Nebraska Invests 7.46 Million in Trust Funds for Schools
Lincoln reports Nebraska holds 7.46 million dollars in interest bearing securities across four funds. Permanent school and university endowments, the agricultural college and normal endowment total 7.468 million with warrants part of the school fund. The state owns about two percent of its debt and earns interest that benefits public schools through semiannual county and district distributions.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Searle
Agricultural College
Frauds Swindle Fremont Elder in House Sale
Jens C. Johnson sold a house south of the tracks to a man named Sam Tommes and accepted a worthless check from Fremont National Bank. He later borrowed $300 against the lot from Security Savings Bank and learned he was swindled after the check bounced. Tommes has vanished.
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Fremont
Jens C. Johnson
Sam Tommes
Fremont National Bank
Security Savings Bank
Johnson
Tom‘mes
Nelson Sweitzer Endorsed for General Land Office Post
Friends of Nelson Sweitzer in Niobrara forward strong endorsements to Nebraska’s congressional delegation urging his appointment as commissioner of the general land office. Sweitzer has long worked with the land office in adjusting government surveys and is said to deeply understand field work and intricate land questions. Endorsements include leading men in the state and the entire congressional delegation.
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Niobrara
Nelson Sweitzer
Nebraska
Washington
General Land Office
Sweitzer
Jending
Costs 17 Cents a Day at Lincoln Orthopedic Hospital
Lincoln report shows crippled waifs at the orthopedic hospital cost under 17 cents per person daily. Superintendent Mrs. Johnson notes $26.50 spent for a brass bedstead and a separate table for her room, with a deficiency expected to be addressed by the legislature.
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Lincoln
Orthopedic Hospital
Johnson
Tobacco Chewing Bans Enforced at State University
Sean Pound of the law school posted a letter from Chancellor Andrews ordering expulsion for tobacco chewing. Dean Pound said the rule would be rigidly enforced after the campus previously banned smoking a year ago. Smokers now retreat to a spot south of Eleventh Street, with chewers expected to join them.
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State University
Sean Pound
Law School
Andrews
Dean Pound
Eleventh Street
Lincoln legislators clash at Lindell hotel over speakership
Representative Dodge of Douglas county and Representative McMullen of Gage county both occupied quarters at the Lindell hotel today to campaign for the speaker of the house.
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Lincoln
Dodge
Douglas County
Lindell
House of Representatives
Representative McMullen
Gage County
Ex-Senator Dietrich Gifts Gym Equipment to YMCA
Former Senator Dietrich ordered apparatus for a gymnasium and paraphernalia for the new YMCA building. The gift is greatly appreciated.
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Dietrich
Hastings
Young Men’s Christian Association
Money for Third Nebraska Drafts Reported to Governor
Two drafts totaling 28 240.96 have been received by Governor Mickey from the national government. The funds compensate members of the Third Nebraska regiment for time between enlistment and mustering into national service.
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Third Nebraska
Mickey
Third Nebraska Regiment
Supreme Court to rule on Scavenger Act challenges
Mary A. Trainor and siblings of Box Butte county challenge the Scavenger Act as unconstitutional claiming the state denies them due process and their vested rights to land. Heirs of William H. Trainor seek to reclaim deeded property and tax fees from Maverick Loan Trust Company of Alliance.
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Supreme Court
Mary A. Trainor
Box Butte County
William H. Trainor
Maverick Loand Trust Company of Alliance
Nebraska Highlights From State News Ledger
Nebraska news briefs include pardons sought by Mrs Lillie from Gov. Mickey. Fremont revival reports 550 conversions. Diphtheria cases rise in Clearwater. Cuming county district court to convene January 7. Edgar postmaster resigns for Iowa. Beat Rice parsonage work planned. interurban to connect Dakota City and Sioux City. Counterfeit ten dollar bills disrupt Fremont merchants. John Close bound over after paternity claim in Columbus. Platte County rider injured. leg amputated to stop infection. Port anti tobacco league forming among normal students. Nevaska bonds none. state bonds and county bonds totals cited. Rosalie bank opens. Great Northern extension town near Bancroft. Greenwood man throat-cut found. hospital treatment. Red Cloud man badly injured in horse accident. Columbus hopeful for $46,000 public building appropriation. Several sites offered for sale. Wymore tool house robbed. bloodhounds used. J J King paroled after burglary sentence commuted. Butler county superintendent of the poor farm reappointed at $800 salary. Omaha boy murderer Jay O Hearn appeals in supreme court. Antelope county school apportionment set at $3,176.32. Nemaha county fairgrounds sold to satisfy mortgage. Eastern capital talks on electric plant at Alliance. Union Pacific tax payment partial. $24,955.84 received toward $37,112.25 total. Campaign against orthopedic hospital in Lincoln faces physician opposition. Gov Mickey declines life sentence in O Hearn case. interview between Mrs O Hearn and son. State Oil Inspector Church posts November surplus of $1,434.67. Guard marksmanship shows gains. 1st regiment 22.8 percent, 2nd 19.87 percent.
