Venezuela Tariff Talks Promise Protracted Senate Debate
Washington April 1 A long awaited correspondence on American Venezuelan claims is submitted to the senate committee on foreign relations. A tentative program proposes a prohibitive tariff on Venezuelan coffee an asphalt import ban and giving the president power to pursue further talks. The Root Russell exchange and the New York and Bermudez dispute loom large as Caracas resists arbitration while the country faces a 5 million enforceable fine.
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Washington
America
Venezuela
Senate
Root
Congress
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Lake Bermudez
Russell
New York
Bermudez
Scott
Forestry Bureau Under Fire in House Debates
Washington reports the agricultural appropriation bill passed the house with sharp attacks on the forestry bureau. Mondell and Smith pressed charges of timber monopolies and water rights overreach, while Hepburn and Scott defended the bureau. The Senate spent time on a Snake River dam bill and Teller denounced executive encroachment. The president sent Hill’s nomination as ambassador to Germany to the Senate.
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Washington
Bureau of Forestry
House
Mondell
Wye
Smith
Cal
Bureau
Bonynge
Colo
Cushman
Wash
Congress
Hepburn (Jr
Scott
Kan
Humphreys
Misas
Senate
Snake River
Heyburn
Ida
Teller
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Death of Joseph Howard Jr. Newspaper Icon Passes After Illness
New York April 1. After an illness of almost a year Joseph Howard Jr. a leading newspaper man in the country died. He was seventy four years old and had spent his life in the newspaper business.
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Joseph Howard
New York
Joseph Howard, Jr
Howard
Oil Rates Cut By Oklahoma Commission
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed the final order to reduce freight rates on crude petroleum and fuel oil, cutting rates by 50 percent for crude and 40 percent for refined oil, effective in Guthrie Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Corporation
Commmission
Aldrich currency bill passes Senate with emergency issue plan
The Aldrich bill authorizes not more than 500 million in emergency currency backed by state, county and municipal bonds. It caps charges at one per cent for early use and redefines bank reserves. An amendment bans banks from funding stocks of related firms, and a government deposit guarantee was defeated.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Teller
Johnston
Owen
Borah
Bourne
Brown Heyburn
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
la Follette
Jeaders
House
Congress
Cannon
Committee On Banking and Currency
Committee On Rules
John Sharp Williams
Banking and Currency Committee
Powler
Diekema Defends President in Intolerance Accusation
Michigan Representative Diekema rebuts charges that President Roosevelt was intolerant after a reported interview. He says the president showed liberal reception and explained the China court report without enforcing harsh discipline, though he admits some gesturing and desk banging was possible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George III
House of Representatives
Representative Diekema
Michigan
Diekema
Judiciary Committee
Wifey
United States Court
China
Representative Williams
Miss
Congress
Williams
Berkman arraigned in bomb plot case
New York April 1 Berkman treasurer of the Anarchists Federated union was arraigned on an affidavit charging him with advising the Union Square meeting. Detective Lieut Warsansky said evidence would not be disclosed yet and Berkman was held in 500 bail for examination Friday.
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Berkman
New York
Alexander Berkman
Anarchists’ Federated Union
Union Square
Warsansky
Droege
Anarchista
Mets
McClellan
Selig Silverstein
Bellevue Hospital
Silverstein
Mme Gould Ill After Divorce Amid New York Rumors
Mme Anna Gould ill with bronchitis and stomach trouble at the Hotel St. Regis in New York. She has been seen with Prince de Sagan amid rumors of an engagement, while legal advisers discuss the Gould will and possible challenges to the will provisions.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Count de Castellane
Tyler Morse
St. Regis
Mme. Gould
Helen Gould
France
Prince de Sagan
Morse
Gould
Sven
Paris
Waldorf-Astoria
Coudert Brothers
Jay Gould
Onehalf
Minority Scores A Victory In Military Affairs Vote
Five Democratic members of the senate committee defeated both the Warner and Foraker bills to restore duty to Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry discharged over the Brownsville Texas incident. The minority’s unit vote will send the measures to adverse reports. Warner hopes his bill still becomes law with a senate majority. The core clash is whether reinstate ment rests on presidential judgment or oath of innocence.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Warner
Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Senate
Low Rates for Chicago Convention
Vice President McCullough of the Northwestern railway announced low excursion rates from all points on the line to Chicago for the Republican national convention in June. The rates would be based on the same basis as those announced by western railroads for the Democratic convention in Denver.
