TWO NEW BISHOPS ELECTED AT METHODIST CONFERENCE
At Chicago the seventeenth ballot decided the election with D. H. Moore receiving 534 votes and J. W. Hamilton 510 as both were declared elected. The crowd cheered as the bishops-elect were introduced amid applause and handkerchief waving. The final tally showed Moore 434 and Hamilton 514 with a required 444, then organic-law discussion followed.
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Chicago
Methodist General Conference
H. H. Warren
W. F. Oldham
Ohio
D. H. Moore
J .W. Hamilton
J. R. Day
H. Spellmeyer
J. F. Berry
T. B. Neely
2. H. Moore
Warren
J. Wi Hamilton
Hamilton
Moore
General Conference
J.W. Hamilton
J. Berry
Bound to lynch Calvin Kimblern in Pueblo Colorado
Calvin Kimblern, alleged to have killed his wife and two Fries orphans in Pueblo, Colorado, was captured in Denver and confessed. News says crowds mobbed Pueblo after learning of the arrest, with fear of vigilante harm.
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Noble
Calvin Kimblern
Fries
Pueblo
Col
Denver
House Passes 8 Hour Bill Extends State Powers
The house committee under suspension of the rules approved two labor measures. One extends the eight hour workday to all laborers on government contracts. The second brings prison-made goods under state police power to curb interstate traffic. The first aims to fulfill the 1892 law. Two Boys Drowned While Swimming in Ployd River Sioux City Iowa Harold Dennison nine and George Lewis ten died after exhaustion and attempted rescue.
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House Committee
Labor Committee
Ployd River
Sioux City
Harold Dennison
George Lewis
Dennison
Letvis
Railroad Man Killed In Iron Road Accident
H A Donkin superintendent of the Dakota division of the Great Northern with headquarters at Larimore North Dakota was accidentally killed. He started from Larimore for Inkster on a railway tricycle and near McCanna a small dog ran ahead of his machine. He was thrown from the car and struck on his head fracturing his skull.
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H. A. Donkin
Dakota Division
Great Northern
Larimore
In. D
Inkster
McCanna
Boy of Fifteen Missing Near Wilcox Nebraska
Aaron Vansyoe fourteen year old son of Harrison Vansyoe a wealthy farmer living south of Wilcox Nebraska left on his brother's bicycle for parts unknown a few nights ago. His parents are anxious and have no clue to his whereabouts.
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Aaron Vansyoe
Harrison Vansyoe
Wilcox, Neb
Ex-Deputy Cooley Arrested Over Extortion Charge
Former deputy United States marshal Cooley, recently indicted by a federal grand jury, was arrested in Omaha Nebraska and must answer a petty extortion charge before his dismissal from service more than four years ago. Sixty miners reported dead in Cumnock mines blast near Charlotte North Carolina with unconfirmed figures between fifty and sixty.
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Cooley
United States
Marshall Cooley
Federal Grand Jury
Omaha
Neb
Cumnock
Charlotte
N.C
Boer Delegates Ask US to Intervene in South Africa War
The State Department declined to intervene in the South African Republics conflict. Three Boer delegates met Secretary Hay after a note requesting access, but they would not comment on talks. Hay issued a statement detailing the exchange and the president’s prior mediation efforts with Britain.
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State Department
Washington
Hay
Angh
South Africa
United States
Hugin
South African
Hayat
Pretoria
Lord Salisbury
Oleomargarine Sale Restrictions Move Forward
The agricultural committee moves toward a decisive stage on the oleomargarine question with a substitute to the Grout bill. The substitute limits packaging to one and two pound units and requires prominent oleomargarine labeling. Retailers would be barred from breaking packages or selling other sizes as the revenue stamp is applied. The report was read and the measure’s consideration continued.
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Agricultural Committee of
House
Woman Horribly Burned by Gasoline Explosion
Mrs. J. W. Francis of 2124 South Fourteenth Street Lincoln suffered severe burns when a gasoline line leaked during ironing caused the stove area to ignite. Fire consumed clothing and skin, with major damage on her right arm and hand. she is reported in critical condition.
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J. W. Francis
South Fourteente
Lincoln
Fight at Johannesburg and Mafeking relief details
The report notes rapid defense works at Johannesburg with six guns moved from the front to a fort near Klipriversburg. It confirms Mafeking relief per The Standard and Diggers' News with a partial, confused account. An engagement near Marlboro on Sunday saw relief forces break Boer lines, enter the town, and bombard the Boers who retreated. Boers suffered two killed and five wounded.
