Government Ownership push gears to Bryan 1908 campaign
Norfolk announced plan for a government ownership convention in South Omaha to launch William Jennings Bryan's 1908 presidential bid. Leaders William V. Allen M F Harrington and Judge Edgar Howard press for railroad ownership as the campaign issue, signaling a formal start to Bryan's national run.
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United States
William V. Allen
Madison
M. F. Harrington
O'Neill
Edgar Howard
Columbus
William Jennings Bryan
South Omaha
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska
Norfolk
Harrington
Senator Allen
Bryan
Judge
No Lagard in Love Ends in Bigamy Case Escape
Thomas J. Strupper alias John A. Kelly alias Thomas H. Kelly, a three times married man, escaped penitentiary for bigamy after prosecutors failed to press charges. He had wed his nurse Eva Scott using a false name Shaffer and lived with his son by his first wife. both women refused to prosecute. He is 70 and a Civil War veteran.
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Sioux City
Thomas J. Strupper
John A. Kelly
Thomas H. Kelly
Strupper
Marrne
Alzora Carter
Nebraska City
Neb
Mary de Witt
Eva Scott
Sidney
Shaffer
Kelly
Government Navy Yards Able to Build Warships
Rear Admiral Capps, chief of the bureau of construction, says navy yards can match contract ships. He urges one yard on each coast receive part of new work to remain ready for government needs.
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Bureau of Construction
Washington
Admiral Capps
Bureau of Construction of the Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Bushnell Alibi Emerges in Norfolk Insane Hospital Case
Madison Neb December 18 Special to The News defense sought abatement and a possible continuance in four Norfolk insane hospital attendant assault cases. Judge Boyd refused the motion. The court may adjourn to January with Antelope County next week. Bushnell alibi shown via another saloon location, contradicting claims he lifted Combs.
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Boyd
Madison, Neb
Norfolk Insane Hospital
Bushnell
Madison County
Antelope County
Fred Bushnell
Combs
Stokes
Six Colored Soldiers Seek Reenlistment After Brownsville
At Washington six discharged members of the Twenty-fifth infantry, all colored, visited the War Department to apply for reenlistment claiming innocence in the Brownsville affair. They offered no documentary proof but were assured evidence would be produced promptly.
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Washington
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
War Department
Brownsville
Fifteen Passengers Injured in Missouri Train Wreck
Fifteen passengers were injured but none seriously when Iron Mountain train No. 1 from St. Louis derailed near Neelyville Missouri. The smoker chair car sleeper and a private car slid into a ditch with over a foot of water in the track bed. The injured were moved to the baggage car and transported to Poplar Bluff. Report says an obstruction on the track caused the wreck.
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Neelyville
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Clement Guilty on Second Count in Nebraska Trial
Papillion Neb Dec 13 The jury found Ernest Clement guilty on the second count charging shooting with intent to wound in the Aug 23 Albright fight. He was acquitted on the murder count. Fred Clements, Ernest's father, was sentenced to sixteen years.
Negro Narrowly Escapes Mob in Omaha Assault Case
Omaha detectives arrest Robert Robertson for five criminal assaults in five days on Mrs. Amanda Reemen an elderly white woman. Officers intervene to prevent a lynch mob from taking the accused.
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Omaha
Amanda Reemen
Robert Robertson
Caruso Appeals Disorderly Conduct Conviction
Enrico Caruso's appeal from his conviction for disorderly conduct toward women in the Central Park monkey house proceeded before Recorder Goff with only attorney arguments and no new evidence.
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Caruso
New York
Enrico Caruso
Central Park
Goff
Indiana Cannery Burns in Greenwood Loss Estimated at 220000
A major fire at the J. P. Polk & Co vegetable canning factory in Greenwood Indiana destroyed the largest canning plant of its kind. The blaze began in a packing room and gasoline detonation spread flames to adjacent structures, causing an estimated loss of 220000.
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Greenwood
Ind
J. P. Polk & Co
Wreck Delays Eastbound Train No 6 After Black Hills Crash
News from Norfolk reports a freight wreck on the Black Hills division delayed eastbound passenger No 6. No fatalities, several injuries including engineer Rankin who suffered shoulder burns. others lightly hurt.
