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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
1
Witnesses insist door at Colnwood North school was locked as 164 dead and 27 mutilated stood unidentified. Coroner subpoenas seven surviving teachers while inquest probes cause and responsibility. Fire officials confirm outward swinging doors but cannot confirm if locked.
Emery Pulver a well known Dillon society man was found fatally shot at his door early Thursday. Dr Bond notified police investigated the shooting to determine any link to the earlier holdup and assault on Henry Cahill a saloon keeper who fought off two assailants in an alley before being robbed.
A Thursday fire in the Central High School laboratory in Grand Rapids Michigan prompted a drill as 1 200 students evacuated in two and a half minutes with minimal damage despite overcrowded stairs and prior panic fears.
Rosie Stern and Olga Averbuch sister of the man killed by Chief Ship wy of Chicago freed from custody at noon Thursday after being questioned in connection with the police investigation of the attempted assassination.
Thursday quotations from the Staur City market show top cattle at 5.16 and top hogs at 4.36 dollars.
Firefighters and volunteers search the smouldering wreck at Cleveland Collinwood School. Arrangements for a large public funeral are being organized as many bodies remain unidentified.
A London special reports King Edward departed London on Thursday for Barrix for a month long holiday.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor issues a sweeping instruction directing immigration commissioners and inspectors to work with city police and secret service chiefs to identify alien anarchists and criminals. The measure emphasizes informing officials about the 1907 immigration act provisions on deportation and the definition of anarchists.
A Tennessee Supreme Court opinion written in a somnambulistic state affirmed Andrew Smith's death sentence in 1870. Chief Justice Nicholson authored the lengthy document, later recalled by Peter Turney and others, and the opinion remains a technical authority. Turney reportedly witnessed the writing and subsequent amnesia.
New York doctors report hypodermic scarlet fever serum showing success in treating scarlet fever cases amid an unusually prevalent outbreak. The board of health lists 797 cases, many within crowded foreign settlements, with tests said to resemble results seen in Germany and France.
The Southern Pacific Railway Company claim agent in Binghamton New York reached a settlement with the executor of the Aly and Mira John W. Cutler estates. It was agreed to pay 15000 for the deaths of Me and Mire Cutler killed in the Shouers' train wreck in Southern California last spring.
A deadly blaze gutted the two story Collinwood school in Cleveland on Wednesday. An overcrowded brick building with nine rooms and an attic trapped many pupils aged six to eight when a furnace fire consumed the basement and blocked exits. Fire escapes were inadequate and only a few children escaped before doors opened. About 300 pupils attended the school.
Arthur L. Callopy editor of the Western Home Journal a Catholic monthly in Denver Colo received a threatening postal card on Wednesday warning him to stop writing against the working man. He suspects the note arose from an article in his paper denouncing anarchy in all its forms.
The National Bank of Commerce Kansas City will reopen March 30 in its new Commerce Building with 6.8 million dollars in vault capital. W D Ridgeley becomes president, Edward Ridgeley cashier, and George T. Cutts first vice president as government receiver. The board includes many local men.
Nathan Vidaver of New York special deputy state attorney general was arrested by District Attorney detectives on a charge of taking 500 dollars in marked bills from William R. Montgomery, former Hamilton Bank president. Vidaver played a major role in the city banking investigation and was recently a candidate for the court of general sessions.
Judge MacFarlane directed a directed acquittal for Hartje Welshone and Hope in the Pitts bury conspiracy case ending the long running matter. The trial followed the high profile Hart divorce dispute and charged conspiracy charges were dismissed.
The United Civic League presented a petition with 1000 signatures to amend liquor rules, aiming to bar new licenses. The excise board will put the question to a vote along with a proposed cap on sales at 25 dollars, reopening hours 7 am to 7 pm, and a minimum license of 1500 dollars.
Herman Poche was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Frank Jarmer in Norfolk. The jury deliberated sixteen hours. The penalty could be one to ten years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was filed. The incident followed a May 1 1907 killing of a farmer after a debt dispute at a Norfolk resort.
Attorneys for J H Edmiston say he failed to appear in federal court in Omaha on perjury and land fraud charges. They report he traveled south for business and is now suffering a severe nervous prostration. Edmiston is expected to return next week.
Dr Evang and Dr DT Martyn are held on bonds for district court appearance to answer charges of violating the anti pass law by accepting passes from the Union Pacific. County attorney Hensley leads prosecutions, making the cases a test of the anti pass law.
A Sunday gathering under the evangelistic union launched a campaign to remove saloons from Hastings The effort asks political parties to abstain from nominations next spring to allow a license versus no license contest on the issue.
Consolation for stall boy found in juvenile court at Omaha Monday morning when the truancy law was temporarily suspended due to an order requiring schoolchildren vaccination. Several cases arose but none of the truants had been vaccinated so the judge could not order a return to school.
Richard Jordan, superintendent at Omaha, ordered thirty carloads of fence posts from the Chicago Lumber company. Posts, won via competitive bids, will be shipped to the Rosebud Indian agency for fencing on the reservation lands.
Nicholas Scheidegger, an early settler of southeastern Nebraska, died at the family home several miles southwest of Humboldt from paresis after months of suffering. Born in Herne Switzerland, he lived in this country for many years and was in his 70th year.
