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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
7
Lincoln lawmakers push HH 1 28 to curb railroad ticket fraud with penalties. other items note fire damage in Scotts Bluff Albion depot loss and a soldiers monument planned for York. Local crimes involve John Blair arrest for statutory assault with 16 year old Bula Thompson.
Lincoln, Nebraska reports a renewed push to spare the life of a youth identified as Rhea, slated for hanging on July 10. Attorney William V. Menzies arrived to marshal support, citing the boy’s uncertain past and distress of his parents, who are prominent in an Indian town.
The Nebraska labor bureau plans to distribute schedules to manufacturers statewide to gather detailed business information for the upcoming biennial report. A circular letter seeks cooperation, stressing pride in industry and goals to attract men and capital by showing the state’s industrial advancement and resources.
Ashland mill owner James H. Snell of the Jewel roller mills reports shipping four cars of wheat flour this year to Great Britain. The latest car was billed to Glasgow Scotland and over the past year seventeen cars have been sold for export outside the United States.
Mrs. J. N. Verbst withdrew $200 in ten dollar bills from a Falls City bank and, after a high wind opened her pocket book, the cash blew away. She recovered $70 remaining, with the rest lost.
Kimball boy Young Hickenkemper was accidentally shot at the Bennett live stock ranch. A revolver bullet shattered his watch and lodged in his stomach. The doctor has little hope for his recovery.
George Barker of eight miles northwest of town was discing a field when an unseen object appeared before the implement. He kicked it aside and fell underneath, suffering serious injuries including severed toes on the left foot, a crushed right ankle, and a deep gash on the right thigh.
Bloodhounds from Beatrice tracked to a barn owned by Philip Meisinger where horses were stolen the night before. Rain prevented a track. next morning the horses were found in the southern part of Plattsmouth. Officers believe the animals were secreted in timber and wandered away.
Washington reports say Russia may have abandoned or postponed any coup in Manchuria while China’s ministers including Conger Townley and Uchida meet Grand Secretary Ching. A lengthy text on concessions and Mongolian administration prompts concern over land leases and port openings.
The report shows cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with active demand in a fluctuating week. Cattle steady to strong on cornfed steers, cows and calves steady, feeders limited. hogs weak to lower, prices about 6.85 to 6.99 for main lots. sheep varied with multiple price tiers for lambs, yearlings, wethers, and ewes across western stock markets.
The Earl of Yarmouth and Miss Alice Thaw wed at Calvary Church Pittsburgh on April 27 with lavish decor. The bride wore ivory satin and orchids. Josiah C. Thaw gave her away. the couple left for a brief honeymoon before sailing.
Cattle market shows steady ranges with native and western cattle, steers and cows priced from around 1.59 to 5.10 per unit, stockers and feeders up to 5.00, bulls to 5.90, calves 38.00 to 70. Sheep and hogs move higher with lambs at about 4.80 to 7.00 and hogs trading around 5.75 to 6.90 in bulk and for packers.
Senator Aldrich hosts a private finance committee confab at Hot Springs Virginia with Senators Allison Platt and Spooner to draft a financial bill. The talks, unofficial, aim to mirror last session's deposit bill. They expect to meet ten days to two weeks starting Monday.
A Chicago joint session of eastern and western railroads and lake lines cut grain transport charges to 2 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to the seaboard effective May 11. Officials say commercial conditions drove the change, despite earlier Commission pressure. Twin Cities mills expected to resume full production.
SOLNGEN Germany The United States Consul tandger was fined 30 marks by a local court for disorderly conduct as a courtroom witness. He protested as a U S official but the judge also sentenced him to three days in jail for continued disorderly behavior.
President Roosevelt was hosted to a cowman's breakfast in Hugo Colorado as a mess tent stood by the track. Breakfast was eaten standing before the president shook hands with guests. The train departed amid cow boy yells from the gathering.
Constantinople is under a state of siege as outrages similar to yesterday's events may be attempted in the capital and other areas. The Macedonian committee's attacks on foreign property aim to provoke foreign intervention. There is fear of massacres of Macedonians and Bulgarians by Mussulmans in a dangerous mood.
In Montreal the city council rescinded a resolution from April 1902 that accepted Andrew Carnegie's offer of 159000 dollars for a library building.
