Embezzling Nebraska Treasurer Given Six Years Hard Labor
Alfred Norlin, former treasurer of Kearney county, Neb., was arrested, tried, and sentenced within 24 hours to six years at hard labor and a $5,400 fine for embezzling 2,700 of public funds. The case unfolded from a preliminary hearing in Minden to a district court verdict. Norlin expressed satisfaction with the sentence as the crowd regarded the outcome as just. Mike O'Meara was appointed treasurer to complete the term.
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Alfred Norlin
Kearney County
Neb
Lincoln
Norlin
Nebraska
Robb
Minden
Kearney
Mike O'Meara
Big Boom for Kansas plans to upgrade Forts Leavenworth Riley
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of War Root will inspect Fort Leavenworth Riley and Jefferson Barracks soon. The goal is to make these posts major troop rendezvous and supply depots with extended officer instruction and larger forces. Nearly a million dollars will fund new quarters this year with coop maneuvers of regulars and national guards next year.
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Washington
Root
Leavenworth
Riley
Jefferson Barracks
Worts
United States
Forts Riley
United States Cavalry
Infantry
Army
From Wheat to Bread Supper at Great Bend
Report describes a field near Great Bend Kansas where standing wheat was harvested threshed ground into flour and baked into bread for supper by a local bakery. A combined harvester thresher operates similarly in California style. several bushels sent to Moses Mill and Elevator for grinding then to Moore bakery for large scale sale.
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Great Bend
Kan
California
Moses Mill
Moore Bakery
Baldwin Heads Arctic Ship Expedition Originating in Tromsoe
Evelyn B. Baldwin, head of the Baldwin Zeigler Arctic expedition, arrives in Tromsoe Norway and boards the refitted Artic whaleffore America, the Esquimaux, which will serve as headquarters. Preparations for the voyage are advancing quickly.
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Evelyn B. Baldwin
Baldwin-Zeigler
Tromsoe
Norway
America
Esquimaux
Wreck on Chicago & Aston Line Near Norton Mo
A west bound passenger train colliding with an east bound live stock freight near Norton Missouri on the morning of the 10th caused many deaths and injuries. The wreck occurred as the passenger train separated into three sections for Epworth League traffic to San Francisco. Conductor McAnda of the freight was to meet the second passenger section at Slater but failed to note the first section was late, leading to the disaster and multiple fatalities before midnight.
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Chicago & Aston Road
Norton
Kansas City
Stensterrent
San Francisco
McAnda
Slater
Corn acreage in Kansas shows 10 percent drop from 1900
Returns from township assessors and county clerks report Kansas corn acreage at about 90 percent of the 1900 level across eighty counties. The decrease is evenly spread through the district, but the land not in corn is not idle as other crops fill the area, led by wheat.
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Kansas Board of Agriculture
Parole Granted for Cole man and James Younger
The State Pardon Board at St. Paul Minnesota approved the pardon of Cole man and James Younger who have served twenty five years in Stillwater penitentiary for complicity in the robbery and murder during the Northfield bank raid.
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St. Paul
Minn
Coleman
James Younger
Stillwater Penitentiary
Northfield
U S Ambassador White Plans Resignation Next Year
The Associated Press reports that Ambassador White denies plans to resign but a close friend says he will step down next year. The decision followed news of his son's death by his own hand and he is currently staying on Lassitz Island in Reugen in the Baltic.
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United States
Andrew TD
White
Associated Press
Lassitz
Reugen
Baltic
Morrison Sentenced to Five Years for Murder at Lansing Penitentiary
Jessie Morrison was taken to the Lansing peniten tiary to begin a five year sentence for murder of Mrs Castle. A large crowd gathered at the station to bid farewell as the prisoner left Midorado Kansas. At the Morrison home earlier, family members wept as Miss Morrison said goodbye.
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Jessie "Morrison
Lansing
Train fire halts cattle transport near Madison
A special cattle train loaded at Madison for Chicago faced fires as cars repeatedly caught fire due to dryness. The Morris Gross and Wood & Bancroft crew started the train amid difficulties. one car and part of another were unloaded two miles south of town, and one car remained unsent until the night train.