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Johannesburg
Lourenzo
Marquez
Katzerand
Klipriversburg
Mafeking
Marlbogo
Berge Selected in Fusionist Congressional Conventions
Three fusionist congressional conventions met at Auburn Nebraska to nominate a candidate. After 39 ballots spanning from 8 p m Wednesday to 9 45 Thursday with a breakfast intermission Berge of Lincoln won a majority across the three conventions defeating Matthew Gering of Plattsmouth for the populist nomination.
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Auburn
Neb
Geo. W. Berge
Lincoln
Matthew Gering
Plattsmouth
Berge
Unlawful Trust Claim Versus American Ice Company
New York Attorney General J C Davies ruled that the American Ice company is an unlawful combine restraining trade. He said proceedings will begin to prohibit the firm from conducting business in the state.
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New York
J. C. Davies
American Ice Company
Lawyers Arraigned Over Dandruff Cure Bottle Fraud
Joseph W. Burgess and partners were arraigned in Kansas City criminal court on May 2 charged with refilling Coca Cola dandruff cure bottles with a spurious article and passing it as genuine. They pleaded not guilty and posted $500 bonds each to await trial May 24. Authorities warn more arrests may follow as cases proceed.
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Joseph W. Burgess
Burgess & van Horn
Harry Lay
W. T. Fuge
Kansas City
Old Fashioned Fourth of July and Patent Remedies
A fragmented ad batch references Wall's Catarrh Gate taken internally, Faultless Starch, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and various promotional lines. It mentions old fashioned Fourth of July, grocery pricing, and a 1900 dated testimonial from N. W. Sanvel of Ocean Grove New Jersey. It also hints at newspaper influence as a paper weight and a dandruff cure. Forest fires are noted as nearby.
81 year old German farmer killed in Wymore railroad accident
Menheusen an Island Grove Township resident seven miles northeast of Wymore Neb. died after being thrown under a freight engine on the through track. He was trying to hold a frightened team. The event occurred as his grandson Huert Harms and his bride were returning from Missouri. The 40 year Gage county resident had lived in the county forty years.
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BE. Menheusen
Island Grove Township
Wymore
Neb
Huert Harms
Missouri
Menhousén
Gage County
Girl Charged in Wisconsin Poison Plot Case
Laura Humber, age twelve, of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin, stands in court on charges of attempting to murder her parents and three sisters. Glass shard poisoning was discovered before food was eaten. The father calls her utterly depraved. she is committed to Milwaukee’s industrial school.
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Laura Humber
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Condit
Milwaukee
Siamese Admiral Richelieu Aboard City of Peking
The admiral of Siam's navy, Du Plessis de Richelieu, a 26 year commander of the small fleet, traveled on the steamer City of Peking arriving in San Francisco. He also serves as a lieutenant in the Danish navy and is bound for Copenhagen before visiting the Paris exposition.
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Peking
San Francisco
Du'Plessis de’ Richelieu
Admiral Richelieu
Copenhagen
Laureate on Mafeking Poem by Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin, the English laureate, writes of Mafeking relief. The poem celebrates enduring glory as waves roll and fame guards her scroll. It proclaims that their tale will be sung through age, voice and verse swelling England's story.
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Mafeking
Alfred Austin
England
Fails for Millions: Price McCormick & Co Liquidates
Price, McCormick & Co., a major New York brokerage firm and member of the stock, cotton and produce exchanges and the Chicago Stock Exchange, collapsed Thursday with estimated liabilities of 13 million dollars. The firm operated branch offices in about thirty U.S. cities.
Farner Loses Barn Fire Cribs and More Near Creighton Neb
A Creighton area farmer John Criswell suffered heavy losses when a fire destroyed his barn cribs bins one cow and equipment including harness and saddle. Insurance covered only part with damages running into hundreds of dollars. The cause of the blaze remains undetermined. A separate Evansville dispatch reports a young woman found in Pigeon Creek bearing signs of foul play with a rope and heavy stone around the neck. The body, nearly nude save for a shirt waist and black corset, is described as handsome and about twenty years old though facial injuries hinder identification.
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John Criswell
Creighton, Neb
Evansville
Ind
Pigeon Creek
Hedd
Indian BHI Ready to Pass
A new Indian bill, through conference committee, would fund a $40,000 building at Winnebago reservation in Nebraska and $85,000 for a Gen Nebraska school. Plans for the Winnebago project are prepared and ready to be sent once the bill is signed.
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House
Winnebago Reservation
Nebraska
Gen Nebraska
Winnebagos
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