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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
6
President Peter Younger led the Nebraska state board of agriculture in Lincoln for their annual meeting. They reported $33,000 spent on state fair grounds improvements and $22,000 of legislative funds for a cattle barn, hoping for a large livestock pavilion next. The board has $26,000 remaining in treasury.
Governor Sheldon reports from the Missouri river that a congress in Sioux City aims to push river improvements on the Mississippi and Missouri. Edgar C. Ellis of Kansas leads the group with 700 participants from seven states to urge congress for funds and better navigation facilities.
State Food Commissioner Johnson announces enforcement of dairy handling rules. Cream testing must use the Babcock method with an eighteen gram sample, weighed on a delicate balance, in a nine inch bottle, read at 130 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Fat column read from bottom to the meniscus line.
Chief Game Warden Carter reports state license receipts from fishing and hunting licenses since the law took effect show a steady rise. The record lists amounts from 901 to 7,705 dollars across years 1909 through 1907, with the last legislature allocating 25,530 dollars for fish and game, including salaries and hatchery improvements.
Roy Soules, a Brady Island resident in Lincoln county, killed a deer in December and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. The widowed mother has died since the penalty, leaving him unable to pay. the game warden hopes to settle the case without payment. The deer was believed to belong to MekKon Bros. of Wittow Island, whose herd escaped from an enclosure on Thanksgiving and most remain unfound.
Charles W. Seymour, a prominent Nebraska City attorney and longtime Republican political figure, died at his home at 69. Born June 4, 1838 in Hartford Ohio, he graduated from Wesleyan University and earned A B and A M degrees before practicing law with partners in Nebraska Territory. He held roles including United States commissioner and land commissioner for Midland Pacific, served in the territorial legislature, and chaired the state central committee. He enlisted for the Civil War in the Ohio Infantry.
Harry Tigner of three miles southeast of Murray suffered severe hand injuries when his mitten caught in the elevator chain of a corn sheller. The machine ground off fingers and flesh, with doctors amputating remaining fragments, leaving only a partial ring finger and small finger.
Labor Commissioner John J. Ryder estimates at least 100 dollars are needed to mail requests to merchants, dairymen, and farmers for statistics on production and consumption of cream, butter, eggs, and poultry. He notes limited funds leave the effort dependent on recipients’ diligence.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ulysses held its annual meeting with re election of old officers and directors. A dividend was declared and a substantial amount added to the surplus fund. Officers include George L. Smith president W R Brown vice president Floyd Seybolt cashier and D W Patrick assistant cashier. Lincoln stockholders R E Moore and W T Auld listed.
State Superintendent McBrien received a postcard showing a mountain landscape and a large lake labeled Kearney Lake. Examining it, he found the lake is actually in Wyoming, not near Kearney, Nebraska, easing his concern.
January 25 effective date schedules show all Nebraska roads reducing road charges to 70 percent of last year's level. Burlington under protest. General Freight Agent Spens says impact unknown until tested as to whether the plan is non compensatory. St Joe and Grand Island first to announce compliance.
The Sidney district No. 1 received $15 000 in school bonds from the State auditor to fund an addition to the high school building. Bonds issued in $500 denominations, 1 to 20 years, optional after five, at 5 percent interest. Plans prepared, board of education eager to start work.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified again in the Stanford White murder trial, recounting her relations and the 1904 laudanum incident. District Attorney Jerome pressed cross examination, seeking to illuminate prior statements and corroborate her story. A letter from Thaw in 1903 was introduced to support her account. Comstock, Society for Suppression of Vice, was noted in the proceedings.
Mrs Thaw testified amid frequent objections as District Attorney Jerome pressed cross examination and read last year’s testimony to impeach her. Key letters described White’s alleged victims and a conspiracy at his studio, while Mrs Thaw recalled her infant son Harry Thaw’s early sleep troubles.
Frankfort Kentucky January 23 There was no election for United States senator in the legislatures joint session due to continued deadlock.
Attorney General Bonaparte directs filing of an equity bill to dismantle control by Union Pacific and its subsidiaries over Southern Pacific and related lines. He seeks to bar stock ownership in Santa Fe and others, citing Sherman Act violations and interstate traffic concerns. Defendants include Farmers' Loan and Trust, Harriman, Schiff, Hahn, Stillman, Frick, Rogers, and William Clark.
Governor Sheldon urged indeterminate sentences for all convicts at a Nebraska conference in Omaha. He argued justice varies with a judge and proposed a state pardons board and a constitutional amendment to ensure fairer outcomes.
In Salt Lake City a Missouri dry farming congress session adopted a committee resolution endorsing forest preservation to conserve moisture. Daniel Harrington of Utah criticized stock grazing restrictions on public range. The body, deeming water more vital than grazing, rejected a recommit and adopted the report overwhelmingly.
William R. Coyne a manufacturers' agent was convicted of perjury connected to his grand jury testimony in the boodling investigation of the St. Louis municipal assembly. He received a two year penitentiary sentence and is free on 3000 bond pending appeal.
Secretary Garfield testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on legislation detailing the general appropriation bill for the interior department. He outlined provisions for the reorganization and maintenance of the bureau within the department.
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