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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
6
Debraska notes report Scotia forms a new telephone company and Deshler, Thedford, and Pax ton boards advance utilities and banking. Windsor areas plan sewers, rail block system arrives at Arlington, and wolf scalps surface near Beatrice. Beatrice field notes include robber chase and Ravenna and West Point developments with extensive local improvements.
Nebraska supreme court issued a temporary restraining order against the Nebraska Lumbermen's Association on conspiracy in restraint of trade. Nearly 400 firms named as defendants. May 16 return day and May 28 for answer. Officers barred from destroying records and members prohibited from agreeing on lumber prices.
James McFarland, working to sink a shaft about five miles east of Falls City, was seriously injured when a bucket fell from a cable. He suffered a fractured right temple and multiple skull fragments were removed. The accident occurred when the hook detached from the bucket base, causing the fatal impact.
The supreme court denied a rehearing on the inheritance tax law that directs a portion of estates to county road funds. In Douglas County the county judge initially refused to appoint appraisers, prompting county action to compel the appointment. The court ruled for the county, despite objections from the Murphy estate attorneys seeking delay.
Firefighters from Humboldt were called to city hall after a drunken holdover inmate set bedding in his cell on fire. Smoke drew responders who found the man gasping at the bars. the blaze was extinguished with no damage beyond burned bed clothing.
Dakota City reports four victims connected to Albert H. Bliven and family in the Palace Hotel fire. Albert H Bliven, wife and two daughters Ed Nason Dolly Bliven are killed. Edwin E Bliven, manager of Akron Milling in Dakota City, has a telegram confirming the deaths and a son Theodore Bliven heads to San Francisco to investigate. Mr Bliven previously lived in Dakota City, later Eureka California with several sons and brothers in the area.
Expert Ol Little reports after surveying Richardson area orchards that 20 to 40 percent of buds remain healthy. He predicts a fair to large yield with quality improved by favorable conditions, and notes many buds are in good shape indicating an unusually large potential crop.
Jess Domingo twenty three son of John Domingo of two and a half miles northeast of Weeping Water Nebraska suffered a serious accident while attempting to lead two horses to a creek. He was found unconscious near the creek with a hitch strap around his hand and is paralyzed from the chest down. He had facial injuries including cuts on the nose and upper lip.
Mrs. D Meyers of four miles southeast of Wayne Nebraska suffered a fracture to her right arm and facial cuts when her buggy was jolted by a frightened team near a new bridge over Logan Creek. The horse bolted dragging her before help from Doctors Blaire and Wightman reached the scene. She is hoped to recover.
While BE Day collected corn in Weeping Water Nebraska a wagon backed by frightened elevator workers trapped his right arm between the wheel and dump door. The arm suffered severe flesh bruising but no bones were broken.
Lengdon brothers sue John R. McCarty in Papillion district court for possession of a 160 acre Platte river island near Forest City in Sarpy county. McCarty claims adverse possession after seven years occupancy.
Congress Nation's record recounts a long Senate scene to set a vote on a statehood measure. Beveridge opens with a four o clock proposal as Foraker arrives late and amendments and time limits fuel debate. After hours of dialogue and calls for seats the agreement is reached delaying the vote to Friday and adding one debate day.
In Washington crowds Bud Keifer of Ohio greets Senator Clark’s secretary George Gilliland and exchanges a handshake with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. Keifer, a schoolmate of Gilliland, chats with senators as they pass by at the Capitol.
Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan asserts he has never eaten anything that disagreed with him. He cites careful stomach selection and cautions that lightning may strike unexpectedly. He recalls his father’s remark after Franklin Pierce’s nomination that nobody is safe.
The young author Percival Gibbon started life as a cabin boy on a sailing ship. He is very young but shows promise of entering Parliament with an M P title, joining celebrated parliamentary writers including Winston Churchill.
Scarcity of first class workmen pushes Omaha master painters to pay up to 50 cents an hour for skilled labor. Open shops report plenty of work and rising hiring demand. Garfield Tea marketed with health claims linked to blood purification and headache relief.
The first witness in a Cincinnati petty lawsuit, an Irishman, faced doubt over his competence. Before swearing, he was asked if he knew the nature of an oath and replied with a broad grin that it is second nature to him.
Murray F Tuley longtime Chicago circuit judge dies after twenty five years on the bench. He was famed for strict impartiality in rulings even when his bias ran contrary. A friend recalls Tuley saying he studied evidence in Arkansas before declaring the defendant upright and honorable, adding I did not say I believed it.
A Wilkes Barre nurse outlines personal and patient benefits from Postum Food Coffee. She notes headaches and indigestion eased within two weeks, improved milk flow for mothers, and better results when served properly boiled with cream.
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