Miscellaneous World News Snippets From Early Edition
A collage of short items mentions Norway’s push for universal communal male suffrage and taxpaying women’s suffrage, King Leopold’s rail network idea linking Antwerp Brussels Paris, Booker T. Washington leading a national exposition effort, Florida and Georgia farmers testing cassava and sugar cane crops, Jules Verne’s ill health, a Brooklyn church banning audible courtship, and a New York widow awarded damages after an icicle injury.
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Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
DeLand
Multigeneration Birthday Bond and Riverside Rafts Highlight City News
A Owosco citizen accused the city assessor of an excessive tax value and threatened a 2 percent commission after a quick property sale by Mr. Laverock. Meanwhile Edith Ford’s four generations share July 9 birthdays, all born in different states. The Columbia River sees new raft transport for logs up to 600,000 M feet, tied by chains to a colossal, cigar shaped structure. Pneumonia now outranks consumption as New York City’s leading death cause, influenza fueling the shift. A Brooklyn crank’s letters to doctors about infectious disease are noted as quackish curiosities.
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Owosco
Mich
Laveroth
United States
Columbia River
San Francisco
New York
Bull Kills Old Settler Jacob Huber on Neb Farm
A dehorned bull fatally injured Jacob Huber at his Madison Nebraska farm. The attack left the elderly settler dead with his wife and six children reported in comfortable circumstances. Huber was alone in a lot when the beast charged tossed and trampled him before dying at the scene.
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Jacob Huber
Madison
Neb
Stevenson Selected As Nebraska Internal Revenue Collector
The president named El mer B. Stevenson of Lincoln Nebraska to be internal revenue collector for Nebraska with headquarters in Omaha replacing J E Houtz. Senator Hansbrough helped by requesting Stevenson’s appointment while D E Thompson and Senator Deitrich supported Houtz’s term. Stevenson awaits start date and expects to succeed Houtz at the end of the four year term.
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Elmer B. Stevenson
Lincoln
Neb
Internal Revenue
Nebraska
Omaha
J. E.houtz
Hansbrough
Millard
Dietrich
Houtz
D.E. Thompson
McKinley
Deitrich
Stevenson
Thompson
D. E. Thompson
Washington
Internal Revenue Collector
Houta
State Buys Fair Grounds for Permanent Site
State purchases the fair grounds for a permanent state fair site. The board of public lands and buildings offered 18000 dollars, accepted by stockholders. Citizens anchored an additional 4362.50 dollars, guaranteed by C. H. Rudge and W. D. Fitzgerald, with Lincoln Traction Company a major donor. Stockholders held over two thirds present and voted unanimously, giving 50 cents on the dollar.
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Exposition Association
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
C. H. Rudge
W. D. Fitzgerald
Fears for His Country Admiral Cervera Warns Spain May Fragment
Speaking before the naval congress on Spain and naval power Admiral Cervera voiced fears of national disintegration. He warned against navy interests overshadowing others and compared Spain's possible future to Italy in the middle ages.
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Naval Congress
Spain
Cervera
Italy
Train Collision Near Colesburg Injures L&N Crew
A head on wreck between a freight engine and a southbound passenger train two miles south of Colesburg Kentucky injures several L and N railroad workers. Engineer T B Gibson and Engineer J Fitzpatrick Fireman Fitzpatrick Postal Clerk Hargrove Postal Clerk Shipley W Johnson Porter and Express Messenger Edward Cowherd are hurt but all will recover.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Colesburg
T. B. Gibson
Fitzpatrick
Hargrove
Shipley
W. Johnson
Porter
Edward Cowherd
Sheriff Executes For $18074 At Hoffman House
A deputy sheriff served an execution for 18074 dollars on the Hoffman house of New York. Edward Stokes is named in the action for recovery of money expended on the place and for rent while the house’s receiver held it.
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Hoffman House
New York
Edward 5S. Stokes
Mo Ley
Wealthy Rochester Farmer Commits Suicide in Barn
H. M. Engle a wealthy farmer near Rochester Mirina committed death by own action by hanging himself in his barn while his family were away at a Sunday school picnic. No cause is known for the act.
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H. M. Engle
Rochester
Mirina
General Strike Hits Maine Central Rail Workers
A general strike of the brotherhood of railway trainmen on the Maine Central began affecting over 4,000 men. The workers demand a wage increase of 25 cents per day.
