Various U S News In Brief Highlights In 1900s Era
Attorney General Knox names J C McReynolds of Tennessee as assistant attorney general succeeding James M Beck. Delaware & Hudson raises locomotive engineers and firemen wages to ten percent. Soo Line warns North Dakota lawmakers to return passes under Elkins law. Major John Mills to build road into Mount Rainier National Park. Civil service to include teachers in Philippine service. William T Lewis sentenced to 33 years for murder in Chicago. Paris appellate court fines Henri De Rothschild 10 francs and one day imprisonment for speeding. Hoag Illinois telegraph operator insane but saved train with last-minute red light. Wabash trains delayed by maniacal incident. C A Pearson buys London Daily Express. price undisclosed. Gazette sale aims to preserve Conservative stance. German May Day protests quiet with some police relaxations. Chicago Laundry strike looming amid union-proprietor tensions. Roman Catholic Archbishop Bruchesi urges arbitration over strikes. $25 million stock subscribed to fight beef trust merger. U S Mint buys 50,000 oz silver for Philippine coinage. price ranges noted. Transport Thomas to the Philippines with troops and treasure. Mutiny aboard Southery prison ship. penalties imposed. War college board buildings approved by Secretary Root. Manila funds set. Queen Wilhelmina appoints umpire for U S Venezuela arbitration at Caracas. Vermilion South Dakota college teams win over North Dakota Fargo. Los Angeles rail union workers strike.
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Knox
J. C. McReynolds
Tennessee
United States
James M. Beck
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company
Soo Railway
North Dakota
Elkins
John Mills
Corps of Engineers
Mount Ranier National Park
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Philippine Service
Classified
Civil Service
William T. Lewis
Stella Wright
Chicago
Hoag
C. A. Pearson
London Daily Express
St. James Gazette
Germany
Berlin
Dresden
Paul Bruchesi
Montreal
National Live Stock Association
Beef Trust
Chicago Packing Houses
Roberts
Mint Bureau
San Francisco
Thomas
Philippine Islands
Southery
Charlestown
Mass
West
Root
War College Board
Congress
Manila
Tragic Grand Trunk Train Crash Hits Toledo Excursionists
A Grand Trunk Pan-American flyer from Chicago struck a crowd of 1,500 Toledo Poles and others at Canfield Street Detroit, killing ten to fifteen and injuring about thirty. Authorities said no warning whistle or bell rang as panicked escape efforts failed.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Toledo
Lake Shore
Dequinder and
Canfield Streets
St. Joseph's Church
Dequinder Street
Canfield Street
Grand Trunk
Schultz
Murder Trial in the Navy Aims at Sailor on Olympia
The Navy Department plans a court martial to try William Anthony a colored sailor on the Olympia for killing another colored sailor during maneuvers. Captain Swinburne of the Texas will preside with Captain Lane of the Marine Corps as judge advocate. The hearing is to be held at Norfolk in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
William Anthony
Olympia
Swinburne
Texas
Lane
Marine Corps
Norfolk
Financial doctors to meet at Hot Springs conference
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the Senate finance committee, invites Republican members Allison of Iowa Platt of Connecticut and Spooner to Hot Springs Virginia for a private ten day to two week discussion of the financial bill to be introduced next session. The plan mirrors last session's deposit bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Hot Springs
Allison
Iowa
Platt
Connecticut
Spooner
Finance Committee
Wabash Abandons Little Kanawha Extension Work
The Wabash Railroad abandons the Little Kanawha extension from Burnsville West Virginia citing money market stringency. President Blair states no further work on the line toward Zanesville Ohio with a projected 6 million dollar cost. Gould Ramsey and Blair made the decision. current property along the line will not be sold now and completion in the state is unlikely.
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Wabash
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
New York
Blair
Burnsville
Zanesville
Gould
Ramsey
Farm Barn Destroyed In Inferno Near Oak
Superior Nebraska farmer H Sosberg sparked a lantern mishap that set his barn and four horses ablaze. The fire consumed corn cribs full of grain and left Sosberg badly burned while attempting a rescue.
