Jeweler Wait Killed After Payment Dispute in Alliance
E G Wait jeweler of Alliance Nev died after Henry Matthews allegedly struck him during a dispute over a small bill. Wait collapsed on the sidewalk and died at 9 pm after initial treatment. Matthews faced multiple charges including assault and later murder with bonds set and a preliminary hearing scheduled. Alliance residents express shock at the fatal outcome.
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Matthews
I. A. Berry
Justice of the Peace
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Wife found dead at depot amid chloroform mystery
Mrs Jennie Pugsley was found dead in her divorced husband A Hastings Neb Elkhorn railway agent s living rooms at the depot. The death is believed to be by self harm though inquest likely. The investigation centers on chloroform labeled bottles in the satchel.
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Jennie Pagsley
Elkhorn Railway
Taland
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O'Brien
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Cadet Corporal Phipps Wounded in Camp Scrimmage
Franklin Nebraska dispatch reports Corporal George A. Phipps of Third Nebraska was shot in the right shoulder during a camp out with cadets from Franklin Academy. The bullet remains unfound and no arrests have been made as town boys joined the camp with mischief in mind.
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George A. Phipps
Nebraska
Phipps
Franklin ‘Academy
Japan Joins Protest Over Inoculation in San Francisco
Washington dispatch reports Japan joins China in protesting compulsory inoculation of Japanese and Chinese residents in San Francisco with anti plague serum. The protest urges equal treatment and possible easing of quarantine. The U S circuit court in San Francisco is considering a Chinese residents’ petition to stop inoculations, with a decision expected May 26.
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Keisire Nabeshiba
Japanrgen
San Francisco
Marine Hospital Service
United States Circuit Court
Marquette’s Monument Association Forms in Chicago
The Marquette monument association met in Chicago with leaders Franklin McVeagh Governor Peck Peter White Archbishop Ireland and bishops from Michigan and Detroit among others. The group, incorporated in Michigan, aims to build a national memorial to Father Marquette on Mackinac Island with funds raised by subscription for an estimated $25 000 statue.
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Marquette Monument Association
Chicago
Northwest
Franklin McVeagh
Peck
Milwaukee
Maybury
Detroit
Peter White
Marquette
Ireland
Davies
Michigan
Foley
Edward C. Brows
Father Marquette
Mackinac
Michigan Park Commission
Blair man shoots self after hotel incident near Blair
Blair Nebraska reports a hotel shooting attempt by Harry Burkett’s brother, a Glenwood Iowa resident. Three shots fired at the Will Denny hotel leave one in the forehead and one in the neck. a 22 caliber revolver used. The injured man, about 25, is expected to recover after leaving a note about recent gambling losses.
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Neb
Harry Burkett
Congressman Burkett
Will. Denny
Burkets
Glenwood
Tians
Convicts Sentenced to Life in Kingston Prison
Rest of life in Kingston penitentiary for Karl Dullman John Walsh and John Nolin after a failed attempt to wreck the Welland canal lock. Walsh and Nolin used dynamite and fuses, caught near red handed. Jury verdict quick with no motive evidence.
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John ‘Walsh
John Nolin
Welland, Ont
Welland Canal
Kingston Penitentiary
Walsh
Nolin
Methodist conference splits over canteen question action
At the Monday session the Methodist general conference debated card playing dancing and other amusements. The minority report urged no action while the majority censured the president. The minority report was adopted with amendments as the question was declared not before the house. A move to relocate the episcopal residence was noted with Bishop McCabe assigned.
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Buelley
Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
Samuel ‘Dickie
Michigan
Committee On Temperance
J. B., Price
New York
Melinley
Iley
Omaha
Topeka
McCabe
Wounds Prove Fatal. '83 Conscious'
The death of Harry Burkett occurred Monday morning at the Denny hotel in Blair after he shot himself. He had been drawn into poker games and reportedly lost $25 last week, which weighed on him. His father, from Glenwood, arrived and remained with him until death. Burkett did not regain consciousness after the incident. He was a young, friendly Baptist church member with many friends in Blair.
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Harry Burkett
Blair
Denny Hotel
Glenwood
Long
Burkett
The
Baptist Church
Fire at Calumet and Hecla Mine Slows 3000 Workers
A May dispatch from Calumet Michigan reports over three thousand miners idle after a fire began at shaft No 2 of the Calumet and Hecla mine. Management shut down all but the South Hecla and Amydaloid shafts due to gas and fear of spread. It is unclear how long the layoffs will last. Separately in Chicago 3000 people witnessed four Methodist Episcopal bishops consecrated David Hastings Moore John William Hamilton Edwin Wallace Parker and Frank Wesley Warne in a brief ceremony.
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Basiniess
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Ifl
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Shanghai
John William Hamilton
San Francisco
Edwin Wallace Parker
Frank Wesley Warne
India
Malaysia
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Mass
TRE Genesee Pure Foon Co
le Ioy
Geo
B, Brown
Multiple News Briefs From Dodge Neb to Colorado Quarantine
A Dodge County farmer John Vogel Tanz dies from injuries after a buggy mishap last Saturday. A Peoria Home of the Good Shepherd fire leads to evacuations by its fourteen sisters and eighty inmates. Prohibitionists postpone state convention to July due to venue conflict in Lincoln. Colorado health board imposes quarantine against Chinese and Japanese entry. Marietta druggist 8.M. Crosby dies by self-inflicted gunshot amid ill health. The text also hints at movied plans and unoriented notes.
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Dodge
the Good Shepherd
Peoria
Colorado State Board of Health
Colorado
Ice trust suit targets Reservoir Ice company in Omaha
Attorney General Smyth filed a district court suit accusing the Reservoir Ice company and co defendants of violating state law by forming a consolidation to raise and control ice prices. Co defendants include Seymour Ice company Artesian Ice Kimball Ice and others.
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Omaha
Smyth
Reservoir Ice Company
Seymourr yee i Artesian. _Ice company
Artie Ice Company
Kimball Ice Company
British advance in Transvaal amid Boer retreat reports
London dispatch notes Lord Roberts and General Hamilton linking advances toward the Vaal river with the Boers evacuating positions south of the Vaal. British outposts near Vredefort and Erste Geluk, while fords at the Vaal are eyed by French cavalry. Rail damage noted as Pretoria papers lag.
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Wredfort
Hamilton
Lord Roberts
Viljoen
Vaal
French
War Office
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Vredefort
Lord Roberta
Erste Geluk
Verdefort
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez Waa
Smallpox Case Fatal. Inmate Curtis Dies at Soldiers' Home
Reports detail Curtis a smallpox patient at the Nebraska Soldiers' Home Grand Island dying at his house half a mile from the home. Disinfection underway and quarantine measures discussed by Mayor Platt with Dr Kirby. Curtis was admitted May 3 and isolated after illness began two weeks prior. Contagion risk considered low if no new cases emerge in days.
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Homeaut
Grand Island
Platt
Dr. Kirby
Trees For Boston Streets By Rox Club And Citizens
Trees will be restored to Boston streets by the Roxbury Club and the Home Club of East Boston in collaboration with the public grounds department. Each club will provide 1,000 trees to citizens free of charge, on condition they are planted in good loam and in proper alignment.
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Ktresis
Boston
Roxbyrohe Club
Fast Boston
Invented Arc Tight patent record unearthed in Toronto
A Toronto disclosure reveals that original electric light inventors were Henry Woodward, a medical student, and Matthew Evans, a grocer keeper. The 1872 patent, completed in Toronto, documented their joint experiments and the subsequent 1873 patent.
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Henry Woodward
Matthew Evans
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