Opium dens and fires claim Omaha headlines this week
An Omaha reader condemns eight opium joints fueling vice in Hell’s half acre led by a Chinese laundryman near Thirteenth and Dodge. Fire at the B M Depot destroys buildings with losses around 8000 dollars, while various local incidents and civic updates fill the rest of the page.
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Eighty five story houses collapse on Sixty second street
The wreck on Sixty second street New York brings many injured workers, some fatally. A list of other items follows including a judge seeking retirement, railway rate moves, hangings by a mob in Union City and various political and crime updates.
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State in Brief highlights across Nebraska towns
Beatrice school population 1416. Auburn creamery operating. Greenwood marshal paid $5 yearly. Syracuse license ticket narrowly carried. Nelson temperance win. Fall City saloon licensing approved. Aurora temperance ticket victorious by 73. Omaha reports several wife-beaters before the public. Creighton post office in good condition. Fairmont resident W H Fry’s £35,000 legacy. An eighteen pound catfish caught near Fairbury. Ovarian tumor 35 pounds removed from Ponca woman. Cedar county growing, new residences rising. Hastings law and order victory. Clark’s building boom expected. Greenwood elevators shipped 200 cars of corn in a week. Schuyler has a skilled juvenile brass band. Red Cloud G A R entertainment praised. K L Oxford’s Wayne county stable and sheds burned. loss about $300. Cumminsville lot owners donate plots for houses. Arlington hosts 69 American families, one Bohemian, three Irish, one English. Pawnee auxiliary sent Easter eggs to Home for the Friendless. Tekama residents seek new homes west. Wayne county peaceful. grand jury idle. Arbor Day planting likely Nebraska-wide. Harlan prairie fire caused damage. barn lost. Hartington court inducements for brickmaker yard. Peter Tondree of Fairbury breaks colt. leg injury. Pawnee City United Presbyterians dedicate church and grounds costing $17,354. Omaha 129 liquor license applications filed. about 13 from brewers/wholesalers. Ashland justice rules again.
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Capital Briefs and Court Decision Cast Light on Era Politics
The attorney general endorses Mr Lawton of Georgia for minister to Russia. Silver advocates predict administration opposition in Congress over house organization and Randall’s bid for speaker with patronage. Tariff and anti silver forces may pull 20 to 25 members to Randall. Supreme Court rules Frances Dodge v Knowles finds no liability on a wife’s separate estate for husband’s debts without clear proof she incurred them. Opinion by Justice Gray.
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Multiple 19th Century Crimes Spark City and Rural Outcry
The grand jury in Newcureh New York indicts Hugh McCann an elderly blind man for his wife s murder in February. Lena Stuck 62 of Rock Island Illinois jumps to her death in the Mississippi. Elmire Firth 21 Marshalltown Iowa struck by axe by Jacob Seybert who was arrested as Firth is expected to die. Gus Finley hanged at Prestonsburg Kentucky for murder of James Hunt in August. Wiggins a colored man robs Robert Williams family in Memecks Illinois then fatally shoots Williams and his son while wounding Mrs Williams. he has not been captured. Win Phillips hanged at Fort Smith.
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Indications of a Conflict Over Afghan Frontier Delimitation
London dispatch reports a Britain ready for war with Russia with widespread enlistment and naval preparedness. British leaders demand withdrawal of Russian outposts before renewed diplomacy on the Afghan frontier, as Granville and Staal exchange harsh positions and Germany notes a final phase in diplomacy.
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Office Seekers the Patient
The civil service commission notes excess applicants for exams across many states. They anticipate removals but say sweeping changes for patronage are unlikely. They warn against unnecessary exam requests, which are most excessive in Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Colorado and California.
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Lincoln Life Outline From Logan Memorial Address
Gen. John A Logan delivers a Springfield, Illinois memorial address for Abraham Lincoln. The talk traces Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky, youth in Indiana and Illinois, service in the Black Hawk War, political rise, and pivotal 1858 debates with Stephen A Douglas. It lauds his Emancipation Proclamation era leadership and his martyrdom, ending with a tribute to Lincoln’s moral greatness and lasting influence.
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Perilous Ocean Encounter On White Star Steamer Germanic
The White Star liner Germanic returned to Queenstown after a fierce tidal wave tore through the ship two days from New York. Captain Kennedy’s vessel was nearly engulfed, with the reading room bulkhead stove in and steering gear damaged. One seaman drowned, others bruised, but passengers praised the captain for a miraculous escape as the ship headed to Liverpool for repairs.
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Five Die in Oscola Brick Mill Disaster
A four o'clock accident at John Gram’s mill in Oscola Michigan buries six men under fifty thousand bricks as they clear debris from a smokestack. George Fullum Joe Biddie Tom Mitchell George Gordon Frank Maynard and John Hartwick are named. five killed and one severely hurt.
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Destructive Riot in Colon Sparks Arson and Looting
Advices from Panama recount Preston seizing Colon while troops were away. He imposed loans, imprisoned Pacific Mail officers, and provoked a clash with Panama troops. A fierce fire destroyed the wooden town, many killed or wounded, and a panicked escape to the new canal town ensued.
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Missouri Pleuro Pneumonia Outbreak Warned by Agriculture Chief
The Missouri Commissioner of Agriculture says pleuro-pneumonia has been confined to one county so far. He calls for legislature action to fund eradication efforts, notes legal limits on aid, and cites the need to slaughter and bury exposed cattle to prevent spread.
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Ballot Box Theft Hits Shis cuy Election Contests
Chicago dispatch reports a stolen ballot box from the third precinct of the third ward after a break in at a livery stable on Twenty second Street. Ballots showed 575 for Smith and 24 for Harris and detectives investigate possible irregularities amid Republican contest and Harrison recount offers. Detectives traced a coupe hired by a livery keeper Connell to State and Twenty second, with a man delivering the box to Halsteinlams Party first streets. no arrests yet. News notes national concerns, Grant’s war memiors state of unfinished, and Dakota farmers alliances rise. The chaotic incident fuels political tension following recent ward fraud exposure.
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