Nebraska House Tables Resolution On Norris Brown Inquiry
Capital City Chat summarizes state news as the Nebraska House votes 69 to 25 to table a resolution offered by Representative Van Housen of Colfax. The resolution urged charges against Republican U S senator nominee Norris Brown and called for an investigation. The move followed hurried adjournment and shifted focus to Brown's election prospects amidst party dynamics.
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van Housen
Colfax
Norris Brown
United States
Brown
United Republican
Senate committee appoints joint panels on primary, railway and free pass bills
The senate committee on starting committee chaired by Saunders of Douglas followed orders to form joint committees. Seven members were named for the primary election and anti pass matters, including Wilseey Gould Aldrich Wiltse Epperson Hanna Gibson King. The revenue committee to handle tax matters and the privileges and elections committee to handle primary bills were also named.
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Senate Committee On
Saunders
Douglas
Senate
Railway Commission
O'Conner
Pawnee
Byrnes
Platte
Wilseey
Frontier
Gould
Greeley
Aldrich
Butler
Wiltse
Cedar
Epperson
Clay
Hanna
Cherry
Gibson
King
Polk
Thomas
McKesson
Lancaster
Phillips
Holt
Sackett
Gage
Luce
Kearney
Sibley
Dawson
Buck
Otoe
Wilson
Holbrook
Dodge
Patrick
Sarpy
Nettleton Forms Key Joint Committee Appointments
Speaker Nettleton announced the joint committee lineups with members named for direct primary railway commission powers and terminal taxation. Dodge of Douglas asked to join the taxation panel due to Clarke of Douglas interest, and the speaker approved the change.
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Nettleton
Farley
Hamilton
Douge
Douglas
McMullen
Gage
E. P. Brown
Lancaster
Alderson
Madison
Mackey
Custer
Marlatt
Kearney
Railway Commission
Harrison
Otoe
Marsh
Seward
Walsh
Kelfer
Nucholls
Knowles
Dodge
Dunkin
Adams
Dawes
Clarke
Doran
Garfield
Neff
Franklin
Davis
Cass
Baker
York
Kuhl
Cedar
Carlin
Rock
Representative Dodge
University Bill Seeks Funds for Campus Expansion
Representative Armstrong introduces a bill to appropriate funds from the 1 mill state university levy and unspent prior levies. The money would cover salaries, current expenses, utilities, maintenance, and major improvements including a new engineering building on campus with a cost not to exceed 100 000 dollars.
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Armstrong
Wnemaha County
State University
Lincoln Councilman resigns sixth ward seat
Lincoln councilman L. J. Dunn of the Sixth ward resigns his seat. Mayor Brown accepted the resignation, which has not yet taken effect. Dunn cites interference with his business as the reason and notes he was president of the council last year and recognized as the leader of the body.
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L. J. Dunn
Lincoln
Brown
Dunn
Senate Committee Backs Anti Lobby Bill No 11
The senate judiciary committee led by King recommends passage of an anti lobby bill by Patrick a fusionist of Sarpy SF No 11. It bars agents attorneys or lobbyists from trying to influence legislators outside committee hearings and public channels. Violations carry fines from 100 to 1000 dollars or jail terms up to one year and the act takes effect on passage.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
King
Patrick
Sarpy
Secretary of State
Supreme Court Grants Leave To File Quo Warranto Suit
The Supreme Court grants Attorney General W T Thompson permission to file a quo warranto action challenging the legality of the recently elected railway commissioners. The case responds to a House of Representatives resolution and may raise all objections to the constitutional amendment creating the commission. The railroads may be heard as friends of the court, and a stipulation of facts is likely later.
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Supreme Court
W. T. Thompson
House of Representatives
Commission
Railway Commission
Owes Lancaster Much Money From Railroads
County Treasurer Berry reports Burlington and Union Pacific owe Lancaster County 128404.80 in unpaid taxes for 1904 1905 and 1906. If collected this sum could fund a detention home for juveniles road improvements and a modern jail, with about one fifth from Union Pacific and the rest from Burlington. Other roads paid their taxes.
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Berry
Burlington and Union Pacific Railroad
Lancaster County
Union Pacific
Burlington
Governor appoints delegates for trans Mississippi dry farming congress
Governor George L. Sheldon names a list of delegates to attend the trans Mississippi dry farming congress in Denver January 24 and 25. The slate includes H. W. Campbell of Lincoln, famed as the originator of dry farming, and other officials from Lincoln North Platte Imperial Crawford Morrill Mitchell Ogallala and Broken Bow.
