Freight Rates Cut By Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington dispatch reports the ICC has approved Nevada Railroad Commission rate cuts effective June 1. Railroads may file reductions of ten to fifteen percent above terminal rates for Missouri river origin shipments with higher charges for farther east origins, and five to ten percent for eastern Nevada points. About 800 leading railway carload items receive relief. the action avoids compromising intermountain cases and maintains momentum for fourth section proceedings before the supreme court.
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Missouri River
Nevada Commission
Attorney General
Spokane
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Shippore
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Supreme Court
Miners Warned Away From Bolivia Gold Rumors
American miners are warned against false Bolivia gold reports that drew fortune seekers. the La Paz legation reports no discoveries. President Taft has signed the increased pension bill into law, benefiting 620,965 Civil War veterans 62 or older who served 90 days.
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la Paz
State Department
Washington
Taft
House Conference
Not on your life says Mary Garden in suit
Paris May 18 Mary Garden the actress appealed a judgment ordering her to pay milliner $7 000 for eight hats calling the sum exorbitant She declared she would appeal to the highest court in France rather than pay The eight hats were toques including an artistic chinchilla toque and two ermine toques
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Paris
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
France
New North America Map Rated Best for Schools
The United States Geological Survey unveils a large 28 by 38 inch color map of North America. It shows major geographic divisions with a scale of 158 miles to 1 inch. Colorado and Ontario are cited, with a price of 20 cents per copy or 40 percent off for orders of 25 maps.
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Geological Survey
Washington D. C
Nevada Hotel Robbery and Public Officials Shuffle News
Thieves used a skeleton key to rob a hotel safe at Fairview, taking $517 before resealing the safe. Secretary of State George Bradigan appoints Harold Hale as deputy in Carson City, succeeding George W. Cowing who becomes Nevada Penitentiary warden. Wells Fargo sued for delinquent Nye County taxes for 1910 and 1911 totaling $1,815.19. A note from a self-styled Hold-Up Man to Ely Expositor claims the Crescent saloon robbery was a joke, with refunds promised. River levels rise near Lovelock causing alfalfa worries and saloons raise prices from one to ten cents.
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Harold Hale
Reno
Carson City
Hale
George W. Cowing
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Ray Baker
Nevada
Wells Fargo Company
Nye
Ely
J. W. Blackwood
Au Opicion
Lovelock
Milwaukee
A Simple Preventive For Colds From Dr Elis
A New York physician Dr Richard Elis proposes a simple ritual to avert colds. When a draft hits the head he rubs the bald scalp to restart circulation. If sneezing begins, bending forward and straining to redden the face may reduce congestion and help prevent a cold. He notes the method requires no dial or complex regimen.
Quarantine Declared on California Cattle by Nevada
Nevada Governor T L Oddie declares a state quarantine on diseased cattle entering Nevada from Southern California. Cattle with Texas fever splenic fever tuberculosis blackleg or anthrax are barred except to pass through on rail lines. Citizens from Gardnerville and nearby report diseased stock driven into Nevada ranges, endangering the state’s vital cattle industry. The move may relate to California potato eel worm curbs.
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Mono Lake
Texas
Gardnerville
Cslifornia
To Extend Presidential Term Resolution Gains Broad Support
A California Senator Works introduced a measure to extend the Presidential term to six years and ban a second term. Representative Clayton of Alabama copied the proposal in the House. Support from business leaders and voters across the country is rising as constituents urge action, aiming for a three fourths state approval to amend the Constitution.
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California
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Alabama
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Sheepherder slain near Ely sparks ongoing vigilantes probe
An Ely Nevada dispatch reports a sheepherder killed at the Ellison ranch about 85 miles southwest of Ely. The suspected killer Tibbs known as Cotton fled with a stolen horse toward Nye County night, linked to a cattle rustling gang active for years. A separate fire at Rawhide’s National Mine mill, origin incendiary, will be rebuilt by outside owners.
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Nevada
Ellison Ranch
Tibbs
Banga Stueperdery
Bonifacio Egosque
Adame & McGill
Wear
Nye County
Duckwater
Rawhide
Rawhide Coalition
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