Tragic Union Pacific Crossing Crash in Fremont
A Wednesday evening wreck at the Union Pacific crossing on J street Fremont Neb injured James Wilson and Lena Kavich fatally, with Max Kavich severely hurt. The east bound overland limited struck the wagon as Wilson tried to back away, killing Wilson and Lena instantly and badly wounding Max. The horses died, conductor Wilcox led the train, coroner to hold inquest next day.
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Union Pacific
J Street
Fremont
Neb
James Wilson
Max Kavich
Lena Kavich
Wilcox
Wilson
Iremont
H. Kavich
Louis Kavich
Columbus
Train Robbery Suspect Hunt Near Hugo Colorado
Police pursue alleged Union Pacific train robbers after a fatal Sunday morning hijack. Reports name two ranchmen near Hugo as suspects in rustling linked case while Frederick Merrick is jailed in Elbert County. A black mantelcoat clue ties to surrendering gang member. a posse seeks Merrick’s partner.
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Union Pacific
Hugo
Col
Frederick Merrick
Elbert County
Merrick
Bryan Notified as Democratic Nominees Tackle Campaign
Hon. William J. Bryan and Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson were officially notified in Augusta Indianapolis of their nomination for president and vice president by the Democrats at the Kansas City convention. A public demonstration followed, with a parade through central streets.
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William J. Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Augusta
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City
United States
Chicago Board of Trade Quotation Injunction Issued
Judge John W. Henry in Kansas City grants a permanent injunction restraining Western Union and Postal Telegraph from stopping grain quotations to Chris tie Street Commission and Brokerage Grain of Kansas City. He rules Chicago Board of Trade quotations carry public interest and must be delivered to commission houses.
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Chicago Board of Trade
John W. Henry
Kansas City
Christie Street Commission Company
Brokerage Grain Company
Woion
Postal Telegraph
Henry
Arnold Extradition Ordered for Embezzlement Charge
United States commissioner Peacock in San Francisco ordered Julian T. Biddolph Arnold extradited to England for trial on embezzlement charges. Arnold a London lawyer with ties to Dondon was arrested in San Francisco months ago for defrauding a client. Oscar Ziska, three, died after a fall into a 23 foot well near Butte Nebraska.
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United States
Peacock
San Francisco
Cal
Julian
T. "Biddolph Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
England
Arnold
Dondon
San Franceisee
Oscar
Anton Ziska
Butte
Neb
Trial unfolds in Rathbone post office graft case in Havana
TFosnes acting director general of posts testified against Estes Rathbone, deposed director, with evidence alleging unauthorized expenditures and questionable contracts totaling over 25000. Deputy Auditor Fan shee seeks trial after Judge Barrings sums charges, likely in early September. Yellow fever cases surge in Havana and Pinar del Rio tied to non immune Spanish immigrants about 20000 strong.
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Hagans
Martin ©. Tfosnes
Barrings
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Judge Rules Porto Rican Immigrant Cannot Vote
Judge B D Munroe of Illinois answers editor J M Chamberlain that Miguel Panellas a Porto Rican resident of Lebanon for one year is not eligible to vote. He says the Spain treaty left civil and political rights for Porto Ricans to Congress and Congress has taken no action, so Porto Ricans remain aliens under naturalization laws.
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B. D. Munroe
Illinois
J. M. Chamberlain, Jr
Labanon
Miguel Panellas
Lebanon
Monroe
Panellas
Spain
Congress
Chinese Crisis Deepens as Ministers Face Expulsion
Washington weighs the Chinese situation after Minister Conger reports continues firing on legation staff and Beijing insists ministers must depart. Cabinet and the president coordinate by telegraph and telephone as a message to the Chinese government via Minister Wu is prepared for transmission.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
Knife Fight Near Cliff Ends With Stabbing
In the Cliff area near Broken Bow Nebraska Martin stabbed J. M. Sweeney five times after a quarrel over Sweeney’s sister. Sweeney suffered two serious but not fatal wounds, one in the abdomen and another below the heart. Martin was arrested at Anselmo and jailed in Broken Bow, claiming self defense after being knocked down.
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Cliff
Broken Bow
Neb
Martin
J. M. Sweeney
Sweeney
Anselmo
Beet Fields Ravaged by Green Worms Near Hastings
Reports describe a large green worm eating sugar beets around Hastings. The pests appeared recently and threaten a crop, with the college farm field cleaned in a night and a 22 acre Thiel property stripped of above ground plants. The worms, though not armyworms, attack like them and endanger vegetation.
