Capital City Railroads Prepare Interstate Rate Changes
The state railway commission was told that Burlington and Northwestern railroads will align interstate travel rates with local tariff schedules. The information, given unofficially, suggests Union Pacific may also adjust its charges, with Nebraska lines moving toward a unified schedule.
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State Railway Commission
Burlington and Northwestern Railroad
Sach
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Railroad Commission Orders Monthly Freight and Picket Reports
The railroad commission in Lincoln Nebraska requires railroad agents at all stations to file monthly reports on freight forwarded and received, car counts by type, weights, line charges, and picket sales. A weekly report mandating cars on hand and location will also be issued to prevent shortages.
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Railroad Commission
Railway Commission
Lincoln
Neb
Commission to Work On Rail Rate Complaints This Week
The railway commission will hear complaints and invite railroad representatives and the public to register grievances. It will likely tackle already filed complaints first while awaiting a federal ruling on the interstate two cent fare in Nebraska. If needed the commission may pursue court action or rely on recent Supreme Court authority expanding rail regulatory power.
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Railway Commission
Nebraska
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Question on Premiums Under Pure Food Law
A letter asked if including a dish in oatmeal packages violates the Pure Food Law by granting an unlawful premium. The secretary of state sought AG guidance but delayed action due to other duties and indicated the matter may be tested in court if pursued by the manufacturers.
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Secretary of State
Commonwealth
Receipts Soar As State Treasurer April Balance Debits Rise
The April receipts show a record high for recent years with 875 891.62 dollars in income. A surplus stems from railroad taxes after a Supreme Court decision, while total funds on hand reach 726 212.48 dollars including 367 643.34 dollars of temporary school funds awaiting distribution. The new institutions’ cash fund is growing rapidly under last legislature action.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Tax Commissioner Seeks Nebraska Tax Reduction Over Trackage Rights
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railway official A S Dudley asks Nebraska’s board of equalization to lower the road’s state valuation. He argues the line only has trackage rights into Omaha from Iowa and points to unequal assessment compared with Rock Island, noting beer as a cited reason for relief.
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A. S. Dudley
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Omaha
Iowa
Rock Island
South Omaha
Union Station
Nebraska Board
Redistricting Plan for Insane Care Across Nebraska Outlined
The state board of public lands and buildings heard hospital superintendents call for redrawing districts to care for all classes of insane. Hastings would no longer be limited to chronic cases, Adams county would take patients from the west region, Lincoln for east and south of the Platte, and Norfolk for north of the Platte east of Hastings’ line.
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Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Insane Asylums
Hastings Hospital
Adams County
Hastings Asylum
Dli
Saline County
Platte
Merrick County
Nebraska
Lincoln Asylum
Douglas County
Norfolk Institution
Governor Reappoints Nebraska Insane Hospital Heads
Governor Sheldon re appointed Dr J T Hay G A Young and W B Kern as superintendents of the insane hospitals at Lincoln Norfolk and Hastings. He also named Dr J G Muir Milford as physician at the soldiers and sailors home and re appointed Dr W K Loughridge at Milford industrial home for women. The appointments follow new law S F No 28 setting terms not to exceed six years.
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Sheldon
J. T. Hay
G. A. Young
W. B. Kern
Lincoln
Norfolk
Hastings
J. G. Muir
Milford
Soldiers’ and Sailors
W. K. Loughridge
State Board Rejects Heating Plant Bid at Peru School
At a Peru meeting the bid for the school heating plant was found incomplete and rejected. The bid followed Peru engineer plans. an architect will draw new plans and they will be available soon at the state superintendent's office. A new board meeting is set for May 10.
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State Board of Education
Peru
State Board
Capitol Visitors Include Lawmakers and Officials
Capitol callers and lawmakers J W Armstrong M T Harrison former representative Herbert Howe and Dr Tyler of Auburn plus former county attorney F Fer neau of Auburn visited the capitol recently.
