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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
7
Otto Anderson was found mortally wounded with two throat slashes at 2 a m near 2109 O Street Lincoln Nebraska. He denied attempting suicide though he wrote he did the deed. He fought doctors stopping the blood and ageed to recover if complications do not arise.
State board pressures Lee Broom and Duster Co to cut convict labor pay to 75 cents a day by June 1, sparking company resistance and a potential move of machinery from the penitentiary. New York reports beef prices surge linked to last year panic and tariff laws, with carcasses up a half to one cent per pound and demand dropping as much as 25 percent.
Chinese ambassador to the United States Wu Ting Piao, in a flowered silk outfit and Jung automobile cloak, sped sixty miles an hour from South Bend to Chicago. He stayed at the Grand Pacific hotel with J. E. Brady of the Press club as guide and admirer. Brady recounts Wu's daredevil sportiveness and excitement during the rapid run.
Mrs Alphia Shevalier and her daughter in law Mrs Earl Shevalier endure a forced sweating at the county attorney's office for two hours during the Horn Will case. The younger Mrs Shevalier fainted on returning home, Dr Slattery says she suffers nervous prostration. Attorney Doyle counsels suit for $100000 against Flaherty Strode McCarthy Tyrrell and city detective Malone.
New York report says Blind Tom, famed musician of three generations, died in Hoboken New Jersey where he had lived in retirement on charity. In Tecumseh Nebraska the local Odd Fellows held memorials at their hall with Rev. Robert Videll presiding. A procession with the Tecumseh Military Band went to Tecumseh Cemetery and laid flowers on graves.
Sannel Bacon, early settler and builder overseer of the institute for the blind, is gravely ill and may not recover. Despite lifelong blindness he supervised construction and daily inspections, owned land and stock, and knew the local community, stock weights, and voices of acquaintances. He traveled to Lincoln regularly and defended the home for the blind.
Washington reorganizes the government printing office with John Berg of Nebraska City named superintendent of work. Berg, once chief of the Congressional Record division, rises from compositor in 1833 to foreman and then assistant foreman before this promotion. Salary set at $2,000 yearly.
Michael Newell of West Point Nebraska, age 111, wandered from the depot in McCook and spent the night and forenoon tramping southeast of the city. A farmer persuaded him to ride home in a wagon and he was brought to town to be reunited with his daughter and niece en route to Colorado to see another ill daughter.
In New York an incendiary saturated stairways with kerosene and opened a blaze on the lower floor of a Stanton street tenement. About 200 residents escaped with only night clothes as a patrol and helpers fought the fire with water buckets until it was extinguished. The act marks a second such attempt in two months.
The International Mining Company applied to a United States court for a receivership. It was incorporated in New Staven Conn with an authorized capital of 31500. Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburgh Pa failed recently for about 2 000 000 and will not reopen but assets will offset liabilities with no stockholder assessments.
The Mississippi River rises to 33.7 feet, flooding levee cellars and threatening first floors. Five thousand sacks are rushed to East St Louis to reinforce weak levees. A caisson for the McKinley Electric Interurban railway was swept away, then secured by a tug at Dixon Street.
Nashville delegates tally over 1300 at the state capitol where Bryan’s appeal dominates. The Tennessee delegation is expected to be instructed for Bryan, with most counties reported decided for him. Greenwood area farmers form a grain company and plan a farmer's elevator. OMATA, NEB. river levels show no steep fall as forecast, with rising flow north of Sioux City and occasional rain continuing upstream.
Floodwaters ease in Kansas City as Kaw river falls from peak and Missouri river continues rising slowly. Rail networks reopen except routes blocked by submerged bridges. Union Station narrowly safe as water recedes from yards and stock exchange. Shelters report limited use with residents helped by local communities.
A municipal traction car in Roelid Heights Cleveland was blown up by dynamite at dawn. Seven passengers were injured but not fatally as the slow moving car struck the charge and the blast lifted the floor and shattered windows. Police pursue unnamed suspects. In Omaha the Missouri river rose two tenths of a foot with six inches more in Sioux City, signaling continued rise and flood risk. In St. Joseph Missouri the river climbed three tenths of an inch with crop damage spreading in the bottom lands.
Fire at the Nelson Morris Packing Plant in Kansas City MO, started before daylight, had spread by nine o'clock and was battling to save the million and a half dollar structure. Dynamite was used to try to halt the flames. Two laborers were injured and another believed fatally hurt. The plant stands in the flood district and is completely surrounded by water.
Bohemian fortuneteller Herman Billik, convicted of poisoning several Veral family members for life insurance gains, gains a delay and chance to appeal to the U S Supreme Court after Judge Landis granted a stay of execution pending Washington ruling. Protests erupt outside the jail as the order shifts the timeline and custody awaits higher court decision.
A slow moving heavy rain drenched the Fainbury area with a stronger wind and torrent rain south of the line in Kansas. No major damage reported locally but residents along the Little Blue River lowlands fear another rise in the stream.
Numerous brief items cover thefts near Beatrice and a Mrs Raimklu. Sterling forms a baseball team with officers. Diller elects Beal over Gash for principal. Mrs Bradford of Jetmore dies. Valentine normal opens with 61 teachers. Elson prints from Boston shown in Valentine. Nick Tockas dies by self-poisoning near Pierce. heavy rains flood bottom lands near Hebron. Wymore considers a gasoline street railway to Blue Springs. buffalo head fossil unearthed by George Cyphers at Valentine. postoffice inspector Grogan visits Kearney to identify a Sumner robbery suspect. Pratt and Tilzey wed. tornado injuries improve. grave finds Indians at Telamah reservoir hill.
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