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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
1
A collage of brief items spans culture and science from Prerlin’s musical in America to a 100 year old climber in Switzerland. It notes a St Louis poet’s death, a Boston waitresses windfall, and a New York marriage to dodge Sing Sing. Also covered: Japan’s progress, a China edict, Philippine island counts, Panama Canal concrete, Dutch welfare farms, denatured alcohol, and Henry Farman’s Paris flight prize.
Japanese ambassador Baron Takahira told the Japan Society of New York that no major questions between the United States and Japan remain unsettled and future issues will be resolved through friendship. He praised Japan's widening influence and reaffirmed commitment to peaceful policy, immigration rights, and ties with Great Britain as allies for Far East peace.
Caldwell Idaho March 12 Harry Orchard appeared before Judge Fremont Wood in district court and withdrew his former not guilty plea entered at first arraignment. He entered a new plea of guilty to the murder charge in the Steunenberg dynamite bombing at his residence side gate on December 30 1905. Sentencing is set for March 18.
In Heliopolis during Egypt's first motor races a cushion causing a car to leave the track killed a policeman and two spectators and injured 14 others. The khedive and the duke and duchess of Connaught witnessed the event before departing as the races ended.
Washington March 12 Secretary of the Treasury Cartesy transmits to Congress four recommendations for an appropriation to erect a Hall of Records in Washington. The action aims to establish a central historic and government records facility in the capital.
Washington reports captains Winslow and Key testified on serious flaws in U S battleship building. They charged ships were over draft on leaving Hampton Roads and criticized armor belts gun decks and ammunition hoists as unsafe. Key compared American ships Connecticut with British Lord Nelson noting faster gunnery by British ships due to hoist design.
In New York on March 12, Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis pleaded not guilty in U S circuit court to a joint 29 count indictment. Seven counts accuse conspiracy and 18 allege false entries. Bail set at 30000 for Morse and 10000 for Curtis. They were paroled to obtain bail, three weeks to reconsider plea. Morse quipped about facing the loan as “the goat.”
Washington March 12 The president transmitted a message stating committee testimony substantiated his order dismissing the negro soldiers. He urged extending the time for reinstatement by one year to allow reinstatement of any discharged men not covered by the original dismissal. Senator Warren for the majority and Senator Foraker for the minority presented the committee report.
Denver March 12 Anticipating a plea of insanity on behalf of Guiseppe Alia District Attorney George A Slidger has begun sanity proceedings before denial by defense in the murder trial of Father Leo Heinrichs The state closed its case after examining alienists Cross examination of Dr George E Neuhaus showed the defense will plead marvel epilepsy or masked epilepsy akin to the Thaw brain storm theory
In Williamsburg on Tuesday, seven people were injured when a funeral carriage behind the hearse bolted after a car horn frightened the horses. The carriage overturned and wrecked while the hearse suffered heavy damage.
Butter makers from nearly every state assembled at the St Paul Auditorium at ten oclock for a three day convention. An estimated attendance of between 2000 and 3000 butter makers is expected.
Miss Sarah Weed of Philadelphia shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Hardee of East Savannah then killed herself at the Laurens school, a girls’ academy in Boston. Weed, recently committed to a Newton sanitarium for nervous prostration, escaped Tuesday night and returned with Miss Hardee. Mrs Page found them waking early for a train, leading to the fatal shooting. Authorities note Weed’s mental derangement and its connection to the sanitarium.
The navy announced a partial itinerary for the battleship fleet after target practice at Magdalena Bay. It lists visits to San Diego Santa Barbara San Pedro Santa Cruz and San Francisco arriving May 5. A later naval review at San Francisco is planned with a full-dress, illuminated display.
Desire for revenge is blamed for an attempted wreck of a Pennsylvania suburban train near One Hundred and Nineteenth Street. Discharged Italian workers from a Hegewisch railroad camp are suspected. Special Policeman Thomas Yarrick spotted a pile of ties on the track and signaled the train, preventing a full derailment with 200 passengers aboard.
President Roosevelt directs Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of corporations to investigate stock trading practices to prepare potential future regulation. The move aims to curb stock gambling while preserving legitimate transfers, with Roosevelt insisting he is decidedly in favor of eliminating stock gambling.
A large crowd attended the second day of the first international Young People's Missionary Movement convention at HSxposition hall in Pittsburg on March 12. The session opened with a hymn and prayer led by Bishop Spreng. Joseph E. McAfee of New York spoke as associate secretary of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. Hopkinsville, Ky. news reports a court ruling in a suit against insurance companies over $46,000 in tobacco destroyed in the Princeton raid.
A quick round of notices: Peoria Republicans back Joseph G Cannon for president. Southern railway cuts nearly 700 shop jobs in the South. Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden ill with measles. Half of the New York New Jersey Metal Trades union members out of work. Drexel heirs injured in Philadelphia trolley collision. Castro of Venezuela refuses U S arbitration. Oil refiner John Teagle dies in Cleveland at 60. 1907 births in New York City average every 344 minutes, deaths every five. Mulai Hafid’s star wanes in Morocco as terms may shift with Abd el Aziz. Swarthmore gift shrinks to 40000 if athletics abandoned. college declines. Philadelphia plans 225th anniversary celebration. Warships may be sent with Sweden and England. Heath Baronet dies after poisoning at Gould estate in Lakewood. Mrs Beatrice Metcalf attempts drowning after Walsh trial. sanity commission named. Margaret Beatrice Sacher seeks half of 1,000,000 estate of Mrs D D Colton. Helen’s mother is deceased.
Eugene B Schmitz was freed from jail Tuesday night after posting bonds totaling 150000. Extortion charges against him were dismissed. In San Francisco Superior Court Judge Frank H Dunne ordered dismissal from custody on the indictment tied to a supreme court decision. A separate dispatch from San Juan Puerto Rico notes the Porto Rico House of Delegates approved a bill to let the Insular government run a lottery under insular treasurer supervision with monthly prizes totaling forty thousand dollars.
Chicago markets report firm flour and grain values with May and July futures showing mixed moves. Wheat steadies in New York with May at 1.01% and July at 94 7/4 cents. corn rises to 74 1/4 cents, while butter offers higher creamery and dairy grades. eggs and poultry listings move, and potatoes range from 64 to 70 cents for various qualities.
Chicago market unsettled with mixed prices for cattle hogs and calves. Prices show variability across grades with steers cows and heifers ranging from about 2.5 to 6.0 dollars, hogs steady to firm and lambs reaching up to seven dollars in early reports from Chicago and South Omaha dated March 11.
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