Debraska Notes Highlights From Local Nebraska News
A fire in Neligh caused damage to hotel furniture cost several hundred dollars. Fremont Real Estate Company incorporates with 260000 capital stock and 75000 paid in. Wood River barbers warned not to work on Sunday. Otoe county officers file bonds approved by commissioners. Saunders County awards bridge contract to Canton Bridge Company of Canton, C. Union Pacific steel gang halts Beatrice work for winter. seventy laborers involved. Beatrice rumor of suit against county treasurer J A Barnard to test his rights. J F Steele sells Beatrice clothing store to A Palmer & Co. Hayes Eames elevator at Trumbull wrecked by overload. five carloads of wheat dumped. Ice harvest begins at Wood River. quality better than average. Elm Grove Telephone Co of Antelope incorporated with 5000 capital. Hastings Building and Loan finishes 20th year with 81000 loans. Nemaha County Fair to hold agricultural fair in fall 1906. Grand Island public library accepts Carnegie Library. some furniture installed. State treasurer reports additional 9000 Seward county court house bonds. Bank of Commerce in Giltner incorporated with 10000 capital. Nemaha bottom object lesson road work suspended. Hog cholera outbreak hits farms southeast and east of Wood River. many hog losses. County Agricultural Society received 906.75 warrant proceeds for Beatrice treasurer. Nebraska farmers organize local Equity to boost prices. Beatrice board of education sets spring vacation first week of April and Southeastern Nebraska Teachers Association meeting.
Great Chicago merchant Marshall Field dies at 71
Marshall Field the Chicago merchant and one of the world's richest men died in New York at the Holland House after a two week illness from pneumonia. He built Marshall Field & Co into a global retail empire, never borrowing and paying cash for all purchases. Field had two marriages and two children, one son Marshall Field Jr who died after a gun accident in 1905.
Babcock Defends Stance on Statehood and Tariff
Wisconsin Congressman Babcock, a leading opponent of joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, explains his opposition as personal privilege. He denies revenge over committee chairmanship and reiterates support for tariff revision while opposing statehood. He cites a Wisconsin delegation resolution from January 14, 1905.
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Wisconsin
Appropriations Committee
House
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Rules Committee
Chicago Calls For Police Boost As Crime Surge Strains City
Chicago faces rising murders and robberies with police stretched thin. Mayor Dunne and Police Chief Collins urge budget increases, petitions demand more officers, and a finance committee investigation is ordered to assess failures and propose remedies for patrol coverage.
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Chicago
Dunne
Collins
Police Committee
Democratic Rail Road Bill Introduced By House Committee
Democratic members of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce introduced a rail bill described as comprehensive. It sets a reasonable rate instead of the Hepburn plan, forbids the commission from raising published rates, and allows court review only on profit or overreach grounds. The fixed rate becomes operative in 30 days and can be overturned only by the court of final resort. The bill leaves salaries and number of commissioners unchanged.
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House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Roosevelt seeks lock canal plan for congress
President Roosevelt prepares to send a message to Congress favoring a lock canal. He holds conferences with Senate inter oceanic canal committee members including Lodge Dryden Hopkins and Ankeny. The committee has a copy of the president’s report and amendments from the consulting board of engineers. General Davis is obtaining endorsements as Chief Engineer Stevens testifies in the inquiry. The message argues the canal serves current generations, not posterity, and that it can be implemented now.
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Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee
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Hopkins
Ankeny
Stevens
Consulting Board of Engineers
Davis
Railroads Must Pay Nebraska Taxes, Court Rules
Judge Munger in a federal decision orders the Burlington and Union Pacific to pay state taxes for 1904 and 1905. Attorney General Brown hailed the ruling as a major victory that will add to the state treasury and set precedent for subsequent years.
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Burlington and
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General Manderson
Charles W. Pearsall
Munger
Criticism of War Equipment and Transport Limits
A General Staff paper, sent by Secretary Taft to Senator Gallinger, warns that existing U S transport resources could not move a wartime force by sea. It notes neutrality laws block foreign shipping and emphasizes the need for a swift initial strike amid pending shipping legislation before the Senate.
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Taft
Gallinger
Merchant Marine Committee
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Senator Dryden Pushes Bill for Federal Insurance Control
Senator Dryden introduces a revised bill seeking government control of insurance with a comptroller of insurance and publicity safeguards. He cites New York inquiry lessons and says the measure aligns with federal regulation aims, endorsed by the president, officials, and constitutional lawyers.
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Senate
New York Legislative Committee
New York
Congress
Battery of Artillery Breaks Long Distance March Record
The Sixth Battery of the United States artillery commanded by Captain G. W. Gatchell entered Fort Sam Houston after a 1100 mile, fifty five day march from Fort Riley Kansas. The long trek included detours to avoid bad roads and rough country and was described as the longest artillery march in peacetime. Troops arrived ragged and exhausted, horses emaciated and men gaunt and mud stained.
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United States Artillery
G. W. Gatchell
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Riley
Kas
Napoleon
Moscow
Miller Becomes Northwestern Assistant General Agent
S F Miller arrives in Omaha to succeed J A Kuhn as assistant general freight and passenger agent for the Northwestern. Miller began as a railroad telegraph operator in 1880 and rose through roles at smaller stations to Oshkosh in 1897 and Chicago in 1902 before taking the Omaha post.
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J. A. Kuhn
Northwestern Railroad
Omaha
S. F. Miller
Mr. Kuhan
Oshkosh
Chicago
Postmasters Reappointed In McCarthy District
Congressman McCarthy received a formal letter from the first assistant postmaster general indicating reappointment unless protests or personal reasons were known for postmasters whose terms expire. He recommended W. H. McNeal Wayne Carl Kramer Columbus C. H. Snider Tilden J. H. Secor Madison A. L. Brande Pierce and Dennis Tracey Cedar Rapids for reappointment.
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W. H. McNeal
Wayne
Carl Kramer
Columbus
C. H. Snider
Tilden
J. H. Secor
Madison
A. L. Brande
Pierce
Dennis Tracey
Cedar Rapids
Union Pacific Pays Back Taxes in Buffalo County
County Treasurer Troup received a draft for 22 998 20 as the Union Pacific taxes in Buffalo county for 1906. The total taxes charged in 1905 were 33 768 52.
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Union Pacific
Troup
Buffalo
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