Bryan on Railroad Issue in Boston Letter from Bryan
Massachusetts Democrat Mr Whitney released a Bryan letter arguing for both federal and state regulation and eventual public ownership of railroads. He favors federal trunk lines with state ownership of other lines, asserts regulation will not harm returns, and says stock values should reflect intrinsic railroad value as determined by interstate commissions.
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H Mr. Whitney
Massachusetts
William J Bryan
du Park
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railrseis
Cahispoqi
Strike Looms As Railroads Reject Arbitration Offer
Chicago reports a wage scale dispute between western railroad general managers and train service employees, with unions rejecting arbitration. no meeting occurred over government mediation, 15000 locomotive firemen seek higher wages and an eight hour day. officials warn the situation is grave as talks fail to yield compromise. authorities await government action.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
General Managers’ Association
Slason Thompson
Erdmann
Washington
Illegal fencing of public lands prompts federal action
Assistant Attorney General Rush heads to Wyoming to pursue charges over unlawful fencing of public domain. Interior officials vow no leniency as millions of acres in Wyoming and beyond are claimed by cattle and sheep interests. Prominent individuals are reportedly to be indicted as enforcement intensifies nationwide.
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Wyoming
Washington
Interior Department
Garfield
Itchcock
United States
Rush
Telegraph Rates Raised by Western Union Across Regions
Western Union announced a new telegraph rate scale with increases up to 20 percent. The raise, effective April, varies by route, with Chicago to New York day rates rising from 40 to 50 cents for a ten word message.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Workers Walk Out Across St Louis Breweries on Good Friday
United Brewery Workers union pushes for wage increases as 50 workers at 23 St Louis breweries leave jobs on Good Friday, seeking higher pay and better conditions.
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St. Pauls
United Brewery Workers' Union
St Louis
Bryan Speaks in Texas Addressing National Issues
Willam Jennings Bryan spoke in Austin at the hall of the house of representatives at the invitation of the Texas legislature. He focused his remarks on national issues and, at the University of Texas, limited his address to higher education matters.
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Bryan
Texas
Austin
Tex
Willam Jennings Reysn
House of Representatives
Texas Legislature
Mr. Bryan
University of Texas
Higher Wages for Workmen in South
Immigration Commissioner Frank P. Sargent warns the South must offer better wages to retain immigrants. He notes farmers cannot keep laborers at 90 cents to 3 dollars a day when $2 is available in the North, despite the need for agriculture.
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New Orleans
South
Frank P. Sargent
North
National Civic Federation official seeks conference in rail dispute
New York Seth Low, chairman of the conciliation committee of the National Civic Federation, intervenes in the trainmen versus western railroads dispute that could trigger a strike affecting 50 000 workers. He has reached out to both sides and requested a joint conference. Low arrived here from Washington.
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New York
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Western Railroads
Mr. Low
Washington
Flathead Opening Delayed for Montana Reservation
The commissioner of the General Land Office announces the Flathead Indian reservation in Montana will not open to entry this year due to insufficient time to complete preliminary work. The reservation will be opened for entry under the public land laws in a future year.
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Washington
General Land Office
Flathead
Montana
Wreck of Southern Pacific Train Kills 26 near Colton
A westbound Southern Pacific train from New Orleans to San Francisco struck an open switch near Colton California shortly after 4 pm Thursday causing a massive wreck. Twenty six people are dead and about 100 injured many critically. Most victims were Italian and lost in the smoker and day coaches.
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Southern Pacific
Colton
Cal
New Orleans
San Francisco
New York
Five Years for Panama Canal, Congressman Predicts
Kansas Congressman Charles E Scott of Iola after a return from the isthmus says Panamas canal may be finished in about five years. He notes workers dig rapidly and believes completion is plausible though not guaranteed within that span.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Chas.e Scott
Iola
Kas
Isthmus
Panama Canal
Chinese Firms Endorse Meeting on Debts After Fire
Six Chinese companies in San Francisco under the Chinese consul general call a meeting to present claims of American and Chinese firms against Chinese companies seeking repudiation of indebtedness following the April fire.