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J. W. Armstrong
M. T. Harrison
Herbert Howe
Dr. Tyler
Auburn
F. Ferneau
Capitol
Auburn Doctor Seeks State Board of Education Seat
Dr. Tyler of Auburn runs for a seat on the state board of education. Terms expire June 21. Governor will name Majors successor. Nemaha county politics stir over Colonel Majors name as his board term ends. Some favor a member from a town outside Peru to keep school affairs free from local politics.
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Tyler
Dr. Tyler
Auburn
State Board of Education
T.J. Majors
Nemaha County
Colonel Majors
Majors
Nebraska
Peru
Riot at San Francisco Ends in Fatalities during Strike Clash
In San Francisco on May 7 a riot erupted as 1,700 United Railroads strike breakers and sympathizers clashed with protesters. Police guarded seven armed cars sent from Turk and Fillmore, but stones and bricks smashed windows and wounded crew, with several fatally injured amid the violence at Turk and Buchanan.
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United Railroads
San Francisco
Turk and
Fillmore Streets
Mooney
Fillmore Street
Turk Street
Buchanan
Youths Rob North Coast Limited Train near Butte
Two masked youths held up the Northern Pacific north coast limited eastbound No. 22 near Welch's spur eighteen miles east of Butte Montana. Engineer James Clow was killed Fireman James Sullivan wounded. The suspects fled down a gulch as sheriffs追 pursued with a posse and on train.
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Shoemaker
Helena
Mont
North Coast Limited
Basin
Woodville
Northern Pacific Railway
Welch's Spur
Butte, Mont
James Clow
James Sullivan
Brown Re-Elected Mayor of Lincoln Nebraska
Democrat Frank W. Brown won re election as mayor of Lincoln Nebraska by 37 votes over Republican A H Hutton. Three Democrats, H F Bishop Michael Bauer and Henry Hauschild, were elected to the city council maintaining eight Republicans and three Democrats.
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Frank W. Brown
Lincoln
Neb
A. H. Hutton
H. F. Bishop
Michael Bauer
Henry Hauschild
Brown
Hutton
Tragedy in Washington: Husband Kills Wife Then Shoots Baby
William O. Rice a Washington telegraph operator, in a quarrel over a wedding ring possession, shot his wife fatally, hit his baby in the leg, and killed himself. The incident ends a fatal domestic dispute.
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Baby
Selif
Wm. O. Rice
Washington, D. C
Chicago Woman Dies From Lotus Club Fire Injuries
Miss Hattie Walsh of Chicago died from injuries suffered last Wednesday in the Lotus club rooms fire at 255 Wabash Avenue where about fifty people were hurt while escaping. Her death marks the second fatality from the blaze.
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Chicago
Hattie Walsh
Wabash Avenue
Lotus Club
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Ex City Comptroller
A warrant is sworn for the arrest of John Riplinger former Seattle city comptroller and defeated mayoral candidate. The complaint alleges embezzlement of city funds. Riplinger is currently in Honduras.
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John Riplinger
Seattle
Wash
Riplinger
Honduras
Death Sentence for Man in Jealous Killing of Sweetheart
John Hamlin received a first degree murder verdict and the death penalty for shooting Rachel Engle last August on the way to an entertainment at Grafid Island. Engle died from spinal injuries after lingering until January. Hamlin was captured nearby and had pleaded guilty before withdrawal.
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John Hamlin
Rachel Engle
Grafid Island
Miss Engle
Hamlin
Hanna
Union Pacific Reports 1906 Earnings and Deficits
The Union Pacific filed with the state board of equalization a 1906 earnings report showing total gross receipts of 16 311 936 95, with Nebraska operating expenses at 9 276 257 34 and a net earnings per mile of 7 317 40. Dividends on a 395 049 200 capital stock totaled 10 532 155, while Kearney, and Omaha plus Republican Valley branches ran per mile deficits of 200 95 and 161 75 respectively.
