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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
1
Taft backs a clear statutory approach to labor injunctions and supports notice and a hearing before restraining orders. He favors limiting ex parte power, allows quick final hearings, and suggests senior judges may hear contempt cases when warranted. New Hampshire lawmakers oppose the movement and criticize Taft’s stance.
About 150 Republicans from across New Hampshire formed the Taft Association here with ex Governor Frank W. Rollins named president. Letters from Senators Gallinger and Burnham and Representatives Currier and Sulloway voiced opposition to aligning with any candidate. Other letters supported Taft and pledged membership. resolve to keep unpledged NH delegates at the national convention was adopted.
Boston see dissension in Massachusetts Democratic ranks with 27 of 56 state committee members meeting while many members refused to attend and pledged to honor the regular committee meeting call.
At Waterloo on June 24 Attorney General Byers was named temporary chairman of the first convention with Ora Williams serving as secretary.
A New York jury will decide if a life sentence murderer's crime bars him from financial gain. Mari Laesko seeks $50 half of a $1,000 policy on her mother. Julia died. funds would go to the father, but he is imprisoned for murder, prompting Equitable Life to withhold payment.
North Vernon Ind January 10 John Poole indicted for perjury linked to grand jury testimony after police raided a city saloon last summer. Witnesses including Poole testified they were not in the saloon at the time. Poole fined $50 with a suspended sentence as judge allowed indefinite imprisonment on the record of the case.
The California appellate court releases ex Mayor Schmitz from custody and voids the extortion charge, likely affecting Abe Ruef. The decision invalidates four related indictments against Schmitz and Ruef and voids Ruef's guilty plea, while 126 indictments against Ruef for bribery remain, with total bail of 1,170,000 dollars, and Schmitz faces 450,000 dollars in bonds for remaining indictments.
Washington wires report Representative Sterling of Illinois introduced an employers liability bill aimed at constitutional grounds. LaFollette prepares a rival measure and withdraws from the military affairs committee amid discontent with assignments. Navy personnel and Knox-Bates parallels appear in the discussion.
Clara Harbridge woman evangelist and singer conducts revival meetings in Plainwell Michigan at the Congregational church. nightly crowds grow and many conversions reported in a short run underscoring unprecedented enthusiasm.
Mrs. Nancy LaFollette of Greenfield Indiana married Granville Fisher in Indianapolis on Monday. She was the widow of James LaFollette who was shot and killed six weeks ago in his rear yard, a crime Marion Duncan is jailed for awaiting trial.
Columbus Indiana January 10 a Justice Kinney court hears an odd charge against William Butler of the Waymansville area. John M Thompson accuses him of severing produce from the soil pulling up 25 cents worth of corn.
Men in nearby woods cut an elm tree at Gaylord Michigan after eighteen feet were butt out as defective. The tree scaled 5 000 feet board measure, showcasing a large timber yield for the area and season.
The Union Pacific and Burlington railroads will drop porters from chair cars and eliminate flagmen on some passenger trains as a retrenchment measure. Lucius Storms of Lansing Michigan, secretary of the Michigan board of corrections and charities, died on a train at Chattanooga.
Des Moines January 10. The Republican state central committee fixed dates for two conventions. The first at Des Moines on March 18 will select delegates to the national convention. The second convention will nominate the state ticket.
At session start LaFollette named finance and interstate commerce as his preferred panels but received no committee assignments. The move signals his dissatisfaction with the allocation process and hints at ongoing political friction within the body.
Washington reports the navy department issued the formal order to deploy the hospital ship Relief as a naval auxiliary. Funds for the project remain unfunded publicly though over 20000 dollars are anticipated. the matter ties to the Brownson controversy. Senator Hale proposes a bill barring staff officers from command of hospital ships, prompting Tillman to push for a full inquiry.
In Washington on January 10 a lottery allocated rooms in the new House office building. 3383 non committee heads participated as a blindfolded page drew seats by number. Representative Kitchen of North Carolina drew first and picked a southern exposed room amid applause.
The Brown son affair dominated senate discussion as Hale introduced a navy personnel bill that forbids staff officers from commanding vessels and boosts pay for officers and enlisted men. An executive session was held and adjournment set for Monday. In the house, members conducted a lottery for rooms in the new office building amid confusion.
The meeting minutes state the assignment of quarters was the only business transacted and it was completed.
In Mount Carmel a West Salem man found a note in a mail order trousers pocket inviting courtship. A reply reveals the writer is married with six children. He decides to avoid such schemes and support home industries.
Estimated receipts 40000 left over 7473 Market prospects slow steady hogs light 420 to 421 cents mixed packers 420 to 460 heavy shipping grades 420 to 460 Rough 420 to 430 Cattle 350 strong Sheep 10000 weak
Official receipts yesterday 46274 shipments 9504 estimated receipts today 40000 ewes 473 estimated tomorrow 31000 hogs and sheep prices listed by grade with ranges low to high for bulk light mixed heavy porkers cows steers stockers and feeders and western cattle native and western sheep yearlings and lambs totals show market trends and comparisons to prior day
The bulletin lists bids: Mixed packers 415 to 450, Heavy ship’s grades 415 to 450, Rough 415 to 425. Cattle steady, sheep weak. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company, 544 & 545 Postal Telegraph Building, Chicago.
A brief exchange underscores John A. Babcock’s assurance of a fair, square deal to a listener who asserts confidence in honest treatment. The remark emphasizes straightforward business ethics and reliable service.
Florence Colorado January report says police suspect B Bavari Dominick Minichietto Joseph Minichietto and Mrs Frank Palmetto were murdered and dismembered. Human remains found in Arkansas river and bloodstained items tied to Bavari who is jailed after confessing a prior murder in Italy. Local mobs form against Bavari as authorities move him to Canon City.
The Nippon club of New York searches for a champagne bottle stolen January 2 from its rooms. The bottle, a gift from Admiral Yamamoto, came from Admiral Togo's sailors after the Battle of the Sea of Japan and was kept in a silver cover. Jataro Nagami the waiter is under arrest, denying the theft.
The lone licensed woman cab driver Frau von Papp retires, citing insufficient endurance. Twenty others who trained to drive failed to secure licenses, and cab firms show no interest in hiring women, marking the experiment as a failure.
Millville New Jersey January 10 Despondent father Joseph H Sheppard killed himself after enduring stress over supporting a growing family He paced the floor all night and then shot himself He had long said he supported more children than he could manage and this week the seventh child arrived
A fierce storm in the Faelish channel and nearby shores has wrecked several fishing boats. A Tangier dispatch reports two native passenger boats foundered near El Araish Morocco with forty people drowned, including some Europeans.
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