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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
3
A rugged five act scene unfolds with speeches by Hughes Beveridge and Harris in Youngstown as the G.O.P. campaign opens. Massive crowds, steel towns, and strong taft era praise frame a national contest marked by tariff debate and Monroe doctrine defenses.
Thousands homeless and many injured as a fierce blaze starting in Dr Gardner's office tears through Rawhide Nevada. A dynamite blast at Collins hardware magnifies the fire. Martial law declared as relief efforts mobilize from Reno and other mining towns.
Forest fires raging in Houghton county and the Portage Lake district enshrouded towns in smoke. Parts of the woods burned within miles of residences, destroying millions of feet of timber and risking farms. The season records heavy losses and rain is badly needed. In Deadwood South Dakota a major fire threatened the gulch and the town, with about a dozen fires started in a week due to carelessness.
Roy Young pleaded guilty to bar larceny arson and riot in the grace war case. He admitted setting fire to several Negro homes and claimed he was 15 years old. Judge Creighton sent him to the Pontiac reformatory. George Richardson, once charged with assault on Mrs Hallam and later exonerated, was ordered released from Blooming ton jail after a false ID by Mrs Hallam triggered the race war.
Pursued by a dozen revolver shots, Philip Heil a suspected burglar escaped Rogers Park police station. He, despite 45 years, leaped over a table and an open window to flee toward Estes avenue as Policeman George Smith fired. Heil dodged into weeds near the lake shore and disappeared.
Standing Bear, renowned Ponca chief, dies in Norfolk Nebraska in September. The obituary notes his treatment by Thomas Tibble, once a Populist vice presidential candidate, who allegedly exploited him in Boston and other eastern cities, presenting him in silk and elaborate attire amid government persecution.
Bernard T Fishbeck foreman of the erecting department is dead and George Hunt seriously injured after a six cylinder machine ran off a testing rack and toppled onto them at the Olds Automobile works here. Local hospital reports Hunt in critical condition.
Wilbur Wright in France pilots a high speed airship flight at Anvaurs field covering an estimated 14 to 15 miles in about 19 minutes 4275 seconds. A strong wind gust ends the journey causing damage to the craft but Wright is unhurt and vows to resume flights. Orville Wright later flies at Fort Myer in Virginia for four minutes 15 seconds with modest wind and control. Balloon Republique sails six hours over Paris covering about 200 miles before landing. Atlantic City observes dry Sunday in enforcement of the sabbath closing law. Pittsburg reports Hast End hotel fire injuring three firefighters and totaling 50000 dollars. tramps rescued.
The American battleships weighed anchor and set sail from Melbourne as thousands cheered. They will stop at Albany, Western Australia, for a week to coal and resupply before continuing their voyage.
Major Jerome A. Watrons, a retired Army officer, says a joint encampment of the G A R and United Confederate Veterans is favored within a few years after returning Saturday from the national G A R encampment in Toledo Ohio.
Taft fishes and confers with National Chairman Frank Hitchcock on Middle Pass Island Ohio after a Saturday fishing trip with Tillia Suck. The two hour afternoon meeting focused on political strategy and relations.
Accused assailant John Tewue, a Black man from Albany, was captured at Dimas cus and taken by local citizens for lynching after an alleged assault on Mrs. Joseph Wheeler. The mob removed him from custody and executed the punishment.
The Cosmopolitan National Bank at Liberty and Sixth Avenues Pittsburg was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency on the grounds of insolvency. Receiver Robert Lyons appointed. State funds on deposit amounting to $100,000 protected by $175,000 in bonds. Insured deposits and reserves reported.
Cleveland on September 7 reports Detective Howard B. Stanton aged 28, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, fatally shot through the lungs by burglars attempting to open a boxcar near Davenport Street Station. Also noted: an explosion at New Rockford kills engineer Charles Olmstall and injures five. Rev. Father J. R. Daly buried at sea from the Umbria. a Duluth bank holdup ends with a citizen wounded by buckshot.
The Grand Army of the Republic will seek no new relief for three years. A resolution asks to amend the service pension bill to set 65 as the pension age for $20 monthly aid and to broaden widows' pensions to all soldiers' widows married before the bill. Leaders fear continued pushing could hurt veterans' standing in Congress. The encampment hears Atlanta will field more skyscrapers and hotels in 1910, with fears about welcoming Johnnies from three states.
New York dispatch reports Nathan Goff of Parkersburg W Va could be the Republican candidate for governor if rival factions led by C Swisher and J C Scherr agree. The factions withdrew their candidates conditionally to nominate Judge Goff, who is said to be willing to accept.
Fire roars across the Mesaba range wiping Chisholm from the map and forcing military rule as fires race toward Hibbing Ruhl and Nashwack. Snowball Aurora and Wrenshall face destruction. Relief trains pour in to shelter homeless, with total losses pegged near 3 million dollars.
Taft wrote the national Committee to arrange a speech itinerary and urged including Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and New York. He also suggested ending his Cincinnati stay by October 1 to extend his political campaign into six weeks and possibly coast to coast.
Kansas City Missouri returns to normal operations as theaters cigar stores pool halls and other businesses reopen after seven months of closure. Governor Folk arrived late with a tip that saloons would stay closed but stated no law violations were found at midnight.
A five story brick building housing Armour & Co. wool house and fertilizer plant at the union stock yards was destroyed by a blaze on September 6. The fire, the fiercest in seven years in the district, drew a vast crowd and caused about 500000 dollars in damage.
The State Journal printed an unsigned August letter mailed to Judge Wm. H. Taft warning of a plot to assassinate the Republican presidential nominee. The letter, remail ed to the police chief by Judge Taft's direction, was made public here.
Petersburg, Sept. 8. There were sixty six death by own action cases in this city last week, a large proportion among young working girls.
Rome reports the Duke of Abruzzi plans marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of United States Senator Stephen B Wilkins of West Virginia on January 29. Queen Margarita reportedly refused consent with Count of Turin saying the duke would marry without approval and he departed Spezia to tell the brother of the setback.
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