Railroads face tariff limits and astray shipment rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission issue two rulings for railroads and shippers. First, carriers cannot grant preference to their own traffic over others, except in cases of necessary movement to avoid disruption. Second, bona fide astray shipments may be returned to proper destinations without extra charges, via mutually acceptable arrangements.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Creigh Elected Grand Army Department Commander
Fremont T. A. Creigh of Omaha was elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic at the encampment that ended its sessions Friday. Officers named include Tol A. Barnes of Grand Island senior vice commander E. E. Lyle of Wahoo medical director S. B. Lurgent of Breck chaplain Rev John Smith of Nebraska City and council of administration Matt Howe Lincoln G B Truell Lincoln Thomas Hall Omaha L A Payne Ainsworth.
Ruef Details Parkside Traction Deal In Grand Jury
Abraham Ruef testified about the Parkside Traction company deal in which Parkside directors allegedly paid him 30000 dollars to secure a street railway franchise. Prosecutors say 1000 dollars would go to each of eighteen supervisors and 12000 would be split between Ruef and Schmitz.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Grand
Parkside Traction Company
Parkside Corporation
Rucf
Parkside
Ruef
Schmitz
Motor Car Racer Albert Clement Dies in France
Dieppe France Albert Clement son of a famed automobile builder was killed instantly during a preparatory run for the Auto club grand prize set for July 2. He was thrown from the car at a slight turn and suffered a skull fracture.
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Dieppe
France
Albert Clement
Auto Club
Clement
Conger in Critical Condition in Pasadena Home
E H Conger former U S ambassador to Mexico remains between life and death at his Pasadena residence. Officials say his condition is weakening with any change considered worse.
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Pasadena
Cal
E. H. Conger
United States
Mexico
Decrease in Beef Exports Reported by Commerce Bureau
Washington shows a continuing drop in canned beef exports across multiple markets. April shipments were 893,017 pounds, down from 4,421,000 pounds a year earlier, with ten months ending in April totaling 13,032,703 pounds versus 5,730,873 last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ruef Testifies Before Grand Jury In San Francisco Bribery Case
Abraham Ruef, after pleading guilty in the estate tax case, testified before a San Francisco grand jury investigating United Railways bribery. Ruef detailed payments linked to Mayor Schmitz and eighteen supervisors, including a $200,000 total sum and specific allocations, with potential indictments against four United Railways officials and Schmitz. He described jurors greeting him warmly after his session.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Rudt
Estet
Gra.t
Ruel
Grand Jury
Wilmere Street
Urns
Elizey Biggy
Lons Hall
Witner
Langdon
Heney
Specialgent Burns
Ruef
Schmitz
United Railways
Burns
Doss
Patrick Calhoun
Thornwell Mullally
Tirey L. Ford
William M. Abbott
Gallagher
Gallagher of the Finance Committee
Union Pacific Gives Up Land in Wyoming
Secretary Carfield announced the Union Pacific Coal company, owned by the Union Pacific railroad, reconveyed 2 668 acres of coal lands in Wyoming to the government after improperly using soldiers' additional scrip. No criminal proceedings would be started and the case would be closed.
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Washington
Carfield
Union Pacific Coal Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Wyoming
Former Minister Edwin Conger in Critical Illness
Edwin Conger, former minister to China and recently resigned ambassador to Mexico, is critically ill at his Pasadena home. He arrived in Pasadena after returning from Mexico in 1905 and had been slowly failing since then, with the end expected at any hour.
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China
Pasadena
Cal
Edwin Conger
Mexico
Conger
President Roosevelt Receives Gold Folding Board Honor
Washington report says President Roosevelt was presented with a solid gold folding board conferring life membership in the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and admission to all league games.
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New
Washington
Roosevelt
Hfe
National Association of Professional
Roberts Elected Moderator of Presbyterian Assembly
Rev. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia, longtime stated clerk, was unanimously chosen moderator at the opening session of the one hundred and nineteenth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Columbus.
