Early Adams County settler and Hastings mayor Captain Yocum
News from Hastings Neb reports the death of Captain A D Yocum who killed himself kneeling on his wife’s grave in Pasadena Cal He was an early Adams county settler a Hastings mayor and famous for a 11 year old slander killing of Myron Van Fleet for which he served a year then was pardoned He earned a captain’s rank for meritorious Civil War service.
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Hastings
Neb
A. D. Yocum
Pasadena
Cal
Yocum
Adams County
Myron van, Fleet
Alice Yocum
van Fleet
Free Delivery Routes Extend to Rural Areas in West
New rule converts star route mail into rural delivery. Patrons must provide boxes or satchels for mail receipt on or near routes outside town limits, within eighty rods of a post office. Hawaii Alaska and states west of Missouri are included. No government cost beyond carrier pay.
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Star Route
Missouri River
Hawaii
Alaska
Dollar corn price surge hints at market control
Chicago dispatch reports talk of John W Gates seeking a dollar corn price and the market showing bullish momentum with July options rising from seventy four and a half to seventy six and a half. Wet weather in the corn belt supports gains while Armour moves high lines in wheat, trading lightly amid suppressed excitement.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Board of Trade
Gates
Ex-Treasurer Reimburses School Fund After Bank Failure
W R Mellor formerly treasurer of Loop City Nebraska school district paid $1335.29 into the school treasury last Wednesday for funds lost when the Sherman County bank failed. He had given notes as security and they had long been outlawed. He had been a poor man at the time but has since prospered in real estate.
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W.R. Mellor
Loop City
Neb
Sherman County
Security for One Cent: First US Security Issued in History
The Farmers' Loan and Trust delivered a one cent security to a dealer known as a script man. The Texas and Pacific lines absorbed in 1888, creating securities scrip for second mortgage bonds. The script man collected $1,000 in script, received a $1,000 bond and an engraved certificate, all for one cent. The security was sold to a prominent banking house for fifty thousand percent of par value and will be framed.
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United’ States
Farmers’ Loan’&Trust Company
New ‘York
Texas & Pacific
Meat-Packing Industry Census Shows Concentration Rise
The 1900 census reports $199,198,264 invested in land buildings and equipment for meat packing. Product value hits $785,562,433 with salaries $10,123,247 and wages $38,457,013. There were 921 establishments, average capital $205,420, up from 1,118 in 1890. Illinois led in product value for both years.
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Census Bureau
United States
Magnates May Settle Anthracite Strike Rumor Reported
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a rumor circulated that anthracite magnates had presented a settlement proposal to the president of the three major coal districts as a path to end the miners strike.
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Wall Street
Wilkesbarre
Demonstrators Riot at German Consulate Over Kaiser Speech
Riotous demonstrations erupted in Lemberg against the Kaiser's Marienberg address targeting Poles. About six thousand students led a storming attempt on the German consulate but failed. The crowd then attacked Polish leaders' homes in the reichstat for not denouncing the speech, with several clashes between rioters and police.
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Lemberg
Austria
Kaiser
Marienberg
Reichstat
Rain of Wealth At Prohibition Convention
One Wednesday at the Minois prohibitionists convention 1,200 delegates surged to the stage and showered voluntary contributions as cash, totaling almost 5000 dollars, was piled on the platform forcing the chairman and secretary to retreat.
Guthmann West Firm Vice President Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Sigmund Guthmann 50 a vice president of Guthmann Carpenter Telling wholesale shoe firm Chicago shot himself at home in a personal crisis. The wealthy executive took his own life Wednesday with no health reason given for the act.
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Sigmund Guthmann
Guthmann, Carpenter & Telling
Chicago
West
Taft note on Philippine friars lands payment plan ready
Taft secret note to the Vatican on the Philippines is prepared but not delivered. The document proposes payment for friars lands in three installments and outlines the terms of settlement.
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S. Taft
Vatican
Philippines
Cyclone Derails Train in India Killing Thirteen
A cyclone struck near New Rampur hat India overturning a train. Thirteen people were killed and fifteen injured in the wreckage.
