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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
1
Fear grips Springfield as two infantry regiments depart and more units loom. Negro residents protest military pullback while hundreds seek shelter in the arsenal amid rioting threats and mass exoduses by train, trolley, and road under rain and cold.
District Attorney Darrin reveals motive links in the Bayside Yacht Club shooting. Capt. Peter C. Malina Jr faces arraignment for killing advertising manager William E. B. Annis as Jenkins Hains faces potential accessories charges. Police note a May 29 auto outing and a later confrontation at Ocean Parkway. Mrs. Hains and Mrs. Annis are involved in a complex friendship.
Thirteen men were seriously injured and six possibly fatally hurt when a dynamite charge exploded Wednesday at Detroit Michigan under a drill vessel at the New Livingstone channel. The day shift began cleaning the hole before a blast and an earlier charge exploded. Among the injured is Paul Truesdale a United States government inspector from Madison Wisconsin. He is badly bruised and shaken.
Seventy men were entombed by an explosion at the Maypole mine in Wigen England. rescue crews cleared gas on Wednesday and recovered fragments of bodies near the shaft bottom. The mine remains on fire forcing suspension of work.
The retirement of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans elevates Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich, commandant of the navy yard in New York, to the head of the navy. Admiral Goodrich will retire in January.
Syracuse University treasurer James D. Phelps shot himself in a Wars Hotel room at Utica New York. He left a note saying he did not wish to live longer.
Wednesday quotations show top range beeves at 4.60 and top hogs at 6.40, reported from Sioux City live stock market activity.
Herman Eekert, cashier at Dresdner Bank in Dresden, fled after embezzling 43 260 over a long period by falsifying accounts. He ended his life by hanging Wednesday, according to reports.
The emperor of Germany contributed 24000 to the Robert Koch tuberculosis fund to help curb the disease. The news notes the funding as part of international public health efforts.
Western railroads report scant coal movement to the northwest and urge early orders to avert a repeat of the 1918-19 fuel famine. They warn a severe winter, car shortages, and low prices could strain dealers and households in Minnesota and the Dakotas if shipments stay light.
The steamer Leelanau blew up on Carp lake Michigan early Monday. One life was lost and twenty injured. Most survivors clung to wreckage or swam ashore after the blast. The vessel carried about forty passengers on a route from Leeland to Fouche Michigan. Upper works were completely blown apart.
The Parseval balloon encountered a sudden downward air current while approaching its landing site in Berlin on Monday. At about 60 feet, the gondola struck the ground with force, breaking Captain Von Krogh's left arm.
Eva Booth commander of the Salvation Army in the United States fainted after addressing about 4000 people at the Winona Lake Indiana bible convention. She was overcome by intense heat as she exited the auditorium and received assistance from bystanders and medical staff.
Lora Clark shot Minnie Boyd seriously wounding her in Springfield Missouri as Boyd drove by with Howard Testerman. Jealousy is blamed for the incident as one bullet hit Boyd’s left lung.
In a clash between white men and Negroes at Adamson Okla a mining town Harry Mineson white was killed many Negroes wounded and Deputy Sheriff Wilcox was badly beaten authorities reported.
Three firemen were killed and a fourth gravely injured when the floors of a burning building in London Ontario collapsed on them. The tragedy occurred as the fire raged, with rescuers scrambling to reach trapped crews.
President Castro blocks Brazilian minister from handling French interests in Venezuela. Foreign Minister Helena Indicated Venezuela now rejects the arrangement due to strains with France and the United States. Castro travels by gunboat Restaurador toward Barquisimeto with a British minister accompanying.
Fred Yockey vice president of Union No 44 of the Western Federation of Miners was arrested by private detectives in Randshore California on charges of conspiring to blow up the Yellow Astor mine with dynamite. A detective agency worker claims she was forced to sign false statements. Yockey says the case mirrors earlier prosecutions and alleges a union busting scheme amid a long running strike since 1903.
Thousands of tourists returning from Yaguache festivities were held at the Diran station opposite Guayquil due to no steamers to cross the river. They wrecked the Guayaquil and Quito Railway offices and looted nearby shops. Civil authorities requested troops from Guayaquil. troops arrived and order was restored after many rioters were wounded.
While John Robsik of Pittsburg pa drove home from a christening his horse ran away and overturned the carriage. Robsik found his wife had a healthy baby boy after the incident with neither mother nor child hurt.
Two sharp quakes rocked Eureka on Tuesday morning. The first at eight damaged walls of an old building with no injuries. The second at 6 45 cracked the county courthouse walls.
Mrs. Ida Spooner, a widow, gave morphine to her four children during a temporary insanity episode. One child is dead and two others are seriously ill. Spooner is conscious but irrational after attempting to shoot herself Tuesday morning.
Frank H. Hambleton, 64, former member of Hambleton & Co. in Baltimore, dies in Bad Nauheim Germany while abroad for health. He was prominent in Baltimore financial circles and aged sixty four.
The Department of Justice will investigate charges after representations by theatrical managers regarding the existence of an alleged theatrical trust.
Miss Eva Booth of the Salvation Army, who collapsed after an address in Warsaw Indiana due to heat, was reported improved on Tuesday.
Perry Martin, a wealthy stock dealer near Plattsmouth, eloped with Mrs. M W Pratt and her 3 year old daughter to Grand Forks and Winnipeg. After a quarrel he returned to Plattsmouth, reclaimed his wife, and proposed a reconciliation at home. Mrs Pratt fled again with witnesses noting revenge and imprisonment claims as the two families’ long neighbors, with the circle of local notoriety growing.
