Alabama Governor Holds Firm on Rail Fare Law
Gov. Comer asserted support for the 24 4 cent fare bill amid rail officials conference with Vice President Russell and Birmingham attorney Weatherley. The Southern railway denied defying Alabama law and argued removals to federal court were in proper order. Indictments in Marton for business without a license prompted concern among railroad leaders about possible legal complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. L. Russell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Finley
Southern Railway
Weatherley
Birmingham
Gov
Comer
Alabama
Tallway
Marton
Ala
Southerm
Col. Russell
Georgia Governor Refuses Payment for Champagne Bill
Prohibition Governor Hoke Smith challenges a Georgia state charge from a New York wine firm for champagne used at Jamestown expos. The commission denies knowledge of any drinking while President Mitchell claims the wine was sent on approval. Smith seeks to identify who ordered and who drank the wine and other related expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Georgia
Georgia Commission
Hoke Smith
New York
Mitchell
Gov. Smith
President Mitchell
Land Fraud Scandal Reported in Imperial Valley
Receiver K Robinson of the Los Angeles land office says fraudulent and criminal entries cover more than 4000 acres in the Imperial valley. He and Gen Prescott detected the scheme and secret agents are gathering evidence likely to reveal a major land fraud, with fourteen affidavits already on file and more to be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Robinson
Los Angeles
Chicago Woman Marries Indiana Senator in Berlin Ceremony
Miss Katherine Eddy of Chicago and Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana wed in Berlin. The civil ceremony occurred at the registrar's office at noon and a religious rite followed at the American embassy conducted by Thomas G. Hall of Union Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Eddy
Chicago
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Berlin
Regrstrar
Hey. Thomas G. Hall
Union Theological Seminary
Dreyfus lawyer Mornand Decorated with Legion of Honor
Maitre Mornand, one of the lawyers who defended Dreyfus, has been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The honor highlights his contributions to the Dreyfus case and his legal work within the French judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Maitre Mornand
Legion of Honor
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations Report
Wednesday quotes from the Sioux City Live Stock Market show butcher steers at 4.60 to 5.90 and top hogs at 6.00, indicating bid ranges for major livestock categories. The brief market snapshot highlights live cattle and hog price levels in a regional livestock exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Auto Wreck at Brookfield Corners Kills Two
Two men died and another fatally injured with a fourth person slightly hurt in an automobile accident at Brookfield Corners Wisconsin Wednesday morning. Authorities investigated the wreck and identified the victims and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Corners
Wia
Train derailment near Poren Thorn leaves many dead
A passenger train derailed Tuesday night between Poren and Thorn in Germany. By noon Wednesday twenty bodies had been recovered from the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poren
Thorn
Germany
Railroads in Alarm Over Joint Stand in Probes
In Chicago and New York talks, Standard Oil and several railroads including Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago and Alton seek a united front against government probes. The 4391 indictments are cited as motive while Judge Landis ties railroads to rebating offenses. Missouri AG Hadley says a Mississippi Valley AG meeting is planned in St Louis to coordinate anti trust and railroad suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard OU Corporation
Chicago
New York
Chicago and Alton
Burlington and Quincy
Baste Divners
Federal Grand Jury
John 8. Miller
Moritz Rosenthal
Standard Off Company
Judge Landis
Oif Corporation
Hadley
Jefferson City
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Train Plunges Into River Near Angiers France
A local train derailed while crossing a bridge over the Loire at Les Ponte de Ce three miles southeast of Angers. The locomotive plunged fifty feet into the river, taking with it the tender and the third class car. Forty passengers and the engineer died. only the second and third cars remained afloat due to a broken coupling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angiers
Franpa
Loire
Les Ponte de Ce
Senger
Miss Harriman to Wed Consular Service Officer
Miss Mary Harriman daughter of E H Harriman has consented to wed William Straight American consul at Mukden. The engagement was announced Monday. Straight is 30, Cornell graduate eight years ago and served as war correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War before his Mukden post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harriman
E. H. Harriman
