Omaha and Nebraska events headline a busy week
Local notes report a string of incidents across Nebraska. Fires destroy an Omaha lard refinery. deaths from accidents and lightning strike surface near North Platte and Doniphan. a large soldiers reunion opens in Laramie and Pawnee City with thousands attending. court actions include an ex city marshal's prison sentence and a murder writ of error.
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Hans Thompson
Omaha
Maul
William Williams
Guide Rock
Douglas County
Linc
Supreme Court
State Penitentiary
Doniphan
Rhodes
Quinn
Bohannon
Nebraska City
Interior Names Carpenter Yellowstone Superintendent
The secretary of the interior appointed Robert E. Carpenter of Dodge City Iowa as superintendent of Yellowstone National Park succeeding P H Conger who resigned. A War Department order creates eighty post quartermaster sergeants to replace citizen clerks and storekeepers based on exam results from four years service and suitable education.
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Secretary of the Interior
Robert E. Carpenter
Dodge City
Iowa
Yellowstone Nationa Park
P. H. Conger
Act of Congress
War Department
Foreign notes and diplomatic moves across Europe
The Belgian government imposes a quarantine on Mediterranean ports while cholera spreads in Clayton Lemoors and Richton. France will consult the chamber before directing Admiral Courbet to Foo Chow. Suakim and the Suakim Berber railway project are abandoned. Berne peace talks favor neutralizing inter oceanic canals. Dublin indictments face not guilty pleas. French sanity inquiry postponed to August 19. German envoy Von Munster urged action on Alexandria indemnity and German fishing outrages in the North Sea.
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Mediterranean
Clayton
Lemoors
Richton
Blackburn
Chamber of Deputies
Courbet
Foo Chow
Suakim
Berber
Berne
Dublin
Bismarck
Count von Munster
England
Earl Granville
Alexandria
North Sea
Nebraska women urged to organize for New Orleans exposition
A letter from ex governors Furnas and Nance invites Nebraska women prominent in the state’s work to form a department for the upcoming World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial in New Orleans. The meeting is scheduled at Lincoln Commercial Hotel parlors on August 18 at 4 PM with either commissioner present.
Fierce blaze destroys Omaha Lard Refining Co building
Fire at the Omaha Lard Refining Co on the B and M track South Omaha gutted the plant. Despite four water streams the inflammable contents caused total loss estimated at forty five thousand dollars with lard machinery and building damaged. one employee George Walker was overcome by smoke and had to be carried home. Insurance coverage is noted as fair.
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Omaha
Omaha Lard Refining Co
South
George Walker
Iscomate
James E
John M. Boyd
J. Tans
A. G. Buchanan
E. R. Purdy
New York
Hog Shrinkage Reform Faces Commission Dealers
In Chicago stock yards a dispute over hog shrinkage ends with a rule to sell hogs by merit. Officials decide to remove underperforming hogs before sale, eliminating arbitrary deductions for piggy sows and stags. Packers and farmers must adjust as the rule takes effect immediately.
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Chicago
Firing the Tariff Brings Rail Lines Back to Chicago Omaha Route
Representatives of the St Paul Northwestern Rock Island Wabash and Burlington met in Chicago to restore all rates between Chicago and Omaha. A Rock Island’s Ripley and Western Trunk Line’s Commissioner Vining will arrange details. A five member committee Hewitt Potter Cable Robinson Kimball will report by September 23 on Colorado rates and the tripartite pact. Current rates to be rigidly maintained until then.
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Chicago
Omaha
St. Paul
Northwestern
Rock Island
Wabash
Burlington
Ripley
Vining
Western Trunk Line Association
Colorado
Hewitt, Potter, Cable, Robinson
Kimball
Western Export Association Formed by 45 Distillers
In Peoria forty five distillers organized a Western Export association amid a downturn in iron trade in Pittsburg. The era sees varied notes from fires in Baldwin’s Philadelphia works to a California betrothal, and reports including bank statements and an outbreak of fever near Panama.
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Pittsburg
Peoria
Ohio
Baldwin
Philadelphia
Political Notes From The Era Of Party Nominations
Utah county officers elections show Mormon successes in most counties. In Trenton New Jersey a GOP convention featured ex Governor Oglesby of Illinois speaking on tariff and labor. Illinois Democrats name Riggs for Congress and Crittenden for state board of equalization. Calvin Page defeats W H Size for Portsmouth mayor as Democrats gain city control. Illinois GOP central committee meets in Chicago to gauge presidential mood. A New York Star report questionsMaria Halpin scandal details. Butler writes support for Greenback and labor candidates and invites broader votes.
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Trenton
N.J
Oglesby
Ofllinois
Illinois
J. M. Riggs
Congress
Samuel R. Crittenden
Adams
State Board of Equalization
Calvin Page
New York Star
Maria Halpin
Buffalo
New Rochelle
Buffalo Telegraph
Benjamin F. Butler
Chas. A. Dana
The
New York Sun
West Virginia Republicans and Greenbackers Meet for Fusion Plan
About thirty prominent Republicans and Greenbackers met on the 2d at the invitation of Stephen B. Elkins. Attendees included Elkins, Congressman Goff, Maxwell, fusion candidate for governor, and Flink, candidate for attorney general. They discussed a campaign strategy and debated Greenbacker views amid Republican opposition from some state convention members.
