New Hampshire Democrats Adopt Platform and Elect Delegates
At the state convention the Democratic party adopted a platform of principles and elected four delegates at large to the national convention. Delegates may name their own alternates and the platform calls for immediate tax and currency reform to ensure ample secure money in circulation.
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New Hampshire
Joe Cannon
Congress
Washington
Danville
Taft
Bryan
Walter Wellman
Harkett
Nebraska
Cumming
Council Butte
Republc
Wwe
Hughes
New York
Omaha News Highlights and Midwestern Trade Winds
A storm in Jewell county Kansas caused one death and twenty two injuries. George Washington University will graduate representatives from Nebraska, Iowa, and other states. The Patten crowd in Chicago reportedly profited about two million dollars in corn and wheat speculation. Fresh milk destined for Panama for government employees. Nebraska and surrounding states see Omaha trade fairs welcomed in Colorado towns. W E Stone of Cleveland elected grand chief. A Wyoming lumber operation claims five million pounds bifurcated for storage.
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Omaha
Panama
Stone
Cleveland
Jewell County
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
George Washington University
Chicago
Colorado
Boston
Cabinet shuffle swirls as Taft nears departure
Rumors link Magoon or Loeb to Taft’s war office post while Burkett bills refund fees to Weeks and Kinkaid aids grass and legume programs. Geddes and others seek Tokio commission with a $5000 salary, as Taft likely quits in July.
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Taft
War Office
Magoon
Nebraska
Cuba
Loeb
Burkett
Secretary of ‘the Treasury
Stephen J. Weeks
Register of the O'Neilland
Roosevelt
Geddes W
Bout
State Department
Oliver
Geddes
Representative Burton Nominates Taft in Chicago
President Roosevelt denies friction with Attorney General over the New Haven case. Taft attends Memorial Day at Grant’s Tomb. Seventy eight contests filed with Chairman New of the Republican National Committee. Charles H. Holmes of Boston dies. Dr Landrith urges a steadfast Christian masculine duty in a Presbyterian Brotherhood address.
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Burton
Osle
Taft
Chicago
Roosevelt
New Haven
Grant
New
Republican National Committee
Charles H. Holmes
Boston
Landrith
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Currency Bill 15 Passes Congress in 1900s Session
Washington reports the sixtieth congress ends with the currency bill passage after a prolonged session. President Roosevelt and cabinet members sign the measure, with Bartholdt presenting the conference report and Senate filibuster noted against the emergency currency bill.
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Washington
Neinily
Congress
Cannon
William J. Bryan
Ifwan
Senate
Bartholdt
Aheaton
Messrs. la Follette
Stone
Gore
Roosevelt
Capitol
Aldrich-Vreeland
Costelyou
Root
Garfield
Anpitol
Currency Commission Meets to Outline Thorough Banking Study
Washington reports the currency commission under Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon met Sunday for organizational purposes. A broad discussion of plans followed, and if Aldrich's outline is perfected by the commission the nation would gain a comprehensive investigation into currency and banking never before seen.
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Winahington
Currency Commission
Fairbanks
Cannon
Aldrich-Vreeland
Itr
Benater Aldrich
Senator Brown Votes No on Currency Conference Report
Senator Brown of Nebraska again opposed the conference report on the currency bill which passed 46 to 24 with Republicans largely opposing. Brown voiced no sentiment beyond his opposition and argued the measure was unnecessary and not proven to be beneficial.
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Norrie
Congress
Norrin
Norris
Nebraska
Ernest M. Pollard
United States Senate
George Lilley
Connecticut
House
Iowa
Dolliver
Washington
Brown
Bourne
Oregon
Borah and Heyburn
Idaho
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ito
Tariff Revision Stirs Chicago Senator On Currency Bill
Chicago Senator William A. Allison said there is no question about tariff revision and the political battle over who will guide it will shape the coming presidential year. He spoke en route to Dubuque and cited the new currency bill as favorable.
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Chicago
William 7. Alson
Dubuque, Ta
Republiicans
Allison
Memorial Day Observed by Roosevelt and Washington
President Roosevelt led Memorial Day observances in Washington with thousands attending. Government offices and major businesses closed as services were held in cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Roovevelt
Roosevelt
Arlington
Grain Rate Hearing Ends Before State Railway Commission
The Nebraska grain rate hearing before the State Railway Commission ends with deadlines set for briefs. Attorney J. G. Beeler has forty days to file for the complainant, Burlington must answer in thirty, with fifteen more for reply briefs. The complainant argues Nebraska rates are high versus other states and a 15 percent reduction would not offset special railroad rates, while Burlington cites higher Iowa and Missouri tonnage and feeders rates as justification.
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State Railway Commission
A. Sibley
Hurlington Road
J. G. Beeler
Nebraska
Hartington
Iowa
Missouri
Omahe
Kansas City
Burlington
Debt Paying Politicians Demand Rights for Veterans
At the Grand Army encampment a resolution denounces debt paying politicians and asks state authorities to honor veterans. It urges government officials to prioritize honorably discharged service members for civil appointments and to uphold pref erence protections amid political pressures.
