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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
6
The Lincoln labor bureau statistics show a net corn acreage rise of 294,561 acres, a winter wheat gain of 104,870 acres, a spring wheat decrease of 61,833 acres, and a oat increase of 1,106 acres. Net effects vary by county with overall shifts in Nebraska farming areas.
Weirich of Omaha drowned in Lake Manawa last week while John Hall broke jail at Dakota City and awaits trial for theft. Stortz remains jailed at Beatrice facing robbery charges. Funeral held for E C Smith in Columbus after dying in Panama. Frank Otto’s winter wheat yields 28 bushels per acre at Bloomfield. The David City Chautauqua session was successful. Railway promoters in Polk county push interurban plans. Carrie McMurray seeks 25 000 against North Platte city for sidewalk injury. The first inheritance tax money to Sarpy county from the John Hahn estate was 154. Dr. Bailey named to the state penitentiary medical board. Ernest Matthews injured near Bingham from a team accident. J W Daly killed at Swift’s elevator in South Omaha. A H O D Davis, former Lincoln county attorney, remarried in Grand Junction. Bert Downing shot in leg at Grand Island. Sarpy Mutual Telephone Incorporation filings. M M Mining Company articles filed in Omaha. Burglaries target dentists in Grand Island. First threshing accident in Seward county injures Will Schleckty. Funds sought for Corn Growers convention in Lincoln. Edgar Stevens reports a robbed U S mail pouch found near Table Rock. Ashland division timetable issued. first service between Ashland and Sioux City. Perry Walker farm yields 12 000 bushels oats in four hours. Wheat yields noted as well.
Barney Pearson fatally wounds Walter R. McCulla after finding him with Pearson's wife in his home. Pearson sought aid from Rev. Lemkau before returning with a shotgun and firing through a window. McCulla is fatally wounded but staggers away, then collapses two blocks away.
Washington reports a surge of applications as the navy department seeks chaplains. Some applicants are earnest ministers, others offer unusual ideas, and a brisk correspondence has developed from ships and stations lacking spiritual advisers.
A stranger in Valley, reportedly seeking painting work, was struck by train No. 11 and died within minutes. He had been drinking and, while talking with railroad workers, slipped onto the track as the locomotive approached and was unconscious from impact.
The livestock department at the state fair plans three additional permanent swine pens, boosting exhibition capacity to about 1,500 head. Management reports 250 further pen requests filed, reflecting growing interest in the swine show.
Plattsmouth Dr. A. P. Barnes appealing state law requiring all old veterinarians to pass a 70 percent examination. He has employed counsel and will take the case to the courts after the veterinary board overruled his appeal.
A Lincoln committee led by Mayor Brown and accompanied by a group of Democrats will travel to New York to welcome William J. Bryan. They are expected to depart Lincoln on August 24 and include several prominent Nebraskans.
William F Backle, a Beatrice resident, awaits a pardon after a three year penitentiary sentence for statutory assault. He is free on bond during appeal to the supreme court. He married the aggrieved girl, now his wife, two days after conviction. The governor has the case under advisement and indicated relief must come via court channels.
Albert B Cummins wins renomination for Iowa governor under a platform opposing corporate influence and favoring tariff revision and direct election of US senators. Warren Garst named lieutenant governor with a full ticket including Hayward Carroll Morrow Byers and others. Cummins canvassed delegates claiming economic ideas won the renomination as rival Perkins trailed.
The Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission ordered railroads to produce all statistics used in earnings records at the commission office. The move, led by shippers' attorney Manahan following Northern Pacific data, targets Great Northern and could apply to any road, amid sharp exchanges over record accuracy.
William H. Belcher, former mayor of Paterson, was sentenced to 12 years in the Trenton state prison on embezzlement charges. He surrendered last Monday after a year on the run, admitting hardship and expressing remorse as six indictments were read.
Wisconsin Governor Davidson will appoint a commission to investigate the Dietz situation at Cameron dam. There is no current plan to send troops to arrest Dietz, though future action depends on the commission report. прошлые попытки serve Dietz failed. Meanwhile Duyo Rogich from Milwaukee is wounded and with poor prognosis after encounter with Dietz.
Minnesota faces a severe farm labor shortage with about 15 thousand men needed across Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas and only about a thousand available. Wages offered range from 1.75 to 3 dollars a day with board, yet jobs go unfilled as workers refuse to take them.
Grand Rapids reports Tony Bartello captured after stabbing conductor Bud Stone to death near Lowell. Bartello led a gang of laborers. Stone was killed during the assault in Lowell Michigan.
Illinois court awards the state 6532.40 against former State Treasurer Henry Wulff and bondsman Floyd W Whittemore for fees charged for registering bonds. The state pursues recovery under a special act, with an appeal to the state supreme court likely at the December term after disagreed October term.
New York news notes Hearst has chosen to run for governor as an independent. The Independent League plans a state convention in New York City on September 11 to nominate Hearst and a full slate, with no alliance to the regular Democratic Party unless Democrats endorse them.
Judge Babcock in common pleas court sustained Judge Kinkade in every point and exonerated him from promising leniency as claimed by the ice trust attorneys. The trust’s contentions were called ridiculous and improper for court.
Admiral Evans reports at the navy department that chances exist to save the collier Nero aground on Block Island while the Atlantic fleet attempts salvage. The status reflects cautious optimism as efforts continue.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic fleet, died at 9:16 Saturday morning of uraemia.
Paris reports General Brugere former commander in chief of the French army is in a perilous state after an appendicitis operation with little hope of recovery.
Seventy five lithographers in four Minneapolis printing houses walked out on Friday in response to a general strike order issued by the national headquarters.
In Houston Texas W I Fletcher died instantly and Lee Brooks sustained fatal burns when an explosion at the Joppet Co wholesale liquor house gutted the building.
In Scranton Pat Jere Wilson was killed and Charles Parrish fatally injured at the North End Coal colliery. Workers had prepared a blast and began retreating when the explosion occurred in an adjoining chamber.
A Genoa owned steamship Sirio carrying about 800 aboard wrecked off Hormigas Islands near Cave Palos. About 300 drowned, mostly Italians and Spaniards bound for South America. The captain killed himself. bishops, crew, and many passengers saved or missing amid wreckage and rescue efforts by local fishermen.
Tangier reports from the interior describe a rapid spread of violent anti French agitation. Rebels amass around Markesh Morocco City forming a formidable coalition of semi Independent vassals calling for a holy war.
A head on collision between a passenger special from St Louis and a Frisco freight train near St Genevieve injured twenty people. Engines were demolished and tracks torn up. Injured were rushed to St Louis by special train. No fatalities reported.
San Francisco national banks have loaned in New York on six months' paper $30,000,000 at interest rates from 4 to 6 percent since the fire.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth sail from Cherbourg on the St Paul to reach New York. A crowd of friends saw them off at the Paris station.
The general strike in Russia, centered in St. Petersburg affecting near 70,000 workers, shows little spread elsewhere. Leaders lack unity, risking public opinion turning against the movement. railroad workers remain on duty, a key factor for success, possibly deciding Monday.
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