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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
6
OWA State News surveys recent occurrences across the Commonwealth detailing political developments economic shifts and social happenings. Report highlights notable actions by state officials and regional outcomes affecting communities and institutions.
Sidney The Doane will case ends with judge setting aside the will and ordering equal distribution of the Doane estate among heirs. Doane’s life and treatment of his wife are cited. witnesses describe brutal conduct and a brain illness noted by doctors as a monomaniacal effect on family relations.
Claude Staller, 21, employed at a Keota hardware store, shot himself in the temple with a 22 caliber rifle. His death follows the prior suicide of his father five years earlier, with witnesses noting recent heavy drinking but no clear immediate cause. The store owner Thomas Marr found the body in a rear room.
Ottumwa report shows a father William Carnes seeks divorce from his second wife Rosa citing drunkenness. married June 29 1897 and separated August following. Son Samuel Carnes seeks divorce from Orpha Helen after two months of marriage alleging a statutory offense. Son Charles Carnes is sued by Effie for divorce after eight years of marriage alleging cruel and inhuman treatment.
Miss Martha Fladdebo died last Saturday evening while preparing supper at the M. O. Anderson home. Her apron caught fire from the cook stove and, though a hired man drenched her with water, her clothing burned away and her body was charred.
In Ida Grove and Holstein plus neighboring towns Ida County initiates a practical good roads movement. Local business men have raised 500 dollars to contract dragging main traveled roads halfway between towns fifteen times yearly. road expert King predicts permanent hard pan will form, shedding water and keeping roads passable in any weather.
A theater on Pearl Street opposite the Grand Hotel suffered a fire when the operator’s box caught fire as a film burst into flame. Spectators panicked, women and children endangered, two men from Leavenworth burned on the face and head. damage limited to furniture and films.
Reports tie Walter T. Weaver deathly missing to a Perry forgery probe involving a young man named Stevens. The grand jury heard Perry, Town, Falls and Eldora witnesses about bogus abstracts used to obtain money. Weaver’s guardianship and attorney accounts are described as in bad shape, with $700 received for a client before departure remains unpaid.
Mrs Henry Meyne of Greene died from burns to herself and her infant during an overnight accident at the Meyne home. A lamp fell and exploded while the mother cared for the baby, oil and flames engulfing their clothing. Neighbors aided but the fire caused fatal injuries before Mr Meyne could return home.
The littl daughter of Mr and Mrs John Stolley four miles from town was seriously scalded on legs and body when she pulled a wash machine plug and released scalding water. The child age is several years, and the accident occurred while the mother was away from the room.
While removing the Great Western railway bridge east of Clarion to allow a drainage dredge passage, a beam from the loose structure toppled and killed William Evans. Erle Holmgreene suffered severe injuries, J. F. Kreschner also fell into five feet of water but escaped harm. All men fell about thirty feet.
D R Wilson a 25 year old farm hand was badly burned while fighting a prairie blaze west of the city. He was plowing to suppress the fire when flames swept over him and nearly proved fatal. He received treatment at the local hospital and will bear scars for life.
James McDonald, a saloon keeper, was fined 200 dollars and permanently enjoined from operating a saloon in the Nineteenth judicial district for violating a liquor injunction decree.
Iowa Falls reports the disappearance of Walter L Weaver a prominent young attorney and son of Judge S M Weaver of the supreme court He left about a month ago claiming a two week business trip with stops in Iowa City and Des Moines Relatives have sought him unsuccessfully and fear for his safety His wife reportedly received a letter from Omaha about a week ago.
Chester Gillette, convicted of Grace Brown’s murder, was executed at Auburn prison. He faced the electric chair without emotion, followed by a prepared confession to spiritual advisers. Physicians pronounced him dead at 6:18, amid a muted chamber and quiet postexecution remarks from his custodians.
Anarchist leader Alexander Berkman was taken into custody in New York and later brought to Bellevue Hospital where he faced Selig Silverstein, the bomb-thrower at the Union Square meeting. Silverstein, sightless and bandaged, did not recognize Berkman. Berkman denied knowing Silverstein, then returned to police headquarters as Commissioner Bingham dismissed brutality charges and warned against riotous behavior by labor leaders.
London reports the Duke and Duchess of Westminster will travel to America this summer for an extended holiday. They are likely to receive heightened social attention and plan extensive travel and sightseeing, with the duke indicating a hunting trip in the Rockies.
Hans Wagner declares he will not wear a Pirates uniform this season and plans to supervise his chicken farm near Carnegie. He cites no money motive, hints at rheumatic illness, and notes his business interests now require his full attention, ending a long innings with the Pittsburg club.
University of Pennsylvania baseball players undergo daily cage work using a new training device. An upright frame with elastic corded ball helps batters learn line drives by hitting true balls that rise or fall when misaligned, claimed to be the best eye training tool yet.
Arthur Irwin, newly appointed coach of the University of Pennsylvania baseball team, will manage Washington’s Outlaw Union League squad this year. The capital on the circuit decision was announced at a meeting naming W. F. Hart as president, W. J. Lambert as vice president, and KE. HE. Heim as treasurer.
Harvard University Athletic Association treasurer reports a sharp fall in both gross receipts and expenditures for 1906 07 compared with 1905 06. Football dominates finances with a $16 000 drop in season receipts. Other sports largely broke even or ran minor losses, while freshmen teams posted a total loss of 1538 09. The report urges reclaiming Soldiers field swamp land and building fireproof bleachers for baseball.
The Chicago White Sox leader Fielder Alde Jones explains his name origin in a Portland Oregon Post interview. He recalls being asked for his full name after moving from Shinglehouse Pennsylvania to Pittsburg. He confirms his birth in Shinglehouse and settles the long question about his pedigree.
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