West Coast Floods Freeze Rail Travel and Break Levees
Widespread floods across the Pacific coast from Oregon to California disrupt rail service and telegraph lines. Levees collapse near Sacramento flooding 3000 to 6000 acres while Spokane isolation worsens transit with Great Northern slides and washouts.
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San Jungials
Sacramento
California
Oregon Coast
San Mieko
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Mojave
Woewett
Salt Lake City
San Pedro
Sherman Island
Spokane
Portland
Puget Sound
Great Northern
Leavenworth
Kerr
Admons
Pension boost for Civil War vets eyed by House panel
The House Military Committee in Washington reported favorably on a bill to retire all Civil War officers over 70 at 50 dollars monthly if they do not earn as public officials. It also advanced a plan to retire enlisted men over 70 at 25 dollars monthly. The measure would affect thousands and require over 10 million dollars annually.
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House Military Committee
Hull
Washington, D. C
Officers’ Association
Prohibition Debate Highlights Model License League Meeting
Nathan A. Cole of Peoria IL told a Louisville convention that prohibition laws create hypocrisy and law disregard. He argued the first anti liquor effort dated to 1650 and warned that prohibitions have never succeeded to end drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan A. Cole
Peoria
Model License League
Louusville
Child Labor Agenda At Fifth National Conference Opens
The fifth annual conference of the National Child Labor Committee opens in Chicago on Thursday. A key session aims to urge Congress to establish a Child Labor Bureau to address the evils of child wage earning and improve conditions for young workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Child Labor Committee
Chicago
Congress
In Memory of Lincoln 100 Million Z Cert Stamps Issued
The Postmaster General announced 100 million new Z-cert postage stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The design features Lincoln's portrait in an ellipse and the release targets February 12.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Meyer
Sioux City Live Stock Prices Show Hog and He Quotations
Sioux City live stock market quotations list He price at 3.25 and 4.76, top hog at 4.20. The report summarizes Thursday listings with live animal prices for the Sioux City market.
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Sioux City
Rae Nya Ors Os
D. Bergman & CO
ST. Paul
Minn
Canadian Pacific Extends Westward with $6 Million Expansion
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company announced an appropriation of $6,000,000 for new lines and extensions west of Port Williams. The entire fund will be expended this year.
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Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Raiway Company
Port Williams
Euttire
No Rent War Sparks in Drew Over Land Purchase Act
A harsh land dispute in Tipperary emerges as tenants resist buying land from several estates under the Land Purchase Act, prompting a serious campaign against rent demands and estate sales.
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Drew
Tipperary
Land Ronta
No Doubt as to Guilt in Brownsville Affair
Senator Frazier of Tennessee told the Senate on Wednesday that guilt among Twenty-fifth regiment soldiers is established beyond doubt though individual culprits remain unnamed. He argued against re enlistment, while Foraker pressed to advance the reinstatement measure next Monday. Frazier warned against viewing the negro as needing exceptional treatment and urged the nation to judge the accused by conduct and merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Senate
Frasier
Tennessee
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Foraker
Senistor Frazier
Twenty-ftth
Capt Hains May Be Freed on Temporary Insanity Plea
In a New York murder case Captain Peter C Hains Jr faces a novel defense by Lawyers McIntyre and May arguing furor transitoria temporary insanity. A lunacy commission will decide if he was insane at the time of the shooting of William E Annis or remains so now.
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New York
McIntyre
Peter C. Haina, Jr
William E. Annis
Capt. Hain
Capt. Hains
Annis
Tragic Lake Michigan Tunnel Fire Claims Twenty Three Dead
A blaze near the Intermediate crib on Lake Michigan sinks twenty three men and injures forty seven. Rescue efforts involve the tug Morford and nearby crews as divers search the wreckage for more victims.
