State Board Nears End of Assessment Work in Nebraska
Lincoln reports the state board of assessment and taxation nearly finished with its duties on valuation of railroads. The Union Pacific valuation remains unsettled while the Northwestern line failed to gain a higher figure. Burlington Minneapolis & Omaha keep last year values. overall assessed per mile figures unchanged.
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Lincoln
State Board of Assessment and Taxation
Union Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Road
Mickey
Mortensen
Galusha
Searle
Eaton
Burlington
Minneapolis & Omaha
Nebraska Children s Home society elects officers
Omaha reports from the annual meeting show new board officers: President Dr W O Henry of Omaha Vice President Rev H C Herring Lincoln secretary Clarence S Paine Lincoln treasurer J W Thomas Omaha auditor H A Snow Omaha attorney H H Bald rige Omaha state superintendent Rev E P Quivee Omaha Most old trustees were re elected except Rev I Complete Smith whose seat was left open for later filling.
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Children's Home Society
Omaha
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
W. O. Henry
H. C. Herring
Clarence S. Paine
Lincoln
J. W. Thomas
H. A. Snow
H. H. Baldrige
E. P. Quivee
I. Complete Smith
Cash Basis Plans Spread Among Nebr. City Grocers
In Nebr. City grocers discuss adopting a strictly cash business, with several already using the plan and others considering joining. The shift would end credit sales, which has previously led some merchants to bankruptcy.
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Nebraska City
Heavy Work Contracted Near Omaha
Omaha newspaper note reports the Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway company awarding six and one half miles of track work entering Omaha. The route runs through hills with cuts twenty five to thirty feet deep and large fills. Additional contracts planned soon.
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Omaha
Omaha Lincoln & Beatrice Railway Company
Burglars Raid Ceresco Loots Two Stores
Burglars raided Ceresco in this county looting two stores and securing several hundred dollars in plunder. They also stole a cart and a sorrel horse belonging to mail carrier W. T. Marsh, suggesting they used the animals to transport their booty.
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Ceresco
W. T. Marsh
Swiss Investor Expected in City for Power Canal Project
Mr. Fritz Jaeggi of Switzerland is expected in Columbus shortly. Local interest runs high as Jaeggi is heavily involved in the proposed power canal and his visit is linked to the project.
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Columbus
Fritz Jaeggi
Switzerland
Jaeggi
Bankers Gather in Long Pine for Regional Meeting
Long Pine hosted bankers from this section of Nebraska as W. A. Bucklin, cashier and Group 6 secretary of the Nebraska Bankers Association, presided. The meeting was well attended and attendees voted it the most successful in years.
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Long Pine
W. A. Bucklin
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Long Ping
New Buildings for Kearney Academy and Gifts Reported
KEARNEY announces completion of canvass for rebuilding fund for Kearney Military academy. Mrs Cochrane patroness gives 25 through. Bishop Graves I G Keens give 10600 and the Kearney subscription campusity to 5600. TECUMSEH residents plan Fourth of July celebration and Johnson county surveyers mark semi centennial on same day.
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Kearney Academy
Kearney
WII
Tecumseh
Johnson County
Crops Report From Falls City
Falls City reports crops doing well despite moisture shortage. Corn is coming in with a good stand and germination power remains strong with little difficulty noted in seed germination.
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Falls City
Accused Man Nabbed After Fremont Street Arrest
James Ryan charged with highway robbery at Council Bluffs was arrested by Police Officer Siders on Fremont streets. A $25 reward was offered.
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Fremont
James Ryan
Council Bluffs
Siders
Bondsmen in No Hurry in Falls City demand
Falls City reports a formal demand on ex-Treasurer Bode for city and school district funds and on his bondsmen. No money was secured as several bondsmen are reluctant to contribute their share.
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Falls City
Bode
Negraska Briefs Highlight Local Developments
A roundup of Nebraska town news includes a $40,000 Burlington depot project at Fremont, new halls for Geneva Odd Fellows, preparations for July 4 in Geneva, a horse theft near Plattsmouth, a new Beatrice church, and a series of civic efforts. Also noted are a series of fires, hospital and school finances, a homicide-suicide near Reynolds, church construction in Loup City and Edgar, a trotting horse death, San Francisco relief funds, and Hastings Chautauqua preparations with Rev. Lincoln McConnell leading the chorus.
