Various 1903 Telegraphic Briefs Across Continents
Ambassador White in Berlin faces influenza concerns while Berlin exchange reopenings loom. Capetown distances to Southampton noted. Oyster fisheries prosper in the current season. Samoan treaty proclaimed. New Jersey sale girls campaign against slang. British Mint gold and silver yield tallies. German coal famine and strikes widen. African desert sands average thirty to forty feet. Physical culture craze grows in New York. South American ports declared bubonic plague free. South German Railway plans electric branch lines. Philadelphia the largest city in Washington’s era with 60 000 inhabitants. Standard Oil seeks reorganized defense. Boni de Castellane sails to France. Hanover National Bank challenges national bank rupt law. Fire chief Langworthy dies at 14. Carnegie with sister-in-law on Cumberland Island. Bi-monthly San Francisco Manila transport ordered. Roland Reed operated on for intestinal cancer. Colonel Bryan addresses 7000 in Charleston on money, trusts, imperialism. Chemical National Bank assets auctioned at $489.75. Navy reports vessels under construction and officers. Dawson to Nome gold rush diggings discussed at Skaguay. Spitbuck and Pettijohn sentences commuted. Rapid Transit Subway incorp filed in Albany with $6,000,000 capital. British mule contracts resuming to New Orleans. Colima volcano erupts anew. Peter Jones fatally shoots Mooney in Springfield. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Short Line formed. 1800 miles. $36 million cost. Stilwell as president. Bowdie fire losses reach $120,000. Florence doctor Green killed after fall. Miss Sarah Porter dies at 85. Carver Cline dies after leg amputation. St Louis exposition fears on federal funding. War department drafts stronger military bill. Hull introduces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador White
Berlin
Germany
Capetown
Southampton
New Jersey
Africa
New York
South America
Washington
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Count
Countess Boni de Castellane
la Gascogne
France
Hanover National Bank
New York City
A. J. Langworthy
Milwaukee
Andrew Carnegie
Lucy Carnegie
Dungerness
Cumberland Island
Florida
San Francisco
Manila
P. L
Roland Reed
St. Luke’s Hospital
W. J. Bryan
Charleston
S.C
Thomson
Chemical National Bank
Chicago
William C. Niblack
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Jess
Skaguay
Dawson
Nome
Koyokuk
Ernest Spitbuck
Charles Pettijohn
Indian Territory
Albany
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
New Orleans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Texas
Guadalajara
Mexico
Colima
Peter Jones
Springfield
Ill
William Mooney
Chicago, Peoria & St
Topolobampo
Pacific Coast
Mexico & Orient
Stilwell
Kansas
Stillwell
Bowdie
S. D
People’s Bank
Florence
Ala
D .C. Green
John D. Rockefeller
Sarah Porter
Farmington
Joseph Jefferson
St. Louis Exposition
Congress
Secretary of War
House Military Committees
Department
House
Hull
Pressing the Boers at Paardeberg and Kimberley
Lord Roberts reports ongoing operations against Boer forces. Boer attacks on Natal outposts yield heavy casualties and nearly 100 prisoners. British forces under Methuen capture Barkley West and push toward Kimberley with hospital praise and rising troop deployments across Orange Free State fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Robarts
Paardeberg
Natal
Kimberley
Thirten
Methuen
Barkley West
Capetown
de Aar
Britstown
Douglas
Prieska
Orange Free State
Wynne
Kroblerskloof
Somersets
Inniskillings
Dublins
Reading
Still Has Faith in Bobs
London crowds throng the War Office as British confidence in Lord Roberts remains high. The public believes his reasons for omitting General Cronje from dispatches. bulls advance is stubbornly contested while Brtis prepare to aid Buller and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Times
Lord Roberts
Cronje
General Cronje
Pretoria
Buller
White
Four-Story Building Burns at 51-55 Jefferson Street
Fire destroys a four story brick building at 51-55 Jefferson Street in Chicago. Losses total about 565,000 with 330,000 on the building and 235,000 on contents. Several firms suffer including Lammert & Mann, William W. Vernon, James Barry & Co, Hartry Electric, George H Nye, A J Bodkin Circular Addressing, W A Jones, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jefferson Street
Lammert & Mann
William W. Vernon
James Barry & Co
Hartry Electric Company
George H .Nye
A. J. Bodkin Circular Addressing Company
W. A. Jones Company
German farmer Adolph Gleich dies after 50 foot fall
In South Dakota near Yankton, Adolph A. Gleich 73, missing for three days, was found with two horses in a deep ravine twelve miles west of town. He had been gathering wood when his team slipped over the edge, driving him and the horses to the bottom. Gleich was a longtime German farmer in Yankton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Adolph A. Gleich
Gleich
Yankton County
Alger Sees No War, Calls Philippine Trouble Rebellion
Former Secretary Alger declares the United States is not in a state of war after the Paris peace treaty with Spain. He says only rebellion and insurrection apply to the Philippine troubles while noting not to brand the current campaign as war. He adds he would defer the legal opinion on soldiers purchasing discharges to the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Washington
Root
United States
Alger
Paris
Spain
Philippines
Department
Cody Plans Wyoming Gold and Copper Company
