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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
5
Four masked bandits halted the Union Pacific Overland Limited near the Lane cutoff at midnight stealing seven sacks of registered mail from the mail car and fleeing in a waiting car. Brakeman Criss narrowly escaped injury as police pursue the robbers who face a $5000 reward.
Havana May 14. Financial strain marks the gravest worry for the Cuban government amid delays in next year's budget. Expenses rise from equipment and pay for a larger permanent army to an expanded legislature and civil staff, challenging revenue sources and provoking concern among elites. President Gomez faces pressure to retrench while political emergencies may force restraint.
A man giving the name L. A. Steinhoff was arrested in Cheyenne on suspicion of aiding the Union Pacific mail car robbery in Omaha last Saturday night. He possessed 800 in bills at the time of arrest.
Oklahoma City reports five dead and at least ten seriously injured after 24 hours of unprecedented rains. Thousands of acres flood, streams sweep northern and eastern Oklahoma, and several houses wash away. Mourners include Mrs W W Brown and three Foraker children. Mrs Mat tie Jones perishes near Yale and Mrs Jones dies of fright near Enid.
The U S Supreme Court reverses Hart County rulings in a Kentucky case Adame Express Co v Commonwealth, holding interstate commerce allowed shipments of liquor into a dry county. The decision upholds the company’s right to ship intoxicants despite state law.
Tulsa May 25 witnesses from the Muskogee town investigation were examined as the federal grand jury resumed its fraud inquiry. The panel remained focused on Governor Charles Kell amid ongoing testimony.
A federal grand jury in Cheyenne returned thirteen indictments accusing a group led by Samuel W. Gebo and other New York operators of conspiring to defraud the government of coal lands in Big Horn county Owl Creek district. Names include Gebo Dally Beally Nelson Wright Ireland McDonald Wells. The panel also indicted ten Laramie county ranchers for illegal fencing of public lands.
A Japanese training squadron led by Admiral Taichi aboard cruisers Aso and Soya received a twenty one gun salute from Fort Worden in Port Townsend Washington on May 24. The ships returned the salute and entered the upper bay waters where Mayor Gerson welcomed the visitors before the Aso and Soya steamed to Tacoma.
Crowds of about two hundred thousand gathered at Coney Island New York on May 24 to witness police enforce the Sunday closing law. Despite expectations of a clash with showmen, no friction occurred and all amusement resorts operated as usual.
The battleship Dan ton remains on the ways at Brest after tugs fail to release her. Launching is postponed for about a fortnight as supports under the heavy hull sank, causing the vessel to deviate from its course and halt construction.
Matthew Cummings president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the United States and Rev Father P H O Connell state chaplain of Massachusetts were honored at a farewell banquet in Dublin at the Gresham hotel after six weeks in Ireland as delegates from their order.
Sheridan, the Irish American Athletic Club's world champion, set a new discus record of 138 feet 11 inches using a seven foot circle at Pastime Athletic Club Oval. The previous mark of 132 feet 11 inches was held by M. F. Horr.
Dr. James M. Barkley delivered the moderator's annual sermon to the Presbyterian general assembly at Central Presbyterian Church in Denver on May 24. He reviewed the church's global work and marked nine devotional services during the assembly.
At Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute May 24 a Taft letter announced the president accepted a place on the board of trustees of the school for training African American and Native American students.
The Georgia railroad is completely tied up by the firemen's strike in Augusta. Officials will not move trains until the state provides ample protection to the strikebreak era.
May 24 near Dudley Illinois farmer Thomas Wenmell was struck by a Burlington train. He suffered loss of both legs and died shortly after the accident.
Secretary of War Dickinson, weakened by illness, steps ashore at the Washington navy yard from the Mayflower after inspecting the Panama Canal project. He reports improvement and says he will regain strength. He notes canal progress and jokes he only saw Cuba through a porthole during the voyage.
St Louis attorney Jeptha Howe representing Sebert Jones filed in federal court an appeal from Judge Smith McPherson's ruling continuing a temporary injunction restraining the circuit attorney from prosecuting an injunction suit against Missouri railroads seeking to block a return to a 3 cent passenger fare. Judge McPherson sanctioned the appeal by telegram, though not present.
The second national good roads congress closes with resolutions urging active state and national cooperation in post road construction. It calls for U S government to allocate at least 16 percent of national revenue for roads, conditional on states matching with equivalent spending on public roads.
In Princeton Indiana on May 25 a ten year old boy Harold McDonald followed a band of gypsies through the settlement twelve miles southwest of town. He was seized and hidden in a wagon but escaped at Stewartville and returned home. A posse pursues the gypsies.
Columbus Ohio May 26 The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen unanimously reelected W. G. Lee of Cleveland as Grand Master and president. A. R. King of Cleveland was reelected secretary and treasurer. T. L. Cease of Cleveland was named editor and manager. Val Fitzpatrick of Columbus A F Whitney of Iowa and James Murdock of Toronto were re-elected first second and third vice presidents respectively.
A strong quake struck Messina on May 26 with vertical and horizontal movement. A rumbling preceded the tremor, sparking panic as residents fled and collapsing walls toppled more ruins.
Washington May 25. Federal mediation board appeals to settle care of freemen on the Georgia railroad. Commissioner of Labor Neill, a member of the board, left for Atlanta to pursue efforts.
Garrettson of Cedar Rapids Iowa was re-elected grand president of the Order of Railway Conductors. The announcement came from Boston on May 24.
Galesburg May 25 Justice Guy C Scott of the Unols supreme court died here following an operation for appendicitis.
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