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Chicago
McCullough
The
Northwestern Railway
Denver
Judge Holt Sustains Morse Demurrer in Bankruptcy Case
Judge Mott in New York district court sustains the demurrer in Charles W Morse involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by Receiver Hanna of the National Bank of North America. Leave to amend granted within ten days upon payment of costs.
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Holt
Morse
New York
Mott
United States District Court
Charles W. Morse
Hanna
National Bank of North America
Nebraska seeks injunction over reduced express rates
Nebraska Attorney General Thompson moves to enjoin express companies from enforcing the reduced rates under the Sibley law. He secures a special Supreme Court session for April 1 to hear the temporary injunction request and possible appointment of a referee. A federal counter suit to restrain the act continues in New York as both state and federal cases race to final judgment.
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Lincoln
Thompson
Supreme Court
Express
New York City
Two Die Under the Wheels in Nebraska Tragedy
In Holdrege Nebraska Mrs Ma Alda Nelson thirty three pushed her nine year old son from a Burlington train and was killed when the engine struck them. Witnesses say poverty and alleged domestic troubles prompted the act as they walked four miles from town on the track.
Farmer Dies After Shootout With Neighbor Insane Suspect
O'Neill Nebraska March 40 Erly Borg a prosperous farmer is shot and mortally wounded by John Price a Kinkaid homesteader four miles from Borgs home. Five hours later Price, pursued by Sheriff Hall and a posse, shoots himself in a shanty on a nearby homestead. Authorities label Price insane.
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O'Neill
Neb
Erly Borg
John Price
Kinkaid
Borg
Sheriff Hall
Price
Farmer Shot On Street In Nebraska Killing
In Broken Bow Nebraska on March 30 farmer John Sanderson was instantly killed by James Carland a local resident. Eyewitnesses said a verbal dispute over family matters led Carland to draw a revolver and fire three shots into Sanderson’s face before turning himself in. Sanderson leaves a wife and family.
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Broken Bow
Neb
John Sanderson
Here
James Carland
State Bank
Carland
Sanderson
Wheat Weevil Ruins 800 Bushels in Cook Nebraska
J H J Tetan, seven miles northeast of Cook Nebraska, found this week that last year’s wheat was ruined by wheat weevil. About 800 bushels were sold after a load to the elevator showed grain literally alive with weevils. Heart eaten from most, leaving bulls. First reported case in the area.
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Cook
J. H. J. Tetan
Attorney General Seeks Ban on Express Rate Hikes
Lincoln March 2 The attorney general asked the supreme court to enjoin express companies from charging rates exceeding the Sibley law which cuts rates 26 percent He charged the corporations with contumaciously resisting the law.
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Lincoln
Thompson
Supreme Court
Bryan to address Nebraska Democratic editors at annual meeting
W. J. Bryan will speak at a complimentary dinner in Lincoln tonight and outline leading campaign issues for state and national races. Earlier the Democratic Editorial Association of Nebraska held its annual meeting this afternoon.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Democratic Editorial Association of
Woman Thrashes Lawyer in McBride's Pool Hall
Mrs. Mary Shearer, widow near Mullen, Neb., met attorney O and Hamilton in McBride's pool hall and gave him a severe beating. Hamilton, a lawyer once hanged in effigy for alleged improper practice, faced controversy over attempting to repossess Shearer's team based on a supposedly satisfied mortgage and destroyed note.
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Mra. Shearer
Arsenic Tea Case Leads to Arrest in Omaha
Gua McCloud is held on charges of attempting to poison his wife and child after a tea prepared for his wife and daughter was found to contain arsenic. An Omaha chemist confirmed the poison. the child drank the tea and became seriously ill while Mrs. McCloud did not drink any. Captain Troutan arrested McCloud following county attorney guidance.
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South Omaha
Gua McCloud
Omaha
McCloud
Troutan
Prairie Fire Near Mullen Neb Hits Wide Area
Prairie fire west of Mullen Nebraska, started by a Burlington passenger train, swept north toward the Loup river. Property losses are huge as new settlers have moved in. Muhlbach goat ranch escaped narrowly. 800 goats faced peril but were saved by town help.
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Mullen
Neb
Burlington
Loup River
Muhlbach
Patterson for water right in Platte river project
D C Patterson trustee for Fremont and Omaha Power company has filed no requests with the state irrigation board for Platte river water to back a power plant serving Omaha. He outlines two plans costing 3 600 000 and 3 950 000 dollars similar to Seymour Park Canal and Fremont Canal projects.