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Wood & Bancroft
Morris Gross
Madison
Chicago
Five Millions for Buildings at St Louis World Fair
At a St Louis meeting of the world fair board of directors five million dollars was appropriated for building construction. The action positions the company to issue official government announcements to nations that the fair will be held in St Louis in 1903.
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St. Louis
Woman in Cummings Kans. Attempts suicide over love affair
Cora Vandiver a young woman from Cummings Kansas attempted suicide Saturday by taking morphine after a love affair disappointment. She was found soon after and a physician saved her. Her lover had left the area some time earlier and has not been heard from since.
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Cora
Vandiver
Cummings
Kan
Martha Patterson Dies in Tennessee Home
Greenville Tenn dispatch reports Martha Patterson eldest child of President Andrew Johnson is dying at her home. Reports say she cannot survive. Patterson was born October 1823 and was widely known as the Johnson family's elder member and former White House mistress.
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Greenville, Tenn
Martha Patterson
White’ ‘House
Andrew Johnson
Bartley Paroled After Four Years In Nebraska Prison
State treasurer J. S. Bartley, imprisoned on embezzlement charges involving 201000 dollars, was quietly released on parole Saturday night by Governor Savage. Bartley, accompanied by attorney Charles O. Whedon, must report monthly and his employer verifies earnings and expenditures. The state suit to recover funds from the Omaha National Bank remains before the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Charles O. Whedort
Lincoln
Mr. Whedon
Bartley
Omaha National Bank
Supreme Court
Syracuse doctor named to lead insane hospital program
Assistant physician Dr. Mable Dunn of Syracuse was appointed by the governor to succeed Dr. Minerva Newbecker at the insane hospital. Dunn will take effect August 1 as Newbecker resigns for a Chicago course and Ord practice. Dunn brings prior experience at Kankakee and was chosen by competitive examination. State Treasurer Stuefer returns from Colorado and issues a $75,000 warrant call for July 27.
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Mable Dunn
Syracuse
Minerva Newbecker
Incom Hospital
Newbecker
Chicago
Ord
Miss Dunn
Kankakee
Ill
Stuefer
Colorado
Foot mangled in cylinder on Pierce farm near Weeping Water
Daniel Drum died after his foot sank through straw into an open cylinder while repairing a threshing separator on C. E. Pierce’s farm eight miles southwest of Weeping Water Nebraska. The incident occurred when he stepped on straw covering the cylinder, causing deadly shock.
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Daniel Drum
Mint Safe Lock Defective in San Francisco Vault Incident
Charles Walz of Safe Experts reports the time lock on the San Francisco mint cashiers vault failed and has been out of order for an indefinite period. The Secret Service investigation covers possible robberies from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day.
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Charles Walz
San Francisco
Secret Service
Governor Allen Bids Farewell as He Sails for New York
Governor Allen and his wife, with their household effects, sailed from San Juan on the Mayflower to New York. A large crowd gathered on the wharf to bid him farewell. He admitted no plans to return to Porto Rico and is semi-officially reported to be entering the diplomatic service.
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Allen
San Juan
New York
Porto Rico
James H. Sellars Dies in Suspected Suicide in Crawfordsville
Democratic nominee for governor candidate Judge James H. Sellars died by suspected self harm in Crawfordsville Indiana. He reportedly left a letter stating his life was a failure and his debts were large. Sellars served on the trench and in the state legislature with distinction.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Columbia Beats Constitution in Newport Yacht Race
The Columbia again defeated the Constitution in the Newport race by 2 minutes 19 seconds corrected time. The Independence finished last after losing her topmast at the start. Boston yacht showed plucky effort, trailing topsail, while Independence lagged, crew clearing a tangle as other boats sped. The four contest results among the three boats leave questions about relative merit in light winds.
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Newport
R. I
Dispatch
Columbia
Boston
May Send Troops Home From South Africa
Lord Kitchener advises the British government to withdraw a large number of infantry regiments from South Africa while requesting more mounted men. The plan, reportedly supported by the London Daily News, would concentrate troops along the Natal railway from Durban to Pietermaritzburg and between Johannesburg and Pretoria to speed gold and provisions, with possible abandonment of part of the Capetown route.
