Regulators Threaten Opelousas Court House Capture
Opposing factions mobilize in Opelousas Louisiana as about 500 armed men from both sides position near the town with 260 regulators surrounding the courthouse and an imminent confrontation feared. Reports say shots were fired injuring a bystander and a regulator died with others wounded as authorities prepare for militia deployment.
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Opelousas
Operousas
Belleview Bridge
Judgs Perrault
Diomedes Durio
Durio
Mr. Durio
Alec Reed
Washington
Bellaire Cave
Nebraska Maximum and Rate Cases Credited in Supreme Court Docket
Restored to the Supreme Court docket for reargument the Nebraska maximum freight rate cases against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway with no fixed date for next hearing. The opinion of Justice Brown affirms Nevada's tax authority on railroad lands. Other items include New Lincoln tariff delays pending next State Board of Transportation hearing, elopement sequel and death, county seat war in Hemingford, whitecaps vandalism case in Piattsmour, Omaha ice dealers forming a price tilt, Coin Harvey to speak in Omaha, Howe postoffice robbery, 22nd annual G A R encampment at Cedar Rapids, Iowa field meet moved to Marshalltown, defaulting treasurer to stand trial, Lily Whites delegates chosen in Houston.
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Supreme Court
Wasetwaton
Justice Brown
Central Pacific Railway Company
State of
Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Brown
Nebraska
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Lincoln
Omaha
Union Pacific
State Board of Transportation
A Big Thing for the Town The Silas Wilson Nurseries Rise
In 1870 Silas Wilson started a nursery in Grove City that grew into a major industry employing fifty to seventy five men. The firm ships millions of plants worldwide, operates 200 acres with an experimental stock yard, and maintains frost proof cellars and large packing houses. Wilson pays about $20 000 annually in wages plus traveling salaries, operates year round, and leads as president of the National Association.
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Silas Wilson
Grove City
Wilson
National Association
Virth Street
Wilson Nurseries
Fruit prospects favorable in section after mild season
Mr. Wilson reported excellent fruit outlook for the year remarking that frost should not severely hurt crops and that there would be ample fruit this season. He noted a very favorable year for tree transplantation and overall promising conditions in the area.
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Wilson
Amending the Carey Act and Exposition Funding
The irrigation committee authorized a favorable report on a Carey Act amendment defining desert land and setting irrigation and occupancy rules for 2 1 acres per 160. Desert lands must be cultivated by actual settlers within 10 years. The Ways and Means Committee recommended reporting a Senate bill to grant 200000 for a government building and exhibit at the Transmississippi Exposition in Omaha 1898, with a matching required by exposition authorities. President Watties and Rep Mercer urged the exposition’s merits.
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Washington
Committee On Irrigation of
Yavor
Kruger's Reply to Chamberlain Draws Comment and Fallout
The article covers Kruger's reply to Chamberlain about visiting England to discuss Uitlanders grievances, with The Times warning of possible peril if redress is refused. It notes relief over Mafeking supply routes reaching Bulawayo amid heavy bombardment and near-total siege conditions.
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England
Matabeleland
Bulawayo
Mafeking
Kruger
Chamberlain
Transvaal
Times
the Times
Pretoria
Volksraad
In The Swim Prices For Your Honest Merits Purchases
The notice urges shoppers to stay in the swim with values in every purchase and insists on observing listed prices. It emphasizes honest merit and money's worth as guiding principles for consumer choices.
One Dollar For Easton
One dollar awarded by a jury in Judge Clifford's court to Charles L. Easton in a suit against Walter Wright and Augustus Newell over a gas deal in Omaha in 1889. Easton, an experienced attorney, had owed $25,000 in attorney fees for engineering the deal.
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Easton
Omtoaco
Clifford
Charles L. Easton
Walter 8. Wright
Augustus Newell
Wright
Newell
Feen
Omaha
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Coin” Harvey
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