Supreme Court Rules Against Nebraska Freight Rate Law
The Supreme Court held the Nebraska 1893 maximum rail freight law unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision favored the railroads, affirming circuit court findings that the law was unreasonable and discriminated against interstate commerce. Justice Harlan wrote the opinion with Bryan among state counsel.
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Washington
March
Harlan
Nebraska
Circuit Court
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
W. J. Bryan
War scare in Wall Street hits markets on Cuban concerns
The market opened with huge selling as Cuban complications over Consul General Lee spurred losses from 2 to 5 points. British and London stocks slid with declines up to 27, Sugar led the drops, and heavy selling widened across stocks and bonds before a partial rally.Metropolitan Street Railway fell 8 points amid broad declines of 2 to 3 percent.
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Axsother
New York
March
Lee
London
St. Paul
Far East
Washington
Metropolitan Street Railway
Finds Long Lost Daughter
Mrs H A Banks of Omaha believes she has found her missing daughter Hattie Frederick after 11 years of search and a fortune spent. a Syracuse Wyoming woman’s missing mother inquiry matched the name. Banks will travel west tomorrow to reunite with her daughter.
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ChicaGo
H. A. Banks
Henry Frederick
Omaha
Banks
Syracuse
Hattie Frederick
Strife Begins Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Frontiers
Reports from San Jose say an armed encounter occurred near Liberia on the frontier between Nicaraguan and Costa Rican troops. President Rafael Iglesias has joined the field, and General Aureto Estrada may command the Nicaraguan army. a formal declaration of war is not unlikely.
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Costa Rica
New York
San Jose
Liberia
Rafael Iglesias
Aureto Estrada
Move For a Great Shipbuilding Plant
Cleveland March 5 In reference to Andrew Carnegie letter urging a great shipbuilding near New York and ships of this country once again supreme at sea Robert Wallace president of the Cleveland Shipbuilding company says not withstanding wage differences there is doubt that modern steel or iron vessels can be built in New York or vicinity cheaper than in any foreign country
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Cleveland
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Robert Wallace
Cleveland Shipbuilding Company
Europe
Ex Auditor Moore Rearrested on Embezzlement Charge
Ex State Auditor Eugene Moore, freed two weeks earlier by the supreme court, was rearrested on an indictment by the Lancaster County grand jury accusing him of embezzling fees paid by insurance companies for licenses. He had been tried for embezzling 23000 from the state and sentenced to eight years.
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Moore
Lancoix
Eugene Moore
Supreme Court
Lancaster County Grand Jury
Supplies For Starving Cubans
The Mallory dispatch from New York dated March 6 reports aid supplies for starving Cubans beginning to move toward Havana. Shipping details and organizational roles are noted though specifics remain sparse.
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New York
Mallory
Panicky Trading on London Stock Exchange Over Cuban Crisis
A state of semi panic spread through the London Stock Exchange in the morning as fears of Cuban crisis and possible war with Russia in the far east unsettled investors. New York selling and Spain's aggressive stance kept Spanish securities flat amid lingering alarm.
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London Stock Exchange
London
Stock Exchange
Russia
Far East
New York
Spain
Negotiations Conclude With Lion Indians in South Dakota
Reports from Lower Brule agency say inspector James McLaughlin of the Indian bureau secured a provisional agreement. The Lion Indians surrender six or seven townships from the reservation’s western area. McLaughlin then moves to Rosebud to obtain Lower Brule signatures and consent of three-fourths of male adults to relocate permanently.
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Chamberlain
Lower Brule
James McLaughlin
Indian Bureau
McLaughlin
Rosebud Reservation
Lower Brules
Dawson Arrivals Reach Seattle on Farallon
On the steamer Farallon from the north arrived Thomas Graham and Thomas Elliott with H. E. Peter of Indiana. They left Dawson City February 13 amid reports they brought out $20,000. A gold nugget worth $1,066 was found on Eldorado creek before the trip. A six physician committee notes Skaguay has seen only 19 deaths in 16 months.