President Roosevelts Vacation at Pine Knot Virginia
President and Mrs. Roosevelt plan a weekend trip to Pine Knot in Virginia secretary of state announces. They will depart Saturday with horseback riding likely as the main activity during their stay which will extend beyond Sunday.
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Washington
Plot Against Czar's Life at Tsarskoe-Selo Narrow Escape
Details of a deep laid plot to kill the Russian emperor at Tsarskoe-Selo emerge. Conspirators were part of the emperor's personal escort. The arrest of a Cossack sergeant traces the conspiracy back four months and shows preparations as early as February 2.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Harriman A A Mergers Definite Action Soon Likely
The article reports on Kellogg and Severance recommendations to the Interstate Commerce Commission about Harriman railroad investigations. It cites alleged Sherman Act violations tied to Union Pacific Rock Island Alton control, Union Pacific Southern Pacific, and Illinois Central San Pedro contracts. It notes stock market reactions and states the commission has not issued a report and is still investigating.
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New York
Frank B. Wellogge
Charles Severance
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
United States
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Alton Railway
Union
Southern Pacific
Illnois Central
San Pedro Road
Pennsylvania
Washington
Commission
Frank D. Kellogg
Sparriman
Guernsey Cow Breaks World Milk Production Record
New York reports Dally Bloom sets a new one year record with 1,297 pounds of milk, about 2,023 gallons. The cow is owned by F. A. Ames of Boston and was highlighted at the Guernsey Cattle Club annual meeting led by Secretary William H. Caldwell.
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New York
Guernsey
Dally Bloom
William H. Caldwell
Guernsey Cattle Club
F. A. Ames
Boston
Magoon Plans Major Road Building in Cuba
Washington reports Governor Magoon is arranging contracts for wide scale road improvements in Cuba. The Cuban congress has approved a bill authorizing expenditures of 5 million dollars for the project.
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Washington
War Department
Magoon
Cuba
Reuf Pleads Guilty to Extortion in San Francisco
Abraham Reuf known as Abe Reuf pleaded guilty to extortion in Judge Dunne's department. The former advisor to Mayor Schmitz and influential figure in city affairs faces sentencing in two weeks.
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San Francisco
Beys
Cal
Abraham Reuf
Abe Reuf
Schmitz
Dunne
Department of the Superior Court
Reus
Copple Murderer Arrested in Nebraska
Fred Burke was captured at Hooper in Dodge County and taken to Omaha after confessing to the murders of farmer W. L. Copple and wife near Rosalie. He described the crime vaguely, expressed remorse, and requested time to see his Denver mother before facing consequences.
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Hooper
Dodge County
Omaha
Fred Burke
W. L. Copple
Rosalie
Thurston County
Douglas County
Fremont
Union Pacific Flyer
Bauman
Irons
Pender
Denver
Jones Street
Harney Street
Murderer Arrested Near Lyons in Hooper Saloon
Fremont Sheriff Bauman arrested Loris Ray Higgins in a Hooper saloon for the Lyons area murder of the Copples. Higgins confessed the crime, admitted using false names, and provided his Denver area family details.
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Fremont
Neb
Bauman
Hooper
Copples
Lyons
Marshall Crawford
Loris Ray Higgins
Ed Burke
Cook Street
Denver
Rate ruling grants shippers lower of competing tariffs
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules that when two rates apply between the same point the shipper must receive the lower rate. The decision underscores the agency’s pro shippers stance on rate parity and carries implications for pricing disputes across routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Denver Rail Strike Averted With Wage Scale Accord
A Denver & Rio Grande railroad wage dispute ends with mutual concessions. Trainmen and officials agree to extend talks until a fair understanding is reached and a new scale will be signed based on that understanding.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Wild scramble lifts Chicago wheat above $1 a bushel
Chicago Board of Trade opens with a sensational surge as wheat clears the $1 mark. Buying from across the country pushes July, September, and December futures higher though selling pressure and nervous shorts spark rapid price swings.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Murder near Pender shocks Thurston County
Four miles east of Rosalie Nebraska at the Copple farm the couple W L Copple and Eva Copple were slain in a brutal killing. Fred Burke the hired man killed Copple and his wife then shot at the mother and battered the children to silence them before fleeing.