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Black Hills
Northwestern
Rankin
Ong
Se Hore
Ex Senator Arthur Brown of Utah Dies After Shooting
Former U S Senator Arthur Brown of Utah died at midnight at Emergency hospital after being shot in his Hotel Raleigh apartment. Anna M Cradley of Salt Lake will be arraigned today on murder charges as defense cites unwritten law. Brown’s son Max and daughter Alice Brown were at bedside. autopsy planned before burial in Salt Lake.
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United States
Arthur Brown
Utah
Raleigh
Anna M. Cradley
Salt Lake
Braaley
Brown
W. L. Sheep
Max Brown
Alice Brown
Columbus
Bradley
House of Detention
Jall
Charles White
Benator Brown
Explorer Peary to Try Again After Arctic Return
Commander Robert E Peary told guests at a University Club dinner he could complete another dash to the North Pole within a year if offered the right ship. Morris K Jessup hosted fifty Peary Arctic club members and friends and promised support for a new voyage.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
Peary Arctic Clal
Morris K Jessup
University Club
Arctic
Peary
Jessup
North Pole
NO DIVORCE FOR HARTJE
Pittsburg December 183 The famous divorce case brought by Augustus Hartje a millionaire paper manufacturer against his wife Mary Scott Hartje was decided in favor of Mrs Hartje Judge Frazer denied the petition but made no reference to alimony The children remain in Mrs Hartjes custody until further order of the court and the court costs must be paid by Martie
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Thomas Madine
Hartie
Frazer
Martie
Masterson Charged With Contempt Over False Gillette Reports
United States deputy marshal William B. Masterson and New York Morning Telegraph editors William E. B. Lewis and Henry N. Cary were arrested in New York on December 13 for criminal contempt of court for circulating false and grossly inaccurate reports about the Gillette trial.
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New York
William B. Masterson
United States
William EB. Lewis
Henry N. Cary
New York Morning Telegraph
Aid Extended to Utes From Fort Meade Report
Major General Greely telegraphed the military secretary about reports on the Ute Indians at Fort Meade in distress while trying to reach the Crow reservation. He urged clothing blankets shoes and forage for livestock and asked to spend $0 000 for relief, a request granted.
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Washington
General Greely
Fort Meade
Crow Reservation
Greely
Fairfax News Briefs Signal Local Changes
W A Peoples sells Fairfax business holdings to John Detoman who has long served as a bar manager. A wedding is planned between Heensee and M Viegh with vows in Mitchell county Kansas, while Emima tHy sell of Gregory County and local grooms eye Kanane rivals. Royal Neighbors honor Mra Charles Sheldon with a reception as she moves to Thankinston 8 D. and a cat silver spoon is presented with a camp time inscription.
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Fairfax
W. A. Peoples
Fatefac
Honesteel
Herrick
Thia County
John Detoman
America
Orate
Charles Sheldon
Fred Flint
Nafternoon
Sheldonia
Inston
Route showdown nears over Big Horn route clash
Burlington and Northwestern battle over the Big Horn basin access as survey teams probe a south slope path. If the Kirby creek Nowood approach works, Thermopolis canyon may be dropped, reshaping regional rail plans and Thermopolis prospects.
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Big Horn Mountains
Northwestern
Worland
Wyo
Burlington Road
Thermopolis Canyon
Big Horn
The
Kirby Creek
Iowa University A Booming
Iowa City report from the regents to Governor Cummins and the legislature notes an 18 percent rise in attendance the largest gain in the nation. Enrollment is projected at about 2100 this year with 2300 to 2400 in the biennium end. The board asks for 443000 to fund new buildings including a 150000 physics building a 126000 women's hall and a 100000 law building plus engineering hospital and science hall additions.
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Iowa City
The
State University
Cummins
General Assembly
United States
College of Law
Jerome Raids Gambling House in New York
Police led by District Attorney Jerome raided an alleged gambling house on Tenth street and arrested 145 men in a December operation in New York.
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Jerome
New York
Tenth Street
Fees of Child Labor Meet Opens in Cincinnati
Delegates arrive for the third annual convention of the national child labor committee in Cincinnati. Philanthropists, capitalists, medical men, statesmen and sociologists attend. The event is billed as the most important and likely the largest in the movement to abolish child labor.