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State Board of Equalization
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Kearney
Omaha
Republican Valley
Missouri Pacific Seeks To Meet Burlington Fare
Missouri Pacific asks the state railway commission for permission to match Burlington’s short line rate between Lincoln and Falls City. The request, sent by H. C. Townsend, cites $2.08 via Missouri Pacific and $1.86 via Burlington. The commission granted the request with a cap on charges to intermediate points, with effect hoped for the first of the month.
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Burlington
Missouri Pacific Railway
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Falls City
H. C. Townsend
Missouri Pacific
Boy Reunited as Mother Reclaims Child in Fremont
Constable Roy Cook brings Oswald Koeppen to Fremont where Mrs. Koeppen from Snyder meets her son at the union station. The boy had been kept by his father in Breckenridge after a divorce order granted custody to the mother. Koeppen fled toward Canada, pursued by authorities.
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Litle
Oswald Koeppen
Breckenridge
Minn
Roy Cook
Fremont
Fullerton Post Reaches New Ownership Multiple Times
The Fullerton Post changed editors and owners twice in April. Ben Currin sold to Robert Adams, who then sold to ex County Treasurer John R Duff of Atchison County Missouri. Duff issued his first number last week, and the paper remains staunchly Republican.
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Fulleton Post
Fullerton Post
Ben Currin
Robert Adams
John R. Duff
Atchinson County
Missouri
Duff
Friendly Suit Tests Anti Pass Law In Plattsmouth
County Attorney Rawls files a case in Justice Archer's court charging Judge A N Sullivan with accepting a railroad pass from Missouri Pacific. The move, a friendly suit, seeks to decide if attorneys or physicians employed part time by railroads may receive passes under the new law.
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Rawls
District Court
Trench Cave-In Kills Miner Near Tekamah
Scott Miner was killed when dirt slid into a trench about seven miles north of Tekamah while he and Robert Palmantier worked on tiling. Palmantier crawled out minutes before the collapse and heard Miner cry as gumbo buried him under more than three feet of soil.
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Scott Miner
Tekamah
Robert Palmantier
Miner
Train wreck near Leshera leaves cars off rails
A Burlington north bound passenger train derailed a mile east of Leshera Nebraska when a broken flange left the tracks. The cars ran 100 yards on ties with damage to ties as the tender and baggage car were derailed. Passengers were moved to Fremont on a connecting south bound train with no serious injuries.
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Burlington
Leshera
Booming Town Rosalie Incorporators Named
Rosalie Townsite company is incorporated with Frank B Rhoda John F Piper Frassher L Cook Geo C Margott and Harry L Keefe as incorporators. Rosalie lies on the B and M and Great Northern line linking Lincoln and Sioux City in Thurston county, a thriving farming district. The town already has two grain elevators a bank and several other businesses with plans for another elevator and a lumber yard. The company will promote growth and offers incentives across multiple lines.
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Rosalie
Frank B.rhoda
John F. Piper
Frassher L. Cook
Geo. C. Margott
Harry L. Keefe
Great Northern
Lincoln
Sioux City
Thurston County
No Effect on Nebraska Forest Reserve Lands
A Washington telegram reports the land office issued instructions allowing states to select school land in place of forest reserve land. Nebraska will not receive replacement land beyond about 120 acres, and state forest land remains leased with lessees allowed access.
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Nebraska
Washington
General Land Office
Eaton
Corner Stone laid for St Michael's Church by Bishop Scannell
The corner stone of St Michael's Catholic Church was laid by Bishop Scannell of Omaha in a large regional gathering. Rev Father Harrington of Omaha delivered the dedicatory address. The completed church will be the finest in that part of Nebraska.
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St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Scannell
Omaha
Father Harrington
Nebraska
University Place Passes Business Tax on Phone Firms
The University Place city council enacted an ordinance imposing a $100 annual occupation tax per telephone system plus $25 per toll station. The council also considers building a large water reservoir for emergency use.
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University Place
Richards Celebrate Sixty Years Of Marriage At Edgar
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Richards of Edgar marked a sixtieth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering. About 150 relatives and friends attended at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Robb to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary.
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Benjamin Richards
Edgar
W. C. Robb
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