Militia Ordered Out As Pawtucket Rioting Spreads
Dispatch reports bayonets in street as Governor Kimball calls out militia to quell riotous disturbances linked to United Traction strike. Adjutant General Sackett read the riot act as over a thousand occupy streets. provisional regiment formed under Brigadier General Tanner with cavalry and infantry units. Naval reserves and machine gun battery later summoned.
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Pawtucket
R.E
United Traction Company
Sheri
Kimball
Sackett
Herbert S. Tanner
Burghers See Diminished Hostility Among Boers
Dispatches report Boers are increasingly friendly with few showing bitterness toward France and Germany. Some hope to fight with Britain against those powers later. Ammunition use noted as low in Orange River colony after peace, while De Wet praises young fighters. General Elliott speaks of King Edward and British aid to return burghers to farms amid cheers.
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France
Germany
National Scouts
de Wet
Orange
Kroonstadt
Orange River
Elliott
Edward
Lord Kitchener
Memorial seeks committee to investigate Philippines conditions
Representative McCall presented a memorial to the House urging appointment of a committee to investigate conditions in the Philippines. The memorial, on behalf of Adams, Carnegie, Schurz, Welsh and Buryett Smith, calls for on the spot inquiry among affected people and parties.
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Senate
Farmer Foegler Dies After Train Collision Near Dodge
Charles Foegler, a Dodge County farmer, was found dead on the Elkhorn tracks a mile west of Snyder after an eastbound train struck him. He had been drinking in town and allegedly lay down on the rails, leading to a fatal crush and severe injuries.
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Charles Foegler
Dodge
Neb
Snyder
Elkhorn
Foegler
Women and Immortality Echo in a Pondering Quote
A reflective line contemplates gender and time, stating that every woman could live long yet none would simply grow old. The remark hints at youth, aging, and societal views without naming people or events.
Booker T. Washington Speaks on Race and Education at Lincoln
The first major Negro orator at a Nebraska university commencement drew a packed Lincoln audience with a talk on the race problem. He urged education and farming as paths to uplift, emphasizing property ownership, schools, and better relations between races in the South and nation.
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Nebraska
West
Lincoln Auditorium
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
South
Stabbed and Beaten Boy Left for Dead Near Grand Island
Waltermer Harbold a fifteen year old boy traveling from Saratoga Wyoming with Charles Evans twenty five was ambushed off the main road near Koehler lakes south of Grand Island Nebraska. Evans and Kivans demanded the $16.60 Harbold carried. Harbold refused Evans stabbed him twenty to thirty times and Kivans clubbed him into unconsciousness. He was found at the Koehler ice house and taken to a hospital. His parents rushed to his side and doctors expect recovery despite serious injuries.
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Grand Island
Neb
Waltermer Harbold
Saratoga
Wyo
Charles Evans
Harbold
Kivans
Northwestern Miller estimates Nebraska wheat crop lead
The Northwestern Miller of Minneapolis provides the current year’s winter wheat crop estimate, placing Nebraska in front among states with favorable output and implying strong prospects for the harvest.
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Northwestern
Miller
Nebraska
Front Bank
Northwestern Miller
Minneapolis
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Colorado
Murderer At Large After Harbolt Stabbing In Grand Island
Waltermer Harbolt was stabbed and beaten by a traveling companion named Charles Evans, who robbed him of 16.60 dollars. Harbolt, 41, died at St Francis hospital in Grand Island after the assault. Evans, a hobo, fled with authorities pursuing him. Harbolt had traveled from Syracuse Wyoming to find work, then returned home to aid his widowed mother, who has already endured multiple family losses.
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Grand Island
Neb
Dispatch
Waltermer Harbolt
St. Francis Hospital
Charles Evans
Harbort
Syracuse
Evans
Campbell
Death of G M Lambertson Shocks Lincoln Circle
G M Lambertson a noted jurist and politician died suddenly Sunday morning in Chicago. The Palmer House witnessed his collapse after a toast at a University of Chicago banquet the night before. His widow and colleagues in Lincoln learned of the death as Mrs Lambertson sent word by telegram. Friends and associates, including F M Hall, prepared to bring the body back to Lincoln.
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Chicago
G. M. Lambertson
Lincoln
University of Chicago
F. M. Hall of Lincoln
Tooth of Mastodon Exhibition in Dubois Saloon
A gigantic mastodon tooth, weighing eleven pounds and in perfect preservation, was found by David Lasher while sinking a well about several miles from Dubois Nebraska. The tooth is on display in Hiram Quackenbush’s saloon. Three other tusk-like fragments were unearthed but crumbled to dust upon exposure. Lasher plans further digging hoping to uncover more specimens.
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Hiram Quackenbush
Dubois
Neb
David Wr .Lasher
Fire destroys livery barn killing eleven horses in Lincoln
Fire swept P. J. Smith's livery barn at 918 BR street Sunday afternoon killing eleven horses. The blaze damaged several wagons and carriages, hay and harness. Farmers' Grocery Co. lost seven horses and three new delivery wagons valued at $1,000, insured. Mr Smith lost five horses and carriages. barn damage likely a few hundred dollars.