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Dawson
Seattle
Farallon
Thomas Graham
Thomas Elliott
Dawson City
H. E. Peter
Indiana
Eldorado Creek
Skaguay
Forgery Charge Brings Clergyman to Jail
Rev. Mr. Campe formerly of Valley Iowa is jailed in Washington Iowa after confessing to forging a note following indictment. He was brought from Milwaukee for the case.
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Washincton
Campe
Valley
Milwaukee
Cuban developments weigh on grain futures as weak close
Nearby wheat futures fall on Cuban developments with July down 3.5 cents and May off 1 cent. Far off futures rise on Leiter buying with Illinois and Missouri crop forecasts higher. Corn and oats slip while pork and lard tighten. cash quotes show mixed grain options and varying animal product prices.
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Cutcaco
Leiter
Missouri
Cora
Chicago Live Stock Market Reports March 7
Hogs receipts 32 000 steady to a shade higher with light up to 4 64. Mixed 3 85 to 4 0 9. Heavy 8 85 to 4 10. Cattle receipts 22 000 quiet with lower beeves 3 80 to 6 65. Cows and heifers 2 15 to 4 40 Texas steers 8 56 to 4 35 stockers and feeders 5 50 to 4 50. Sheep receipts 26 000 weak to lower natives 3 10 to 4 60 westerns 3 50 to 4 5 lambs 4 2 to 5 50.
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Chicago
Texas
Grain Price Report From St Louis Market
The March 7 listing from St Louis shows prices for corn and other grains with calls for No. 2 cash bids. Notable figures include No. 2 red cash at 99:40 for May and July at 9c for corn and higher prices for other contracts. The report reflects futures movement and cash price levels in the early market session.
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Louis Grain
St. Louis
Defense Bill Advances Amid Spain Tensions and Ship Talks
Washington reports five key moves shaping US Spain frictions. Cannon introduces a 50 million dollar defense bill while Spain withdraws its objection to Consul General Lee. Navy plans include ironclads and torpedo boat destroyers as negotiations for warships proceed. Presidentials note Lee’s status and treasury funds remain ample. Separately General Rosecrans lies near death in California after medical rites.
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Montgomery
Ha- Yana
Washington
United States
Spain
Congress
Mr. Cannon
Havana
House of the Hill
Cannon
Hale
Cuba
American Interes
Senor du Bose
Madrid
Senor Gallen
du Bose
Navy Department
Long
A. F. Lane
Maxim-Nordenfelt Company
Cincinnati
Maine court of inquiry set to finish in three days
March 8 Havana reports the Maine court of inquiry will complete its work within three days. The panel is reportedly satisfied with the cause of the disaster and an almost unanimous report is expected. Captain Chadwick reportedly did not wear the diver’s helmet. Consul Barker’s resignation is urged for immediate acceptance. Senator Proctor and Miss Barton visit Barker to urge him to stay amid rumor of expulsion of American newspaper men.
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Havana
Maine Court of Inquiry
Chadwick
Maine
Barker
Mr. Barker
Senator Proctor
Miss Barton
Counterfeiters Arrested in De Soto Missouri
Secret service officers and deputy U S marshals arrest Joseph Oature William Sutton and William Maffitt at De Soto Missouri on counterfeiting charges. They are jailed at the Four Courts and to face United States Commissioner Gray tomorrow. Joseph Cature a former night engineer at the De Soto electric light works was captured with coin molds metals crucibles and fifty dollars in counterfeit coins.
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St. Louis
Secret Service
United States
de Soto
Joseph Oature
William Sutton
William Maffitt
Four Courts
Gray
Joseph Cature
de Soto Electric
Call For Men to Enlist at Charlestown Navy Yards
Orders from the Charlestown navy yards call for enlistment of men in multiple navy ratings including machinists artificer seamen ordinary seamen lands men firemen and coal passers. No number or end date is stated and recruiting continues until farther orders.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yards
Ryan's Visit Cat Short Ends in Arrest for Robbery
William Ryan visits his dying brother at 5600 Center Avenue but detectives arrest him for robbery after a telegram from Omaha’s chief of police. Ryan denies guilt while his brother John Ryan, dying of consumption, remains near death in Chicago as the case unfolds.