Col W I Cody Buffalo Bill leads a Wyoming gold and copper firm forming soon with $1,000,000 capital. Two shafts reached sixty feet on Cody area property amid ore pay. Partners include J M Schwood George T Beck George Chamberlain John Davis and others. A petition to Congress seeks a Cody Yellowstone park road via a Burlington line to shorten northern Wyoming travel to the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
W. I. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Wyoming
Colonel Cody
Cody City
Cody
J. M. Schwood
George T. Beck
George Chamberlain
John Davis
E. Marks
G. Shirtlesf
Edward Gillette
Congress
Yellowstone Park
Burlington
Wonderland
Park
Montana
Hancock Brings War Dead From Manila Voyage
The U S Army transport Hancock arrived in San Francisco from Manila after twenty six days at sea via Nagasaki. On board were five officers including Brigadier General Gilbert S Carpenter and about 100 discharged soldiers. Two deaths occurred during the voyage Lieutenant Charles H Munton and Sergeant Godwin F Lane died of typhoid fever and sunstroke and typhoid fever respectively, their bodies embalmed and brought ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States Army
Hancock
Manila
Nagasaki
Gilbert S. Carpenter
Eighteenth Infantry
Panay
Charles H. Munton
Twelfth Infantry
Godwin F. Lane
Twenty-first Infantry
Chicago Building Tieup Cuts Jobs Across Trades
In Chicago on February 26 the Building Material Trades council ordered brick deliveries to nonunion sites halted, idling about 1,000 brickmakers. The machinists strike extension is set to involve at least 3,000 more workers, worsening the city's building industry shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Building Material Trades’ Council
United Contractors
Riot at Kentucky Dance Ends in White River Valley Tragedy
A free fight at a Whitesburg dance near Pond Gap injured several and left two brothers dead. John Newberry was shot and died within two hours. Ed Newberry was fatally wounded. The melee occurred at Bill Mullens' home, a Virginia moonshiner, using pistols and knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Whitesburg
Pond Gap
Bill Mullens
Virginia
John Newberry
Ed Newberry
France Has Not Asked About Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The Associated Press states that no communication has been made by French authorities to the state department about the Hay-Pauncefote treaty or the Panama canal. This follows questions in official quarters about a conversation between the French ambassador and the secretary of state regarding the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
State Department
Peace Demonstration In Vienna Meets Large Attendance
A world peace association organized rally is held in Vienna with large turnout. Simultaneously a socialist demonstration protests a recent provincial diet measure with crowds of workers shouting at Mayor Dr. Lueger. Police arrest forty participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Lueger
Bimetallic convention set for Kansas City Fourth of July
Judge A W Rucker of Denver president of the United States Monetary league has conferred with leading bi metallists in Washington. It is now definitely determined that a national convention of bi metallists will be held at Kansas City on the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Washington
A. W. Rucker
Denver
Colo
United States Monetary League
Methodists Fix Provisional Conference Program
The committee in charge has arranged a provisional program for the Methodist Episcopal church general conference in Chicago starting May 2. Mornings will be for the general body, afternoons for fourteen standing committees, and evenings for anniversaries and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nebraska Creamery Buttermakers Extend Thanks at Lincoln
The National Creamery Butter makers association, at its ninth annual convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, adopted resolutions thanking Nebraska and Lincoln hosts, Commercial Club members Morris Friend and others, railroads for reduced transportation, the dairy press, Burlington route officials, and Agriculture Secretary James Wilson for support. The group urged uniform classification of butter in exhibitions and praised officers and members for a successful convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
National Creamery Buttermakers’ Association
National Creamery Buttermakkers’ Association
Neb
Nebraska
Commercial Club
Messrs. Morris Friend
J. C. Seacrest
A. M. Priest
A. T. Peters
E. C. Folsom
Association
Burlington
United States
Department of Agriculture
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
National Creamery Buttermakers' Association
Porter Keeps Busy With Freight Rate Case
Lincoln February 26 Secretary of State Porter gathers and compiles evidence for the state board of transportation hearing on March 1 over a tentative order to cut freight rates. The order would reduce cattle rates by 10 percent and hog rates by 5 percent amid prior objections by Porter and the attorney general. Evidence suggests Porter and Mr Symth were justified in their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Porter
State Board of Transportation
Symth
Funeral of Nebraskan Dr L J Abbott Held in Fremont
The funeral for Dr. L J Abbott, who died in South Omaha, was conducted at St James Episcopal church Fremont. At the deceaseds request the church burial service was read by Rev Irving Johnson of South Omaha with no funeral sermon or eulogy delivered.