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George L. Sheldon
Denver
Kansas
H. W. Campbell
Lincoln
E. A. Burnett
EB. G. Montgomery
W. T. Snyder
North Platte
J. W. Pillsbury
de Wit
A. S. Campbell
Imperial
Page T. Francis
Crawford
Robert Walsh
Morrill
Judge Hurlburt
Gering
John Powers
Mitchell
W. J. Harris
Ogallala
H. L.gould
John E. Myers
Broken Bow
A. Dobson
Nebraska Banks Prosperous Year Reports 1906
Nebraska banks show strong year with November 12 1906 reports. State banks rise from 546 to 584 and national banks from 162 to 185, deposits total 149 248 887 dollars up 15 816 805 from the prior year. Capital stock increases total 1 417 700 dollars.
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Nebraska
Standard Oil Ward Hit in Hancock County Grand Jury Indictments
Hancock County grand jury returns 939 indictments against Standard Oil entities and named executives for conspiracy to restrain trade. Prosecutor delays action until new salary law takes effect. potential fines could total 58 million dollars if all cases go to trial. Indictments nolled against Rockefeller and three Ohio Standard officials.
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David
Hancock County
John D. Rockefeller
M. G. Vilas
J. M. Robertson
H. P. McIntosh
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Ship Subsidy Bill Wins In House Committee Vote
Washington reports the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries approved a Littauer ship subsidy substitute by eight to seven after a daylong debate. The bill authorizes seven subsidized mail lines with an annual subvention of 3.75 million dollars to routes from Atlantic to South America and Colon, Pacific to the Orient, and South America. minor route origin changes were made near Cape Mendocino.
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Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Littauer
New York
Grosvenor
Messrs
Miner
Littlefield
Fordney
Wachter
Humphrey
Watson
Birdsall
Wilson
Hinshaw
Goulden
Maynard
Shirley
Patterson
Atlantic Coast
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Colon
Pacific Coast
Orient
Mr. Littauer
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Japan
China
Philippines
Bids For Panama Canal Constr Outsourcing
Washington reports the Panama Canal commission opened bids for full construction. Oliver Bangs of Knoxville and New York offered 6.75 percent of the estimated cost, far below expectations. With a $140 million estimate, their fee would reach about $9.45 million, sparking debate over the four bids spanning 6.75 to 28 percent.
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Washington
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Anson M. Bangs
New York
Oliver Bangs
Dead man called defaulter in estate surcharge
In Philadelphia the late Congressman Robert Adams Jr was declared a defaulter for 70000 in an orphan court surcharge case. The ruling arose in a dispute over bonds allegedly misappropriated by H Carlton Adams, surviving executor and trustee, against his stepmother and stepsister who filed the suit.
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Philadelphia
Robert Adams, Jr
Washington
Orphan’s Court
H. Carlton Adams
Robert Adams
Charlies Moran
New York
H. Carleton Adams
Congressman Adams
Robert Adams, Sr
Eight Die In Mine Blast At Clinton Indiana
An explosion at Mine No. 7 in Clinton Indiana killed eight miners and seriously injured two others. About two hundred workers were underground when the blast at 6:45 amid smoke sparked a frantic rush to the shaft for evacuation. Authorities suspect a keg of powder ignited the blast.
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Clinton
Ind
Mine Inspector Attack Highlighted by Indiana Union Members
Indianapolis report shows Indiana district No. 11 members presenting a resolution to the United Mine Workers convention. They reflect on the record of James Epperson as state mine inspector amid a protest context.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Indiana District No. 11
James Epperson
Typhoon Devastates Leyte and Samar Islands
Manila reports a powerful typhoon struck Leyte and Samar on January 10. One hundred lives were lost on Leyte, barracks and officers' quarters were destroyed on Samar's east coast, and communication to the islands has been cut for six days. No property damage estimate available. shipping untouched. The storm is the worst in a decade.
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Manila
Leyte
Samar
Miners Attack Oscar Straus At UMW Convention
The United Mine Workers convention adopted a resolution calling for splitting the commerce and labor department and creating a separate labor department. The document also attacked Oscar Straus by name.
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Oscar Straus
Indianapolis
Ind
Convention of United Mine Workers
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Labor
Boston Man Shoots Wife Child Then Tries Suicide
Lewis Pennis aged 38 shot his wife and three year old daughter at 17 Auburn Street on Thursday and then attempted suicide. Both victims likely to die.
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Boston
Lewis Pennis
Auburn Street
Pennis
Rubber prices rise to 42 year high in 1907
United States Rubber company raises price list five percent for 1907. Crude rubber now at its highest point since the Civil War, signaling inflation in the rubber goods market.
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New York
United States Rubber Company
Taunton Man Killed by Son in Taunton Massachusetts
George Poole a leading Taunton merchant and head of the Taunton Silver company was shot and fatally injured Thursday night by his son Howard M. Poole. The victim died two hours later.
