Nebraska News Highlights Changes and Accidents
Local notices report Wahoo to gain a new roller mill with work to start immediately. Lin coln high school attendance and state university enrollments rise, while several business incorporations occur in Fremont and Crete. A Fremont man dies after falling from a train in Las Vegas. A large sugar factory project nears start in Norfolk as workers prepare. Community plans include a proposed golf land donation near Nebraska City and a Lincoln chorus for the St Louis world’s fair. A Beatrice man sues Gage county over a bridge collapse injuring him.
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Fielda
Aolnd
Wahoo
Lincolin High School
The
State University
R. Rogers
Fremont
Las Vegas
N.M
Phillips Medical Company
Omaha
H. Su. Mickey
A. L. Clarke
W. H. Ferguson
G. B. ‘Taylor
Blue Hill Creamery Company
James Hanson
Swaburg
G. D. Streeter
Streeter
Crete
Joplin
Syracuse
Armours
Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company
Norfolk
Nebraska-Palmyra
Otoe County
Stella
Richardson
Washington
Fain
John ‘Harris
Cass County
Harris
John Dolan
Dolan
Joy
Paul
Mark Morton
Nebraska City
Golf
Morton
Lincoln
St. Louis
Nebraska
Harry N. Vertrees
Beatrice
Gage
Calla
Pemberton Bill on Nebraska Statutes Challenged in Court
A suit seeks to block Secretary of State Marsh and State Auditor Weston from executing a law authorizing 500 sets of Nebraska statutes to be purchased by J. B. Cobbey. Plaintiff contends the act is special legislation granting perquisites to legislators and state officers, violating constitutional provisions. Judge Holmes issued a restraining order with a hearing set for October 7.
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Nebraska
J. B. Cobbey
Beatrice
Neb
Marsh
State
Weston
Stonebraker
Secretary of State
Holmes
Pemberton
Gage County
Americans Ill treated Near Bluefields Nicarauga
State department reports American citizens ill treated on St Andrews island near Bluefields Nicaragua. Edwin W Trimmer, American agent at Bluefields, informs and Nashville ship ordered from Pensacola to St Andrews. officials do not foresee serious trouble but warn lack of local order makes a warship desirable.
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State Department
Washington
Bluefields
Nicarauga
St. Andrews
Edwin W. Trimmer
Nashville
Pensacola
St.Andrews
Generous Open Market Move From Secretary Shaw
Secretary Shaw authorizes renewed refunding to 20 million in light of scarce 2 per cent bonds for circulation and deposits. He will redeem 6 per cent bonds maturing February 1 1904 and issue instructions to sub treasuries. Banks may substitute state and municipal bonds for 5 per cent bonds on public deposits at 75 percent value.
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United States
Shaw
Consolidation of Texas Lines With Rock Island System
Under One Great Management the Texas lines under Rock Island control are merged into Chicago Rock Island and Gulf. They include Chicago Rock Island and Mexico Chicago Rock Island and Texas and Choctaw Oklahoma and Texas. General M A Low led the deal aided by Assistant General Attorney Lassiter who tours Texas detailing the transfer.
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Texas
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
Chicago
Mexico
Rock Island & Texas
Choctaw
Oklahoma
Eons M. A. Low
Rock System
Attorney Lassiter
Lassiter
Monetary Commission Proposes Gold Standard for Stable Exchange
The report from Mexico’s monetary commissioners abroad outlines a plan to fix international exchange by tying value to gold. It calls for closing mints to silver coinage, setting a gold silver ratio, and using gold reserves to support the system, with experts deeming silver’s free coinage must end to stabilize the peso.
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Mexico
Russia
England
China
Europe
Dead Letter Office Reports Big Year of 1903
The annual operation report for the Dead Letter Office covering the fiscal year ended June 30 1903 notes a record year for receipts driven by increasing mail volume. About 10 million pieces entered the office 8 895 205 opened with 48 634 dollars found money and 1 493 563 in face value of drafts and checks. Merchandise parcels restored 254 580 and photographs found 218 955. Domestic miscarried letters 654 201 and 131 302 letters held for postage.
