Assessors Returns Compared Show Quick Shifts in Nebraska
Lincoln figures from the Nebraska State Board of Equalization reveal notable rises in poultry valuation and in telegraph and telephone company property. Low alfalfa value reduces assessments, while crops like speltz rise with 64 538 acres planted. The state farm reports hogs fed on speltz yield gratifying results.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
State Board of Equalization
State Labor Bureau
Speltz
Atocks National
More Money in Nebraska
Nebraska’s state board of equalization reports rising money on hand in households and higher levels of loans and secured notes. The survey shows increases in corporate money and book accounts along with a larger loaned and mortgaged base.
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Lincoln
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
Hank Taccounts
Nebraska Consular Official Howe Visits Washington
Church Howe of Nebraska traveled through Washington en route from Antwerp to Montreal and spent the day at the State Department consulting with consular officials on new regulations under the consular reform act. Howe has ten years in the service with postings at Palermo, Sheffield, Antwerp, and Montreal, while maintaining business interests in Nebraska.
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Washington Dispatch
Church Howe
Nebraska
Washington
Antwerp
Montreal
State Department
Howe
Palermo
Sheffield
Widow Seeks Damages in McCulla Murder Case
The estate of Walter McCulla sues Barney Pearson for 5750 damages over his death. Pearson, jailed pending preliminary hearing, is a wealthy horse trader. McCulla is survived by a widow and four children in Hastings.
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Hastings
Walter McCulla
Barney Pearson
Pearson
Adiudned 2 Dinsomaniac
ORD Del Chapman was sent to the insant hospital at Lincoln after a day and a half hearing. The insanity board weighed testimony from his wife children neighbors and empty bottles against saloon testimony and Chapman was deemed unfit.
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ORD
del Chapman
Dinsomaniac Institute
Hospital For the Insane
Lincoln
Insanity Board
Chapman
Railroads Offer Special Fair Trains to Lincoln
All lines entering Lincoln will run special fair trains with the standard fare plus 50 cents admission to the state fair. W. J. Bryan is to be welcomed Wednesday September 6, one of the fair’s peak days. Fair week will draw large crowds with tickets sold September 3 to 8 and returns limited to September 8.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Beatrice area notes and courtroom updates from state press
The column reports William A. Wilson’s release after promising to pay debts contracted at Beatrice. It notes a bevy of items including the Sioux City and Homer railroad sale, a dynamite incident at Cedar Creek, Lincoln congress nomination for T. J. Doyle, and various local happenings from Axtell to Plattsmouth, including drownings, lawsuits, a proposed North Platte normal and commercial school, a Beatrice freight car fatality, thefts, and a fiftieth anniversary celebration planning in Fremont.
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William A. Wilson
Beatrice
Nebraska
W. R. Bureh
Chicago
Sioux City
Homer
James Layton
Cedar Creek
T. J. Doyle
Lincoln
Axtell Grain and Elevator Company
Axtell
Samuel Rector
Columbus
Loup
W. H. Bennet
Sterling
Colo
Ernst Roth
Grand Island
Horace F. Carson
Fremont Normal
North Platte
Carson
Trotter
Goss
Masonic Temple Craft
Latenser
Omaha
Dewey Street
Sutton
Madwin V. Childs
Antelope County
Tilden
Childs
Minneapolis
Minn
Arapahoe
Dr. Houser
Wilsonville
Julius Pepperberg
Bell
Taylor
Bauman
Fremont
Ashland
William Kilelser
Wolz
E. H W. Barnard
Grand Army Encampment Ends as Officers Elected in Minneapolis
The Grand Army of the Republic closed its fortieth encampment in Minneapolis with adjournment to meet in Saratoga in 1907. A protest against a Henry Wirz statue was sent to Gen. E. Lee. Officers chosen include Commander-in-Chief R. B. Brown and Archbishop John Ireland as chaplain-in-chief. Two veterans, Col. Charles T Keeting and Thomas A. Martin, died during events.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Saratoga
N. Y
Henry Wirz
8. D. Lee
Southern Veterans’ Association
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Wiliam H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland
Grand Army
Brown
Zanesville Courier
Charles T Keeting
New Orleans
Thomas A. Martin
Mexican Contract Labor Barred From Texas Soil
Washington reports a justice department ruling on whether railroad laborers from Mexico are skilled or unskilled. It holds unskilled workers cannot enter under contract, upholding deportations of several Mexican laborers and denying import under the alien contract labor law.
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Texas
Washington
Mexico
United States
Department of Justice
Executive Department
Congress
Murray
Commerce and Labor
Boom Cannon For Presidency Renominated in Danville
Speaker Cannon was renominated for Congress by acclamation at the Republican convention in the Eighteenth district. He defended the party record and prosperity, while addressing labor attacks over anti injunction bills and other measures amid AFL tensions with Gompers.
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Danville
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Men in Conference Over Rate Law
Washington reports Interstate Commissioner Clements noting railroad attorneys are meeting in Atlantic City to interpret the new rate law. He says the commission urges prompt compliance and has invited railroads to appoint conference committees on tariffs and accounting.
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Washington
Clements
Atlantic City
Labor Famine Shrinks NorthWest Workforce Across Regions
Labor shortage grips the northwest from the head of the lakes to the Dakotas wheat fields with farmers offering 2.50 to 3 a day and board. Railroads contractors and miners face similar shortages as demand reaches a critical stage.
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Duluth
Minn
Northwest
Dakotas
Reign of Terror in Warsaw Claims Dozens of Lives
Reports describe ceaseless terrorist activity in Warsaw with regular bombings. Police note 150 wounded, 31 police and soldiers killed, 18 wounded. citizens killed or wounded in ongoing clashes.
