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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
3
BaoK Savage receives a lengthy stay of more than twelve months, delaying further action in the case without removing accumulated interest. The order preserves existing terms while suspending enforcement.
Reports from the county indicate William Rhea faced a possible execution in April 1903 as Governor deliberates a reprieve to avoid capital punishment. Debate centers on legislative action, executive power, and whether new laws could alter Rhea’s fate under existing capital punishment statutes.
In Dodge, April 24, residents react to Governor Savage granting a respite for William Rhea, the Fremont killer. Public opinion splits, with strong anger over perceived leniency and calls for harsher punishment, while some support the governor’s decision as justice tempered by mercy.
Bulletin from The Hague reports Queen Wilhelmina's condition steady with quiet morning hours and improving nourishment. Doctors say the patient remains stable though appetite is still reported as unusual.
A Utah and Baldwin represented James Doyk mining case against Colorado defendants. The court awarded a verdict of 700000 dollars with A W assisting in securing 500000 dollars for the plaintiff.
Mississippi Senator H D Money says he faced a conductor on a city streetcar and was forced off after a struggle to obtain a transfer. He reports a severe heart blow and a cut hand by the conductor, with a passenger assisting. no charges filed and Money resumed duties at the Capitol.
King Leopold answers the chamber of commerce petition with a conciliatory noncommittal tone. He states the government is carefully considering the situation and will loyally uphold the constitution while pursuing the policy best for the country’s welfare and stability.
Prices for potatoes surged to 8 1 2 a bushel in Chicago wholesale trading yesterday, up 13 cents since Saturday and the highest since last August when the commodity traded at 1 25. Supplies are tight as old crop nears depletion and new crop prices show early movement in markets.
The court martial of General Smith begins in Manila. The proceedings include admission of orders to kill and burn and deny none of the charges. The case centers on alleged war crimes.
Western Nebraska Educational respiration will be in session at Oga Alla this week. Fire at Plattsmouth destroyed the former residence of S. P. Holloway now living at Lead. The loss is about $3,000 with $1,000 insurance. A farmer near Brownville lost a mule that was found alive in a hole after three weeks without food or water.
Gen. Jacob H. Smith faces court-martial on conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline in Samar. Presiding is Gen. Lloyd Wheaton. Defense counsel Woodruff seeks to simplify proceedings and may admit Smith gave orders to kill and burn. Witnesses Porter and Day testified. Maj. Waller’s illness delays his appearance. defense to call Ninth Infantry officers. Acquittal had already occurred for Waller and Day on related charges.
J Sterling Morton dies at his son's Lake Forest home after a short illness. the obituary notes his long public service and mentions the hometown and family connection. funeral arrangements are to be announced locally.
A large acreage of sugar beets will be planted around Trenton this season and, if the venture succeeds, a sugar factory will be built at Culbertson next fall.
Nebraska City mourns the death of J Sterling Morton at Lake Forest Illinois at age seventy his sons Joy Paul and Mark Morton of Chicago carry on the family factories including cereal mills starch works and packing house Arbor Day founder wife planted Arbor Lodge and trees Morton park donated for the city funeral planned Wednesday afternoon with factories and businesses closing in respect Survivors include three sons and his wife predeceased him
Sophha Riesbeck, a young woman from a farm near McCook, was sent to Lincoln asylum by Sheriff Crabtree, marking the fifth person removed from the county in just over a month.
The male population in Nebraska surpasses the female, and sympathetic local efforts aim to bring matrimonial inclined women from eastern states to the region.
The grain firm of Kyd & Co. at Beatrice sold nine elevators along the Burlington road in southern Nebraska to Central Grains Company of Lincoln for 40000 dollars in cash.
The Plattsmouth Independent Telephone company is building an exchange at Weeping Water. Over 100 telephones are already subscribed and plans call for 300 connections in the area.
Fred Bebbe, a deserter from Company F Twenty-eighth Infantry, surrendered to Sheriff Cummings at Tecumseh. He will be sent to Fort Crook authorities. His unit is stationed at Fort Wright Washington.
Advices from Wu Chou dated April 21 report a bloody battle in progress between imperial forces marching to Nan Ning and a large rebel contingent. The imperial army used two Maxims and two 12 pounders to assault the Wu Chang hills encampment, scattering the rebels and capturing their leader Hung Yung Seng who was wounded. Rebels then seized two Nan Ning outskirts villages and set up headquarters there.
