Flege Sentenced to Life for Sister's Murder
William Flege was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for murdering his sister Louise near Wayne. The judge noted Flege’s silence in court and ordered solitary confinement on each anniversary of the crime, June 20, and the defense’s request for a new trial was denied. An appeal to the supreme court is anticipated.
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Powen
Noeb
William Flege
Louise
Wayne
Lincoln
Nob
State Penitentiary
Louise Flege
Graves
Flege
Supreme Court
Curtis man W H McCowan ends life with gunshot
Curtis Neb Dec 15 W H McCowan a well to do resident shot and killed himself in view of neighbors just two blocks from his home. He left a widow four sons and a daughter all residents of the county except one son in Michigan. He was a prominent Grand Army and Masons member.
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W. H. McCowan
Curtis
Neb
Michigan
County
McCowan
The
Grand Army
Masons
Italy Flood Lightened as Weather Improves
Rome reports improved weather and a less serious flood situation though the Tiber district shows damage to evons and heavy livestock losses. Genoa notes Riviera rail traffic still interrupted by floods and torpedo boats handling postal service. Turin reports moderation after hail and snow with the riverio falling two inches hourly.
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Rome
Tiber
Evons
Genoa
Italy
Riveria
Turin
Gould Girl to Wed a Title
Lord Deeles and Miss Vivien Gould announce their engagement. John Graham Hope Horsley Beresford, fifth Baron Deeles, recently inherited the title. Born December 5, 1866, he is a lieutenant colonel in the Seventh Hussars, a DSO holder, veteran of Somaliland, Matabele, and Boer campaigns, and a polo cricketer with interests in hunting and racing.
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London
Lord Deeles
Vivien Gould
George J. Gould
New York
John Graham Hope Horsley Beresford
Baron Deeles
Seventh Hussars
Distinguished Service Order
Cholera Surge Reported in Rome with New Cases and Deaths
Rome reports three new cholera cases and two deaths since yesterday morning. In Yonkers the humorist Eli Perkins is critically ill at age 71 with locomotor ataxia, following a long period of poor health. he lectured in Norfolk twenty years ago last month.
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Rome
el Perkins
New York
Melville de Laney Landon
Eli Perkins
Yonkers
Eli Perking
Norfolk
Nebraska Weather Forecast From Chicago Station Bulletin
The December bulletin from the Chicago Weather Bureau station provides Nebraska’s forecast for the next twenty four hours. It calls for a fall night and Friday with moderate temperatures across the state.
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Nebraska
ABC
Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Carnegie 10 Talk of War to Begin Worldwide Campaign
Washington report on the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Prompted by Andrew Carnegie's gift of 11.5 million pounds, the society launches a three day international conference to promote a permanent arbitral tribunal. Carnegie will speak on The Moral Issue in War. Knox and Taft will miss opening due to conflicts but attend other sessions.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
American Society For
Society To Alm
State Knox
Carnegie
Knox
Taft
Ohio Girl Murder Case Shocks Grove City Area
In Columbus on December 14 Levi Cordray 24 is held after the body of Miss Florence Baer 19 daughter of farmer Fred Baer was found under a tree on Dakota avenue Columbus. Buggy tracks indicate the body was brought there Cordray says he last saw her two weeks ago A school teacher is held and is said to have confessed Detectives search for a well known doctor.
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Columbus
Levi Cordray
Samuel Dyer
Florence Baer
Fred Uaer
Grove City
Dakota Avenue
Cordray
Lone Bandit Robs Paradise Bank in Salina District
A lone bandit robbed the State Bank at Paradise Kansas taking 2500 dollars. He forced the cashier to unlock the safe and tied the cashier and four other men with a clothes line before fleeing.
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Salina
Kan
Paradise
Striking Garment Workers Clash With Police in Chicago
In Chicago a clash between striking garment workers and police left one worker dead and another fatally wounded with several on both sides seriously injured. Nonunion tailors escorted to B Kuppenheimer shop were attacked. a large-scale riot followed as officers defended the workers.
