Sheldon Proposes Allocation of Forest Reserve Funds to Schools and Roads
Governor Sheldon sent a special message to the legislature detailing Nebraska’s $790.37 share of forest reserve income for 1906. The funds, from Dismal River Niobrara and North Platte reserves, must be spent for public schools and county roads as prescribed by federal law. The message notes ongoing forest conservation and urges careful appropriation by the legislature. The note also reports progress on a primary election law with parties urging deliberation over haste.
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Sheldon
Nebraska
Prairie
Niobrara
North Platte
Blaine
Grant
Cherry
Thomas
McPherson
National Department of
Treasury Department
Forest Reserve
Forest Reserve Fund
Constitutional revision commission bill postponed again
On the judiciary committee recommendation S. F. 140 by Aldrich of Butler was indefinitely postponed for a second time. Introduced at the request of Victor Rosewater of Omaha, the bill would create a five member constitutional revision commission. The committee cited expense and the senate’s sufficiency to identify defects and propose amendments for public submission.
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Committee On Judiciary
S. F. 140
Aldrich
Butler
Constitutional Revision Commission
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Senate
Railway Commission Bill Advances in State Legislature
A Nebraska sub committee drafts a single bill empowering the railway commission with rate setting and enforcement powers. It provides for hearings or information driven rates, court review, witness compliance, and penalties sharing fines with schools. Salaries of commissioners and staff are outlined. Rates become binding and only court orders can supersede. Existing 1906 schedules act as maximum rates.
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Railway Commission
Epperson
Clay
Aldrich
Butler
Harrison
Otoe
Walsh
Douglas
Commission
Anti pass bill faces trouble in legislature
Bills follow the national law plan with many exceptions. The Senate bill by King of Polk lists rail workers surgeons road attorneys livestock caretakers and Y M C A helpers among those allowed passes. Governor Sheldon favors strict platform alignment and may avoid signing any broader exceptions.
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King of Polk
Senate
Sheldon
Joint Committee
McKinley Banquet Draws 131 State Officials Speakers
About 131 legislators state officers and employees attended the McKinley club banquet in Omaha Tuesday night. Milwaukee mayor Sherman Becker and Governor Sheldon were the featured speakers at the event.
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McKinley
McKinley Club
Omaha
Sherburn Becker
Milwaukee
Sheldon
Senate Passes EE by Burns of Lancaster Against Ship Subsidy Bill
The senate approved an EE sponsored by Burns of Lancaster opposing the ship subsidy bill currently before Congress.
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Senate
Burns of Lancaster
Congress
Disaster at Stuart mine near Fayetteville kills eighty or more
A January 29 Charleston dispatch reports a mine blast at the Stuart shaft near Fayetteville, WV, killing eighty or more workers 500 feet underground. Rescue runs begin as air and power restoration call for cautious hope. most victims are American, with some colored and alien workers among the dead. The Stuart mine, 586 feet deep on the White Oak Fuel line, had operated three years.
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Stuart
White Oak Fuel Company
Fayetteville
Roosevelt Prize Foundation trustees meet in Washington
The first meeting of the Roosevelt Nobel prize foundation board for industrial peace was held in Washington at the Commerce and Labor Department office. Attendees included Chief Justice Fuller Secretary Wilson Marvin Hughitt and John Mitchell. Plans were discussed for permanent organization and an act of incorporation to be sought from Congress.
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Roosevelt Nobel Prize Foundation
Roosevelt
Nobel Prize Foundation For Industrial Peace
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Justice Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Seecretary Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Capital
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Sabor
Board of Trustees
Congress
Mine explosion at Reden coal mine claims hundreds of lives
A firedamp blast at the Reden coal mine in St. Johann on the Saar opposite Saarbrueck, Prussia, killed an estimated 150 to 200 workers. Seventy seven bodies have been recovered and fifty six remain underground. Only fifty five men have been rescued with at least thirty five expected to die from severe injuries.
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Reden
St. Johann-on-Saar
Saarbueck
Rhenish
Prussia
Dry Farming Congress Organized in Denver
The trans Missouri dry farming congress was organized at Denver with Fisher Harris of Salt Lake chosen as president. Salt Lake was named as the next meeting place. A resolution supporting Roosevelt on leasing unoccupied public lands was opposed and laid on the table. The group backed continued work by the agriculture department and called for state and national demonstration farms and funding for dry farming experiments.