William Straight
Mukden
Mary
Mukdena
Harriman
Orient
Pekin
Alice Roosevelt
Consul Straight
Cornell
China
Woman's body found in trunk aboard Marseille baggage
A trunk arriving from Monte Carlo at Marseille held a woman's body dismembered. Mr and Mrs Gold, owners of the trunk, were arrested after denying involvement. They claimed only a slight acquaintance with the victim. The woman's lover allegedly killed her prior, and the couple attempted to dispose of the corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marselles
France
Monte Carlo
Fails to Save Girl in Dear Lake Boat Capsize
A boat capsized near Chillicothe Missouri and drowned Miss Lu cretia Evins and Emery McDougal Monday night. McDougal tried to save Evins but both sank in each other’s arms. Two others aboard escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Evins
Emery McDougal
Dear Lake
Chillicothe
Baltimore mother murders two infants during insanity relapse
A 26 year old Baltimore woman identified as Mrs Kris Nenadal diedreced Monday morning after strangling her two infant children during a renewed period of insanity. The tragic case highlights ongoing mental health struggles and the dangers posed to family members in unstable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Kris
Baltimore
Standard Oil Secretary vows no price hike
Charles M. Pratt, secretary of Standard Oil, said on Monday that the company has no intention of advancing the price of oil. He emphasized stability amid market talk and affirmed current pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Pratt
Standard Oil Company
Johnston Elected Senator to Succeed Pettus
The Alabama Legislature elected Joseph F. Johnston to the United States Senate in a separate session on Tuesday to fill the vacancy left by the late Senator Pettus. He will serve both the short and long term until 2015.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Joseph F. Johnston
United States
Senator Pettus
Two Drowned in Bear Lake In Missouri
Cretia Evans and Emery McDoughal of Chilileothe Missouri drowned Monday night in Bear lake. The incident involved two residents reported missing after an evening near the water with authorities continuing inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Lucretia Evans
Emery McDoughal
Chilileothe, Mo
Bear Lake
Interstate Live Stock Fair Promises Grand Woodland Exhibit
The Interstate Live Stock Fair at Woodland Park, Bronx City Ia, promises record crowds with top cattle, Percheron horses, and Missouri valley swine. The event features prominent racers Dan Patch and Crossus, airship demonstrations by Horreo Wild, and a $20,000 biblical spectacle The Sica of Jericho. Also a Northwestern Town Catholic semi centennial jubilee in Sioux City scheduled during the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Pack
Bronx City
Bert F
Woodland
Missouri Valley
Dan Pateh
Crosceus
Horreo Wild
Sioux City
Mothers in Terror Charge Fouts in brutal assault case
Lucia Fouts was arrested in New Brighton S L for criminal assault on 2 year old Antoinette Taluci as a mob pursued Fontza through the street. The child was seriously injured and a magistrate ordered medical examination. Angeline Condarti a six year old girl was found bruised near Linoleumville Staten Island after an unknown man attacked her.
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Lucia Fouts
New Brighton S. L
Antoinette Talucl
Pasquale ‘Tluci
New Brighton
Fontza
Taluci
King Plaster Mite
Pontza
Fontea
Angeline Condarti
Linoleumville
Staten Island
Attempt to Wreck a Train Outside Allegheny
Police report an attempt to derail the New York Chicago limited on the Pennsylvania railroad near Allegheny. Slice bars were nailed to the ties and rails but the locomotive's weight kept the train on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York-Chicago Limited Expres
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny
Girl Tied to Tree Near Wadsworth After Attack
Anna Kiel, 27, daughter of a prominent farmer near Wadsworth Ohio, was attacked by an unknown man. She suffered severe bruises and cuts and was found tied to a tree several hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Kiel
Liying
Wadsworth
Silk Workers Strike Expands in Lackawanna Areas
Representatives in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties Pennsylvania refuse a shorter work day for silk workers. More than 6 000 persons are on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ek Mille
Lackawanna
Luserne
Western League Schedule Headed for Sioux City Games
Schedule lists Western League games to be played at Sioux City in the near future. Entries include Pueblo Denver Omaha and Livol with dates in August and September. The fragment mentions players and location details but is incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pueblo
ssAum
Denver
Omaha
Pallieren Assassin Declared Insane in Paris Shooting
Leon Maille a naval reservist who fired two revolver shots at President Fallieres on the streets of Paris was ruled insane Monday and committed to an asylum.