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Ryan
OntcaGo
William Ryan
Omaha
Center Avenue
John Ryan
Chicago
Warships Encourage the Spanish in Havana
The arrival of the Spanish ship Almirante Oquendo and the Vizcaya stirs Spanish pride in Havana. Locals say naval show has inflated the belief that war with the United States would not be serious for Spain and that the Maixe im iry outcome matters little to the Spanish government.
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Havana
March
Almirante Oquendo
Vizcaya
Spain
United States
South Omaha Live Stock Prices March 7 Report
Cattle receipts 200 steady on best, common 5 1V lower native beef steers 3.40 to 4.50, western steers 4.50 to 6.40, Texas steers 3.80 to 4.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, calves 4.00 to 6.00, bulls and stags 2.50 to 4.70. Hogs receipts 3,200 strong, prices 3.64 to 5.85 with bulk 3.81 to 4.85. Sheep receipts 3,000 steady, natives 4.75 to 4.75, westerns 3.60 to 4.50, lambs 4.50 to 5.30.
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South Omaha
Louis Omaha
Live Stock Prices From Kansas City Market Report
Kansas City live stock market on March 7 shows cattle receipts around 7,000. Texas steers bring 3.50 to 4.85, Texas cows 4.40 to 4.15, native steers 4.01 to 5.40, native cows and heifers 2.25 to 4.40, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 4. W, bulls 2.50 to 4.5.
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Kansas City
Texas
Doings of Iowans and State News Highlights
Iowa City hosts the 1898 League of American Wheelmen state race meet in March. A leprosy case is reported in Graettinger with unknown origin. A Jefferson county case and a ring of hides tied to bounty schemes across multiple counties are detailed with multiple convictions and prison terms.
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Iowa City
L. A
Crepar Rarns
League of American Wheelmen
Iowa
Cepark Rapids
State Board of Health
Graettinger
Rison
Mills
Jefferson
MacIntosh
Grosvenor
Miss Mumford Seeks Death With Morphine Attempt at Orpark
Attempted death by own action reported in Orpark Rapids Iowa as Miss Mattie Mumford took a large quantity of morphine late last night. She is expected to recover. no motive or cause is known.
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Orpark Rapids
Mattie Mumford
Crpar Rapids
Alfred S. Healy
Libbie Branschand
Healy
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Brauschand
Fourth Avenue
Brauschaard
Libbie
Buttot
Pioneer Physician Dr W O Richards Dies at 77
Warver co Iowa March 5 Dr W O Richards oldest physician in the area died this morning at age 77. He practiced medicine in Warver for 45 years.
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Warver.co
W. O. Richards
Iowa
Iowa Postmasters Named by President in Senate Nomination
The president sent nominations for Iowa postmasters including L. G. Hardin Ames Clarence S Crain Brooklyn Irving M Treynor Council Bluffs I Stauffer Gladbrook and J D Paddock Malvern.
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Iowa
Washington
Senate
L. G. Hardin
Ames
Clarence S.crain
Brooklyn
Irving M. Treynor
Council Bluffs
I. Stauffer
Gladbrook
J. D. Paddock
Malvern
Lieutenant Calke Crushed By Freight Train Incident
Des Moines reports Lieutenant Calke of the U.S. Army, commandant at Iowa Wesleyan University Mt. Pleasant, attempted to board a freight train in Des Moines on March 6. He slipped and was cut in two at the waist, leaving a wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant.
