China Crisis Deepens With Army Moves and Aid Requests
The report notes American troops being sent to Tien Tsin and Manila amid unrest in China. It states China’s northern disorder threatens government stability while Peking enjoys comparative quiet. The American legation urges sending women and children to safety from Pao Ting Fue as communications collapse and railways stay with mutineers.
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Peking
Calhoun
Cabling
Manila
Tien Tsin
Pao Ting Fue
Pao Ting Fu
Mexico City cabinet changes aim to pacify warring factions
In a planned reshuffle, six of eight portfolios will change hands to blend Vasquistas liberals army and Maderistas. Francisco Gomez, described as the brains of the revolution, may return to his former post. Francisco de la Barra would head foreign relations, Gerona Trevino the war office, Iglesias Calderon the interior, and Alfredo Robies Dominguez the communications department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Francisco Gomez
Francisco de la Barra
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Geronamino Trevino
War Office
Fernandino Iglesias Calderon
Liberal Party
Pino Suarez
Department of the Interior
Alfredo Robies Dominguez
Madero
Department of Communications
New Catholic Diocese Proposed for Omaha Province
The Omaha archdiocese rumor resurfaces as Nebraska gains a new diocese with Kearney as see city. Catholic circles expect Omaha to become a province with Bishop Scannell as archbishop following the Des Moines move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Ita
Nebraska
Kearney
Omaha
Scannell
Dubuque
Des Moines
Fire at state university damages four story museum stairway
Lincoln partially fireproof construction saved the state university thousands of dollars Wednesday when a fire gutted the stairway of the four story museum building at the city campus. Steel cement construction defied the flames and when firemen arrived the blaze was practically confined to the stairway. Nearby cases with valuable specimens caught fire. Loss estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars, split between building and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
Lincoln
The
Northern coal strike ends eight mines return to work
An agreement between district 15 United Mine Workers officials and American Fuel company officials ends the two year northern coal field strike. About 1,500 miners will resume work in the northern field within ten days across eight company mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
District 15
United Mine Workers of America
American Fuel Company
Million for Church Buildings in Kennedy Fund Plan
Chicago Presbytery considers an overture to the Presbyterian general assembly to divert one million of the Kennedy fund a two and a half million dollar endowment to build churches in needy US districts if concurred by other presbyteries and approved by the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Presbytery
Presbyterian General Assembly
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Relics Found in Pompei Ruins Include Complete Balcony
Excavators in Pompeii uncover several balconies the first fully exposed. Five skeletons likely natives who perished escaping the eruption. A complete wine shop emerges with bronze and glass amphorae bronze lamps and an ivory safe holding silver coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompei
Naples
Elderly Woman Starves Self Over Burial Fears in New York
Margaret Murphy, over 80, died of self starvation after keeping only $380 in a savings bank and fearing a pauper burial. The case notes her money as insufficient to avoid harsh end, prompting questions about guardianship and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
New York
Margaret Murphy
Secretary Wilson Sets Longest Cabinet Tenure Record
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson breaks all records for continuous service in the presidency. He has now served fifteen years in the cabinet, extending tenure beyond prior holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
James Wilson
Nebraska in Brief Highlights Across the State
Central City gains free mail delivery by carrier. Aurora hosts a seed corn gospel meeting for 1,500. Geneva forms a Spanish war veterans organization. Saunders county gains a grand jury. Wymore fire department considers incorporation. McCook debates the closed shop and wins unanimous support. A Beatrics forgery case yields a one to twenty year term. Wayne reports illness of Dan Harrington in California. Wild animals grow bolder south of Hastings. Diller defeats Hardy in a joint high school debate. Emil Gustavson released on bail. others jailed for bootlegging. Dakota County eyes a new Missouri River bridge under $200,000. Two youths escape reform school, break out of Alliance jail. Ainsworth suffers a major fire destroying several buildings. Lincoln statue unveiling eyed with Justice Hughes as potential speaker. Hale of Burt County notes ample corn. Ravenna bank changes hands. Modern Woodmen convention eyed in Hastings. Badger & Frost plan large Holstein herd expansion. Fremont bank clearings rise 25 percent in February. Accusations of perjury in a Sioux Falls case surface in Fremont. Cuming County land prices rise. $131.25 per acre farm purchase near Burt. Hastings Chamber of Commerce secretary position offered to HH Howell.