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Hastings
College Farm
Peter Thiel
Hold Up at Omaha Saloon Near Exposition Site
Highway robbers held up patrons at a saloon on North Sixteenth Street in Omaha near the exposition site. The bandits lined up customers and tapped the till while keeping the barkeeper at bay with drawn revolvers. The loot totaled about $25.
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Omaha
North Sixteenth Street
Exposition Site
Tom Cummings
Farmer Byron Nelson Charged With Adultery
Near Naper Nebraska farmer Byron Nelson was arrested on adultery charges for relations with his stepdaughter. The sheriff had to threaten him with a gun to effect the arrest.
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Byron Nelson
Naper
Neb
Two Heat Deaths Reported in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg two people died from heat related causes. Officials warned residents to stay hydrated and seek shade during extreme temperatures. Public health authorities are investigating the incidents and advising precautions for vulnerable groups.
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Pittsburg
Fifteen Die in Virginia Railroad Omnibus Collision
A Leigh and New England passenger train struck a moving omnibus three miles east of Slatington Virginia. Fifteen occupants were killed instantly and eleven severely injured as the train could not stop on a sharp curve. The bus driver tried to clear the crossing but the collision was unavoidable. Physicians and a special train were sent to South Bethlehem. No warning watchman exists in the area.
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Slatington
Leigh & New England
Peters
Slaterington
Cherrysville
South
Bethlehem
Hong Kong Merchants Defy War Material Export Ban
A London dispatch reports Hong Kong chamber of commerce and legislative council resist restrictive export measures for war materiel. Merchants supply arms to both Chinese and Filipino insurgents, with no customs house to check imports or exports. They pledge to oppose governments and have engaged Lord Francis to lead their case.
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New York Journal and Advertiser
London
Chamber of Commerce and Legislattive Council of
Hong Kong
China
Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Council of
Queen's Counsel
Lord Francis
Colonial Bar
Train Robbery in Ohio Leaves Messenger Dead
The Pennsylvania express from Cincinnati was robbed before reaching Columbus. Express Messenger Nie was found dead in the car at Columbus. The crime occurred between Milford Center and Columbus as the train slowed for Milford Center. The key to the safe was found in the lock and robbers reportedly jumped off near the depot.
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Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Columbus
Nie
Milford Center
Union Depot
Brakeman Killed at Blair While Switching
Paul Eisner a brakeman for the ChicagoStPaul Minneapolis and Omaha road was killed while switching in Blair Nebraska. His home was in Sioux City. An inquest was held at Blair and the body will be taken to Sioux City. Eisner was a young unmarried man and had been in the Omaha line’s employ for several years.
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Paul Eisner
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Blair
Neb
Sioux City
Hisner
Tramps Tap a Till at Sutton Nebraska
In the agent’s absence at Sutton, Nebraska, a tramp attempted no entry and was arrested for stealing 5.40 from the till. He was locked up for the offense.
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Sutton
Neb
The Statistician's Report on Crop Conditions
The August 1 report lists average conditions for corn oats barley spring wheat and other crops with state breakdowns. It notes declines in corn oats barley and timothy while spring wheat and spring rye show mixed changes and buckwheat and hay acreage drop slightly.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Towa
North
Dakota
California
Timothy
Saloon Break-ins In Yahoo Neb Lead To Shooting
Wenel Simodynes and son Prank chased burglar John Susanek after a rear window was broken and fired two shots, injuring the burglar in the leg as he fled. Marshal Kurt Smith joined the pursuit, but Susanek escaped, later arrested at his residence and jailed. About $50 in goods were taken from the saloon across several incidents with Susanek believed responsible.
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Wenel Simodynes
Yahoo
Neb
Simondynes
Prank
John Susanek
Young Simodynes
Simodynes
Kurt Smith
Susanek
Farmer Loses Grain in Beatrice Threshing Fire
Henry Trerich on H Baumfulk farm five miles from Beatrice suffered a fast spreading blaze when a spark from a steam separator ignited straw. The threshing outfit and four stacks of grain from ten acres of wheat and twenty acres of oats were destroyed. Loss estimated at about $2,000 plus potential damage from incomplete threshing contracts.
