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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
1
Liport, Ind May. The shed holding the Guinness farm victims remains disturbed after entry. Coroner Mack reports three children murdered by hammer blows prior to burning their remains. Rain halts further exhumation as light on Mrs Guinness lures expands.
Helgelein testified that the woman wrote to his brother after Andrew’s disappearance, urging a visit to the city and offering to hunt together. Letters in Norwegian were partly translated, revealing coercive intent and manipulation by the woman under Ralph Smith, the prosecutor. Rain halted further exams at the Guinness farm as investigators suspect more bodies may be buried there while Lamphere’s case for first degree murder unfolds with Ray Lamphere linked to the broader investigation.
Senator Carter of Montana addressed the Senate on a bill to establish postal savings banks as reported by the committee. He argued the plan would grant the postal service a worthy, beneficent use without adding staff, equipment, or expenses and cited the general welfare clause as authority for extending the postal service’s functions.
Returns from all parts of Minnesota show Gov. John A. Johnson winning the Democratic primaries over William J. Bryan. The Minnesota convention in St. Paul on May 14 is expected to instructionally name 22 delegates to vote for Johnson. Early totals indicate about 335 Johnson delegates to 45 for Bryan in a 985 delegate state convention.
In New Orleans on May 8 a second blaze erupted beside the Hansell & Brother and H. B. Stevens stores. The Dreyfus Company building burned completely, swelling the total loss to about 500000 to 600000 dollars after an earlier 250000 addition.
Ex congressman Martin L Smyser died at his home in Wooster Ohio at age 57 after suffering an apoplexy. A Wittenberg College graduate of 1870 he served in the Fifty-first and Fifty-eighth Congresses.
Logansport Indiana May 8 George W Rauch a Democratic representative from the eleventh district was renominated at the party convention held here Thursday.
Bandits boarded Denver and Rio Grande train No. 4 at Castle Rock and murdered Express Messenger Charles H. Wright, age 60, with a shot through a broken side window. They rifled a small safe for less than $100, failing to enter the large company safe. Wright's killer act left him dead in a pool of blood near the safe. Wright, longtime messenger, lived with his family at 342 Lincoln avenue, Denver. The through train ran Ogden to Denver and carried no mail.
The Massachusetts Democratic convention debated resolutions to instruct delegates at large to vote for William J. Bryan. The committee failed to decide in time. the final resolution instructed votes for Bryan, but the chairman announced adoption twice and a reconsideration motion was rejected.
Heavy rains again flooded Madison Indiana damaging farm lands drowning livestock and washing out bridges. In the northeast part of the city houses were inundated and fire alarms were sounded to mobilize wagons to aid residents if needed. Mrs Lipscomb Acquitted in Cleveland murder case.
President Roosevelt and family arrived at Pine Knot Virginia with five guests for a brick outing, traveling by special Southern Railway train. The visit includes horseback riding and outings, with plans to return to Washington Monday. A barbecue in Revere near Point of Pines is tentatively planned for July 16 under Republican club auspices.
One hundred men aboard the disabled Peter Rickmers faced grave danger as the ship pitched on a sandbar off Fire Island. With three masts gone and half the cargo lost, the vessel battled massive waves while lifelines failed and rescue links eroded, leaving crews stranded offshore.
Heads of German princely houses led by Emperor William assemble in Vienna to offer congratulations to Emperor Francis Joseph on his diamond jubilee and to inaugurate a series of celebrations across Austria-Hungary.
Fire Commissioner Hayes recommends closing or rebuilding 13 public school buildings citywide after the Collinwood disaster investigation. The fire commission declares the schools unsafe and urges immediate action by the New York board of education.
The famed Pequot house on the headland at the western entrance to New London harbor burned Thursday. The blaze raged for hours, threatening the entire Pequot settlement of cottages and many summer homes on Pequot avenue.
New York May 8 The Clearwater branch of the National Lead Company on Hudson Avenue Brooklyn was burned Thursday causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
San Francisco hosted a vast military and naval parade as 7 000 to 8 000 American seamen and Marines joined in the procession under Captain Seaton Schroeder. Admiral Evans rode in his carriage in his final public appearance before retirement. The governors banquet followed for a select few at the Parrmont as thousands watched the event.
Maj O P Chaffee a former Confederate army officer and brother of Lieut Gen Adna R Chaffee of Los Angeles died at his home in Kansas City Kansas City for 18 years aged 79 kidney trouble He served in the commissary department and with the Twentieth Alabama He knew Generals Longstreet Bragg and Wheeler He leaves a widow Interment will be at Mount Washington Kansas City
In Seattle on May 8 a desperate shootout in a crowded street left Joe Garcia alias Joe Cordovia fatally wounded after confessing to killing Policeman Joseph Ford in Salt Lake City last December. Garcia had participated in a saloon robbery in Albany with accomplices. Local detectives shot him as he lay wounded.
In Naples Texas a mob hanged John Williams a Black man accused of assaulting a white man and robbing. Williams had been captured in Pensacola Florida after a month on the run. In Texarkana Arkansas the report notes the lynching occurred near the depot. Separately in Peking Japanese protests against the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods tied to the Tatsu Maru incident.
New York May 8 four persons were killed and 12 injured Thursday in a fire believed incendiary, destroying a five story tenement at 101 Gr chard Street near Delancey and Allen. The dead include Teva Berg 63, Samuel Sach 10, Hattie Koplemann 2½, and an unidentified man. Policemen evacuated children as flames trapped residents on crowded fire escapes and ladders. Mrs Koplemann died after a fall while tending to reach the roof with her child. Eva Berg and the Sach boy perished in their rooms.
An official Miyazaki report says a mob of 80 attacked a timber factory owned by a Frenchman in Liio on May 5. The attack caused substantial damage to the factory and nearby residences, with about 50 000 dollars in damages. Some residents fled to the mountains or Kobe seeking refuge.
Decatur Illinois on May 8 observed local option law enforcement with fifty eight saloons closing at midnight Thursday. Many owners remain in Decatur entering other lines of business. Decatur Brewing Company switches to soft drink production.
Tokyo officials dismissed the rumor of the Korean emperor’s banishment as absurd, stating there is no shadow of truth. The foreign office ridiculed the sensational report as baseless speculation.
The May market shows firm flour and mixed wheat quotes with various grades and bag exports. May wheat runs around 1.02 to 1.14 for white rye, corn up to 1.74, oats higher, dairy prices firm with creamery extra and firsts, eggs 1814 cents per dozen in New York trading.
Market notes show cattle and hog price ranges across Chicago and Omaha. Native steers and Western steers command varied futures, with cows, heifers, and stockers priced from rough to premium levels. Hogs report slower demand with mixed barrows and sows, while lambs and yearlings edge higher in noted regions.
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