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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
7
July 1903 collections totaled 22 108 480 dollars, down 111 291 from July 1902. Various brief items follow including University of Kansas inviting Charles M. Harger to speak, and notes on national politics, rail and military affairs, and local incidents.
At 1 o clock Friday morning six masked armed men robbed the Rock Island depot at McFarland Kansas. They beat two rail workers, looted the depot and the eating house, locked six employes in a refrigerator car and fled toward Topeka. A posse chased them into Paxico timber but the bandits escaped.
The state populist convention at Grand Island nominated Judge Sullivan of Columbus for supreme court justice and, by acclamation, two regents candidates Prof. William A. Jones of Hastings and Dr. E. O. Weber of Valparaiso. It endorsed the Denver manifesto and resolved that national issues are not involved in this campaign.
The Democratic state convention met late and endorsed Judge Sullivan for supreme judge by acclaim and Jones of Adams with Weber of Saunders for regents by rising vote. Sullivan declined special qualifications, affirmed independence, and promised to stay a free man on the bench. The platform condemned asset currency and supported Aldrich bill restrictions.
A blaze at midnight in the freight house of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad at Polk and Sherman streets consumed a 250 foot long two story building. Firemen could not save the structure or contents. the loss is estimated at 500000 dollars, mainly outgoing freight.
Newborn son of Mrs Grover Clove and Dame Frances is christened Francia Grover Cleveland at Bustarde Bay Massachusetts. The naming follows a family selection by the other children.
Dr George H Denny reports that the widow and children of the late Cyrus H McCormack have contributed 410000 to Washington and Lee University to support the new science hall. The donor previously gave 20000 to the university, and the gifts will be used per his wishes.
Violinist Jan Kubelik wed Countess Marianne Cxuky niece of Coloman Von Cuell former Hungarian premier in Debrecin Hungary on a Wednesday. Bishop Wolotka officiated. The couple go to Prague to visit the bridegroom’s mother and will honeymoon at Marienbad.
Lincoln officials propose a uniform ledger system for all state institutions. Chief Clerk Mickey invites bookkeepers to a September 9 meeting in Lincoln to discuss feasibility and potential changes. The proposed book includes date, claimant, voucher number, amounts, warrants, receipts, balances, and remarks. Multiple local items follow, including floods, fires, a rabies case, and various judicial and civic notes.
Butterfeld & Son stock dealers seal a five year contract to take every pound of beet pulp produced at the Norfolk sugar factory. The arrangement will feed about 2,000 more cattle each winter, kept in yards near the plant for easy transport by machine. Farmers have long used the pulp with success.
E. M. Sparhawk of Butler county near the Platte river says the current corn prospects are the best he has seen in 35 years of farming. He urges folk to hold frost off for two weeks to yield the biggest corn crop ever.
Charles Clinton of Gretna is jailed after a country dance fight with John Thomas in which Thomas reportedly had his ear bitten off. Sheriff transported Clinton from Gretna to Papillion for processing.
Charles Hedlund and three children were bitten by an apparently mad dog. Two other children, Charlies Paltzer and Al Andersons son, were also bitten. The Pitzer boy was taken to Chicago for treatment and Hedlunds family followed two days later.
On a complaint by J D Durr Fred Wilkenning living near Paul was charged with insanity. He appeared before the insanity commission and was adjudged insane and sent to the Lincoln asylum.
The state bureau of labor releases an agriculture value estimate for Nebraska crops this year. Wheat 36,681,516 dollars, oats 21,210,884 dollars, corn 86,836,538 dollars, rye 3,211,107 dollars, total 148,049,045 dollars, per capita value 125.40 dollars.
Auditor Weston was authorized to pay wolf bounty claims accruing since 1899 at $1 per scalp. Deputy Anthes has sent warrants to over 300 claimants and rejected many claims up to twenty years old. Many warrants are returning to the auditor’s office due to misrouting.
Heavy rains delayed arrivals at the South Omatia market, limiting stock but keeping Packers eager. Top steer prices reached 35.60, hogs opened slow with heavy buyers, and sheep quotations ranged for lambs yearlings and ewes with steady to firm tones overall.
Cattle markets show mixed movement with high summer activity. Western cattle steady for wintered stockers, dull for natives and quarantine cows while quarantine steers hold steady. Western fed steers around 40.04 to 40.76, Texas and Indian steers near 21.5 to 22. Also listed are native cows around 1.50 to 1.64, heifers near 0.80 to 0.84, and calves near 15.00. Sheep and lambs show lambs weak, stockers firmer, fed ewes around 2.60 to 4.00, Texas clipped sheep 24.0 to 4.00, stockers 2.25 to 95.00, hogs marked slightly lower with top around 35.50 and bulk sales 14.00 to 15.05, heavy 13.00 to 16.00.
Berlin based Christian Orient cites Teheran dispatch saying Persian Mohammedan church leaders warn the shah to expel foreign religions and British Russian influence or face revolution. They seek restoration of religious and economic conditions from a century ago. The anti foreign mood targets not Germany, as locals see no German political aim, and Turko American friendship is viewed as a goodwill sign toward Germany.
Major Morgen, colonial expert, writes in the Cologne Gazette that Germany has begun steps to seize Fernando Po from Spain and would act further when Spain is ready to dispose. He warns British possession would stab Germany and must be guarded against in future policy.
The committee of ceremonies designated October 18 1904 as Nebraska day at the World’s Fair. Chief Coburn of the live stock department returned from Des Moines where he conferred with the Iowa commission about exhibits for St Louis next year.
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