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Pallieren
Leon Maille
President Fallieres
Paris
An Aslum
Cholera Threat in Russian Provinces Reported
It was announced Monday that the provinces of Astrakhan Saratov Simbirsk Ufa Kazan and Nizhni Novgorod face an outbreak threat of cholera across the region.
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Astrakhan
Sarkov
Simbirak
Ufa
Kazan
Nizhni- Novgorod
Lincoln banker blue-plooded mock Europe trip tale unfolds
Nebraska State News reports an anecdote about AL Le Bixby, poet and oherographer, and William T. Abid, nicknamed Tom, at Lincoln’s City National Bank. Abid, president, jokingly urges Bixby to voyage Europe. Bixby cashes a check then plans to depart Sept. 1. Abid, a Knoxville native, founded the City National Bank of Lincoln in 1899 and has long owned multiple banks and ranches.
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Lincoln
Tom Auld
Europe
AL le Bixby
The
State Journal
William T. Abid
Tom
City National Bank of Lincoln
Jook
Bixby
Bix
Dunn
A. L. Bixby
W. T. Auld
Knoxville
Nebraska
Guide Rock
Red Cloud
City National Bank of
Hearing on creamery rail rates limits in Nebraska
The Nebraska railway commission held a special hearing on creamery rate plans. Prof H Wheden of South Dakota spoke, noting that reduced short haul rates diminished northwest creameries from 165 to 145 while long haul rates hurt others. Whedon testified as an expert. W Hoard urged higher future rail rates to aid dairymen and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Sioux City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Northwest
H. Wheden
South Dakota Agricultural College
Brookings
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Railway Commission
Whedon
W. ©.Hoard
Howard's Dairymary
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Indersk
Automobile Gasoline Explosion Injures Nebraska City Man
Edward Gregg of Nebraska City recently bought a runabout. He asked workers to fill the tank and the gasoline explosed in the garage. Flames shot up about 100 feet and Gregg suffered burns to his face and arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gregg
Nebraska City
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Greege
Moving Picture Theater Contract Awarded in Kearney
F G Keens has awarded Crosley a contract to construct a fireproof moving picture theater in Kearney. The building will be used for film showings and has already been leased to a syndicate operating similar enterprises in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture Theater
F. G. Keens
Crosley
Kearney
Syridicate
Lightning strikes near Alneworth form glass tube in ground
During a recent electrical storm Clyde McCoy’s home five miles south of Alneworth was struck by lightning. The strike burned an erase and melted sand into a fragile glass tube reaching five feet into the ground, which McCay dug out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightning Makers Glass
Clyde McCoy
Alneworth
Chautauqua Not Financial Success Shuts Down
Grand Inland closes its first chautauqua program after a Sunday series. Afternoon lecture titled Characters We All Have Met. Sacred and secular concerts by the Mate quartet. Lecture on The Philosophy of the Beautiful by Lorenzo Zwickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Grand Inland
Chautauqua Mine
Lorenzo Zwickey
Proposal to Shake for Ofer Prompted Meeting Among Judges
Tr K Alder a Republican candidate for judge in the Fifteenth Judicial district proposes a meeting with other candidates on August 6 at Ainsworth to draw lots to eliminate two and cause the remaining to withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofer
Tr. K. Alder
