National and political briefs from 1904 era events
Reports span appointments and elections as Colonel George H. Torney is named Surgeon General, Randins governors elected, bishops' and party figures discussed. Congress and state results include Robert Bryan in Nebraska, prosecutions, tax and rail cases, and presidential messages amid unrest.
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Kings County
N. Y
George H. Torney
Army
R. M. O’reilay
Secretary of War
Torney
General
San Francisco
John Motley Morehead
Congress
North Carolina
Grange
Randins’ Wels
Herbert
Hadley
Missonr
W. FP. Stubbs
Kansas
James H. Brady
Idaho
Taft at Brooklyn monument dedication voices day
Fragmentary report notes Taft as orator for dedication of a monument to prison ship martyrs in Brooklyn. It mentions Morris Haas’s suicide in his San Francisco cell after the Heney shooting and Cuban election results showing liberal Gómez ahead by a large plurality.
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Taft
Brooklyn
Morris Haas
Heney
San Francisco
Gomez
Ireland
Nebcashs
Seakee Peres
Wade
United States
Circuit Court of
New
Taft Calls Special Session to Revise Tariff
Washington announces a special session will convene after March 4 to revise tariff laws. The vacant Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee chair may go to James R. Mann of Illinois, amid threats following an attack on Francis Heney in San Francisco.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
James R. Mann
Illinois
Roosevelt
Francis
Heney
San Francisco
Beatrice Hospital Sale to United Brethren Church
The Nebraska conference of the United Brethren church will become owner of the Dr. H. M. Hepperson hospital in Beatrice. A York conference committee authorized transfer after a fundraising effort. final action pending, with $15,000 raised so far and no immediate transfer date.
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Reichstag
William Revere
Methodist Committee On Foreign Missions
E. M. Morgan
New York City
Roosevelt
King Edward
Flint Glass Workers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Gompers
Taft
Hot Springs
Andrews
University of Nebraska
Federal Court of Appeals
American Tobacco Company
United States Court of Appeals
New York
Charles W. Morse
Hepburne
Congress
Iowa
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
United States Circuit Court of Poeals
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
Root
United States
Thomas’ C. Pratt
Bryan
Nebraska
Aheldon
Nebraska Coaf
United Brethren Church
H. M. Hepperson
Beatrice
Heppersen
York
Soap Factory for Lincoln Planned with Secured Supply
Supporters plan a Lincoln soap factory costing about 100000 dollars with 70000 subscribed and J O Greusel financing until stock sales cover funds. Principal stockholder Homer Sieh of Desefe holds 160 acres of silica beds in Phillips County Kansas, 80 acres reserved for the Lincoln plant.
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Lincoln
Homer Sieh
TRV Ae
Philipps County
Kas
Fatal Affray Near Lexington
A Saturday fatal fight occurred about fifteen miles northeast of Lexington at a dance between Dave Fisher and Emery Mathews two neighbors with bad terms. Mathews struck Fisher twice with his fist the second blow to the heart killing him instantly. Mathews fled but was captured by a sheriff patrol and arrested. An inquest found Fisher died from a blow by Mathews.
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Lexington
Dave Fisher
Emery Mathews
Mathews
Fisher
Wade
Mathew
Cornerstone Laid for North Platte Presbyterian Church
The cornerstone of the Presbyterian church of North Platte was laid Thursday afternoon before a large crowd. Rev T B Greenlee delivered greetings from local churches, noting the church organized in 1873 with ten members and the first building erected in 1878.
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Presbyterian Church of
North Platte
T. B. Greenlee
Lutheran Church
Presbyterian
Position. t. C. Abbott Defeated on Democratic Ticket
In a local election, candidate C Abbott, running on the Democratic ticket, was defeated by his opponents. The race reflected voter shifting support and featured campaigns focused on local issues. Abbott conceded after results showed the challenger ahead.
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T. C. Abbott
Rural Nebraska items mix with county news and notices
A jumble of local items from Nebraska: burglaries in Fremont and Lyons, a corn show in Nebraska City, and Otoe county dates for the county fair. Notes on bridges, a return from Germany, a counterfeit five dollar note alert, evangelist events, corn yields, deaths, and a political hint about potential speakers for the legislature.
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Burne
Nien
la Follette
Gering
Omaha
Christensen
Fremont
Phe ‘Taties” Aid Society
Pickrell A. B
Schneider's Hall
Poole
Milford
Canigan
Brad
Theodore Luxterkamp
Petersburg
Germany
Otoe County
Nebraska City
Hagie Hall
Lee McDaniels
J. D. Wolf
Wilson Precinct
Colfax County
Frank Jonas
Nebraska Telephone Company
Douging
Forged Paper Scams Exposed In Court
Van Vlissingen testified that he stole a vast sum in less than four hours from his office desk at 172 W. street and confessed to selling forged documents for eighteen to twenty years. He said at least twenty five victims would lose more than 700000 in total through papers he has not yet redeemed.
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W. Street
van Vlissingen
Yields to Chancellor and Emperors Constitutional Assurance
Chancellor von Buelow obtains from the emperor a declaration that future state affairs will be handled only through constitutional channels via the chancellor. The Reichsan Zeiger published the declaration, seen as progress toward a government responsible to the Reichstag, though still uncertain.
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von Buelow
Potsdam
Reichsan Zeiger
Reichstag
No Dispute With Japan Confirmed By State Department
A high official in the state department in Washington on Monday said there has never been the slightest friction between Japan and the United States. He cited the San Francisco school dispute as a momentary strain but noted mutual cooperation since then. He emphasized friendly relations and ongoing negotiations to maintain goodwill.
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Japan
United States
State Department
Washington
San Francisco
Man Convicted by the Voodoo
Sam Haywood, a prominent farmer, was brought before a coroner’s jury and denied guilt. The rumor of voodoo and a mistaken rusted gun barrel figure in the fragmentary report as the cause of the prosecution and its outcome remains unclear.
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Sam Haywood
Godoo
Printers Strike Grips Local Newspapers Departments
Local pressrooms face disruption as printers halt work amid widespread unrest. About eighty percent of men employed in printing departments of nearby papers participate, signaling a major stoppage on an unspecified date in November.
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Cateronia
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Knowles
Pawnee
Christian Church
Geo. M. Jacoba
J. W. Alien
Virginia
Sherman Township
Gage County
Lease & Allinson
Lyons
James Costello
Parsons, Kas
Hall County
Grand Island
St.Mary’s Church
Father Wolf
The
Journal of Fairbury
Ed Campbell
Fred Hatfield
Okla
Lawrence
Democratic
C. W. Pool
Tecumseh
Billek
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