Little red stickers remind Nebraska wards on warrants
In Lincoln Nebraska February reports recall the state treasurer plus a Philadelphia firm W Thomas & Co detailing their stance on warrant B18000. They deposited $168.75 for collection and accepted face value instead of premium, saying they are dealers not speculators and wish Nebraska prosperity. Holt county bar sureties seek rehearing over Barrett Scott treasurer case arguing misapplication of law and de facto officer status.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Fim
W. Thomas & Co
Barrett Scott
Holt County
Supreme Court
Scott
Mayor Moores on Trial in Omaha Exposes Defaulter Mayor
Eight months after Frank Moores was elected mayor, records show he is a confessed defaulter with thousands of dollars linked to hundreds of citizens from his prior role as Douglas county district court clerk. Ex Mayor Steatch challenges his eligibility. Supreme Court appointee E J Clements oversees testimony in Grd Neb. If no technicality blocks it, Moores may be forced from office amid scandal.
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Omahe
Frank Moores
Moores
District Court
Douglas County
Steatch
Mayor Moores
E. J. Clements
Grd
Neb
Omaha
Supreme Court
Exposition City
California Insurance Fight Targets Fire Underwriters Compact
California Insurance Commissioner Clunie says the drive against foreign insurers will focus on the Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, known as the insurance compact. He aims for fairer rates, tax and license payments by insurers, and the removal of conditions tied to the compact since its formation. More lawsuits over unlicensed premiums are expected to test state authority over insurers.
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San Francisco
Clunie
Fire Underwriters of the Pacific
Insurance Compact
Insurance Commissioner
Revered Rev Leroy Church Dies in Chicago
Rev Leroy Church a famed Chicago Baptist minister and founder of the Standard the western Baptist denominational organ is dead. Born in Wayne County Illinois in June 1813 his death marks the loss of a long prominent church leader. By 1900 Japan faces 25000000 in annual interest on its national debt.
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Leroy Church of
Chicago
West
The
Standard
Baptist Western
Wayne County
Illinois
Japan
Ita
Douglas County Exposition Bonds Cleared by Supreme Court
In Lincoln Neb February 2 the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the $106 bond issue by Douglas County for exposition purposes valid and in compliance with a social act. The court found the act complete in itself and approved the bonding plan, with registration to proceed and the state treasurer to custody the securities for the school fund. A separate $280,000 funding bond issue faced the auditor’s registration denial and will have a reargument set for February 13.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Dougar County
Douglas County
Cornel
Cas
Baldrige
Multiple Selections From a 19th Century Wire Service Digest
Health updates report Prince Bismarck improving and Miss C D Dorr gravely ill with pneumonia in Rutland Vermont. Obituary notes include Tinsley Stinson of Southern California dying of heart disease in Los Angeles. Other items cover gold in transit to Cuba by the steamer La Bretagne, Governor Griggs resigning to become New Jersey attorney general, and the Scot t hardware firm in Salt Lake City entering bankruptcy. New England strikes, fires, accidents, and legal actions are also recorded, alongside railroad bond refinancing and a London discovery of leprosy in a widow.
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Prince Bismarck
C. D. Dorr
Rutland
Stinson
California
Los Angeles
Cal
la Bretagne
New York
France
Cuba
Griggs
New Jersey
Voorhees
Senate
George M. Scott & Co
Salt Lake City
Utah
Intermountain
Pueblo
Colo
Gus Walton
Jor Donoghue
Knoxville
Fla
George Tulian Harney
William Rex
Plymouth
Fusland
Benjamin Sewall
Baltimore
W. H. Clearwater
Pittsburg
Jerome Keovgn
Scranton
Charles Efimels
Howells
Dr. Buzick
Charles
New England
Louisville
Redmond Cleary
Grain Commission
St. Louis
Bay State Gas Company
Wilmington
Del
Jameson
Deinaveas
London
General Assembly
Richmond
Swords Lumber Company
Bridgeport
Coun
Rio Grande Railroad
Firview
Ask Fork
A. T
Santa Fe
Budd
Worden
Elwood Evans
Washington
Tacoma
Charles Webb
Mollie Wade
Aiden
Grosseup
United States Arcuit Court
Chicago
Topeka
Kan
State Bar Association of Kansas
Philadelphia
Parkhurst
Highland Creek
Lizzie King
Frank Carey
Burlington Express
Injunction Fails as World-Herald Wins Court Victory
The World-Herald defeats a temporary injunction over publishing a saloon license notice. Omaha Bee challenged the board’s choice of the paper of largest circulation, arguing political malice. The Nebraska court voided the injunction and held contempt invalid, citing constitutional press rights and lack of a bond.
