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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
1
A lengthy Bryan demonstration dominated the afternoon session as the national Democratic Convention adjourned committees for report. Senator T. P. Gore from Oklahoma urged Bryan’s name and addressed the crowd for about eighty minutes before order was restored and a late recess called.
New York police plan a decisive strike against the Black Hand gang with leaders lieutenants and agents believed arrested after Monday night raids. Lieut Petrosino says several east side saloonkeepers ex convicts tied to the gang helped plan bombings and kidnappings, but proof remains difficult. Police expect to round up the remaining leaders and agents based on new information obtained.
Police Commissioner Bingham reports 1814 felony arrests and 1591 misdemeanors in three months with 608 felons convicted and 904 misdemeanants. Suspicious-person arrests total 710. Youth crime climbs with 2890 children under 16 arrested this year versus 1725 last year and 6133 youths aged 16 to 20 so far this year.
Glada Galli wife of Paul Roy refuses to travel to France provoking the Paris magistrate to announce plans to have her thoroughly examined in an American court on points raised by her husband in declarations given in Paris.
The Republican National Committee executive committee met in Hot Springs Virginia and elected Frank Hitchcock as chairman of the national committee.
A fire at College Point IL destroyed two hotels and twenty cottages at a summer resort on Wednesday. No lives were lost. The estimated damage stands at $200,000.
Wednesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market show top beeves at 6.10 dollars and top hogs at 6.20 dollars.
Loot valued at 25000 dollars secured by safe Browers who drilled through a twenty inch brick wall into the Diamond Point Pen company offices in New York and shattered two safes with dynamite. Police have no clues to the robbers.
Anxiety rises in Tokyo as residents await the results of the democratic nae tong convention in America. Officials urge calm while political observers watch developments closely.
The Democratic National Convention began in Denver with a large crowd and a dramatic opening. Theodore A. Bell delivered the keynote as factions form around Bryan for president and Gray for vice president, while opposition to Bryan seeks a united front. The two-day delay for nominating a candidate looms as delegates organize.
Madame Anna Gould and Prince Helle de Sagan were married Tuesday at the registry office in London. A second ceremony followed at the French Protestant church on Soho Square, conducted discreetly with a small group and watching crowd.
Miss Mayme Baker is dead and Charles C. Ingle is mortally wounded after a shooting at the girl's home in Vincennes Indiana. Mrs Youngblood Ella a cousin says Ingle seized Baker and threatened her leading to the fatal event.
Bishop Henry Potter shows signs of recovery after a severe liver and stomach illness. Despite extreme heat on Tuesday, his condition improved as the critical phase passed, giving hope for a full recovery.
Reports from Managua say ex Senator Bonilla backers have begun a revolt in Honduras. Time notes May be aided by Guatemalan and Salvadoran sympathizers.
Little Falls officials report tax collector and school fund custodian Wm. H. Sherman is missing after a shortage of 8000 dollars is revealed in an examination of his accounts. He disappeared about a week ago.
High temperatures and humidity made Sunday extremely exhausting with four heat related deaths and nine heat prostrations reported in New York.
Martin Rucker of Carnell Indiana left a hospital in By gin HL and collapsed to death in a railway accident in Aurora. The event followed an alleged cure and prompted investigations into the hospital and transport conditions.
The Democratic National Committee quickly settled most contests in a Monday session, preserving credentials for 76 seats from Illinois New York Pennsylvania Idaho and the District of Columbia. Roger Sullivan won 20 Cook county seats. Tom Johnson secured Ohio District wins. Johnson and Flaherty were seated while Rockwell delegates were displaced. The Ninth Ohio contest favored the Garber faction over T Johnson despite protests.
A farm wagon carrying the families of Joseph Oller and Peter Kuehner collided with an electric car near Watts ten miles from Los Angeles. Four children and two fathers died. six others were injured. The wagon occupants were crossing toward the tracks when the car struck. Mrs. Kuehner escaped with minor injuries after leaping clear.
A major blaze at Port au Prince Haiti Saturday afternoon swept through the area near the prince and senate buildings. Four hundred structures burned including the courthouse and prison with prisoners moved to safety. The arsenal and powder stores exploded as flames and high winds fueled the disaster, causing panic before subsiding as explosions continued.
Floods after a five inch rain swamped Lincoln Nebraska causing multiple deaths and widespread destruction. Residents fled to public buildings and private homes while rescue teams battled to reach trapped families. Authorities urged aid as gas and electric services failed and parlous conditions persisted.
Five members of the Doyle family, John, his wife, and three children, drowned when a cloudburst floods the Nemaha river at Unadilla. The house was swept from its foundation, Doyle escaped briefly then fell from a bridge into the torrent.
Sixity head of yearling cattle stolen from W. H. Bowman Madding ranch five miles northwest of Heathen. The herd of 900 has been fed for months and valued at 3000. Officers and bloodhounds deployed to track thieves, suspected to have acted since last Saturday.
A large bat swooped into a Haddon Heights trolley as it entered Camden. Passengers screamed and tried to force windows open to chase the bat away.
