Foreign. Woodburn steamer fire on torpedo boat incident
Report notes a Russian torpedo boat fired on a British steamer near Pitkipas Bay after the vessel allegedly approached the imperial yacht Standart with Emperor Nicholas aboard. Gibbeted details cite gendarmerie warnings of Finnish motor boats intended to sink the Standart. More notes cover Spain Argentina Uruguay treaty talks and Cuban anti cockfighting shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodburn
Standart
Emperor Nicholas
Pitkipas
Baya
Pitkipas Bay
Spain
Argentina
Uruguay
House of Representatives
Gomez
Havana
Auch Fided
Ricard
Veasey Hanged After Negro Murder Trial in Senatobia
Steve Veasey a negro was hanged at Senatobia Mississippi for the murder of A T Veasey a young white man. Among those present were the four sisters of the murdered man one asked to spring the trap but was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Veasey
Senatobia
Miss
A. T. Veasey
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Southern Pacific
Yuma
Ariz
Arthur Carl Stepney
London
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Kentucky
Nquor
Rock Island Railroad
New Mexico Central
Torrance
el Paso & Southwestern
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Hagan
Sanda Mountains
Harvard
Yale
Thames River
Notable crime and legal briefs from multiple cities
Multiple short items: Charles Bell tortures wife then injures self near Newton. Pittsburg street railway strike settled. District Attorney seeks 11 million against Standard Oil in Mississippi. Guist found dead near Burton, Kansas. Gunness farm digging resumes to check for more victims. S Paine elected Mississippi Valley Historical secretary in St Louis. Robbery at Winona post office yields 200 cash and 500 in stamps. interior damaged. Doane College science building to be dedicated Tuesday. Two criminals killed and five wounded in Ripley Oklahoma craps fight. National cotton ginners report shows June 24 cotton average 7a.6. Oklahoma fund to test o clock closing law. Bertucel sentenced in Chicago for Mack hand slay. Mrs Gould granted divorce and 56 600 alimony. Leon Lins possibly aboard a San Francisco steamer. Richardson of Pittsburg convicted of conspiracy. one year and three months sentence. Senator Brown of Nebraska wins tariff free list for paper and wood pulp.
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Charles Bell
Newton
Bell
New York
Leon’ Lins
San Francisco
Charles R. Richardson
Pittsburg
Charles S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad
W. A. Martin
Western Penitentiary
Brown
Nebraska
Bih
Panama Canal Rail Reinforcement and Other Policy Notes
Engineers on the Isthmus are using used rails to reinforce concrete works on the canal locks. About 70 000 tons of rails have been gathered. Taft signed the census bill. Rear Admiral Potter becomes navigation bureau chief, Pillsbury retires. Bureau payroll shifts to diem basis. New copyright law extends protection to oral works and mechanical reproductions. Mortimer nominated receiver at Bellefourche. City National Bank of Omaha authorized to begin business. Panama locks construction to start in summer. Navy discusses base in the Philippines between Manila and Olongapo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Taft
William F. Potter
Bureau of Navigation
John E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Senate
Samuel G. Mortimer
Bellefour
General Board of the Navy
Philippines
Meyer
Manila
Olongapo
Farmers defend wheat pool against antitrust ruling
Nebraska winter wheat growers branch of the American Society of Equity in Hastings says a Kansas City court penalty on a livestock pool does not affect their Nebraska wheat pool. National Director Davis notes farmers are immune from antitrust actions as producers. The Supreme Court has recognized farmers may pool their own products. The Kansas City group was fined $58,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings. Neb
Winter Wheat Growers
American” Society of Equity
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Fail From Horse Is Fatal Near Chadron Nebraska
Professor F. Wright died after a horse threw him while he drove cattle on his ranch near Chadron. He struck his head, fractured his neck, and died six hours later. Wright once led Kansas City schools and had just bought the ranch. He leaves a wife and two children. remains moved to Bedford Iowa for burial. Dr Payton accompanied the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron
Bedford
Payton
Wright
Man Falls From Church Steeple After Wedding
Fred Cummings, just three days married, and his assistant Milderbach fell fifty feet from a Swedish church steeple at Hordville while painting. Cummings sustained a severe leg fracture and was taken home to Polk. Milderbach suffered internal injuries and was treated in Hordville. both conditions considered serious.
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Central City
Neb
Fred Cummings
Hordville
Cummings
Polk
Milderbach
Drowns In Platte River Near Shelton Neb
Milt O Neil twenty six year old unmarried worker from the lower Meisner ranch near Shelton drowned in the Platte river Tuesday morning. He was bathing with several companions, was saved once from a deep hole but sank a second time and his body has not been found after a day of search. He came from Chicago about three months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton, Neb
Meisner Ranch
Milt O'Neil
Platte River
Chicago
Marble cutter takes own life in Crete cellar
J W Sedabek, a marble cutter from Crete Nebraska, shot himself in his home cellar between Sunday night and Monday morning. The death was instantaneous and financial troubles were given as the cause. He was a member of the local Z C B J lodge.
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Crete
Neb
J. W. Sedabek
Z. C. B. J. Lodge
Aged Man Found Dead in Nebraska Yard
Hiram Cramer 77, senior member of H Cramer & Sons, was found dead face down in his back yard Tuesday between ten and eleven. He felt well earlier, helped with the family washing. He came to Nebraska in 1890 from Pennsylvania.