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San Francisco
Flour shipments to famine-stricken China expedited by rail
Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern officials announced rapid flour relief from Minneapolis to San Francisco. The load of fifty freight cars will carry 40,000 pounds each and depart San Francisco aboard the transport Buford around April 3.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
China
Minneapolis
San Francisco
United States
Buford
Illinois Manufacturers Ask Roosevelt to Speak on Credit Fears
A Chicago area committee for the Illinois Manufacturing Association pressed President Roosevelt to address a Springfield convention on credit conditions. They warned current railroad finance strains risk curtailing banking and business credit, risking a slowdown in manufacturing and mercantile growth. The president listened and pledged to protect legitimate business interests.
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Washington
Illinois Manufacturing Association
Springfield
Timois
Middle West
Rural Box Policy Mandates Roadside Mailboxes
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw orders adherence to regulations requiring rural mail boxes to be erected by the roadside. Carriers must access them without deviating from routes or dismounting from vehicles. The decision emphasizes easy access for rural mail carriers and efficiency on routes.
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Washington
Anl
de Graw
Will Go If He Can to New York Peace Dinner
President Roosevelt replied he would attend the national arbitration peace congress public dinner in New York on April 17 if he can. The invitation came from a committee of the congress seeking his presence at the event.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Arbitration Peace Congress
New York
Congress
Plan to Stop the Strike on Western Railroads
The U S government will be asked to intervene to prevent a conductors and trainmen strike on western railroads. If the managers plans fail, the dispute would go to arbitration under the Erdmann act, a move that could avert a nationwide walkout.
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Chicago
United States
Inter Clals
Frauds in Mineral Lands Delays Omaha Trials
Special Assistant Attorney General Rush leaves for Wyoming to attend the Cheyenne grand jury session on April 1 delaying the April term land trials in Omaha until April 15. The nationwide investigation, led by Assistant AG Burch, stretches through Wyoming and Colorado with many secret-service agents, promising major seizures of patents and pursuit of land thieves.
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Omaha
Rush
Wyoming
Federal Grand Jury
Cheyenne
Colorado
Genera Burch
Nebraska
Bonaparte
Burch
Denver
Gifts From Rockefeller Education Board Distributes 625000
The New York general education board, enriched by John D Rockefeller's latest 32 million gift, made its first distribution of 625000 to five institutions. Yale received 300000, Princeton 200000, Bowdoin 50400, Colorado College 50000, and Millsaps College 25000 in conditional grants.
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Education Board
New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Yale University
Princeton University
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Millsaps College
Jackson
Miss
Magnates Confer With Roosevelt Over Railroad and Finance
Edward R. Bacon of New York vice president of the Baltimore and Southwestern railroad and Edward J. Berwind of New York president of the Berwind White Coal Mining company met with President Roosevelt in Washington on Tuesday night. The two men, prominent in banking and railroads, spent more than two hours in conference and did not discuss the interview publicly. It is believed the talks concerned railroads and finance.
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White House
Washington
Edward R. Bacon
New York
Baltimore & Southwestern Railroad
Edward J. Berwind
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Roosevelt
Nelat
Riverton Bachelors Seek Wives for Homesteaders
In Riverton Wyoming several Wind River homesteaders have asked for help finding wives. An advertisement will be sent to papers nationwide requesting marriageable women to correspond with the Riverton Bachelors' club secretary at once. Men will cover one way railroad fares and travel expenses.
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Riverton
Wyo
Wind River
Bachelors’ Club
Tegucigalpa Falls as Nicaragua Occupies Honduras Capital
Dispatch from Washington reports President Zelaya of Nicaragua announcing the capture and occupation of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The setback follows Honduran and Salvadoran defeats at Choluteca and the flight of President Bonilla, signaling a potential Nicaraguan-installed government. The war’s notable engagements were light, with broader revolutionary unrest in both nations and ongoing turmoil in San Marcos and Camayagua.
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Honduras
Washington
Senor Corea
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa
Salvador
Coluteca
Bonilla
Tagucigalpa
Benjia
Choluteca
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Big Break in Stocks Amid Broad Market Decline
New York trading saw a rapid melt in prices without fresh news. Analysts cite selling pressure as holders rush to unload shares with little regard to price. American Smelting led losses at 13 percentage points with United States Steel and railroads also dropping.
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New York
Stock Exchange
London
United States’ Steel Corporation
Immunity From Prison Question Raised in Williamson Case
Washington reports a Supreme Court motion in the Williamson case involving Representative John Newton Williamson of Oregon. The matter centers on whether a congressman can be imprisoned after a guilty verdict for conspiracy to unlawfully secure U S lands. Williamson argued imprisonment would bar attendance at Congress.
