Grain rate cut proposed by railway commission gains support
The Nebraska railway commission plans a flat ten percent reduction in grain freight rates and potential relief from discriminatory jobbing tariffs for interior towns. Terminal and distance tariffs would apply to grain, with Omaha elevators retaining favorable proportional rates eastward. Standard Oil oil from Omaha tested below state limits at Clay Center, prompting orders to halt sales of substandard barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Railway Commission
Elaima
Missouri River
Omaha
Standard Oil
A. B. Ahen
Wheeler
Clay Center
Allen
Ane
Standard Oil Company
Mr.Allen
Edgar
Crushed to Death in Car Near Clifton Wyoming
W. W. Gray, a Jacksonville HI school teacher, vacationing on the M W ranch near Clifton, WY, died after being crushed against a lumber car when a freight train speed slowed. G G McCauley witnessed and alerted crew before Gray died about an hour later. Remains sent to Edgemont SD. friends notified.
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W. W. Gray
Jacksonville
Cliftod
Wyo
Dispatch
G. G. McCauley
Clifton
Edgemont
S. D
Man Fatally Injured Crossing Kansas City & Omaha Tracks
Lynn Billington was hit by a southbound train at a crossing between Leshton and Lyman while in an empty wagon with Eli Cryall leading a team. Billington died about two hours later in Lusiton. Cryall escaped with minor injuries. Deceased worked for Jacob Shroyer hauling corn for a neighbor. he left a wife and three small children.
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Lynn Blllington
Kansas City & Omaha
Leshton
Lyman
Eli Cryall
Mr. Billington
Lusitton
Mr. Cryall
Jacob Shroyer
Imported Hungarian partridges to stock Nebraska
Chief Game Warden George L. Carter orders 100 pairs of Hungarian partridges at 4.50 per pair to be distributed across the state as funds allow. Four pairs stay at South Bend fisheries. Birds are non migratory and hardy, with Illinois and Kansas experiences cited. Carter plans December delivery and seeks additional community hosts.
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George L. Carter
Carter
Ef Gordon
Merriman
South Bend
Illinois
Kansas
Otto Pfeifer
Gordon
Mr. Carter
Nebraska
Fortune Leaves Elks Recipient After Braasch Death
The will names a faithful coal wagon driver and Norfolk lodge No. 663 Elks as beneficiaries of C. W. Braasch’s fortune. Braasch, a pioneer and longtime business man, outlived his family members who died in the following six years. His death is attributed to despondency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
C. W. Braasch
Norfolk
Braasch
W. C. Braasch
Coursing Meet Awarded to Minden Nebraska for 1907
The national coursing meet to be held in two weeks beginning October 15, 1907, is awarded to Minden Nebraska after bids from Nebraska and Kansas were reviewed. Minden will pay the association $1,300 to secure the meet and the decision favored the town for the association's best interests.
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Minden
Neb
National Coursing Association
Nebraska
Kansas
Oxford Sells Water Bonds for New Plant
Oxford disposed of the $15,000 water works bonds voted a year ago with F. J. Cole of International Construction company taking them at par. He contracted to build the plant within seventy five days, featuring a 40000 gallon storage tank and 100 foot tower on the hill north of town for adequate pressure, with most materials already ordered to prevent delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
F. J. Cole
International Construction Company
South Bend
Ind
Fremont Club Gifts Clemmons Ground Gift at Cornerstone
The Fremont Commercial club presented President W. H. Clemmons of Fremont College a gift valued as seven thousand five hundred dollars though not cash. The package included a deed to land east of the campus and receipts for damages claimed by Platte avenue closings, doubling the college campus size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Clemmons
Fremont Commercial Club
W. H. Clemmons
Fremont College
Ross L. Hammond
Platte Avenue
Three Killed in Crash Near Ashley Falls Mass
A Buctol Conn party of five collided with the New York Pittsfield express at Ashley Falls. Charles J. Root Bristol automobile maker dies instantly. Mrs Root dies en route to Pittsfield. Miss Roberts sister of Mrs Root killed. Mary Root and Katherine Root seriously injured.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Buctol
Conn
New York
Mary Root
Charles J. Root
Pittsfield
Katherine Root
Mrs. Root
Taft Talks Confidently on Tariffs Trusts and Reforms
Columbus dispatch reports Secretary of War William H Taft delivering a political confession of faith at Memorial Hall. He hails the railroad rate law as a primed measure against discrimination and rebates, supports federal corporation licensing, and endorses Roosevelt policies while criticizing free trade. He discusses trusts, urging restraint on unlawful combinations and potential penalties for top promoters.
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Columbus
Dispatch
W. H. Taft
Memorial Hall
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Plague Holds San Francisco With Five Cases Reported
Five bubonic plague cases were reported to San Francisco's health department, four of them fatal. Most patients were poor foreigners in old Chinatown, except for a coastwise sailor. Authorities quarantined an infected steamer and fumigated two shacks, with rapid disposal of bodies.
