Nebraska Bolters Plan Sept Convention Despite Dissolution
Lincoln Aug 8 delegates from the populists and democrats set dates for a united anti silver platform convention in Lincoln on September 1 or 19 while the silver republicans dissolve their state organization. The populist gathering approved a governor candidate discussion and a $1,300 campaign fund while Bryan urged reform unity. In Alabama a mob executed John Wesley Pennington for an assault on Mrs Davis, dragging him to a stake and burning him as crowds watched.
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Lincoln
Septembr Lo
People’s Independent State Central
Grand Hotel
J. AL Cook
People’s Party
Missouri
Nebraska
Democrats
Allientus
Lis
Daly Gabe
W. A. Poynter
John O. Yeiser
Omaha
Bevan
Dusiou
Bryan
Silver Republicans
Efi
BirMingiavm
Ala
Ayonizinpacigilus
John Wesley Pennigputh
Newro
Enterprise
Coffee County
Pennington
Dr . Davis
Dias
Hle
The Die Is Cast Labor Battle Begins in Pirrsnune
Aug 7 1901 report from Pirrsnune on the general strike order issued by President Shaffer for the United States Steel workers. The call targets Amalgamated men and others to join the labor movement before Aug 10, risking mill closures, idle workers, and possible violence. J Sharver signs the message urging unity and rights.
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Shaffer
Amalgamated
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Trust
Bert
Bulgarian Bandits Attack Turkish Troops Near Andrianople
A dispatch from Sotia reports an alleged clash between Bulgarian bandits and Turkish forces near Adrianople. Thirty Turkish soldiers were killed in the engagement.
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Lovpo
Sota
Anananople
Vievn
Satia
Andrianople
More Ven For Wellsville Article From Scottdale Dispatch
Fifteen skilled mill workers left Scottdale for Wellsville to take places in the mill there. Strikebreakers are promised positions as rollers catchers roughers and sheet heater duties. The departing workers are being replaced locally and organizers seek to recruit Old Meadow men.
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Wellsville
Pittsburg
Scottdale
Old Meadow
Gold bullion theft at Selby Smelting and Lead plant
The Selby Smelting and Lead Company vault on San Francisco Bay shore was robbed of about 1 200 pounds of gold worth 280000. The thieves tunneled from outside the building and fled by boat in fog leaving two bars behind. No clues or suspects yet. authorities warn boats trains and stations statewide to assist capture.
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San Francisco
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
Selby Works
Bay Shore
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Bay Cities
Indian and halfbreed clash sparks on Flathead Reservation
In Helena on August 7 a confrontation near Rowan station left one Indian with a gunshot in the arm after Indians and halfbreeds exchanged shots over cattle theft. Both sides are reinforcing and further trouble is anticipated.
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Helena
Mon
Flathead Indian Reservation
Rowan Station
Md. York doubts Bender family murder link
RawiLines Wyoming August 7 Md York brother of Dr York Independence Missouri murdered by the Bender family has returned home He rejects reports that the Ayers family near Fort Collins is the Benders in disguise He says he helped the search party that found the remains and nothing about the Benders fled with them
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RawiLines
Wyo
York
Independence
Bender
Ayers
Fort Collins
Proclamation Banishing Boer Leaders Across South Africa
London reports a Kitchener proclamation dated August 7 targets commandants field cornets and leaders of armed bands from the late Orange Free State and Transvaal. Sept 15 is set for surrender or banishment with costs charged to those in arms.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Colony
Transvaal
South African
Orange Iree
South Africa
Chamberlain
Lord Milner
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Holland Society Rep Visits Hilversum Amid US Visit Talks
Brussels reports that Mr. Scruger received a representative of the Holland society of Chicago at Hilversum. He confirmed plans to visit the United States but has not set a date, citing possible events in Europe.
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Brussels
Scruger
Hilversum
Holand Society of
Chicago
United States
Durope
Palmyra Store Burglarized in Neb Townbreak
Pauuma Neb Aug 10 The dry goods store of R Oakley was broken into last night by a thief who entered through a cellar window and climbed a trap door. Only two Velars in pennies were taken, suggesting a young local offender. goods lay scattered as if searched.