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Washington
Congress
John Newton Williamson
Oregon
Supreme Court of the
United States
Williamson
Clemency Granted for Captain Cochran in Philippines Case
The president approved Secretary Taft's recommendation to reduce Captain W. B. Cochran of the Twenty Fourth Infantry from dismissal to forfeiture of fifty dollars. The sentence now prevents Cochran from advancing beyond lieutenant colonel, due to the disciplinary action taken for drunkenness on duty in the Philippines.
Honduran Army Reorganized Under Bonilla
Washington reports President Bonilla of Honduras has reorganized the army and plans prolonged resistance to Nicaraguan forces. The move was conveyed to the State Department on Monday.
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Washington
Bonilla
Honduras
State Department
Yaqui Indians Battle Leaves Two Dead Near Barrigona
A Guaymas dispatch reports a clash in Barrigona district north of San Antonio involving Yaqui Indians and soldiers and rurales. Two Indians were killed and several Indians and three soldiers were injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Guaymas
Mex
Barrigona
Colonel Myer Promoted to Brigadier General in Washington
Colonel Albert L. Myer of the Eleventh Cavalry has been selected for the rank of brigadier general to fill the vacancy created by General Wint's death in Washington.
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Myer
Washington
Albert L. Myer
Eleventh Cavalry
Wint
Nebraska public buildings report urges expansions and repairs
Lincoln committee report on state institutions finds general good condition but calls for new quarters at Norfolk asylum including a hospital and men’s cottage, 150 inmate addition at Grand Island soldiers home, tuberculosis building at Hastings, new cottage and kitchen addition at Kearney industrial school, use of pressed brick preferred if additions at Kearney, investigation of Milford industrial home per capita cost, and criticism of University buildings.
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Lincoln
Senate Committee On Public Landa
Senate
C. A. Randall
Norfolk Asylum
Grand Island
Hastings Asylum
Kearney
Kearney Normal School
Kearney Ward
Milford
The
State University
Norfolk man pleads guilty in cruelty to animals case
Norfolk William Degner faced justice for cruelty to animals after pulling a horse's tongue from its roots and allowing it to live. He admitted guilt but said the act was accidental. Justice Lambert fined him five dollars and ordered the horse killed.
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Norfolk
William Degner
Justice Court
Koenigstein
Degner
Justice Lambert
Russians Start Destructive Fire Near Willow to McCook
A major fire swept south of the Republican river burning a strip one to two miles wide from Willow to the east of McCook. Miles of fences and hundreds of tons of hay were burned. W N Rogers faced a hay loss of six hundred to seven hundred dollars and total losses may reach about two thousand dollars as Russians fled escaping near Red Willow.
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Indianola
Republican
Willow
McCook
W. N. Rogers
Red Willow
Record Prices Paid For Swine At Durack Jersey Sale
Three new high records in the Durac Jersey swine breeding world at John M. Morrison Sons sale. T. C. Callahan of Omaha sold an undivided half interest in Heart Beat for 3025 dollars, Alix II brought 2200 dollars, and the general average was 257.75 dollars per head for thirty three heads.
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College View
John M. Morrison & Sons
T. C. Callahan
Omaha
Harvest Jubilee Planned for Holdrege
Holdrege holds a mass meeting at the courthouse where business men and citizens unanimously approve a harvest jubilee this fall. An executive committee is empowered to advance plans and about $600 is in the treasury to start. The effort aims to create the best and largest fair in southwest Nebraska.
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Holdrege
Court House
Nebraska
Grain Lab Network Expands to Key Midwest Cities
Secretary Wilden designates Duluth Minneapolis and St Louis as new lab points to develop a uniform scientific method of testing and grading grain. Laboratories already operate in New Orleans and Baltimore with Omaha or Kansas City to be added later.
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Washington
Wilden
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Baltimore
Omaha
Kansas City
Beatrice-William Whitcomb Marriage Sparks Jail Note
A groom named Whitcomb wed a bride described as 17 or 18 years old and was jailed the same night. The bride's father objected to the match, claiming age concerns and questioning the license proof.
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Beatrice
William J. Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Three Applicants for One Child
Albion J W Swan of University Place Nebraska brought ten orphan children to Albion from New York. He advertised in advance that he would bring a class of children to find them homes. About thirty applications were filed with the committee offering homes for the boys and girls. The committee placed them in the homes they thought best.
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Albion
J. W. Swan
University Place
Neb
New York
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