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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1906
Page
6
Superintendent Mcbrien calls city superintendents to recruit qualified high school graduates for rural Nebraska schools. An emergency exists each year as openings approach in September. Recommend names and addresses for teaching posts at 35 to 50 dollars monthly, with emergency certificates provided to fast track qualification.
Immense quantities of peaches from Ne meha county orchards go to waste as supply far exceeds demand. Carloads are shipped daily yet prices fall below profitable levels for orchardists. Farmers post signs inviting passersby to take fruit free of charge.
Pearson bound over to district court for trial on murder charge in Walter McCulla slaying. McCulla shot in Hastings home while with Mrs Pearson during alleged trip to Wyoming. Accused found seven hours after the shooting in a bag loft on his father's premises. Bond set at $10,000.
Two county jail inmates Crawford held for robbery at Hickman and Sorenson held on burglary tools charges pried up floor boards but their escape plan was thwarted.
Albert Stark, an employee at the Northwestern roundhouse, was killed while adjusting a locomotive. The jackscrew used to drop the engine allegedly swung and struck him in the jaw, according to early reports.
A fire destroyed William Reynolds' blacksmith shop on Main Street Sweasey's livery stable Mrs. Baldwins millinery and George Brox's carpenter shop. No injuries reported. Authorities investigate cause as flames consumed multiple structures in Milford.
Grand Island reports Claude Elis, a Union Pacific switchman, was fatally crushed between cars while uncoupling them and died five hours later at St. Francis hospital.
The interior of York's opera house was ruined by an early fire. The damage is estimated at about $8,000 and is fully covered by insurance.
Grand Island Canning Company reports a busy season in canning sweet corn due to excellent crop. Three hundred workers are employed.
The Dakota County old settlers picnic drew about eight thousand attendees, marking a large community gathering with local residents and families enjoying the event.
In TEHCUMSEH area southeastern Nebraska crews report a remarkable fruit crop with peaches dominating shipments from Johnson and nearby counties. Tons of peaches grapes and apples are sent to western Nebraska towns while western bound express trains face daily delays of twenty to thirty minutes at the station.
Across the state Hoag built a new farmers elevator at five thousand dollars. The piece notes local heroes and disasters, including shipwrecks of crops, fires in Crab Orchard, and a severe lightning strike killing livestock. It also mentions deaths, marriages, and notable local events such as the Bryan reception and Edward Rosewater’s death.
Chief Justice Start rules that the mineral lease statute does not authorize sale of state school or swamp lands. The decision upholds Duluth court ruling that leases are constitutional and do not transfer land title, protecting major mineral interests including U S Steel and J J Hill holdings.
Annie Shema a 22 year old Bemis Bag employee was dragged from a bench when her hair tangled in a sewing machine shaft. Her left ear and scalp were torn and doctors at the city hospital planned a scalp graft after an emergency operation.
Roger C. Sullivan, Illinois Democratic national committeeman, issued a scathing reply Friday night to William Jennings Bryan after Bryan's Chicago speech. Sullivan denounces Bryan for trying to defeat Illinois congressional candidates in close districts and questions his honesty and sincerity.
Memphis police commissioner Bruce was indicted for allowing his stables to serve as a passage to a saloon. The saloon owner faced charges for keeping the establishment open on Sunday.
Second Vice President H W Kennedy of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road said the company will spend 300000 dollars on an addition to the west Milwaukee shops in Milwaukee.
In Oyster Bay New York the president viewed a record American fleet on Long Island Sound. Forty five ships ranged from the 16000 ton Louisiana to torpedo boats submarines and support vessels. He praised naval committee members for ten years of work and lauded target practice as the navy’s strength.
Kansas Attorney General C C Coleman begins anti trust investigations into the International Harvester company. Secret examinations will be held in Reno and Shawnee counties with Topeka Hutchinson Wichita and Salina storage points as the starting focus. Subpoenas target implement dealers and secret agreements and contracts from 1904 1905 1906.
Paul O Stensland is in custody of Assistant State's Attorney Harry Olson at Tangier Morocco. President Roosevelt urged the State Department to secure his return, with Olson planning to bring him home on the Glacier if a direct voyage is available.
New York reports Senator Chauncey M. Depew is expected to be in his seat when congress convenes next December. A family member cited slow but steady recovery, with health and spirits improving and doctors confident he can handle another session. Depew has been resting at his Dobbs Ferry home after a long illness whose specifics were not disclosed.
John son Larimer Dry Goods of Wichita files three petitions with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Mallory Line steamers, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, Wabash and about 40 others alleging unjust discriminatory freight on cotton fabrics and knit goods compared with other western centers. The ICC also orders railroads to provide information on block signaling and electric signaling devices to fulfill a congressional joint resolution.
At a social democratic and social revolutionary student meeting in St. Petersburg the group agreed not to oppose the October 14 reopening of universities, signaling a potential end to two years of educational paralysis in the country.
Detroit laborer John Mielke of the Railway Steel Company died after slipping into a pit of boiling water from engine cylinders. He was immersed head to foot and suffered intense agony for five hours before death brought relief.
Gov. John A. Johnson was renominated at the Minnesota state Democratic convention in Minneapolis and was discussed as the logical running mate for William Jennings Bryan on the 1908 national ticket.
A distinct earthquake was felt in Princeton Indiana at 10 33 Friday morning. Homes rocked and shelves rattled as the tremor extended to towns and cities within fifty miles of Princeton.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw departed Friday night on a campaign tour visiting Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Missouri and other sites. He is unlikely to return to Washington before the election.
Two men are dead and two wounded fatally when the second floor of Garford company’s new Elyria factory under construction collapsed. Sixteen workers on the first floor were trapped under heavy tile bricks and steel beams, with five severely injured and several others lightly hurt.
During combined land and sea maneuvers at Constanza a boat load of chasseurs capsized while being towed by a torpedo boat. Eleven privates and one officer perished in the accident.
In Detroit Michigan a collision in the St Clair river near St Clair between the steamer Milwaukee of the Western line and the steamer Nelson Mills sank the Nelson Mills and resulted in the drowning of three crew members.
Directors of the wrecked Real Estate Trust agree to join Receiver Earle’s plan to reorganize the firm with contributions exceeding 3 million dollars. A suspicious 77 thousand dollar note signed by the late Joseph A. Baker raises fraud fears linked to Adolf Segal ventures and a wildcat financier scheme.
A dated August 18 dispatch from Sohping Shansi describes Boxers entering Tsoy unshien. Missionaries and native Christians fled to shelter as Boxers overran the city officials. A German lieutenant arrived and rallied Chinese troops, who killed the Boxer leader and eleven others, captured forty two, and dispersed the rest.
United States Senator Charles Dick was defeated at the Summit County Republican convention in Akron. Delegates refused endorsement unless Senator Foraker shared the resolution, and the adopted opposition resolutions urged amending the federal constitution to provide direct senatorial elections.
A public administrator J. S. Wisner of Deer Lodge county killed himself in a Butte lodging house by swallowing strychnine after leaving a letter confessing shame over his son's alleged defalcation. It is the first death linked to the Real Estate and Insurance bank of Anacoms scandal.
The state department received a dispatch from the Gulf Fisheries company manager requesting protection for American vessels fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The appeal follows the Hatteras incident as the Hatteras, a Gulf Fisheries smacks, arrived in Galveston from Mexican waters with its commander reporting a hold up by a Mexican sunboat on August 25.
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