Naples reports an Italian naval division has been ordered to sail immediately for Salonica. The move signals heightened wartime mobilization as units depart for the eastern theater.
Washington treasury department purchased 65 000 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage at 54 percent of a dollar per ounce. The government offered to buy 415 000 ounces in the deal.
CHICAGO reports the Deering plant was closed Wednesday with a notice stating the works would remain shut until further notice.
Frost badly damaged growing cotton and corn in the Chickasaw nation forcing immediate replanting. Cotton was up and corn a foot high. Farmers now buy seed as similar damage is reported in Oklahoma with losses to crops and young live stock.
In St. Louis Leon Saunders, a billiard hall employee, shot and killed Mary Burke his live-in partner and then killed himself. The tragedy underscores jealousy as the motive in a domestic dispute aftermath.
Frosts over three nights threaten Missouri wheat in the northern uplands and river bottoms. Large growers report good yields upland but low sections and bottoms suffer heavy losses with some fields killed and others near total destruction if wet weather persists.
The Thaw family saga unfolds as Miss Thaw’s marriage to Earl of Yarmouth is delayed until 4:45 PM. Harry Thaw’s absence to give away the bride and Benjamin Thaw’s boycott mark a tense prelude while England’s party heads home to London. Mrs. Thaw issues a veiled romance remark amid fanfare and rumor.
Chief Justice Wiswell of the Maine supreme court vows to end hypocrisy in enforcing prohibition. She denounces a half century of liquor dealers paying fines while continuing sales under a quasilicense system. The court will stop the system and end the traffic under fines and arraignments.
Joseph Chamberlain is praised as one of Europe's cleverest politicians, with notable success owed to his strong capacity as a business man. His trained mind and clear views as a man of affairs inform his handling of national and international questions.
United States Commissioner of Education Harris notes a sharp rise in college students. He cites 75,472 men in colleges now versus 44,926 a decade ago and 27,879 women versus 10,761. The only drop is in theology schools.
Sir Thomas Lipton places greater value on Shamrock III than prior Shamrocks with insurance up to $100,000, higher than the $60,000 coverage on both predecessors. The insured sum understates the yacht's true value.
U S Senator Daniel of Virginia in a Baltimore speech declares the nineteenth century produced five soldiers worthy of the title great Napoleon Wellington von Moltke Grant and Robert E Lee.
Miss Caroline Phelps Stoke, a multiple self made millionaire, endows a $5,000 domestic science scholarship at Teachers College New York. A special competitive course will admit graduates from other colleges for the prize, highlighting a modern scientific approach to domestic science and food theory.
A dispute arises over Clara Barton age with supporters insisting she was born in 1830 in Oxford Massachusetts making her 73. Opponents claim an East Oxford affidavit lists a 1821 birth making her 82.
Gen. J Warren Keifer former speaker of the house dined at the Hollenden hotel in full dress with Gen. Joe Wheeler and other notable residents. A friend says he wears only that style for all occasions, while critics joke he has not yet slept.
Prof. Jenks of Cornell University receives a one year leave of absence from the trustees to serve on the international exchange commission appointed by President Roosevelt.
Mrs Oscar Lasigi of Boston builds a summer estate in the Berkshires featuring a premier landscape garden exhibit in the United States.
The passage notes a fractional share of a woman's estate allocated to the Earl of Hertford, with the income from about one-fifth of her estate to be paid over or invested for the benefit of his title and estate. If he outlives his father, the earldom would pass to him.
Two years ago a new star appeared in Perseus and formed a surrounding nebula that expanded so quickly it challenges explanations. The rapid outward motion exceeds light speed if real, suggesting the illumination mechanism may not account for the observed spread. The origin remains unknown.
Italian railway officials showed lack of courtesy as the Duchess of Manchester arrived with a flood of trunks. Two porters aiding unloading were left aboard after the train started, and were carried to Parma with much of the duchess's baggage.
Wolf Von Schier, once a Chicago newspaper man now in New York, is the only American press correspondent to interview Bismarck. He accomplished the feat four times.
The article explains that diamonds are electrified by friction but not by heat, contrasting this with topazes and several other gems that respond to heat. It notes varied electrical and thermal properties among precious stones.
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