State ends mileage book vouchers amid private use dispute
Nebraska officials face a policy shift as Secretary Galusha and Deputy Auditor Cook stop signing mileage vouchers. Officers must now pay rail fare and obtain receipts, with reimbursement potential only if legislature allows. Governor Mickey endorses the move, citing no existing fund for railroad expenses.
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Galusha
Cook
Eaton
Duditor
Mickey
Secretary of State
Cattle Barons Sued Again In Nebraska Land Fence Case
District Attorney Moody files equity suit in federal court against Nebraska Land and Feeding Co and listed executives including Bartlett Richards and William G. Comstock. Case alleges unlawful fencing of about 400000 acres in Sheridan and Cherry counties blocking highways and mail. Court sought five day destruction order and perpetual injunction against further interference.
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United States Circuit Court
Moody
Bush
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Bartlett Richards
William G. Comstock
Charles C. Jameson
E. C. Harris
Earl Comstock
Charles H. Tulley
Christopher Mosler
W. A. Margrave
James Ostrander
Daniel Hill
David P. Gorley
Jud A. Morey
Sheridan
Cherry
Nebraska
Spade
Overton
Mewett & Morey
C-Bar
U-Cross
Burlington Railroad
Northwestern
United States
Postoffice
Sheriff Halts Norfolk Bride’s Plan Near Wayne
A planned marriage near Wayne was stopped when a passenger revealed the bride to be Florence Gaylord of Norfolk is 14. The groom was Emil Matthes of Stanton, but records show the bride to be 18 with her mother’s consent.
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Cupid
Wayne
Norfolk
Florence Gaylord
Emil Matthes
Stanton
Nebraska Commercial Clubs elect officers at Lincoln meeting
The Nebraska state association of commercial clubs elected H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln as president and named W. G. Hirons Pierce secretary George F. Milbourn Minden treasurer with W. A. Greenwald Falls City and district officers elected. The group backed 2 cent passenger fares, opposed the postal savings bank bill, and urged Omaha to submit a franchise question to voters.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska State Association of Commercial Clubs
H. M. Bushnell
W. G. Hirons
Pierce
George F. Milbourn
Minden
W. A. Greenwald
Falls City
E. J. McVann
Omaha
T. J. Hanson
Fremont
N. J. Ludi
Wahoo
Lance Hooper
Oxford
C.F. Horner
Lexington
Postal Savings Bank
John L. Kennedy
Congress
G. B. Carr
Association
I. D. Clark
Papillion
Nebraska Woman to Share $6 Million Fortune
Mrs Ed Livingston of Hastings reports her mother Mrs Margaret Crowder of Harvard Neb is one of four heirs to an estate valued at 6 000 000 left by Sumner Bebee of Carlisle Canada The others include a Harvard brother a Blue Earth sister and a sister in California Crowder plans to move to this city after verification of the relationship and the fortune.
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Nebraska
Ed Livingston
Hastings
Margaret Crowder
Harvard
Neb
Sumner Bebee
Carlisle
Canada
Commercial club denounces Crowe acquittal in kidnapping case
The Omaha Commercial Club executive committee adopted resolutions decrying Pat Crowe's acquittal for robbing E. A. Cudahy in December 1900. They label the verdict a travesty on justice and claim the evidence against Crowe was clear and should have produced conviction.
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Commercial Club of
Omaha
Pat Crowe
E. A. Cudahy
Commercial Club
Coney Awarded Office Papers by Supreme Court Mandamus
The supreme court grants a peremptory writ to compel William H. Hyland to deliver all books and records of Stanton county superintendent to Charles S. Coney. Hyland may contest title by quo warranto. Coney won the last election but was not recognized due to a claimed missing first grade certificate.
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Coney
Supreme Court
William H. Hyland
Stanton County
Hyland
Mob Hold Sway In Springfield Riot Over Shooting
A mob in Springfield Ohio roamed the jungle area after two Black men Preston Ladd and Edward Dean were arrested for the shooting of railroad brakeman M M Davis. Troops were sent in and six houses were burned while saloon contents were looted.