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Health Department of
San Francisco
Old Chinatown
Jules Simon
James T. Watkins
Health Department
Meteor Blaze Over Ocean Strikes Long Island Shore
A bright meteor, about twenty feet in diameter, streaked over the ocean off Amaganzett Long Island on a Sunday evening. It appeared to descend into the sea, triggering enormous waves that washed away bathing pavilions and damaged fishermen nets.
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Amaganzett
Long Island
Investigation findings on steamship lines and post office service
After a United States investigation the Celtic voyage returns to New York. Officials say service on various steamship lines will continue and efforts will install post offices on other lines. Mr McCreary notes North German Lloyd compensation complaints were justified and arrangements to raise payments have been made.
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Sys
United States
New York
Celtic
McCreary
Lloyd Line
Wireless Service Coop Between Nome and Seattle Declared
Arrangements set for cooperation between the War and Navy departments to maintain wireless communications linking Nome Alaska with St Michael Seattle and San Francisco. A wireless telegraph outfit is being installed on the battleship Kansas whose sending radius is about 500 miles.
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War and Navy Departments
Nome
St. Michael
Alaska
Seattle
San Francisco
Kansas
Paying Last Dividend for Topeka Bank Depositors
The last dividend checks at 12 percent for depositors of the First National Bank of Topeka Kansas, which failed in the Devlin crash, are filled out and will be sent to the compiler in Washington for inspection and signing before return to Topeka. The funds should be available in about fifteen days.
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First National Bank of
Manufacturers Leader Sues to Halt Labor Boycott in DC
James W. Van Cleave, head of the Manufacturers' Association, files in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to enjoin Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and other AFL leaders from using boycott lists. He acts in his corporate capacity from St Louis, aiming a test case to bar unions from the unfair list tactics. Papers filed in Washington seek instant service as leaders gather for a conference.
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Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
van Cleave
St. Louis
ALTON CASE IS UP immunities debated in Alton deal
Attorney General Bonaparte held hours of conference with District Attorney Sims and Special Assistant McPherson discussing testimony from the Standard Oil trial before Judge Landis. They weighed how Harriman and Chicago Alton railroad officials might gain immunity from prosecution and planned further communication to Judge Landis.
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Bonaparte
Landis
Outbreak Feared as Revolution Grows in China
Shanghai special reports worsening unrest in the Yangtse valley with a rising revolutionary movement. Officials claim thousands of revolutionists are hidden in foreign quarters, evading Chinese courts. Provincial leaders try to curb the agitation though they feel helpless against the plots against the Manchus.
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Shanghai
China
Yang Tse
Sie
San Francisco Primary Wraps Up Graft Prosecution Support
August 14 results show Ryan ticket sweeping the Republican vote backing bribery graft prosecutions and mayoral allies. Democrats led by McNabe win control of the nominating convention while labor factions favor anti Schmitz lines. Langley likely to gain DA backing as McNabe allies coordinate with reform elements.
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San Francisco
Ryan
Board of Supervisors
Fisk
McNabe
Langley
Duel Turns Fatal in Pawnee County Stabbing
In Du Bois Nebraska Sol Alabaugh was stabbed to death by Frank Boren during a Tuesday confrontation. Boren claims self defense after Alabaugh struck first, three knife wounds targeted the face throat and heart. Officers, coroner, and sheriff rushed to the scene. Boren is in custody as investigators pursue the case.
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du Bois
Neb
Sol Alabaugh
Frank Boren
Pawnee
Alabaugh
Boren
Strike Settlement Brings End to Denver Trainmen Walkout
A nationwide railway trainmen strike on the Colorado and Southern network nears resolution as an arbitration panel from six railroads and union groups will convene in Denver on August 19. All strikers must return to work while nonunion staff are to be fired. The panel includes one rep from each railroad and one from each road’s switchmen and yardmen.
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Brotherhood of Railway
Colorado & Southern Railway
Denver
Brotherhood
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Burlington
Street Car Fatality Ends Life of Windsor Stables Foreman
J W Matthews foreman at Windsor stables in Lincoln Nebraska was struck by a Lincoln Traction park street car at Tenth and N streets while crossing the road. He suffered the loss of his right arm and fatal internal injuries and died minutes after the collision. He was about 33 and formerly lived at Friend where he ran a livery and drug business. He had no immediate family and had been divorced from his wife two years earlier. Heroomed at the stables where he worked.
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J. W. Matthews
Windsor
L Street
Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln Traction Company
Tenth
N-streets
Acang
Friend
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Ulineis
Lynn Billington
Town of
Norfolk Order
Nebraska Town
William H. Taft
Reform Element
San
Francisco
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