Fifteenth Judicial District
Ainsworth
Heat Prostration Strikes Four Men in Lincoln Heat Wave
Four men collapsed from heat in Lincoln Tuesday afternoon as a heat wave brought the temperature to 101 degrees by 2 PM. One man remained in danger of death while others were treated for exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Potaw Crop Claim by Dakota City Farmer Ebel
Near Dakota City farmer Williang Ebel declares he realized a record yield from the first acre of potatoes dug, claiming to exceed any reported amount previously. The report notes his claim of farming distinction and the unusually large early harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williang Ebel
Dakota City
Ebel
Water Works Bonds Win Big in Beaver City
Beaver City's special election on bonds for water works drew an overwhelming majority in favor of the proposal, showing strong backing for the project and its future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver City
Grand Island Prisoner Fakes Illness to Avoid Trial
Janoy Henry Mehlert, a Grand Island jailer, believed W. Z. Swan a confessed murderer was shamming illness after murder charges. Sloan Sloan appeared in a trance after relatives visited him, then convulsed and revived when rope was produced. The episode spanned days with doctors puzzled by the symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Stand
Janoy Henry Mehlert
Grand Island
W. Z. Swan
Frank Hormann
Jenny
Stoan
Tie
Mehlert
Sloan
Sioa
Neighbor Arrested in Murder Near Buda Farm
A homicide occurred four miles north of Buda between noon and 6 pm Sunday. Augustus Rowe, 76, was killed by hammer blows to the head on his farm. Neighbor Ludvig Korcek, a Bohemian who quarrelled with Rowe, was arrested by Sheriff Sammonds and jailed in Kearney. Rowe was a Civil War veteran who lived on the farm since 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelahber
Buda
Augustus Rowe
Ludvig Korcek
Rowe
Keearney
Saloon Man Fined In Dakota City For Sunday Liquor Sale
Dakota City dealer August Moeller pleaded guilty to selling liquor on Sunday and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. The case ties to the Cttinia trieot Bled Hughart former bartender. Moeller contemplates leaving Dakota City amid ongoing trouble. Homer saloon owner William Odell also faced board action, with residents opposing and a court review forthcoming orders on license refusal.
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Dakota City
August Moeller
Hughart
Moeller
Homer
William Odell
Sweetest Girl in America Crown for Carrie Shaw
Carrie L Shaw of Atlantic New Jersey niece of Mrs A Floristall of Steele City and former Steele County student who previously won a short prize in an eastern beauty contest has been named the sweetest girl in America by a group of newspaper men conducting a national beauty event.
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Americ
Mies
Carrie L. Shaw
Atlantic
A. Floristall
Steele City
Steele Cty
East
America
Former Senator Laverty Attends Lincoln Hearing on Cream Rates
Farmers absent at Lincoln hearing on railway commission cream rate increase. Former Senator Laverty of Ashram arrives to press dairy issues but finds no dairy farmers present. He protests by debating cows outside and questions the purpose of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Laverty
Ashram
Lincoln
Railway Commission
Laverty
Man Fatally Crushed by Freight Trains Near Kearney Depot
Shortly before noon Monday Ridion, a 64 year old man, attempted to cross the tracks to the Burlington depot at Kearney. Four freight trains stood in the way. He climbed over dumpers as the train backed up, his foot was caught, and he received mortal injuries.