Large Funeral Planned in York Nebraska for 3 Soldiers
Feb 26 York Neb reports a large funeral service planned for three members of Company A First Nebraska whose remains arrived from the Philippines. Since no church can hold the crowd a large new auditorium will host the triple service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Neb
Company A
First
Nebraska
Philippines
Supreme Court appointments reported for clerk and reporters
Omaha lawyer Lee Herdman is named as clerk of the supreme court and librarian replacing D. A. Campbell. Hartington’s Wilbur F. Bryant is slated as official court reporter succeeding Charles F. Rose. Eland W. Nelson from the land commissioner's office will become assistant clerk succeeding Edward J. Streight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Holcomb and Sullivan
Lee Herdman
Omaha
D. A. Campbell
Wilbur F. Bryant
Hartington
Charles F. Rose
Eland W. Nelson
Land Commissioner’s Office
Edward J .Streight
Geneva Buries Soldier With Military Honors
The body of Private James Spivey arrived in Geneva Nebraska after being shot and killed in the Philippines last spring. He lay in state for hours in the court room before the funeral, with Company G acting as honor guard during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Neb
James Spivey
Philippines
Company G
State Board sets March 6 final hearing in Norfolk
The State Board of Transportation fixed March 6 as the date for the final hearing on the complaint by the Norfolk Business Men's association. The hearing will be held in Norfolk Nebraska. Helpers: officials, public interest, transportation matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Neb
State Board of Transportation
Norfolk Business Men’s Association
Nebraska Pioneer Dr. L. J. Abbott Dies at 78
Dr. L. J. Abbott former superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln died in South Omaha after a paralytic stroke. A physician and early Douglas County farmer, he served Fremont before taking the Lincoln post. Survived by wife four sons and two daughters, one son in the Philippines. Funeral at St James Episcopal Church in Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
L. J. Abbott
Lincoln
Nebraska
Douglas County
Fremont
Abbott
Philippines
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Triple funeral for three First Nebraska soldiers in Beatrice
Beatrice Nebraska hosts a military funeral for Frank M. Knouse Bruce E. Macy and George W. Andrews all from Company C and A who died in the Philippines. The service at First Presbyterian church featured flags flowers and a flag draped casket with a firing squad salute at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mailley
Company C
Wymore Battery
Rawlins Relief Corps
York man offers auditorium pledge plan in Columbus
Jasper Hoffmann of York proposed to Columbus citizens that paying 8 000 in premiums to his company would trigger 3 13 000 for an auditorium. With 225 short of the goal, a committee is formed led by C. S. Gray Jonas Welch George Lehman I Silberman and Daniel Schwann to push the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Neb
Jasper Hoffmann
York
C. S. Gray
Jonas Welch
George Lehman
I. Silberman
Daniel Schwann
Brownville Business Men Seek Canning Factory Here
Brownville Nebraska business men's association moves to advertise the area's fruit growing potential urging a canning factory and improvements to boost growth in Nemaha county and Brownville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownville
Neb
Johnson Arranges 80 Percent Creditor Settlement
MEAD Neb February 24 Lee Johnson makes agreement with creditors to pay 80 percent of debts. Forty percent paid immediately and the remainder in six months. No clue to the robbers yet but local talent suspected. creditors hopeful as news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
MEAD
Neb
Lee Johnson
Fair Grounds for Sale at Norfolk Nebraska
The old Norfolk fair grounds have been advertised for sale by a committee of the owners. The association formed in 1896 conducted fairs for years but failed to achieve financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Neb
Homer man accused of fathering Homer girl’s child
M Priest of Homer is arrested in South Sioux City on the charge of being the father of a child born to Maud White daughter of Herbert White of Homer. Priest denies the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sioux City
Neb
Homer
Maud White
Herbert White
Smallpox Nearly Stamp ed Out in Du Bois Area
Du Bois Nebraska February 24. Except for one Dr McColm family child ill with smallpox no cases remain in Du Bois or vicinity. The sick child is improving and doctors expect full recovery. Authorities control the matter and expect the disease to be stamped out soon as business returns to normal.
