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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
6
The 1982 act requires landowners to mow or destroy weeds along public roads from July 15 to August 15 each year. Overseers may mow at county expense if owners fail, charging $1.60 per day for a man, $1.50 per day for a team, and $1.00 per day for a mowing machine, with costs listed in county records and assessed against the lands.
Farmer Thompson of Saunders county reports discovery of mastodon bones in a cave along Flin Creek. He found a dark brown bone nearly three feet long and notes more bones and a possible full skeleton remain to be unearthed.
Valentine and Cherry county express regret over the removal of troops and abandonment of Fort Niobrara. They note the fort’s large 60,000 acre range and question how the War department can improve on the accommodating conditions given the soldiers must be quartered somewhere.
Lincoln state treasurer Morten Sen weighs investing part of the permanent school fund in Mississippi or Tennessee bonds. About half of the present fund may be invested now to keep a surplus. The fund holds $200,000 with warrants arriving for payment.
Night clerk Charles Norrs shot his sweetheart Earl Crouse in her hotel room and then killed himself by shooting his mouth. Miss Crouse, a dining room girl at the Morton hotel, died from the wounds.
Edgar Neb Mrs tH Christy brother of Tlon S W Christy of this city has just returned from Billings Mont. He was very sick on arrival and was taken to his brothers home where his case quickly developed into a genuine case of small pox.
John Kinding of near Doniphan threshed his wheat and found fifty two bushels to the acre. He anticipated a heavy crop given favorable conditions and was surprised by the remarkable yield.
Humboldt reports the interstate firemen's tournament will run August 30 to September 1 with the organizing committee already raising over $600. Prizes totaling nearly $2,000 will be awarded.
Oscar Lehman of Routh Branch precinct told Sheriff Ed Dwyer that a fine horse was stolen from his pasture the night before, prompting an investigation in town.
Thamsoldt reports 455 children in a school district as other counties discuss street fairs. A five horse theft is noted, with farm incidents, court actions, and local accidents including a Beatrice graduate named Hugo Schult joining the Twenty first U.S. infantry. Kidnapping of Pillard children near Hickman, deaths in Nebraska City and Louse Beach, and a golden wedding in Grand Island mark a varied Nebraska County roundup.
President directs public works officers to use government staff to pursue violations of the 1902 eight hour law. Taft outlines emergency exceptions restricting work to eight hours. Labor groups pressed for action in Congress, but contracting firms opposed. Previously, executives deferred to contractors in enforcing the rule.
Cleveland federal grand jury investigating alleged interstate commerce and anti rebate violations adjourned without indictments. Case focused on Standard Oil and Lake Shore Railroad, with evidence sent to Chicago for possible prosecution. Chicago officials review testimony as a special grand jury will later hear oil trust cases against Standard Oil. Lake Shore immunity remains.
The Port Arthur surrender inquiry urges severe penalties for top officers. Lieut Gen Stoessel should be dismissed and shot, Lieut Gen Fock demoted to a year of hard labor, Gen Reiss banished, and Admiral Alexieff, Lieut Gen Smirnoff, and Gen Vennader reprimanded. Formal trials will follow.
Arkansas Attorney General Rogers and Prosecuting Attorney Hoboton filed suits Wednesday against five Little Rock cotton seed mills for violating anti trust laws. Each company faces up to 5000 dollars per day penalties totaling 180000 dollars per suit and possible charter revocation. Court circles expect actions against 24 additional mills once papers are filed.
Reports from Syzran describe the city as a ruin with hundreds believed dead in the flames. Several men suspected of incendiarism were lynched as food aid arrives from Samara and Saratov. The burning is tied to a revolutionary demonstration. Syzran, a key commercial town 70 miles south of Simbirsk on the Syzran river near the Volga, had over 32,000 residents in 1897.
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras signed a peace treaty Friday aboard the U S cruiser Marblehead off the Guatemalan coast after protracted talks. Mexican Minister Gamboa helped broker the agreement amid lively negotiations and initial difficulties.
Madison reporters say Walter O Bryam and Charles Allinger both Chicago youths who robbed and shot George Howard of Brule River Wisconsin were on Friday sentenced to six years each in the state reformatory.
The jury found James Hargis and Ed Callahan not guilty after 22 minutes of deliberation in Beattyville Kentucky. They were charged with the murder of J. B. Marcum, marking the end of a lengthy court fight over conspiracy allegations in the crime.
Rafael Ysabel governor of Sonora arrived in El Paso Texas on Friday en route to Mexico City to confer with President Diaz about a threatened uprising in Sonora set for September 19 and to coordinate plans with Mexican authorities.
John D. Rockefeller sailed for New York Friday evening. He declined to discuss the announcements of legal proceedings awaiting his arrival in the United States.
A freight wreck on the Union Pacific main line near Columbus Nebraska killed engineer Fred Richards of North Platte. Several cars derailed and traffic was halted for a period.
In Boston, United States circuit court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the Maint in the case brought by George W. Pepper as receiver of Bay State Gas Company of Decatur against Henry H Rogers of New York. The suit sought $3,000,000 alleged to be due the gas company from the sale of Boston companies.
In Marquette Michigan eight McMillan residents were arrested on arson charges amid a string of alleged incendiary fires. The arrests form a dramatic culmination of ongoing investigations in Tree county.
Ambassador McCormick and Mrs. McCormick will sail from Cherbourg to New York on the Hamburg American line steamship Amerika for a brief vacation in the United States.
Roussel Sage died suddenly at Cedarcroft Lawrence L I following heart failure. The veteran financier would have turned ninety on August 4. Funeral planned Wednesday at West Presbyterian Church with interment in Troy. Executors named as Mrs Sage and Colonel Slocum. Sage’s vast interests unlikely to be affected by death.
Prompt action by authorities and citizen aid ended a wave of lawlessness in Shoshoni Wyoming following the murder of Warren Meads the town attorney and prank Anderson a homeseeker. Many crooks fled within 24 hours and the jail is crowded while two more hold ups were solved with arrests. Dowie speaks in tabernacle Zion City condition limits speech as he plans to take full charge next week.
London reports the body of Lady Curzon moved from Carlton House Terrace to Kedbeston for burial with simple rites her relatives requested. Spectators observed as the coffin left the residence with blinds drawn in nearby houses.
Mr and Mrs J Bryan arrive in Dublin and spend Friday with Richard Croker at his farm near Dublin. Croker hosts a gathering inviting several American and other friends to meet the couple.
WASHINGTON The acting commissioner of the general land office announced town lot sales in Heyburn and Rupert government town sites within the Minidake irrigation project Idaho. The sale starts at Heyburn on August 20 and at Rupert on August 27.
The Central Trades and Labor union in St Louis on Sunday refused to seat delegates from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, citing the A F L constitution and following President Samuel Gompers. A ruling from Gompers is expected on whether the objections to admission are sustained.
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