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Wynne
Shortage of Teachers Forces School Consolidation in Chadron Area
Northwestern Nebraska faces a severe teacher shortage. Chadron Superintendent H L Fisher reports it is impossible to secure instructors as they choose higher paying jobs closer to central Nebraska. He proposes consolidating four districts to ensure proper countywide coverage and asks for local applicants to contact him in Chadron.
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Nebraska
Fowler
Chadron
Fisher
Birth Rates Rise in New York City Districts Says Education Chief
A report from New York City education officials highlights high birth rates in the East Side from Houston to the East River, noting a baby born every three minutes in Division Street and one a month on Murray Hill and along Fifth Avenue, signaling a major challenge for the school system.
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Haupt
New York
New York City
Lower East Side
Murray’ Hill
Fifth Avenue
East Side
Houston
Bowery
Catherine
East River
Roosevelt
Division Street
Board of Education
Gold by the Million from Nome to Seattle Steamer Shipments
Gold receipts to Seattle reached 1 250 000 dollars for September 25 as shipments from Nome and the British Yukon arrived on the steamers Ohio Senator and Dolphin. The three vessels carried 850 passengers and were consigned to the Canadian Commerce office in Seattle from the Dawson branch.
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Seattle
Nome
British Yukon
Ohio
Senator
Dolphin
Ae Eea
Canadian of Commerce of
Dawson
Billion Dollar Labor Federation Formed in Chicago
A federation of manufacturers and employers associations with tens of thousands of workers and about a billion dollars in capital forms in Chicago’s Auditorium Annex. It plans a November meeting to create a national employers' association and to oppose union labor methods, aiming to curb strikes and boycotts through legal action. Key organizers include D. M. Parry and Frederick W. Job.
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Federation of
Manufacturers and Employers’ Associations
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Employers’ Associations
Citizens’ Alliances Inicago
Employers’ Association
Frederick W. Joy
Chicago Association
A. C. Marshall
Dayton
Ohio
Job
Marshall
Kansas City
D.M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ "Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick W. Job
E. F. du’ Brul
National Trades Association
Cincinnati
John Kirby, Jr
Akron
Marshall Cushing
National Manufacturers’ Association
New York
Col
J. West Goodwin
Citizens’alliance
Sedalia
PO. Geier
National Metal “Trades Association
A. D. Meeker
Marshalltown
Iowa
D. M. Parry
New
Missouri River threat spurs Decatur relief convention
W R DeWitt a US engineer examined the Missouri at Decatur Neb reporting eroding soil and rising danger to nearby towns Dakota City and others. A river relief convention is urged for mid October in Kansas City to seek congressional funds and decisive action.
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W. R. DeWitt
Sioux City
United States
H.M. Chittenden
Missouri River
Decatur
Neb
Nebraska
War Department
Chittenden
DeWitt
Dakota City
Congress
William Sims
Lora
Missouri
Kansas City
Prominent Politicians In Clash
A car on the Lake Shore electric road near Berlin Heights Ohio jumped the rails injuring Senator Hanna gubernatorial candidate Herrick and others who were shaken but not seriously hurt.
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Lake Shore
Berlin Heights
Ohio
Hanna
Herrick
Lifeboat Crew Strikes Over New Isle of Man Coxswain
At Port Erin Isle of Man the lifeboat crew have gone on strike in protest at the appointment of a new coxswain by the local committee without crew input. They insist on a captain they trust as lives depend on skill and judgment. The crew refused to launch during a recent quarterly practice when the inspector attended.
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Olly Tarson
Port Erin
Isle of Man
Charges Against Lincoln Area Orphan Farm Led by Squeers
State Board of Charities and Corrections filed charges with Governor Mickey over Jabitha Home near Lincoln. The secretary reports 10 to 15 year old boys toil from 4 AM to 6 PM, live in sheds, lack education, and endure degrading conditions. Rev Henry Heiner oversees the farm and home. his sister runs the home. Governor Mickey backs a quo warranto to forfeit the charter and place management in the state.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Squeers
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Mickey
Jabitha Home
Lincoln
Henry Heiner
Russian Siberian merchants meet to boost China trade
A Tomsk conference of Siberian merchants aimed at expanding trade with China ended without progress. Findings show Russian goods cannot compete with Western Europe and the United States in China, while Siberian railroad rates cannot be cut without heavy revenue losses. Also from Askhabad comes a report that locusts have devastated 2,000,000 acres of crops in the Trans-Caspian territory.