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Neb—H. Sosberg
Oak
Sosberg
Captain Allen Resigns from Company G Second Infantry
Captain James Allen has sent his resignation to Adjutant General Culver and it has been accepted. General Culver orders First Lieutenant William Diesing to convene the company to elect a successor. Private Clarence P. Childress of Company K has been elected second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allen
Second Infantry
Culver
William Diesing
Allen
Clarence P. Childress
Ex-Official Faces Trial For Extortion Charge
Henry C. Wilson once chief clerk in the U S army financial department stood trial on Tuesday accused of attempting extortion. Prosecutors say he collected 4500 dollars from a contractor for access to government boats to fill Riker's Island, though the boats were provided free by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry C. Wilson
Financial Department
United States Army
Riker’s Island
Germans to Tour U S Farm Experts Begin Washington Visit
A party of German landholders and agricultural experts toured Washington on Sunday and will stay until Tuesday before proceeding west. Assistant Chief John J. Schulte of the Department of Agriculture will accompany the delegation, with a first stop at Martinsburg, West Virginia, to visit a fruit nursery.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
West
Martinsburg
W. Va
John J. Schulte
Department of Agriculture
No New Laws Against Ticket Brokers and Confederates
Nebraska notes a railroad bill aimed at ticket fraud, not yet vetoed, likely to stay off statute books. Other items include fires at Scotts Bluff and Albion depot destruction, a soldiers monument planned for York, and local incidents across the state with injuries and arrests.
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Lincoln
Ribble
Saline
House
Yremont
Scotts Bluff
Ed Church
Union Pacific
Albion
Yorke
Blue River
Save Life of Rhea In Lincoln as Legal Appeal Faces Hurdles
William Rhea, slated for execution on July 10, draws a last hope effort from Indiana attorney William V. Menzies. Menzies travels to Lincoln to organize a life-saving movement, while Rhea's parents, long apart from home, await outcomes of detectives’ search and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
William Rhea
William V. Menzies
Indiana
Rhea
Labor Bureau to Gather State Industrial Data
Lincoln Nebraska the labor bureau plans a busy period sending out schedules to manufacturers statewide to collect details for the next biennial report a circular letter urges cooperation and outlines the aims to show industrial growth attract capital and talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Labor Bureau
Nebraska
Ashland Exports Flour From Jewel Mills
James AH Snell proprietor of the Jewel roller mills has shipped the fourth car of wheat flour this year for export to Great Britain. The last car was billed to Glasgow Scotland. In the past year Snell’s mill sold seventeen cars of flour to destinations outside the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
James AH. Snell
Jewel Roller Mills
Great Britain
Glascow
Scotland
One Way of Blowing Money in Neb
Mrs J N Herbst withdrew $209 in ten dollar bills from a Falls City bank and a strong wind blew the bills apart as she walked. She managed to recover only $70 of the scattered money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
Neb
J. N. Herbst
Boy Shot at Bennett Ranch Clinical Doubts Loom
Kimball Young Hickenkemper, a boy employed at the Bennett live stock ranch, was accidentally shot. The revolver bullet shattered his watch and entered his stomach. Doctors say recovery is unlikely.
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Kimball
Young Hickenkemper
Bennett Livestock Ranch
Man Injured While Using Disc Harrow Near Benedict
George Barker of eight miles northwest of town was discing a field when an object appeared before the implement. He attempted to kick it away and the disc dragged his foot, rolling him beneath it and causing severe injuries including the loss of toes on his left foot, a crushed right ankle, and a deep gash in the right thigh.
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Knox Blonde
First Presbyterian Church
Osceola
General Assembly
Los Angeles
State Asylum For the Insane
Hastings
Carlyle
George Hansen
Elba
St. Paul
Woodmen
Raymond
George Barker
Benedict
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Appelate
Paris
Henri de Rothschild
Roosevelt
Fast Express
Money Market
General Nebraska News
BILLS
Arapahoe
Polk County
John Whitney
Loup County
Harvey W. Major
Thurston Rifles
Omaha
Fairbury
Bert Clemmer
Nebraska Telephone Company
James W. McFadden
Wood River
James L. Paxton
W. A. Paxton
W. Farnam Smith
Crescent Farm Company
Henry Mason
Bradshaw
Browitt Bros
Anna Searle
Plattsmouth
Devereaux
Otis Reason
Tecumseh Milling Company
E. B. Bradshaw
Guthrie, Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western
Canada
Atlas
Ottawa
W. Bennett
New York Life
Seb
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Colorado-California
Lakeland
Lakes Okoboji
Spirit Lake
F. A. Miller
Homeseekers
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Thomas F. Godfrey
Pass. & Ticket Agt
Ned Dougion
Piso
Mite Beninis
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