His Jawbone Worth 810000 Suit Over Train Injury
William Tate sues Burlington road in Plattsmouth Nebraska for 10850 claiming a conductor kicked him from a passenger train near Pacific Junction causing a broken jaw and serious injuries. He seeks 10000 damages plus 850 for medical expenses and lost time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Neb
William Tate
Burlington Road
Tate
Pacific Junction
Railroad Seeks Proof in Sund wreck body case
G H Cole of the Union Pacific claim department photographed relics found in the Sund wreck near Sidney Nebraska. The hunt targets a watch case engraved Pressler to prove the unidentified body buried there is Emil Pressler missing over a year, addressing the railroad’s claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad
Sidney
Neb
G. H. Cole
Union ‘Pacific Claim Department
Sund
Pressler
Emil Pressler
Fruit note claims Eeedl berries cause laxative effects
A local note states that most small fresh Eeedl fruits act as laxatives. It cautions readers about fruit properties and urges moderation in consumption.
Supreme Court Jurisdiction Debated in Nebraska Oil Case
Lincoln Feb 22 The Nebraska supreme court heard arguments by Senator John M Thurston and F L McCoy for Standard Oil and Attorney General Smyth for the state over whether the high court has original jurisdiction in the anti trust suit seeking injunctions and penalties against Standard Oil The defense maintains the action is criminal in nature while the state argues it is civil and within the court s original remit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Med
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company
John M. Thurston
F. U. McCoy
Omaha
Smyth
Thurston
McCoy
District Court
Douglas County
Wilson Addresses the Buttermakers
Lincoln Neb February 22 Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture spoke to the buttermakers convention. He said the aim was to gain inspiration for Washington work and study dairymen needs. He cited attempts to open Orient dairy markets with limited success and hoped for better future conditions and broader markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Lincoln
Neb
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Orient
United States
A Soldier's Burial in Silver Creek Neb
The body of Charles W. Paterson of Company H First South Dakota volunteers killed at Calumpit in 1899 arrived in Silver Creek Nebraska for burial. Remains rested at his sister Mrs A L Davis home until Wednesday when they were moved to Congregational church for a 2 pm funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Neb
Charles W. Paterson
Company H
South Dakota
Calumpit
Philippine Islands
A. L. Davis
Congregational Church
Omahan Plans to Enlist as Surgeon in Boer War
Dr G Adolph Koerber, former Omaha Medical College instructor, leaves Omaha for Pretoria on Thursday to enlist as a surgeon in the Boer army. He seeks army hospital experience, says his sympathy for the Boers stems from timing rather than obligation, and he expects to go alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogom Paul
Omaha
Neb
Adolph Koerber
Omaha Medical College
Yvrill
Pretoria
South Africa
Transvaal
Bodies of York county volunteers reach home
York Neb Feb 22 The bodies of two more York county volunteers from Company F First Nebraska have arrived. Sergeant Walter Poor son of farmer Henry Poor north of York died after a front rank charge in the Philippines on March 26, 1899. Private Milton Lynde son of Rev Lynde was killed four days later at Gingenmettes. Lynde aged 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Neb
York County
Nebraska
Walter Poor
Henry Poor
Milton Lynde
Rev. Lynde
Poor
Philippines
Gingenmettes
Lynde
Impeachment proceedings filed in ballot fraud case
At the failed county commissioners session in Trenton Nebraska Impeachment Proceedings were filed against county clerk WW A Stewart deputy J W Ridenour and Sheriff John Brown for complicity in ballot stealing Attorney J W Cole is under bonds The complaints were filed by R A Williams and E Bole of Stratton Morlan and Blackledge retain counsel for complainants Suspected sensational developments are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balliot
Trenton
Neb
WW. A. Stewart
J. W. Ridenour
John Brown
J. W. Cole
R. A. Williams
E. Bole
Stratton
S. Morlan
L H. Blackledge
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Wuarghers—Cronje Re
Philippine
Gold and Copper Company
Bome
Tion
Dr. Abbott
Triple Soldiers
Standard Oil CO
Nebraska Supreme Court
Senator Thurston
F. Lb. McCoy
Corporation
General Smyth
Parilla
Hong
Ling
Droid Sal
Grove
God
Kid Boo
England
Jaen
Parker
Bec
John
Iar
Jis
Englan
Gieredine Road Carta
Jory Yn
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