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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
1
Relatives of entombed miners mourn as Hailey-Oklahoma coal mine No 1 burns after an oil ignition and explosion. Officials withhold full casualty details while rescue attempts falter amid dense smoke and a government inquiry looms.
Augusta Georgia is submerged with Broad Street four feet deep. Merchants and residents move goods upstairs as telegraph and telephone lines fail and trains are delayed or halted. Floodwaters bridge streets, canals break, and regional railways report washouts.
Des Moines reports harmony in Iowa Republicans after Gov. Cummins called a special session to decide the senatorial succession. The plan aims to change the primary law so Republican voters alone can choose the successor at the November election, rather than a legislative caucus. The move met some opposition but was generally accepted as the path forward.
In Yakutsk papers a starving Lamut man in the river Vhorkodin region devoured his brother’s wife and four children. Hunters found the camp with remains. the brother’s body was missing. Such cases recur as Siberian conditions grow harsher each year.
Springfield Aug 27 North bound passenger train No 206 on the St Louis and San Francisco railway known as the Southeastern Limited running Birmingham Memphis and Kansas City was partially derailed two miles north of Brandsville Mo twenty miles from the Arkansas state line. Fireman James Ss O Neill of Springfield was killed Engin eer H B Colvin of Springfield was fatally scalded a mail clerk mortally hurt and several passengers seriously injured.
Warsaw reports police captured a band swindlers selling spurious government bonds from lottery issues. Bonds quoted at a premium of 250 to 400 percent are drawn by lot each year and retired at face value, with holders insuring against loss by the drawing.
Pittsburg Pa August 27 Col William J Glenn aged 68 former commander of the Fourteenth regiment Pennsylvania National Guard and a recognized figure in National Guard circles was found dead in his bed at his Carnegie home Cause of death rheumatism of the heart details indicate a veteran officer and local military leader in retirement died Wednesday at his residence in the neighboring borough
The Daughters of Liberty opened their national convention in Saginaw Michigan on August 27 with 200 delegates attending from across the country. National Councillor J P Potter of Clayton New Jersey presided over the session.
Louis Coxey of Lawrenceville Ga living near Buford Ga is arrested on charges of wrecking the Southern Southwestern limited near Buford on Sunday. Engineer Dewberry and his colored fireman were killed. Coxey admits placing a bolt on the track.
Dublin August 27 Nathan Straus of New York was thanked by the countess of Aberdeen wife of the lord lieutenant of Ireland and by the lord mayor of Dublin at the Tuesday presentation of a pasteurized milk depot to the city.
Fire destroyed half the Union stock yards at West Toronto on Tuesday night. The loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. Seven houses were also burned in the blaze.
Geneseo North Dakota August 27 bank robbed of 2200 by clever yeggmen who made their escape and left no crew.
New York Aug 27 R H Thomas president of the New York stock exchange appoints a five member committee to investigate heavy Saturday stock sales amid alleged matched trades. The inquiry targets the firm A O Brown Co whose suspension sparked a broader effort to untangle complex accounts and assess liabilities as the exchange plans a thorough review.
Pittsburg police hold a young man, identified as Wthol H Morse, on request from Cleveland authorities who accuse him of stealing gold medals and other valuables from his roommate. He allegedly confessed and produced pawn tickets for the items.
The American battleship fleet departed Sydney on Thursday. Admiral Sperry praised Sydney for its hospitality and described the visit as epoch making for U.S. Australia relations. He noted educational value and anticipated closer commercial ties aided by the Panama Canal. The fleet’s Sydney visit featured a public school display and a garden party hosted by Governor Sir Harry Rawson with Sperry and senior officers in attendance.
Leavenworth Kan Aug 27 Information was received at Fort Leavenworth that Secretary of War Luke E Wright and his party would arrive at the post next Monday morning to attend the opening of the army service shoots there. On Wednesday he will go to Fort Riley to attend the maneuvers there.
In St. Louis on Tuesday barber W. Conlee killed himself using his own safety razor. Despondent over a slump in business blamed the decline on safety razors used by former customers. The incident occurred on Market Street and is reported as a suicide tied to personal financial distress.
Mulai Hafid has been proclaimed sultan of Morocco at El Araish Rabat and Salee. Abd el Aziz, defeated by Hafid near Morocco City, is fleeing toward the coast and is expected to reach Casablanca.
