Railroads Not Entitled to Court Explanation of 1907 Valuation
Supreme court rules the state board of equalization need not explain to railroads the reasoning behind the 1907 assessed value of railroad property. Union Pacific sought mandamus to force explanations. court declines, noting such issues belong in a bill of exceptions.
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Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Road
Reese
Gasoline stove explosion injures Omaha woman
Mrs. Jacob Hoffman of 2522 Rees Street, Omaha, was fatally burned when a gasoline stove exploded in her kitchen. She suffered severe burns over about two thirds of her body, was treated by Drs. Tyler and Fitzgibbon, and taken to St. Joseph hospital where doctors said recovery was unlikely. Her seventeen year old son, nearby in the yard, helped by smothering flames with quilts and was burned on the hands.
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Jacob Hoffman
Rees Street
Omaha
Tyler and
Fitzgibbon
St. Joseph Hospital
Maxwell man fined for chasing a deer law violation
William of Maxwell in Lincoln county pleaded guilty under the state game law and paid a $100 fine after chasing a deer with hounds. The deer was exhausted and taken by Gregg who later claimed it was stolen. The case centered on whether Gregg was responsible for the pursuit or a victim of theft.
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William of
Maxwell
Lincoln County
Gregg
Partridges Survive Winter in Nebraska Deer Park Report
John W. Gilbert of Friend reports to the state game warden on Hungarian partridges released near Friend last fall. Sixteen birds reportedly overwintered in good condition. one was killed and the rest remain unaccounted for.
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John W. Gilbert
Friend
Nebraska
P Yate
Perkins County Lands Favored in Reappraisal Plan
Governor Sheldon led a state review showing Perkins county school lands valued for leasing far below neighboring counties and overall land value. The state board ordered a new appraisement by three freeholders after Perkins county's 57 cent per acre appraisal was rejected, with current leasing value at 35 cents per acre. The board notes Perkins county revenue from state aid and per pupil apportionment totals 4.62 dollars annually, more than Lancaster county which receives two dollars per pupil.
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Sheldon
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Perkins County
Chase
Keith
Hayes
Lincoln
McBrien
Lancaster County
Town To Change Name Smartville Becomes St Marys
Johnson County local item notes the village formerly Smartville will be renamed St Marys on and after April 1 1908. villagers plan court action to finalize the name change with rail and postage companies expected to adopt the new designation. A Catholic school named St Mary's is planned with Father Charles Cwilinski leading efforts. $6000 of $7500 needed has been raised for construction.
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Smartville
Johnson County
St. Marys
Robert Smart
Helena
Johnson ‘County
St. Mary's School
Charles Cwilinski
German Farmer Ends Life Near Adams
John Kreitner a respected German farmer living about one and a half miles from Adams killed himself with a single bar shotgun. He was forty, industrious and held in esteem. The coroner was notified. he left Hooker township where Kreitner had long resided. He leaves a wife a son three daughters and a brother.
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Adams
John Kreitner
Kreitner
Hooker Township
Prairie Chickens Confiscated and Fine Paid in Nebraska
H Tomsen, a Burton creamery man in Keya Paha county, paid a $115 fine after attempting to ship prairie chickens to a Chicago buyer. Warden seized 12 chickens and a beef hide at Bassett station, with 11 more found in the Burton creamery, totaling 23 birds. The birds are stored in Lincoln to be sent to the federal agriculture department for cold storage experiments.
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H. Tomsen
Burton
Keya
Paha County
Chicago
Bassett
Tomsen
Carter
Lincoln
Government Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Commercial club seeks new depot in Auburn talks
The Commercial club of Auburn pressed Missouri Pacific for a new passenger station. GM E A Gould and Supt Dr Bernardi met the club and discussed the idea. Officials promised a new freight depot but gave no assurance of a passenger station.
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Commercial Club
Auburn
Missouri Pacific
E. A. Gould
Dr. Bernardi
Injury Claim From Fall On Defective Crosswalk
A resident alleged permanent injury after a fall on a defective crosswalk. The claim details describe the hazardous condition and ongoing medical impact claimed against the city.
Supreme Court Denies Minnesota Habeas Request
The U S Supreme Court denies Attorney General Edward T Young’s habeas corpus petition in Minnesota contempt case for defying an injunction against enforcing the maximum railroad rate law. Court invalidates Minnesota freight and passenger rate law. Justice Peckham writes for the majority. Justice Harlan dissents, warning of federal state power conflicts and state sovereignty concerns.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Edward T. Young
Minnesota
United States Circuit Court of
Peckham
Justice Harlan
North Carolina
United States
Nebraska Supreme Court Holds Liquor Dealers Liable for Deaths
The Nebraska Supreme Court issued two opinions holding liquor dealers indirectly liable for deaths. A widow may collect support from a David City saloon keeper after her husband’s death from alcohol. Willow Springs Brewery of Omaha is declared liable for a boy’s death after he allegedly drank there, then wandered onto railroad tracks and was killed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
David City
Willow Springs
Omaha
China Moves to Curb Opium Imports
Pekin reports the throne has sanctioned a three year experiment with reduced opium imports agreed by Great Britain. The aim is to study effects on domestic cultivation and use, with possible continuation if successful. The throne urges the nation to abandon opium entirely and regulate the practice further.
