Britain threatens Hague arbitration over canal bill
In a note to the state department A Mitchell Innes of the British embassy states that if no satisfactory agreement is reached Britain will appeal to The Hague tribunal for arbitration. The note notes intent to consider the canal bill and Taft message on discrimination favoring American coastwise shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
A. Mitchell Innes
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Taft
Congress
Lumbermen Hearing Details Antitrust Suit in Seattle
Evidence showed how lumber manufacturers and wholesalers told midwest retailers which firms were deemed unethical and which were supplying them. The testimony came at a Wednesday hearing in the government's antitrust suit against the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Middle West
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Pope to create American cardinal residing in Rome
A special dispatch reports the pope will create a new American cardinal who will reside in Rome and hold a status similar to French and Spanish prelates in Rome. The pope is also expected to create a cardinal in Central America, likely Mexico, in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rome
France
Spain
Central America
Mexico
Tenters Killed by Lightning Near De Soto Missouri
Four members of Jefferson Rubio's family were killed instantly when a lightning strike hit the tent they inhabited near De Soto Missouri. Rubio his wife a 16 year old daughter and a baby girl died. A grown son survived but was stunned and severely burned. The storm arrived without warning and was described as the region's worst in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Coto
Jefferson Rubio
Rubio
Roosevelt campaign manager named for Lincoln state
At a conference of the Progressive party state committee executives Nathan Merriam of Omaha national committeeman attended. Frank P Carrick was chosen to manage the Roosevelt campaign in the state with Lincoln named as the headquarters city. Headquarters will open at the Lindell hotel with Mr Corrick in charge.
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Lincoln
Progressive Party
Nathan Merriam
Omaha
Frank P. Carrick
Roosevelt
Lindell Hotel
Mr. Corrick
Court Martial Ordered for 800 Sailors in Black Sea Fleet
London reports an inquiry found unrest among Russian Black Sea fleet sailors. Eight hundred sailors are sent ashore for court martial amid claims of revolutionary propaganda while most crews remain loyal.
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London
Train Service Resumed on Mexican Rail Lines
Passenger and freight traffic on the Cuernevaca and Satula branches of the National railways has been renewed after a two week suspension. Trains ran without military escorts amid expectations of no Zapatista interference, and none occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cuernevaca
Satula
National Railways
Zapatistas
Commission Form Adopted In New Orleans Vote
New Orleans adopts a commission form of government after a special election on Wednesday. The measure passes 23,900 to 2,119 with both regulars and reformers backing the new system.
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New Orleans
Bryan Invades Speaker Clark District Shocks Montgomery
Colonel W. J. Bryan travels into Speaker Clark's district for the first time since the Baltimore convention, stirring party tensions as anger around Bryan eases and supporters gauge impact amid political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
W. J. Bryan
Clark’sistrict
Baltimore
Bryan
Titanic Fund Growing in Gloucester Memorial Drive
Gloucester residents report a growing Titanic memorial fund boosted by Mrs. John Hays Hammond and social leaders. An outdoor fundraising event at Lookout Hill villa near the town drew donors and increased contributions for the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Hn Hays Hammond
Lookoutill
Here
Congressinefficiency marked by failed effort and violence
Veterans in Kingston Georgia report a local merchant H Griffin was killed by W Wooten after Griffin called a drunken man a holy roller. In London England flood conditions worsen with six inches of rain, Norwich trains suspended and isolation increasing as the Wensum flood ends connectivity.
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Kingston
H. Griffin
Ww. Wooten
Russellites
London
Ingland
World in Short Form from Global News
A long briefing of 1912 world events covers Congress actions in the United States, Taft signing the Beckett bill, canal debate, drought and flood relief efforts, postal reforms, and notable deaths and incidents around the globe including Haiti's palace disaster and clashes in the Adriatic.
