Nebraska News Briefs Highlight Bonds Fire Bell and Boom in Towns
The state board of educational lands and funds will take 152000 dollars in Lancaster refunding bonds at 6 percent interest. Ord gains a new fire alarm bell weighing 710 pounds from Goulds Manufacturing Co in Seneca Falls NY. Ashland activists push for a public square while Holdrege to erect a new M E church building. Lincoln votes 638 64 to issue 300000 dollars for a waterworks system. Beatrice reports on Sac and Fox reservation sale prospects and Barnes stone quarry leasing near Holmesville. Across the region, Jolting weather damages crops in Saline and Beatrice, wind and hail storms, and a fatal windstorm in parts of the valley are noted.
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State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Lancaster
Ord
Seneca Falls
New York
Goulds Manufacturing Company
Starvation Drives Northern Montana Indians to Desperation
Starvation illness grips Indigenous communities in northern Montana as famine intensifies. Settlers fear renewed conflict and patrols increase to prevent outbreaks amid ongoing tension and scarce resources.
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Montana
Texas Fiend Overtaken by Pursuing Party in Shootout
A violent confrontation in Texas ends with the assailant killed by a pursuing party. A postmaster general circular regarding letter carriers is noted as part of the reporting context.
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Texas
Government Exhibits to be Shared for Two Expositions
The board representing the government will also handle the government exhibit at both the New Orleans and Louisville Cincinnati expos. Grasshoppers devastate crops near Cordoba in Vera Cruz. Receiver Jackson of the Denver and Rio Grande seeks a 150000 loan to pay back wages. Four fishermen drown at the Columbia River mouth. fifty have perished there in three weeks. New York Tribune Fresh Air Association begins summer work sending tenement children to the country. Eight assisted emigrants arrive in New York from Mayo Ireland and present Germany. John R. Eden named Democratic candidate for Congress in Seventh Illinois. Indian Affairs offers 300 reward for killing of Kashiway chief of Sac and Fox Kansas. Athens Ga police lieutenant shot by Sam Tyler. Reverend L O Thompson and two others drown fishing on the Illinois River near Henry Ill. William Purcell of the Rochester Union granted leave of absence during campaign. World's Exposition Director Burke explains work and endorses the exposition. Webb Hetton beaten, tied to a tree, shot fifteen times, survives. later disappeared. Frank C Hutchins murders Nellie Sims over relationship. Hutchins arrested. William E Curtis appointed to study US commerce with Central and South America. Iron Gate Va Johnson drowns his stepson. John Hoffman of Milwaukee Daily Sentinel shot by Gustav Prier. Prier arrested. New York weekly bank statement shows reserve increases of 4505275 with banks holding 28416775 excess reserves. Liverpool shipments to the United States discussed regarding letter carriers leave policy and substitute hire. Walter Q Gresham signs directive authorizing annual leave with pay for letter carriers and use of substitutes as needed.
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Cordoba
Jackson
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
United States Circuit Court
Columbia River
New York Tribune Fresh Air Association
Oited
New York
Mayo
Ireland
Germany
John R. Eden
Congress
Democrats
Illinois
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Indian Affairs
Kashiway
Kansas
Athens
Arold
Sam Tyler
Rev
L.O. Thompson
Sidney
Freddie Bishop
Medina
Illinois River
Henry
Ill
Burke
New Orleans
Chicago
Hetton
Frank C. Hutchins
San Francisco
Nellie Sims
Hutchins
Wm. E. Curtis
Washington
Chicago Inter-Ocean
United States
Central and
South America
Iron Gate
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
John Hoffman
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel
Gustav Prier
Hoffman
New York Weekly
CAPITAL TOPICS AND POST OFFICE REFORM CALLS
The report on the St. Louis postoffice recommends retiring the cashier and assistant cashier, removing the local inspector, and adding eight clerks with higher pay. A separate note mentions delays in postal convention approval due to Mexican government amendments. The Star forecasts Wallace as likely Democratic chairman with Manning unpopular, while Randall’s stance appears supportive. Treasury warrants total 9 million for pensions and warnings about cholera contaminated paper bags entering the U S from Canada.
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French
Burt and Dice
St. Louis
Government rejects Greely reward claim and tightens cholera rules
Acting Secretary Nichols states no reward will be given for rescuing the Greely party as relief expeditions handled it and funds were set for outsiders to spur whaler search. Cabinet moves to curb cholera by halting rag imports from infected areas for ninety days and orders a coast cordon by Revenue Marine to bar vessels lacking clean health certificates.
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Greely
Nichols
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Revenue Marine Service
Global tensions flare as China-France brinkmanship widens
Shanghai Times notes Sir Robert Hart negotiates with Palenotre amid war fears as British, French, and German envoys clash. Paris and Saigon monitor student unrest in Europe while Cuban insurgents strike and Chinese frontiers face French demands. War appears imminent with France pressing Tonkin indemnity and China delaying.
Prohibition Home Protection Party Set for Pittsburg Meet
National executive committee to convene in Pittsburg on the 22nd to finalize plans for the following day’s convention. More than 500 delegates expected from states nationwide. Possible Frances Willard cabinet appointment if party succeeds.
