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Newspaper
Norfolk Weekly News Journal
Location
Norfolk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
1
The discount rate is reduced again to 3 percent, marking the fourth cut this year. Financial circles feel relief as business conditions improve and market sentiment brightens nationwide amid continued steps to restore normalcy.
Washington March 19 The high court heard the Nebraska versus Burlington case a marquee dispute on state rail rate power and enforcement wondering if state courts or federal judges handle it The state claims sovereign authority to enforce its rates and laws while federal officials argue the railway commission acts as party and can remove to federal court The railroad counters that states regulate only intra state commerce and federal jurisdiction applies to diverse parties
Lincoln March 19 Governor Sheldon will depart for Washington next Sunday to seek federal aid to quarantine Nebraska counties against cattle diseases. He aims to operate a county based quarantine rather than a statewide order, opposing federal regulations. The state lacks funds to enforce any quarantine.
Fremont Neb March 19 William Y Allen former United States senator was in Fremont and said he would not attend the Populist national convention though he is a delegate because he plans to support W J Bryan He said Bryan and Taft will likely be the candidates and that Taft would be stronger than Roosevelt.
French car No. 3 broke down three miles west of Carroll Iowa and was hauled back to Carroll. Defects were deemed too serious to fix on site so it was placed on a freight train and billed through to the Pacific coast, its drivers concluding that was the only route to reach it.
John Evang of Neosho was killed and George Ryan of Norwood badly wounded when an unknown intruder boarded a St. Louis and San Francisco boxcar at Springfield. The thief demanded the cash carried by the men and opened fire when resisted, escaping at Peirce City.
A dynamite blast under a derrick car rocked Buena Park in Chicago on an evening in the northern city area. Windows shattered and iron fragments flew for hundreds of feet. one person is reported injured. Officials say the blast may be linked to labor trouble.
Leck Allen died from injuries sustained in a boxing match with professional rival Young Rhodes before the Eagles. The bout ended when Allen collapsed unconscious in the fifth round and was carried from the ring. Rhodes was arrested by police and peace officers at the scene.
Governor Curtin Guild, ill for two weeks, is in critical condition in Boston. His physician requested two additional doctors for consultation as his health worsened.
Doa Moines on March II Palmer Burne defeated Marty Bransfeld in a wrestling bout, taking the fall in fourteen minutes and twenty five for the second. Burne had a tough match with Bransfeld throughout the contest.
John Hamblin who murdered Hwebel Engle at Grand Island last summer will not be hanged Supreme Court commutes his death sentence to life imprisonment in a Nebraska case reported from Lincoln.
District court convenes with Judge Harrington. eight criminal and fifty seven civil cases to clear, extending into next week. The youngest Erickson boy dies of scarlet fever after a one day illness. Local caucus nominates Geo Tracewell Joe Yeast and Chas Anderson for town board on dry ticket. Citizens party backs Bar ker Compton and Jackson for terms, race seen as heated with saloon issue uncertain.
Robert N. Harper resigned as president of the American National Bank of Washington after his conviction for violating the pure food and drug law. President Roosevelt urged the district attorney to seek a jail sentence.
Rapid City South Dakota March 19 the railroad commission orders freight rate cuts for shipments west of the Missouri river and begins work on a new tariff to reflect the reduction.
In Lakewood New Jersey on March 19 Grover Cleveland former president celebrated his seventy first birthday with a quiet family gathering. He reported better health than in some time and enjoyed the intimate affair with home circle members and close friends.
The article argues that bird songs serve rivals and mates differently. It notes females often ignore mate singing during courtship, while males sing to deter rivals and later to secure a mate. It describes mating dynamics and calls as part of avian passion and partnership.
A witty observation on weather shifts contrasts four seasons with vaudeville acts, attributed to the Louisville Courier Journal. The quip frames nature as lively and unpredictable, playing on stage-like seasonal changes.
A child exclaims to her mother that a pair of furs resembles hers and that they are filled with kittens. The exchange captures a playful schoolroom moment about mistaken identity and pets.
A largely attended Neligh meeting organized the Law and Order League to run in the spring election on April 7. Wim Campbell chaired. resolutions urged strict enforcement of laws and abolition of saloons pool halls and gambling. Nominees for city offices were named with over sixty six voters present. A sa loon caucus was expected before Saturday night.
The Blackwell's Island cantilever bridge linking New York and Long Island ends was crossed by pedestrians for the first time. Alderman Timothy Sullivan led a Mayor McClellan delegation across a top foot bridge, celebrating with champagne and a flag salute. Construction began in 1901. the structure will be the world’s largest cantilever bridge, double decked and 8 449 feet long.