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Chicago
Nonanion
B. Kuppenheimer and Company
Charles Wernecke
Nonunion
St. Mlizabeth’s Hospital
Mark Linpewlsyz
Peliceman
Albert Winge
Strike Talks Collapse As Garment Dispute Deepens
In Chicago on December 15 the garment workers strike broadens as a substitute committee of the strikers rejects the Hart, Schaffner and Marx settlement offer sent to Mayor Busse. The plan, endorsed by the Chicago Federation of Labor, failed to gain union ballot and lacks a closed shop provision, deepening the rift between the parties.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
Busse
Hart
Schaffner
Marx
Chicago Federation of Labor
First State Bank of Oneida Closes in Hull County
Pierre South Dakota reports the First State bank of Oneida in Hull county has been closed with a bank examiner in charge. Poor management is cited as the reason for failure. Assets will permit settlement in full.
Whitney Seeks South Pole Quest Next Year
New Haven reporter notes Harry Whitney of New Haven intends to start a south pole search next year if feasible. The plan is disclosed in a telegram Whitney sent from New Orleans to the Journal Courier.
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New Haven
Conn
Harry Whitney
South Pole
Whitney
New Orleans
Journal Courier
Engineers Refuse Arbitration in Western Rail Strike Ultimatum
Engineers of six western railways send a communication to railroad managers refusing to arbitrate their wage demand. The managers had hinted at arbitration but did not openly offer it, leaving the dispute unresolved as of Monday.
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Chicago
Western Railways
Railroad Managers’ Committee
Rebels Flee To Ciudad Guerrero In Chihuahua Clash
A fresh clash near Ciudad Guerrero follows Sunday’s rebel rout as federal forces under General Navarro pursue remnants for three hours and attack the rebels anew. About 900 revolutionists reportedly resist stubbornly while two wounded are expected to die.
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Mexico City
el Heraldo Mexicano
Chihuahua
Ciudad Guerrero
Navarro
Marriage Unites Sam T. Allison and Gracelona Dillenburg
Sam T. Allison and Gracelona Dillenburg wed at 7:40 pm at the bride's parents home six miles southwest of Brunswick Nebraska. Rev Hinkle of the Methodist church officiated. The couple plans to live in Neligh after February 1.
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Neugh, Neb
Sam T. Allison
Gracelona Dillenburg
Brunswick
Neb
Mr. Hinkle
Methodist Church
Neligh
Congress man Joel Cook Dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia obituaries report Representative Joel Cook died today at home. The longtime congressman from this city is remembered for his public service and role in national politics.
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Congressman Cook
Philadelphia
Joel Cook
Willie Hoppe Elopes To Marry New York Bride
Billiard expert Willie Hoppe wed Miss Alice Walsh in Baltimore after an elopement opposed by her father. The ceremony at the cathedral was conducted by Rev. P C Gavan with Hoppe and Miss Walsh traveling from New York, joined by Miss May Maxwell and Hoppe's manager B L Manke.
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Baltimore
Willie Hoppe
Alice Walsh
Thomas Walsh
New York
P. C. Gavan
May Maxwell
Couple Reunites After Atlantic City Meeting Premarital Bond
The text describes a marriage setup with a long distance call from New York to arrange the ceremony. It mentions Hoppe and Miss Walsh meeting three years ago in Atlantic City where the bride’s wife was saved by the groom.
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New York
Hoppe
Miss Walsh
Atlantic City
Firemen Name State Delegates at Alliance Convention
Delegates to the state firemen convention at Alliance were entertained by Norfolk firemen after the department meeting on Wall Street. A record attendance was noted and plans were announced for the twenty sixth anniversary banquet of the Hook and Ladder Company on January 4 at the Masonic Banquet Hall. Firemen performed solos and exhibitions, with luncheon served by Chief Green and delegates. Those representing Norfolk include Company No. 1 officers and members, Company No. 4, and Hook Company leaders TMellerman and V A Nenow.
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Alliance
Norfolk
Look and Ladder Company
Book Company
Hook Company
Bruce
Green
L. Bruce
William Kell
Ed Mullen
C. BE. Hartford
Robert Reynolds
H. W. Winter
Ed Benning
L. V. Kenerson
Ed Monroe
Mine Horror Near Denver
Twelve men are trapped in Leyden Coal shaft No 2 after a nighttime explosion set timbering ablaze. Rescue efforts aim to breach a separating wall into shaft No 1 as workers cry out for freedom with no immediate avenue of escape.