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Bitchcvek
World-Herald
Notas
Fre and Police Commission
Omaha Bee
District Court
G M. Hitchcock
Word- Herald
Hitchcock
World Herald
Nebraska
Dakota Wants Seed Wheat
Farmers in Huron Dakota seeking seed wheat as supply tightens. Strict seed standards urged by state agricultural college. many aim to source from other regions while watching prices. Demand ranges from 200 to 6 bushels per farmer as elevators report limited stocks.
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Huron
Chicago & Northwestern
Great Northern
Ijth Ins
State Agricultural College
Beatrice Captain Ashby Turns Evangelist and Preacher
Beatrice Nebraska February 2 Captain W E H Ashby once seen as a west wide attorney and populist leader surprised locals by declaring a lifelong commitment to evangelistic work. He preached his first sermon at West Side Methodist Church for forty five minutes drawing an overflowing crowd. He argued for love under Christ over Mosaic fear and displayed strong biblical knowledge contrary to rumors of atheism. Rev Thomas Harrison English temperance advocate celebrated his eighty fifth birthday and recounted choosing the temperance voyage to New York over a ship doomed to disaster with many perishings.
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Beatrice
Neb
Ashby
West
West Side Methodist
Jesus
Jove
Christ
Thomas Harrison
Shelbyville
Ind
New York
Wreck in snow storm halts freight near Fredericksburg
A Great Western freight wreck occurred near Fredericksburg nine miles west of Sumner after a freight train failed to see a signal in a blinding snowstorm. Injured include A. E. Ferguson of Dubuque and Johanson of Minnesota. fire and a rescue train followed. An ante-mortem statement blamed the open switch lit by poor visibility.
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Cedar Falls
Northeasterm
Great Western
Fredericksburg
Sumner
Amd
A. E. Férguson
Farguson Supply House
Dubuque
Johanson
Ahngeapolis
Oelwein
Grim
Gold standard revolt shakes Wyoming GOP leadership
Cheyenne Feb 2 Harry G Hay state treasurer resigned as chairman of the Laramie county Republican central committee after Senators Warren and Clark backed the Teller Matthews silver resolution. He warns Wyoming Republicans will resist party leaders guiding the party against the president and national Republican aims. The move signals a bid by gold standard Republicans to seize state party control from Warren and Clark and push a gold standard platform this year.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Harry G. Hay
Laramie
Stock Exchange on Trial at South Omaha
United States attorneys resumed evidence in the bid to dissolve the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange under the Sherman act. Witnesses including Richard Gilchrist, former exchange president, testified the group sought to control commission business, raise entry fees, bar nonmembers, and exclude aspirants while limiting shippers and farmers nationwide.
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Omaha
South Omaha
Exchange
Richard Gilchrist
South Omaha Commission
Gilchrist
South Omaha Live Stock Commission Company
Commission Company
Commission
South
Silk Dresses Reveal Tin-Rich Fabric Realities
An analysis by Dr J I Phipson shows a black silk substitute with only 28.14 percent real silk and 46.13 percent non silk content. The study notes the fabric’s durability hinges on composition with tin oxide and silica. a milliner estimates three months before the dress looks shabby.
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Cornwall
Regent Street
Bond Street
Klondike joke on gold doughnut value exchange
A humorous dialogue has Sammy Snages asking the price of gold per ounce and Pepa replying that here she cannot say, but in the Klondike gold would be worth its weight in doughnuts, highlighting a playful comparison in a comic tone.
