Senate Debates Six Year Term Plan Amid Political Clash
The senate opens a debate on a Works resolution proposing a six year term for president and vice president. Senator Cummins leads, with vigorous input from progressives, Republicans, and Democrats. The exchange includes criticism of Roosevelt and Wilson over recent language. Albanian insurgents push toward Saloniki with 2500 reported in Gunevgnel and Turkish forces mobilize at Keuprulu.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Borah
Idaho
Williams
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Wilson
Constantinople
Saloniki
Gunevgnel
Keuprulu
Ibrahim Pasha
Uskup
American Killed in Africa in Elephant Poacher Pursuit
In central Africa an American hunter James Ward Rogers, long sought for defying authorities and illicit ivory trade, was killed by a small force of British troops after a jungle pursuit ordered to bring him in dead or alive. Captain C. V. Fox, inspector of Mongallan province, reported the death to the British colonial office.
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Africa
London
Junigles
Central Africa
James Ward Rogers
Rogers
British Colonial Office
C. V. Fox
Mongallan
Mexican Joan of Arc dominates Juarez town brief rebellion
A Mexican Joan of Arc briefly led Juarez in a night-time uprising. With ten rebel soldiers at her heels she rode to the police station disarming the provisional chief and six officers. Rebels then fled on police mounts as dawn approached.
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Juarez
Mex
Joan D'Arc
Nebraskan Death by Own Action in California Marriage Revealed
Mrs Grace Baum Clifford Tygart, a divorced woman, says she married Joseph T Miles August 8 in Oakland California. Miles son of J H Miles a Falls City Nebraska stockman, reportedly took his life due to parental opposition to the marriage. Miles died by shooting in Oakland.
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St. Joseph
Oakland
Cal
Joseph T. Miles
J. H. Miles
Stockman
Falls City
Neb
Grace Baum Clifford Tygart
Miles
Chinatown Excited Over Report Reported Sun Yat Sen Assassination Rumor
In San Francisco rumors spread that Sun Yat sen, China s first provisional president, had been assassinated sparking widespread excitement and tension among local communities.
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Chinatown
San Franciseco
Sun Yat Sey
China
Americans in State of Siege Reported in Sinaloa
Twenty Americans again in Tominal amine in Sinaloa resist siege by rebels and strikers amid ongoing fighting reports from El Paso Texas observers.
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el Paso
Tex
Tominalamine
Sinaloa
Plan to Expand Commerce Commission Jurisdiction
The Senate passed four bills extending Interstate Commerce Commission authority over freight classifications, a power currently held by railroads. Senator Kenyon says one more step would grant the federal government power to fix rates, an idea urged by Nebraska, Iowa, and other state commissions and discussed at last winter hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kenyon
Nebraska
Iowa
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
McCombs Returns to Work After Brief Rest
National chairman William F. McCombs, after a week of rest ordered by his physician, is in such condition that he is not expected to resume duties at Democratic national headquarters immediately. The report notes his health will determine when he can resume full activity.
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic: National
Governor Wilson Urges McCombs to Take Rest After Campaign
Governor Wilson, worried about the man who ran the ante convention and Baltimore campaign, urges McCombs to take two months’ rest.
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Wilson
Baltimore
McCombs
Elephant Breaks Free As Circus Shipment Sours
Campbell Brothers circus, under receivership in Fairbury Nebraska, moved its stock to a farm awaiting sheriff sale. J L Hutchison now runs the circus. A large elephant, shipped to Missouri owners Hall circus, broke its chain and crashed through a box car door, scattering about 200 spectators.
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Fairbury
Neb
Campbell Brothers Circus
J L. Hutchison
Hall Circus
Missouri
Nebraskan Club Holds Annual Summer Picnic at Balboa Beach
Nearly four thousand members of the University of Nebraska club of Southern California joined the Saturday event at Balboa Beach. Enthusiasm ran high as attendees enjoyed the sun and socializing in a festive summer gathering.
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Los Angeles
University of Nebraska Club of Southern California
Balboa Beach
Acrobatic accident ends in death in Lincoln
Fred Nieman died after a fall into a cellarway at the corner of Tenth Friday. He suffered for twenty four hours from the effects of the fall and became paralyzed from a spine injury.
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Lincoln
Fred. Nieman
Fort Dearborn Anniversary and Juarez Civics Note
Fort Dearborn anniversary marks a century since the Indian Massacre while Juarez, Mexico, now lacks formal civil authority as rebels retreat. American consul Edwards and German agent Webber with Mexican Consul Enrique BE and Librents of El Paso organized local police before rebels departed.
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Juarez
Mex
Edwards
Max. Webber
Enrique’ BE
Librents
el Paso
Thousands of Veterans to Receive Government Pensions Soon
Congress has agreed to a $160,000,000 pension bill to pay pensions for the current fiscal year. The president is expected to sign promptly, and the pension bureau will begin mailing checks from eighteen agencies as soon as law.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pension Bureau
One Hundredth Anniversary of Fort Dearborn Massacre
Chicago commemoration marks the hundredth anniversary of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Members of allied patriotic and memorial societies gathered at the lake front and East Eighteenth Street at 10 o'clock to begin services honoring the soldiers and prisoners associated with the siege.