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Lincoln
D. C. Patterson
Fremont and Omaha Power Company
State Board of Irrigation
Platte River
Omaha
Seymour Park Canal Water Power Company
Fremont Canal and Power Company
State appeals anti pass suit in Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln March 27 An appeal was filed to test the legality of the King anti pass act in the Nebraska supreme court. Dr D T Martin a Union Pacific surgeon was prosecuted in Platte county district court on the charge of being a passholder and he won the suit. The state appealed asserting he did not give the major portion of his time to railroad service.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
D. T. Martin
Union Pacific
District Court
Platte County
Nebraska cattle shipping to South Omaha allowed after May 1
Governor Sheldon, returning from Washington, announced that after May 1 Nebraska cattle may be shipped to South Omaha and interstate points. Cattle west of the state center will be under the state veterinarian who will isolate stock with stables. The state quarantine was modified with federal approval to exclude disease-free sections.
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Lincoln
Sheldon
Washington
Nebraska
South Omaha
Attorney General Seeks Advance in Soldiers Case
Thompson moves the Nebraska Supreme Court to advance the case of the state board of public lands and buildings versus Richard B. Howell. The dispute follows a Hall County injunction blocking the board from withholding part of pensions for soldiers and sailors home residents who joined the home.
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Lincoln
Thompson
Supreme Court
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Richard B. Howell
District Court of
Hall County
State Board
Grand Island
Safecrackers Rob Valle y Café and Post Office
In Valley Nebraska March 41, safecrackers robbed the local cafe and postoffice. Postmaster Johnson says the culprits were paid for their trouble for the first time. He will not disclose the loss until he can examine the safe. Bloodhounds were brought from Lincoln to trail the thieves, and a special government agent has arrived.
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Valley
Neb
Johnson
Lincoln
Lincoln Lawyer Convicted in Extortion Case
A district court jury finds RK J Greene guilty of extorting money from Lincoln liquor dealers. He was indicted for filing remonstrances before the excise board and accepting cash payments to withdraw the suits. The offense carries a fine between 200 and 500 dollars and a possible five year term.
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Lincoln
RK. J. Greene
Lincoln Liquur
Green
Excise Board
Punizkalk
Pardy's Bakery and Local Services Ad Mix
Local ad notices list Pardy's Bakery at 114 West Montana for pies and cakes with other services offered. Calls for coal delivery, real estate loans, dental services, and farm equipment from John Deere Velie buggies. Also mentions a six room house for sale and a new shop with phone contact.
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F. E. Reddish
Eee
Pardy's
West
Montana Atreat
John Deere & Velie
J. R. Jonpan
Sesso
Central city rooming house offers reasonable rent
For rent contact The Herald office and visit in the Opera House block. Also notice of 1200 bushels of good seed oats 250 bushels broom corn and Russian millet seed for sale by Geo. E. Douglas. Leave orders at United States Land Co. first door north of Hila Grand hotel. S.C. Beck quotes mill work tanks screens storm sash and repairs.
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Geo. E. Douglas
United States Land Co
Hila Grand Hotel
Builders urged to consult 5 C Reck before spring work
Parties desiring to build or repair will save money by figuring with 5 C Reck before spring work opens up.
For Sale Cheap Household Goods and Piano Wanted
Advertisement notes sale of household goods at a reasonable rate in a modern house available for rent. Also a pianist seeks a new piano. Call at this office, 16-tf.
Tax Notice for 1887 to 1907 Distress Warrants After Feb 1
All personal taxes for the years 1887 to 1907 are being forwarded to date and if not paid distress warrants will be served after Feb 1 and collected. Save yourself extra costs by settling at once. By order of County Board. Fred Mollring, Treasurer.
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County Board
Fred Mollring
Notice to Hunters on Kent Farm Premises
Notice from W. R. Kent forbidding hunting on his land after horses were shot, two fatally, promising prosecution to the full extent of the law for any future trespass.
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W. R. Kent
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News OF Nebraska
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South Twenty-fifth Street
Wonman Thrashes
Hooker County
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Platte Water
State Appeals
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Barry Howse
Pardy
Rowan
Pardy's Bakery
Wm. James
Dr. Allen
Opera House
Blk
P. R. Workman
Alliance
Herald Office
Opera House Blk
S.C. Beck
Moerchanta
Frank W Sharp
Watson & Witaon
Pratutista
Box Butte
Herald
Chicago, Harlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Wattor & Wathon
Ilainwit
Box Hutte
Gustaf Jensen
Elaine Ee
Sears al Kry
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