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Palmyra
Pauuma
Neb
R. Oakley
Stolen Waterbury Watch Found in Old Tree Trunk
Samuel Jones, a Nebraska farmer near Piarrsmourn, uncovered a hollow log containing a Waterbury watch stolen from his home two years ago and thirty cents belonging to his child. He believes the thief hid the items to avoid discovery.
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Piarrsmourn
Neb
Samuel Jones
Toy Savings Bank
Waterbury
Suspect named in $283000 Vallejo gold heist at Selby works
Captain Seymour reveals John Winters, 37, ex smelting employee, as the suspect in the Vallejo Junction gold bullion robbery. Evidence includes a cap, clothes racks, a mud covered pistol, tunnel chalk and gas pipe cutter, with a $25,000 reward boost by Selby Smelting Co. for arrest, conviction and full return of the gold.
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San Francisco
Seymour
Selby
Vallejo Junction
John Winters
Winters
Winter
Three Men Injured As Freight Collision Occurs
An extra freight on the Chicago and Alton at Greenview Illinois collided with a freight train injuring three men. W I Burns of Columbia Illinois lost both legs and may not survive shock of amputation. James W Wilson of Wellsville Missouri suffered a broken left leg. John S Kenley of Bloomington Illinois sustained a dislocated shoulder and a severe skull wound. Both engines and several cars wrecked.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago & Alton
Greenview
Jacksonville
W.I. Burns
Columbia
James W. Wilson
Alton
Wellsville
John S. Kenley
Bloomington
Clergyman Guilty of Malicious Prosecution in Liquor Case
In Fort Scott Kansas on August 8 a jury of prominent men found Mr. Price presiding elder of the Methodist church guilty of malicious prosecution in a liquor case. The defendant was acquitted on a separate count and costs were assessed against the clergyman. The verdict follows a heated fight over saloon openings.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Price
Methodist Church
Mrs Hitchcock Shoots Couple in Denver Candy Store
Mrs Philip Hitchcock, wife of a prominent railroad man, shot and seriously wounded James W Roberts and his wife in their candy store on Sixteenth Street. The wife was struck in the face and Roberts received two bullets, one in the forehead. He survived the blast and medical staff hope for recovery.
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Denver
Col
Philip Hitchcock
James W. Roberts
Sixteenth Street
Daisy Wheeler Confesses Theft of Pension Money
Daisy Wheeler, sixteen, confessed in police Court to stealing $1,200 from her mother Mrs. Mary Wheeler widow of a Civil War veteran. The pension money was taken July 4 and handed to her sweetheart Walter Cavanaugh with whom she eloped to Chicago. they were arrested in Kansas City and brought back for trial.
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Kansas City
Daisy Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Wheeler
Walter Cavanaugh
Chicago
Dowager Empress Frederick Dies in Berlin at 61
Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany dies at Friedrichshof after a cancer and dropsy illness. Emperor William and children visit the sick room. Berlin flags half-mast. interment expected at Friedenskirche, Potsdam beside Emperor Frederick.
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William
Empress
Friederichshe
Frederick
Freisinnige Zeitung
Berlin
Friedenskirche
Potsdam
Nebraska News in Brief From County Talks and Local Items
A mixed set of short notes from Nebraska towns reports crop prospects and prices a Wakefield cattle shipment to Chicago sold for 14381.74 and a Platte river bridge at Kremont to shut for two weeks August 6 repairs. Students flee Mont Normal over smallpox quarantine fears. Subscriptions paid in hogs near Belgrade. hay Springs residents return after seeking greener pastures. a bolt injures a thresher near Shelton. editor scarred by shotgun incident. Grand Army reunion planned at Weeping Water August 20–23. missing cash mystery in Madison County. district school bonds pass Clay Center. Scribner Farmers Telephone to operate soon.
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Wakefield
Chicasy
Platte River
Kremont
Fred Worn
Allay Springs
Jad
Nance County
Celgrade
Nance Goudly
Springview
North Plate
Washington County
James Gibbs
Madison County
Otoe
Lancaster
Cass
Saunders
Sarpy
Clay Center
Farmers’ Telephone Company
Scribner
Death of Dowager Empress Frederick Reported in London
London reports the Dowager Empress Frederick has died. Buckingham Palace Marlborough House and the Mansion House will note the event as officials are away for holidays. St Pauls bells to toll after secretary Ritchie informs the Lord Mayor. In Cowes King Edward learns of the death aboard the royal yacht with the flag half masted.
