Infernal machine kills Paterson judge Cortese
Justice of the Peace Robert Cortese dies from injuries after an infernal device exploded in his Paterson office late at night. The blast wrecked the room, leaving the judge and his son injured as investigators link the device to recent anti criminal activity involving Italian suspects.
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Paterson
Justice of the Peace
Robert Cortese
Express
Justice Cortese
Robert
Newark
American Express
Judge Cortese
St Joseph’s Hospital
Cortese
Wanamaker Home in Philadelphia Destroyed by Fire
The Wanamaker country home at Chelten Hills near Philadelphia burned tonight. Loss estimated at 1.5 million dollars. The estate spans thirty acres with a main Tudor style house set on a hill 350 yards from Old York Road. The Wanamaker art gallery housed rare prints and valuable paintings.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Chelten Hills
Mr Wanamakers
Old York
Wanamaker Art Gallery
Seven Miners Entombed in Wanamie Coal Shaft
Seven miners are entombed at Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co in Wanamie after a fire on the fourth lift. Firefighters expect long hours to suppress the blaze before rescue is possible.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wanamie
Coliery
Bounty for Gophers Sparks Iowa House Action
Des Moines Iowa reports a Brandes bill to pay ten cents for each pocket gopher killed if the Yowa act passes the Iowa House of Representatives. The proposal targets gopher control and agricultural impact with a per animal bounty pending formal approval.
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Des Moines
Brandes
House of Representatives
Kirkman Demands Release From Fort Leavenworth
Attorneys for Captain Kirkman, a Fort Leavenworth prisoner, filed habeas corpus in federal court seeking freedom as his line of service had expired. Kirkman, once an officer at Fort Niobrara Nebraska, was court-martialed twice for conduct unbecoming and sentenced to two years hard labor.
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Topeka, Kas
Kirkman
Fort Leavenworth
United States District Court
Fort Niobrara
Neb
Mrs Thaw On The Stand In White Murder Trial
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry Thaw, testified in the Stanford White murder case detailing a young life shadowed by poverty and romance. She described meeting White, a luxurious studio setting, a champagne moment, and later the pressures of marriage as she faced a perilous legal battle.
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Stanford White
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry
Delphin M. Delmas
General Allen Plans Army Airship Experiments Near Omaha
General Allen chief signal officer of the army, aims to establish an aerial navigation system with balloons airships and aeroplanes. Fort Omaha will host tests with a $50 000 appropriation for facilities and gas tanks as the French balloon sample competes with American designs. The plan favors tested proven machines and seeks superiority in military aviation.
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Washington
Allen
France
Signal Corps
New York
Fort Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Balloops
Nebraska railroad commission bill ready for house action
Lincoln reports the joint committee accepted a subcommittee bill adjusting salaries and clarifying a near federal anti pass framework. It restricts free tickets to designated employees and relatives and prescribes fines for violations.
Edward Rosewater Estate Appraisement Filed
John C. Wharton appointed by County Judge Leslie filed the estate appraisement in county court. The inventory totals 486,504.06 with most of the value in Bee Publishing stock at par and Bee Building stock at 50, plus life insurance proceeds of 158,609.66.
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Wharton
Omaha
Edward Rosewater
John C. Wharton
Leslie
Bee Publishing Company
Bee Building Company
Lfe Insurance
Rockefeller Gift Bets Big on Small Colleges
John D. Rockefeller and his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. announced a thirty two million dollar donation to the General Education Board. The gift, the largest single endowment for education, will fund general educational purposes across the United States.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
General Education Board
House passes river bill for waterways improvement
Washington The house on Thursday completed and passed the rivers and harbors appropriation bill carrying more than 53,000,000 with sundry amendments all of which were suggested by the chairman of the committee Mr Burton of Ohio A survey of the Missouri river was authorized from its mouth to Sioux City.
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Washington
Burton
Ohio
Missouri
Sioux City
Limits on Coal Land Ownership Bill Introduced
Washington Representative Lacey of Iowa, chairman of the house committee on public lands, introduced a bill to prevent coalland monopolies. The measure requires coal land patents to include a clause that they become invalid if transferred to persons or corporations owning more than 5,000 acres of coal lands.
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Washington
Lacey
Iowa
House Committee On Public Lands
Kinkaid Opposes Judiciary Bill With Nebraska Map
Congressman Kinkaid canvassed members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday urging defeat of the newly drafted judiciary bill. He argued the proposal lacks enough revisions for his Nebraska district.
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Kinkaid
Washington
Nebraska
House
Judiciary
Brownsville Inquiry hears five witnesses on August 13
Senate military affairs committee hears five witnesses in the Browns ville Inquiry. All but one are from the disclosed battalion of negro soldiers. Luther J. Thornton testifies he believed the barracks were being fired upon by townspeople.
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Brownsville
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Luther J. Thornton
Count Creighton Dies at Omaha Home in Peace
The Omaha philanthropist Count Creighton died at 1:27 am Thursday after nearly a day and a half of peaceful unconsciousness. Attending at his side were Sisters from St. Joseph's hospital, housekeeper Miss Cotter, brother-in-law John A. Schenck, Fathers Bronsgest and O Conner, and Creighton University officials and family members.
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Omaha
Creighton
Iife
Johanna
Clotilda
Idelbert
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miss Cotter
John A. Schenck
Father Bronsgest
Father O’conner
Creighton University
Count
Senate approves Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition funding
Washington committee on industrial expositions reports favorably on Senator Ankeny’s bill to appropriate 700000 dollars for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to be held in Seattle in 1909.