George Mitchell, former Springfield policeman, died after being shot by Deputy Hiram Montgomery. The incident stemmed from Mitchell's suggestion to procure a warrant before arresting a suspect.
William J. Bryan received an outpouring ovation on arrival in Salem Illinois. A 200 member reception committee and a brass band greeted him, with thousands eventually gathering for a courthouse speech. Theodore A. Bell accompanied him from Indianapolis as he spoke and prepared to depart for Topeka.
Winnipeg reports that Canadian Pacific officials are tiring of the strike and have begun negotiations to end it. G J Bury, general superintendent, traveled to Fort Williams with expected developments. In Montreal a striker named Leon Martel was arrested for intimidating strikebreakers and ten warrants were issued. Police extra details ordered to guard the strike-breakers train.
Gov. Folk of Missouri narrowly escaped serious injury near Sullivan Sullivan Indiana as his car avoided a collision with a heavy farm wagon. The driver swerved and ran the automobile down a steep embankment to avert the crash.
Miss Charlotte Forster of San Diego recently arrived at the Angelus hotel in Los Angeles when she leaped from the third floor to the lobby roof during a fit of temporary insanity. She sustained a fractured skull and her condition was doubtful.
A Camden South Carolina despatch reports the Wateree bridge washed away Tuesday with probable loss of two lives. The incident occurred near Camden and the washout disrupted traffic on the Wateree River route. Local authorities search for victims and assess damage.
The Association of American Law Schools in Seattle favored a three-year course as required for diplomas. Wolfe F Falk 56, once manager of the Lian Russell David Warfield and Edna May companies, died in St Louis from lung congestion. Mrs Anna Langton began Chicago proceedings via Acting Consul Thomas Irskine to claim an Irish estate valued at 100000 dollars allegedly withheld by her brother. A protest against nonwhite settlement in Gage Park Illinois described lynching threats at a meeting of the Gage Park Citizens Improvement Association. Frank Rogers a London druggist sought to force the Duchess of Manchester formerly Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati to appear in a Dublin court for 175 dollars in toilet articles. judge said case not urgent.
Alarming reports from Teheran speak of a popular insurrection in Hars Laristan and Kerman provinces. A local governor was assassinated and the shah’s failure to subdue Tabriz constitutionalists alarms the public. Anarchy across the country is deemed imminent.
In Twin Falls Idaho on August 27 I F Tupper and his six year old son were pulled into the Snake river while fishing A fish dragged the boy into the water and the father leaped in to save him but both drowned in the attempt Local authorities and bystanders reported the tragedy near the riverbank.
Springfield Illinois August 27 The Seventh Infantry I N G the last complete regiment to stay on riot duty here departed for Chicago on Wednesday with no excitement marking the move.
The Chicago market reports mixed price movements across grains and dairy with wheat steady to higher, corn and oats varied, butter and eggs showing refined price ranges, and live poultry and cheese prices listed by grade and product. Notable items include spring wheat at 6.20 to 6.50, Minnesota hard patent at 5.35 to 5.60, and butter grades from 11 to 25 cents per pound depending on type.
New York on August 26 reports unsettled market for flour with a moderate inquiry. Wheat futures rose on steady cables and rains in the Northwest, September at around 1.01 to 1.02 dollars and December near 1.03 dollars. rye in dull tone at No. 2 Western around 84 cents.
Live Stock Chicago August 26 shows cattle trading ranges from 4.00 to 7.80 per cwt with categories for steers cows heifers yearlings and feeders. Hogs move between 2.76 and 6.80 per cwt across heavy packers mixed barrows light barrows sows and pigs in the day’s Chicago market bulletin.
Omaha Neb August 26 cattle market steady with native steers 4.00 to 7.00 cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.50 western steers 3.50 to 5.50 Texas steers 3.00 to 4.65 range cows 2.50 to 4.25 yearlings 2.00 to 2.80 calves 2.75 to 5.25 hogs steady to higher heavy 6.30 to 6.50 mixed 6.32 to 6.87 Heht 6.24 to 6.40 pigs 5.50 to 6.00 bulk 6.32 to 6.40 sheep steady yearlings 4.25 to 4.75 wethers 3.75 to 4.25 area 3.25 to 4.00 lambs 5.25 to 5.90.
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