Doings of the Busy World Wide News Summary
The item compiles global notes: Stolypin improves from influenza, Taft learns of Judge Quinonez’s death in San Juan, and Venezuela eyes resuming US relations with Pedro Rojas poised as Washington envoy. Pacific fleet units reach Hong Kong. Kilpatrick headed to the Philippines via Gibraltar. a Norwegian bark Auckland wrecks with all hands lost. Barkerville bodies found. daylight saving bill passes House. Cuban amnesty moves forward. Local items include legal cases in Milwaukee, a 28 count child labor fine for Deisel-Wimmer, Pensacola Mardi Gras opening, and Texas fruit crop damage from freezes.
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Hong Kong
France
United States
Taft
San Juan
Jose Severo Quinoneah
Porto Rico
Department of Labor
Paris
Venezuela
Pedro Ezequiel Rojas
Washington
Sitolypiu
Duma
Kokovsoff
Americas
Kilpatrick
William P. Duval
Field and Coast Artillery
Philippines
Gibraltar
la Province
Havre
Auckland
Githmeil
Pestoin Island
Rosario
Barkerville
B. C
McLeod River
Charles Baker
McCurdie
House of Commons
Algeria
Victor Emmanuel
Wiliam Marconi
Senate
Resignations, appointments, fires in brief domestic items
Prof H K Taylor president of Kentucky Wesleyan college resigns. Leonard B Close Indiana man offered as corn specialist to the Russian government. Three workmen killed and three seriously hurt by explosion at American Steel and Wire Company Cleveland. Illinois senator election ballots show no quorum. Comptroller Murray assigns George T Cutts Missouri national bank examiner at large. Michigan soldiers home fire in Administration building survived by rapid work. Mrs Hazel B Pirie to obtain separation and $200 monthly from Allan P Pirie. P J Kieran indicted for embezzlement and larceny as bailee over a note to Mother M Vincent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Pittsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Taylor
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Leonard B. Close
Indiana
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
United States
Inllinois
Murray
George T. Cutts
Missouri National Bank
Michigan
Hazel B. Pirie
Allan P. Pirie
John Pirie
Chicago
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company of
New York
M. Vincent
The
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Pittsboro
Taft Era Briefs Reflect Courtship With Reform Through 1909
Monseigneur Faliconio, papal nuncio, visits the White House to pay respects to Taft. A bust of Vice President Fairbanks is placed in the White House. The first Philippine cholera death of an American is reported. Secretary Dickinson plans a Panama trip to study isthmus conditions. The two new battleships will be named Wyoming and Arkansas. Navy yard closures at Pensacola and New Orleans are revoked by Secretary Meyer. Cleveland and Pittsburg will send white ribbon temperance delegates to Taft to oppose wine at White House dinners. A settlement settles the Union Pacific coal land suit in Wyoming valued at $1.5 million. Ex-Senator Foraker endorses Taft on the negro question. William Loeb Jr. leaves for New York to assume his post. Jacob M. Dickinson delays Washington arrival to begin duties. Immigration committee funding is cut from $250,000 to $150,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rossman
Phillip Barkus
San Francisco
New York
Isador Fried
Fried
Deisel-Wimmer Cigar Company
Columbus
Backus
Milwaukee
Pensacola
Florida
Georgia
R. Irby
New Orleans
American Tobacco Company
Jersey City
Textas
Minnesota
Michael Donnelly
Napoleon
Ohio German Fire Insurance Company
Lucas County
Grand Jury
Western Union Telegraph Company
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Dickinson
Panama
Wyoming
Arkansas
Congress
Meyer
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Washington
Taft
White House
Union Pacific Railway Company
Joseph B. Foraker
United States
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Work of the Law Makers in State Senate Sifting
Senate sifting committee members report multiple bills for consideration including irrigation boards water rights contracts and innkeeper protections. Game Department work notes Deputy Boehner prosecutes Maywood seining case. hunting season shifts and dove open season rules also announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Diers
Buck
Miller
Ollis
Tanner
Tibbets
Volpp
S. F
Raymond
Irrigation Boards
Donohue—Court
Bartos
Brown
Howell
Hatfield
Volpo
Laverty
Dan Geilius
Joseph Boehner
Alma
John Donovan
Madison
Isaac King
Superior
Phoeba Mullen
O'Neill
Boehner
John Chevillie
Maywood
Cass
Governor Signs Bills On Delinquent Divorces And Sanitary Standards
Governor Shallenberger signed a set of bills including S F No 130 to make divorces effective one year after granting, H R No 27 extending anti discrimination law to grain buyers, H R No 84 on hotel sanitary rules, and other measures covering blackmail law, estate timelines, county officers, and health statistics.
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Shallenberger
Miller
King
State Board of Health
Taylor
York
Talcott
Hitchcock
Chase
Governor Shallenberger Bill Advances Through House
The bill introduced by Snyder of Harlan amends pardon procedures to relieve the governor from constant requests and to allow discretion in pardoning incontainable death row prisoners with contagious disease without full pardons. The House offered no objections beyond minimal questions.
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Shallenberger
Snyder
Harlan
Carnegie Bill Not Reconsidered After Two Deaths
The Carnegie pension bill was not reconsidered in the House last Friday. A recon sideration requires a majority vote, and with not near a full membership present it was impossible to secure fifty one votes. Opponents feared an adjournment motion after the committee rose, which the speaker ruled had carried.
