reports formal federal actions to probe rebates paid by the Southern Pacific and officials. Lane’s inquiry lists refunds totaling up to 28,994 dollars for some firms and 13,690 to 22,251 dollars for others between 1906 and 1907. Lane rejects sworn testimony from G W Luce to avoid granting immunity, offering a non oath statement instead.
President Roosevelts failed search for pear hunting proof that big game in America is fading. Drizzles fatten on the Rockies while moose roam Maine and a few antelope exist in Wyoming Idaho or Montana. Buffalo elk bear and cougar have vanished from plains and range as coyotes wolves retreat to frontier and timber regions. The bison line has become wheat fertilized fields as the call of the wild grows quieter in the West.
St Louis February 16 More than 30 percent of the shop force of the American Car and Foundry company have been let out temporarily. The company employs about 10,000 men in plants in and near St Louis. Of this number some 3,500 are out of work and 1,500 more will be laid off soon.
About 200 business and professional leaders gathered in Lincoln on February 16 to hear John Barrett director of the bureau of American republics in Washington. Barrett urged closer U S relations with Central and South American republics and read a Bryan letter endorsing expanded commerce. He praised Bryan’s abroad trip to promote U S prospects and emphasized inland waterways to link the Mississippi valley with New Orleans to Minneapolis and beyond, arguing canal projects could connect Lincoln to wider national waterways.
Sidney J. Dillon of Des Moines discussed a plan for a national canal network linking Missouri and Mississippi with deepened waterways. The dialogue referenced the commission and broader government coordination on improving inland navigation.
Galveston Texas Feb 16. worded report says Dr 0 B Karie f Richardson and William Mason three Americans serving guards in Mexico were taken from San Juan de Ulna prison Vera Cruz harbor at the request of President Diaz. Appeals by relatives and friends cited cruelties and harsh treatment and Diaz ordered removal to a plantation about 50 miles from Vera Cruz
New York introduces a receivership for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance after a policyholders committee application. Receivers Gould Russell and Haynes named by court at Attorney General Mayer's request due to insolvency. Fraud allegations denied. company admits inability to meet obligations. Receivers will manage all assets in federal courts, directing policyholders and creditors to unite with the two filing parties. Examiners’ 1907 report lists liabilities of 5,418,717 and assets of 3,701,602.
Claremont Paper Company mills in Claremont New Hampshire have suspended operations indefinitely affecting the full workforce. In Wilder Vermont the International Paper mills, the village’s sole manufacturing industry, shut down for an indefinite period, leaving about 200 workers unemployed.
St. Petersburg reports preliminary orders for a 60,000 man expedition on the Turko-Persian frontier. No troops have moved yet but preparations continue in response to Turkish mobilization and advancing Russian arms in Armenia and Persia.
June Chicago February report states a new direct route from Chicago to Duluth and Superior on the Wisconsin Central will soon open to traffic after work between Ladysmith Wisconsin and Duluth is completed.
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