Burkett Urges Postal Bank Opposes Legislation
Senator Burkett of Nebraska argues against postal savings bank legislation fearing loss of public confidence. He cites party platforms and compares opposition to earlier English resistance. Congress has the right to establish postal banks and other nations show feasibility. Governor Hughes inquiry into Wall Street proceeds with secret sessions favored to protect investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J Burkett
Nebraska
Postal Savings Bank
Ste Pahlicans
Bch
Burkett
Congress
Beneland
Reformers Meet Today At National Civil Service League
Reformers from across the United States gather in Pittsburg for the twenty eighth annual National Civil Service Reform league meeting. The two day program features addresses by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and George R. Wallace of the civil service commission, plus Willis Fletcher Johnson on New Jersey reform progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Charles J. Bonsparte
United Eitates
George R. Wallace
Civil Service Commission
New Jersey
Willis Fletcher Johnson
Cleveland Congressman Theodore Burton Offered Treasury Post
New York December 17 reports say the cabinet offer to Congressman Theodore Burton of Cleveland has been withdrawn by Mr Patt and will not be renewed. Burton had been named as a probable secretary of the treasury and it is stated the portfolio had been extended to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hughes
Wall Street
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Patt
Burton
the Treasury
Railroads Fined for Twenty-Eight Hour Rule Violations
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads pleaded utility and were fined 100 dollars each for violating the twenty-eight hour law. The statute prohibits livestock from being confined in stock cars over twenty-eight hours without water food or shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ock Island
Santa Fe
Chicago
Rock Island
Missionary Dies In India
The Rev. Charles B. Ward of the central provinces mission conference dies in Yellanda India after thirty one years as a Methodist missionary in India. He served for three decades with the church in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New York
Yellanda
Charles B. Ward
Central Provinces Mission Conference
Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ward
Methodist Episcopal Church In
Brayfield Hearing Postponed to 1909
Benton Alabama December 17 1908 hearing in the case of Dr B F Brayfield of Mulkeytown NL accused of murder and forgery in the death of Reuben F Parrish has been postponed to February 3 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brayfield
Benton, al
B. F. Brayfield
Mulkeytown
Reuben F. Parrish
Pullman Cars Burned in Train Station Fire
Two Pullman cars burned after a match dropped on a window curtain started a fire at a station. The blaze spread to a second Pullman sleeper and both were burned to the trucks. Freight damage at St. Cloud was around 40000, and a Newfoundland blizzard raged for forty hours causing ship losses.
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Minneapolis
Dec
St. Cloud
Min
St. Johns, N
Dee
Newfoundland
National Corn Show Officers Re-elected in Omaha
Eugene Fink remains president with Shirley and Holden as vice presidents, Enid Montgomery as vice president, and J Wilkes Jones as secretary-treasurer. Omaha will host the National Corn exposition next year as the group endorses expanding the event. Senor Zerferino Dominguez of Puebla Mexico presented a $1,500 solid silver bust of President Diaz to Iowa judging team for their contest win. President Schurman of Cornell urged inheritance tax policy and a governors conference to address wealth distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Dee
National Corn Association
Eugene DD. Fink
Shirley
G. Holden
Ames
E. C. Montgomery
Lincoln
Net
J. Wilkes Jones
Zerferino Dominguez
Puebla
Mexico
President Diaz
Lowa
Senor Dominguez
Schurman
Cornell University
Therselves
Nebraska
Hains Trial Testimony Details Slaying at Bayside Yacht Club
In Flushing New York December 17 testimony in the Hains trial recounts how Thornton J Hains and his brother Captain Peter C Travis Jr allegedly plotted and carried out the murder of publisher William E Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club. Edwin Andrews testified to movements of the principals while a Swedish witness John Tanning remained missing. District Attorney Darrin and lawyers McIntyre and White described Hains as directing the attack and obstructing Mrs Annis from aiding her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N. Y
William E. Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Tavis, Jr
Anuis
Bayside Yacht Club
Irop
Pam
Edwin Andrews
Yacht Club
Annis
John Tanning
Darrin
Tanning
Sweden
McIntyre
Captain Hains
Hains
White
Thornton Hains
Mrs. Annis
Nebraska Rival Pumice State Emerges In 1907
A United States geological survey bulletin labels Nebraska the pumice state due to widespread natural pumice deposits covering nearly the entire state. The 1907 national output of 8,112 tons came from Harlan and Lincoln counties, with pumice formed from volcanic activity and ranging from solid rock to fine dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
United States Geological Survey
United States
Harlan
Lincoln
Kentucky Mob Lynches Man in Monticello
A mob of twenty six armed men forced the Monticello jailer to surrender Elmer Fat who confessed to the assault and murder of a thirteen year old girl. The mob took him about twenty miles and hanged him from a tree after asking him to pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Elmer Hill
Monticwlo
Dee
Elmer Fat
Maine
New Swiss President Deneher Starts One Year Term