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M. Cleveland
West Virginia
Stephen B. Elkins
Republican National Committee
Elkins
Goff
Maxwell
Fusion
Flink
A Pioneer's Departure in Omaha News
Rev. William McCandlish, aged Presbyterian minister born in 1810 in Dumfries Scotland, died suddenly at his Park Avenue Leavenworth residence at 9 40 yesterday morning from heart paralysis. He came to America at seven, trained at Washington College and ordained in 1837, serving the Bible cause until his death. He leaves a wife and three children including the wife of John T. Bell. They resided in this state since 1358.
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Omaha Herald
William McCandlish
Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue
Leavenworth Streets
Candlish
Dumfries
Scotland
America
Washington College
Canonsburg
McCandish
John T. Bell
McCandlish
Grain Crops Show Mixed U.S. Gains Across Regions
Sedalia Bazoo reports Missouri gains of 20 percent in acreage and 15 percent in yields, with live stock up 24 percent. Kansas up 18 in acreage, 12 in yield, 25 percent stock rise. Texas acreage up 10 and stock up 32 percent. Nebraska acreage 14, yield 30, stock 40. Indian Territory acreage and yields down 10 percent, livestock up 50 percent. Heavy rains hinder Kansas Missouri and parts of Texas. drought affects territory and Texas, but hopes rise for largest yield ever.
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Sedalia
Mo.) Bazoo
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Indian Territory
Tragic Death Of Georgie Larsson In Alley Accident
Mr and Mrs Lee Larsson of 1818 Chicago Street mourn the loss of their six year old son Georgie after a Strang and Co four horse team accident in front of Mr Strang’s residence. Georgie fell near the barn door and suffered a crushed skull, dying within an hour after his injury. The exact cause remained uncertain as the horse’s death was not clearly established.
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Omaha Bee
Lee Larsson
Chicago Street
Georgie
Strang & Co
Nineteenth Street
Texas fever grips Kansas cattle in multiple counties
In Ellis and Saline counties Kansas Texas fever sickens and kills cattle. At Brookville one hundred infected and eight dead. Ellis twenty four ill. Twelve miles south of Ellis thirty four ill and fifteen dead. Temporary quarantine enforced. Brookville feeding point for shippers. Governor to seek state quarantine and proclamation soon if losses continue.
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Ellis
Ellis County
Brookdale
Saline County
Kansas
Brookville
State Livestock Sanitary Committee
Texas
France Forces Hue Recognition Linked To China Treaty
Paris dispatch reports President at Hue to recognize the new king only if he accepts the France China treaty drawn up by Patenotre. The Temps says extreme measures toward China may wait until the Versailles parliament session ends. The National notes Ferry Li Fong Pao interview signals ongoing negotiations to settle disputes.
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Hue
France
China
Patenotre
Temps
Chamber of Deputies
Versailles
Ferry
Li Fong Pao
Boy Dies While Playing With Buffalo Bill Rope
The Fairfield Herald reports the death of W. W. Ellsworth's young son from Webster county Noranda last week. Competing accounts say a rope tied to the boy’s neck or body and to a horse’s tail led to a fatal accident as the horse bolted or kicked, leaving the child with fatal injuries. The funeral was held Sunday.
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Buffalo Bill
Fairfield Herald
W. W. Ellsworth
Noranda
Webster County
Rampage of an Infuriated Elephant Hits Hailey Circus
Samson the elephant broke chains in Hailey Idaho last week and attacked keepers. He toppled a lion cage and killed two horses, then crushed lumber as crowds fired without effect. A posse finally subdued the beast after thirty bullets left holes in his hide. damage reached ten thousand dollars.
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Cole
Samson
Hailey
Idaho
July Fire Losses Reach 8.8 Million in U S and Canada
The New York Commercial Bulletins August 5 notes July fire losses in the United States and Canada totaling 8 800 000 the heaviest July toll since the Portland fire of 1866 Thirteen fires alone caused 23 250 000 in property destruction The year to date fire loss stands at 62 550 000 up about ten million from the first seven months of 1883 amid extraordinary fire waste.