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Burlington
Framont
Odd Fellows
Geneva
Burt County
A. G. Batch
Plattsmouth
New Christian Church
Beatrice
Emily Holsinger
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Island
Patrick Curtins
Boone County
R. S. Young
Blaine County
Omaha
Temple Rice
A. K. Rice
R. A. Templeton
Tekamah
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company of
Bennett
Osmond Hagen Bros
Farmers’ Elevator Company of
Bee
Galusha
Busness Men
Spencer
Osceola
San Francisco
General Relief Board
Blair
Loup City
Stanton
Arthur Moss
Crawford
Fort Robinson
James Moss
Women’s Relief Corps
Superior
Abbie Adams
Minneapolis
Minn
Presbyterian Church Building Committee
Edgar
Joseph II
Frank Dally
Auburn
Dally
Roy McElwain
Flo
Hastings
Lincoln McConnell
Forest Fires Ruin Towns in Upper Michigan Area
A plateau of 200 square miles in Michigan’s upper peninsula is consumed by fires described as the worst since 1894. Eight towns are wiped out or perilous including Talbot Quinnesee Saunders Shaffer Daggett Powers Ralphs Salvofe Cornell Woodlawn and Iron Mountain is cut off. Three fires span the Chicago & Northwestern line east of Iron Mountain toward Norway along the Escanaba & Lake Superior line and between Talbot and Powers with a third fire in the Chocolay district south of Marquette. Heavy loss of life feared and communications severed.
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Menothinee
Mich
Michigan
Talbot
Menominee
Powers
Ralphs
Escanaba
Salvofe
Woodlawn
Iron Mountain
Great
Menominee Range
Dickinson County
Chicago & Northwestern
Norway
Escanaba & Lake Superior
Chocolay
Marquette
Crapsey Hheresy Verdict At Rochester Trial
The Rochester trial of Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey concluded with jurors urging suspension from church duties until he proves his beliefs align with the apostles and Nicene creeds. They hoped he accepts canon process within thirty days before final sentence.
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Rochester
Algernon S. Crapsey
Batavia
W. C. Roberts
C. H. Boynton
G. 8
Burrows
John M . Gilbert
Murder of Russian Official at St. Petersburg Works
Vice Admiral Kuzmich, port commander and disliked by workers, was killed near a shop at the new admiralty works by a concealed assailant. The attacker fled to a forge among many workers. In Warsaw, Police Captain Constantinoff and others were killed or wounded when a bomb exploded in a separate attack, the culprit also killed.
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St. Petersburg
Kuzmich
New Admiralty Works
Warsaw
Constantinoff
Six Squares Are Ruined in Stanley Wisconsin Fire
A Northwestern mill spark started a blaze in Stanley Wisconsin that destroyed 100 residences and 12 business buildings. The loss is estimated at 200000 dollars with 40000 dollars of the wipeout falling on the Northwestern Lumber company department store. Other losses include Olson furniture 4000 dollars Long Ness meat market 4000 dollars Christianson kon sella implements 3000 dollars Norwegian church and reading room 6000 dollars and more than 100000 dollars in the residence district. A west wind spared the Northwestern mill but six blocks east were burned out.
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J. N. Olson
Long & Ness
Christian & Konsella
Norwegian Church and Young Peoples
Franklin Street
Stock Gifts and Rebates Tangle Pennsylvania Railroad
Testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission alleges stock gifts to Pennsyl vania Railroad officials from Jamison Coal and Coke and other firms. Frank Wigton accuses the railroad of 1903 rebates and car discrimination, while VP Thayer says no allowances since 1899. Adjournment and next hearing date planned in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
George W. Creighton
Pennsylvania Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
John M. Jamison
Greensburg
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
Pennsylvania Road
Robert Pitcairn
Cassatt
Jamison
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Frank B. Wigton
Morrisdale Coal Company
Wigton
Baltimore
Thayer
Mormon Church Exits Business Amid Utah Realignment
Salt Lake City reports say the Mormon church will quit business as the Utah Light and Railway assets head to a new 25 million dollar Anglo American led corporation. The Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad sold for 500 thousand, church founder Joseph F. Smith notes the move separates faith from commerce as converts gain footing.
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Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Utah Light and Railway Company
Zlon Cooperative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake
Tobacco Company Loses Before Massachusetts Supreme Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld a state law protecting traders by prohibiting contracts that amount to unfair competition against weak dealers. The Continental Tobacco Company challenged the statute after its agent was found guilty of giving certain dealers better terms to secure exclusive dealings.
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Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Continental Tobacco Company
Tobacco
Continental Company
Presbyterian Assembly Stand Collapse Injures Five
Five Presbyterian general assembly commissioners were bruised and injured when a temporary stand collapsed during a group photograph at Des Moines Iowa. The injured are Dr C Lukins Roswell New Mexico hip bruised Rev W O David Monough West Virginia hip bruised George Wills Mendota Illinois back injured and rendered unconscious Rev W M McGaughey Chariton Iowa leg strained Rev W C Buell Taos New Mexico back bruised.
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Des Moines
Presbyterian General Assembly
Dr. C. Lukins
Roswell
N. M
W. O. David
Monough
W. Va
George Wills
Mendota
M. Mc Gaughey
Chariton, Ta
Lee
W. C. Buell
Taos
N.M
Garfield report to Congress on oil trust inquiry
President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress the complete Garfield report on the oil trust investigation. A full synopsis and a president's message accompany the document, sent to Congress on Friday the 4th inst.