A Birr Pour freight train exploded ten miles from Litchfield while at full speed. Two men were fatally injured and the train wrecked with several cars burning. Authorities say a cargo of powder detonated after the crash.
Henry Wolf of Winchu Wie was found guilty of murder in the third degree for killing his wife during an insane frenzy on January 18 1907. The defendant allegedly strangled and dashed away, claiming insanity as his defense.
Eleatric lights for Oxford proposed by Mr Sturdevant andhicage ecapital ist have made application to the city council for fibewebilee to install an electric system in the city. The proposition is expected to come before the city board at the next meeting.
An old report notes a telegraph office in Loulsland will close on a Wednesday with several unsatisfied connections and disrupted service. Officials cited obsolescence and service reduction as the reason for the shutdown.
Nashville Ghattanooga and St Louis Railroad announces on Wednesday it will not reduce salaries for workers earning over £50 a month while others see unchanged pay. The move reflects a wage policy shift affecting higher earners and confirms stable rates for the remainder of staff.
An official selected to succeed Harlow in the public printing office appoints Wo B.teowdter from New York. The appointment follows years of service by chief clerk Sutin of Massehiette.
The Prenoh cabinet formally approves sending 4,000 additional soldiers to Macroees to continue the expressive policy of government by the people and the Macroees policy.
City council of Kearney prepared to vote on a measure urged by the Anti Saloon League. The proposal sought permission to submit the petition for a local option liquor question. The mayor led opposition and the council voted against the league.
A man, Grover C. Hohen of Malfoy, disappeared after being swept from Lua Island Bridge into the river. Authorities believe a fourth person was involved but details are unclear.
Bank bandits cracked the Mt Crab bank in Mt Crab Ohio on Wednesday, securing about $4000 before making their escape. A Cincinnati man contributed to the haul with a $3000 share, according to early reports.
Pa pnillion bank president Hal Smallpox and J.D. Clarke contract smallpox with others exposed. The city has quarantined the area and efforts are underway to curb spread while the bank staff isolate.
Mrs C K Hotline of Banerett committed suicide Monday after the daughter, Sire W. oF. Préwer, was downtown shopping. Mrs Robinson leaves two daughters and one son.
Burlington completes a new telephone line stretching from Lincoln to Wy for company use. The final connections were completed Saturday, marking a milestone in regional communications.
Charles Ford and John Kuhl, serving ninety days each for resisting an officer, escaped from Beatrice county jail Saturday. Officers fired three shots. Kuhl was captured nearby, Ford later found in Glenover. Ford had prior sentences for revolver possession and Kuhl for aiding theft of lannobes and whips.
Mrs Lorma Cassidey, daughter of J G Werner of Boston, attempted suicide twice in one week in Omaha. She drank laudanum and tried to swallow prussic acid but survived. Once heiress disinherited after marriage to Bernard Cosrvy, she sought divorce and later worked as a domestic amid financial strain.
Three time felon Hoche testified in Madison on the murder charge. He described a struggle over money, saying he lent 840 dollars to Jarmer at a farmer saloon and took it to loan to Jarmer the next day. He claimed Jarmer attacked him, woke to find money missing, and that he shot in self defense.
County Attorney Moore pressed perjury charges against W R Parton of Tecumseh for bank failure testimony. trial hung. A related case against FLA Taylor, bank vice president, resulted in a not guilty verdict.
The plant machinery from the Arac vtived Nebraoka City site will be moved to a town to be named Ar xo in Marshall County. Corn Product company lays out Dliners for the town with a $6,000,000 allocated for the plant and town development, modeled after the Hememer Steel project.
Janes Dible received a preliminary hearing at Beatrice on the robbery of Thomas Martin involving 75 dollars from the highway. Judge Spafford bound him to the district court in default of 2000 dollars bond, remanded to county jail.
The AnH-Fotoon statue license proposal faces postponement as the Kearney council contemplates delaying any license decision to Monday night. Opposition is expected and a referendum may be triggered if 16 percent of voters demand it.
Two men entered a clothing store Friday and attempted theft. They fled. Officer Pahn arrested one suspect later. Police say the pair are part of an organized gang operating in the area.
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A train or wagon accident near Mun de v' thoy involved a vehicle derailing and striking a rear wagon. Two people were wounded, one seriously, and all parties were transported to Parbury in an precarious condition.
The Wayne Commercial Club aims to raise forty thousand dollars for a new high school building, signaling plans to secure a brighter future for the community.
Commandant Hoyt of the soldiers home at Grand Island tells Lincoln officials there will be no deficiency in the maintenance fund or most other funds except the burial fund. He notes receipts and anticipated light March expenses, with coal groceries and clothing on hand. Meanwhile Auditor Ryder says fire escapes will be enforced. Brown County votes to issue bonds for a county high school. reports on railroad property under the terminal tax law are filed. The state board approves quarterly estimates for institutions.
A catastrophic blaze at Lakeview Public School in North Collinwood Cleveland destroys the brick building. Fire traps hundreds of children on the third floor. at least 120 are reported dead and many more injured as panicked exits fail. Parents rush to the scene as rescue efforts continue.
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