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Lord Kitchener
South Africa
London Daily News
Natal
Durban
Pietermaritzburg
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Capetown
Mrs Perry Goes to Jail in Denver Slaying Case
The preliminary hearing of Mrs Jane C Perry of Lincoln Nebraska concluded in Denver magistrate court. She is held on $2000 for trial in the criminal court after claiming temporary insanity and posting bond, having shot James Devore her son in law in a Denver restaurant where he worked as a waiter.
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Denver
Jane C. Perry
Lincoln
Neb
James Devore
Rice
Perry Perry
Bond
Norlin at the Pen Confesses to Bank Shortage
Alfred Norlin of Kearney County admitted a ten thousand dollar shortage. He claimed a ransom note and assault prompted the crime, but later confessed after two weeks of denying guilt. He pleaded guilty July 10 and was sent to the penitentiary for sentencing.
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Uly
Norlin
Governor appoints six special deputy game and fish commissioners
Governor Savage appoints six under no compensation to detect and prosecute violations of game and fish laws. Appointees include E. Corwin of Ashland, H. C. Atwood of Milford, J. S. Butler of Superior, S. P. Glasgow of South Auburn, W. A. Howard of Lincoln, W. B. Ogden of Lincoln, A. A. Record of Hyannis, for Gage and Lancaster counties.
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Savage
Simpkins
Imer
E. Corwin
Ashland
H. C. Atwood
Milford
Butler
Superior
S. P. Glasgow
South
Auburn
W. A. Howard
Lincoln
Gage County
W.B. Ogden
Bryanites Ready to Bolt in Ohio Political Split
Ohio Democrats favoring Bryan plan a July convention in Columbus to form a state ticket. Ten men met in Cleveland to announce a bolt and the creation of a new party to challenge the current field. A formal statement will circulate to faithful Nebraskan supporters inviting signatories to attend the convention.
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Bryan
Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio
Plattsmouth man shoots self in closet at Swoboda store
A 17 year old man, John in Aiman, attempted suicide by firing a 132 caliber revolver into his chest in a rear closet of Swoboda's store in Plattsmouth. The bullet entered near the heart and he was taken to a physician for treatment.
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John
Aiman
Mui
Swoboda
Plattsmouth
Kansas Drought Strains Crops as Hay Soars in Price
Kansas and surrounding plains endure extreme heat with no rain on July 12 amid a prolonged drought. Corn and oats suffer, hay sells for a record high near 20 dollars a ton, and wheat prospects dim in Kansas Missouri and Illinois as crops burn and yield forecasts drop.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Weather Bureau
New England
Minnesota
Ohio
Topeka
St. Scott
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
St. Louis
Illinois
Calamity Jane Found by Buffalo Author in Montana
Mrs Josephine Winfield Brake of Buffalo New York a writer for a New York paper spent a week in Montana seeking Calamity Jane. She found the frontier figure sick in a N egro hut at Horr near Livingston and wept when offered to take her to Buffalo for a life of comfort. They then departed Livingston for Buffalo.
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Mont
Josephine Winfield Brake
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Montana
Jane
Battleship Maine Launch Date Set in Philadelphia Dispatch
Cramp Shipbuilding Co notifies Navy Secretary that the battleship Maine will be launched on Saturday July 27. Construction began February 1, 1899, with a contract to finish by June 1 this year but armor plate cost disputes caused delays. Maine now about 60 percent complete.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Secretary of the Navy
Maine
Kittridge Appointed United States Senator
Alfred T. Kittridge longtime railroad attorney and counsel for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul has been named United States senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Kyle. Kittridge, former South Dakota state senator, is a straight Republican and seeks re election.
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Kittridge
Alfred T. Kittridge
Chicago
United States
Kyle
South
Dakota
State Senate
Heinz
Alabama Considers Territorial Boundaries Over Florida
The convention adopted a section authorizing the legislature to acquire territory and mentions Alabama seeking a portion of western Florida. The report from Montgomery notes the potential territorial extension as a key point of discussion.
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Territory
Say & Montgomery
Alabama
Dispatch
Florida
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Baldwin
Minnesota ‘Board ‘of Pardons
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Girl
Liberty
Cass County
Farmer
San
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Sellars
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Kitchener
Bryanites
Yrles
KI - Himself
Bidly
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