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Ridion
Burlington
Kearney
Anniversary program at Reutvice committee meeting
The committee in charge of the olden anniversary celebration at Reutvice met and appointed members. Four days of celebration are planned for the last week in Rep tori Dae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reutvice
Commit
Reptori Dae
Titef Loses Five Dollars to Sneak Thief at Farnam Dining Hall
Lang of the Farnam dining hall on 1823 Farnam Street, Omaha reports a thief entered his room and stole five dollars from his trunks, leaving him out of pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titef
Ue Lang
Farnam Dining Hall
Parnamtreet
Omaha
Track safety concerns prompt state railway inspection
H A Purple secretary of the Na Honal Track Layers' Bacedation urges action as the state railway commission reviews the Missouri Pacific roadbed condition in Nebraska. The notice highlights unsafe track conditions and calls for improvements to ensure safe operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Purple
State Railway Commission
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska
Serious Runaway Injures Will Shepard Near Wood Lake
Will Shepard of Valentine and a deputy sheriff were seriously injured in a runaway accident while driving with a young woman near Wood Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seriousy Hart
Ronaway
Wood Lake
Will Shepard
Valentine
May Send Howie to Asylum
Herman Bowie, accused slayer of Frank Jarmer in Norfolk, may be transferred from Madison County to the state insane hospital for convenient keeping if the state board of public lands and buildings decrees.
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Howie
Herman Bowie
Frank Jarmer
Norfolk
Madison County
State Insane Hospital
State Board of
Twenty Thousand Dollar Property Deed Recorded
Deed recorded in Douglas County conveys the west seventy feet of lots 6 and 4, block 88, South Omaha, from William K. Carey of Anita to Wilma Malone. Transaction valued at twenty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
William K. Carey
Anita, Ta
Wilma Malone
West
Nevely
Block
South
Omaha
San Francisco Feud Explodes Over Rail War and Earthquake Aftermath
San Francisco endures a bitter clash between Patrick Calhoun of United Railroads and Rudolph Spreckels as a graft inquiry unfolds. The city divides into rival camps on transit policy and political power, with the 1900 earthquake and fires cited amid a larger capital vs labor struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Franco
California
Eugene Schmit
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Rudolph Spreckels
John ©. Calhoun
Pittsburg
Cal- Moon
Calhoun
Spreckels
I Sue
James D. Phelan
Merchants’ Association
William Barclay Parsons
York
Lhfe
Municipal Street Railway Company
Ine Corporation
Holan Street
Teudolph Spreckels
Committee of Fifty
United Tailroads
Spreckeln
Wntil
Calhown
Bribloe Efllehila
Libery
San Prancisco
Helelt
Gold Stocks Rise as Mint Chief Reports U S Circulation
George KL Roberts, director of the mint, concludes that the total gold coin and bullion in circulation among the United States Treasury and banks amounts to 1 845 280 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mint
George KL. Roberts
United States
Treasry
French Elections Shape General Council Makeup
Reports on recent French elections show Progressives and Reactionaires gaining, with corresponding boosts for Republicans and Socialistes in general council membership. The balance shifts indicate a clear partisan trend across the electorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressives
Reactionaires
Republicans
Socialista
Bank Theft Epidemic Trembles Wall Street Institutions
A sweeping notice discusses rising employee theft in New York banks led by a Windsor Trust Company robbery. It notes a 100 percent rise in defalcations since February and tighter bonding for clerks, with detectives surveilling bank staff as stock speculation temptations grow in the financial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tt Mas
Windsor Trust Company
New York
Ihe
Runyan
Wall Street
New York City
Alumni and college notices from early 20th century sources
Yale recommends a moderate tuition increase in departments with rising costs and a uniform student loan system after graduation. Williams College cites President Hopkinson's resignation in 1908 and Harry A. Garfield to succeed him. Massachusetts College forms an agricultural education department with teacher training and extension work. National teachers’ conference presses living wages for teachers, rural high schools, and expanded school facilities and reforms. Pittsburg Public Schools plan the first in-school bathing facility for children. Sydney Talbot reports on Ogler theory and a long work life in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Williams College
Henry Mapkinm
Harry A. Garfield
James A. Garfield
Williams
Princeton University
Hopkitn
Experiment Station Record
Massachusetts College
Department of Agricultural Education
State Industrial Commission
Coim
Ean Associa Id
Los Angeles
Unidersea
Ake
Treaney Lawa
Ttele
Kako Oe
Boarg
Pittsburg
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