Wordy World News Reports From Across The Globe
Foreign dispatches note King Menelik in serious condition from angina pectoris and Empress Ta tou seeking to limit concessions to Europeans. Mexico’s budget allocates funds for a national theater and education, with irrigation plans and a monument for independence centennial. Diamonds found near Luderitz Bay alter mining expectations in German Southwest Africa. Mexico wool shipments fall due to duty. prices favor London. A 100,000 acre land option near Coatzacoalcos is given to A L Daniel representing a colonization company. Teheran warns of ensuing tragedy if Tabriz falls to invaders. famine looms. Paris newspapers fear violent rhetoric at revolutionary labor meetings. Spain debates amnesty bill. Vanderbilt wins in Paris horse show. Wright dies in Manitoba. A body found at Syracuse pool. M K & T directors elect Joline president and A Allen VP. Grand Trunk adopts 2-cent mile third class, Erie VP resigns. Nine thousand barrels seized at Cascade distillery. Embezzlement plea in New Orleans. Texas cities elect officials. Naumkeag workers gain wage rise. Train incident near Kalamazoo. La Touraine engine trouble off St. George. Toledo foreman shoots coworker then kills self. Illinois Senate on united ballot. Bennett cup balloon race moved to Oct 3. Taft backs federal public health bureau. Fire destroys San Francisco warehouses, loss over 100000. Government powder-trust case enters Wilmington trial in April.
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Menelik
Abyssinia
Taitou
Mexican National Congress
Federal District
Africa
Luderitz Bay
Kimberley
Mexico
United States
London
Coatsacoalces
A. L. Daniel
Oklahoma
Teheran
Tabriz
Paris
Cortes
A. G. Vanderbilt
Montreal
Toronto
H. B. Chamberlain
Erie Railroad
Internal Revenue
Cascade
Tnslehoma
Tenn
Samuel Stevenson
Typographical Union No. 17
New Orleans
Texas
Austin
Dallas
Naumkeag. Cotton Company
J. W. Schwaub
Chicago
Michigan Central
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Harve
la Touraine
St. George
Staten Island
Mathias Mannes
Central Avenue
Toledo Railway and Light Company
Hulda Klever
Illinois
Hopkins
Cincinnati Veterinary College
C. A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Taft
National Bureau of Public Health
Harry Johnson Company
John Brenner Company
San Francisco
Powder Trust
United States Circuit Court
Wilmington
Del
Anderson to hang in Chicago for police murder
The article notes David Anderson will be hanged in Chicago on April 28 for the murder of Policeman Michael Callaghan. It also reports the Supreme Court denying Andersons petition for a rehearing. The rest covers various political and business items.
Mississippi Navy Presents Silver Service Date Change
Governor of Mississippi requests a new date for presenting the silver service to the battleship Mississippi. The Navy consented to fixing June 1 instead of May 15 for the ceremony to honor the state’s gift. The shift reflects state and federal coordination on a ceremonial milestone.
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Mississippi
Navy Department
House
Policyholders deny Mutual Hail Insurance scheme
Nine Thurston county policyholders among 400 defendants in the receiver suit contend fraud and mismanagement void the attempted organization and shield policyholders from liability for debts, arguing the society never became effective.
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Mutual Hail Insurance Society
Thurston’ County
Governor Bill Faces Commission Over Railroad Valuation
The Shallenberger measure limits stock issue by public service corporations to property investment. Railroads seek to value right of way and terminals by adjacent property values, risking franchise value issues. Critics warn parallel-line cost schemes would inflate damages to property, conflicting with unearned increment protections. The bill could sway statewide railroad valuation.
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Hits Commission
Shallenberger
State Railway Commission
Faculty Favors Pension Plan After Carnegie Endowment Rejected
University professors, hopeful after the failed Carnegie fund bill, plan a two year campaign to secure a legislature favorable to accepting the endowment gift. Alumni efforts may target the party that rejected it this year. The endowment requires legislative acceptance. Nebraska and Oklahoma rejected it in prior offers.
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Carnegie Fund
Carnegie Endowment
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Erect Stock Judging Pavilion at State Fair Grounds
The board of public lands and buildings may approve a new stock judging pavilion on the state fair grounds. The project, proposed by the board of agriculture, is estimated to cost about 1150000 dollars with half construction possible now and the rest to follow for the next fair. The building would be 200 by 350 feet with a 120 by 270 foot ring and seating for 4000, modeled on pavilions built in Indiana, Minnesota and Kentucky.
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Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Minnesota
Kentucky
Bankers to contest Nebraska bank guaranty law
Nebraska bankers at Omaha gathered to oppose the bank guaranty bill passed by the last legislature. They voted to fight it in court as unconstitutional and wrong in principle. A committee of four state bankers and three national bankers will be appointed to study and test the law.
