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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1909
Page
4
Soldiers press Indiana pursuit believed to have cornered renegade group in the hills as Negroes cause considerable trouble and unrest in the region.
Albert Nash, a full-blooded Winnebago and Carlisle graduate, asserts real American Indians are friendly to the government and urges punishment of outlaw bands posing as natives. He laments dwindling native numbers and calls for action against marauders misrepresenting Indians to the government.
Guthrie Oklahoma March 31 Crazy Snake Chitto Harjo chief of the Snake Indians offered to surrender after days of militia pursuit He requested to surrender to Sheriff Odom fearing local authorities The interim commander Adjt Gen Canton called the report reliable and kept militia on guard to protect Indians from possible rioting in the district Soldiers arrested a half-breed and twelve prisoners including four blacks and eight Creek Indians were moved toward Henryetta Oklahoma no Indians were involved initially in the trouble and federal protection may be invoked for the Indians including Crazy Snake
The Hamburg carrying ex President Theodore Roosevelt reached Ponta del Gada in the Azores. He toured the island with the American consul and vice consul, drew large crowds, and a rumor of an assault proved unfounded. Roosevelt and party later left for Gibraltar while others explored the area for birds, achieving a 16-bird count.
London reports militant suffragists attempted to raid the house of commons in search for Premier Asquith yesterday afternoon. Mounted police dispersed the group with arrests following as about a dozen women were taken into custody for assaulting officers with fists and umbrellas.
Magistrate Crane received a letter from Charles W. Morse the convicted banker claiming a fellow prisoner is innocent and requesting a visit to discuss the case. Crane promised to help. This is Morse’s second intercession for a prisoner, earlier leading to a Texas bound man’s return aboard Morse’s former steamship.
A blaze on the upper floor of the Reynolds arcade on East Main street caused heavy damage to the Western Union offices and disrupted telegraph service. Firefighters saved occupants but one fireman was injured. Estimated loss stands at 250000 dollars.
London March 31 Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell reintroduced the Irish land bill in the House of Commons. The measure aims to address land tenure and tenant issues, signaling renewed parliamentary effort on reform. Birrell spoke on the bill's principles, with supporters urging swift consideration amid ongoing Irish questions.
Washington reports sparse attendance as the House convened for tariff talk. Cox of Ohio urged cuts on sewing machines bicycles and computing scales to counter Germany’s favored nation advantage harming American exports. Byrd Bates McKinlay and Mondell pressed varied angles on the Payne bill warning of higher costs, industrial rivalry, and coal interests shaping policy.
Henry Bethers of Council Bluffs was believed burned to death in a slag car shipped to Valley Nebraska last month. He returned home alive yesterday from St. Louis where he worked. A daytime barn fire in Springfield Tennessee damaged a tobacco factory owned by C. C. Bell & Bon, holding tobacco for Imperial Tobacco Company, with losses near 100000 dollars.
Mercer Pa March 31 Mrs James H Boyle will not be taken to Sharon for a hearing on the kidnaping charge against Willie Whitla. Attorney Cochran says every effort will be made to obtain a conviction but if it fails she will be turned over to Cleveland authorities. Detectives continue to probe her identity while a mysterious man who visited Mrs Boyle is believed to be a friend, not McDermott. The Whitla family left for Atlantic City after Whitla turned over threatening letters to postal authorities and a demand for $5,000 to defend the Boyles.
Francis Leupp told President Taft he would stay as commissioner of Indian affairs if his health allowed. The statement came from Washington on March 81, outlining the preservation of his post amid health concerns.
A large blast along the Norfolk & Western rail line in Chillicothe Ohio killed eight workers and injured 20 or more as 400 pounds of dynamite near a camp fire exploded. Foreman George Davis warned workers earlier, and the blast scattered bodies. several victims identified include Jonathan Pride and Charles Buchanan with others unnamed.
J W Schaub of Chicago shot himself yesterday afternoon on westbound Michigan Central No 9 near Kalamazoo. Identification came from his luggage. He boarded at Buffalo and, after a brief illness, retired to a sleeper before drawing a pistol and killing himself.
Chicago reports a fatal assault after a dispute about white and black boxing honors. A fight at 546 West Lake Street killed Thomas 4 O'Brien, allegedly by Walker Simmons, a colored potter, following an argument at John Kennally’s saloon. Lincoln name proposal noted in Washington. Teheran clash leaves 12 nationalists dead and 30 wounded with royalists suffering 16 fatalities.
King Peter I filed a royal decree yesterday changing the names of his sons to establish George as head of the Karađorđević house in Belgrade.
Fort Worth reports BH Heckman says Crazy Snake, leader of Indians and outlaws, has been taken into custody and is held at Thompson’s farm near Checotah. He claims the capture was by courier and that the surrender was without a fight despite a gunshot wound to his hip. Guthrie confirms capture and guarded custody. Oklahoma City notes Seminole freedmen rising near Wolf, fourteen miles west of the divide between the Salt and Little rivers.
Albert H. Schmidt, a member of a wealthy family and former president of the Silver Crescent Mining Co, was arrested on warrants charging embezzlement and issuing false gold mining stock certificates. His hearing was continued for ten days due to heart failure. The mines are in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
In Wilmington North Carolina on the eve of his wedding, Jerry Bigford was murdered near Freemans in Columbus county. His body lay inside the home with a broken window showing evidence the killer fired from outside. Cleveland and Stillmore Rugg brothers, with one named as rival for the bride, are held in the inquiry.
Luigi Garaventa an Italian national traveling from Reno to Italy was found unconscious on the Trinois Central tracks near Perry. Authorities report nearly $4000 in gold on his body and believe he was robbed and hurled from a train. He is not expected to survive.
Winnipeg report says a party of Odd Fellows found the body of Brash's 82 year old mother a quarter mile from William Brash's Alberta home. In the house they found the son dead in a chair. Authorities suspect the son fell ill and the mother died while going for help.
A new prison twine plant at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls produces quality twine. Warden Harry Parmley discussed the project with Governor Vessey, who will place the twine in a permanent exhibit of the State Historical Society.
Gladstone Dowie, son of Zion City founder, nominated for village clerk on the Citizen ticket. The record highlights his claim that a top-tier legal education is practical, and notes his bid aims to serve the village in Montague Michigan.
A. J. Tillberry, an elderly citizen aged 81 who owns considerable property, and Margaret Ratties, over 60, are to be married by Rev. B. R. McNabe of St. Patrick’s after Lent.
Iron furnace operators in the Lehigh Valley have decided to cut wages for furnace workers by a percentage, affecting about 3,000 to 4,000 employees. The move signals a broad reduction across the region's iron industry.
Pekin reports the Chinese government has submitted proposals on the administration of the Russian railroad zone in Manchuria aimed at Chinese or international control of Harbin. Indian Students to Give Opera in Carlisle Indian School commencement opens with baccalaureate services and a rehearsal of the opera by Indian students scheduled.
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