Nebraska Diocese Refuses Bishop Nomination
Dr Eliphalet N Potter of Hobart College declines the unanimous election to be bishop of Nebraska. Potter cites prior duties in Christian education and the church, asking for others to lead the diocese while expressing respect for the Nebraska church and its future.
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Hobart College
Nebraska
Omaha Herald
James Paterson
Episcopal Council of
Diocese of
Elipharet N. Potter
New York
Sheena
Geneva
N. Y
Union College
Hopart College
Deak
Great West
Eliphalet N. Potter
John McNamara
James M. Woolworth
Council of the Diocese of
Wreck on Valley railroad injures twenty two excursionists
A Canton Ohio area wreck on the Valley railroad involving two trains of 15 cars each from a 2000 person Aultman Co picnic near Canton caused no deaths. Ninety cars went off track and into water with 22 injured but all accounted for. The engine suffered only a minor issue while the track spread. Loss to the railroad about 3000 dollars.
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Canton
Valley
Aultman & Co
Machine Works
Cuyahoga Falls
Nebraska Centennial Commission Forms at Lincoln Meeting
Ex Governor Furnas chairs a meeting in the Nebraska state house where a Nebraska Centennial Commission is organized. John C Bonnell is secretary and subcommissions are named for architecture milling dairy education agriculture and other departments to prepare a display for New Orleans and gather state specimens.
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Lincoln Journal
Ursuant
Robert W. Furnas
Nebraska
Senate
State House
James W. Dawes
Lincoln
Robert W. Furnus
Brownville
E. McIntyre
Seward
W. W. Watson
Fairbury
E. P. Savage
Sargeant
Samuel Barnard
Table Rock
J. H. Culver
Milford
W. H. Barstow
Crete
John C. Bonnell
New Orleans
J. H. Cuver
John J. King
W. W. W. Jones
J. D. Calhoun
C. R Schaller
W. L. May
S. M. Parker
Prof. Hicks
Prof
Bessy
Lawrence Bruner
State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies
Furnas
Omsha
Local Judge Sentences Hill Gang Member to Hang
In Charleston West Virginia Judge Guthrie held a special court session and sentenced Charles Spurlock a Hill boys gang member who murdered Alvin Woods and wounded his father Jack Woods near St Albans in late April to be hanged. He asked for baptism before execution. The judge also sentenced Wm Coleman a Black man to hang on the same day for the October dance killing.
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Charleston
W. Va
Guthrie
Charles Spurlock
Hill Boys
Jesse James
Alvin Woods
Jack Woods
St. Albans
Spurlock
Wm. Coleman
Fenton Gill
Misquotation on Wealth and Humility from Shenstone
The fragment notes a Benign moral from Shenstone about merit and wealth warning that outward poverty can conceal riches and vice versa. It presents a historical aphorism attributed to the poet. The source reflects a literary maxim rather than a current event.
The Asiatic Plague Alert and Customs Measures
Secretary Folger orders customs officers to block unloading of infected or suspicious rags from foreign ports. A marine hospital surgeon general urges stricter vigilance as the Treasury directs patrols along U S coasts to curb cholera risk. Quarantine may extend to Canada and Mexico. An unspent $78,000 from an epidemic fund will fund these efforts.
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Folger
Marine Hospital Service
New Orlane
Secre Om
The
Treasury
Revenue Marine Service
United States
Acaine
Canada
Mexico
Cholera Precautions Ordered for U S Ports
Secretary Frelinghuysen cables consular officers in London Liverpool Marseilles Havre Bordeaux Bremen Hamburg to appoint physicians aboard ships and to withhold health clearance except on sanitary inspector advice. Consuls must report any infectious disease at departure to warn health officers in U S ports. Medical examiners may be posted to French cholera ports to report on disease progress.
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Frelinghuysen
London
Liverpool
Marseilles
Havre
Bordeaux
Bremen
Hamburg
United States
California crops report from June rains shows losses
The San Francisco Call notes statewide California agricultural losses: wheat 135000 tons and barley 60000, with wheat loss about 7 percent and hay loss around 40 percent. Farmers face extra costs from harvesting lodged grain and other weather damage.
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San Francisco Call
California
How Bears Fish West Shore
The author describes bears as natural water lovers and skilled fishermen. Observes a large bear fishing from a hollow log in a swamp, using a paw as a hook and collecting trout and suckers. Notes bears catch frogs, drink pure water, wallow in mud, and swim across lakes and rivers with variable buoyancy depending on fat.
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Mosselmagnatic Lake
Educated Indians at Home in Globe Chronicle
Three Chiricahua youths, Carlisle graduates, arrive in San Carlos under Gen. Armstrong to demonstrate federal civilization. They dress in eastern fashion, demand government salaries without work, and prompt a sensational reaction among local tribes. The piece questions justice and urges Beaumont to temper punishment.
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Globe
Arizona
Carlisle
San Carlos
Armstrong
Col. Beaumont
Far House in New York City Draws Sleep Disruptions
Residents of a fifteen story New York City building complain that celestial choir rehearsals in the so called far house disturb their sleep. The report highlights tensions between tenants and the musical group.
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New York City
Peck
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