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Pender
Neb
Thurston County
Rosalie
W. L. Copple
Copple
Eva
Blanche
Fred
Fred Burke
Supreme Court Reverses Nebraska Bank Case
The U S Supreme Court on Monday reversed the Nebraska Supreme Court in the action of Charles B Yates and others against Jones National Bank of Seward and affiliates. Originating from the 1895 failure of Capital National Bank of Lincoln the suit sought to hold officers and directors liable for depositor losses. State courts had granted damages in all submitted cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Charles B. Yates
Jones National Bank of Seward
Neb
Capital National Bank of Lincoln
Complain Filed Against Adams Express Over Rates
The McLaughlin Brothers of Columbus Ohio filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint accusing Adams Express Company of charging excessive rates and discrimination in horse importation shipments and sales.
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Express Company
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams Express Company
McLaughlin Brothers of
Columbus, C
Fourteen Men Die in Campbell 2% Explosion Near Marion
The premature explosion of Camp 2% on the Southwestern railway near Marion North Carolina last Saturday evening killed fourteen men and left eight bodies recovered. Foreman Kidd's body was badly mangled.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southwestern
Marion
Kidd
Nebraska Missionary Appointment List Released
The American Board of Foreign Missions names Miss Mabel A. Ellis of Neligh Nebraska and Miss Esther Nichol of Pierre South Dakota among twenty three appointees. They will attend a conference in Boston on May 29.
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Boston
Mass
American Board of Foreign Missions
Mabel A. Ellis
Neligh, Neb
Esther. Nichol
Pierre
S. D
Murray Smelter Resumes Operations After Shutdown
Salt Lake City Utah American Smelting and Refining company plant at Murray reopened Monday under protection of seventy five deputies. About 1,200 workers were initially out of work after a shutdown to pressure higher wages, but most who struck returned to work with a roughly ten percent pay increase accepted by the company.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
American Smelting and Refining Company
Murray
General Interest Notes Across The Commonwealth
A roundup of local events including Oaklands mumps outbreak and saloon licenses in Omaha, a $650,000 hotel in February, and Oakland High School forming a baseball club. Reports cover Meenses grants, church dedications, measles deaths in Nebraska City, Otoe picnic at Palmyra, railroad rights in Seward, theft arrest near Beatrice, and a wide open Sunday in Greeley. Other items note European travel plans, school promotions, wrecks east of Central City, court motions in Grand Island, saloon damages suit near Plattsmouth, windmill rate complaints, and Lincoln's grain-rate drive. A missing Marble House proprietor reappears, a Chapman guardian case returns, a buffalo skeleton found at Sarpy clay pit.
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Oakland High School
Omaha
Hugh Murphy
Fremont
Arapahoe
Municipal Central
Ethel Hopkins
Oakland
W. W. Hopkins
Plainview
Nebraska City
Otoe County
Palmyra
Yorkton & Gulf
Seward County
William Johnson
Beatrice
Greeley
Anton Wanek
Ed Prueha
Joseph Placek
Saline County
Europe
Burlington
Western Conference
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Nebraska
Holy Trinity Church
Paxton
John Hoyt
Boyd County
Norfolk Herman
Wade
Frank Jarmer
Elsie Lane
Cuming County
Scott's Bluff
Central City
W. H. Thompson
John Hamlin
Grand Island
Mary E. Hammond
Plattsmouth
W. J. Cooper
Railway Commission
Lincoln Commercial Club
Winnett
Williams
Samuel D. Hulbert
Table Rock
Lincoln
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