World News in Brief From Around the Globe
The Japanese diet recesses from December 28 to January 20 and the first Pan American scientific congress opens in Santiago Chile. Reports of political intrigue in Honduras Guatemala and Salvador. a Moscow secret police chief slain and a Chinese government drive for funds in Tibet. Lisbon uncovers a 7 million dollar city scam. Cardinal Lecot dies in Bordeaux.
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Santiago
Chile
Baron Cotte
Secret Police
Moscow
Col Muraki
Sarah Bernhardt
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemals
Guatemalia
China
Korea
Tibet
Lisbon
Spain
France
Victor Lecot
Bordéaux
Rome
Marriage of Miss Mills and the Earl of Granard announced
A January 14 wedding is announced for Miss Seatrice Mills daughter of Ogden Mills and the Earl of Granard. The report notes a high profile society union with the earl.
Taft Inauguration Prompts Special Session On Tariff
High level notes indicate a special congressional session likely after President Taft's inauguration to address tariff revision. Other items mention Admiral Dewey's birthday, a Louisiana congressman’s death, and Roosevelt family plans for Christmas at the White House.
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George Dewey
State Department
James Hamilton Lewis
Far East
Congress
Taft
Robert C. Davey
Louisiana
New Orleans
House
White House
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Federation of Labor
House Ways and Means
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Commission On Country Life
Commission
The Press Pulpit and Public: Theft Ring Near Maxwell
Sheriff Miltenberger solved a theft spree in Maxwell area after warrants led to Cyrus Clark and Henry Geise. Weapons and goods were seized including 537 pounds beef, 135 pounds corned beef, wire, lumber, hides, and bags. Both farmers were jailed.
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Maxwell
Miltenberger
Cyrus Clark
Henry Geise
One Story Farm Home Burns near Tecumseh
A fire at 4 AM destroyed a frame dwelling four miles northwest of Tecumseh occupied by J. W. Morris and all contents. Morris saved his wife and five children by tossing them from a window to the barn as neighbors helped. The family, renters, lost everything with no known insurance.
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Pella
Tecumseh
J. W. Morris
Mr. Morris
Y M C A Interest Grows in Schuyler
Schuyler residents discuss starting a Y M C A branch with a gymnasium. Local young men organized a meeting to plan ahead and a committee report is expected after another gathering.
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Schuyler
Sold After Fifty Years. Mrs. R. A. Cottle Sells Farm
Mrs. R. A. Cottle sold eighty acres near Colon in Saunders County to Charles Davis for 9000 dollars. Cottle had acquired the land by preemption as Rebecca Keeler, who came to Saunders County in 1867, and fifty years ago was a young woman about twenty. The transfer includes a two thousand dollar automobile, and Cottle came west in a prairie schooner drawn by an ox team.
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R. A. Cottle
Colon
Saunders County
Charles Davis
Neligh Donates Land for Public Skating Rink
W. T. S. Neligh donates three acres near Sherman Park for a public skating rink with water pipes from the mill race and a three foot deep surface. A toboggan slide is also provided, supporting safe recreation for town residents and honoring the Neligh family legacy.
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Neligh
Elevator project sparks limited public subscription
At a public meeting residents discussed building an elevator with a subscription set at $25 and a limit of eight shares per person.
Various Nebraska items report local changes and events
Nebraska notes report illnesses in Norfolk and Edgar, a truant officer sought for Ord, a new gate at Farmers' Bank in Page, a Lane area telephone line, depot work at Gordon, overtime at Scribner mills, and a January teachers meeting in Kimball. Other items include farm sales near Wausa and Dawson, a Wayne poultry deal, postmaster resignations, birthday celebrations, a long-married TeKamah couple, a Union Pacific car fire at North Bend, bond sales for Scott’s Bluff waterworks, and complaints under pure food laws.
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Gazette
Thurston
Ord
Farmers’ Bank
Page
Lane
Norfolk
Northwestern
Gordon
Monitor Mills
Scribner
Kimball County Teachers’ Association
Nels Johnson
Wausa
United Workmen
Carleton
Winside
Rock Island
Meadow
Baptist Indies
Loup City
Pawnee
Isgacsen
Dawson County
Aden
Wayne
W. T.owens
Beemer
P. I. Rork
Tekamah
Union Pacific
North Bend
Scott's Bluff
Chicago
Pilger Herald
Howell-Rees
Roberta
Arlington
Paul Miller
Stanton
D. Casper
Butler County
Morrill
Matt Bozarth
Union
J. S. Dyer
Oklahoma
Whitman
Kimball
L. F. Koplin
Pilger
Utica
Eugene Morgan
Will Cross
Mike Sullivan
Endicott
Jefferson County
Rosebud
Crookston
Valentine
Lincoln Land Company
Bridgeport
Bayard
Italy Struck by Deadly Earthquake Toll in Sicily
Reports from Southern Italy describe a major quake centered in Sicily with large dead and injured, widespread panic, and extensive property damage. In Catania docks and ships were damaged by a tidal wave. Calabrian towns report dozens dead and many wounded as troops assist in rescues.
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Italy
Sicily
Cathlonnissetta
Mineo
Catania
Agosta
Syracuse
Lindua
Sannofrio
Parliament Warns Sultan Over Turkish Liberties
The Turkish parliament today delivered a formal reply to the sultan's speech at the opening of the first parliament in thirty years. It asserts the people will not endure trifling with their liberties and recalls the dissolution of a prior parliament. It also declares negotiations with Austria will be on indemnity for Bosnia and Herzegovina only.
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Turkey
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
American Accused of Murder in Mexico Case
Theodore V. Johnson wired Secretary Root asking the state department to probe the arrest of William B. Morse son of the telegraph inventor for a murder in Mexico. Morse left in October to visit the RE L Campbell ranch near Trinidad as his friends search for his whereabouts and details of the charge.
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Theodore V. Johnson
Root
State Department
William B. Morse
Mexico
Johnson
Ensenlda
Morse
RE. L. Campbell
Trinidad
RE. L. Morse
Glass Eye Saved By Chance After Christmas Injury
William Walsh a 14 year old from Bayonne New Jersey renewed the eye injury when a companion mishandled an air rifle. The bullet shattered his artificial eye but spared the remaining natural eye. He lies in a hospital recovering from glass splinters in the socket and the broken eye.
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William Walsh
Bayonne
N. J
Future of the Diplomats Stir Causes Speculation Abroad
The resignation of Ambassador Griscom to Italy sparks discussion on the future of Americas diplomatic representatives overseas. While President Taft has not spoken, many abroad may be asked to continue serving the government.
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Griscom
Italy
America
Taft
Famous breeder Charles Tapp Shot Dead at Missouri Farm
Charles Tapp a 49 year old famous breeder driver and trainer of harness race horses was killed by Edward Fairhurst at King Hill stock farm near St Joseph Missouri. Tapp attempted to eject Fairhurst after a quarrel when Fairhurst drew a revolver and fired. Tapp was nationally known through the industry.
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Daniel Marshall
Hartford
Senior Power Company
Morrow
Ohio
New York
Iowa
National Horticultural Congress
Council Bluffs
Charles Tapp
King Hill Stock Farm
St. Joseph
Edward Fairhurst
Tapp
Fairhurst
App
Vatican reports Pope mild relapse on Monday
The pope suffered a slight relapse Monday. Dr. Petacci, who has attended the pope for the past month, said the condition is not alarming but has caused ease in clerical circles.
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Vatican
Petacci
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