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New Rampurhat
India
Riots Hit Southern Russia as Labor Tensions Rise
Reports detail serious labor riots disturbing authorities in southern Russia. A note mentions the Federal Sugar Company, newly formed in New Jersey, with capital of 90 million dollars. Other items include flood damage on a Burlington track in Broken Bow and a Brooklyn stationer Albert Latimer fatally shot in a burglary.
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Russia
Federal Sugar Company
New Jersey
Burlington
Broken Bow
Mountain Lake wreck kills ten excursionists in plunge
A Mountain Lake railroad accident near a resort end of day pleasure trip killed ten people and injured many as a baggage passenger car ran away down a mountain grade. Motorman Arthur Perkins Conductor James Cameron and Motorman William Dodge led the operations as two cars collided and derailed near a sharp curve, many victims crushed or fatally injured.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Mountain Lake
Arthur Perkins
James Cameron
Aged Nebraska City Woman Fatally Burned by Lamp Accident
Mrs. Martha Buchanan, an epileptic resident of Nebraska City, was burned when a lamp ignited burning oil after she rose during the night. Her son found her screaming as flames engulfed her. Dr. Stockert treated her but she died this afternoon after suffering extensive burns. She had lived in the city for many years.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Martha Buchanan
Stockert
Navy Faces Cholera On Asiatic Station
The Asiatic station reports unusually few cholera deaths among naval forces. Rear Admiral Rixey notes three deaths, two privates and one navy officer, with under six others attacked. He cites shore liberty among sailors as a contributing factor to the low casualty rate.
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East
Rixey
Navy
Marine Corps
Othe
China
Philippines
First Armor Shipment For Nebraska Battleship Dispatched
The Navy Department reports the first consignment of armor for the new battleship Nebraska has shipped. Armor makers are producing about ten thousand tons yearly with plans to boost output, reducing the risk of non delivery of this protective material.
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Navy. Department
Nebraska
King Edward's coronation dinners feed half a million London poor
London’s poor were invited to coronation dinners across about 400 halls parks and schools on July 5. A message from the king read at each gathering noted his illness preventing a royal visit while deputized family members attended multiple events.
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London
Edward
Stepney
Knollys
Prince and Princess of Wales
Horse Guards
War Department Removes Private Coal Warehouse Near Havana
After Havana fell to U S troops in 1893 the War Department seized a large private coal warehouse at Triscornia across the bay. About 2 000 tons of government coal remain in the building while a railroad to the interior was built from the Triscornia wharf. The Cuban government has signified willingness to discuss removing the coal and abandoning the coal station near Havana.
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Havana
War Department
Triscornia
United States
Fire at Clinton wipes out forty-two stores and homes
A blaze in Clinton North Carolina destroyed forty-two stores and residences, with an estimated loss of $100,000. The report lists extensive damage across the town and notes the high toll for property and livelihoods.
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Clinton
N. C
W. C. Barr
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
F. H. Clergue
Soo
Clergue
The
Ceremonies Honor Battleship with Big Crowd Present
A large gathering attended ceremonies honoring the battleship with witnesses to the keel laying exercises. Governors Savage and others were among attendees as speeches noted the ship’s significance and future service.
Nebraska keel section first riveted at Seattle shipyard
15 000 spectators packed the Seattle shipyard for the keel laying of the Nebraska battleship. Governors McBride and Savage spoke on loyalty and national service as a piece of steel was punched, riveted, and hoisted, while marines, dockside bands, and a crowd celebrated the milestone. The Moran family presented the steel piece and paid the governors three cent wages.
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Seattlé
Dispatch
Nebraska
Judge Burke
Seattle
Washington
Savage
Robert Moran
Shipbuilding Company
America
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Carlos Paggini
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Paggini
Cuestas
New York Electric Road
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Ala
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Pierre
S. D
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Bert Linney
Linney
Kansillis Synod of Finnish ‘Church
Astabula
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Henry Stroud
Plattsmouth
George M. Jones
Oberlin College
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Barrows
Duluth
Minn
Herman
Cook and
Lake Counties
Lake Superior Forest Reserve
Keel
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