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Chicago
Lake Mijin
George W. Jackson
Lake Michigan
Douwth
Morford
Veil Lifts on Panama Libel Case Names Public in Subpoena
The federal grand jury in New York issues a subpoena naming both complainant and defendant in the case over alleged libels about the United States canal purchase. William J. Dempsey of the New York World is ordered to testify, signaling a shift toward open proceedings. The action may affect efforts to quash subpoenas previously filed by J Ankus Shaw and four World employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
New York
United States
Canal Company
John Doe
Wm J. Dempsey
New York World
Press Publishing Company
the World
J. Ankus Shaw
Fire Rages Through Messina Ruins After Palace Collapse
A major fire hit Messina on Tuesday, engulfing ruins including the remains of the Pennesti palace. Soldiers struggle to contain it as flames spread to the city hall and Bank of Italy. An odor of burning ashes fills the air, with no casualties reported yet.
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Messina
Pennest
Penneei
Bank of Italy
Immigrant Wave Postearthquake Lemons Text
Importers in New York claim 256000 Italian laborers from Sicily and Calabria will leave Italy in four months for the United States after the earthquake. They say lemon trade will drop about 300000 workers and that lemon duties must be cut or lemon imports will end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicily
Calabria
United States
New York City
House Committee On Ways Aonds
Tragic Brooklyn Fire Claims Woman and Two Children
A late Tuesday blaze on Stergon Street Brooklyn killed Mrs Maria Duw and her two children. Firemen subdued the flames quickly but search of the ruins found the woman and a 4 year old boy and a 2 year old girl dead inside the residence.
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Stergon Street
Brooklyn
Mra Maria Duw
Dynamite Blast at Scranton Macaroni Factory Believed Black Hand Involved
The Nicholas Fazio macaroni factory in Scranton Pennsylvania was blown up early Tuesday by dynamite. Fazio his family and four workers living above the factory were thrown from bed and buried in debris but survived with minor injuries. Separately in France vital statistics for the first half of 1908 show a drop in deaths due to hygiene laws, with births exceeding deaths by 11 000 compared to a 54 000 death excess in 1907.
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Nicholas Fazio
Scranton
Fazio
France
President to Name John O Laughlin as Assistant Secretary of State
Report from Washington says the president will nominate John O Laughlin for free assistant secretary of state to succeed Bacon. Bacon becomes secretary as Root retires to run for the Senate.
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Washington, DD. c
John €. O'Laughlin
Bacon
Root
Harvard names Abbott Lawrence Lowell president choice
The Harvard board of overseers in Boston confirmed the nomination of Prof Abbott Lawrence Lowell to succeed Charles William Eliot as president of Harvard University.
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Harvard College
Boston
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Charles William Eliot
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Mrs Ingles and Four Children
A Saskatchewan farmhouse fire near Lang kills Mrs Ingles and four of her children. The mother and one child escape. another child dies after walking to a neighbor’s home. The survivor is frostbitten and unable to live.
Balloon expedition ship request from Walter Wellman to Consul Aagaard
Consul Aagaard at Romeoe received a telegram from Walter Wellman asking him to procure a ship for transporting Wellman’s balloon expedition to Danengate this summer.
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Aagaard
Romeoe
Walter Wellman
Danengate
Debate Over Salary Increase Reaches House Floor
Indications from Washington on Wednesday suggest the Senate approved raises for the president, vice president, speaker, and federal judges will be defeated in the House. The outcome hinges on House votes amid ongoing posturing on pay reform.
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Washington
Senate
House
Favor Repeal of Hides Duty Adopted by Shoe Wholesalers
By unanimous vote the National Shoe Wholesalers association of the United States at a meeting in Boston day adopted a resolution favoring repeal of the duty on hides.
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National Shoe Wholesalers’ Association of the
Pennewill Inaugurated Delaware Governor at Dover
Simeon 8 Pennewill was sworn in Tuesday as governor of Delaware in Dover. The oath of office was administered by his brother Judge James Pennewill.
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Simeon
Pennewill
Dover
Delaware
James Pennewill
Verdict for One Cent in Libel Suit Against Adver tiser
The jury in Gov. Comer’s libel suit against the Montgomery Alabama Advertiser returned a verdict for 1 cent, establishing a nominal damages award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Comer
Montgomery, Ala
Advertiser
Bank Heist Snags Mindarod Bank in Hadar Area
The Farmers State Bank at Mindarod in Pierce County was robbed early Tuesday. Thieves drilled a vault with pick axes and dynamited safes, stealing about 1 959 dollars in cash before fleeing with a team of horses later found near Hadar. The local sheriff reports little chance of capture. Bank president Mit Sielder resides in Pierce and the bank resumed operations after the burglary, with 1500 dollars burglary insurance.