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Chicago
Fort Dearborn
Lakefront
Eighteenth Street
Preparations to Evacuate Juarez Underway
Juarez begins evacuation preparations as the first train runs toward the south on the Mexican Central railroad. The last train was due at midnight, signaling depopulation of the city of rebel soldiers. Citizens vigilance committee ready to assume control with federal troops arrival. Rebels burn railway equipment they cannot move south.
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Juarez
Mexican Central Railroad
Uth
Citi‘gens’ Vigilance Committee
Knox Sails as Taft Envoy to Japan for Emperor Funeral
Secretary of State Philander C Knox leaves Washington as special ambassador with Mrs Knox and Ransford Miller to travel half a world to Tokio Japan. He will personally represent President Taft at the funeral ceremony for Emperor Matsuhito on September 13.
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Japan
Washington
Philander C. Knox
Taftto
Emperor Yoshihito
Cause of Protest Removed Over Panama Canal Dispute
The article notes that it is reasonably certain no further protest will be made by Great Britain on behalf of English mercantile interests regarding the Panama Canal. Britain's objection, based on discrimination against British shipping, is overcome since shipping is not privileged to enter the American coastwise trade, which is to receive favored canal treatment.
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Washington
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Roosevelt to swing around the circle in September
The itinerary released shows Colonel Roosevelt touring New England on Labor Day then moving to St. Louis and St. Paul before visiting North Dakota Montana Washington Oregon Idaho Utah Nevada California Arizona New Mexico and Colorado in succession.
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New York
Roosevelt
New England
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Lone Bandit Holds Up Train In North Carolina
A masked robber boarded Southern railroad train No. 18 from Spartanburg to Asheville at 10 30 PM near Biltmore three miles from the city. He robbed Express Messenger Carr with a revolver, took a package of $3 000 in bills, bound Carr and locked him in the express chest.
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Ashville
N. C
Southern Railroad
Spartansburg
Biltmore
Carr
Ex-Sultan Mulai Hafid to Receive 75 000 Yearly
The Moroccan government agrees to pay former Sultan Mulai Hafid an annual stipend of 75000 units. The arrangement appears part of post reign compensation.
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Poli
Mulai Hafid
Evench
Chicago Union Says Pay Increase Agreed On
Unofficial word from Chicago street and elevated workers union officials indicates that the city’s 14 000 transit employees will receive the demanded raise in pay.
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Chicago
Washington Alaska Recovery Continues From Vok Effects
Washington region and Alaska still deal with ongoing impacts attributed to a vok event. Officials report slow economic rebound and continued adjustments in trade and daily life. Local leaders urge patience as communities rebuild infrastructure and support industries affected by the disruption.
Hailstones Really Pelt Wymore Area
Reporter notes hail events near Wymore Nebraska with Edward Delaney bringing a watermelon packed in hailstones into town. The hail fell Wednesday August 7 in a strip about two and a half miles wide and ten miles long southeast of town.
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Wymore
Edward Delaney
Delaney
Tragedy Enshrouds Hagenback-Wallace Show Worker
William Schwartz, 28, a teamster with the Hagenback Wallace circus, died instantly when a truck wagon ran over him as he slept beneath the wagon during load up. He formerly resided in Canton Ohio.
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William Schwartz
Canton
Ohio
Tornado Near Ainsworth Destroys Homes and Outbuildings
A tornado passed west of Ainsworth Sunday afternoon, destroying the residences of M. A. Miles and J. M. Curry and all outbuildings. The families were away and no injuries were reported. The funnel formed about ten miles northwest and appeared headed toward Ainsworth as residents sought refuge in caves amid widespread excitement.
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Ainsworth
M. A. Miles
J.M. Curry
Move to Eliminate County Assessor Office Filed in Dodge
A Logan township committee in Dodge county filed a petition to dispense with the county assessor and shift assessment duties to the county clerk. Additional petitions will be filed later. The measure will be on the fall ballot.
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Fremont
Dodge County
Logan Township
Fatal Gun Accident Near Norfolk Claims Teen
Fourteen year old Harry Bowman was shot and killed while hunting near Norfolk. He was crossing a railroad bridge when the gun discharged, tearing out his entire right side. The incident occurred with companions present during the hunting excursion.
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Norfolk
Harry Bowman
Hoy
Grand Island Gets New Brick Plant Aims Forty Jobs
Grand Island votes text announces a Glasgow Grand Island Brick Company as a new industry for the city. The plant will start with about forty workers and serve as a head plant for several smaller brick works across the state.
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Grand Island
Glascow-Grand Island Brick Company
Action Against Auto Driver in Mason City Crash
Ansley-William Pursell of Mason City sues Mrs. Henderson the auto driver and her husband over the death of his daughter who was run over by a car earlier.
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Ansley
William Pursell
Mason City
Land Brings $800 An Acre In Cuming County Sale
West Point records the highest price for county real estate as unimproved land adjoining the city sold to Herman Selletin for $800 per acre in a local firm’s sale.
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West Point
Cuming County
Herman Selletin
State Base Ball News Highlights
Greenwood defeated a Lincoln team 9 to 0 with Buffum not allowing a hit in eight innings. Umpire Nugent forfeited a Sunday game to Kearney when York and Kearney clubs failed to appear. Fremont won the second game at home 10 to 8 against Superior. Humboldt won the second game at home 2 to 1 against Auburn in a close, well enjoyed contest.
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Lincoln
Buffum
Nugent
York
Kearney
Fremont
Superior
Humboldt
Auburn
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