Nebraska gets heavy rain after record heat across state
A week of extreme heat gave way to widespread rainfall across eastern Nebraska on Monday. Lincoln saw 1.27 inches at the university station with a total near 1.5 inches, while other eastern areas reported heavy precipitation. Rainfall extended from Hastings to Minden and reached Omaha, easing drought concerns in parts but causing damage in some locations.
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Shoe Sd
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Omaha
Hastings
Minden
Red Cloward Franklin
Prisoners Arrive as Crowds Darken Harbor Scene
Reports describe the Bermudan island transport scene with 126 Boer prisoners arriving aboard Amentin. Spectators in boats gathered around the forward decks, inspecting guards and prisoners as men and youths waved hats and called out. Prisoners, seeking fruit and tobacco, asked for relief but received none.
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Fire Threatens Hoosac Tunnel Docks in Charlestown Area
A blaze burned for about an hour at pier A of the Hoosac tunnel docks in Charlestown. The Warren Line terminus pier, yelrich, was destroyed with much merchandise. The steamer Sachem from Liverpool was unloading and towed away to prevent further danger. Losses estimated around 300,000.
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Pearls Found in Iiowa and Naval Speed Debates
A fragment from a 19th century report notes a pearl discovery by a Benyoton in a serum-bed linked to the Queen Mary myth, claims twelve pearls found at a site near Iiowa. It also discusses the Illinois battle ship speed debate and the launch of Missouri Maine and Ohio with a required minimum of eighteen knots, hinting at potential excess speed. It mentions wedding plans for Franz Josef and a Austrian royal match.
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Ohio
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Gomez and Estrada Palma Meet at Waldorf for Cuban President Talk
New York dispatch reports Gen Maximo Gomez and Tomas Estrada Palma in conference at the Waldorf Astoria. It is unclear what they discussed but Gomez is seen as a presidential candidate and has voiced support for Palma. Estrada Palma says Cuban minds are not yet made up.
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Maximo Gomez
Pendiing
Tomas Estrada Prima
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Estrada Palma
Eleven Die In Heap At North Shore Pier
Crowded into a small shanty under the North Shore pier in Chicago a group of twelve fishing men and boys sought shelter from a thunderstorm. Eleven were killed instantly when lightning struck and the lone survivor, twelve year old Willie Anderson, was rescued after minutes of effort. The victims came from poor families and were part of a group of men and youths fishing to cool off from the heat.
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North Shore Pier
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Willie Anderson
Senator Kyles Dead in Aberleen Home
Senator Kyle died at his Aberleen home after a prolonged illness. Medical experts and a consulted physician team noted the heat and age as main factors in his decline, with formal statements pending from local officials.
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Semater
Kyle
Aberleen
Benpitor Kyle
Stetekem
News Briefs From Across The Nation And World
A collage of short items reports strikes in Chicago woodshops wage talks in banking reorganizing major banks in New York weather and fire losses in Illinois Ohio and Denver accidents in Paris and Sterling floods in West Virginia deaths from electric storms and shootings in various locales. The notes sketch economic labor unrest and sensational incidents with minimal detail.
Man killed by passenger train near Chadron
A man named Williams from Cairo Illinois was found lying on the track four miles from Chadron as a passenger train approached at about fifty mph. He raised his head but moved no further and was dragged about twenty feet before the engine stopped. the victim was horribly mutilated and presumed to have fallen from the right of way while the train was traveling.
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Anxiety Over Drought Threatens Kansas Crops
The article notes widespread drought in Kansas with wheat harvest ongoing. Corn is late but decent, needing rain if heat persists. Grass pasturage is thinning, affecting cattle. farmers hope for rain beyond 75 miles from Kansas City. Railroads report favorable crop lines, but fear of a poor drought season lingers.
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Missouri
Kancaskus
Chion Pacific
Santa Fe
Rovk Island
Burlington
Coronation Proclamation For Edward Set For June
The royal proclamation announces King Edward's coronation for June with the exact day to be decided. Read at St James Palace and the Royal Exchange, the ceremony drew crowds despite a less crowded scene than the accession proclamation.
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St. James Palace
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British flag hoisted by customs agent sparks Skaguay incident
Vancouver dispatch reports Canadian Customs Agent Busby hoisted the British flag over his office in Skaguay on Ottawa orders. A tall man cut down the flag, stole the halyards, and tossed the colors to the street. He left a card reading George Miller, Eugene Oregon, brother of Joaquin Miller the California poet. The Skaguay News warns the episode may become an international issue as news reaches Ottawa and Washington.
