Penitentiary Destroyed by Fire in Lincoln
A blaze at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln destroyed the main building the cell house and other structures. Warden Davis ordered the inmates freed and marched to the yard under double guard as Lincoln fire department and militia helped contain the chaos. Loss exceeds 300000 with the prison originally costing 312000 and about 400 inmates present.
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Lincoln
State Penitentiary
Davis
Xtra
City Fire Department
Hoagland
Savage
Dietrich
Court Yard
Penitentiary
Lincoln Fire Department
Lincoln National Guard
Burlington
Caucus Dwindles With 45 Members Present in Lincoln
Reporter notes the Republican Senatorial caucus held in Lincoln on March 1 with only 45 attendees, short of the required quorum for nomination, adjourned to Tuesday, and hints at a shift toward a new rule call and a weakened current caucus. Ballot changes show Mead aligning with Dietrich while Lancaster supporters swing Trompen to Rosewater. Meiklejohn and others alter tallies. The senate also debates constitutional amendment procedures in committee of the whole.
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Sion
Lincoln
United States
Mead
Thompson
Dietrich
Lancaster
Trompen
Currie
Rosewater
Miskell
Meiklejohn
Johnson
Spencer
Allen Sesessretess
BO Kipkard
Uesereee
Berge
Martin
Legislature Passes On Cigarette Bill After Committee Report
The judiciary committee released a lengthy report that ended many bills. On motion to non-concur the cigarette bill was put on the general file by a senate vote indicating passage of the will.
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Atlanta Jewelry Wife Victim in Bold Household Outrage
Mrs. A Buchanan wife of a prominent Atlanta jeweler was robbed at pistol point by a black intruder who forced her to cook breakfast, bound her to a bed, burned a note, and escaped through a rear window. She freed herself and remains in critical condition as police and bloodhounds search for the suspect.
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Atlanta
A. Buchanan
Athinta
Miners Die in Explosions at Two Oklahoma遇 Coal Mines
At mine No 5 near South McAlester three shot firers Steve Delucas Bristo Bart and W A Welch were killed with many others injured as rescuers battled a gas explosion. The Osage Coal and Mining Co. owned by Missouri Pacific railroad faced the disaster. In Oklahoma the J R Crowe Coal Co shaft No 3 blast killed shot firers S B Hatfield and J W Watkins amid a gas caused explosion tearing timber and wrecking the shaft.
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South McAlester
I. T
Steve Delucas
Bristo Bart
W. B. Welch
Osage Coal and Mining Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Weir City
Kan
J. R. Crowe Coal Company
S. B. Hatfield
J. W. Watkins
Watkins
Teutonic Struck by Tidal Wave Off New York
The White Star steamer Teutonic reached port after a Sunday wave struck while in fair weather. Aboard, ironwork crushed and water lashed decks. crow nest crew toppled. passenger John Michaelson suffered a severe ankle injury as panic spread among passengers.
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New York
White Star Line
Teutonic
Jobn Michaelson
M’Kinley Opposes Delay in Peking Negotiations
Washington reports Special Commissioner Rockhill at Peking is to inform foreign ministers that the president deprecates any action delaying or harming negotiations. He aims to gain broad ministerial support to end punitive demands seen as unworthy of civilized nations and risking renewed Chinese armed resistance.
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Washington
Rockhill
Peking
Signals of Distress Ignored at Rio Wreck
Captain Hodgeson of Fort Point reports that Mark Ellingson confessed hearing the Rio de Janeiro distress signals but failed to notify the lookout or arouse the station. Ellingsen is suspended by Major Blakely, superintendent of the life saving service.
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Rio
San Francisco
Hodgeson
Fort Point
Major Blakely
Life Saving Service
Mark Ellingson
Ellingsen
Senate Concedes on War Revenue and Taxes
Washington March 1 The Senate adopted the war revenue reduction bill and a broad set of tax repeals and revisions across many items including telegraph receipts and mortgages. The House approved conference reports on diplomatic and agricultural appropriations as well as revenue measures setting July 1 as the effective date. The inauguration preparations for President McKinley’s ceremony progress with large anticipated crowds.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Revenue Cutter Service
Richardson
McKinley
Turkish Troops Ordered to Front Near Krustendit
London dispatch reports 60 000 Turkish troops to concentrate on the Bulgarian frontier near Krustendit. The move follows war ministry advice amid Macedonia unrest.
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London
Krustendit
Constantinople
Daily
Mall
Ministry of War
Macedonia
Desperado Shot by Mob After Jail Break
A deparado named Miller Wits is shot to death by a masked mob of about 40 with entry forced at midnight. He had committed three murders and several robberies before escaping from custody near Renfontein. The panic led authorities to move the captured man to a farm, where the mob killed him with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Holdenville
Johnson Aliler
Dewith
Tierbert McDade
United States
Robert Stewart
Miller
Two Die in Wreck Near Coal Valley
Pittsburg March 1 Two dead and several injured after a head on collision between the Uniontown express southbound and a local freight at Coal Valley on the Pittsburg and Charleston railroad. The express cars burned, Frank White and Milton S Thompson killed, Shaver fireman badly burned, others injured.
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Pittsburg
Charleston
Coal Valley
Frank White
Milton S. Thompson
Shaver
Charles Stroud
Dognaceuiaister
Michael Kulick
Schoenvilla
Uniontown
Botha Surrender Terms Reported in London
The Daily News indicates Commandant Botha offered to surrender under conditions and that negotiations are underway. It notes Mrs Botha may have conveyed proposals from her husband to Lord Kitchener, reflecting high level talks amid the crisis.
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London
Mareh L
The
Daily News
Botha
Lord Kitchener
Telegraphic Briefs From Madison Ila To Topeka
Judge Harrell closes the Madison pool room in Illinois. George McFadden wins a foul decision in an eighth round in San Francisco. Belle Vue nurse Jesse B. Davis acquitted of murder of patient Louis R. Hilliard. James J. Hill begins grading a Marcus to Republic railroad linking mining district to Spokane. Early work starts near Cascade City on the U S side. Illinois coal miners and operators meet but end with rejected wage demands. Rev F W Emerson and Dr M R Mitchell arrest on state warrants over Curtis cold storage plant arson in Topeka.
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Harrell
Madison
Ila
George McFadden
Cal Wawkins
Sanu Francisco
Jesse B. Davis
Bellevue Hospital
Louis R. Hilliard
James J. Hill
Marcus
Republic
Spokane
Cascade City
United States
Coal Miners
Operatora
Illinois
F. W. Emerson
First Christian Church
M. R. Mitchell
Curtis
North Topeka
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Shasta
M’kinley
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Dewet
Orange River
Daitorspeert
Renfontein
Petronville
Toll
Desperado
Kenwiile
Collleton
McKeesport
Kansas City
Carrie Nation
Topeka
Wee- Change
Stock Yard
J. W. Moore
Dusiness
William
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Schloss
Indianapolis
Doc" Reed
Carter
Irvington
Miss Carter
Ife
Boths
L. C. Mittelstadt
Norfolk
Zuty
National Bank
Webraska Capital
Europe
Dirhotorb
A. Beak
P. Hanlon, F. J. Hale
N. A. Rainbolt
W. Ih. Bucholz
Cotton
WM. Zut
W. Braasch
Gratin
Scranton
Missouri River
California
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Continent
F. W. Juneman
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