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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
1
The Rochester convention faced a setback as leaders’ selections sparked a struggle over one office. Chanler emerged as the chosen challenger to Hughes, with the platform reportedly crafted by a session and adopted amid tension.
The document lists nominees for New York State offices. Governors contenders include Charles E. Hughes and others. lieutenant governor candidates include Horace White. secretary of state nominees Samuel S. Koenig and John S. Whalen. attorney general nominees Edward R. O Malley and George M. Palmer. controller candidates Martin H. Glynn and Charles H. Gaus. state engineer Phillip P. Farley and Frank M. Williams. state treasurer Julius Hauser and Thomas B. Dunn. assistant justice Albert Haight.
Rochester N Y Sept 17 the Democratic convention nominated by acclamation all but one of its candidates and adopted a platform pledging support to the Denver platform and denouncing Gov Hughes administration. It named as its head for governor the present lieutenant governor.
State leaders consolidating at a long conference nominated Phillip P. Farley of Brooklyn for state engineer and surveyor by a 321 to 97 vote amid cheers. Albert Haight of Erie won the associate justice of the court of appeals race as the Republican candidate. The platform reaffirms allegiance to Denver nominees and opposes centralization and sumptuary laws while calling for direct election of U S senators.
A slip in blast furnace No 7 at the Illinois Steel Company plant in South Chicago caused red hot molten metal to surge into the furnace room. At least four workers were initially reported injured with later accounts listing over a dozen harmed and nine burned as they tried to escape through doors and windows.
Dr. George Morton of New York was arrested at a Philadelphia hotel on a fugitive warrant charging false pretenses. He allegedly secured 100000 by fraudulent notes and will be arraigned for a hearing Wednesday afternoon. Police have noDetails in custody yet. Morton claimed a big mistake.
Sedalia Missouri reports two more deaths from the Windsor powder and dynamite explosion bringing the death toll to nine. Victims on Wednesday Ira Malone and John Walker, both burned in the blast, die. Injured remain at hospital with expectations of recovery.
George Mitchell aged 22 shot and killed Miss Georgia Pratt aged 30 on Wednesday and then fatally wounded himself. Jealousy is suspected as the motive in the fatal crime at Passport.
John Fr. Burnham former sheriff and fire and police commissioner of Milwaukee fled a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. Liabilities total 126 719 nearly all unsecured.
Wilbur Wright, flying at Le Mans on Sept 17, eclipsed European records for sustained aeroplane flight, remaining aloft 39 minutes 18 seconds and averaging 45 feet high. He totalled about 26 miles, overtarping spectators with his mastery before fuel ran out. He plans to compete Friday for a club prize and the Micheli cup. Parseval airship buckled in a squall near Berlin, collapsing interior balloons and forcing an emergency descent. It landed on a house roof. no injuries reported among crew. Gross balloon nearby also struggled but returned to station. both craft endured lengthy endurance runs in the week.
The Hague reported that Germany and Italy requested a second Hague conference on an international law draft for private persons and exchange laws. The Netherlands proposed a universal treaty draft prepared by its royal commission, with Washington awaiting official word on the proposal. Berlin hosts Interparliamentary Union opening as 300 delegates arrive for talks led by Apponyi and other dignitaries.
Taft itinerary announced listing stops across Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Iowa Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri and Illinois with dates from September 25 to October 7. The schedule includes Milwaukee Madison St Paul Minneapolis Fort Dodge Omaha Topeka St Louis Chicago Galesburg and denver. Newburgh note Bryan speech at Rochester convention reports his campaign kickoff with 1500 attendees and a critique of rival platforms.
Returns from St. Paul Minnesota on September 17 confirm James A. Tawney James McCleary and Clarence B. Miller won Republican congressional nominations in three contested Minnesota districts. Miller achieved a landslide in the eighth district defeating J Adam Bede by about three to one while Tawney led in the first district with a majority estimated between 2000 and 4000 over T Knatvold.
Dr C G G Clark, formerly an interne at State University of Iowa, held a house and office address listed as 46 percent Black and 263 Black Atlantic respectively.
Giovanni P. Morosini, 74, New York banker and philanthropist, died suddenly of heart failure at his Riverdale country place. He leaves a son and two daughters. wife died in 1893. Daughter Victoria once eloped with a coaching inn manager, and Morosini disinherited her. Daughter Giulia is a noted horsewoman. Son Otillio married Mary Bond of Virginia.
John and Wilbur Patterson were convicted in criminal court on September 17 for robbing a street car near Boston Pennsylvania last May. Patterson was found guilty on 17 counts including robbery felonious assault larceny and pointing firearms.
The Maine and Alabama, first U S warships to reach the Mediterranean via the Pacific, arrived in Naples on Wednesday and fired salutes with the arsenal drawing large crowds. A separate note from Wabash Indiana reports a train saved from disaster after a lookout flagged a burning bridge, averting casualties. Paris dispatch notes Maj Cuignel’s new accusations against M Beau, head of the court of cassation, in the Dreyfus case.
Mexico observes the Fourth of July with booming cannons and ringing bells as Ilia De Independencia celebrations begin nationwide. From Vaso Texas dated September 17, waves of festivity mark a full blast across the republic.
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