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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
3
An attorney at law advertises services in Atlantic Iowa offering abstracts opinions on titles real estate and probate law. Located at the corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets the ad emphasizes expertise in property matters and related legal services.
United States District Attorney Joseph B Kealing resigns rather than aid in transferring the criminal libel case against Delavan Smith and Charles Williams of the Indianapolis News to Washington for trial. He cites strained construction of the law and warns the move would threaten federal versus state jurisdiction. The World faces a similar libel charge as Justice Holt grants a week to answer indictments and outlines possible penalties.
Huntington West Virginia March 6 James Hill was called to his door near Eccles West Virginia yesterday and struck to passing by Lon Jones a Black person Police are investigating the apparent attack with a focus on motive and safety in the local community.
Albert Patrick, convicted of murdering William Marsh Rice, appeals to the New York appellate division arguing life imprisonment is a greater punishment than the death penalty. He asserts officials conspired against him and labels the sentence an attempted murder, while opposing counsel notes prior appellate rulings. Patrick contends his conviction and sentence are void and oppressive.
Efforts by Queens district attorney to set an early trial date for Captain Peter C. Hains Jr., accused in the murder of William E. Annis, were blocked by Supreme Court Justice Garretson who postponed indefinitely the naming of a trial date.
In Chicago on March 6 an early morning crash at Wabash avenue and Harrison street killed Peter Van Housen. He attempted to cross between two streetcars and was crushed between them.
Lincoln Neb March 6 The Nebraska house approved by a four-fifths margin of 62 to 34 the Howard bill submitting a constitutional amendment allowing women to vote in all elections.
Washington March 6. Carelessly discarding a box of dynamite caps as harmless on a pool table, George Castleman a local driver, injured himself and six others in the blast.
New York March 6 President Charles A Peabody of the Mutual Life Insurance Company announced the settlement of suits totaling nearly six million dollars brought against former officers including Richard A McCurdy and others. The company will receive cash and offset claims totaling 815000 with 750000 paid in cash and 65000ish in supplier claims.
Ex President Roosevelt announced that he will sail from New York for Africa on March 23 at noon. He will take passage on the Hamburg. He noted he had received so many letters and telegrams that answering even one tenth would be impossible. He wore a Knickerbocker suit and walked near Sagamore Hill yesterday.
R Mead Shumway was executed for the murder of Mrs Jacob Martin at the Nebraska penitentiary. The drop occurred at 2 32 pm and he was pronounced dead at 2 38 pm. He maintained his innocence and faced the scaffold calmly as several state lawmakers looked on.
Advices from Barkerville report the bodies of Charles Baker and James McCurdie found frozen to death on the McLeod river, about 150 miles north of Ashcroft, British Columbia, dated March 6.
Mrs Elizabeth Scriven Potter widow of Bishop Henry C Potter died yesterday at her Riverside Drive home after a few weeks illness She survived the bishop by eight months and the couple resided in New York City portions of the obituary note the couple's residence and the Bishop's death preceding hers.
Detroit March 6 The News quotes an unnamed Pere Marquette railway official stating the Pere Marquette railroad is now in the hands of J P Morgan.
Winston Bucknell shot his step sister Frances Miller in Greene Iowa during a money dispute over inherited property. Miss Miller is unconscious with little hope of recovery. Bucknell's wound was not serious and he is jailed after attempted suicide was prevented. The incident occurred in Bucknell's mother in law's home, with Bucknell's wife present.
In Clarksville Arkansas an exchange of shots between John Morgan and City Marshal Hugh Bone ends with Morgan dead and Bone thought mortally wounded. Both men drew weapons as the trouble began while Bone was en route to his home.
In Cadiz Spain Vice Admiral Pasqual Cervera, who commanded the Spanish fleet destroyed by the Americans off Santiago Cuba in 1898, is dying. The last sacraments have been administered to him. General Weyler, former minister of war, has been offered the captain general ly of Catalonia.
Detectives from New York will accompany the search for John Savis the Greek street-sweeper arrested in Omaha for possessing Mrs. Heinzs $100,000 pearl necklace. Savis warned he would kill himself if accused of stealing the necklace.
Holland Michigan Elton Baldwin admits to prosecuting attorney that he killed his aged mother two miles from Saugatuck. He says fear she would accuse him of burning their barn led to the hatchet slaying while she slept.
Practically all Chicago Cubs pitchers and catchers under Manager Chance have arrived at West Baden Indiana for spring training. The party includes pitchers Brown Overall Fra vier Lundgren Pfeister Kroh and catchers Moran Archer and Malone.
Ian Dell Beikkert of Mason City sustained frightful injuries when a buzz saw balance wheel exploded during operation at Nashua. Iron and steel fragments flew in all directions, with a piece striking his hand and arm and mangling them severely.
In Zanesville Ohio the body of Raymond Dinan a newspaper man who disappeared in November was recovered floating in the Muskingum River making the loss mourned by colleagues and the press community.
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