H. H. Darner and W. C. Heaston of Blue Springs win the contract to build thirty six miles of telephone lines for the Gage County Independent Telephone Company. Work to be completed by June 1.
Thomas Schlegel and his wife, both aged, were severely hurt in Plattsmouth when their team became frightened and bolted. Mrs Schlegel suffered a fractured collar bone and her husband was badly injured internally with fears he may die.
Fifty people were injured when an axle broke on a Walhamstow bound Great Eastern train named the Three Penny train near Hackney Downs. The car jumped the rails and crashed into the bridge, with two following coaches also wrecked. Injured passengers were taken to Dalston hospital.
The Farmers Elevator company of Blue Springs, 125 substantial Gage county farmers, with strong capital, purchased an elevator on the Union Pacific line at Blue Springs from the Nebraska Elevator company of Lincoln to ship their grain to markets.
State Superintendent Fowler and County Superintendent O Connell issue letters of information for a joint six week summer normal starting June 2 at Culbertson. About four hundred teachers from Hitchcock Chase Hayes and Red Willow counties are expected. Noted educators will teach. speakers include E Benjamin Andrews Dean Fordyce T W Verse E N Allen A C Shalenger and W E Andrews.
The Hague April 26 bulletin from Castle Loo says the Queen slept at intervals through the night. Her fever remains consistent with a illness in its third week, following its regular course. The afternoon update was non-committal, noting no special remarks on her condition.
New York Health Department seized cheap baking powder sold in stores. Chemist found it mainly alum and pulverized rock. Thousands of pounds were destroyed at the offal dock as unsafe to health. High quality cream of tartar powders are the safe economical choice.
Washinon April 26 Senator Money of Mississippi was placed in custody on information filed by Arthur B Shaner a street car conductor who charged the senator with assaulting him during the disturbance on Shaner's car yesterday. Senator Money Conductor Shaner and Foreman Hooper of the fire department who assisted the conductor yesterday appeared in the police court and their trial was set for next Thursday morning.
Henry Schaub, a Newark barber described as dissipated, was hanged for the murder of his wife and child. The execution occurred at 10:10 this morning after his wife planned to leave him, and he killed them in response to her decision. He attempted suicide with a throat cut but failed to die from the wound.
Andrew W. Lyons, once an acrobat, sues E W Crellin in San Francisco for 850000 claiming alienation of his wife Camille d Arville Crellin. Lyons says he was Mrs Crellin’s former husband and that she divorced him in Chicago in 1890 with Lyons unaware. Mrs Crellin is performing in vaudeville in Brooklyn.
In St Louis on April 28 latest developments show the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe has purchased the St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado line once owned by ex Governor D R Francis and John Scullion of St Louis This secures Santa Fe world fair site links and adds an OtSt Louis line to Aransas City and likely to Chieten via the Chicago Peoria and St Louis route
A New York Sun analysis notes that life insurers now rarely exclude occupations except submarine divers, who are deemed too hazardous. Other risky roles risk-adjusted terms, substandard policies, and lien clauses, with some aging workers still accepted at higher rates.
A man lacking clean cuffs creates improvised ones from Bristol board drawing paper after his trunk missed the move. He cuts, holes, and stitches the paper cuffs to fit, concealing the ruse while hoping no one notices the improvised wardrobe fix.
A clipped, unclear passage notes a man glad to escape a pursuer and to keep his edge. It mentions an eye like Argus and hints at resourcefulness when necessary, with garbled phrasing and stray references.
Washington Star reports a claim that an $11,000,000 silver dollar shipment from New Orleans to Washington was the largest money haul carried by a single vessel. It details the Swatara and Yant transports, guard details, and a four day voyage.
The piece catalogs common errors in quoting poets and playwrights across eras. It cites Gray James Shakespeare Merchant of Venice Miltons Lycidas Prior and others, noting frequent distortions of famous lines and misrendered phrases.
A Spanish journal obituary notes jeweler Siebald Illimaga died, his widow Veronique and two daughters Hild and Emma mourn his passing and announce the funeral tomorrow. The business will relocate from 3 Lessie de Let to 4 Rue de Missionaire due to rent hikes.
Fragmentary note from a Baltimore American page questions why a maiden laughs loudly at a poor joke, suggesting she simulates glee because her teeth are pretty. The fragment mentions Philadelphia bulletins and awkward typography. The text is garbled and references people and places without clear context.
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