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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
6
Secretary Mellor of the state fair board predicts record attendance at the Nebraska fair due to new attractions including a guideless two horse race and a derby. The return of William J. Bryan on September 6 during fair week is expected to draw thousands of visitors to Lincoln for the welcome reception.
The secretary announced a down town and fair grounds information bureau offering 1,000 rooms to visitors. No one need sleep on the streets this year, as rooms will be supplied on inquiry at the information bureau.
Lee Acrey and J F Lunden were arrested at Seneca for breaking into and robbing the store and post office of Uhler and Cowley on August 15. Merchandise valued at 107 dollars was stolen along with 1.14 dollars in postal funds. Most plunder recovered at a holding house miles from Seneca. Lunden escaped but was recaptured. The men were taken to Thedford and jailed after admitting the robbery.
Mr Meeker, the old Pacific coast traveler, will visit Fremont on September 3 to take part in the semi centennial celebration of the city. He will travel by ox team and wagon then used to reach Oregon fifty years ago and plans to extend his schedule slightly to arrive on time. He camped in Fremont fifty years ago and now retraces the same route home.
Richardson county faces a teacher shortage of about fifty. Superintendent McBrien wired Falls City Superintendent J Oliver promising to supply all qualified teachers once Richardson County meets the board’s latest rulings. The notice emphasizes steady recruitment to fill the gap.
Territorial Pioneer Day will be held Thursday September 6 with Nebraskans born or located there before March 1 1867 invited. A gathering of at least a thousand territorial settlers is planned at the stock pavilion at 1 o clock to recall old times.
Adjutant General Culver ordered the acceptance of Second Lieutenant Gilbert R. McDill resignation from Company M Second Regiment at Albion. McDill failed to attend the Fort Riley encampment with an insufficient excuse. He is a photographer and was reportedly absent while badly needed. John H. Lindon elected captain to succeed J. Grim, who became major.
The Sixth District Democrats nominate L. G. Shumway of Scotts Bluff for Congress. A major effort continues to re ballast the Union Pacific between Beatrice and Lincoln with crushed rock. Mrs. Victor Kasper of Schuyler attempted suicide with a knife but neighbors intervened. A hotel theft netted $50 from Blakely in Long Pine. A badly decomposed body was found north of Wilber near Sunnyside cemetery and buried. A horse stolen near Tekamah was found near Hooper. Falls City to organize a new cemetery association on thirty acres east of Steele cemetery. Fremont prepares for a September 3 natal day parade. Ainsworth insanity board considers Mrs. Lillian M. Peterson a dipsomaniac and orders transfer to Lincoln. Louis Woodruff’s father complains to Governor Mickey. petition for pardon circulates. McCook records: 34 naturalizations in one day and $2,000 in international money orders. Charles Gagnon dies in Rulo after a fall. Rev. S. P. Merrill claims title as oldest living white person born in what is now Nebraska. York Chautauqua closes its ten-day session with $4,514 receipts. Holiness meetings in Seward draw crowds despite heat. Humboldt’s Mrs. J. A. Murphy seeks news of daughter in Santiago during Chile quake. Names chosen for new Union Pacific towns Polk and Hordville. Surveyors run a line through Cass County near Murdock. Dr I. Hewit’s Spokane death recalled by W. Hewit of David City.
At Aptekarsky Island country house in St. Petersburg a bomb blast at Premier Stolypin's public reception left twenty eight dead and twenty four wounded. Among the dead are Stolypin's 15 year old daughter and several high officials. Stolypin himself survived with minor injuries. Four conspirators were involved. two killed, two wounded and imprisoned at fortress. The force destroyed parts of the residence and witnesses perished.
A young woman shot five times at General Min, commander of the Semionovsky guards, on the Peterhof station platform. After the attack she surrendered and was captured by General Min's wife, who held her until an officer arrived. The event follows an earlier failed attempt on Prime Minister Stolypin and a large loss of life.
The Pulajanes split into smaller groups as a 1000 troops and 300 constabulary move through the region. Leyte south of Buyog bay is cleared, while the west coast shows little disaffection and the east coast reports native volunteers capturing prisoners.
Secretary Root sails for Valparaiso Chile aboard a Pacific voyage. A dispatch from Puerto Arenas Straits of Magellan confirms he is en route to Valparaiso.
Hamburg police uncovered quantities of explosives and several revolvers in a room occupied by a young Russian arrested today. Bills of lading showed shipments of ammunition and explosives to Russian Baltic ports.
In St Petersburg the premier's daughter, injured in the blast at the summer residence on Saturday, survives after erroneous death reports. she remains hopeful of recovery.
The Nebraska contingent traveling to New York arrived Sunday night to join the welcome for William J. Bryan upon his return from a worldwide tour.
