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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
8
In Washington a steady stream of social and civic happenings unfolds with notable figures attending receptions, meetings, and fundraisers. Officials, diplomats, and journalists mingle at gatherings highlighting policy debates, cultural events, and upcoming commemorations across the capital.
A police census shows Washington increasing rapidly from 1900 figures with 9,812 added in the past year and an 8 year gain of 60,885, projecting a 1910 population near 356,000. The city outpaces Baltimore in growth, aided by government activity and building, with stable employment and improving livability cited.
Former Blacksmith Jim Tawney rose in Minnesota politics and became chairman of the house appropriations committee after breaking with insurgents. A fighter who knows when to strike, he outmaneuvered rivals like Goebel and Scott amid battles over the agricultural appropriation.
The War Department weighs a legal nonintoxicant drink to replace beer and whisky at army posts. With no federal ruling, state laws guide decisions, urging post exchanges in prohibition states to bar nonpermitted beverages and in nonprohibition states to verify each drink’s status.
Senators Knox and Crane often dine together and shared signals with a red bandanna to meet in the senate committee room. The piece recalls former Vermont Senator Edmunds and late Senator Thurman of Ohio, who kept a black bottle in the judiciary committee room and met after sessions in earlier Capitol days.
Lucy Ann Slater born to a Delaware County family grew up among lumbermen learning hunting and woodcraft. She endured desertion by husband Henry Slater, raised a daughter, and roamed eight years in New York and Pennsylvania woods hunting 190 deer and other game. After returning to woman’s dress she drifted to mendicancy, met Mrs Wilson in Delhi poorhouse, then lived as a hunter with a companion until both died in an alms house after years of hardship and arrest sightings.
Chicago man Henry Storbeck pistol threatens William Staff after Staff tries to kiss Storbeck’s wife. Storbeck forces Staff to perform dog and horse like maneuvers for a mile walk then the police arrive. Staff is jailed for disorderly conduct.
The first session of the Sixty sixth Congress ends with a tense filibuster by La Follette Stone and Gore over the Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency bill. Senate adopts conference report 43 to 22 after a rapid roll call, with Vice President Fairbanks enforcing the closure as the chamber closes with Roosevelt administration observers present.
A tramp crawled into an empty Rock Island Refrigerated car in the Sioux Falls yards and slept unseen for over a day. Yard workers later moved the car to a distant siding and a muffled sound led to the door being opened. The man was found in a near lifeless state and recovered slowly to recount the ordeal.
Washington June 4 The recent senate filibuster closed the session as observers noted a far greater impact from changes in senate rules than the filibuster itself The vice president announced it within the chair to count a quorum and would order a roll call if a quorum existed The senate then ruled on a point of order that no quorum could be challenged until after intervening business if the prior roll call showed a quorum
A tornado near Gilliam Louisiana 100 miles south of Waldo carried papers to Waldo, scattering mail items and debris. The town of Gilliam suffered severe damage while a checkout dated from Gilliam and an invoice reached Waldo the next day amid debris and leaves.
Chicago June 1 The national committee will hear contests over 229 convention seats next week Elmer Doyer secretary of the committee announced Delegates at large fight will involve Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia with contests likely across the listed states
Chas A Grubb offers specialized work in opinions on title real patents and probate law. Office located over Iowa Trust and Savings Bank.
G R Miller located in Sutte 2 Gillespie Building with Musson Phone office line 396 at Atlantic with unspecified services.
Homeopathic physician surgeon formerly interne at the University of Iowa listed with contact at house phone 4 Black and office 263 Black, Atlanta area.
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