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Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Nebraska Debating Board Picks Twelve for 1908 09
The University of Nebraska Debating Board selected twelve members of the wolvereite debating squad for 1908 9 with two teams to be chosen next fall for the contest on December 11. The squad will compete in the Central Debate league with the University of Winole at Lincoln and the University of Wisconsin at Med eon. Forty three candidates vied for the twenty squad seats, the heaviest competition in the history of the institution.
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University of Nebraska Debating Board
Wolvereite
University of Winole
Lincoln
University of Wisconsin
Medeon
Histation
Harvest Field Workers
Labor Commissioner Ryder received notice from a Georgia resident that he will come to Nebraska this summer to work in the harvest field. State labor bureaus in Kansas Nebraska and the northern states have sought to maintain free employment bureaus to aid farmers with harvest help. No funds available and the bureau's role is information only.
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Ryder
Georgia
Nebraska
Kansas
Nebravia
Labor Bureau
Bureau of
Freight Rates Too High Petition Seeks Rail Rate Cut
Allen Gerrard files resolutions with Nebraska state railway commissioners. He accuses railroads of inflated freight charges harming farmers and fuel and product costs. The petition asks for rate reductions to ensure fair returns after removing fictitious bond and stock values.
Lincoln gains Haymarket square as historic society site
A $25 000 appropriation enables a new site for the Nebraska Historical Society on Haymarket square in Lincoln. The city transfers a valued city hall block near Sixteenth and H Streets to the society, with six lots approved and funded by citizen contributions totaling $27,000 to be repaid via future city tax levies.
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Nebraska Historic Society
Lincoln
Haymarket Square
Historical Society
Sheldon
Sixteenth
H Streets
State House
The
City of
Reads' Employes Protest At Freight Rate Cuts
About seventy five members of the Nebraska State Railway Employees Protective Association testified before the State Railway Commission opposing material freight rate reductions. They argued lower rates would cut railroad workers wages, benefit large shippers and middlemen, not small dealers, who had not asked for the reductions.
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Nebraska State Reaiway Employes Protective Association
Farmers Come Back Again
Fifty petitioners from Monroe including many farmers urge the State Railway Commission to cut freight rates claiming current charges out of proportion to earnings. They say high costs of fuel and farm goods amount to confiscation of hard earned produce and threaten livelihood.
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Allen Gerrard
State Railway Commission
Monroe
Commission
Order in Lumber Case by Nebraska Lumber Dealers’ Assoc
The supreme court issued an order in the case brought by the state against the Nebraska Lumber Dealers’ Association. The order taxes the costs to the defendants, to be set later, estimated at about $2500, who are enjoined.
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Impreme
Will Get an Agent at Crookston Station
Henry T. Clarke of the state railway commission reports that General Manager Walthern of the Northwestern has decided to station an agent at Crookston henceforth following an inquiry into citizen complaints.
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Henry T. Clarke
The
State Railway Commission
Cilisena
Crookston
Minager Waltern
Northwestern
Board keeps most railroad values, Union Pacific rises
The State Board of Assessment left railroad valuations unchanged from 1907 except for Union Pacific and Burlington. Union Pacific gains 583000 and Burlington 720870, totaling 266,814,709 for all railroads. Governor Sheldon and Secretary Junkin favored larger increases but three other members overrode.
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State Board of Assessment
Union Pacific
Burlington
Sheldon
Junkin
Nebraska towns report wind damage and civic action
The Press notes myriad Nebraska incidents from Prague wind damage to Saunders county corn losses and Ditch diggers wage pleas in Heaver City. Lincoln County drought relief, York high school graduation, and Beatrice beer investigations frame a broad summary of state events.
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Prague
Saunders County
Cuming County
Heaver City
Lincoln County
District Court
York County
Robert Beckford
Waco
Nebraska
Riverside Ranch
Ashland
McCook
York High School
Valentine
Woman's Club of
John Lepla
Northwestern Road
Black Hille
Gustave Suverkruffe
Fort Calhoun
Beatrice
Burlington
Civic League
Washington
Burkett
Boyd
Robert E. B. Rice
Central City
Rice
Congressman Boyd
Senator Burkett
Secretary of the Navy
Wayne
Talley Hall
Bancroft
T.leich
John Morer
Ohio
School of Education
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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George B. McClellan
Banta
David City
Neb
Ohklahomea
Munger
Nebraaka
Oklahoma
Arkansns
United Mine Workers of America
Brooklyn Bridge
Engineer Pintoy
Wymore
Harlington
Reynolds
Dan O'Donnell
Evelyn Newbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Ireland
Mark Hanna
Luteley
Salisbury
Dawson
Foraker
Senator Brown
Historical Society Building
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