Floods Surge Through Platte and Loup Valleys Hit Multiple Towns
Reports from Nebraska describe rapid flood growth along the Platte and Loup rivers with ice jams and rising water at Fremont Saunders County Pender Osmond and Grand Rapids. Bridges and railroad lines face diversions and closures as residents seek higher ground and local authorities bolster defenses.
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Loup
Union Pacific
Rock
Island
Burlington
Union - Pacific Limited
Lincoln
Grand Island
Rock Island
Louisville
Jlatte
Plattsmouth
Neb
Missouri River
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
la Platte
Fremont
Dispatch
Platte River
Bluffs
Saunders County
Logan
An Osmond
Co. A. Kissinger
Albert Kohler
Osmond
Kohder
Grand Rapids
Nich
Grand River
Ionia
Engine Buried in Mud After Missouri Landslide
A fast mail passenger train No 8 left Sedalia at midnight Monday for St Louis and struck a landslide near Gasconade. The locomotive was buried in mud while the cars stayed on track. Engineer Pace suffered an arm injury. no other injuries reported. Traffic halted and the westbound fast mail returned to Moberly then rerouted via M K T lines to Sedalia.
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Missouri
Pacific
Sedalia
St. Louis
Cuba Seeks Closer Trade Ties With United States
Senator Bustament of Cuba’s senate foreign relations committee urged support for the treaty in a Monday debate. He argued for strong commercial links with the United States, cited sugar market competition with Germany, and praised the US as Cuba’s greatest friend and deliverer.
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Bustament
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Germany
Pepper Named Intercontinental Railroad Representative
Secretary Hay, authorized by the Pan American congress, appoints Charles M. Pepper to carry out the conference recommendation that the United States lead intercontinental railway planning. Pepper, a journalist and Pan American delegate, will visit capitals, confer with governments, and receive special instructions. Latin American representatives and their governments show strong interest and progress toward closing the intercontinental route gap and promoting investment and commerce.
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Hay
Pan-American Congress
Mexico
United States
Charles M. Pepper
Congress
Pepper
Abepleas
Washington
Fortieth anniversary of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
Royal celebrations mark the fortieth wedding anniversary with salutes bells and telegrams from public bodies. A Buckingham Palace family dinner followed by a private ball invited 400 guests including the Prince and Princess of Wales peers cabinet leaders and other prominent figures. King Edward said he enjoyed the gathering with many children and grandchildren present.
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Edward
Alexandra
Buckingham
Palace
Prince and Princess of Wales
Peerage
Cabinet
Dedication plans set for St Louis exposition events
At a Gen Corbin and world fair officials conference in St Louis, National day on April 30 will feature Roosevelt, a monster military parade, dedicatory exercises, and a presidential reception. May 1 becomes International day with foreign guests. The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific won the naval officer transport contract to San Francisco, about a quarter cent per mile per passenger. Chicago carpenters will gain 5 cents per hour in the coming building season, boosting annual earnings by about 720000 after counting forty weeks.
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Trans-Continental
United States
San Frrancisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Missouri River
Carpenters of Chicago
Carpenters and Builders’ Association
Carpenters’ Executive
Beneftteg
Shipper in Nebraska Sues to Force Rail Cars Allocation
W. J. Crandall of Firth files district court petition seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Burlington to furnish him with freight cars for grain and mill products. He claims discrimination favoring a competitor and demands equal facilities and non discrimination as a matter of law. He reports heavy current demand but insufficient cars, harming his elevator and mill business.
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Nebraska
the. Org
W. J. Crazidall
Firth
Crandall
Burlington
Farmers’ Grain and Lumber Company
Bolivia protests indemnity deal over Acre dispute
Bolivian Minister Gauchilla denounces the Anglo American syndicate for accepting 570000 dollars from Brazil for Acre territory rights. He warns the move waives Bolivian rights and fears Brazil will press its claim to the 90000 square miles in the Acre region, noting Bolivia bans transfer of concessions to foreign states.
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Senor Gauchilla
New York
London
Brazil
Acra
Bolivia
Acre
British Steamship Mogul Claim Hits Congressional Hurdle
Acting Secretary Loomis informs Congress of the Gallatly Hanokey & Co. claim over the Mogul collision with the US transport Warren near Manila on December 30, 1900. Investigations found Warren at fault, but no funds were provided to pay an awarded sum. Loomis will re submit estimates to the next session for approval.
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John
Bull
Loomis
Gallatly, Hanokey & Co
London
Mogul Force
United States
Warren
Manila, Bay
Congress
Aagin
Grain in farmers hands shows drop since last year
A Department of Agriculture statistician reports on March 1 remaining grain in farmers hands. About 164 million bushels of wheat equal 24.5 percent of last year's crop, with corn at about 4,050,600,000 bushels or 41.6 percent. Oats total around 365 million bushels or 36.9 percent.
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Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Senate Strengthens Weborg Amendment on Direct Election
Nebraska State Senate on Wednesday morning amended the Weborg resolution to urge a constitutional convention for direct election of United States senators by the people. The amendment cites Article Five and calls on Congress to propose the change, with copies sent to Nebraska's U.S. senators and state presiding officers.
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Nebraska State Senate
Nebraska ‘State Senate
Congress
Nebraska
Senate
House
United States
Congress of the
Congress of the United States
Hay Bond Treaty Hearings Weigh Free Trade With Newfoundland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard arguments supporting the Hay Bond treaty as a real trade-relations pact between the United States and the British Dominion of Newfoundland. Proponents included Herbert C. Hall Osborne Howe Outerbride and J B Stoddard of major chambers and exchanges. Senator Lodge questioned the limited Newfoundland free-list gains noting only eight added articles and gas engines admitted without restriction. The committee adjourned further oral arguments.
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United States
New Foundland
Senate Committee” On Foreign Relations
Messrs
Herbert C. Hall
Osborne Howe
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Outerbride
New York Chamber of ‘Commerce
Prison labor contracts condemned in Michigan report
A Michigan House report from a committee condemns prison labor contracts at Jackson. It finds prisoners hired to contractors for 35 to 75 cents a day, with work paying from 4 per week to 4 a day at union rates. The panel says the system enriches contractors at state expense and questions self sufficiency of an institution employing 600 men daily amid high demand for prison made goods.
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Michigan
Jackson
Ita Contrac
Niegenfind Hanged for Double Murder at Pierce County Farm
The article recounts Gottlieb Niegenfind's execution by hanging at Lincoln Nebraska for the double murder on a Pierce county farm. It describes the grim scene at the scaffold, the moment of death, and the condemned man's demeanor and posture before and after the drop.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dispatch
Gottlieb Niegenfind
Pierce County
Niegenfind
Peters
Albert Breyer
Morrow
George Allenbach
G. W. Martin
Galt
Warden Beemer
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