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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
7
A mid afternoon tornado ripped through Louisville and nearby towns causing one child’s death and extensive property damage. Buildings, depots and grain elevators were demolished. wires lay tangled and many residents injured or trapped. Three storms damaged Omaha Sarpy county areas, with Bellevue college buildings hit and a high fatality count reported.
A morning blaze swept two business blocks in Atlanta, starting at Schlesinger Meyer Baking on Madison and Nelson streets. The Terminal Hotel, housing about 200 guests, burned as water pressure failed. no lives were lost. Fire spread from Madison to Nelson, then to the Liquid Carbonic building and Inman block before containment near Mitchell Forsythe streets. Several buildings were dynamited to prevent greater loss. Other notes mention Lisbon coverage on Manuel Buissa’s widow receiving $4,000 from a bank deposit not tied to life claimants.
E H Symthe aged sixty six of Beloit a wealthy retired farmer with large Bertrand Nebraska interests killed himself on a train at Davis Junction Illinois He was returning from the west where he had just acquired property through a relative s death He leaves a family No reason given for the act.
In Yexaterinoslav a jail attempt triggered a wall breach and bomb blast. Guards killed twenty eight prisoners and wounded others. a second assault by inmates was met with lethal force, with no escapees and the chief warden among the wounded.
Vienna reports Dr. Weiskirchner, president of the lower house in the Reichsrat, returned the order of the third class of the Prussian Crown awarded by Emperor William. He argued the honor was a tribute to a state institution and should be of higher rank, noting it suited police ranks. Diplomats anticipate a possible sequel amid German Slav tensions over the Polish censorship issue.
COUNCIL BLUFFS reports a tornado crossing the river from Bellevue to the Nebraska shore. Island Park witnesses saw roofs torn from Bellevue College buildings and debris carried aloft. Five Italian laborers clung to rails to survive as five railroad cars were uprooted or damaged and one truck pair was dumped among ties.
At the stockholders meeting in Kansas City the railroad’s president disclosed Sedgwick County Kansas has revoted the $110,000 subsidy pledged a year ago upon completion of the tracks through the county. The line had narrowly missed the subsidy last year after a strenuous push to finish on time.
Gage county has no saloons for the first time in living memory. A reception honored Rev. L. D. Young and wife as he succeeds Rev. W. H. Kearns. The Platte County Teachers’ Association met with about forty teachers attending. Mrs. Clinkenbeard, mother of Nebrask City’s Clinkenbeards, aged 79, is paralyzed and not expected to recover. State Bottlers Association met at Frahm with thirty-two members. Berlin faces possible prohibition again amid a protest from a woman whose husband spends time in town. Over five hundred attended the State University ivy day at the State farm. Lydia Pool of Auburn stands trial for cruelty to two adopted girls. she is found guilty. Wymore Marshal Barneyschangen vows crackdown on vagrants. Two whites and three others removed from town after incidents. two whites had milked cows at the Toutalio hotel. Mary Diehl of Crawford wins a case blocking a saloon license next to her business. Mrs. Mary Scharton dies in Beatrice. formerly of Lincoln. County clerk shows 37 real estate transfers in two weeks totaling about $91,823. Beatrice Republicans plan a grand reunion and banquet. Anton Bily shoots his wife and himself near DuBois. Wesleyan University Glee Club to tour Nebraska. Fairbury learns post office building bill passed the Senate. $70,000 appropriation. August B F C Miller and Martha M Heldtgreve wed at the bride’s home.
Beatrice Nebraska reports a dramatic incident in which Charles M Krogh a 39 year old Omaha draftsman temporarily insane attempted to murder his wife and then killed himself with a pocket knife in a rooming house. The couple had stayed at the Paddock hotel and then at the Pethoud rooming house before the fatal events. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict reflecting the tragedy and Krogh's actions as the cause.
The Custen county athletic and literary association held its annual gathering in Broken Bow with Merna dominating field events and two decisive baseball wins. Notable results include Merna beating Mason City 7 to 3 and 9 to 3 over Broken Bow, with J Jeffords and R Thompson taking field events, and Miss Eula Black and Miss Alice Nicolas winning top oratory and declamatory marks.
In New York Eve Thaw's suit for an annulment of marriage to Harry K. Thaw was set to begin but was postponed.
In Harrisburg the second graft case linked to state capitol furnishing proceeds. Defendants include architect Austen, Rep Cassell, ex Auditor General Sander, ex Treasurer Matheneus, ex Superintendent Shumakes, and Traveling Auditor Irvine. Subpoenaed witnesses include former Governors Stone and Pennypacker.
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