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Cincinnati
National Child Labor Committee
Rev Cox Acquitted of Heresy in Ohio Diocese Case
Cincinnati December 13 Rev George Clarke Cox rector of Calvary Episcopal church was acquitted of charges of heresy by the standing committee of the Episcopal diocese of Ohio The case grew from a letter to Bishop Vincent in which Cox declared sympathy with Dr Crapsey of New York
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Rev. Cox
Cincinnati
George Clarke Cox
Calvary Episcopal Church
Standing Committee
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Cox
Vincent
Crapsey
New York
Guilty Verdict in Nebraska Coal Trust Case
After thirty five hours the jury found SB Howell, president of the Omaha Coal company, guilty of restraint of trade under Nebraska antitrust laws. The maximum penalty is a five thousand dollar fine or one year in jail or both. Sentencing awaits a motion for a new trial, likely in a week or two. James A Sunderland is next for trial, with his case set for Monday.
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E. Howell
Omaha
Coal Trust
SB. Howell
James A. Sunderland
Land Trial Ties Recorder to Valentine Land Office
The land trial enters its twentieth day with J C Pettijohn identifying filings from the Valentine land office during his registrar tenure. Milford soldiers, protégés of A B R Todd, testified they were sent to Gordon for instructions on lands to file upon and to visit wind mill claims before living on the land.
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Omaha
J. C. Pettyjohn
Valentine Land Offee
Milford
A. BR. Todd
Gordon
Valentine Land Office
Bail Raised for Mutual Reserve Officers in Forgery Case
In New York on December 1, Justice Greenbaum increased the bail of Frederick A. Burnham president and George D. Eldridge vice president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company. Burnham's bail is $20,000 and Eldridge's $15,000 after bond was posted. Both had been held on $12,600 bail. The move followed the indictment and the conviction of George Burnham Jr., the firm’s general counsel, on larceny charges.
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New York
Frederick A. Burnham
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
George D. Eldridge
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Burnham
Eldridge
George Burnham, Jr
National Civic Federation Opens Fifth Annual Meeting
New York December 15 The National Civic Federation began its fifth annual meeting at the Park Avenue Hotel with about 250 attendees. August Belmont presided and outlined two discussion topics for the opening session, Child Labor and Government by Injunction, which were debated by several qualified speakers.
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New York
National Cilyie Federation
Park Avenue
August Belmont
Belmont
Shah’s Condition Worsens as Heart Fails in Persia
From Teheran reports on December 13 state the shah's health has deteriorated with a seriously affected heart and repeated syncope. Physicians warn the sovereign may not live beyond five days.
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Teheran
Persia
Eight Leaders Sentenced in Yekaterinoslav Uprising Death
A court martial in Yekaterinoslav sentenced eight leaders of the December uprising to death. Many others were condemned to life mining for taking part in the revolt aimed at creating a military republic in Yekaterinoslav province.
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Yekaterinoslav
South Russia
Weather Forecast for Nebraska Today
The Chicago Weather Bureau bulletin reports a twenty four hour forecast for Nebraska with rain or snow expected tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures show a rising trend with unsettled conditions and possible colder intervals expected as the day progresses.
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Nebraska
Masinumrs
Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Mita
Senate Confirms Nominations Amid Algeciras Debate
The Senate ratified the four appointments Moody Bonaparte Metcalf and Straus for top federal posts after limited executive session on the Algeciras treaty. Opposition was light with no roll call. Moody and Bonaparte faced some dissent while Metcalf and Straus faced none.
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Bonaparte
Moody
Metcalf
Straus
Waebington
Algeciras
Rayner
Pacific
Congress
Mexico
Silva Stearns
Secretary of War
Manila
Spain
United States
Morocco
House Opposes Washington Simplified Spelling
The House voted 142 to 1025 against adopting President's simplified spelling proposal. Debate drew many members as an appropriations bill restricted funds for printings unless spelling followed Falish orthography recognized by standard dictionaries.
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Washington
Bec
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Bradford Kills Self After Duel in Bristow Witnesses Say
Bradford of Parsons Illinois traveled to Bristow Oklahoma to confront Indaw Clemons over family disputes. He warned he would kill Clemons and his wife, and in a confrontation the men exchanged shots. Bradford then shot himself in the head and died.
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Biristaw
Ohina
Wee Tb
M. IL
Bradford
Parsons
Indaw
S. T. Clemons
Bristow
Clemons
Fred
Oklahoma Adopts Preamble at Constitutional Convention
Guthrie Okla Dec 13 The constitutional convention unanimously adopts a preamble asking God’s guidance to secure liberty government and mutual welfare in the new Oklahoma constitution. The text invokes Almighty God and declares the people ordained and established the constitution.
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Guthrie
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