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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
4
Miss Cecil Dodd, a Red Oak stenographer, was found dead beside a Wabash railroad track one mile east of Malvern. A broken lavatory window on a passing coach is the only clue. It is uncertain whether she jumped or was thrown, with death instant. No known enemies or trouble. body moved to an undertaker.
Mrs. George Hanley, a farmer's wife near Colfax Iowa, was forced into the cold at 3 am by her drunken husband Hanley. She fled in night clothes across a mile and a half in twenty degree below zero weather to a neighbor, feet severely frozen, amputation expected. Sheriff Russell of Newton arrested Hanley and jailed him as the community protests the cruelty. The 3 month old babe was in Mrs Hanley's arms during the ordeal.
Des Moines will gain another insurer Jan 1 as Home Guards of the World merge with Homesteaders of Des Moines. John B. Paul and A. H. Corey oversee the switch. The Home Guards, founded in Davenport five years ago, have 1300 members and ample funds. The consolidation keeps current rates for policyholders.
Mrs. Lillie Bravhard, 30, separated wife of Harry Bravhard, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in Ottumwa in the presence of her husband. She died after a period of agony, the report states.
Investigation into the milk trust shows Borden Condensed Milk Co and Sheffield Farms Slawson Decker Co profiting from milk at eight cents a quart. Scudder reports $8.82 million surplus over ten years, with capitalization largely representing goodwill. Questioned are high dividends and stock values amid hints of asset weakness.
The centenary of William Ewart Gladstone was marked in London and abroad with services at Westminster and Hawarden. Delegations from Finland, Russia, Holland, Bulgaria, Greece, Servia, Armenia and others participated. Floral tributes and a large silver wreath from Bulgaria honored his memory at Westminster Abbey.
Since its 1855 opening the government hospital for the insane at Washington has treated about 18 000 patients from every state and most nationalities. The 1955 annual report notes 2852 current patients and a death rate near ten percent. Twenty four of the deceased had been insane over 25 years. The report details staff research including guinea pig experiments and postmortem brain examinations.
New York December 30 Mayor elect Gaynor reports difficulty filling several high salary city posts. Several 7500 dollar positions have been declined by chosen candidates, challenging the notion that all are eager for office. Maj Alfred Dreyfus and M Boerner clashed in Paris street in a brief violent exchange with no injuries.
Chicago officials announce seven indictments of well-known gamblers as part of a larger graft probe. Two coal dealers, James Connery and Michael Rogers, face charges for supplying coal to the city at inflated values. Patrick O Malley and others tied to the Tennes gambling ring are also indicted. A state attorney hopes the move unearths Chicago gambling protection networks. Cyrus Eastman, 60, postmaster of Avalon, Mo., dies in a house fire while attempting to save papers.
Five men were killed when a boiler exploded at the Metropolitan Electric Company plant in West Reading Reading, Pa. The blast occurred as the day shift began, and debris plus escaping steam caused injuries. Ambulances and doctors aided victims as rescuers organized relays to reach the wrecked site.
Seoul reports next year will see Korea establish 30 industrial schools and 30 more common schools. A strike at the Presbyterian mission school over a Korean teacher’s dismissal was resolved after police intervention and a settlement.
A telegraph message from Kabula Miiro reports the American expedition camping at Katwe Uganda eight miles beyond Kabula Miiro. Roosevelt and the party are well. They have covered 54 miles since December 23 as they push toward Kisingo fifteen miles from Katwe. The expedition comprises seven white hunters and scientists 300 porters seven tent boys six skinners five gunbearers four grooms for four mules and two cooks.
Edward F. Thomas uncovered an iron bound box containing several hundred dollars in ancient gold pieces while digging near his home in Pittsfeld Mass. He believes the stash belonged to Rudolph Schmidt a hermit who lived nearby and died about 40 years ago. In New York Carnegie recovers from injury after a fall on a slippery Central Park walk.
President Taft plans a conservation message to Congress alongside interstate commerce and antitrust reforms. He expects rapid enactment of natural resource laws this session, aided by Senator Knute Nelson, despite some House opposition. Taft seeks practical proposals over denunciations, emphasising orderly development of public lands and resources including water power, coal, and phosphates under safeguards against monopoly.
Eleven Newfoundland schooners with crews of 60 are believed lost after a six day blizzard that disrupted telegraph lines and flooded Placentia. Blackhead village was nearly swept away and December has been the stormiest in fifty years with losses over 750000 in fisheries and trade.
St Paul Minn Dec 31 A Northwestern railroads final proposal to Gov Isberhart to abide by the Chicago wage conference and re employ striking switchmen was withdrawn Third Vice President Slade Northern Pacific says the statement meant what it said The strikers await the Washington conference with President Perham of the Railway Telegraphers union and the interstate commerce commission managers in Chicago ready to recruit replacements Taft intervention sought by H B Perham now head of the AFL railroad department A meeting with Taft Neill and Knapp arranged for next Friday Taft reportedly concerned over the failed peace talks in St Paul
Prof William Somerville head of the department of agriculture in Oxford University is in New York after a lengthy study of forestry and agriculture. He says a British visitor is seriously impressed by the untidy farm households and poorly maintained fences and ditches across the United States. He notes labor cost and scarcity as main causes and praises English agricultural colleges for the opportunities provided by their government.
In New York on December 30 a blaze at a paper box factory forced about three hundred families from six tenements. Mrs Pasquale Artilli gave birth to a baby girl amid the smoke and flames, then was moved to a hospital while firemen and nurses stayed with the mother in case of further danger.
Johan Ciconi, a Hungarian would be immigrant, remains confined at Ellis Island. He cannot secure release without a heavy bond, which he cannot obtain until he travels to Ruby, Montana to claim a fortune left by his brother. He holds a through ticket to Ruby where his son Jacob resides.
Tokyo reports Japanese ambassador Baron Motono plans to return to Japan at government request to take another post. His ailing father is not expected to live, and observers think Motono will still go back to St. Petersburg after visiting home.
New York's Chinatown remains quiet after police crackdowns on tong warfare sparked by a double murder. Though several arrests have been made, authorities have no plan to identify the killer yet. London reports thiefs steal wireless secrets from the British navy, placing Richard Knowlden on trial in Portsmouth.
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