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Brotherhood of Railway
Maine Central
Miners Entombed After Port-Royal Explosion
More than thirty miners are entombed in shaft No 2 of Pittsburg Coal and Coke Co at Port-Royal Pennsylvania after an explosion Monday evening. Rescuers work as officials hope the men may be saved.
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Pittsburg Coal ‘and Coke Company
Port-Royal
George Peabody
Danvers
Mass
George
Peabody
Widespread News Roundup of 1900s Incidents and Notes
General Grosvenor backs a McKinley third term bid. A dynamite blast in Birmingham, N Y kills five trainmen and injures seven. Drownings near Philadelphia involve Rosa Koons, Mary Koons, and Maimie Trainer. The Chinese court plans to return to Pekin in September amid public satisfaction. Chicago woodworkers press for higher pay or strike. Captain Howard Blackburn sails toward Lisbon in a 25 foot sloop. A headless body found near Chelmsford Mass suggests assault and murder. San Francisco labor council seeks $10,000 weekly aid for striking iron workers.
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Grosvenor
McKinley
Binghampton
N. Y
Rosa
Mary Koons
Maimie Trainer
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pekin
Howard Blackburn
Gloucester
Mass
Lisbon
Portugal
Chelmsford
San Francisco Labor Council
Flooding Devastates Ripley Area as Storm Claims Lives
Reports from Ripley and Brown County describe heavy rain and fierce winds causing extensive property damage and multiple drownings. Advices say the wife and daughter of John Hiett are among the missing. relief committees aid flood victims as lines are down and communication to the affected districts is cut. Cattle losses mount near Blisberry and Maysville records the heaviest rainfall in years.
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Ripley
Eagle Creek
John Hiett
Hiett
Cincinnati
Brown County
Blisberry
Maysville
Canada Creek
Portsmouth
Lincoln Remains to Be Reinterred in Cement Block Safety
The Chicago Inter-Ocean reports Lincoln’s reinterment at Springfield Illinois was done to protect the remains from body snatchers. Robert T Lincoln requests immediate steps to restore the body under a huge cement block to prevent molestation.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Robert T.lincoln
Boundary line shift favors American mining district
Whatcom Wash dispatch reports boundary commissions of the United States and Canada have completed work along the Cascade western slope through Mt Baker mining district. They find the line runs three-fifths of a mile farther south than previously thought, but all valuable mines stay on American territory.
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Whatcom
Boundary Commissions
Cascade Mountains
Mt. Baker
Lieutenant Townley Guilty in Manila Court Martial
News reached Washington that Lieutenant Richard Townley of the navy was convicted by court martial at Manila and sentenced to dismissal. He faced charges connected with the recent commissary irregularities at Manila and the sentence awaits presidential approval for effect. Townley formerly resided in Lincoln Nebraska.
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George Coil
Chadron
Nebb
Thomas Ryan
Supreme Court
Louis Myers
Williams
Middlesboro
Virginia
North ‘Carolina
Townley
Washington
Richard Townley
Navy
Manila
Tne
Towley
Lincoln
Neb
New York Chemist Audits Priest Death Not Poisoned
George A. Ferguson of New York, an analytical chemist, examined the stomach of the Rev. E. S. Philips of Hazelton, Pa. He finds the priest was not poisoned. Dr. Kirk Stanley, connected to the case, was discharged three weeks after the death in Stanley’s apartments.
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George A. Ferguson
New York
E. S. Philips
Hazelton
Kirk Stanley
Father Phillips
Miraculous Thrown Child Survives Two-Story Fall
In Greeley Nebraska a two year old girl named Lutille Brown fell from a second story window. She was badly injured yet slept quietly afterward and showed no serious distress from the shaking. The escape is described as miraculous given the height.
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At. Greeley
Neb
T.” M. Brown
Lutille
Tragedy in Tenement On Elizabeth Street
Francisco Alaska, 22, shot and killed his first cousin Angelina Fala, 27, in a tenement at 163 Elizabeth Street, New York. He then shot himself in the breast, the motive being his love for her.
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Francisco Alaska
Angelina Fala
Sui
Elizabeth Street
New York
Alaska
Nebraska Sees Wide Rain After Drought Relief
The climate and crop service reports a good soaking in Nebraska on Monday and Monday night with rain widely distributed. Crops, weakening from dryness, receive relief as rainfall is described as heavy enough to help. Burglars loot Mr. Jones's residence at the W. H. Harrison lumber yards in Grand Island, though loot was not large.