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China
Great Britain
Oklahoma City robbery suspects linked to earlier bank heist
Dispatch from Meliqady 3 east of the city reports Jim Lee and Lee Ellerick arrested for the Hoffman robbery. A book with the suspects’ names was found near the bank, tying them to the Tyro Kansas bank robbery as the likely same perpetrators.
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Hoffman
Oklahoma
Okla
Meliqady
Jim Lee
Lee Ellerick
Hoftes
McLoud
Tyro, Kan
Roosevelt’s proposed legislative program outlined
President Roosevelt plans a special congressional program this week including tariff revision after March 4 1909 an amendment to the Sherman anti trust law easing for labor and capital groups limits on court injunctions in labor disputes and passage of an employers liability bill reflecting broad economic aims.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Oklahoma Orders Propose Hearings on Rail Changes
Guthrie facilities of the State Corporation Commission prepared two orders Friday night. The first requires railways to seek commission approval before altering passenger schedules abolishing Army station or Telegraph office. The second sets telegraph rates at 25 cents for ten words and one cent for each additional word within Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
A. P. Watson
State Corporation Commission
Army Station
Canton Protests Government Over Tatsu Maru Case
Indignation runs high in Canton as crowds mourn and denounce the government for yielding to Japanese demands in the Tatsu Maru affair. More than fifty thousand people attended mass meetings with numerous speakers denouncing the action.
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Canton
King Manuel May Lose His Arm
El Mundo reports on good authority that Prince Manuel now king has a wound in the arm from February 1 during the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince. The doctors say amputation may be required as the injury has worsened.
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Manuel
Madrid
el Mundo
Carlos
Federation Enjoined in Bucks Store Case by DC Supreme Court
Washington D C. The American Federation of Labor and President Gompers and others were permanently enjoined from conspiring to restrain obstruct or destroy the Bucks Store and Range company business. Chief Justice Clabaugh of the District of Columbia Supreme Court issued the ruling, making permanent a prior temporary injunction.
Bandits Loot $47,000 From Victims Near Rawhide
Three bandits in Reno Nevada escaped with about $47,000 in gold and bank notes after assaulting their victims and fleeing in a two horse rig. The money had been consigned to the Coalition Mining Company at Rawhide.
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Reno
Nev
Coalition Mining Company
Rawhide
SixTieth Congress Highlights and Key Votes
The week features subpoenas issued to Lake Torpedo Boat and Berger Submarine Boat officers, barring book transfers. The pension bill passes for a record 150.869 million dollars. Senator William J. Bryan dies of typhoid in Washington. DC gambling curbs extend to Benning track area. Ship subsidy bill passes Senate. General Hall to be promoted to major general at Leavenworth.
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Washington, D. C
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Berger Submarine Boat Company
Connecticut
Lilley
United States
Washington
House
Committee On Appropriations
Senator Bryan
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Senate
Benning
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Benning Track
Hall
Taft
Chas B. Hall
General Staff College
Leavenworth
Kan
House votes to table resolution on corporate information
The House, by 1438 to 115, laid on the table a resolution requesting the president to provide data gathered by the Bureau of Corporations on corporations.
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Washington, D. C
House
Bureau of Corporations
Korean Shoots an American at San Francisco Ferry Depot
D W Stevens, a member of the Japanese consulate at Seoul, was shot near the Fairmont hotel area and fatally wounded while leaving for Washington. The shooter was N W Chun, a Korean, and a mob of about 500 men chased him after the attack and captured him.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fairmont Hotel
D.W. Stevens
Seoul
Washington
N. W. Chun
Sceme
Judge Evans Opens Campaign in Joplin
Judge W. N. Evans of West Plains opened his campaign for governor at the club theater in Joplin. He endorsed Folk policies supported the initiative and referendum and the state primary law and favored submission of a prohibition amendment while opposing injunctions.
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Judge Evans
Joplin
W. N. Evans
West Plaines
Democratic State Committee
Missouri Miners to Meet Indianapolis for Wage Scale
Missouri Miners president George Colville called the southwest field miners to meet in Kansas City on March 30 to draft a wage scale for presentation at a joint meeting with operators on March 31. Operators had already met in Kansas City on March 26.
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Missouri
Indianapolis
George Colville
Missouri Siimers
Southwest Field
Kansas City
Mexican War Veteran Dies in Denver at 88
Joseph Hamilton Wear, a Denver resident, died Thursday night at age 88 after a long illness. A veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, he was born in Cartisie, Pennsylvania, and was the son of a Hamilton. He had lived in Denver for five years, previously coming from Eskridge, Kansas.
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Denver
Col
Joseph Hamilton Wear
Cartisie
Alexander Hamilton
Eskridge
Kan
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