News in Brief from Global Dispatches and Markets
Premier Balfour sets May 4 or 5 for Irish land bill. Moroccan rebels may attack Fez. Northern Pacific declares 14 percent dividend payable May 1. Great Northern strike vote to be held among trainmen. Also reports on Mrs Harrison denial. Kinshu mine fire deaths. French church actions. Turkey’s Macedonian army buildup. Philippine coin shipments from San Francisco and New York. Rathborn resigns May 1. Krupp stock company formed. bankers’ association to convene in San Francisco by Oct 15. Alice Roosevelt returns from Biltmore. engagements and appointments across rail, finance, and diplomacy. Alaska boundary, Post Office rural routes, Chinese monetary reforms, Haiti fighting, and tax receipts.
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Great Northern
Benjamin Harrison
Adirondacks
Harrison
Japan
Otu
Kinshu
Turkey
Salonica
London Daily Mail
Macedonia
San Francisco
New York
C. M. Rathborn
Missouri Pacific Lines
Kansas
Biltmore
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Frances
Fitzhugh Whitehouse
Chicago
Constantin Ramsy
California
Southern Pacific
United States
Chandler P. Anderson
Joint Commission
Payns
Wynne
Prince Ching
Pekin
Port Au Prince
Powell
State Department
Washington
Gill
Vasquez
Atlanta
Internal Revenue
Havana
Carden
Cuba
London
Victor Emmanuel
Morin
Marine
New Revenue Law Defines Tax Terms and Rates
Nebraska's revenue bill explains tax terms for real property real estate lands and personal property. It sets assessed values at 20 percent of actual value and outlines exemptions liens and assessor duties with implications for insurance corporations express telegraph and telephone firms and county boards of equalization.
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Nebraska
Express, Telegraph and Telephone
Express, Telephone and Telegraph Company
Express, Telegraph and Telephone Company
Boards of Equalization
Assessor
Arbor Day and civic events span Nebraska in spring notices
Arbor day was widely observed across Nebraska with eight trees planted in Lincoln’s Arbor Lodge circle. The United Commercial Travelers plan their Beatrice meeting May 1-2 with about 200 delegates and a grand ball to start.
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United Commercial Travelers
Beatrice
Ed Misch
Nebraska City
Cass County
Capitol Grounds
Lincoln
Arbor Lodge
J. Sterling Morton
Arbor Day
Morton Circle
Harrison Harford
Wahoo
Union Pacific
Cedar Bluffs
H. H. Tribbey
Hank Kendrick
Fremont
Kendrick
Tribbey
Culver
National Guard
Adjutant General
Harvard Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Company
M. F. Harrington
M. L. Hartman
Jesse F. Eller
William Schwank
Briggs
Dodge County
Thomas D. Buchanan
American Express Company
Verdigre
Chicago
Fairbury
Boone & Boone
Linder & Dickinson’s
Weisel’s
McLaurin’s
Harbine Bank
Cuming Township
Cuming Creek
J. M. Summers
Tecumseh
Nemaha
Governor Mickey Deflects Exemption Garnishment Bill Veto
The governor reads trade papers about his veto of a senate exemptions bill aimed at garnishing wages over 35 dollars a month. He cites potential misuse by unscrupulous creditors and notes wage earners would face repeated garnishments and mounting costs.
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Mickey
Senate
Omaha
H. Fischer
Omaha Dealers’ Association
Tragic Suicide by Burning in Ashland
In Ashland Mrs. A. G. Bentz died after months of suicidal behavior culminated in self immolation. She poured kerosene on her clothes and a quilt, ignited a fire, and was rescued by a son in law who removed burning garments. Despite medical aid she passed away hours later.
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Ashland
A. G. Bentz
Lincoln
Burlington engineers to run through Lincoln to McCook
Hastings Neb. reports a new schedule for Burlington engine crews on fast Lincoln to McCook trains. Engineers will earn about 200 dollars monthly, replacing former Hastings round trip pay of 7.40 dollars per trip.
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Hastings
Neb
Burlington
Lincoln
McCook
Burlington Model Farm Near Holdrege Nebraska
George W. Holdrege, general manager of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad, has arranged with Prof. W. H. Campbell of Holdrege to operate a 328 acre experimental farm near Holdrege known as the Burlington model farm. Campbell will apply soil culture methods suited to semi arid locales.
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Burlington Model Farm
Omaha
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
W. H. Campbell
Holdrege, Neb
Burlington
Campbell
Export flour shipment from Schuyler breaks records
A historic shipment from Schuyler occurred Saturday when Wells, Abbott & Nieman sent a carload of export flour weighing 106000 pounds marking an unprecedented volume for the town.
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Nebraska
Schuyler
Messrs
Wells, Abbott & Nieman
Custer County Reports Fall Grain Quality Appears Strong
Reports from Custer County indicate the fall grain crop looks healthy with good yield potential. Local farmers note favorable weather and solid development across fields, suggesting a favorable harvest outlook for the season.
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Custer County
Becomes Violently Insane Beatrice Resident Handcuffed To Asylum
Beatrice, George Peterson, a farmer living two miles south of Holmesville, was seized as violently insane and brought to the city in handcuffs for commitment to the asylum.
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Eli Willams
Princeton
Beatrice—George Peterson
Holmesville
Building New Elevators Near Lincoln Under Ramsey Law
Applications to erect new elevators have surged at the Burlington freight offices in Lincoln since the Ramsey elevator law. The bill requires railroads to construct a sidetrack to an elevator on their right of way, funded by farmers with a minimum cost of 3000 dollars. Some efforts challenged the bill before passage.
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Burlington Freight
Lincoln
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