President signs general service pension bill into law
The president has signed the general service pension bill recently passed by Congress, formalizing funding and eligibility rules for military and civil service pensions. The enactment confirms congressional approval and the executive assent to the measure.
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Washington
Congress
Woman Suffragists Press for Equal Suffrage in Legislature
Lincoln Nebraska suffrage groups push for state senate to back a joint memorial to Congress for an equal suffrage amendment. Rushville and Broken Bow associations present resolutions and petitions Wednesday. Old Women's club also seeks passage of pure food reform legislation.
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Lincoln, Neb
Senate
Rushville Suffrage Association
Broken Bow Suffrage Association
Congress
Old Women's Club
Skip Dundy Dies at 63 in New York Theatrical Manager
Elmer S. Dundy known as Skip, longtime figure with Thompson & Dundy and former Hippodrome and Luna Park manager, died Tuesday afternoon after catching a cold. He was born in Omaha in 1862, son of the late Judge Elmer Dundy. He lived in Omaha most of his early life.
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New York
Elmer S. Dundy
Skip” Dundy
Thompson & Dundy
the Hippodrome
Luna Park
Coney Island
Omaha
Mr. Dundy
Elmer §. Dundy
United States
Nebraska
Skip
Miss Mary F. Anthony Dies in Rochester
Mary F. Anthony of Rochester New York sister and lifelong co worker with Susan B Anthony died at her home in the city She would have been 80 years old in April
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Rochester
N. Y
Mary F. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Bryan addresses legislators on reform in Cheyenne hall
William J. Bryan spoke for an hour before a crowded hall of the Wyoming legislature on Tuesday. He urged representative government and measures such as initiative and referendum, direct election of U S senators, and tighter corporate and public utility controls. He was hosted to dinner by legislators and citizens then left for the east Wednesday.
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Bryan
Cheyenne
Wyo
William J. Bryan
United States
Service Pension Bill Advances Through House Amid Other Measures
The House passed the McCumber service pension bill with veterans 62 receiving 12 dollars monthly rising to 16 at 70 and 20 at 75. It also approved the omnibus lighthouse and revenue cutter bills with substantial appropriations and concurred with Senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill to loan Jamestown exposition funds. A resolution to probe cotton price fluctuations was adopted, aiming to determine if futures contracts or conspiracies drive price swings.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Burleson
Texas
New York
New Orleans
Salary melon fodder in Washington Nebraska postal hike
The house postal committee plans a salary raise totaling about 175000 for Nebraska and Washington postal workers. About 200 first and second class clerks would gain roughly 100 per person totaling 25000. Another 200 letter carriers gain similar, around 20000. 200 railway postal clerks receive 100 each, about 20000 more. Rural free delivery clerks number 926 and will get 120 annually, totaling about 110000.
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Washington
Nebraska
House Postal Committee
Insanity Plea For Thaw In Madison Square Garden Killing
New York state presents its case against Harry K Thaw with a terse account of the Stanford White shooting on the Madison Square Garden roof. The defense pleads hereditary insanity arguing Thaw acted as an agent of Providence after real or imagined wrongs by White. The defense says Thaw did not attempt to flee and held the revolver aloft, signaling the deed was right.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
Stanford White
Providence
Lincoln joint panel to push two cent fare bill
Lincoln Nebraska. The joint railroad committee plans to introduce a two cent fare bill in the legislature. The four member sub committee drafted the bill and the full joint committee approved it for introduction.
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Lincoln
Neb
Joint Railroad Committee
Joint Committee
Big Fire Breaks Out Near Cheapside in London
A large blaze erupts in a block of buildings near Cheapside close to the General Post Office. The flames cast a bright glare that lights up much of the city as firefighters battle the blaze.
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London
Cheapside
General Post Office
Beets Handled At Fremont Sugar Factory Closure
The Leavitt sugar factory in Fremont closed after opening last September. About 87,000 tons of beets were processed during its operation.
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Fremont
Leavitt
Stockmen Called to Meet at Willard Hotel
The committee on public lands and forest reserves of the American National Live Stock Association is summoned to convene at the Willard hotel in Washington on February 14. The session will discuss grazing on public lands and strategies to coordinate with federal authorities for responsible control benefiting western stockmen.
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Denver
American National Live Stock Association
Willard Hotel
Washington
West
Waterbury fires and varied Nebraska notes
Miscellaneous Nebraska items report Waterbury burning of four business houses, new electric lighting in Sterling by April, water works in Harrison, deaths from a circular saw and cornshark disease, upcoming beet grower association in Sutherland, and diverse local incidents including fires, drownings, arrests, and farm promotions.
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Waterbury
Sterling A
Harrison
Arnald Sohl
Millard
Beet Growers of
Sutherland
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Mrs. Thaw
Railroad Commission
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Rockefeller
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White
Nebraska News and Notes
Maud Kuhney
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Plattamouth
Ashland
Ashland Journal
C. F. Bauermeister
Norfolk
Burlington
Eustis
Hastings Commercial Club
Thomas Pence
York County
Rev McKay
Crete
Congregational
Clay Center
William Bouldford
St. Joseph
Falls City
Grand Island
John Hamlin
Rachel Engle
Fate
M. R. Hanna
District Court
Charles Sasses
Hastings Brewery Company
B. Zook
Burlington Railway
Nebraska City
Panama
Beet
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Beatrice Ministerial Association
Fon
Adam McMallen
Leroy W. Barnes
Roy Maynard
Alliance
Wilber
Sandyside
Roy Barnes
Thomas H. Barnes
Farmers’ Institute
Sears’ Opera House
Anderson
James Peterson
Sidney
John Bowers
Dix
Kimball County
W. D. Stratton
North Platte River
Keith
Denel
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