Deneher was elected president of the federal council of Switzerland and will serve as head of state for a one year term. The announcement notes Dr Deneher’s leadership while the country remains a constitutional federal republic with rotating presidential duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneher
Mountain Republic
Ihre
Switzerland
Dee
Toi
Federal Council
Iim
Willey Acquitted in State Fair Murder Trial
Alma man freed from murder charge after self defense verdict at Lincoln. Special to The News. William A. Willey, accused of killing Joseph Watkins at the state fair, was acquitted this morning. Governor-elect Shallenberger testified to Willey’s good character. Willey is an Aba man with Alma as his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LibeIn
Net
Dee
W. A. Willey
Joseph Watkins
Shallenberger Testic
Willey
Alma
Shallenbergers
House Committee Publishes Roosevelt Message Inquiry Report
The House special committee reported on the president's message, urging him to provide the basis for insinuations that Congress feared investigation by the Secret Service. The inquiry centers on clauses related to the Secret Service and the committee seeks supporting information from the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Roosevelt
Washington
Dee
House
Secret Service
Congress
Fiehig
Auto Plunges Into River in Snow Storm Tragedy
In Milwaukee on December 17 a car driven by A J Holliday plunged into the river after a draw bridge opened in a blinding snow storm. Holliday swam to a pier and was rescued by the steamer Towa. Albert Kuntz was drowned and believed pinned under the vehicle. C Bartlett, a Holliday Automobile board member, also drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ier
Lost Lake
Grand Marals
Mich
D. M. Clemson
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
A. J. Holliday
Holliday
Towa
Albert Kuntz
Holliday Automobile Company
C. Bartlett
Automobile Party
Board of Trade
Twins arrive for local minister in Pierce Nebraska
Special to The News reports twin girls were born at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Connelly in Pierce Nebraska. The minister is identified as a Methodist pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Stork
Neb
Dee
Westeray
Rey
J.T. Connelly
Mr. Connelly
High School Suspensions After Flag Incident
In Grand Island Nebraska fifteen male students at the high school were suspended until term end for insubordination. Twenty eight girls who sympathized and joined skating for the afternoon were given two day suspensions. The episode stemmed from boys defying the principal after he ordered lowering a class flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Neb
Taft Seeks Honest Tariff Revision At New York Dinner
President elect Taft pledged to pursue a loyal adherence to the Chicago platform at the Ohio Society dinner in New York. He stressed tariff revision as the key issue and warned that without an honest thorough revision the bill should fail. He also voiced enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law as a party pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
Ohio Society
Astor Gallery
Astoria Hotel
Chicago
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Sherman
Charles E. Hughes
Henry W. Taft
Society
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Horace PD
Watertown
Conn
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paul Morton
Sultan Ab u Hamid Opens Parliament Amid Procession
Sultan Ab ul Hamid left Yildiz Kosk at 11 20 AM for the parliament house to open parliament at 1 PM. He was accompanied by his private secretary and chancellor as they were driven through cheering streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Sultan Abu Hamid
Yildiz Kosk
Parliament House
Chemyer
Venezuelan unrest reports alarm Castro in Caracas
President Castro of Venezuela remains calm despite dispatches from Caracas alleging widespread uprising. He says the reports are untrue and notes he has dispatches from Caracas that do not mention such events.
Brother Opposing Brother in Breathitt County Murder Trial
Irvine Kentucky December 17 The trial of Beach Hargis charged with murdering his father Judge James Hargis in Breathitt county is underway. Family members on both sides back the case with the mother funding defense and her brother F Floyd Bira aiding the prosecution. Beach about twenty three years old, entered the Breathitt county judge’s store after an argument and shot the judge with his pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Beach Hargis
Jackson
James Hargis
Hargis
Kentucky
F. Floyd Bira
Breathitt County
Beach
Wright Makes Remarkable Flight
Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, achieved a remarkable flight in which the aeroplane shot up as if a rocket to about 240 feet before a controlled drop of fifty feet. The engine stopped and the machine landed smoothly about three quarters of a mile from the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Lemans
Dee
Wilbur Wright
Aeroplanist
Aeromvant
Shumway’s Three Weeks More Given for Court Work
Despite Supreme Court enlargement the four current Supreme Court commissioners will stay on until April 10 to finish cases. A murder case involving Shiamway saw execution postponed from January to January 2, and Taft plans talks with Roosevelt in Washington as he travels from New York to Augusta.
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Supreme Court
Mende Shiamway
Nnary S
Supreme
Suypwrene Court
Washinton
Dees
Queet Taft
Roosevelt
New York
Anezusta
Three Wagon Loads of Liquor Cleared by Court Order
District court in Stanton county adjourned after a three day session. Judge Guy T Graves presided and a court reporter from Omaha recorded proceedings. One jury trial ended in disagreement, while several liquor cases resulted in guilty pleas and fines. Three wagon loads of liquor were destroyed under court order following a raid.
