Estate of Whitney valued at over twenty million dollars
The estate of the late William C. Whitney of New York is estimated at 21 234 101. Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper will retire August 4. Western Republicans plan a Chicago convoy. The merchant marine commission finished work in Seattle and left for Tacoma.
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William C. Whitney
New York
Philip H. Cooper
Asiatic Station
Republican Executive Committee
Chicago
Cortelyou
Congressional Merchant Marine Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Albert F. Dawson
United States
Allison
Congress
Iowa
William Preston Harrison
Harrison
Andrew P. Carter
Naples
Italy
Capt. Gross
German Army Balloon Corps
Berlin
St. Louis
War Office
Toistol
Herbert Spencer
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
William E. Curtis
Philippines
Kirkpatrick
Chin National Guard
Courtmartial
Springfield
United Spanish War Veterans
Indianapolis
Mary F. Scanlan
St Louis
Rochester
Ind
Elihu Root
Santa Fe
el Paso
Tex
Lacombe
John A. Benson
California
Oregon
Tee Shubert
O. F. Cook
Washington
Wilson
St. Louis Exposition
Funeral of Von Plehve in St. Petersburg
The interior minister M. von Plehve was buried in a grand Orthodox service in St. Petersburg with Empress, Emperor, and high officials present. The cortege moved from the ministry to the Novodevichy monastery, the city mourning through bells, flowers, and somber processions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Imperial Boys
Spencer Eddy
Astrakhan
Irkutsk
Genghis Khan
Napoleon
Asia
Wnovodevichy
Peterhof Palace
Strikers and Packers Brace for Week of Struggle
In Chicago both sides sharpened defenses on Sunday as plants operated to clear livestock leftovers. Employers filled striker vacancies with over a thousand workers including many skilled laborers while unskilled labor sufficed. by products from animals killed go to waste due to idle processing capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Imperial Move to Name Van Piehve Successor
In St Petersburg authorities urge the emperor to promptly choose a successor to M. Van Piehve as interior minister. The ministry’s broad reach and urgent pending matters demand a swift appointment. Opposition to M. Witte, despite his recognized ability, makes his landfall doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Piehve
ST. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
M. van Piehve
M. Witte
Roosevelt Notified of Presidential Nomination at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt received formal notification of his nomination by the national Republican convention at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay. Joseph G Cannon delivered the message for all states and territories as about 125 guests listened to Cannon and the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
United States
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Roosevelt Home
Fairbanks
Cannon
Allied Tradesmen Walk Out At South Omaha Packing Plants
In response to Chicago orders, 1000 to 1100 allied trades workers at South Omaha packing houses quit at noon Tuesday, swelling striker totals to about 6000. Tradesmen across steamfitting, fire fighting, engineering, machining, and other roles left quietly, with confidence managers could replace them as wage-scale negotiations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Chicago
George Sterrett
Labor
Murphy
Cudahy
Plot Against the Czar in St Petersburg Fallout
Police in St Petersburg probe the assassination of M von Plehve. They identify a non Russian assassin with a distinct accent and an accomplice described as Jewish. Fifteen anarchists arrived in the city. several arrests preceded the attack. A foreign made melon shaped bomb, recovered from a canal, is linked to the plot and as powerful as the fatal device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
M. von Plehve
Yon Plehve
Fleer Nears Japan as Vladivostok Squadron Moves East
The Vladivostok squadron was seen east of Kazusa province near Tokyo Bay at 2 PM Monday, steaming east. The British steamer Chinan hag ar rived at Yokohama with the crew of the Knight Commander, sunk off Izu by Russian forces. The Chinan hag ar also reports two Japanese schooners sunk and detainment of European passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Kazusa Province
Tokio Bay
Yokohama
Russia
Izu
Rumors of Port Arthur Falls Not Confirmed
A Shanghai correspondent reports rumors of Port Arthur captured by Japan with British fleet presence claimed from Wei Hai Wei. Refugees from Port Arthur say a general assault began, while Russians hope for Kuropatkin relief and deny Tua Teche Kiao defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Wei Hai Wei
Kouropattkin
Tua Teche Kiao
Togo
Vladivostok
Kuropatkin
Holt
Newton A. McCully
Assassination of Interior Minister Plehve Stuns Washington
News of the St Petersburg killing reaches Washington via Spencer Eddy the charge d affaires. The cable notes Interior Minister Plehve and others killed and several wounded by a bomb explosion. Officials forward condolences while acknowledging limited surprise among knowledgeable circles.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
State Department
Spencer Eddy
McCormick
Interior Plehve
Adoo
Hay
Newbury
N. H
Eddy
M. Plehve
Taggart Chosen Chairman of Democratic National Committee
Thomas Taggart of Indiana was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee in St Louis after the convention, with near unanimous support from the committee. Opposition to his selection was withdrawn during the roll, and he has long aspired to the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Parker
Gorman
Taggart
Mr. Taggart
Packers Improve Transit for Workers at Stock Yards
Chicago reports the Packers have arranged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern to run more trains to the stock yards. The new schedule sends trains directly to packing houses inside the yards to protect office employees and non union workers who prefer to go home at night and return in the morning, avoiding the pickets.