Refugees from the late insurrection in Haiti are to be evacuated unmolested. The French cruiser D Estrees will board revolutionsists in the French, German and Spanish consulates at Gonaives St Mare and Porta Paix and take them to St Thomas. No disturbances were seen as warships guarded the harbor easing foreign fears.
Lieutenant General Smyrnoff was probably fatally wounded in a pistol duel with Lieutenant General Fock in St Petersburg. They faced at close range in the Chevalier Guard riding school over a memorandum about Port Arthur that questioned Fock’s courage.
Des Moines reports an imminent coal famine with every Iowa mine slated to close on April 1. Dealers expect at least a month of shutdown, as coal is stockpiled by firms and factories brace for reduced supply.
Dozens of newsboys attempted a second storming of a Chicago streetcar system on Wabash Avenue as guards on the cars repel entrants. Three youths were arrested after clashes with company staff and pushing matches along the Madison Street line.
Fannie Ritchie and Harry McCuen are arrested in Denison Texas after Ritchie accuses McCuen of murdering five people last August at Anne Bailey's resort where a fire killed Lillian Raye Vergle Wallace Sadie Ward and Walter Ward. Three women and one man allegedly received knockout drops to aid the plot. A negro porter allegedly started the fire to hide the crime. Cherokee offices closed as Illinois Central reorganization moves Cherokee division to Fort Dodge with Omaha division, under retrenchment plans.
J E Boeck a New York jewelry buyer wanted in San Francisco for pearls and diamonds valued at 165000 was arrested as he left a McAllister street saloon. He had desk space in Marcellus Pitt on Broadway and vanished last May.
The last of four tunnels for the Pennsylvania road under the East River was completed. Two shields met from opposite sides and the tun nel gangs removed the remaining wall of earth and shook hands.
George Griswold Haven of New York president and managing director of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate company and a longtime banker and director died at his home after an operation for an organic malady. He was born in 1837.
In Ann Arbor on March 19 two University of Michigan students were arrested for stealing a cuspidor from the Cook hotel. They were charged with being drunk and disorderly after the hotel declined to press larceny charges. They pleaded guilty and were fined ten dollars and five dollars twenty cents in costs.
Adrian Michigan on March 19 a man named Johno Bantiaca of Stone City Ta jumped through a Wabash passenger coach window as the train neared here. Section men found him nearly dead from injuries and he said he leaped to escape enemies pursuing him.
The government reports that the crew of the Baleine, a French fishing vessel, were captured by Moroccans after landing near Cape Juby. A rescue attempt will be made to recover the sailors.
Iowa Republicans elected four delegates-at-large to the national convention and endorsed Taft. The convention favored William B. Allison for the Senate and adopted an Ohio tariff revision plank. Delegates named: Perkins, Young, Lane, Simmons. alternates Heimsheimer, Lake, Bealer, Spahr. Byers presided. Saumders was permanent chair.
Miss Helen Daenzer, who ran a Brooklyn embroidery school, shot herself in a telephone booth after summoning an acquaintance to assist. The revolver shots and her death groans were heard by the caller, who reached the address as she died.
Delegations from several counties gathered in Guthrie Oklahoma on March 19 for a state Populist convention. They elected fourteen delegates to St Louis as uninstructed. FW Jacobs, chairman of the Oklahoma Populist committee, is a candidate for the presidential nomination.
The March 18 bulletin reports Nebraska will have fair weather tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight and on the east portion. Temperature trends and barometric readings accompany the forecast from the Chicago station of the U S Weather Bureau.
Judge Fremont Wood in Caldwell Idaho recommends commuting the death sentence of Harry Orchard to life imprisonment after Orchard testified to the murders linked to ex Governor Frank Steunenberg case. Wood praises Orchard's truthfulness and sets execution for May 15, while noting ongoing prosecutions for related Idaho crimes.
Washington March 19 report details a labor conference opening focus on memorials protesting congressional inaction on organized labor reforms. Delegates discuss amending the Sherman anti trust law to curb injunctions, with unions seeking relief and possible limits on boycotts.
The United Mine Workers national convention moved its next meeting from St. Louis to Indianapolis and heard a unanimous scale committee report recommending yearly settlements with operators by districts. The minimum demand is the present wage scale, with local differences to be resolved by district conferences.
Washington reports General de bate spoke for over four hours on the pension appropriation bill with broad topics including politics trusts and the president's message. The House adjourned to honor late Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland. The Senate met briefly and also adjourned for Whyte.
Gregory Gerschunin, a Russian terrorist, died in a Geneva hospital from consumption after years of imprisonment. His health had been undermined by long-term confinement, yet he remained active against the Russian government until a final breakdown.
The old warship Monongahela burned to the water’s edge at her station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as reported from Washington on March 19.
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