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Pepa
Sammy Snages
Klondike
Greene's Antitrust Bill Introduced in U S House
Congressman from the Sixth District introduces a bill making trusts and monopolies a crime with penalties including a $10,000 fine and up to fifteen years in prison. It declares monopolizing or conspiring to monopolize interstate or foreign trade a felony and targets agreements that restrain trade or fix prices. Jurisdiction extends to circuit and district courts and certain state courts.
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Washington, D. C
Greene
Nebraska
ASA
United States
Overriding Iowa tax law sparks insurance dispute
In Des Moines a clash over a new tax system for insurers pits foreign and United States firms against Iowa authorities. Foreign companies protest as legal action looms, with injunctions and mandamus sought to shield their Iowa operations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
A. H. MacVey
Caledonia
Norwich Union
Liverpool
London
Globe Insurance Companies
England
Treas
Herriott
MacVey
Marley
For & Mandamus
Old wine at super gallon stockton panic price drop
Stockton wine man Charles A. Wetmore reports a collapse in wine sales after an Anglo California bank sale of 220000 gallons to the California wine association. Prices fell to 8 or 9 cents for bulk and old wines, with country values as low as 3 to 4 cents after costs. Dealers expect a price break, many staying out, risking winery closures if cuts continue.
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Stockton
Cas
Wen
Charles A. Wetmore
San Francisco
Anglo-California Bank
California Wine Association
British Gold Speaks on McKinley and Politics
The Times editorially notes the disquiet over Senator Tellers resolution and praises McKinley for moving from the fence. It discusses possible disruption to the Republican party, a looming silver majority, and contrasts Cleveland's leadership with his successor while including Close Bros. & Co.'s view that U.S. currency conditions need no alarm in 1896.
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McKinley
London
the Times
Tellers
The
Times
Cleveland
Close Bros.& Co
America
United States
Will delays burial to avoid premature interment
The late Justice Daniels of New York feared being buried alive and requested in his will that interment be delayed until his decease was clearly established without relying on physicians. He warned that medical opinions can prove mistaken.
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Justice Daniels
New York
Chicago Junction Railway forms after consolidation
In Chicago a consolidation by three transit lines created the Chicago Junction Railway company. The move places the system in stronger competitive position against Western Indiana and Calumet terminal. John A. Speer serves as president.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit
Chicago Junction Railway Company
Western
Indiana
Calumet Terminal
John A. Speer
Labor unrest and wage gains sweep world unions
Detroit building trades council pays its business agent a weekly wage while New York maccaroni workers organize for pay and hours. Workers in Cleveland and Wheeling win daily or hourly raises as unions push eight hour days, shorter weeks, and higher benefits across cities and industries.
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Detroit
Boston
Oklahoma
Roumenia
Hartford
Tacoma
Cleveland
Wheeling
New York
Detroit Building Trades Council
Edinburg
Aberdeen
Scotland
Griswold Manufacturing Company
Japan
Erie
Coopers' Union
Evansville
Ind
Cooperage
Toledo Central
Labor Union
New York City
Troubles of the Spinners in Lawrence Mass Feb 1
Lawrence Mass February 1 There will be no strike in this city presently as the male spinners union nearly agrees with the national plan to focus on New Bedford. A committee seeking sanction reported failures while the national union says a New Bedford victory helps all textile workers.
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Lawrence
Mass
National Union
New Bedford
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Pontiac
Stephen Baldwin
Fred A. Baker
Democratic State Central Committee
Baldwin
Baker
Timothy E Yarsney
United States Supreme Court
Baker Sais
Ilegally
Mary Wallace
B. Murphy
Newton
Theophilus Parvena
Jefferson Medical College
George Ott & Co
Brass and Iron Works
the World-Herald
Dakota
Stock Exchange
News OF the Labor World
Duluth
Kentucky
Horseshoers
Maryland
Baltimore Herald
E.G. Henry
Cleveland Bicycle Mechanics’ Union
Cleveland Retail Grocers
Baltimore City
Canadian Pacific
Cartier
Fort
Wwelliam
Montreal
Frades and
Labor Council
Wilson's Mills
Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New York Consumers’ League
Nathan
Senator Sorghum
Waashington Star
Reuben Rusch
West Indies
Bethlehem
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