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Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
McCormack Not Lancaster County Resident Now
William McCormack previously listed as first in the Rosebud drawing is no longer a Lancaster county resident. He works in the Treasury Department in Washington and his family has moved from Clay Center Nebraska to Missouri. McCormack once attended local business college. a barber report arose from a soldier who registered at the Pioneer shop.
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Washington
Lincoln
William McCormack
Lancaster County
Treasury Department
Clay Center
Neb
Missouri
MacCormack
Business
Nebraska items span murder arrest to new bank filings
The column reports a range of Nebraska happenings from a found unidentified body near North Bend to a planned Farnam bank incorporation. It notes grain elevator completion at Germantown, YMC A secretary meetings in Fremont, local pleas for harvest help near Lincoln, and various legal, educational, and infrastructural updates across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Grain Company
Germantown
Fremont
Robert Mehaffey
Platte River
North Bend
Farnam
Don
The
State University
Lincoln
Monroe
Platte County
James Carr
Charles Best
Sarpy Mills
Papillion
Giralmous McCarty
Lincoln Traction Company
McCarty
J. W. Crabtree
Peru State Normal School
Katherine Woods
W. G. Hirons
Pierce County
Chester Weeks
Merrick County
Charles O Stewart
York County
W. W. Lyons
Ella C. Button
Adams County
Basler
Burt County
Henry
Ebke
DeWitt
Weeping Water
Wallace
L. E. Davis
Payne Investment Company of
Omaha
Grand Island
Measuring Nebraska Trees by Washington Forestry Team
Government foresters from Washington D C led by F G Miller visited Nebraska for four to five days to inspect and measure timber. The team included L N Godding L L White W I Hutchinson J D Warner and G W Peavy graduates of forestry programs. They gathered data at Arbor Lodge and plan to work in the state for about two months traveling to the Kansas line Lincoln and northern areas. Cooper Dunn of the Nebraska State University joined the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska City
F. G. Miller
Department of Forestry
Washington, D. C
L. N. Godding
L. L. White
W. I. Hutchinson
J. D. Warner
G. W. Peavy
Arbor Lodge
United States
Kansas State Line
Lincoln
Cooper Dunn
Nebraska State University
Legislature's miscalculation on Nebraska property value
Nebraska state board of equalization will find total assessable property at about 285 million dollars, far below the 500 million used for appropriations. With counties like Nance Holt Cherry and Cedar missing the assessment, the gap could force larger levies or debt to cover deficits. The prior year assessable property stood at 180.3 million.
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Lincoln
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
Nance
Holt, Cherry and
Cedar
Pay of Assessors Under New Law Costs County More
Falls City reports under the old revenue law assessors were paid 3 per day with 2143.00 spent county wide last year. The new law sets deputy per diem at 3 for up to sixty days and this year’s bills reach 2382, about 150 more than before. Adding the assessor salary of 600 raises annual county cost about 750 more under the new law.
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Falls City
Will Test Inheritance Law In Nebraska Estate Case
In Plattsmouth the heirs of Barton W. Harmer challenge the Nebraska inheritance tax as unconstitutional. The county court case, advanced by J. E. Douglas attorney for the heirs, hinges on whether the 1901 inheritance tax law was repealed by the 1903 revenue act which omits any inheritance tax provisions.
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Plattsmouth
Barton W. Harmer
J. E. Douglas
Nebraska
Prairie Chicken Slaughter Alarms Lincoln Officials
Western Nebraska reports say pot hunters slaughter prairie chickens, catching them young for eastern markets. Game Warden Carter will investigate complaints.
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Lincoln
Carter
Argo Starch Plant in Nebraska to Close
Superintendent G. C. Powers transfers to Pekin Alabama where he will oversee the sugar plant. Argo starch plant to close as soon as on hand supply ships out. Officials cite high wage demands as the cause and say reopening this fall depends on wage scale adjustments.
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Nebraska
Nebraska City
G. C. Powers
Argo
Pekin
the Trust
State board buys 20 acres for asylum grounds
The state board of public lands and buildings purchased 20 acres from William Curr of Hastings for $1,000 for the asylum grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
William Curr
Hastings
Asylum
Preparing for State Fair Concessions in Mercantile Hall
Superintendent Bassett of the state fair concession department with Food Commissioner Thompson opened an office at the state house. He will be at the office this Saturday and next Thursday Friday and Saturday and thereafter until the fair opens. Lincoln merchants should notify the concession department promptly if they want the same spots as last year in Mercantile hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Bassett
Concession Department
State House
Thompson
Mercantile Hall
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National Committee
Japan
Vladivostock
Kazusa Bay
Associated Press
Nebraska State News
Fullerton Chautauqua Assembly
Fuller's Park
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