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Central City
Aurora
Geneva
Saunders County
Wymore Fire Department
McCook
Trenton
Lloyd S. Lapsley
Kansas City
Wayne
Dan Harrington
Long Beach
Cal
Hastings
James Meyer
Red Cloud
Diller
Hardy
T. C. Moyer
Emil Gustavson
Gustavson
Frank Sellers
Milo Williams
Holdrege
Sellers
Williams
Dakota County
Missouri
C. D. Smiley
Commercial Club
Will Wckoff
Jean Palmer
Kearney Reform School
Alliance
Newberry Hardware
John Armstrong
Tisue & Foster
Ainsworth
Lyric Theater
McSweeney Land Company
Charles E. Hughes
Federal Supreme Court
Lincoln
State House
Roosevelt
Henry Watterson
Burt County
Citizens State Bank of
Ravenna
A. T. Shellenberger
John R. Benson
Pleasanton
F. J. Coates
Grand Island
Woodmen of America
Nebraska
R. W. Frost
Badger & Frost
Merrick County
Pennsylvania
Fremont
Allen Pruyn
Michael Gorey
Gorey
Forth Bend
Cuming County
Hastings Chamber of Commerce
HH. B. Howell
Omaha
Nebraska: ‘Association
United Kingdom
Iowa
State Department of Judiciary
Great Britain
Des Moines
Prussia
Berlin
Frank Wild
Maine
Maryland State Board of Health
Storer Daliverance
Belgian Congo
Rock Island
Berkeley
Socialist Party
J. Stitt Wilson
William J. Bryan
Seattle
Walsh
House
Democratic Caucus
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Bryan
Sagamore Hill
Monterey
Mexico
The
Religious Educational Association
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
State Fund
National Educational Association
Chicago
Henry Schwarz
Marysville
Kans
Hall of Justice
San Francisco
General Post
London
England
Raleigh L Wilson
Neb
Representative Moon
Tennessee
Columbus
Woodrow Wilson
Emmeline Pankhurst
Tukes
Marshall
Kearney
Rome
Platte River
Hall
Howard
Greeley
Wheeler
Holt
Boyd
Germany
Russia
Japan
Knox
China
Bank of
Scranton
Nareer
International and Domestic News Notes From Washington
A busy Washington digest reports bills pushing Puerto Rico citizenship, campaign roles in Nebraska, and relic disposal from the Maine. It covers Taft and Knox diplomacy, Mexico exodus, rail and sugar tax debates, and widespread labor strikes in Britain. Also notes Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill visit, suffrage actions, and a Bank of Dill City robbery aftermath.
Global and Local Turmoil Reported Across Nations
Reports from around the world describe elections in Chile, tensions in China with Peng-Tai fighting, executions in Canton, and Yuan Shi Kai ordering local viceroys to suppress disturbances. In the U.S. a fatal fall in Ottumwa, Iowa, and a death in Omaha are noted, plus labor actions and prohibition enforcement shaping Oklahoma and Missouri. A New York corps of correspondents descends on the story.
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Chile
Peng-Tai
Peking
Henry Larson
Ottumwa
Iowa
Chung Fo
Chung Yee
Cantonese Provisional Army
France
Yuan Shi Kai
Tien Tsin
Pearson
Medera
Mexico
United States
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
United Mine Workers of America
Missouri
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Interstate Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Kansas City
Legation Guards
George E. Pritchett
Nebraska
Omaha
Count Holstein Ledreberg
Augustus Seaver
Labor
Massachusetts
Fem
New, ‘York
Demonstrations Question Nebraska Seed Claims
A seed train tour in Nebraska faced pushback from a grain dealer who disputed farmers relying on seed from their own early-maturing crop. Tests showed the dealer’s ear failed to germinate. germination tests by chemist Redfern revealed 87 percent germination in 1909 seed, and 70 plus percent for 1910 seed, while some samples from older corn also germinated well.
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Oxce
Redfern
Warning to Nebraska Farmers on Grasshoppers
Prof Swenk, state entomologist, warns Nebraska farmers of rising grasshopper damage. He notes dry 1911 favors hoppers and urges early deep plowing to bury eggs before hatching. He cautions against leaving land unplowed to avoid a large infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Swenk
Associated State
Nebraska
Lincoln G A R department commander race narrows to two
There will be no Lincoln candidate this year for department commander of the Nebraska G A R. The field now includes Judge M W King of Geneva and John A Dempster of Omaha with some talk favoring Judge J S Hoagland of North Platte.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
M. W. King
Geneva
John A. Dempster
Omaha
J. S. Hoagland
North Platte
Lincoln jury frees Omaha teamster in self defense case
The jury in the state versus John Harris, an Omaha teamster, acquitted him of killing John Melry, a Lincoln iceman, last July after he claimed self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
Omaha
John Melry
Lincoln
Democratic National Committee member signals Baltimore press plan
Dr. P. L. Hall of Nebraska reports from Josephus Daniels of Raleigh that a committee has been chosen to arrange arrangements for newspaper men attending the Baltimore convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Hall
Nebraska
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Baltimore
Holbrook Telephone to File Valuation Report
The Holbrook Telephone Company, initially denying the need for a physical valuation, informs Judge B F Good that it will comply with the commission's request and file a report. The state railway commission seeks the valuation as part of regulatory oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Holbrook Telephone Company
B. F. Good
State Railway Commission
February Temperature and Snowfall Report
The mean February temperature was 25 degrees versus 24.9. Total precipitation reached 1.31 inches, indicating 14.38 inches of snow. Normal February precipitation is 0.74 inches, so the excess is just over half an inch.