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Nebraska
Associated Bankers
Omaha
Nationa
C. F. McGrew
New State Engineer E S Simmons Elected in Nebraska
The state board of Irrigation selected E S Simmons of Lincoln as secretary and state engineer to replace recent incumbent Bates H Q Smith. Simmons, formerly Merrick county surveyor and superintendent of schools, is described as a populist or democrat. Donald Price was named assistant secretary, with Paige T Francis and Mr Bates H Q Smith reappointed as secretaries under the board.
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State Board of Irrigation
E. S Simmons
Lincoln
Merrick County
Adna Dobson
Shallenberger
Thompson
Simmons
Donald Price
Fairbury
Bates H. Q. Smith
Lexington
Crawford
Dobson
New Militia Company Formed Under First Infantry
Adjutant General Hartigan issues an order reorganizing a Norfolk based platoon of Company B, First Infantry, into a separate Company D, First Infantry. Thirty three officers and men transfer. Lt Chris Anderson and Pvt Carl H Pilger are elected to captain and first lieutenant, to rank from March 30. The Bloomfield band joins the First Regiment as its band.
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Hartigan
First Infantry
Norfolk
First ‘Infantry
Weeping’ Water
Chris Anderson
Carl H. Pilger
Commission Buys Motor Inspection Car for Nebraska Railways
The state railway commission purchased a motor inspection car for 1100 dollars to assist in valuing Nebraska railroads. The six seat vehicle was bought from the old appropriation with about 10000 dollars remaining as the biennium closed. The commission plans to run it before April 1 and will compensate railroads for a pilot but not for passing over tracks.
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Commission
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Meeting of Labor Unions at Nebraska Office
Labor Commissioner Maupin plans to issue a letter calling a meeting of union labor representatives in Nebraska based on a statutory provision. Bids were requested for printing the letter at state expense. Some Republicans fear the move could establish a union labor political machine headed from the bureau.
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Maupin
Nebraska
State House
Terminal Tax Increase Reported by State Board
State board of assessment reports higher terminal tax values as railroad property is reassessed. County assessors value tangible railroad property for local taxation, then the board reviews and may adjust those values and add franchise values.
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State Board of Assessment
Regents Win Another Suit Over One Mill Levy
In a supreme court decision the legislature’s act allocating the one mill levy for the university is held to appropriate the entire levy for university use, regardless of timing of collection if warrants have been issued. Government funds held in trust by the state treasurer never lapse. regents’ warrants validate the appropriation.
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Supreme Court
Payne tariff bill revised by Senate Finance Committee
The Payne tariff bill, amended by Republican members, was ordered reported to the Senate after a full committee meeting with Democratic members present. The senate changes lower overall rates vs the House bill, restore many durable items to the free list, and keep most rates below the existing law.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Aldrich
Senate Committee
House
Tragic Iowa Farm Death Leaves Boy Hung by Coat
Henry Heiken finds his six year old son dead in a Wiota area chicken house. The boy reportedly climbed the roost, became tangled by a buttoned coat around his neck and choked to death. Family did not miss him for some time and the exact duration unknown.
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Henry Heiken
Wiota
Iowa
Honeymoon Ends in Tragedy in Portland
Samuel Kline formerly of New York and his bride Ida Brant Kline aged twenty one were found dead from bullet wounds in their Portland room. The coroner calls it murder and possible suicide with uncertainty over who killed whom. Two weeks of a unhappy honeymoon followed quarrels over Mrs. Brant Kline’s inheritance from her late father.
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Samuel Kline
New York
Ida Brant-Kline
Portland
Roosevelt Denounces Suspected Interview Abroad
Roosevelt condemns a Paris dated Naples interview circulated in the United States by a major news agency. He asks United Press to stress that any interviews purporting to quote him on political topics must be stamped false, especially while on his hunting trip.
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Roosevelt
Paris
Naples
United States
United Press
Oil Trust Is Ousted for All Time in Texas
The U S supreme court denied a rehearing in Waters-Pierce Oil Co versus Texas. The oil firm appealed after an adverse ruling, but the court ends its involvement and Waters-Pierce is barred from doing business in Texas.
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Oil Trust
Tme
United States Supreme Court
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
State of
Texas
Oil Company
Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Company
Youth Dies for Killing Mother in Brooklyn Home
Bernard Carlin aged 22 was executed in state prison for the murder of his mother Susan Carlin in her Brooklyn home a year ago. He said he blamed her for allowing him to stay in a reform institution before his release and obtaining a revolver to kill her.
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Susan Carlin
Brooklyn
Bernard Carlin
Carlin
Miners and Operators to Confer in Anthracite Dispute
A stormy coal operators session on Monday agreed to grant united miners another chance to confer with operators to settle disputed points in the anthracite field. The decision followed debate among conservative and radical factions. Work will continue as usual in the coal fields.
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United Miners
Mount Etna Erupts With Smoke and Ashes Falling
Mount Etna erupts sending a vast cloud of smoke above the crater while ashes blanket the surrounding countryside. locals express strong apprehension as the eruption continues to unfold.
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Etna
Mount Etna
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