Nebrask a legislature adjourns with revised appropriations and strict food rules
The Nebraska 30th session closes amid conference reports and final action on appropriations totaling 3.69 million dollars from the general fund plus a university mill levy. The pure food bill gains stringency, with meat inspection dropped and net weights and ingredient labeling retained, dairy provisions mostly as amended. Lancaster delegation fought to save the orthopedic hospital building, but was unsuccessful.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
State Farm
Sheldon
Lancaster
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Conference
Legislature, Hopewell cane honor and university funding clash
In closing hours the senate presented Lieutenant Governor Hopewell with a gold headed cane and he praised the body as a memorable, high quality group. Nebraska’s state university won 50,000 but the grant is not enough to advance the civil engineering building. 100,000 diverted from military funds will go to the state farm with 50,000 from the general fund, raising concerns it may cover university maintenance instead.
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Senate
Hopewell
State University
Nebraska
State Farm
House roll 269 Penalizes teachers for contract breaches
In committee of the whole House indefinitely postponed roll 269, a bill to penalize teachers who broke contracts. Senator King opposed, praising teachers as honorable and honest and noting that any damage to a school board could be remedied by law actions.
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King
Despain Loses Salary in General Salaries Bill
Don C. Despain, clerk in the labor bureau and noted letter writer, failed to secure his $1,200 yearly pay in the general salaries bill after the conference committee struck the item. Representative McMullen argued Despain offered no service in return.
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Don C. Despain
Labor ‘Bureau
Conference Committee
McMullen
Despain
Romance in the Senate Ends with Planned Marriage
The closing day revealed Senator H. B. Glover and Miss Cordelia Johnson of Lincoln planned to marry that evening. Their courtship began at Governor Sheldon’s reception and continued at game events, drawing playful joshing from colleagues as word leaked.
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Senate
H. B. Glover
Cordelia Johnson
Lincoln
Sheldon
Glover
Gibson bill targets breweries in saloon business debated
The house passed a measure to prohibit breweries or their agents from owning liquor licenses and from renting property for saloon use. The bill drew mixed support with advocates praising the liquor-license ban and opponents criticizing the prohibition on renting. Senate action on related Hamer amendments followed a failed attempt to defeat them.
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Gibson
Resolution Clears Title To Lands For Majors In Peru
In Nebraska a house resolution authorizes Colonel Majors to sue the state to clear title to eight acres of land that was misdescribed in a 60 acre purchase for the State Normal School at Peru. The state has used the land for forty years. The eight acres were recorded as belonging to Majors. The move seeks to fix the title and permit Majors to obtain clear ownership.
Two-Hour Senate Fight Over Soldier Home Funds
Senators Ashton and Aldrich clashed over Milford and Grand Island homes for old soldiers. Ashton carried House Bill 491 approving 25,000 state funds for Grand Island, Milford 15,000, and Grand Island 9,000 for repairs. A Douglas County sheriff salary rises to 4,000 yearly after January 1, 1908, with prisoner feeding shifting to contract. until then pay remains and 39 cents daily for feeding continues.
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Ashton
Aldrich
Milford
Grand Island
House
Senate
Douglas County
Rail bond bill passes senate for railroad expansion
House roll No. 328 to authorize bonds for railroads cleared the senate by 25 to 7. Hamer introduced the measure while Senators Hanna and Phillips pressed for it citing North Platte country needs. The session repealed a similar law but restores the statute for steam railroads.
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Hamer
Senate
Epperson
Clay
House
Hanna and
Phillips
North Platte
Senator Seeks Higher Monument Fund in Thayer Recall
Senator Randall urged raising the $1250 appropriation for a General Thayer monument to 6000. He argued a taller shaft would properly honor Nebraska’s leading citizen. The amendment was voted down.
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Randall
General Thayer
Nebraska
Governor Signs Liquor Bill Reforms Brewer Participation
The governor signed S. F. No. 76 by Senator Gibson to bar brewers from active or indirect participation in retail liquor. Delegations from brewers protested but the governor proceeded. The conference report on amendments to the pure food bill passed in both chambers. Section 8 was amended to resemble its Senate form, requiring ingredient names on bottles and quantities on all bottled liquor except medical uses.
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Gibson
Sheldon
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Thaw Jury Deadlocked In First Degree Murder Case
The twelve jurors deliberated forty seven hours eight minutes and could not reach a verdict on Harry Thaw for murder of Stanford White. Seven jurors favored guilty, five favored insanity acquittal. Thaw remanded to Tombs with no bail and a new trial likely next fall.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Filagerall
Thaw
Jerome
Deming B. Smith
Bryan speaks at Roanoke on Roosevelt nomination talk
In Roanoke Virginia Willam J Bryan declined further comment on John Temple Graves suggestion that he nominate Theodore Roosevelt. He criticized the Harriman Roosevelt episode saying Wall Street’s opposition should not affect Republican doctrine and recalled 1906 battles with corporate funds.
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Roanoke
Willam J. Bryan
John Temple Graves
Chattanooga
Bryan
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Corporation Fund
Conditions Worsen in China Amid Relief Efforts
Telegrams from twenty famine districts report conditions growing worse in Shanghai. China has received over 4,000 dollars from the government and people for relief, with foreign sources totaling 500,000 dollars including supplies en route from America. The viceroy and governor thanked American consul Rodgers, saying relief is dissipating anti foreign sentiment.