Nebraska City Gas Company Bonds Approved
The railway commission granted Nebraska City Gas Company permission to issue 30000 in bonds beyond its 45000 capital stock. The filing was by President Frank R Gruver who earlier proposed issuing extra capital stock and bonds up to 120000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Railway Commission
Nebraska City Gas Company
Frank R. Gruver
Pardon Granted Henry Southard by the Governor
The governor granted a pardon to Henry Southard, sentenced to one to three years in the penitentiary from Morrill county for breaking and entering. Two accomplices escaped punishment. He is described as mentally irresponsible and in poor health, and will be placed under the care of farmer Hunt in Morrill county. Southard is 20 years old and mentally younger.
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Southard
Henry Southard
Morrill County
Hunt
Colony Plan for Jewish Colonies Urges Nebraska Settlement Progress
Chicago Jewish settlers sent letters to Labor Commissioner Gaye seeking updates on relocation to Nebraska farms. Officials have tentative offers but visible progress is slow as Gaye cannot yet inspect sites.
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Chicago
Gaye
Nebraska
State appeals in Guaranty case involving Farmers and Merchants bank Oakland
The state challenges a Burl county district court ruling in the Guaranty case. It concerns banks switching from state to national charters and an amendatory act that exempted state banks but not national ones, leading to disputes over fund assessments. The lower court found the amendment discriminatory, and the state banks converted to national status were not taxed.
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District Court of
Burl County
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Oakland
Supreme Court
Nebraska Farm Property Values Jump in 1900 to 1910 Gain
Federal census data show Nebraska farm property rising from 747,950,057 in 1900 to 2,079,818,647 in 1910. All counties share the surge with Perkins leading in proportional gain at 569 percent, from 970,640 to 6,497,589. Other notable increases occur in Custer Clay Adams Gage Hamilton Knox Platte Saline Seward York and York.
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Nebraska
Federal
Custer County
Clay County
Adams Farm
Gage County
Hamilton County
Knox County
Platte County
Saline County
Seward County
York County
Perkins County
Mrs Margaret Converse to be buried beside husband in Lincoln
Mrs Margaret Converse died in Tulsa Oklahoma and was the widow of Joe Converse the railroad builder who once lived in Lincoln and was known to railroad kings. Her body will be brought to Lincoln for interment beside her husband who died in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Converse
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Converse
Lincoln
Major Julius Penn Receives Extension to Stay in Lincoln
Major Julius Penn of the Twelfth United States infantry and longtime Nebraska National Guard instructor has been granted an extension of time and will remain in Lincoln until next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Penn
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln
Douglas County Seeks Release Over Printing Charge
Assistant Attorney General Edgerton petitions the state supreme court to release Douglas County from a charge of 88.90 for printing the abstract of a brief in the Erdman case. John O. Yeiser, Erdman’s attorney, handled the abstract and expected Douglas County to pay. The state legal department proposes charging Erdman under applicable law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Edgerton
State Supreme Court
Douglas County
Erdman
John O. Yeiser
State Legal Department
Lincoln Masons Plan New $100,000 Temple
Lincoln Masonic orders have decided to erect a new temple on the site of their present rooms. Construction will begin as soon as plans are submitted and accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Don Wood elected president of Sophomore Class
Don Wood of Omaha, a member of the law class at the university, won the sophomore class presidency over Carl Nagle of Omaha, an engineering class member, by a vote of 114 to 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wood
Omaha
University
Carl Nagle
Reappraisement of State School Lands Reported
A reappraisement of more than half of the 245000 acres of state school lands under lease in Cherry county has been reported to Land Commissioner Cowles. The board of public lands and buildings has not yet reviewed the appraisement. Rentals have risen in many areas from 50 to 75 cents per acre, with some tracts doubling from 15 cents to 3 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry County
Cowles
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Lincoln Monument Nears Completion Ahead of Unveiling
Daniel C. French reports the Lincoln monument casting is finished and only finishing remains. The statue is expected to ship in the last week of April with unveiling around Memorial Day, possibly the Beatrice GAR encampment May 14 to 18 or the holiday itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Monument
Daniel C. French
Grand Army of the Republic
Beatrice
Green Loses Land in Mandamus Case Reversal
Barton L Green of Lincoln failed to obtain a land parcel in Lancaster county after suing Land Commissioner Cowles. A lower court had ordered a deed issued, but the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed and dismissed the case. The land had been leased during Green’s life to William Robert mm, and after his death neither heir nor successor held the lease.
Doctors Fail Restored by Pra Nominal Testimony
Miss Ninette Port mont writes of recovering from chest ailments after using Peruna. She recalls initial slow use and gradual improvement, noting increased strength and better breathing as the remedy took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninette Portmont
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise
Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana residents report relief from female troubles and hemorrhages after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. One woman says doctors advised operation but medicine saved her life.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Green
Brownsville
Ind
Rs. Cine
S. Main St
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