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Jette Sturck
George Meyer
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Richardson County Fair Association
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River Packet Scovil Blows Up On Mississippi River
A steamer on the Vicksburg to Davis Bend run exploded at Gold Dust landing, killing at least ten to sixteen on board. White fatalities include Capt. John Quackenboss, Wade Quackenboss, Lavell Yerger, and Joseph Smith. The likely cause is a disabled boiler plate. many aboard were Black or disabled, with the ship insured for six thousand dollars.
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Mississippi River
W. T. Scovil
Vicksburg
Davis Bend
John Quackenboss
Wade Quackenboss
Miss
Lavell Yerger
Jackson
Joseph Smith
Yazoo City
Scovil
Vicksburg-Davis Bend
Quackenboss
Roosevelt to Congress on Japanese Trouble in San Francisco
President Roosevelt sent a lengthy report by Secretary Metcalf detailing the San Francisco Japanese trouble and the conditions on the ground. He authorized action to protect Japanese citizens if local authorities fail, and submitted data on excluding Japanese children from schools with white pupils. The report covers assaults and indignities toward Japanese subjects in California.
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Roosevelt
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San Francisco
Metcalf
United States
California
Senate
Penrose and Foraker
Brownsville
Tex
Wars Are Too Expensive Senate Debate on Military Spending
Senators Warren and Hale in the Senate on Tuesday urged reductions in army and navy costs. Hale noted two thirds of national revenues fund past wartime burdens and future war provisions. The Senate approved a $1,000,000 loan for the Jamestown exposition while the House passed the Indian appropriation bill.
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Warren
Hale
Senate
House
Protest by Whisky Men Over Blended Whisky Ruling
Washington manufacturers of neutral spirits protest to Secretary Wilson over a tentative ruling that blends of neutral spirits with bourbon and rye cannot be labeled whisky. They claim the independent dealers hold over 20 million dollars in invested capital. Morton Park Bank Closes in Chicago After Bankruptcy Petition. The Lincoln National Bank at Morton Park shuts down amid U S district court bankruptcy proceedings against owner W J Atkinson with about 500 depositors and $90 000 in deposits.
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Wilson
Agricultural Department
Department
United States
Morton Park
Chicago
Lincoln National Bank
United States District Court
W. J. Atkinson
Bishop Charles C. McCabe Dies in New York Hospital
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church died at 6 20 am in a New York hospital after apoplexy struck him days earlier while en route to Philadelphia His widow and niece were at his bedside He was born in Athens Ohio October 11 1836 and served as a chaplain and later bishop known as Chaplain McCabe for decades He aided funds as secretary of the Methodist Missionary society and was named chancellor of the American university at Washington in 1902
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New York
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
One Hundred and Twenty-Second
Ohio Infantry
Winchester
Libby
McCabe
The
Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Board of
Madame Gould wins most suits over Boni de Castellane debts
Paris reports that Madame Gould formerly Countess Boni de Castellane defeated creditors in thirteen of fifteen suits seeking joint responsibility with the count. The court ruled the debts were not a common benefit and noted her income was controlled by her husband for household expenses and his debts. Three cases remain to be decided on December 26.
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Paris
Madame Gould
Boni de Castellane
Fire endangers 60 elevated cars at West Side yards
Fire ignited at the Logan Square branch yards at Humboldt boulevard and Milwaukee avenue threatening 60 cars valued at $375,000. Firemen and elevated workers labored for hours to avert total loss as periled coaches were moved from the burning yards while spectators cheered the trainmen.