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Mita Louise Biegler
Norfolk
Hadar
Madar
Sherif Dwyer
MIT
Sielder
Pierce
Narrow Escape as Tank Slips Near Fast Moving Train
About fifty workers unloading a heavy fifteen ton tank for a wheeler works project near the Los Angeles Limited line saw a iron piece slip free and roll toward the main track at sixty miles per hour. A dropped plank alone kept the tank from derailment as the train passed. The tank measured about ten feet in diameter and forty feet long.
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Union Pacific
Woodiver
Wopil River
Whler Works
Los Angeles
Maln
Dimmpeter
Wealthy Indian Maiden Dies During Divorce Trial
Mrs Shaxite Wosdhull Sebond an Indian woman aged 27 died at Samaritan hospital in Sioux City after heart dilation. Her death while divorce proceedings against Francois Caleny may entitle him to one third of her estate valued at over $17,000. The body was sent to Rosalie for interment with trial set for Wednesday at Pender.
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Pender
Francois Caleny
Shaxite Wosdhull Sebond
Samaritan Hospital
Sioux City
Rosalie
Freighter Found Frozen Near Crookston
Tae Philips a freighter from Rosebud 3 D was found dead in a snowdrift near Crookston. He had departed Crookston Wednesday with a coal load and disappeared. searching parties found his wagon broken down and his body a Tuesday later. Police say he likely lost his way in the cold after the wagon broke down.
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Tae Philips
Crookston
Lee Philips
Rosebud
Beatrice Men in Trouble Over El Paso Robbery Charge
Word reached Beatrice that L Colby and a locally known young man were jailed in El Paso Texas charged with robbing a restaurant of jewelry and clothing valued at 100 dollars. His father General L W Colby a lawyer has gone to El Paso to meet him.
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Beatrice
L. Colby
el Paso
Tex
L. W. Colby
Mseiet Iie Fon
Paroled Nebraska Prisoner Recaptured in Minnesota
George Williams, a Nebraska inmate who broke parole and fled with nearly a year remaining on a five year sentence, has been arrested in Minnesota. A requisition was issued for his return and a state officer will pursue him. Williams was convicted of cutting with intent to kill.
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George Williams
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wiliams
New School House Opens in Leigh With Eight Rooms
The Leigh new school building now occupied features eight large rooms plus smaller ones and is heated by a steam system. It stands among the best for towns of Leigh size. The old schoolhouse sold at public auction for 497.50 dollars.
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Leigh
Death of Burlington foreman in car repair yard
Edward Vernon foreman of the Burlington car repair gang was killed at Wymore when an engine pushed three cars onto him. His legs were severed and he died from the injuries sustained in the incident.
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Edward Vernon
Burlington
Wymore
Nebraska Volunteer Firemen Meet in Norfolk Convention
About 300 Nebraska volunteer firemen gathered Tuesday in Norfolk for the 27th annual convention. Delegates from Fremont York and Alliance discussed plans for hosting next year’s gathering and related association matters.
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Volanteer
Nebraska
Norfolk
Fremont
York
Alliance
Horse owner sues Gage County for 155 damages over injured steed
James Sumners of DeWitt files suit against Gage County seeking 155 damages after his horse fell through a bridge hole last spring and had to be killed due to injuries. The case cites the animal’s death and costs arising from the incident.
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Thorse
James Sumners
DeWitt
Gage County
Supreme Court Judges Appointed After Constitutional Vote
Governor Shalleonor announced the appointment of three year and one year terms for supreme judges. Join J Sullivan Omaha, Jomo L Root Mintvenouth, Jacob Manesti Omaha, and Silas A fbicomb Broken Bow will serve after the constitutional amendment passed last election. Secretary of State Junkin withheld proclamation.