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Warsaw
Explorer pair scales 23000-foot Nunkum peak camped
Dr William Hunter Workman the renowned traveler and climber with his wife Annie Bullock Workman recently ascended a peak in the Nunkum range over 23000 feet high and camped on the summit area.
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High Peak
Bombay
William Hunter Workman
Fannie Bullock Workman
Nunkum Range
Murray Cleared as Grand Larceny Case Ends
Buffalo officials report Fred O. Murray once linked to the graveyard scandal faced grand larceny charges. The state rested its case and the court directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fred O. Murray
Murray
Settlement Expected in Aleutian Poacher Incident
Tokyo reports confident expectation that the Aleutian islands case involving killings and the capture of several Japanese seal poachers will resolve peacefully without complications.
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Tokyo
Aleutian Islands
Former Well Known Actor Cahill Dies After Career Abroad
New York reports the death of William B Cahill once a noted actor. Born in Ireland he rose to fame with Lydia Thompson on stage in the late 1800s and toured the United States during the 1900s, leaving behind a significant theatrical legacy.
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New York
William B. Cahill
Ireland
America
Lydia Thompson
Cahill
United States
Dinner to Fair Officers Berlin
Dr. Theodore Lewald German commissioner general to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis hosted a dinner in Berlin on Thursday night honoring David R. Francis exposition president and a fair committee deputation comprising Breckinridge Jones L. D. Dozier and S. M. Felton president of the Chicago and Alton railway.
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Berlin
Theodore Lewald
St. Louis
David R. Francis
Breckinridge Jones
L. D. Dozier
S. M. Felton
Chicago & Alton Railway
Three-Cent Oil Cut To Halt Wells In Territory Field
The three cent price reduction from Standard Oil will stop operations in the territory field and shut down wells currently in operation, affecting local production near Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
I. T
Standard Company
Territory
Return of Expelled Mullahs Mark City Welcome
Exiled mullahs return celebrated with a four day citywide ceremony. Crowds gathered as they were greeted at the city gate amid cheers and displays of welcome.
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Meheran
Stensland Not Seen in Mobile Near City Edge
Reports from Mobile, Alabama state no truth to rumors that Paul O Stensland the fugitive Chicago bank president was spotted in a house near Mobile. No corroborating evidence or sightings confirmed this claim.
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Mobile
Ala
Paul O. Stensland
Chicago
Earthquake Ravages Valparaiso Killing Thousands
Valparaiso Chile endured a severe quake with eighty two aftershocks. Fires burned across the city as buildings collapsed and widespread destruction followed. Estimated casualties exceed 1000 with two thousand dead cited and losses around 250 million dollars. Villages nearby were destroyed and food shortages severe.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Vinla del Mar
Valparaso
Quirihue
Salto
Limache
Quillota
San Francisco
Aconcagua
Talcapuano
Concepcion
Taleo
Zone
Frm
Santiago
Destruction Leaves London 100000 Homeless After Quakes
Daily Mail correspondent from Valparaiso reports London’s devastation with sixty percent ruined, a heavy death toll, persistent shocks, and a rail cut. One hundred thousand residents are homeless and water supplies fail as surrounding towns fall.
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London
Valparaiso
Daily Mail
Lewis Morrison dies after stomach operation in Yonkers
New York actor Lewis Morrison known for Mephisto in Faust died suddenly of shock after an abdominal operation at St. John’s Hospital Yonkers. He was 61 and had planned to go to San Francisco Friday but postponed. Morrison spent summers with his daughter Miss Rosa bel Morrison at Nenahan Heights.
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New York
Lewis Morrison
Mephisto
Faust
St. John’s Hospital
Yonkers
San Francisco
Morrison
Rosabel Morrison
Nenerhan Heights
Lucania Sails to New York with Noted Passengers
The steamship Lucania departed for New York on Sunday carrying among its travelers Paul Morton, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Hackett, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mackay. Queenstown report notes the ship’s voyage and notable passengers.
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Queenstown
Lucania
New York
Paul Morton
James K. Hackett
F. J. Mackay
Fatal Kentucky clash leaves Dooley dead in Columbia
Elijah Burton shot James Dooley and wounded two bystanders in Columbia Kentucky after a dispute. John Powell and his 12 year old son accompanied Burton when the shooting occurred, Dooley claims.
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Kentucky
Columbia
Elijah Burton
James Dooley
John Powell
Burton
Dooley
Sympathy From France to Chilean Legation
Paris reports the French government extended sympathy to the Chilean legation in response to the earthquake disaster.
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France
Paris
Rebuild Plan For Ahiola Fire Damaged Homes
Sofia reports that the cabinet will reconstruct all houses burned at Ahiola before winter. The state will fund the rebuilding following recent fighting between Greek and Bulgarian forces.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ahiola
Spaulding Brings Suit Over Idaho Canal and Power Interests
Charles W. Spaulding former Illinois treasurer and ex president of Globe Savings Chicago filed in Boise federal court a suit against James H. Brady and others to recover valuable interests in the Idaho Canal company and the Pocatello Power and Irrigation company.
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Spaulding
Boise
Idaho
Charles W. Spaulding
University of Illinois
Globe Savings Bank
Chicago
Joliet
James H. Brady
Republican State Central Committee
Idaho Canal Company
Pocatello Power and Irrigation Company
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Denver
Julia C. Starr
Wis
Mr. Scudder
George Ray
Plattsmouth
Gagnon
Richardson County
Charles H. Athey
Fannie B. Athey
Shubert
Ron Roe
South America
Secretary Root
R. 8. Brown
Ohio
Robb
Doroteo Arellames
el Paso
J E. Hutt
Atchison, Toneka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth
Denver City
Albuquerque
N. M
George H. Mosher
Tucson, Ariz
Southern Pacific
San Jose
Fresno
Uncle Joe
Interstate Board
Stensland
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