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New York
United States
Canada
Portland
July Weather Bulletin Reports Broad Temperature Departures Across Regions
The signal service bulletin notes July temperatures generally below average across many areas with specific pockets of near or above average in the Mississippi River region and California south of San Francisco. Rainfall was above average in New England and several river valleys, with the greatest deficiencies in Texas and Florida. No frosts were reported. Severe hail tornadic and hurricane storms on July 4 5 caused damage to grain and rust in several states.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
California
San Francisco
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Lake Ontario
Minnesota
Dakota
District of Columbia
Pennsula
Michigan Peninsula
South Carolina
Tennessee
Lake Erie
Missouri
Arkansas River
Iowa
Red River
New England
Missouri Valley
Middle Atlantic
Rio Rand
Florida
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Pacific Coast
Major North Injured In Buffalo Bill Show Fall
Major Frank North a Nebraska legislator and Buffalo Bill associate suffered seven broken ribs and internal injuries when his saddle broke during a Wild West ride at Charter Oak Park. An Indian rider nearby could not avert the precession, and North was taken to a nearby hotel where his condition remained grave. The Pawnee tribe regards North as a white father and one of their chiefs.
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Hartford Dispatch
New York Sun
Charter Oak Park
Buffalo Bill
Major North
Nebraska
Nebraska Women’s Work urged for world exposition
Browerville Neb Aug 5 1884 Dear Madam we urge the states women workers to organize for the Nebraska exhibit at the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial New Orleans December to May 31 1885 convene at the Commercial hotel Lincoln Monday Aug 18 at 4 pm for consultation and action One or both commissioners will attend Furnas</S>
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Furnas
Nance
Nebraska
New Orleans
Browsville
Neb
Lincoln
Very Conrosnelly
W. Furnas
Albinus Nance
Brownville
Perwors
Democrats sweep Alabama ticket with limited opposition
Across Alabama on election day the state ticket faced no opposition and county races lacked party competition. The fiercest contests occurred in Mobile between Democrats and an independent slate and in Birmingham where Democrats faced a Republican Greenback alliance. Only few Republicans ran for legislative seats and Montgomery reported about 1400 votes, all for Democrats.
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Alabama
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Montana Proclaims Quarantine on Texas Cattle
Governor Crosby of Montana issues a quarantine against Texas cattle moving into Montana by rail from northern ranges. Secretary Sturgis of the Wyoming Stock Association reports Texas cattle from southern ranges carrying disease and native cattle along trails following the herds have contracted it.
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Crosby
Montana
Texas
Sturgis
Wyoming Stock Association
Wyoming
Polygamy Support Echoes in Utah Election Rallies
August 5 general election in Utah yields sweeping Mormon victories for county offices. Apostle Brigham Young declares despite disenfranchisement and polygamy controversy that loyal followers will sustain the faith and voting blocks.
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Utah
Brigham Young
Tabernacle
General Hatch Shifts HQ to Chickasina River Field
CALDWELL KAN August General Hatch moved his headquarters from Caldwell into the field yesterday. The camp is twenty five miles south on the Chickaskia river where six companies of the Ninth cavalry are concentrated. His future movements are not disclosed but preparations indicate intensified blows against intruders in the Indian Territory.
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Caldwell
Kan
Hatch
Chickaskia River
Ninth Cavalry
Indian Territory
River Improvement Report by Major Earnest on Mississippi Works
Major Earnest of the engineers reports on Mississippi river improvements from the Illinois rivers. The revised original cost is listed as 216 997 100. Aggregate appropriations to July 5 1884 amount to 3 96460. There is 495 544 available for the current year and a 1 000 000 appropriation is asked for the year ending June 30 1885. The plan previously adopted is to be carried out with the funds.
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Major Earnest
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Illinois
Wabash Plans to Take Over Local Freight Traffic
It is asserted that all fast freight lines previously operating over the Wabash road will retire and the Wabash will handle the business itself. The change is expected to save about £100,000 a year for the line.
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Wabash
Sabbath observance brings weekly prosperity, Hale notes
Sir M Hale asserts that strict Sabbath observance yields blessing and a productive week. He claims diligent rest on Sunday enhances the remainder of the week, bringing prosperity and favorable outcomes.
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Sir M. Hale
Safeguards Against Fever in Cattle Transport
Denver Tribune reports on Texas fever safeguards with views from cattle owners and officials. Debate centers on rail shipped cattle versus cattle driven on foot, with emphasis on quarantines and source of infection as key questions.
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Faville
Tribune
H. H. Metcalf
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
S. H. Standart
Taylor
Department of Agriculture
la Junta
Notable Dayton Meeting Recalled by Ex President Hayes
Ex President Hayes recounts the 1842 Dayton gathering that inspired him as a boy. He recalls the immense crowd, the vehicle procession along the national road, and lodging with Horatio Phillips where he met Henry Clay. He notes speakers Clay Crittenden Corwin Anderson and Schenck with Corwin delivering a standout address on tariff themes.
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Hayes
Harrison
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Columbus
Newark
Horatio Phillips
Henry Clay
Mr. Clay
John J. Crittenden
Thomas Corwin
Robert C. Schenck
Charles Anderson
Clay
Crittenden
Corwin
Tom
Ohio
General Hayes
Charlie Anderson
Schenck
Third Street
Sabbath doctrine tied to moral history and human life
A quote by G Steward asserts the Sabbath doctrine blends with moral history and integrates into religious, physical, social, and future life of humanity, reflecting its broad influence across domains.
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G. Steward
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