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Calke
Des Moines
U.S. A
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Organizing party prepares Klondike expedition from Navava
A group of eighteen members has completed organization and will sail April 1 to the Klondike. Mayor Hicks of Navava is the manager, with a small vessel chartered and fitted in San Francisco for the trip.
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Navava
Klondike
Hicks
San Francisco
Fire destroys Hub Clothing stock in Ottumwa loss totaled
A morning fire in Ottumwa Iowa gut fire Hub Clothing company stock with a $10 000 loss Pallister Bros cigar makers on the second floor lose 1400 and building owner B Hoffmann sustains 1000 in damages Insurance covers the losses and cause is unknown
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Ottumwa
Hub Clothing Company
Pallister Bros
B. Hoffmann
Death of Mrs Curry Inquest Finds Heart Enlargement Cause
Coroner Smith and Sheriff Rose removed the body from Hawkins bridge on the Nishnabotna and brought it to town for an inquest. The verdict states death resulted from enlargement of the heart, not foul play, after the inquiry conducted during the day.
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Oak
Smith
Rose
Hawkins’ Bridge
Nishnabotna
Jack Curry
Eart
Miners Elect Officers in Iowa State Gathering
Miners in OsKaloosa Iowa adjourned yesterday forming a state organization. Officers named S P Boyce Des Moines president John Brenn Keb vice president John Wilson Beacon secretary treasurer and executive board members John W Evans Keb S Chase Hiteman H Penna Seymour Ericcson Des Moines J O James Beacon. Resolutions endorsed Chicago miners and operators eight hour day and wage advance.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
S. P. Boyce
Des Moines
John Brenn
Keb
John Wilson
Beacon
John W. Evans
S. Chase
Hiteman
Meets a Horrible Death in Iowa Mill Accident
Orrumwa Iowa March 5 A N Hull aged 75 a leading Selma citizen and one of southern Iowa's wealthiest men met a horrible death working in the engine room of his flouring mill his coat caught on a flywheel dragged him around the wheel and before the machinery could be stopped he was ground into a pulp with multiple broken bones and a torn off arm.
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Orrumwa
A. N. Hull
Selma
Iowa
Two Men Sentenced for Attempted Train Wreck Near Murray
Fred Sizecoad and Frank Jackman were convicted of attempted train wrecking in Judge Towner's court. Each received life sentences to Fort Madison penitentiary. Both lived in Murray. Sizecoad 27, married, Jackman 20, unmarried. They loosened rails on Dec 2 for Burlington No. 2 passenger train, but it carried 260 passengers safely over the defect.
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Oscrolla
Fred Sizecoad
Burlington
Murray
Four sentencers for swindling by selling wolf pelts
Four men were sentenced in district court for swindling Madison County by selling wolf pelts imported from South Dakota. The bounties were per pelt, and the scheme covered multiple counties including Polk Dallas Marion Warren Adair Guthrie Audubon Cass Adams Montgomery Shelby Pottawattamie Crawford and Har.
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Wiytersert
Madison County
South Dakota
Iowa
Polk
Dallas
Marion
Warren
Adair
Guthrie
Audubon
Cass
Adams
Montgomery
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Crawford
Har
Monument to the Heroes Fund Drive in Des Moines
A meeting led by Mayor MacVicar gathered residents to raise funds for a monument honoring Maine disaster victims. Governor Shaw presided as speeches were delivered. A committee including Colonel G L Godfrey W E O Bieness Milo Ward and the Commercial Exchange secretary was formed to collect funds.
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Des Moines
MacVicar
Maine
Shaw
G. L. Godfrey
W. E. O’bieness
Sud Milo Ward
The
Commercial Exchange
Commercial Excharge Seeks Bigger Iowa Exhibit Funds
Des Moines March 3 The Des Moines Commercial Exchange urges the Iowa legislature to boost the state exhibit budget for the Omaha exposition. They seek at least 100000 more to build a prominent Iowa display, aiming for a total likely to reach 35000. They will lobby lawmakers and solicit support across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Commercial Exchange
Exchange
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