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Hiram Cramer
H. Cramer & Sons
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Fremont Adopts Water Sliding Scale Ordinance
Fremont Neb. city council approved a water ordinance establishing a sliding scale. Customers using over 200000 gallons per quarter will pay eight cents per gallon, while those using under 60000 gallons pay fifteen cents per gallon for the same service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Neb
Farmer Murdered in Bed Near Lodge Pole Nebraska
Antone Krupitska, living southeast of Lodge Pole Nebraska, was mysteriously shot and killed in his bed on Wednesday night. Friends have no clue about the shooter.
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Lodge Pole
Antone Krupitska
Here
Nebraska Happenings A Busy Record From Fremont to Lincoln
Fremont post office adds a clerk while Carl Byroth takes the new position. Dodge county issues a record 42 marriage licenses in June. Butler county state bank opens in David City with 35000 capital. Midwest Life seeks local agents across Nebraska. Thresher accident injures Delbert Monasmith. amputation needed. Pioneer settlers Cole family injured in buggy crash near Nebraska City. Hastings ex-mayor McFihinney paralyzed in Santa Cruz. Fremont camp grounds formed to curb trespass. fund planned. Kearney government building excavation underway. Northwestern Construction Co. named contractor. completion due next May. Densmore dies in Oketo. long-time Wymore resident once Burlington fireman. Grand Island steam laundry burglarized. $18 seized, $300 near miss. Tornadoes southeast of Beaver City traverse 35 miles. Beatrice pioneer Dr Mark Davis 95th birthday. Beatrice boy Frank Trailer shot. non-serious wound. Midwest Life authorized April 26, 1906. agency prospects in Nebraska. Snell urges Nebraska agency writeups. insurance rulings echo Midwest Life stance. Thunderstorm hits North Madison. Ed Whachter residence roof damaged.
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Fremont
Carl Byroth
Dodge County
David City
Butler County State Bank
Midwest Life of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Diller
Delbert Monasmith
Thomas Cole
Nebraska City
Gale
DD. M. McFihinney
Hastings
Santa Cruz
Cal
Platte
Elkhorn
Kearney
North Western. Construction Company
Charles
Densmore
Wymore
Oketo
Kan
Burlington
Grand Island
Beaver City
Woodruff
Kans
Mark Davis
Beatrice
Frank Trailer
John Trailer
Dee Hardin
Midwest Life
Insurance Department
Home Office
O" Street
N. Z. Snell
Seth
O” Street
Missouri Pacific Switching Rates Under Review in Omaha
The Missouri Pacific Railway’s request to drop its $5 per car switching rate between Omaha and Ralston faced opposition at a state railway commission hearing. Remonstrants argue the change harms new Ralston industries and that the rate remains unremunerative, while MP contends the flat rate is justified. The commission will deliberate on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Omaha
Ralston
State Railway Commission
J. H. van Dusen
Missouri, Pacific
Seymour Park
Missouri Pacific
Railway Commission
Kearney State Normal Principal Advances Salary Amid Board Controversy
Dr. Thomas, head of the state normal school at Kearney, paid three months of salaries from his own funds to state normal employees after the state auditor refused to honor claims from Kearney or Peru normal schools until the ecourts rule which board of control is legally constituted. He has raised $10,900 from his bank account and will pay a fourth month’s salary with the aim that the supreme court resolves the board dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
State Normal School
Kearney
State House
State Normal
State Auditor
Peru State Normal Schools
Ecourts
Board of Control
Supreme Court
Express revenue rises in Nebraska April reports
Powell of the railway commission compiled express company revenues for Nebraska during April. Total revenue increased from 1908 to 1909 to 103 828 70 with a gain of 12 350 85. Pacific Express shows a small loss while American and Adams express firms lead the gains amid Sibley act rate reductions.
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Powell
Railway Commission
Nebraska
Pacific Express Company
American
Adams Express
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Governor appoints fire and police board for packing town
Governor Shallenberger after listening to South Omaha delegations appointed James J. Fitzgerald and John J. Ryan to the fire and police board of the packing town. Appointments take effect July 2 under a charter passed by Senator Tanner but blocked by an emergency clause. The mayor joins the two appointees on the board. South Omaha lawmakers opposed elevating the packing town board to city voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shallenberger
South Omaha
James J. Fitzgerald
John J. Ryan
Packing House
Tanner
Omaha
State Buys Bonds in First County Refunding Deal
The state purchased 60000 in Otoe county refunding bonds at 4 percent to replace 78000 issue bearing 5 percent. Treasurer Brian reports 12000 of bonds bought from Clay Center school district. On July 1 Douglas County will deliver 100000 of a 1000000 issue, with the state having bought 800000.
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Otoe
Brian
Clay Center
Need of Harvest Hands
The state labor bureau received a Holdrege request for fifty harvest workers but has no means to provide men or transport. Historically Lincoln and other towns’ employment agencies charged fees to send laborers, so the bureau would furnish this information free.
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Holdrege
Lincoln
State Labor Bureau
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Leon Ling
Utica
N. Y
Tennessee
Washington
Antitrust Law
Braska
Kearney Normal
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