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Denver
Leyden Coal Company
Leyden
Colo
Samuel Perry
Explosion in Bond Coal mine kills thirteen in Greene
Norton Virginia reports a blast at Bond Coal Company mine in Greene killing thirteen of fourteen workers. Only two escaped, one dying later. Superintendent James Barrowman and foreman William Ritchie are among the dead. The explosion, blamed on gas ignition from blowing coal, follows a similar incident three years earlier in the same mine.
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Norton
Bond Coal Company
Greene
Here
James Barrowman
William Ritchie
Dakota Woman Dies After Long Fast
Aberdeen, D. Dec. 15. Mrs Susannah Cooper aged about 41 died after a fast of more than two months. She smoked a pipe nightly and in the morning during the fast, believing it would help her health. Doctors advised continuing the habit. relatives urged nourishment but she refused.
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Aberdeen
Susannah Cooper
Taft withholds defense report after House vote
President Taft ordered Secretary of War Dickinson to withhold from Congress the national defense report issued in response to House resolutions. The House refused to receive the document and stated it would not be sent.
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House of Representatives
Taft
Washington
Wee
Dickinson
Congress
House
Farmer Wins Nominal Damages After Court Fight
In Neligh Nebraska on December 15 a district court jury awarded Andrew Rasmussen seven dollars in damages against Martin Nelson in a July 21 1909 case alleging bodily injury from a fight. The trial drew interest as the only major jury action of the term with jurors deliberating after supper.
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Neligh
Neb
District Court
Andrew Rasmussen
Martin Nelson
Brunswick
K. 1D
Kilbourn
Plim Tit
Fred Ree
Plainview
J. W. Rice
Rasmussen
Indian Chief Loses Suit Over Graveyard Damages
In Valdez Alaska the U S district court ruled against Chief Goodlateh of the Copper River Indians in a $10 000 damages suit against the Copper River railroad for digging up and reburying their ancestors bones at Piles Creek. The Indians planned a potlatch feast to propitiate disturbed spirits.
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Seattle
Wash
United States District Court
Valdez
Alaska
Goodlateh
Copper River Railroad
Piles Creek
Tommy Burns Injured in Interurban Collision
Seattle, Dec. 15. former heavyweight champion Tommy Burns was severely injured in a collision on the Seattle Tacoma inter urban railroad and will be confined to bed for an indefinite period.
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Seattle
Tommy Burns
Seattle-Tacoma
Suitor elopes with Walnut girl after Walnut farmer hires ride
In O Neill Nebraska on December 15 a Walnut youth quit work to chase his love. The father, sheriff, and marshal chase the trio to the Northwestern depot where a tense reconciliation ends with the suitor paying all expenses and promising to stay away.
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O'Neill
Neb
Walnut
Arshal
Northwestern Depot
Kane
Lochinvar
Harborside Collisions Sink Vessels. One Life Lost
Fog shrouded Seattle Harbor as the steamers Kitzap and India napolis collided with the launch Columbia. The crashes left one person dead and all three ships sunk. The incidents occurred yesterday in the harbor near Seattle.
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Seattle Harbor
Seattle
Columbia
Indianapolis
Bill Extends Homestead Residence Deadline to May 15
Washington December 145 The house committee on public lands favorably reported a bill allowing homesteaders an extension of time to establish residence from December to May 15 next due to winter hardships. The measure also permits those already residing to remain away from their locations until May 15 after passage.
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Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Steamer Colorado Reports Unmanageable in Gale
A Clyde line steamer Colorado bound from Boston to New York sent a wireless report this afternoon that she was unmanageable in a gale off the coast. The message arrived in New York City confirming the heavy weather and dangerous conditions at sea.
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New York
Colorado
Clyde Line
Boston
Bucket Shop Firm Raided in Chicago
United States Secret Service raided the Capital Investment company offices injuring four branches in the financial district seizing papers and records. Sid McHie is named as chief owner and believed to be in Florida. Simultaneous raids in Aurora and Joliet reported successful with many records seized. The firm reportedly ran about thirty three branches across the Midwest engaging in stock buying and selling.