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Odessa
London Standard
Tomsk
Siberia
China
Western
Europe
United States
Siberian Railroad
Askhabad
Trans-Caspian
Court faces long case over dam flooding land north of Linson
A Lincoln Nebraska district court petition accuses Thon Cochrane J D Parker and Lincoln Ice Company of damming Oak creek to flood Bauer’s fifteen acre tract. Bauer seeks damages of 1000 dollars arguing crops ruined and water stagnation. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled individuals cannot dam creeks to flood neighboring land but public service corporations may dam with compensation for damages. The ice company may contend it serves the public by providing ice.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thon Cochrane
Rie
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Ice Company
Pope plans jubilee and new rules amid Vatican talk
The Rome Tribune reports the abbot of Monte Cassino meeting the pope in Campania. The pope reportedly dismisses rumors of leaving the Vatican and urges prayer as a path to all things. He also says he will inaugurate the jubilee of the Immaculate Conception.
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Rome
Tribuna
Prux .X
Monte Cassini
Campania
Mont Cassini
Vatican
Sava’ Dei Tirenine
Milk trust tightens grip on Lincoln dealers
The Lincoln Nebraska milk trust expands by buying up small dealers. Ten smaller shops have already sold out and contracts with supplying farmers bar new entrants for two years. A former dealer plans a partnership with another seller, signaling potential conflict with the trust.
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Milk Trust
Lincoln
Neb
Magnates Patch It Up Ends Rift Over Southern Pacific
Keene and Harriman interests reach settlement in control battle of the Southern Pacific. The U S circuit court in Cincinnati received a telegram from Keene saying all proceedings were dropped. Rockefeller is named as the broker of the settlement.
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Keene and Harriman
Southern Pacific
United States Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Keene
Rockefeller
Tillman on Trial for Murder in South Carolina Case
Former South Carolina lieutenant governor J. H. Tillman is arraigned in Lexington County circuit court on an indictment for the murder of N. G. Gonzales editor of the Columbia State. The state is represented by Solicitor Thumpard with five prosecutors. eleven defense attorneys with Judge Croft leading. presiding judge is Frank B. Gary.
Believe in Ghosts A Sakai Tale of Hauntings and Measles
A survey of Sakai beliefs collected from a Malay highlands expedition near Kampar on the Tue river in Pahang. The author notes elephant ghosts blamed for child deaths while an epidemic of measles raged, reflecting primitive ideas about spirits and misfortune.
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Straits
Royal Asiatic Society
A. D. Machado
Pahang
Perak
Kampar
Tue
Betok
Jelal
Mander
Irishman Chides Silence With Philosophy
Judge George Gray recalls a Princeton jani tor Jerome McWade who told a yarn about an Irishman reading a newspaper and sucking eggs. The man then swallows a live chicken, and the Irishman philosophically mutters the line you spoke too late.
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George Gray
Delaware
Princeton
Wilmington
Gray
The Soul's Garden Thoughts on the soul and deeds
A poem urging reflection on inner thoughts as seeds shaping deeds. It contrasts noble and ignoble acts and advises turning thoughts toward purity so one walks confidently in crowds and avoids fear or enemies. The verse emphasizes self-scrutiny and moral discipline.
British officer’s joke at London Missionary Society
Lieut. Col. Seton Churchill told a tale at a London Missionary Society meeting. He recalled a Boer War scene where a Kaffir asked why England does not annex heaven, after being told they worship to reach a very nice place.
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Col. Seton Churchill
London Missionary Society
England
Most Valuable Ring Attracts Attention In America
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is believed to own the costliest ring in America. Made in Paris this ring features three large emeralds surrounded by diamonds and encrusted with tiny stones. The emeralds are noted as nearly perfect and a flawless emerald is described as the rarest gem. Experts value the ring at $10,000.
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John Jacob
Astor
America
Paris
Amsterdam
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Smilevo
Turkey
India
Surveyor
Chick
Miele
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