Grand Island Nebraska reports show beet sugar content at a very high percentage in tests for the local factory. The beet tonnage was favorable, with strong yields and productive all around prospects for the season.
General Quentin Bandera, a renowned Black insurgent leader in Havana province, was killed by 100 rural guards at around 3 am after his camp was surrounded. Two followers died. no captives. Bandera, 60, had long opposed the Cuban government and rallied Black supporters.
Brigadier General J Franklin Bell chief of staff to the army and Gifford Pinchot head of the forester bureau met President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Bell said the War department would study the Brownsville Texas incident involving United States colored troops and local residents.
From Plaza de la Victoria to Las Delicias four fifths of Valparaiso’s houses are destroyed and the rest badly damaged. Only about one third of buildings near the Plaza de la Victoria to the customs house show damage. The banks and customs warehouse survive. All churches except Spiritu Santo are destroyed, as are hospitals and theatres.
SAN SALVADOR A unionist party has been organized to promote the formation of a Central American republic including the current republics. A central committee was elected and several prominent Central Americans are among its members.
Georgia Democrats concluded a strenuous campaign as primaries across the state nominated full state and county tickets. Voters chose candidates for supreme court justices US senator succeeding Bacon and congressional contenders in eleven districts.
The American warship Princeton ran aground in the narrows while entering Vancouver harbor last evening. After four hours it was refloated unharmed. The Princeton will transport the body of the late Admiral Train from the Empres liner to Seattle for shipment to New York.
Washington officials report the practice of fining postal service employees after misconduct will be abolished. First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, who directs all post office staff, favors replacing fines with uniform efficiency records after a year of review. The new system will be implemented soon.
Valparaiso begins a systematic relief and reconstruction effort after the August quake. More than a thousand buried or killed, many displaced, as shelters rise and imports paused for food stability. President Riesco next arrives. engineers from other provinces assist plans.
Harry W. Walker says politicians led by Alexander Troupe of Connecticut and Norman J. Mack of Buffalo seek to control the Bryan reception planned by the Commercial Travelers’ Anti-Trust league for August 30. He asserts the league will run the event even if it must instruct politicians to retire, noting Mr. Bryan accepted the invitation and is expected to attend.
The steamship Gussie lands in Tampa from Havana carrying tobacco bound for export as importers rush cargo. Reports say President Palma is virtually a prisoner in Havana’s palace and has not left in a week. The unrest widens with fighting in Santa Clara and Matanzas provinces.
The Jefferson club lists speakers for a banquet honoring William Jennings Bryan to be held September 4 at the Auditorium. Besides Bryan, Cato Sells of Iowa John Temple Graves of Atlanta Ga former Governor Robert Taylor of Tennessee and G M Hitchcock of Omaha Neb are slated to speak.
Finance Minister Kokovsoff told the Associated Press the reports of a Russia loan in the foreign market this autumn are categorically denied. No loan plans are being pursued at this time by Moscow.
In Portland Oregon former Forest Inspector Salmon B Ormsby testified that his favorable report on the Blue Mountain forest reserve was influenced by two sections of school land deeded to him by defendant Franklin A Mays On cross examination Prosecutor Heney charged Ormsby with being a conspirator in the plot
Illinois Democratic leaders at Peoria tabled W J Bryan's demand for Roger J Sullivan's resignation from the national committee by a 570 vote. The convention reaffirmed Bryan as the party's leader despite heated debate and accusations of miscount in Warren county.
Kansas City reports the fate of Mrs. Agnes Myers sentenced to death for murder of her husband. Governor Folk holds clemency power and said he would act before leaving Jefferson City for Lincoln, Illinois, en route to New York for the Bryan reception. The execution was set for a week from next Monday in Liberty, Missouri.
Valparaiso reports massive loss from the Thursday quake with casualties near 300 and property damage around 100 million dollars. Military police and armed patrols enforce order and threaten to shoot looters to protect property.
Chicago plans a reception and luncheon at the Iroquois club and a banquet at the Jefferson club for William Jennings Bryan early next month. The entertainment committee hopes the Jefferson club banquet becomes a significant political event with 900 to 1,000 attendees already reserved.
Bids opened at the Bureau of Insular Affairs War Department for one million dollars of Philippine certificates. Fisk and Robinson of New York appear likely to win the entire amount with a bid of 1.0228 100 for all of it. A bid reached 1.03 for 100000 worth.
Pat Crowe of Omaha, after a Monday arrest, reported to police Tuesday afternoon under a prior arrangement. He spoke with Sergeant Dunn, said he left his old life, planned to work in newspapers, and would stay in New York if he kept his pledge to reform.
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