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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
6
A Pittsburg flood reaches twenty two feet plus, causing billions in damage and mass displacement. Thousands evacuate as basements flood and rivers surge, yet fatalities are avoided due to weather bureau warnings. Livestock perish, businesses flood, and residents ride skiffs while charitable groups supply coffee and food.
Judge A H Houston of Guthrie district court sustained a demurrer in Noble State bank versus state banking board and bank commissioner. He ruled the petition lacked sufficient facts to state a case of action and that the state law grants police power to collect the tax from banks doing business as accountable corporations serving the public.
A federal grand jury indicted fifty four master plumbers in New Orleans and three plumbing firms for Sherman anti trust violations. A second indictment targeted seventy two dock and cotton council representatives for actions to block a cotton company from delivering coal to a steamship.
J F Morrell, a southern Kansas labor leader, sues Coffeyville chief of police John Klohr for 290000 in a false imprisonment suit. Morrell was held in Coffeyville then transported by officer from Meridian Mississippi to be tried for embezzlement tied to a Labor Day celebration. he was acquitted.
The Rogers locomotive plant at Paterson New Jersey a Paterson branch of the American Locomotive company will close March first unless a revival occurs in the industry before that time.
The Nebraska captain announced the battleship arrived at San Francisco from Magdalena Bay as the vanguard of a fleet due by Saturday. Admiral Evans commands a growing force, with the West Virginia Maryland Colorado Pennsylvania joining, and Admiral Siftee bringing Tennessee and Washington. The bulk will form nine first class warships with hundreds of officers and men aboard.
A House committee on weights and measures, by unanimous vote, overturned a proposal to restore the national motto In God We Trust to gold and silver coins. Representative Knowland of California argued for clearing house certificates bearing the inscription I know my Redeemer liveth.
The London Times remains on the market as solicitors in the litigation over its disposal report that proprietors favor sale by public competition and any sale proposal will be submitted to the judge. Manager F. Mosley Bell denies acting as prospective buyer for an American syndicate.
Postmaster General Meyer said the president would send to the Senate the nomination of Daniel E. Sullivan to succeed himself as postmaster at Cripple Creek Colorado. The action follows Sullivan’s noted 1900 campaign incident where he knocked down a hoodlum to quell a disturbance.
Representative Sherman proposes three or four bills to modify the Sherman anti trust law in line with President Roosevelt's recent message. He asked Roosevelt to state that he will submit the bills for consideration and suggested the president would find common ground among the measures.
In Topeka the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway announces an 18 percent cut in the mechanical department nationwide. About two hundred workers were discharged in Topeka shops, with further reductions in other Kansas shops.
The Iowa supreme court upheld the Des Moines commission plan as constitutional, stating it lies in the legislature's power to provide for city government commissions. There was no dissent.
Warren S Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, declares wage reductions unjustified as railroad earnings fall and living costs rise. He warns the union will use full power to oppose cuts, noting pay is mileage based and workers are paid only when services are performed.
The Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads will increase their operator staff to comply with a new federal nine hour law. Rock Island managers in Topeka approved adding 56 operators in the southwestern district after a meeting of regional superintendents. Santa Fe officials in the western division also planned increases and await Chicago approval on headcount. Officials say no smaller stations will be closed.
In Morrell versus Minneapolis Street Railway the Minnesota Supreme Court rules the passenger is not required to inspect a transfer slip for correct car or punched status. The rider may rely on the conductor to perform duties and ensure proper transfer issuance.
Ten miners were lowered into the Stanton nine shaft of the Lehigh Wilkesbarre Coal Co when a large quantity of ore fell and crushed the cage. Two men were killed instantly, one died en route to hospital, and three others were gravely injured, expected to die.
Two year old Antoinette Meyers survived severe burns after skin grafts taken from her mother and fifteen year old sister. Both women are described as in a serious condition, yet officials expect full recoveries for all. The family resides in Petersburg Pennsylvania.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands favorably reports a department of the interior bill to use receipts from public land sales in several states for construction of drainage works and reclamation of swamp or overflowed U S lands.
A special train carrying the Charles Gates Mexican touring party derailed near Orville twelve miles north of Laredo Texas. Thirty people were injured as every car left the train and went into the ditch. The nine car consist included five sleepers and passengers from Toledo Chicago and San Antonio. A doctor and nurses were sent from Laredo and another from San Antonio. Authorities report a broken axle caused the wreck and no deaths occurred. Several named trainmen sustained injuries including ankle sprain foot smashed and broken leg.
Governor C N Haskell mails to Attorney General West asking immediate legal action to dissolve an alleged merger between the Rock Island and the St Louis and San Francisco railroads in the new state. He argues the roads are pooled and under common management and that competition should be maintained.
A Salisbury Junction derailment triggered a hurried relief dispatch with over a million dollars in cash aboard the Baltimore and Ohio train. Special precautions were taken to guard the money and protect the cash aboard the derailed train was not damaged.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is a patient at the Manhattan eye ear and throat hospital in New York. Dr Arthur B. Duel performed a routine operation to drain an abscess in the middle of the left ear. The procedure appeared successful and Edison may recover without complications.
A man’s arm was found wedged between the trucks of a Santa Fe mail car on arrival in Chicago. The car, part of mail train No. 8 from Kansas City, is believed the man was killed earlier while attempting to ride the outside of the moving trains near Chicago.
At a Boston meeting of cotton manufacturers the continuance of curtailing production in New England mills was unanimously voted necessary. The action aims to stabilize prices and supply.
Right Rev. Thomas A Hendrick bishop of Cebu Philippines returned after more than four years away and was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd when he stepped off the train in Rochester New York.
The Well Informed favor a gentle, effective laxative made from Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. California Fig Syrup Co. claims ethical production and medical acceptance, sold by leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
An ivy plant growing in a crevice of St. John the Baptist church tower at Yarnborough England undermined the foundation and lifted stones causing repair costs estimated at 3000 dollars.
The notice promotes Salter Seed Co offerings from La Crosse Wisconsin including Salter’s Macaroni Wheat and other seeds. It promises drought tolerant Dakota grown wheat, rust resistance, no insects and no failure. Readers are urged to mail 10 cents for a free seed book and sample seeds.
Advertises Cocoanut Custard pie mix with two pies per package and a ten cent price. Grocers promote a slogan OUR-PIE stressing proper ingredients for perfect Cocoanut Custard pies.
A woman grows less certain of a man's love as she becomes surer that his affection exists only in words. The fleeting certainty of romance challenges trust and commitment.
Classified style snippet promotes health and domestic quips, mentioning Brown's Bronchial Traches as voice aids for singers teachers and clergymen, claims piles cure in days, dental drawing lessons, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a quip about mother in law.
The Supreme Court held that federal laws, not Idaho state laws, control the introduction of intoxicating liquors on the Nes Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho. This establishes federal jurisdiction over liquor regulations on the reservation.
Mayor Henry M. Beardsley was renominated by the Kansas City Republican city convention for the mayorship. He received formal backing from party delegates signaling continuation of his leadership.
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