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Washington
Gomez Arrives in New York with Party of Cuban Officials
General Vlaximo Gomez lands in New York with his son Urban and Alexander Gonzales private secretary 10 General Wood. Cuban and American friends greet them at the ferry and escort to the Waldorf hotel where Estrada Palma meets them. Vernez declines interview stating he has nothing to say.
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Urban
Alexander Gonzales
Wood
Estrada Palme
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Waldorf Hotel
Vernez
Belgian farmer shoots self after cattle poisoning arrest
An Uinthe Kansas dispatch reports Belgian resident Gust Goethols who lived near Shawnee county, committed death by suicide after being accused of poisoning neighbor cattle that had entered his premises. He confessed, a preliminary examination was set before Justice Kiser. He left three small children and his wife had died about a year earlier.
Portrait Drama at Irish League Meeting in Deptford
At the Irish United League gathering in Deptford delegates from Bermontly marched with banners placed behind the speaker’s chair. They hung banners to blot out a king portrait amid chants of over and the crowd cheered the dramatic display.
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Irish United League
Deptford
John ‘Dillon
South Africa
Bermontly
Humane Society Aims to Block South Omaha Bull Fight
The Humane Society of Omaha and local clergymen ask the district court for a restraining order to stop the South Omaha street fair bull fight advertised as a feature, arguing the event violates state cruelty laws though promoters claim no cruelty is intended. Dr. F. Dobbs faces career doubt after departure from Kansas Wesleyan. he hopes to teach elsewhere in the East. A Hastings man, Walter Garver, employed by Adams Express, is reported killed in Edgemont, South Dakota, after being struck by a wheel from an express car door. Five men die in a Brazil Indiana wheat harvest storm. A new actuarial study reports over 28 million pounds donated for relief and a plague death toll near 600,000 in five years to 1901. Mrs. Lulu Prinds Kennedy, once sentenced for murder, faces further court action. A mishap during a rescue outbreak sends Miss Jordin into the Missouri River. a janey goods clerk is cashing out amid fraud rumors. Billy Magruder, jailed in Georgetown, Ga., is reportedly recaptured by masked men.
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Episcopal Canon Focuses on Divorce and Communion Rules
The article discusses Protestant Episcopal policy on divorce for cause, excluding those remarried, and restricting baptism confirmation and communion for such individuals. It notes exceptions for penitent parties and references poet Edwin Markham and his son Virgil Markham, who plans to buy a farm in Westerly, Rhode Island to nurture his son’s interests.
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Multiple murders and crimes reported in scattered notices
Summary of assorted crime reports including Jessie Morrison convicted of murder in Eldorado Kansas and seeking a new trial, Ellred Rose shot during burglary in Litchfield, Kansas, possible dynamite fishing on a river near Coffeyville, Minnesotan ditch deaths at Le Grand, republican party leadership changes in Columbus Ohio, and other violent incidents and incidents across several states.
Boundary talks and surveys fix Alaska boundary dispute
A Canadian press summary notes the United States readiness to arbitrate Alaska border issues with Britain and Russia. The debate centers on a simple measurement line and a surveyor’s stake by Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s homestead, with no room for compromise.
Supreme Court picks James F. Smith amid debate on truth
Fragmented report notes James F. Smith named to the Supreme Court bench amid discussion of honesty and lying in public life. It references standards of moderation, sincerity, and social truth, with the article reflecting broader questions on deception and civility.
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Enigmatic Notes and Advertisements in Regional Scraps
A fragmented OCR page mixes cultural notes and ads. It references Brittany and the Pyrenees fairs with peasant girls selling goods to Parisian buyers, and mentions pocket-picking as a concern. Also noted are hints of political figures, health remedies, and drugstore offerings scattered among disjointed phrases.
Local river life and railway talk in South Carolina
Fragmentary notice mentions the Waccamaw and Cooper rivers in South Carolina, boats and steamers plying the waterways, and references to individuals and a character inclined toward writing and law, with scattered mentions of ships, places, and activities along coastal lines.
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Cooper'river
Hall's Ontatric care and varied life of Phil May
An eclectic fragment recounts Hall's Ontatric care taken internally at price 75 and traces Phil May a performer who traveled with a theatrical company earning a weekly wage, with musings on his sketches and method. It includes ads for Allen's Foot-Knaps and Wisard Oil and stray aphorisms from a 1900 era publication.
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