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Salt Lake
Denver
Fisher Harris
Congress
Roosevelt
United States Department of Agriculture
Governors Conference Sets Oil Law Uniformity Plan
Governor Hoch of Kansas will invite governors from near oil producing states to a February meeting in Topeka to draft uniform oil and by product laws. Attendees include Colorado Nebraska Iowa Missouri Illinois Texas Oklahoma Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania. The aim is consistent standards across all states for oils and gasoline.
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Hoch
Kansas
Topeka
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Iinois
Texas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Senate backs President in Congo Free State action
Senate foreign relations committee reports favorably the Lodge substitute on the Congo Free State urging the president to act with or without allies to improve native conditions. The preamble cites inhuman treatment and seeks united support for measures under the Berlin treaty powers.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Lodge
Congo Free State
Coal From Orient To Relieve Tacoma Fuel Famine
Puget Sound will receive several cargoes of coal within thirty days to ease Tacoma and Seattle fuel shortages. The Lyra carried 1 000 tons from Maji Monday, Quito will bring 5 000 tons, and Pleiades arrives February 1 with 1 000 tons. Never before has Tacoma imported coal from the Orient to meet local demand. Owing to the shortage, many tugs can not go outside to assist arriving vessels.
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Tacoma
Puget Sound
Seattle
Lyra
Maji
Quito
Pleiades
Railroad to Plant Trees Names New Forester
E. A. Sterling formerly assistant forester at Washington has been named forester of the Pennsylvania railroad, the first such position for an American railroad. The company will plant trees to supply cross ties for future years. about 1.5 million trees have been planted in five years on its land. The industry uses 110 million cross ties annually, with the Pennsylvania accounting for 5.5 million.
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E. A. Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Sterling
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma convention hears telegram opposing Jim Crow in constitution
A telegram from Senator McLaurin of Mississippi urged against embedding Jim Crow laws in Oklahoma's constitution. The message, reportedly the tenth similar missive received by Democratic leaders, caused a ripple of surprise but prompted no floor discussion at the convention.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
United States
McLaurin
Kingston Heals Rates Tax Relief After Earthquake
Governor Swettenham of Jamaica reportedly tendered resignation to Lord Elgin after the Davis incident. Kingston will be relieved of all rates and taxes for fifteen months from January first to aid reconstruction. Archbishop Nuttall urges abolition of the municipal council and a single commissioner to govern during recovery. Imperial loan needed. fire insurers disclaim liability.
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Swettenham
Jamaica
Lord Elgin
Admiral Davis
Tait
Kingston
Enos Nuttal
United States
Canada
President Warns Oklahoma Convention On Railroad Provision
The president told Oklahoma visitors at the White House that he would not approve the proposed railroad provision unless it conformed to the U S Constitution. He suggested a clause allowing railroads to protect property during strikes, a provision the convention’s railroad committee has not yet acted on.
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Oklahoma
White House
United States
Watson
Indiana
Committee On Railroads
Swallows His Own Brains Death of Brakeman George Thomas
Decatur Illinois coroner's jury rules death of Illinois Central brakeman George B. Thomas an accidental drowning like fatality after he fell into pumping machinery and swallowed brain tissue as his skull base was fractured.
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Decatur
Ill
George B. Thomas
Illinois Central
Thomas
Postoffice Inspector Sinclair Fired in Nebraska
D. J. Sinclair of Nebraska City a postoffice inspector with Omaha headquarters has been dismissed on charges. Postmaster General Cortelyou ordered the action. A. L. Rice of Lincoln and Walter Mullen of Holdrege were named inspectors for the Omaha unit, at a salary of 1200 dollars a year plus 3 dollars daily expenses.
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D. J. Sinclair
Nebraska City
Neb
Omaha
Washington Dispatch
Cortelyou
A L. Rice
Lincoln
Walter Mullen
Holdrege
Senator Burkett
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Rosewater Bill
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
the Dry Farming Congress
Conference OF Governors
Orient
Governor May
Jamaica Island
Sinclair
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