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China
Shanghai
America
Rodgers
Jews Flee as Mob Seizes Gomel Shops
A rowdy anti Jewish mob in Gomel Russia roamed principal streets Friday armed with revolvers and knives slashing through the town and forcing Jewish merchants to abandon their shops within three days under threat of death. Jews telegraphed Premier Stolypin and the Mohilev governor asking for protection.
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Gomel
Russia
Stolypin
Mohlnev
Government Buys Silver for Treasury Reserve
Washington the treasury department purchased 200000 ounces of silver at 66062 cents per fine ounce with 100000 ounces sent to San Francisco and the remaining to New Orleans.
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Washington
Treasury Department
San Francisco
New Orleans
Army and Navy to Cooperate More Closely in War Time
The joint board of the army and navy has determined a policy to establish closer relations between sea coast fortification personnel and naval forces. The plan calls for officers and enlisted men from both services to interchange visits when vessels are near seacoast fortifications to become acquainted with each others offensive and defensive methods.
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Army ‘and Navy
Washington
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
Congressman Admits Dividing Clerk Salary in Graft Trial
The trial of Hermann, charged with destroying public records, adjourned as defense seeks to establish that Hermann required Robertson to split his clerical salary while serving as chairman before becoming land office commissioner. Hermann explained funds were used to pay a new clerk and that vacation trips to Oregon mixed with business. He revised acreage claims from 30,000 to 3.0 and discussed land purchases at 125 per acre. Bank testimony covered a 1901 payment of 9,000 to Puter with related cash transactions and drafts among Milwaukee Chicago banks.
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Washington
Hermann
Robertson
House of Representatives
Land Office
Oregon
F Termann
Roseburg Land Office
Worthington
General Land Office
Charles Chaffee
Wisconsin National Bank of
Continental National Bank of Chicago
Chaffee
Puter
Milwaukee
Mrs Smith Found Dead in Lake Michigan
The body of Mrs Sylvester T. Smith, wife of a former Union Pacific official, was found in Lake Michigan at Forty-seventh Street in Chicago. She reportedly died by her own hand while temporarily insane, with dementia blamed on her mother’s recent death. Her husband, once a Union Pacific railroad superintendent, is referenced as the family.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
Sylvester T. Smith
Lake Michigan
Forty-seventh Street
Move Against Brewers In Kansas Seeks Court Action
Application filed in supreme court by Attorney General Jackson for writ of quo warranto and injunctions against eight brewery companies to stop operations via agents and cold storage warehouses and to pursue receivers for properties in Kansas.
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Topeka, Kas
Supreme Court
Jackson
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kansas
Russell Sage's Money Will Aid Humanity in New Law
Albany reports Governor Hughes signed a law incorporating Margaret Oliva Sage Robert W DeForest Cleveland H Dodge Daniel Gilman John M Glenn Helen Gould Gertrude M Rice and Louisa Schuyler into the Russell Sage Foundation to maintain a fund and apply income to improving social conditions in the United States.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Margaret Oliva Sage
Robert W. DeForest
Cleveland H. Dodge
Daniel ©. Gilman
John M. Glenn
Helen Gould
Gertrude M. Rice
Louisa 9. Schuyler
Russel Sage Foundation
United States
Two Cent Passenger Law Passes House In Michigan
The two cent railroad fare bill, approved by the Senate, passed the Michigan House with one dissent. It lets upper peninsula and low-earning roads charge three cents per mile, while all other lines must charge two cents per mile.
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Lansing
Mich
Senate
House
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Skull Crushed Against Wall in Elkhart Hallway
Quinn Howard, who says he lives in Omaha, Neb., was found unconscious in a public building hallway in Elkhart Ind. He struck his head in a delirious state of despondency, fracturing his skull.
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Elkhart
Ind
Quinn Howard
Omaha
Neb
Howard
Modern paintings sell at auction by American Art Association
White's paintings and modern works were auctioned by the American Art Association, bringing in $20,272. Notable names like Inness Hessam and Curran fetched high prices, while many pieces sold cheaply. Corneille and Moliere, one of Jerome's gold medal pictures, previously sold for 8,100 at an Stewart sale, went to Edmund Holbrook for 1,600. Senator W A Clark bought two pictures to enrich his impressionist holdings.
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White
New York
Stanford Whi
American Art Association
Inness
Hessam
Curran
Corneille
Moliere
Gerome
A. T. Stewart
Edmund Holbrook
W. A. Clark
Merchants warned to fight mail order by persistent publicity
Wright A. Patterson argues in favor of local merchants advertising aggressively to keep dollars in the home community. He cites a northern Wisconsin mill town where lack of local ads allowed Chicago mail-order houses to drain money, threatening town prosperity and future employment.
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Iowa
Chicago
Wisconsin
Child Turns Purple in Purpura Hemorrhagica Case
Mary Eighotz, three, of New York, shows widespread purpura hemorrhagica with purple blotches across her body except the face. Doctor attributes the condition to a rheumatic germ. mother noticed initial color change three weeks ago and initial home remedies failed.
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Mary Eighotz
New York
Faith and trials refine the believer in God
The passage urges perseverance in faith amid difficulties as divine training. It suggests God places trials to deepen trust and notes that belief opens the sight to divine glory, quoting a biblical line attributed to John R. Macduff.
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John R. Macduff
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