World and Local News Roundup
The report covers suspended duties on American corn shipped into Mexico, a Fremons meeting planning Lincoln as next convention site, the Sons of Veterans encampment in St. Louis with about 10 000 delegates, and Harry Sebastian being sent to the penitentiary after jail-delivery attempts. It notes Shorthand record falls and a German symposium on population figures, plus crop and political campaign updates across South Dakota and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona’ Lake, Inn
North ‘Dakota
Tulsa
Okla
Republican Council
Topeka
Kas
Roosevelt
Durazzo
Adriatic
John J. Donahue
Omaha
St. Joseph’s Hospital
United State Secret Service
Richard Burns
Chicago
Joseph Timmerman
Kansasy City
Albert Schneider
United States Bureau of Chemistry
San Francisco
Aldrich
Grand Island
Nebraska National Guard
Paul
Eugene V. Debs
Deborah Wing
Saugus
Mass
Wing Family of America, Incorporated
Illinois
Pekin
F. J. Schmidt
R. D. Quinn
New York City
College View
Hoke Smith
Senate
Leo L. Fike
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
John Dooley
William F. Jossel
Woodmen of America
Kansas
Kansas City
Woodmen
Woodman
St. Albert
Canada
General Booth
Congress Hall
Clapton
Eng
Devil’s Canyon
Cal
London
America
General Post Office
Pascual Orozco
Juarez
Joaquin Tellez
Port Au Prince
Haiti
the Republic
Cincinnatus Leconte
Mexico
Fremons
The
Sons of Veterans
St. Louis
Harry Sebastian
Nathan Behrin
New York Supreme Court
Mitgar Society
Jena
Germany
Black Hills
Frank M. Currie
Broken Bow
Taft State League
Taft Republican Central Committee
Ringling Bros. Circus
Sterling
Ill
Zenithoa
Provisional
Republican Progressive State Committee
Pierre
South Dakota
North Dakota
Yellowstone
Ladies’ Circle of the
Loyal Order of Moose
Lincoln business man drowns at Capital Beach pool
E B Dunham, a prominent Lincoln merchant, vanished in Capital Beach pool during a noon Sunday outing watched by hundreds. A search by his wife prompted a two hour dive to recover his body curled as if asleep on the pool bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
E. B. Dunham
Capital Beach
Ball Park
Big-Hearted Farmers Lend Aid at Harvard
A company of Lynn township farmers visited Mrs. J. F. Stone who lost her son by drowning at Deweese and donated forty acres of Wheat ground with sixty horses and plows. Harvard and nearby residents have raised nearly $400 in cash to assist her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Lynn Township
J. F. Stone
Deweese
Typhoid death linked to well water contamination
Dr. H. H. Waite of the University of Nebraska reports analysis of water from a home well where a typhoid death occurred and an adjacent property's well. He found so many bacteria that counting was impossible even when diluted a hundredfold, with an estimate around a million bacteria per cubic centimeter.
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Wymore
H. H. Waite
University of Nebraska
Omaha Indians Return From Oklahoma With Ponca Gifts
A large number of Omaha Indians return from Oklahoma after weeks with the Ponca tribe. They bring five carloads of horses as gifts. The Omaha pow-wow and celebration is set to open the last of August, likely near Walthill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walthill
Neb
Oklahoma
Omaha
Fire roars from wire sparked tree blaze in Fremont
Sparks from an electric light wire set a tree ablaze at Tenth and Park avenues Sunday. Fire Chief Hauser and Assistant Chief Hein called to the scene enlisted several city plant linemen before flames were extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Tenth and
Park Avenue
Hauser
Hein
City
New Field Secretary Named at State Christian Conference
Rev. E. M. Johnson, pastor of the Christian church of Kearney for four years, was chosen state field secretary of the denomination at the state conference session held at Bethany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
State Conference of the Christian Church
Bethany
E. M. Johnson
Christian Church of
North Bend Tragedy In Farm Crew Accident
Joseph Imes a Fremont boy fell from a stack while in a thrashing crew near North Bend and the pitchfork prongs pierced his abdomen in a fatal farm accident.
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North Bend
Joseph Imes
Fremont
Here
Harvest Jubilee Draws Thousands in Hildreth Parade
The harvest jubilee drew thousands by 9 a.m. as a parade of German soldiers, Germans, school children and floats thrilled Hildreth residents, hailed as the best ever seen in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth
State Base Ball News Roundup of Nebraska Games
California style tag? The item reports multiple Nebraska baseball results. Superior beat Hastings 4 1 at home. Kearney topped Fremont 5 4. Hiawatha shut out Nebraska City 1 0. Madison defeated Genoa 5 4. Hiawatha beat Auburn 3 0. Falls City game vs Humboldt ended 2 1 in eighth. Central City defeated Clarks 7 1. Seward teachers beat ministers in a campus game led by Franke Ritzmann Foelbers. Humboldt lost to Falls City 4 0. Seward fell to York 4 2. Osborn's one handed catch noted. Madison-Norfolk protest over umpire decision Umpire Kessler. Beatrice-Auburn rain postponed. Grand Island lost doubleheader at Columbus 6 5 and 7 1. Lefty Davis of York released. Mack Osborn to pitch. Davis injured early season.
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Superior
Hastings
Kearney
Fremont
Hiawatha
Nebraska City
Madison
Genoa
Auburn
Falls City
Humboldt
Central City
Clarks
Nebraska District
Missouri Synod
Seward
Franke
Ritzmann
Foelbers
Grand Island
Columbus
Davis
York
Board of Control
Mack Osborn
State lands board investigates Beatrice home for feeble minded youth
State board members toured Beatrice to inspect the home for feeble minded youth. Farmers State Bank of Rosalie applied to the state banking board to raise capital stock from 10 000 to 25 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Beatrice
The
Farmers State Bank of
Rosalie
State Banking Board
Notable speakers announced for state fair
Secretary Mellor says Jane Addams of Chicago has accepted to speak at the state fair on September 3. Governor Johnson of California is scheduled to speak on the same day at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellor
Jane Addams
Chicago
Johnson
California
Governor leads land seekers excursion to Nebraska from Chicago
In company with Labor Commissioner L V Gaye the governor will head a special land seekers excursion leaving Chicago on September 8. The trip runs over the Burlington to the North Platte and Sand Hill territory of Nebraska.