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Chicago
United States
Capital Investment Company
Sid” McHie
Florida
Charles F. Dewoody
Department of Justice
Financial District
House Proceeds in Silent Adjournment for Rep Joel Cook
Washington delegates adjourn after a brief session as a tribute to Pennsylvania representative Joel Cook who died in Philadelphia. The move ends proceedings early to honor the late lawmaker.
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House
Cook
Washington
Joel Cook
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
German steamer Palermo wrecked off Galicia with 24 dead
The German steamer Palermo is a total wreck off Cape Corrobode on the west coast of Galicia. Five passengers and nineteen crew members are reported lost after the vessel struck and broke up in a furious gale last Sunday night.
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London
Palermo
Cape Corrobode
Galicia
Spain
Neligh Commercial Club Backs New Northwestern Depot Plan
Neligh Nebraska the commercial club met in the court room with J J Melick presiding A strong push emerged for a new Northwestern depot noting the current structure is over thirty years old and fails public needs Local leaders J C Jenkins W L McAllister William Wolfe M G Daxon and J M McAllister supported the plan Road issues dominated discussion with added road committee members Charles H Kelsey and O A Williams Treasurer W T Wattles reported 14740 on hand The group adjourned to reconvene at the president’s call.
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Neligh, Neb
Neligh
Charles H. Kelsey
O. A. Williams
W. T. Wattles
Western Railroads Seek Mediation in Wage Dispute
Sixty one Western railroads have asked Neil and Knapp to mediate a wage row with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The appeal targets U S Labor Commissioner Charles Py Se and Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Martin Kopp as mediators in the dispute.
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Neil
Knapp
Chieti
Deep
United States Commissioner of Labor
Charles Py Se
Martin Kopp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Foowot Oe
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Lingerneers
Congressional Session Turmoil Over Machinery Bill
Congress opens with bitter debate in both chambers as Bristow opposes the Mrench ellis measure stalling passage. House speakers and members clash over calendar rules as telegraph codification legislation faces scrutiny and adjournment suspends action. Both chambers plan to reconvene today.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Senate
Bristow
Kanaas
Ellis
Cannon
House
Train Plunges Into River Near Davis Oklahoma
One man killed and thirty-one seriously injured when three cars of a southbound Santa Fe train derailed from a bridge into the Wabash river five miles from Davis Oklahoma. A broken rail caused the wreck and most passengers suffered injuries though many were minor. The smoking car baggage car and chair car fell forty feet into the river bottomside up while the engine and Pullman cars remained on track.
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Davis
Okla
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Wabash River
South Dakota at a Glance and Local Notes
A vast South Dakota roundup covers a new $25,000 Mobridge hospital and a ded ication at Deland, Aberdeen’s elderly resident Mary Gabe found dead, Yankton adding manual training, a repaired pontoon fridge, and Cedar Rapids firm eyeing a Deadwood plant. Gov Vessey reports election expenses, Yankton’s Emil Goetz leads the hook and ladder, Deadwood hosts stockmen’s meeting December 17, and tax revenues push the general fund. Population shifts show Sioux Valley up 68 percent, Jim valley 30 percent, Missouri valley 52 percent, and the western counties 98 percent above 1905.
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Mobridge
Deland
Emil Goetz
Hook and Ladder
Yankton
Stockmen’s Association
Deadwood
Carl Lehnhardt
Metherson County
Leela Woonsocket
Odd Fellows
Mitchell
South Dakota National Guard
Watertown
Pierre
H. Stoner
Highmere
Farmers’ Institute
Kirkaville Mo
George R. Matone
Draper
Grange
Loucks
Hoyt
Stanley County
Dokken
Herbert Myrick
Orange Judd
Phelps Publishing Companies
Northwest
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Sioux Valley
Jim Valley
Missouri Valley
Jim
Missour
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Gconginun
American Society For Judicial Settlement of International
OHI
Kansas
Chicago Garment Workers
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
Weinike
P. Nogareckis
B. Kuppenheimer
South Dakota Bank
First State Bank of
Oneida
State Examiner
Allison-Dillenburg
M. R. Green
Leo Broecker
E. A. Amarine
W. P. McCune
John Napier
Ed Dixon
J. Burnett
Z. C Becles
H. F. Brown
Harry Witte
Hooks
Tmellerman
V. A. Nenow
Ed Sehelly
Hans Voet
Outwits
Cupid
Bucket Shop
Neligh Commercial Club
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