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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
6
A Nebraska summary outlines remnants of appropriations from the recent session and discusses the proposed abolition of the Supreme Court Commission. The notice reviews fiscal items and political reaction to the change and notes potential legal timing.
Lincoln reports discussion of abolishing the supreme court commission when term ends next April. Proposed approach avoids new commissions and adds a constitutional amendment for a seven member court with higher pay, up from three current members and a $2500 salary.
Gost Anderson husked 2261 bushels in seventeen days with an average 140 bushels over the last eight days. On November 23 he husked 202 bushels in ten hours and 20 pounds. By November 26 he reached 166 bushels in ten hours with weight and haul details. Albert Hulme weighed the corn as husked clean and true. Three men watched on November 23 for a straight honest deal.
Lawmakers plan a measure in the coming legislature to halt professional usury. The bill targets unsecured and secured loans by chattels, aiming to punish loan sharks active in several towns.
Everett Edwards was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary after being found guilty of performing a criminal operation on Miss Anna Grosh in March that led to her death. The verdict and sentence conclude the fatal case pursued by the KEARNEY court.
Lon Lydick and his wife from Hartington sent twelve extra large potatoes and a blue hubbard squash to President and William Jennings Bryan for Thanksgiving dishes.
Frank Bedicut leads northwest York county with eighty three bushels per acre. Jacob Wright of Hastings dies at ninety. A Beatrice fire damages a residence by three hundred dollars. Mississippi bond shipments arrive to state treasurer Mortenson. Badger caught near Beatrice weighs twenty pounds. Brewery plans advance in Hastings Cleveland. Governor Cummins order on Earl Anderson followed by Hastings arrest for restaurant break in. Senate seats filling up and DAR anniversary noted. Several injuries from a culvert accident near Arborville. John M. Ragan Jr plans to move to Alberta. postal violations investigated in Grand Island. Pure food bill discussed by medical societies and health board.
A mob of about 300 masked men set two large tobacco stemmeries ablaze in Princeton Kentucky on Saturday. The Steger factory linked to American Snuff and the Orr plant tied to Imperial Tobacco were destroyed, with around 150000 pounds of tobacco burned in each warehouse. The town marshal was seized and the water supply cut, forcing firefighters to stand by as flames raged. No injuries reported. damage estimated near 1700000. The incident is blamed on opposition to the tobacco trust amid Dark Tobacco Growers Protective Association tensions.
In Paris the Count Boni de Castellane spoke to a nearly empty chamber as more than 200 deputies withdrew in protest. He defended Delcasse era policy and Morocco conquest claims while the chamber ratified the Algeciras treaty by unanimous vote.
Solomonville reports Clifton is devastated by a flood with widespread property damage. Most buildings damaged or washed away. many residents fled to higher ground or hills. Two men survived by clinging to a store awning after being swept through the street. Hospital patients evacuated by car as the flood approached.
A boiler explosion Thursday at P. J. Harney Shoe Manufacturing on Alley Street sparked a fire that destroyed 14 factories and several other buildings in the West Lynn area. Loss is about 520000 with eleven injured, including Celia Tradenburg in critical condition. Disruption hits Christmas production and warns of further damage to industry and local transport facilities.
In Austin Texas United States Senator Bailey admits obtaining funds from H C Pierce head of Waters Pier ce Oil company totaling about 15000 dollars as charged by Texas Attorney General Davidson. Bailey says the money was a loan and returned with documentary proof to support his innocence.
The jury found Chester E. Gillette guilty in the first degree for the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake on July 11. Deliberations lasted five hours with six ballots. rumors of a confession were unconfirmed by officials or the district attorney.
Secretary Taft, in his annual report, defends the army’s handling of the discharge without honor of the 25th Infantry Battalion stationed at Brownsville Texas last summer. He condemns noncommissioned officers and enlisted men for failing to report the August 13 town shooting, while noting that guiltless soldiers may be reenlisted.
Aaron Kolm, representing 100 dairymen in Louisville Kentucky, pleaded guilty to feeding swill to cattle under the pure food law. The defendants received a suspended $100 fine and 50 days in jail to be suspended if dairies are cleaned up and swill feeding stopped by April 1.
The U S Supreme Court on Monday denied the habeas corpus petitions of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone leaders of the Western Federation of Miners. They are jailed in Idaho charged with complicity in the murder of former Gov Steunenberg. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion. The ruling means they remain in confinement for trial in Idaho.
Jefferson City Maryland Governor Folk announced a respite until January 10 for Mrs Aggie Myers and Frank Hott man of Kansas City convicted of murdering Mrs Myers husband and sentenced to hanging.
John D. Rockefeller and six Standard Oil associates have been served subpoenas to testify before the U S circuit court in St Louis on Monday January 7. United States Marshal William Henkle served the papers. Subpoenas were also served on Henry H Rogers Henry M Flagler Charles M Pratt Oliver H Payne William Rockefeller and John D Archbold.
Salt Lake City report states east bound passenger train No.4 the Atlantic Express on the Union Pacific derailed near Church Buttes Wyoming about 140 miles east of Ogden. Seven persons are injured according to initial reports.
The Kansas grain inspection and weighing law was ruled void Thursday by Judge S. R. Peters, appointed by Judge Pollack of the U S circuit court.
Atlanta pardon board commuted the death sentences of Jesse and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment on Thursday. Their father was hanged Tuesday with a negro, a grim trio unfolding in the case.
Rear Admiral Peter Asserson U S N retired died suddenly at his Brooklyn home on Thursday. He served in the Navy and held senior command positions during his career. The obituary notes his rank and ties to New York.
Charles Whitney Norton pleaded guilty to using the mails to promote a fraudulent scheme. He received an 18 month sentence at the Ohio Penitentiary and a $100 fine.
Robber assaulted Zona Hecker, a night operator at De Soto Kansas, on the Santa Fe line, unconscious from a wagon spoke blow and robbed the station money drawer. Police investigate the early Thursday incident in Kansas City Missouri area.
Figures from R C Dun & Co show the average cost of living on December 1 rose to 108.17 from 106.68 on November 1, reflecting a notable monthly advance across living expenses in New York.
The First Nebraska district representative sent 1861 to the sergeant at arms for a salary covering March 4 to July 18, 1905. The House Judiciary Committee will decide if the payment is authorized as Speaker Cannon seeks an official ruling on the matter.
Washington reports the treasury has resumed buying silver from bidders at 68.669 cents per ounce. Officials cite strong demand for subsidiary coins and the need to replenish supplies after purchases were suspended four weeks ago.
The Interstate Commerce Commission began preliminary steps to investigate relations of roads in the Harriman system. Attorneys have been retained and hearings are planned for later this month with dates to be settled. Chairman Knapp estimates at least sixty days to finish the inquiry.
Senator Cullom chair of the foreign relations committee says there is absolutely nothing in a proposed new treaty with Japan after returning from the state department. Secretary Root and Viscount Aoki deny any contemplated treaty and a high state department official reiterates that nothing of the kind has ever been thought of.
A magnitude tremor struck San Luis Obispo at 10 40 p m lasting over thirty seconds with a second, milder shock half an hour later. The quake was felt in Santa Maria Guadalupe Cayucos and Cambria where items toppled from shelves.
Washington reports show government telegraph lines in Alaska thriving with likely extension of the duplex between Seattle and Sitka to the Sitka Valdez section for next summer. Receipts in recent months reportedly exceed those of the same period last year by 50 to 100 percent across several stations.
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