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L. V. Gaye
Chicago
Burlington
North Platte
Sand Hill
Nebraska
State funds show balance shifts with Fremont bonds purchase
The state general fund stands at 149000 while investment of trust funds hold 129000. The trust funds were reduced this week by municipal bond purchases as State Treasurer George retains funds to buy 125000 of Fremont city school district bonds.
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George
Fremont
State fair exhibit on food adulteration to educate public
The state food commission announces an exhibit at the state fair showcasing common state sale products. The display will include both pure and adulterated matter and several habits intended to teach viewers about safe consumption and the dangers of adulteration.
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The
State Food Commission
Monument area prepared for unveiling ceremony
Cement work in front of the Lincoln monument is finished and the ground behind it has been sodded with flowers planted. Secretary Wait plans a platform on the north side of the state house and seating for 3,000 people by September 2 for the unveiling ceremony.
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Wait
State House
County land valuations rise with gains across land and lots
The completed abstract of reports of county assessors shows that the assessed valuation of improved and unimproved lands increased nearly 17 percent over last year, while the valuation of lots rose about 11 percent and personal property fell around 3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Seymour
State Board of Equalization
Progressive Party to Convene September 3 Convention
The provisional committee of the progressive party has set September 3 for the party convention with noon likely as the call to order. Congressional conventions will occur simultaneously, with district members meeting beforehand or after to decide on congressional candidates and form committees.
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Provisional Committee
The
Progressive Party
State Fair attractions and Taft Sherman nominations cue state notes
A seat in the grand stand at the State Fair runs Sept 2 to 6 with races worth 13000 and add ons including aero flights, bands, vaudeville, and Frontier Day exhibitions. Secretary Waite receives Taft Sherman nomination notices while Roosevelt cannot attend Lincoln monument ceremonies with Aldrich and Bryan. State Veterinarian notes 5000 remaining of a 25000 reimbursement fund as fair plans push Omaha Day on Sept 4 and business groups rally attendance. State board reduces the tax levy from 6 1 5 to 5 1 5 mills due to land revaluations raising assessed value by 48000000, partly from new government land.
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Plains
Wait
W. H. Taft
J. S. Sherman
Elihu Root
Lafayette B. Gleason
Delhi
N. Y
Secretary of State
Nebraska
Waite
Bostrom
State Fair Management
Omaha
Commercial Club
Ak-Sar-Ben
Ad Club
The
Real Estate Exchange
Omaha University Club
Retail Dealers’ Association
South Omaha Commercial Club
State Board of Assessments
Shylock’s Insistency Beaten by a Black Party
In Irminham Alabama Elsie Allen a tall negro woman faced a disorderly conduct charge over a 20 cent debt collection. Acting as her own attorney she challenged the proceedings and won her case with the judge discharging her. the verdict questioned the creditor’s tactics and the witness Molly Maybray described the 20 cent peaches dispute with strong racial and social tensions.
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Irmingham
Ala
United States
Police Court
Elsie Allen
City Forum
Elsie
Molly Maybray
Molly
Shylock
Go Cart Mix Up Sparks Comedic City Car Capers
A woman and two children chase Ed Schultz who grabbed a go cart he believed to be his. The go cart is recovered after a ride to police headquarters while Mr Lerchen confirms the cart is not his. The curtain falls on a chaotic first act.
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Etroit
Mich
E. H. Lerchen
Tuxedo Avenue
Ed Schultz
Hunt Street
Mr. Lerchen
Fourth
Grand River Avenues
Frank Marvin
Meu Avenue
Lta
Mera
Marvin
Marvats
Mar
Eid
Lerrlien
Municipal Elephant Thief Chase Ends with Rescue in Brookside Park
Minnie the elephant saved Mrs. Jennie Plau and her eight year old son Arthur from three assailants in Brookside Park woods near Paris Avenue. The keeper Paul Plau reported Minnie located the handbag containing $4 289 and pursued one thief toward a tree before returning with the two fleeing villains escaped. Minnie, noted for sure footing, chased down a hillside path beside Big Creek opposite Fulton Road entrance.
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Mia
Jennie Plau
Paris Avenue
Brookside Park
Minnie
Big Creek
Fulton Road
Mrs. Plau
Paul Plau
Arthur
Plau
Paultenie
Ore
Anor
Lobster Cruelty Case Divides City
A chef faces a cruelty charge for placing a wooden peg in a lobster’s claw to prevent it from snapping. The case, argued before Police Magistrate Haggerty, sparks fights and arrests as the city debates whether lobsters can feel pain.
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Rhladelphia
John Hauducaur
Haggerty
Maine
Cruelty Society
Torney
West
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