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West Side Metropolitan
Logan Square Branch
Humboldt Boulevard
Milwaukee Avenue
Elevated
Four Burn to Death in Buffalo Fire at Zenobia Apt
Four persons died from burns and a fifth was fatally burned in a blaze at the Zenobia apartment house at Prospect avenue and Huron street in Buffalo. The fire occurred Wednesday night.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Prospect Avenue
Huron Street
Loot at Horatio Bank in Texarkana Area Robbery
Texarkana Arkansas reports two robbers looted the Bank of Horatio a small town about 50 miles north of Texarkana Wednesday afternoon They covered the cashier with pistols and took about 4000 dollars in cash.
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Texarkana
Ark
Bank
Webb couple welcomes great grandson of Jefferson Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Webb of Colorado Springs disclose the birth of their son. Mrs. Webb is a granddaughter of the late Jefferson Davis, making their child the sole great grandson of the Confederate president.
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Colorado Springs, Col
Gerald Webb
Texas Siftings Founder John Knox Dead in New York
John Armoy Knox, longtime editor and proprietor of Texas Siftings, died suddenly at his New York home from heart disease. Born in 1850 in Ireland, he was the son of a Belfast bank president.
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New York
John Armoy Knox
Texas Siftings
Ireland
Belfast
Prison for Bank Robber in Great Bend
Joseph S. Kerns captured after a local bank hold up in Great Bend Kansas was arraigned on Wednesday and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of ten to twenty one years.
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Kan
Joseph S. Kerns
State Penitentiary
Fatal Train Collision in Canton Yards Involving The Pennsylvania Limited
The Pennsylvania Limited eastbound collided with a freight at Canton yards Sunday night. Engineer John Ray and Fireman George Nichols of the freight were fatally injured in the crash.
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Pennsylvania Limited
John Ray
George Nichols
Date Set for Thaw Trial in Murder Case
New York. Harry Kendall Thaw will stand trial Monday January 21 in the criminal branch of the New York state supreme court for the murder of Stanford White. Justice Newburger set the date after Thaw's counsel moved to dismiss the indictment or fix a trial date.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Criminal Branch
New York State Supreme Court
Stanford White
Justice Newburger
Pickpocket Robs Woman in Busy Philadelphia Shopping District
Mrs. Ella V. Kober was robbed of 6000 dollars by a pickpocket during holiday crowds in the city shopping district on Wednesday. She had the money in a secret pocket in an underskirt.
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Philadelphia
Ella V. Kober
Hotel Owner Arrested in Franklin Arson Case
D. N. Powers, proprietor of the Rommel house which burned Tuesday, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on arson charges at his other hotel in Franklin.
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Middleton
D.—C
N. Powers
Rommel House
Franklin
Four Men Guilty in Nebraska Land Fraud Case
Richards Comstock Jameson and Triplett convicted on thirty six of thirty eight counts in a conspiracy to defraud the United States over entry on public lands in Sheridan and Cherry counties Nebraska in 1904 and 1905. Jury deliberated about two hours with possible penalties up to two years and ten thousand dollars per count.
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Omaha
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
Charles C. Jameson
Aquilla Triplett
United States
Sheridan
Cherry Counties
Nebraska
Richards
Comstock
Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Alliance, Neb
Oppose Holiday Adjournment Move Sparks House Debate
In Washington Representative Lacey of Iowa denounced a Christmas recess as ill advised arguing it would force quick passage of legislation in the final days. The remark arose amid a resolution to increase the House enrolling force.
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Washington
Lacey
Iowa
Congress
House
Order Will Stand Withdrawn Lands Declared Valid
Secretary Hitchcock said on Thursday that his order removing 4,000,000 acres from the five civilized tribes will stand. The decision reinforces government policy on tribal lands and affects affected communities nationwide.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Five Civilized Tribes
Hitchcock meets president over forest reserve land order
Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson discussed a proposed forest reserve that would withdraw nearly 4,000,000 acres from allotment for the five civilized tribes. The meeting included Indian Commissioner Leupp and Gifford Pinchot. No result was announced after the conference.
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Hitchcock
Washington
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Wilson
Senate
Leupp
Gifford
Pinchot
Forestry Department
Civil Service Pensions Sparks Reform League Study
New York report by the Civil Service Reform league attacks all age pension schemes for civil service workers both state and national. The study coincides with several congressional bills and legislative pressure from civil servants seeking a broad pension system.
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New York
Civil Service Reform League
Congress
Church Opposes New French Government Bill
A Vatican note denounces the 1905 church state separation amendments as oppression, arguing the new bill worsens church concerns and increases state interference without public accountability. The semi official statement frames the measure as a severe constraint on church rights.
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Rome
Vatican
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