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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
2
A dazzling display blends rapid gun spinning with skilled novelty juggling in a theatrical performance. The act pairs precision handling with agile object tricks, drawing cheers from an entertained crowd.
Rioters attacked Greek shops and homes in South Omaha, burning more than thirty buildings and injuring about a score of people, with authorities delaying large scale troop deployment. The violence followed the Friday killing of Officer Edward Lowery by Greek resident John Masurde.
Odessa reports more than one hundred people killed in a three day blizzard sweeping across southwestern Russia. The disaster prompts rescue efforts and warnings for travelers as officials assess aftermath.
Martin B. Madden president of Building Trades of Chicago and M J Boyle business agent of the Electrical Workers union were indicted by the Cook county grand jury. True bills with multiple counts accuse conspiracy and extortion involving $1000 from H P Nelson and $700 from Joseph Kiicka. Bail set at 5000 with arrest warrants issued.
General Major declares relations between Waters Pierce Oil and Standard Oil must be severed. Waters-Pierce seeks Missouri business unless Supreme Court finds compliance and court amends the Standard Oil decree, which is already ousted. He argues Waters-Pierce has not complied with the court order.
The Vanguard, seventh Dreadnought in the British fleet, was launched at Barrow England. Keel laid April 1 1908 and contract aims for completion within two years. Cost will exceed 9 million dollars and she will be the largest and most heavily armored battleship.
United States District Attorney Baker of Washington sent certified copies of the indictments against Joseph Pulitzer and editors of the New York World to New York. The papers included bench warrants and were transmitted to United States Commissioner Shields for the preliminary action.
President Roosevelt, convinced of conserving world natural resources, asks Secretary Bacon following the North American conservation conference to invite ten foreign powers to join an international conference at The Hague in September to tackle the issue.
James Allen shot and killed his sister in law Wiley Stewart at Cape Girardeau Missouri while protecting Mrs Stewart her mother and baby from his abuse. The incident ends in a fatal shooting amid domestic conflict.
Frances Richard aged sixty eight was found murdered in her Detroit residence. The victim showed three slashes to the throat and face according to initial police notes. Authorities launched an investigation into the homicide.
A vast fleet parade marks the homecoming of Admiral Sperry and his ships in Hampton Roads. The Mayflower leads a gun salute as 25 warships pass the president, while crowds aboard excursion boats cheer amid banners and bells.
President Theodore Roosevelt, age fifty, plans a two year rest and travel spree starting mid March. He heads a Smithsonian backed scientific expedition with son Kermit and four naturalists to collect mammals birds reptiles insects and plants across Africa then Europe. They travel via Gibraltar Naples Mombasa and Uganda railway to Nairobi and Port Florence before a Nile voyage to Khartoum with later return for lectures in Oxford Paris and Berlin.
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