A Monday storm at Culbertson brought two inches of rain and strong winds that damaged windmills and roofs. The front of Hill and Farenbruch’s hardware store was blown in and several buildings lost roofing. No injuries reported.
The War Department orders Cal Schuyler commanding Port Huachuca to render all possible aid in extinguishing a serious fire raging on Huachuca Mountain in the Gila forests of southern Arizona.
A dispute in the Eleventh Nebraska district mirrors a rotation rule among Madison Stanton Pierce and Wayne counties. Randall of Madison seeks a second term while Appleby backed by Stanton Republicans presses that Stanton should hold the seat, citing longstanding rotation and past parity.
At Walthill Nebraska a week's Indian carnival drew hundreds from across towns and states. White businessmen organized the event for the Winnebago and Omaha tribes, preserving customary races and contests while introducing ball games for the many white spectators.
A man survived a Wednesday morning attack that cut his throat from ear to ear and left the room bloodied. The victim, a cabinet maker, identified by a pencil as his own name and trade, was hospitalized as police surgeons investigated the case.
Salt brought against NPRESS COMPANIES to collect pen titles for failing to file reports with the state railway commission. In county court Friday the defendants Adama American and United States paid fines totaling 41 014 with costs. The civil action sought penalties for not filing required reports.
At a Saturday game between Oxford and Edison a grandstand fell injuring five spectators. Ruth Buderh, a young woman, suffered two broken legs and back injuries. Hoy Wilson and Curtin were among others hurt with hip and other injuries reported.
Residents of Smartville, Johnson County, petitioned to rename the village to St Mary. The court granted the change and the Post Office Department acknowledged the new name, but the Burlington railroad company objects and continues to use Smartville.
Mrs. Atile M. Heaton shot and killed her divorced husband Clint M. Heaton in his restaurant in Tola Kansas shortly after midnight Monday. She then tried to shoot Mrs. Ejia Gill, reportedly the woman Heaton was engaged to.
McIntosh and Okmulgee County sheriffs went to Old Hicktory grounds near Henrietta to investigate the Snake Indian uprising but were driven off by about thirty armed Indians and Negroes.
Elmer M. Thayer of Hardwick Massachusetts dies from complications tied to grief over not finding a suitable wife. The wealthy Grand Army man faced social pressure and unfulfilled marriage prospects in his final days.
The ship from Honolulu with Secretary of the Interior Garfeld aboard has arrived in San Francisco and anchored in the bay awaiting further instructions.
A murder suspect, Jovan Kotlich, wanted for killing a fellow laborer named Doodle on the Lane Cutoff near Omaha last March, has been captured in Gary Indiana. The arrest closes a lengthy manhunt and advances the case for prosecution.
The W. B. Weekes grain elevator at Scotia was hit by lightning Sunday night. Insurance coverage of 15,000 was noted with a loss of 6,000.
Emile Sandove a Pine Creek farmer seventeen miles south of Rushville was killed by Malph Neuman who came from Kansas. The murder arose from a dispute over a claim, police report shows.
A disturbance at Alliance involves a crowbar passed through a window and several people exiting with excitement. Local authorities rushed to the scene with multiple bystanders present.
A brakeman on the engine piloting Burlington freight No 78 grabbed 2 year old Violetta daughter of 4d Kirk of the Kirk Carnival company as she wandered onto the tracks at Tastlyea. He reached from the pilot and pulled the infant free before the wheels passed.
Victim of Tufle Elworth, son of B. E. Ball of Louisville, was accidentally shot with a 22 caliber rifle Saturday evening.
Within days Omaha banks holding government deposits will transfer funds to the U S treasury. The total range anticipated is 250 000 to 600 000 as part of securing the 45 000 000 needed before July 15.
An island region hunter, Wallace Bu chana, was wounded during a hunt when struck by a bolt from a disease discharge device. Police, medical responders, and local authorities investigated the incident at the scene.
The Chicago Tribune tallies the nation’s July Fourth toll, reporting forty eight killed and 1,899 maimed or burned by fireworks. Cities listed include Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston and Milwaukee among others.
July Fourth dispatches recount a naval action near San Domingo and a costly Fourth of July. Reports describe casualties including one killed and two wounded, with morgues filling and hospitals strained. The day is tied to Sampson’s victory and a decade of patriotic sacrifice for American safety and home life.
General William Warner, United States Senator from Missouri and veteran Grand Army of the Republic member, serves as a key organizer for the Taft presidential bid. He promotes the campaign with energetic backing and strategic advice.
General Warner, a prominent figure in Civil War history and long time political activist, has served in the lower House of Congress, as Mayor of Kansas City, and as district attorney for Missouri's western district. He has attended six national conventions, ran for Governor in 1892, and was National Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army. He also was the first Department Commander of Missouri and remains a Kansas City lawyer.
Professor Binsky Korsakoff, a noted composer, is reported dead. Frederick A. Hyde and Joost Felineider were found guilty of fraud in Washington. Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh sent $5000 to Johns Hopkins Baltimore for treatment of the sane.
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