Charles Hagen aged 41 was killed by a Omaha railroad freight train about three miles south of Blair Monday morning after visiting Calhoun. He was a skilled tradesman from Denver who had lost his family in the San Francisco quake and drank to cope. His body, found with rope tied to his coat sleeves, was brought to Blair in a gunny sack.
F L Zeigier a Lincoln traveling salesman registered at Hamp ton hotel Holdrege August 12. He attempted suicide with laudanum but was saved by timely physician intervention. He cited domestic troubles and hotel bill issues as motives and promised to try again.
August Mischnick, a Cortland farmer, hired a matrimonial bureau in Indianapolis and obtained a marriage to Louise Kniess. After a troubled sequence including jail, release on bond, and flight with funds, authorities charged him with operating a marriage bureau to defraud. He and his bride were fined and sentenced.
John H. Reed, arrested at Wymore and bound over to district court on bootlegging charges, slipped away from officers at his residence. He asked to see his family, and while they waited at the front, Reed escaped through the back door.
A thief entered Chae Arnold’s barn in Herman and stole a large draft horse and a saddle from James Harrison’s barn. This marks a second horse stolen from the same location in two months.
A Monday storm with heavy rain and high winds struck Pawnee. The Redpath Chautauqua assembly tent was nearly wrecked as center poles snapped. Fred Woods lost a large barn four miles north of town, blown off its foundation and wrecked, with about 1600 dollars in damage partially insured.
In Omaha a 14 month old infant died from inhalation of carbolic acid fumes. The mother, previously confined to an asylum, was arrested after police investigated suspected poisoning. Death certificate cites carbolic acid. conflicting parental stories emerged during inquiry.
William Eaton, stepson of Henry Bert ram, was arrested after night thefts on the 12th inst. He loaded about forty hogs belonging to his stepfather and hauled them to Brunewilck to sell. He also sold fifty seven head of cattle to D. B. Clemmena, who shipped them to Omaha. The cattle were identified and recovered, the hog draft stopped, and Eaton was jailed in Ne Neht after arrest in Plainview.
The Nebraska State Historical Society aims to save the old Indian mission on a bluff above the Missouri near Walthill. Once a 1849 plague site that claimed 200 Omahas including Big Elk, the building now survives only as a wall fragment. It was erected by Rev. William Hamilton, noted missionary.
A pioneer's association for Cuming county is formed at West Point to supersede the Old Settlers' group and to organize the reunion set for August 27. The event celebrates the 1458 founding of West Point with a golden jubilee.
Burlington rail reports from Jackson in Dakota county describe a cloudburnt Saturday with many bridges washed out and crop damage. Heavy rainfall covered the district but no loss of life is known.
William Hite, the victim of a stabbing in Milford Wednesday night, remains in precarious condition and is not expected to live. The assailant, Dawson, was brought to Seward Thursday by an officer and is confined there.
Wr. C. McMannis driver of wagon 23 for Merchants' Express in Omaha was fatally crushed Friday between two freight cars in the Northwestern yards.
The board of equalization at Beat rice reduced a listed amount from £50,000 to zero? The gas company protested an assessment of $10,000 on the electric service line between Peatrice and Wymore as too low.
Inspector Grogan of the Postoffice department arrives in McCook to conduct a preliminary survey for a city free delivery system. He will assess routes and housing to ready the program once government arrangements are perfected.
Omaha was chosen to host the 1999 Eagles convention during the grand session held in Seattle Priday. The decision names Omaha as the convention site for next year with city officials and Eagle delegates in attendance.
Frank Howland of Stella returned from a two week trip to Oklahoma and was aboard a Santa Fe train wreck near Emporia Kansas on Monday noon. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized for about thirty hours.
One hundred fifty Winnebago Indians have gone to Wisconsin on an visit and pow wow. They will stay about a month.
The Chicago district shows steady improvement with fewer business failures, lower discount rates, and rising factory activity. Manufacturing demand broadens across steel, heavy hardware, and machine shops while forest products and raw materials hold firm. Outside demand strengthens, payrolls rise, and employment expands at mills and lumber yards.
Trade is steady with fair volume and crops improving, corn aided by rains and tangible gains in collections. Markets remain strong in large numbers but with caution, while iron, steel and textile sectors show slow, uneven progress and output curbs persist. Wood trades brighten as lumber prices rise and buyers stay active. U.S. failures for the week ending Aug 18 total 249 with Canada at 31.
A dense listing of commodity prices by city includes cattle hogs and sheep values for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo with grain and feed prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and clover seed. Prices are ranges reflecting market conditions.
The record notes ore t mining in 500 B C the first windmills at Bara caus the appearance of handkerchiefs in 1748 the first balloon by a French priest in 1020 and Wynkyn de Worde issuing the first music book in 1405 the Oret surname dates to the reign of Edward the Confessor.
James Selsdcraft Sherman accepted the Republican nomination for Vice President before a large Utica crowd. Senator Julius C. Burrows announced the nomination, with remarks from Secretary of State Root and local leaders. Sherman pledged support for Roosevelt era policies and the Chicago platform. The Utica event drew national figures and large attendance despite earlier rain.
The preliminary report from the commissioner of internal revenue shows cigarette shipments to the country at 50 402 326 113 units excluding small cigars. It notes liquor consumption declined while a rise occurred elsewhere. Fiscal year tax paid on spirits and tobacco yields are cited with broad totals and gains or losses in revenue.
The Highest Tower Good Advertising reports 4 746 clippings referencing the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's new tower in New York. Clippings claim 104 052 inches of paper, equaling about 1 400 828 agate notices to gauge potential advertising value costing 440 708 at current rates.
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