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Garfield
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Mad Operator Runs Amuck in Atlanta Tragedy
James H. Clark a telegraph operator at Chamblee killed one man and wounded several others in a drunken spree fueled by a broken romance. He set fire to a victim’s home, was cornered by a posse, and killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot after shooting others and injuring more in Atlanta area Tuesday night.
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Atlanta
James H. Clark
Chamblee
Ice Trust Indicts Norvell and City Ice Directors
Cleveland Ohio grand jury returns indictments Friday against President Harry Norvell and 13 directors of the City Ice Company known as the Ice trust for violations of the Valentine anti trust law.
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Cleveland, O
Harry Norvell
The
City Ice Company
Ice Trust
Valentine
Thirteen Mourners Killed at Teschen Funeral
A Berlin dispatch reports 13 mourners struck by lightning at a graveside during a funeral in Teschen Austrian Silesia. Twenty others were severely burned. No further details on casualties or victims were provided.
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London
Berlin
Teschen
Austrian Silicia
Navigator's suicide attempt halted in Racine
Racine Wisconsin Captain Archibald H Narke a veteran navigator tried to end his life by striking fences and buildings and leaping into the river but was prevented by bystanders and authorities.
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Racine
Wis
Archibald H Narke
Earthquake Felt in Oakland and San Jose Tonight
A slight tremor was reported in Oakland and San Jose and other points Thursday night with no damage. No injuries or structural harm were reported by officials or residents.
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Oakland
Cal
San Jose
Five Miners Die in Shenandoah Dynamite Blast
Five miners were torn to pieces and 12 badly burned by an explosion at the Shenandoah City colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company in Shenandoah Pennsylvania. A dynamite box dropped from a worker’s shoulder igniting gas, killing the men and leaving bodies unrecognizable.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah City
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iran Company
Estey Furniture Factory in Owosso Burns. Loss $100,000
A five story Estey Manufacturing factory in Owosso Michigan was destroyed by fire on Friday. The Lake Ice Company ice houses nearby also burned. Total loss estimated at $100,000.
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Burns
Owosso
Mich
Estey Manufacturing Company
Lake Ice Company
Aged Actress Fanny Herring Dies in Connecticut
New York theater figure Fanny Herring, once a favorite, died in Stonabury Connecticut. She debuted in 1841 at the Old Bowery theater New York as the boy in the pie in The Battle.
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New York
Fanny Herring
Stmabury
Conn
Old Bowery Theater
Fraudulent Timber Entries Indicted In Oregon Conspiracy
Federal grand jury at Portland returns land fraud indictments involving prominent Los Angeles San Francisco and Southwestern Oregon figures. The 6000 acre Curry county tract on Lobster and Bucher creeks lies at the center, with Pacific Furniture and Lumber tied to the scheme and mills operated in Eureka Port Oxford and Frankfort to lure men seeking work.
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Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
W. A. Bristol
Curry County
Richard D. Jones
William H. Smith
Jeremiah Bumnely
United States Commission
A. S. Johnston
William T. Kerr
Coquille
John R. Miller
Port Oxford
Warren Gillesen
Pacific Furniture and Lumber Company
Eureka
Cal
Frankfort
Nebraska
Kansas
California
Voliva Announces Major Church Budget Cuts in Zion City
Christian Catholic church leader Voliva told followers in Zion City that from January 15 to May 19 expenses in the church finance office fell from 9800 to 3822 dollars per month through staff reductions and salary cuts. Ecclesiastical savings could total seventy thousand dollars annually. Overseers earning 300 monthly were cut to 60, others’ pay reduced. Voliva’s pay was set at 100 dollars monthly.
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Chicazo
W G Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Voliva
Threat Against Former Gov Francis in St Louis
An anonymous letter threatened former Gov D R Francis president of the World's Fair with death unless $5000 was left at a spot on Delmar boulevard just outside St Louis city limits in St Louis county between 8 and 10 pm. Detectives waited at the location for hours last night without result.
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ST. Louis
D. R. Francis
Delmar Boulevard
Lmits
St. Louis County
Nicholas Throws a Bomb
A bomb was thrown into the parliamentary camp after President Mouromsieff received a note from Peterhof. The note stated Emperor Nicholas would not meet the deputation and that the address should be presented through the ministry of the court.
Crisis Deepens as Hungary Demands Autonomy Tariff
A new Hungarian crisis looms as Emperor Francis Joseph refuses to approve a Hungarian autonomous tariff. The Austrian premier argues an independent tariff conflicts with the Austro Hungarian customs system. Hungarian premier Dr Wekerle visited Vienna twice seeking change, but the crown and the cabinet remain opposed.
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Hungary
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Wekerie
Crown
Council of Ministers
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