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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
1
Springfield August reports a race riot aftermath with two more deaths bringing total to five. Grand jury convened as Gov Deneen and State's Attorney Hateh push indictments. Rumors of a confessed lynching suspect surface while leaders remain hard to identify. National Guard numbers reach 4200 as 1500 blacks flee to multiple states and cities.
Capt Peter C Hains Jr and his brother T Jenkins Hains were arraigned in New York on murder and accessory before the fact charges for the Bayside Yacht Club shooting death of William E Annis. Counsel asked for a one week adjournment to prepare for a hearing as District Attorney Darren agreed. No official war department report had been received on the incident by Aug 18.
Ambassador Leishman reported a pending matter on the site for the American college for girls at Constantinople is settled. Title will be transferred to Secretary Barton of the American board of missions. The move does not end efforts for a boys college or erection of the school, which remain to be pursued by Leishman if possible.
In Whan Chang, accused of murdering Durham White Stevens, former adviser to the Korean government, appeared before Judge Conley in San Francisco on Aug. 18 and the case was set for trial on September 21.
A boiler explosion on the passenger steamer Lae Janau near Leland to Traverse City, Michigan, kills Mrs Isabel La Bonte and injures about a score of passengers. The blast ripped the boiler, flinging travelers into the water. many were scalded while awaiting rescue as the craft was towed to port for repairs.
In Pittsburg on Sunday a horse bolted while John Robsik was returning from a christening. The mishap led to the stork delivering a baby boy to his wife during the confusion. Neither parent nor child was harmed, and the family continued home safely.
Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, says the field used for aeroplane trials at Le Mans is too narrow for his needs. He is negotiating for a large military ground seven miles away to conduct a series of long distance flights.
Utica is decorated as visitors arrive for James S. Sherman Republican vice presidential notification ceremonies at his home. Sherman plans a luncheon and dinner with committee members, athletic events, and electrical illuminations.
Hot Springs Va Aug 1 The speech Taft will deliver to Virginia Republicans gathering Friday is his first political address since accepting the Cincinnati nomination It marks his sole such speech before campaign activities resume in Cincinnati in early September Admiral Cervera writes from the Philippines that he prays for Taft’s election praising him as a very distinguished man and expressing confidence in his presidency.
Washington reports a weather bureau bulletin predicting cooler air for the next two to three days from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast. In the Atlantic states, the cooler spell should begin Tuesday night with temperatures moderating through the rest of the week.
Robert Bacon assistant secretary of state arrived Monday from Porto Rico aboard the steamer San Juan. He said at quarantine that he went to Porto Rico to adjust disputes over church lands and could only confirm dispatches reporting a satisfactory settlement reached at San Juan.
Hear Admiral Robley D. Evans known as Fighting Bob concludes 48 years in the U S Navy on Tuesday night and will go on the retired list at age 62. A banquet at Mohonk Lake N Y with remarks by J Edward Simmons and Andrew S Draper honors his career.
The Parseval airship descended abruptly from about 60 feet as it neared its landing site in Berlin on Monday. The gondola struck hard, breaking the left arm of Capt. von Krogh.
New York reports Dr Charles W Vogel of the United States Marine Hospital Service has returned from an exhaustive study of bubonte plague conditions in Venezuela, arriving Monday by steamer from San Juan after the voyage.
Notes include the death of Gednat Rapids banker John I Bever and Baltimore banker Frank S Hambleton in Germany. U S editors converge on St Paul for National Editorial association meeting as St Louis endures a 98 degree August day. The Esperanto Congress opens in Dresden with 1800 attendees. Ohio Monongahela coal mines idle due to river low water. Saratoga sheriff John Bradley Jr. faces anti gambling law enforcement charges. his defense denies the accusations.
The Army Airship Board accepted Capt Baldwin’s dirigible after calculating an average air speed of 13.75 mph over two hours one minute, meeting the required 70 percent threshold of 19.61 mph. He will receive 5737.50 dollars, 16 percent less than a maximum speed incentive. Americans Enter Balloon Contest in Berlin list Lieut Lahm Capt Chandler and Maj Persey. Magoon to Visit Roosevelt. Havana to Oyster Bay. Osman Nizami Pasha named Turkish minister of war after Bedjeb Pasha’s death.
Grain and provisions report from Chicago and New York shows firm flour markets and unsettled wheat. Chicago prices list spring wheat around 6.20 to 6.50, Minnesota hard patent 3.25 to 5.50, and oats at 4.54. New York notes quiet flour, with September wheat near 1.00 and December around 1.02, corn near 81 to 83, rye dull, and beef steady amid market shifts.
Live stock prices from Chicago and South Omaha Aug 17 show cattle ranging from 2.00 to 7.00 for native and range steers with varied cows and hogs prices. Chicago quotes emphasize mixed classes and hefty packing hogs while Omaha notes slower cattle trade and higher hogs by about 10 to 15 cents.
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