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Climate and Crop Service
The
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Jones
W. H. Harrison
Grand Island
Independence Yacht's Boston Trial Ends After Steering Jamming
The Lawson yacht Independence during its second Boston sail trial suffered a minor steering gear jam that halted the test after about ninety minutes. The voyage saw speeds above thirteen and a half knots and a rigorous rigging test that proved the steel mast stout against a severe gale.
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Lawson
Independence
Boston
Utah Governor Wells Marries Emily Kaatz in Salt Lake City
Governor Wells of Utah wed Miss Emily Kaatz in Salt Lake City. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Whitney in the Morron church ritual, with Kaatz noted as former society editor of the Salt Lake Herald.
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Governor Wells
Utah
Emily
Kaatz
Bast ‘Lake City
Salt, Lake - Herald
Whitney
Mobron’ Church
Lightning Claims Several in Iowa Hailstorm Incident
A hailstorm near Littletown Iowa produced a fatal lightning strike and injuries. Among the injured is Paul, with others burned or hospitalized as authorities investigate the incident.
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Littletown
Paul E Tedester
Miss
Bai Vale
Talmage Sermon Condemns Speculation and Wall Street
Washington June 9 Dr Talmage denounces wild speculation and warns of financial ruin from stock gambling. He compares riches to a bird with wings and recounts historic bubbles from John Law to the South Sea, urging investment in solid banks and first mortgages over risky Wall Street ventures.
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Luis Klopach
Washington
Talmage
Wall Street
Spandal
Free Kindergartens and Moral Lessons from City Life
The piece recalls New York City free kindergartens feeding hungry children and teaching hygiene amid slum disdain. It contrasts late 19th century scams and oil-panic excess with calls for integrity, citing Phoebe Heart's work and George Peabody's admonitions to youth to seek fortune with virtue.
Silent Rooster Crowing Caps Noise Complaints
Washington correspondent reports spring open windows bring noise complaints to police from chickens kept in residences. Two witnesses must prove nuisance. one case involved a rooster silenced by a veterinarian, yet its antics remained a source of humor as it attempted to crow without sound.
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Washington
Baltimore Sun
Growth of Cities Shows Slow London Population Rise
Census experts note London metropolitan area has 4 536 034 people, up 7 percent in ten years, far below New York and Chicago growth. Authorities cite overcrowding and changes in industry as factors, with Berlin and others also expanding.
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London
New
York
Lof
Chicago
Berlin
Longton
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Cuba
Wheely
Kansas
Turkey
Odelsthing
Leopold
Antwerp
Brussels
Paris
Booker T. Washington
Jules Verne
Dr. Ox
Amiens
M. Verne
St. George’s
Brooklyn
Hanna’ Omeyer
New York City
Leverson
Guinaldo
Beast
Louisville
Nashville Railroad
Stke
Creds
Dapolyent National Banks
Panko
Nedooal Bank of Rites
John Neeley
Mount Vernon
Ind
Miss Brinton
Wesleyan University
Salina
Kan
Board of Trustees
Tubbs
Watterman
Robin Tulford
Ilderton
Ont
Constantin Scandal
Modane
St. Michael
France
Saint Jean de Maurienne
Arce
Herman
Johnson
St. Louis
Winslow
N. M
Philippines
W. H. Daly
Milés
Porto Rico
Pittsburg
James A. Hamilton
Newport
Hamilton
Robert Arey
George Smith
Indianapolis
Asa Brown
Nashville
Tenn
Madame Monnier
We. Monnier
Madame :Monnier
Eavien
William Warner
New Haven
Connecticut
Hartford ‘Railroad
Ing
Ohio
Wells
Trinity Church
Hast
Wall, Street
New ‘York
Lombard Street
Adams
Caldwell
Knox
Witherspoon
Jonathan
Edwards
George Whitefield
Dr. Mason
Alexander Hamilton
Dugan
Wall Street Ferry
John Law
Mississippi
American
Senate England
South Sea
Peru
Mexico
Sea
England
Christ the
Earth
Tommy
Phoebe Heart
Lizzie
Titusville
Gulf
Pennsylvania
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