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Stanton
Neh
Dee
District Court of
Stanton County
Guy T Graves
Miss Brown
Onaha
Nye, Schneider Company
Albert Johnson
Attoraney
Joh A. Ehrhardt
Fred Buss
Nmil Blecha
Henry Vanhouse
Dieecha
Vane House
Meeha
Vantouse
Defend
Sherrif Stacker
Joseph Novotny
President of Duma Resigns in St. Petersburg Session
In St. Petersburg during a Duma session, Nikolai A. Khomyskoff resigned as president of the Duma amid an exciting session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duma
St. Petersburg
Nikolai A. Khomyskoff
Ottoman Parliament Opens as Constitutional Monarchy Historic Day
Constantinople December 17 Turkish parliament begins its first session as a constitutional monarchy under Abdul Hamid. The event is hailed as a turning point in empire history with holidays proclaimed, grand decorations, and widespread public display during the procession and citywide observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Weather Forecast For Nebraska Ends In Much Colder Tone
Chicago December 17 The bulletin issued by the Chicago Weather Bureau delivers the forecast for Nebraska including a much colder night with a sharp drop in temperatures. Fri is expected to be colder with unsettled conditions across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Senate Action on Message and House Insurgents Plans
Washington dispatch reports Senate debate over the president's charges against Congress and a planned resolution for an inquiry by the appropriations committee. Senators urge resending the message as insulting while Lodge supports a bill to reenlist discharged Twenty Fifth regiment soldiers. The House focuses on revising penal laws as Garrett amendment on cultural information is defeated. An amendment by Houston broadens mail offenses to include intoxicating beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Secret Service
Aldrich
Culberson
Committee On Appropriations
Congresa
Halley
Bacon
Tillman
Paraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Lodge
Warner
Twenty-fifth Regiment
House
United States
Houston
Boni de Castellane Custody Case Ends Money Demand
Paris reports the last day of hearings over nine years custody of Count Boni de Castellane's three children. The count withdraws his money claim and seeks only the welfare of the children. The court may dismiss the plea or order testimonies to decide custody. The Princess de Sagan remains a favorable party in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Boni de Castelingie
Princess de Sugun
Agia Gowid
Marquise de Castellane
M. Bonnet
Princess de Sagan
Telsonone
Mate
Turfmen Arrested in City Park Test of Anticacing Law
New Orleans on February 17 saw three turfmen arrested after an attempt to test the Locke anticacing law at City Park race track ended without a clear result. Authorities halted the proceedings pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
City Park
Testimony in Hales Trial Proceeds and Model Ruled Out
Jury heard witness Marion Slain recount driving the Dials Drathers during the night of the shooting. The court ruled the Hains model testimony inadmissible, defense sought to place the medril peat in a positional claim, and Dr Johnson detailed wound maturity. Widespread taxation views emerged as Iowa Tax Revision Society urged a future burden on coming generations for public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hales
Hayehte Yacht Club
Johnson
Des Moines
Dee
Iowa
Iowa Tax Ree Vision Society
Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
Mr. Pierce
Revision Society
Corn Stalk Paper Feasibility Discussed by USDA
Dr Thomas Galloway of the Bureau of Plant Industry told the Committee on Agriculture that cornstalks could yield paper and that a Maine mill would soon run a commercial test. He said a by product molasses could be produced and fed to cattle and mules, with a ton of stalks yielding about $3 in molasses value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
South
Putman accuses attorney of bribe in Anti-Saloon case
Sioux City report says 17 year old Samouel Putman alleges John B. Joseph, a prominent attorney for the Anti-Saloon League, told him to settle bribery charges with Gooden for 25 dollars to split. Joseph denies the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City, Bee
Samouel Putman
Anti-Saloon League
John B. Joseph
Putman
Joseph
League
Gooden
Woman Seeks Roosevelt Support for Suffrage
Mrs. James Bennett president of the Kentucky Equal Rights association writes an open letter to President Roosevelt hoping to convert him from lukewarm to an enthusiastic supporter of woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Richmond
James Bennett
Kentucky Equal Rights Association
Maine Hunters Death Toll Near Seventeen
Augusta Me Dec 17 Sixteen deaths may be charged to this year s Maine big game hunting season with thirteen killed by accidental firearm discharge or mistaken identity as deer indicating a deadly season for the state s outdoorsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Augusta
Bank of Napoleon Failure Cited in Local Bank Collapse
Napoleon Ohio December 17 The Citizens State bank assigned to D Ty Donovan. Officials attribute the collapse to poor loans and also link it to the Ohio German Insurance company's failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Napoleon Falls
Napoleon, O
Ciizens’ State Bank
D. Ty. Donovan
Itta
Ohio German Insurance Company
Muskrats Undermine Nebraska Roadbed
In Herman Nebraska muskrats undermined the railroad near the city causing a disturbance before trains could stop. A low order was issued and large crews repaired the track. Over 200 arrests or informants were mentioned with thousands of men reportedly involved in the effort.
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Herman
Neb
Dee
Muskrate
Beine
Trael
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