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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
Secretary Wilson wins in district supreme court as Judge Stafford upholds his authority to issue notices of prosecution against millers using nitrogene peroxide in flour bleaching. The decision ends the bleaching flour controversy with enforcement possible.
Washington May 1. Senator McCumber argued for free lumber in a lengthy senate speech. He defended a protectionist stance on coal iron ore oil but opposed tariff on lumber claiming the resource is depleting and requires no protection. He said tariff revision means downward change and noted lumber has produced fewer millionaires per invested dollar than other industries. Senator Aldrich proposed added tariff amendments and the senate set daily sessions at 11 o'clock until further notice.
President Taft heads to Alexandria Virginia for a 120th anniversary celebration of George Washingtons first inauguration and a dedication cornerstone for a memory park. Vice President Sherman Speaker Cannon Governor Swanson and many dignitaries observe the parade with a grand military procession. Taft travels from Washington by automobile escorted by the Fifteenth United States Cavalry.
Willis Britt manager for middleweight boxer Stanley Ketchel, found unconscious in a doorway and taken to St Vincennes hospital. A bottle of poison tablets was found among his effects, but doctors expect recovery.
Cedar Rapids May 1 Colonel W. T. Shaw an Iowa pioneer and Civil War veteran died at Anamosa aged eighty. He commanded the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry during the Civil War and later led a brigade in the Mexican War era assignments.
John Hudson, an elderly Shinnecock Indian living two miles west of Southampton on the reservation, shot and killed Harriet Bleagzer, an Indian woman, and wounded Nelson Bunn after brooding over supposed grievances.
Spokane Washington May 1 two suspects believed by police to have held up the Northern Pacific train are in the city jail. They give the names of T F Rafferty and J Hurley. They had but 75 cents in the pockets when arrested.
Chester Cola of Hamilton Ohio, delirious with pneumonia, wound a bedsheet about his body and jumped sixty feet from his hospital room to the ground in Hot Springs Arkansas on May 1.
Detroit reports 485 saloons and thirteen breweries in nineteen counties voted dry at the last election and have since closed their doors marking a sweeping temperance shift across the state.
The second national peace congress opens in Chicago and runs to Wednesday. Delegates from many nations attend, with Ballinger representing the U S government after Dickinson’s Panama trip. Notable Americans include Hale, Archbishop Ireland, Eliot, Jordan, Mrs Moore, Mrs Mead, Burton, Deneen, and Gompers.
Thirteen civilians and soldiers hanged in various parts of Constantinople at 4 a.m. for murder after military court sentences. Major Youseef and accomplices executed on the spot, five others near the Ministry of War, three at Galata bridge. Maurod, editor of Nizam, among names. Crowds crossed the bridge as morning commerce continued.
Theodore Roosevelt bagged a fourth lion at Wamil near Kapitl on the East African expedition. Kermit Roosevelt also claimed a cheetah as the hunt produced exciting action and strong marksmanship. Native reports hint the party may reach Nairobi on May 15 before moving to Sotlk.
Riots followed the bakers strike in New York as two men were hospitalized and ten arrested. Schulem Rubenstein attacked Michael Novak after finding a non union labeled loaf. Novak's wife hurled sugar, fracturing Rubenstein's skull. Two others, Nathan Fryer and Samuel Broklower, were injured in an attack on their bakery and were hospitalized.
In Waterloo on May 4 the gasoline bank of a popcorn wagon operated by O H Green exploded injuring Green and shattering windows at the First National Bank and nearby buildings.
Cipriano Castro leaves Paris suddenly for Santander Spain to await the return of his wife from the West Indies.
Missouri Representative Murphy introduces a resolution to investigate Judges John F. Phillips and Smith McPherson over conduct in a dispute between the state and railroad companies. The resolution cites a fishing trip with railroad attorneys, arrests for game law violations, and decisions that allegedly usurp legislative powers in a fight over the maximum freight law and a two cent passenger fare.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers opens its spring meeting in Washington with about 300 engineers in attendance. Taft will host a White House reception. Fort Myer will display a drill. a dirigible ascent may occur if weather permits. Rear Admiral Melville will discuss The Engineer In the Navy, and F H Newell will address Homemaking in the Arid Regions.
The Supreme Court ordered a writ of mandamus directing Judge Smith McPherson to remand Winn v. the American Express Co to state courts. The prize dog case valued at about $8,000 involved damages and removal to federal court, with the high court ruling it a state matter and favoring Winn.
Federal officials met at the Department of Justice to discuss the libel case involving the New York World and the Indianapolis News over Panama Canal purchases. Attor ney General Wickersham and U S District Attorney Baker led the talks with Assistant D A McNamara returning from Indianapolis where the News proprietors were arraigned. Union Society of the Civil War incorporates to honor loyal officials and promote historical study and patriotism.
In six weeks students learn the full course with one hour daily lessons and no home study. Diplomas issued and good positions guaranteed. Many graduates average over 100 words per minute. First lesson free. Phone 4g or visit Burlington hotel or call Miss Corres Wilson to arrange.
Washington on May 4 reports Oscayr Biraus a former secretary of commerce and labor chosen as ambassador to Turkey and W W Rockhill named ambassador to Russia. Rockhill is noted as former assistant secretary of state and later minister to China.
The Arkansas house approved a bill making railroads liable for damages due to mental anguish even without physical injury. The state already has a mental anguish statute affecting telegraph companies.
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