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Springfield
Preston Ladd
Edward Dean
Dayton
Almoney
Pattison
Richard Dixon
Postmasters Face New Rules Guiding Office Conduct
A Washington official releases a policy limiting postmaster appointments to merit and public satisfaction. Postmasters may vote and speak publicly but must avoid political committees or factional campaigns. They must serve all people, not a party, and balance club membership with official duties.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Boundary dispute case between Washington and Oregon
The state of Washington is granted leave to file in the Supreme Court a bill of complaint against Oregon seeking a judicial determination of the boundary between the two states. The dispute concerns jurisdiction over several small islands in the Columbia River valuable for fishing purposes only.
Missouri Supreme Court Rules in Hadley Favor on Oil Witnesses
The Missouri Supreme Court holds that witnesses must answer questions in the Standard Oil inquiry in St. Louis and that foreign oil firms doing business in Missouri consent to state laws and must produce books and papers. The ruling aligns with previous New York questions about H. H. Rogers and involves Attorney General Hadley seeking to compel documents to prove a possible trust among Standard, Republic, and Waters-Pierce Oil companies.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Hadley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Standard Oil
St. Louis
H. H. Rogers
New York
Supreme Court
Missouri
Gildersleeve
New York Supreme Court
Republic Oil Company
Anthony Books
Standard, Republic
Waters- Pierce Oil
German Emporors Silver Wedding Sparked Massive Charity Gifts
German deputies from the reichstag and other bodies visited Berlin palace to honor the silver wedding of the emperor and empress. They presented addresses and a donation tally showing $125,000 for charitable institutions. Officials note gifts totaling about $10 to $12 million for hospital extensions and relief.
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William
Augusta
Victoria
Reichstag
Berlin
Germany
Fire destroys Bethlehem Steel office and machine shop
A blaze at Bethlehem Steel in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania wiped out the general office building and part of No 2 machine shop causing about 200000 in damage. The kitchen fire on the second floor spread rapidly enveloping the four story brick and frame structure and ruining the vaults with military designs and other valuable records.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
South Bethlehem
Rodgers Killed by Prairie State Express
Beatrice Nebraska traveling salesman L Rodgers was killed instantly in Godfrey Illinois when he fell under a moving train while trying to reboard after a water stop. A bank book showed a $30,000 deposit at First National Bank of Buffalo Hill and $340 cash was found in his pocket.
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L. Rodgers
Beatrice
Neb
Prairie State Express
Chicago & Alton Road
Godfrey
Ill
Chicago
St. Louis
Rodgers
First National Bank of Buffalo
Hill
Roosevelt letter pushes miners toward convention in Indianapolis
President Roosevelt intervenes to avert a coal strike by urging UMWA leader John Mitchell to push for a settlement. A national convention will be held in Indianapolis on March 5 to seek terms with soft coal operators, aiming to avert an April 1 strike. Mitchell announced the plan after a long meeting with Pittsburg Coal Co. president Francis L. Robbins and other industry figures.
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Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Miners
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
W. C. Perry
Southwestern Coal Association
B. F. Bush
Gould Railroads
White House
Washington
Robbins
National Civic Federation
Theodore Roosevelt
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt Thanks Cuba on Daughter's Wedding Gift
President Roosevelt writes to President Palma praising Cuba's wedding gift to his daughter. He lauds Cuba's progress and prosperity as the Pearl of the Antilles, noting order at home and strides in education public works and development.
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Roosevelt
Palma
Cuba
The
Antilles
Senator Burkett Remembered Gifted Addresses Volumes
Senator Burkett was presented with four silk bound volumes of the President's Addresses and State Papers by President Roosevelt. The works were prepared and edited by the President himself.
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Senator Burkett
Roosevelt
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Crowe
Omaha Commercial Club
Springfield, C
Rogers
Lesea
Mlllinois Bank
President Roosevelt Inter
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