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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
In a telegraph from Constantinople and Rome dated April 21 the Turkey Italy post office dispute is resolved. Turkey recognizes Italy’s equal rights to open post offices where others exist and to purchase property on Turkish soil. The Italian fleet will stay in Italian waters, easing tensions and promising better bilateral ties.
An alarming report from Tiflis states a small Russian force in Persia near Belostvar is besieged by a much larger Persian and nomad force. The Russians request infantry artillery and cavalry reinforcements as floods hinder movement. Three Russians were killed and ten wounded in minor clashes.
Burlington pastors urge a ban on Merry Widow hats in services to curb shrinking male attendance. Ushers struggle to seat Easter crowds as large hats reduce pew capacity. plan to have women check big hats at cloak rooms.
Two former land office clerks Woodford D. Harlan and William Walk testified before Justice Stafford in the Hyde Dimond Benson Schroeder fraud case. They described being paid to expedite land deals and disclose forest reserve boundaries, marking the first evidence from the immunity bath process in the California and Oregon land schemes.
Frank H. Jackson, son of a former Iowa governor, promotes a joint alliance between Dallas bachelors and Menominee Wisconsin spinsters to boost membership and development. Dallas hosts 600 residents with 11 percent bachelors and no marriageable women, aiming to enroll all 66 unmarried men.
In Warrensburg Missouri April 20 farmer Byron Hall killed police chief James Ryan and officer Robert Pollock after attempting to take their revolvers. Officer Basham wounded and porter L Little fired at Hall as he fled to a stair landing and alcove where a final self-inflicted shot ended the confrontation. Hall died with a third gunshot through the heart.
Lincoln reports that Governor Sheldon and about seventy five citizens will depart April 26 on the Governor Sheldon Special to deliver Nebraska’s silver service to the battleship Nebraska. The tour hosts visits through Denver Colorado Springs Lamar Santa Fe Albuquerque Grand Canyon Los Angeles and San Francisco before presenting aboard the battleship on May 8. Tickets remain valid for sixty days.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved an appropriation for the National Corn Exposition at Omaha to demonstrate denatured alcohol production. The funding, part of the Bureau of Chemistry budget, totals 810,000 with 10,000 for Agriculture Department demonstrations at Omaha, following Secretary Wilson’s endorsement.
John N Baldwin general solicitor for the Union Pacific Railway company died at his home 2811 St. Marys avenue Omaha after weeks of Brights disease and a three month decline. Family and close friends including his son, sisters, and law partner George S Wright of Council Bluffs were present at the end.
The Abraham Ruef bribery trial enters its third week with eight jurors sworn in. Three more jurors to be seated, leaving the prosecution one peremptory challenge and the defense three.
The trial of Joseph Vanderweed and William Mason for the murder of U S secret service agent Joseph Walker in Heeperus last fall began in the district court at Durango Colorado on April 21.
In New York on April 21 Secretary Taft and William Jennings Bryan were central to political activity. Taft met callers and allies while Bryan visited the Hoffman House informal Democratic headquarters and planned meetings with Bryan after returning from Europe. News from Melbourne reports a railway collision near Brainbrook Junction with many deaths and injuries.
R M Hampton secretary of the stock men association denied circulating reports that the convention would be held elsewhere. The event is confirmed for June 11 and 12 in Alliance with Governor Sheldon visiting on the 11th and Governor Buchtel of Colorado expected to meet Nebraska stockmen. Seinst er Burkett among the celebrities, indicating a standout convention.
Hewey R. Mangum eighteen year old student at the University of Louisiana died in Vicksburg after injuries from a sliding collision in a game between Louisiana and Chamberlain Hunt Academy of Port Gibson ten days earlier.
The Nebraska state bureau reports farm mortgages filed in 1906 totaled 7 451 cases with 44 030 848 79 dollars. 1907 filings dropped to 16 181 with 95 522 577 99 dollars. Releases exceeded filings in both years at 19 682 in 1906 and 17 438 in 1907.
Frank Hanks shot and killed himself in his room at a local restaurant in North End Nebraska. He fired a shotgun into his neck and died instantly. Despondency from an illness weighed on him, and he could not recover.
Notice to defendant Frank W Sharp that a garnishment petition was filed March ith 108 in the County Court of fox county Nebraska seeking four hundred twenty dollars plus costs for payment to the plaintiff. The defendant must respond on or before May 4 10 Dated March April Moore Wateron & Wateron attorneys.
Notice to creditors of Gustaf Jetaen estate in Hox Hulle County Nebraska. County Court in Alliance will hear claims October ath to adjust and allow. Six months from April 1 provides the deadline for presenting claims and two months for payment under the county court order signed March 0th by Judge Sean L A Berry.
Plaintiff William J Karl files in Hox Motte County District Court to foreclose a tax sale on land described as West Half of Northwest Quarter Benton 6 and other tracts in Box Butte Nebraska. Defendants include numerous Earl and Allard heirs and spouses. Answer due by May 30.
Sealed bids for erecting a lumber frame schoolhouse with concrete foundation in Box Butte county district No 12 are invited until May 1 1908. Separate bids on building and foundation. Plans available at the county clerk’s office. Alliance officials list Peter Kicken Peter Belgaum P H Zobel and C J Benjamin as contacts.
A notice from Cyas C Jamason in Ellsworth Nebraska reports three stray horses. A dark brown saddle horse about 500 pounds with a star, white hind foot and blurred double brand. A bay saddle horse about 900 pounds with faint fore head white hairs and the same brand. A brown mare about 1050 pounds three years old halter broke, branded FP low on the right thigh. The owners are sought.
Notice of estray detailing a blue roan mare about 1000 pounds and seven years old that wandered onto property around November 1907. Owner must prove property to reclaim. Report by Warrer R. Kew, section 14, two 26, RK 46, Sheridan County.
Notice by Rone Wm. Wykoff offering scavenger services with twenty years experience in Chicago and St. Louis. Promises prompt attention and asks for patronage.
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