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Taunton
Mass
George Poole
Taunton Silver Company
Howard M. Poole
Roosevelt to seek expanded ICC powers on car shortage
President Roosevelt will urge Congress to grant the Interstate Commerce Commission broader authority to address the car shortage crisis. The commission has briefed the president and prepared recommendations, including reciprocal demurrage to penalize delays by carriers and consignors, and railcar interchange ideas to handle regional shortages. The White House meeting covered the coal holds in Minneapolis and Chicago as the president ordered further investigation.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Commission
Northwest
White House
Messrs
Knapp
Clements
Harlan
Clarke
Chicago
Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Consignees
Minneapolis
Northwest Snowbound Halts Trains Across Region
Deep snow and furious winds freeze Northwest lines from Browning Montana to Spokane as temperatures plunge well below zero. Great Northern reports show widespread cold with 55 degrees below zero in Browning and drifts 20 to 30 feet high. Crews battle the storm while many trains are abandoned along the rails.
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St. Paul
Minn
Western
Great Northern General Office
Mercury
Browning
Mont
Grand Forks
Spokane
Great Northern
Russian Count Dies In Moscow Fire Rescue
In a Moscow province blaze Count Nicholas Tolstoi, administrator of imperial estates, perished after rescuing his wife. A guest woman, two provincial officials, and two household servants also died in the fire that destroyed his residence near Moscow. He re entered the building to safeguard imperial funds and died burned.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Tolstoi
Moscow
Illinois Sues for Millions Over Rail Earnings
Illinois files a multimillion dollar suit in the state supreme court against the Illinois Central Railroad. Attorney General Stead presents the case alleging the state’s share of gross earnings was withheld. Summons served on local agent J H Lord while President Harahan is absent from the county.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Ilnois Central Railroad
State Supreme Court
Stead
J. H. Lord
Illinois Central
Harahan
Korean students send fingers as protest against aid cut
Twenty one Korean students in Tokio destitute after aid from homes stops. They petition the Seoul government and sent a finger cut from a hand of each student as a protest gesture.
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Tokio
Seoul
Fairbanks Pleads Not Guilty to Perjury Charge
Frederick C. Fairbanks of Springfield Ohio son of Vice President Fairbanks pleaded not guilty in Steubenville Ohio court on Thursday to subornation of perjury and was bound over for five hundred dollars.
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Steubenville, O
Frederick C. Fairbanks
Springfield
Fairbanks
Congress approves salary hikes for top officials
The House adopted an amendment raising the vice president, speaker, and cabinet salaries to 12 000 per year and senators and representatives plus Porto Rico resident commissioner to 7 500 per year, effective March 4 1907, with an 133 to 92 vote though no roll call was recorded.
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Washington
House
Senate
Territories
Porto Rico
Committee On
Littauer
New York
Congress
Burleson
Texas
Kingston Coast Sinking and Kingston Ruins After Fire
Admiral Evans reports Kingston sinking into the sea with a tainted harbor approach as lights are destroyed. Wharves lie ruined or submerged while Annetta bay tidal wave reports are confirmed and Kingston remains smoldering. A wireless from the Golen says a schoolhouse collapse killed many children.
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Santiago
Cuba
Evans
Magoon
Kingston
Annetta Bay
Golen
Idaho House Passes Anti Pass Law In Committee
In Boise the house in committee of the whole voted to pass an anti pass bill effective immediately after passage and gubernatorial approval. Representative McCracken displayed an annual pass from the Oregon Short Line to colleagues and said it was sent unsolicited the eve of the vote to influence his decision.
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Boise
Idaho
House
McCracken
Oregon
Legislature Moves on Japanese School Admission in San Francisco
A concurrent resolution was introduced in the California legislature urging the state attorney general to appear in the federal court action concerning the admission of Japanese students into San Francisco public schools.
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Sacramento
Cal
San Francisco
Bryan Speaks at Olympia Addressing Legislature
W J Bryan addressed the state legislature in Olympia with every member present and crowded galleries. He spoke on legislative matters and urged a large appropriation for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
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Bryan
Olympia
Olympia, Wash
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Robber Steals 6800 Dollars in Barstow Gold Heist
In Barstow a robber took a box of 6800 dollars worth gold bullion bound for the San Francisco mint from an express truck. The bullion was transferred from the west bound overland train to the Los Angeles San Francisco train. The thief escaped in the dim light and the messenger only noticed missing bullion upon checking. Empty hands and heavy treasure suggest the loot may be buried.
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San Bernardino
Cal
San Francisco
Barstow
Los Angeles
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