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Henry Trerich
H. ‘Baumfulk
Beatrice
Ferorich
Spain US extradition pact approved by cabinet
The Spanish cabinet approved the extradition convention with the United States. The First Infantry, now at Mt. Leavenworth, is ordered to be ready to deploy for Chirfa at a moment’s notice. Dr. Potter in Vla removes all quarantines for yellow fever and reports no suspicious cases found. A fire at Omaha’s Union Pacific shops damaged the Master Meehide J. McConnell office, with several thousand dollars in property loss and irreplaceable records destroyed.
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Spain
United States
Mt. Leavenworth
Chirfa
Bandits Are Dead in Kansas Train Robbery Firefight
In Goodland Kansas a Union Pacific train robbery near Hugo ended with a sheriff's posse killing both robbers at the Bartholomew ranch three miles east. Deputies J W Briggs and George Cullins were wounded in the fusillade before the final assault and the house was burned with the last robber inside. The robbers remain unidentified.
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Goodland
Union Pacific
Hugo
Bartholomew Ranch
J. W. Briggs
George Cullins
Winchester
Judge Grants No Bail in Eldorado Murder Case
At Eldorado Kansas Judge Randall ordered Jessie Morrison held without bond to face first degree murder charges. Morrison cut Mrs Olin Castle's throat with a razor on June 10 claiming self defense and was remanded to Wichita jail.
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Eldorado
Kan
Randall
Jessie Morrison
Wichita
Court Rules Forged Will, Denies Craven Estate Claim
In San Francisco Judge Troutt declares Mrs. Nettie Craven not widow of James G. Fair and not entitled to any allowance from his estate. The alleged will conveying much of the late senator's estate to Craven is ruled a forgery.
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San Francisco
Nettie Craven
James G. Fair
Troutt
Rumor of Steyn's Death Circulates in Dispatches
A rumor from Lorenz o Marquez cited by the London Daily Telegraph claims Mr Steyn killed himself. Official St Petersburg reports describe three Chinese columns entraping a large force at Hai Chau and Chinese forces fleeing east as Russians closed in from multiple sides. Russians pursued 35 versts before quitting the chase and exhausting the attackers.
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Lorenzo Marquez
London Daily Telegraph
Steyn
St. Petersburg
Hai-Chau
China Appears Ready for Peace Talks Through Li Hung Chang
London dispatch reports morning papers pleased by China seeking peace via Li Hung Chang. Pekin edict empowers Li to negotiate with powers, Shanghai sources say the move signals a genuine bid for end to hostilities.
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London
China
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Shanghai
Drought Affects Corn Across Rising City Area
Special dispatch reports corn in Rising City suffering from lack of rain with high winds and temperatures around 90 to 100 degrees. Early corn will be short unless showers arrive soon and late corn will be damaged if dry weather continues.
Peoria Annexes West Peoria to Gain Population
Peoria Illinois voted to annex the village of West Peoria which had already approved annexation. The addition brings about 4 000 residents to Peoria. South Peoria, with about 2 000 people, was annexed recently.
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Peoria
Haa
West Peoria
South Peoria
Troops Ordered From Fort Leavenworth to Taku China
The War Department orders Company C and Company D of the First Infantry stationed at Fort Leavenworth to move to San Francisco and take transport for Taku China. The units, 128 men each, are at full enlisted strength but short of officers.
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War Départment
Ft. Leavenworth
San Francisco
Taku
China
Arrest Warrant Placed Over Insult to New Queen
Eneulted The Queen is accused of insulting the new queen of Ser via, triggering arrest. General Velimarkowitseh, regent during King Alexander’s minority, is implicated in the political move surrounding the incident.
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Servia
Velimarkowitseh
Alexander
Fitzsimmons Defeats Rublin at Madison Square Garden
Bob Fitzsimmons faced Gus Rublin the Akron giant before the Twentieth Century club at Madison Square Garden in New York and won decisively by knocking Rublin down and out in the sixth round.
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Fitzsimmons
Bob Fitzsimmons
Gus Rublin
Akron Giant
Madison Square Garden
N. C
Rural Free Delivery Planned at Four Iowa and Indiana Towns
The post office department orders rural free delivery service for Sheldon Iowa Portland Indiana Cumberland Indiana and Weldon St Holton Company Analysis The W B Holton Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis Indiana maker of agricultural implements files a deed of assignment.
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Post Office Department
Sheldon
Portland
Cumberland
Ind
Weldon
Holton Company
Indianapolis
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Wahoo Man
Senate
Morrison Ciaskett
Pate
Eneulted the Queen
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