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Gary
Shalleutereer
Appolota Thres Sten
Supreme Peneh
Shalleonhborser
Apy
J. Sullivan
Omaha
Columbus
Ata Jomo L
Root
Mintvenouth
Jacob Manesti
Silas A. Fbicomb
Broken Bow
Sheldon
State
Ashland Tramps Removed From Town Under New Rule
Ashland authorities adopted a method to curb tramps by housing them overnight in heated quarters but denying food or water and not releasing them until the next afternoon. After confinement they are marched to the city limits and told to keep away, and within three weeks no tramps have been seen in town.
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Ashland
Place Ao
Fire at Fort Omaha prompts investigation and loss estimate
Captain A O Hepburn orders a board of investigation Sunday to probe the Fort Omaha fire that damaged the fort property Saturday night. Officials expect the loss to be under 2900 dollars though the exact extent remains undetermined. Damage stems mainly from water and includes precision instruments stored in the building.
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Fort Ouatin
A. O. Hepburn
Fort Omaha
Capt. Hepburn
Wreck Victims Named In Dotaero Calo Crash
W C Kettle and daughter Misa Many Kettle listed among the dead in the Dotaero Calo wreck. Kettle, a farmer from four miles north of Ashton, had sold out and was en route to Grand Junction with family to buy irrigated land. Also aboard were Mrs Roetile and their two young children, feared injured or dead. Entertainment plans for the Nebraska State Prog association outlined by Grand Island Commercial Club.
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W. C. Kettle
Misa Many Kettle
Dotaero
Calo
Waa
Ashton
Grand Junction
W. ©. Roetile
It Ie
Commercial Club
Nebraska
Grand Island
Association
Palmer House
Canning Factory Planned for Weat Point
The Weat Point Commercial Club promotes a canning factory with a $16,000 paid up capital and $25,000 authorized capital. A committee is seeking subscriptions to fund the enterprise and has received limited encouragement so far.
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Woeet Point
Weat Point
Hastings Club Officers Face Records Inspection Plan
Investigation into county offices is planned by 18 Rohrer president of the Hastings Club federation. An inspection of court house records is contemplated while J K Painter begins work on the accounts, a task likely to take several weeks.
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Rohrer
Hastings Club Federation
Okeh
Court House
J. KK
Painter
Brakeman Dies After Accident at South Sioux Plant
L L Savidge brakeman for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy rail road was crushed while switching a spur at the Consumers Ice plant in South Sioux City Saturday morning and died shortly after.
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Consumers’ Ice Company
South
Sioux City
L. L. Savidge
Drakeman
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Admits Counterfeiting Guilty Plea in Grand Tala nd Federal Court
A. D. Hears pleaded guilty to counterfeiting in federal court at Grand Tal and was sentenced to a $100 fine and one year in the state penitentiary with the sentence suspended on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Hears
Grand Taland
Nebraska Beats Ames in Narrow Basketball Win
Nebraska defeats Ames College of Iowa in a basketball game with a 42 to 20 score. The contest showcases Nebraska’s stronger defense and scoring, securing a clear victory.
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Nebraska
Ames
Nebraska University
Ames College
Iowa
Emma Goldman Released After Eight Riot Conspiracy Charges
Emma Goldman the anarchist jailed in San Francisco on eight charges of conspiracy to incite riot was released on a $2000 bond on Tuesday in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goldman
San Francisco
Cal
Omaha Doctor Joins State Board of Health Secretaries
Dr A J L Muirhead of Omaha elected member of the state board of health replacing Dr Geo Brash of Beatrice. He joins Dr Brash on the board of secretaries and assumes duties.
Fire at Pete Everett Farm House Quelled Before Spread
A fire broke out in a room of Pete Everett's farm house northeast of Lyons on Friday. The men were away hauling ice and returned for dinner, arriving in time to extinguish the flames before it spread to other rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete” Everett
Lyons
Woman Reclaims Stolen Suitcase in Depot Theft Case
Misa Erma Willing of Broken Bow recovers a suitcase containing valuables and gifts which had been stolen from the local depot around December 148. The incident involved property lost and later recovered by the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Erma Willing
Broken Bow
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