House Sifting Committee Delayed by House Decision
Speaker Pool says the house sifting committee will act only when the house orders it to work. He says its purpose is to push bills with strong backing ahead of others. The house, with all members present, should decide which bills advance or are delayed. Douglas County has not yet chosen its two committee members.
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House
Pool
Douglas County
Webster County Bank and Farmers and Merchants Bank Obtain Charters
Two new banks received state charters, totaling eleven new state banks in four weeks. Webster County Bank of Red Cloud with 25000 capital stock is formed by S R Florence to be cashier and Edward Florence as president. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Shickley is organized by Frederick B Johnson and George E Salladin, with George E Salladin as president and William A Snare as cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Board
Webster County Bank of
Red Cloud
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
William A. Snare
Ollis bill for valuation of public service firms advances
The Ollis physical valuation bill was recommended for passage in the house with no opposition or visible interest. The measure, amended and placed on desks, requires valuation of all public service corporations including steam railroads, telephone and telegraph firms, express companies, water works, gas, electric light, interurban railways, and the South Omaha stock yards company.
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Ollis
South Omaha Stock Yards
Executor to Select Newspaper For Probate Sale Notice
The house committee on public printing reported a provision of C W Poole's will requiring the legal representative of a deceased person's estate to name the newspaper for property sale notices. The probate judge currently has power to choose the paper under existing law. Poole condemns favoritism by county judges and the probate judge's ability to influence political machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Poole
House Committee On Public Printing
Pool
Nebraska Meat Packing Probe Proposed by House
Connolly of Omaha proposed a resolution to investigate Nebraska meat packing companies for possible price regulation. A three member committee would be appointed by the speaker to conduct the inquiry, with the bill laid over for one day under the rules on Raper’s objective.
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Connolly
Omaha
Nebraska
Raper
State urged to buy Wayne Normal School property
A state special committee reported Friday that the state should purchase the Wayne Normal School buildings and grounds for 80000 dollars. With the president dead, the property is on the market at 100000 dollars, and the committee values it at 150000 dollars, offering to supply a needed normal school section.
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Wayne Normal School
Manslaughter verdict for Lancaster county farmer Ossenkop
Fred Ossenkop of Lancaster county was found guilty of manslaughter in Plattsmouth district court after a weekend jury deliberation. He killed Charles Byrne in Eagle last September during a fight, claiming no ill will. bond set at 15000 signed by brother John Ossenkop. The judge announced no sentence date yet.
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Fred Ossenkop
Lancaster County
That County
Cass County
Plattsmonuth
John Ossenkop
Louisville
Bennett
Ossenkop
Charles Byrne
Eagle
Byrnes
Snowbound Canyon Rescue Near Hemingford
Heavy February snowfall leaves Box Butte County drifted and icy. A buggy overturns in the canyons seven miles south of Hemingford as Hans Hansen, his sister Nora, and Miss Olivia Moe crash into the stream. Hansen and Nora swim to shore while Moe clings to ice before ranchman Emory Ably lassos her to safety. She suffers exposure and shock but sustains no serious injuries.
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Box Butte
Hans Hansen
Nora
Olivia Moe
Man Canyon
Hemingford
Mr. Hansen
Miss Moe
Emory Ably
Burglary Suspects Bound Over in Berlin Store Case
Sheriff Fischer of Nebraska City brought George Clark and Frank Dickson to district court after their arrest for burglarizing L. F. Teide's Berlin store. Part of the stolen goods was recovered, both men pled guilty, and they were bound over in $500 bail each, but unable to furnish bail and remain in jail.
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Fischer
Nebraska City
Council Bluffs
George Clark
Frank Dickson
L. F. Teide
Berlin
Wilson
Johnson County Boy Injured by Axe Accident
A grown son of H. H. Schroeder in northern Johnson county was badly cut while trimming a hedge at work when his brother accidentally struck him with an axe. The wound was five inches long and four inches deep, reaching the femur. eight stitches were required to close it.
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Johnson County
H. H. Schroeder
Italians Go Loro and Gosmano Held on Saloon Shooting
The preliminary hearing for N Go Loro and C Gosmano, the Italians who opened fire in a Uehling saloon, extended to noon Thursday. They claimed a chaotic brawl and escape, denied any shots, and were bound over to district court with $3,000 bonds each, unable to post.
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N. Goloro
C. Gosmano
Uehling
Want Twenty Cars of Potatoes
Buyers seek twenty cars of potatoes. If you have good potatoes to sell write wire or phone. Largest handlers of potatoes in the west. Established in 1872. Hargreaves Mercantile Co., Lincoln Nebraska.
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West
Hargreaves Mercantile Co
Lincoln
Nebr
Dam Breaks at Neligh Mills Flooding Elkhorn River
Ice in the Elkhorn broke up Saturday night and carried away the Neligh mills cement dam. The structure, completed last summer, was built to resist flood pressure but suffered damage. Repairs will take months.
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Neligh
Elkhorn
Neligh Mills
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Hardin Speer
John Speer
Denver
Monseignor Faliconio
Fairbanks
William Loeb, Jr
President Taft
Port of
New York Customs House
Jacob M. Dickinson
Joint Immigration Committee
Capital City News
State House
Braska
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