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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
War news reports rising tensions with Italian fleet readied for possible action. Paris-Servians claim sabotage of bridges as Carian forces mobilize. Uncertain reports of strikes and troop movements in the threatened region.
Chicago shaded Detroit 10 to 2 in the first world series game, with four runs in the third inning breaking the tie and key hits from Sheckard Evers Schulte Chance Steinfeldt and Tinker. Detroit tied in front but Cubs pulled away in the third as Kilian was relieved by Summers.
Miss Lillie Dempsey was attacked near Saxon Hill and identified John Irby as her assailant. A mob gathered in Spartanburg threatening lynching as deputies guarded the jail. A boy named Grave Fowler was shot while attempting to batter the gate. Dr H R Black spoke from the church steps saying the assailant failed his aim.
In foggy seas off Scheveningen the German steamers Pretoria and Nipponia collided. Thirteen Nipponia crew members including the captain drowned. Pretoria sustained no damage and sails under Hamburg American Line after departing New York September 26 bound for Hamburg. Nipponia owner listed as Stettin and Ich, Luca, Sweden, August 11 for Emden. Indictment: Private Joseph B. Klein of Chicago faces murder charges for the August 15 stabbing of Earl Nelson in Kankakee Illinois.
Fire Saturday gutted the Ben Tart corner at State and Pascagoula streets and four adjoining buildings owned by Mrs. George Carlisle of Dallas You. Loss estimated over 50000 dollars, partially covered by insurance.
New York Oct 12 Andrew Carnegie donated 20000 to the Republican national committee as announced by State Chairman Timothy L Woodruff Mrs Russell Sage gave 1000 to the same fund George R Sheldon refused to discuss contributions but will publish a list after the election Bryan in 24 Speeches campaigned in Missouri aboard a special train with Democratic factions aboard delivering 24 addresses by nightfall in Higbee and other towns Kern Ends Tour in the South ends in Huntington W Va after speaking in several southern towns with an eastern tour planned including Elizabeth Newark New York Brooklyn Bridgeport Utica Syracuse and more.
Newport News survivors John Lang and Henry Roberts, believed to be the sole survivors from a crew of eight aboard the British schooner Sirroccop, went to pieces on Mantela reef off the Bahamas October 1. They arrived on the Tiverton after drifting five days. Captain Munroe and five others are reported lost.
In Carthage Missouri on October 12 Mrs H M Raney aged 62 was convicted of complicity in the killing of her son in law Albert Baker. Her daughter Mrs Myrtle Baker was convicted Friday and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. A five year sentence was imposed on the mother.
Calumet Michigan October 12 John Morrison aged 67 the largest timber jobber in the Copper country and owner of extensive timber tracts died Saturday from a complication of diseases He was a prominent Free Mason and very wealthy.
Ora Lee a 21 year old factory girl was found shot on the road between Wadsworth and Custard Hook. Guy Rasor, her fiancé to be, is detained with an alibi dispute as police weigh theories of a discarded lover or jealousy motive. Evidence includes a missing horse shoe and a buggy hitch sighting, with Rasor claiming ignorance of the crime.
Hong Kong reports from a reliable source that Sir Robert Hart traveled to England to press for a tripartite alliance among China, the United States, and Great Britain to safeguard national interests in the far east. The plan aims to align powers on regional policy and economic influence.
A mail pouch containing eight registered packages destined for the Denver and Rio Grande line disappeared at Salt Lake City station and is believed stolen while on a train.
Indianapolis October 12 a Marion county grand jury discharged David Frankel from custody after he was charged with killing his wife to collect insurance funds.
Col George W Goethals general director of the Panama canal work testified in a probe before General Garlington into charges of discrimination and favoritism in cableway contract awards. He defended award practices amid accusations by William A Brothers and plans a full reply after Col Sieberts arrives.
Manila Oct 12 Rear Admiral Sperry has received papers in the court martial of Lieut Frank Taylor Evans charged with absence from his station and disrespectful language to a superior officer amid intoxication. The verdict is rumored guilty on some counts but not dismissal. Also Midshipman Edward H Garinor of the Minnesota was found guilty of being intoxicated while the fleet was at Albany West Australia and sentenced to dismissal.
A hush settlement resolved a $2,000,000 suit filed by Daniel Levoy Dresser against the Mercantile Trust Company of New York and several bankers. The case claimed losses from purchasing and underwriting stock in the United States Shipbuilding Company, with terms kept secret by both sides.
Mystery in Jamaica Bay unfolds as police hunt identifications after two well dressed adults tied with wire are found floating in the bay by two Osserman, leaving the case unsolved and prompting a tense citywide inquiry.
Rural carriers select Rochester New York as next meeting site with rival cities Omaha Milwaukee and Portland Oregon also in the running for the adjourned convention decision.
A humorous Wisconsin vignette mocks leap year and unspoken proposals. Mame clutches love letters and a photograph while Rufus languishes for home. The piece ridicules feminine hesitance and the idea that leap year is a joke, contrasting with an Iowa editor’s quip about hearing.
A fragmentary verse sketch blends seasonal imagery with praise for harvest and nature. It shifts to a humorous anecdote about a Detroit man asking for dog food and ending up at a butcher shop, followed by a monomaniacal speaker professing single-minded desire to win a woman, with bold dialect and exclamations.
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