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London
Irederick
Associated Press
Buckingham Palace
Marlborough House
Mansion House
Iajesty
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Ritchie
Cowrs
Edward
Empress Frederick
Roosevelt Heads West For Coyote Chase Near Fountain
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt and a party of five departed Colorado Springs for a three day coyote chase around Fountain, eighteen miles south of the city, in a northern swing of the campaign trip.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Fountaine
Pekin Residents Grumble Over Street Harshness
American and European residents claim Pekin citizens grow more unfriendly as allied troops leave the city. They say Chinese resume their habit of jeering and cursing foreigners in the streets, highlighting tense local conditions.
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Prexin
Pekin
Senator Cullum Talks Policy After Canton Visit
Senator Cullum said no broad tariff legislation likely next winter but pending commercial treaties should pass the senate. He discussed government policy in other lines during his Canton visit with President McKinley. He returned home and is spending the summer at Highland Park.
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Chiaco
Lil
McKinley
Canton
Cullum
Senate
Highland Park
Townsites for Oklahoma Land Districts Announced
The interior department announced El Reno and Lawton as the town sites for the newly opened Oklahoma land districts. Secretary Hitchcock approved reserving only these lands for townsite purposes and directed the land office to reserve them. They include all townsites and lots to be sold.
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Washington
el Reno
Lawton
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Herman
Hitchcock
Land Office
Bay View workers vote to stay at work defying strike order
Milwaukee Aug 12 The Bay View plant of the Illinois Steel company decides to remain at work in a unanimous vote. President Redfern reports no chance of Illinois Steel obeying the strike order and that no mills will halt tomorrow. The lodge notes a 5 percent wage increase retroactive to July 1 and pledges support for strikers.
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Milwaukee
Bay View
Illinois Steel Company
Federal Steel
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Joseph Redfern
Redfern
Chicago
Joliet
Bay View Lodge
Boy, 10, accuses father in alleged family murder in Washington
Jesse Purcell a 10 year old boy filed an affidavit with police accusing his father Frank Purcell brother of George W Purcell of the national executive board of united mine workers of America of murdering his mother. The boy says the mother died Friday morning supposedly of heart trouble. He adds the sister married the evening of the crime and the mother remained at the barn doorstep crying before allegedly being kicked several times by her husband.
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Washington
Ind
Jesse Purcell
Frank Purcell
George W Purcell
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Purcell
Strike Averted at Illinois Steel Works South Chicago
In Crrcaco Illinois Aug 12 members of the Amalgamated Association vote to stay at work and support striking colleagues elsewhere. A joint meeting chaired by a Vice President Davis representative of the Fourth district approved remaining on the job by an almost unanimous margin.
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Crrcaco
Ill
Amalgamated Association
Illinois Steel Works
Chicago
Davis
Signor Crispi Dies After Brief Illness in Napries
Signor Crispi died at 7:45 last evening after a summons by his family and close friends. News was telegraphed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen. A public funeral is planned in Palermo with a steamer conveyance. Rumors say his will may authorize publication of memoirs by a prominent Italian politician.
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Signor Crispi
Victor Emmanuel
Helen
Palermo
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Ep J. Suarver
Fortune Storen
Kitchener
Westminster Gazette
Kruger
Cintin
Dick” Phelan
Selby Smelting Company
Germany
Colinper
Kalerr
Ene
Chamber
Glemurg
Friederickshof
Georgia
Savannahs
Gia
Savannah
Seaboard Aly Juine
Joe Washington
J. J. Clark
Tarvedy
Liberty City
Ways’ Station
Wal
Clark
North Bed
Belgrade
Place
Abub Bay
Qouster County
Stremont Normal School
Pawnee City
the Fair Association
Pawnee County
Hay Springs
Shelton
Charlie Lee
Wymore
Montana
Long Pine
Sioux City
Bowen Siding
Olaf Oleson
I. E. Austin
Holdrege
Mr. Norton
Tekamah
Teddy
South Chicago
Signor
Crispi
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