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P. J. Simith
BR. Street
Lincoln
Farmers’ Grocery Company
Elephant Killed After Rampage At Tours Park
About 3,000 spectators in Tours France watched a circus elephant from Barnum & Bailey go berserk in the city park. It broke its chains and charged keepers before being killed. Two hundred men attempted to restrain it with a rope before the animal died.
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Tours
France
Barnum & Bailey’s
Electrical motives aim to replace steam on American rails
A New York dispatch reports Stanley Electrical Manufacturing plans to expand Pittsfield plant with Ganz & Co of Budapest to convert U S steam railroads to electric traction. The Pittsfield expansion targets street railways in Philadelphia, northern New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York. A broader plan could involve fifteen U S locomotive builders joining the enterprise as congestion shifts traffic eastward. Alexander City Alabama was destroyed by a Saturday fire, losses at least 750000, aided by light winds and no water works in the town.
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Stanley Electrical Manufacturing Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Ganz & Co
Budapest
Europe
New York City
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Ganz
Whitney
United States
Alexander City
Ala
De Wet Call for Loyalty After Boers Surrender in South Africa
Dispatches from London report Boers surrendering with good will. Total surrenderers reach 16 500 as British kindness continues. De Wet appears at Winburg camp to a crowd of supporters, urges loyalty to the new government and faith under God's decision.
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London
South Africa
de Wet
Winburg
Exhibition on Danish newspaper history opens in Copenhagen
Crown Prince Frederick opens an historical exposition tracing four centuries of Danish press development. Royal family members, Danish ministers, and U S diplomats attend with the Scandinavian authors and journalists congress upcoming. The display includes Danish press authors in America.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Crown Prince
Frederick
United States
L. S. Swenson
Congress of
Danish Press of America
Mayor rescinds Sunday baseball ban in Nebraska City
Mayor Bartling announces rescission of his Sunday baseball prohibition after conferring with law and order league members who refuse to prosecute violations. The league declined to press charges and urged the mayor to assume responsibility, leading to the order's reversal and future play allowed.
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Bartling
Nebraska City
Law ‘and Order League
Baseball accident leaves Hastings man in critical condition
Edward Elner, a Hastings area resident nine miles north, was struck by a pitched ball Sunday afternoon during a baseball game. He suffered a severe abdominal injury and a physician attempted to render anesthesia for two hours without success.
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Edward Elner
Hastings
Neb
Jury fails to reach verdict in Siegel embezzlement case
The jury in the Frank Siegel embezzlement case from Kansas City, former president of Siegel-Sanders Live Stock, failed to agree on a verdict after being discharged. The panel stood 11 to 1 for guilty, with allegations Siegel used company funds in sugar speculation.
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Frank Siegel
Siegel-Sanders’ Live Stock Company
Kansas City
Eléyuéen
Siegel
Pardoned by President Roosevelt for murder in Indian Territory
George Goodell, previously sentenced in Indian Territory to two ten year terms for manslaughter, has been pardoned by President Roosevelt and released from Ohio penitentiary. The case involved the killing of John Fulsomere's brother.
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George Goodell
Ohio’ Penitentiary
President Roosevelt
Indian Territory
John Fulsomere
Goodell
Irrigation Bill Passed by House Despite Amendments
The irrigation bill cleared the House by 146 to 55 with Nebraska delegates voting for. Most amendments failed. only Littlefield of Maine won approval to prevent debt financing before funds exist. The bill creates a reclamation fund from public lands to build and maintain irrigation works across western states and territories and sets residency and state control rules for water use.
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Washington, D. G
House
Nebraska
Littlefield
Maine
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Senate
Friends of the
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Washington
Wyoming
Commissioner Erkes Rules On Oleomargarine Coloring
The International Revenue Bureau settles the issue of artificial coloring in oleomargarine. The regulation holds that no artificial coloring may be used in any part of the manufacture without boosting the tax from one quarter of a cent to 10 cents per pound.
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Erkes
International Revenue Bureau
Slavik shoots wife in Nebraska farm incident
Antonia Slavik, wife of Vincent Slavik, a Bohemian farmer north of Brainard Neb, was shot twice by her husband Friday afternoon. Sheriff West pursues Slavik, about forty five, dark complexioned, speaking broken English. Mrs Slavik’s prognosis is poor.
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Antonia Slavik
Vincent Slavik
Brainard
Neb
Slavik
West
Boy Injured by Steam Wringer in Fairmont Net
A five year old boy, son of Mr. Chambers of Fairmont, Net, injured when his foot was caught in a steam wringer tearing a tendon. Medical specialists warn the injury could be serious and permanent.
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Chambers
Fairmont
Net
Kinkaid Named for Congress After Long Ballot Fight
Moses P. Kinkaid of ONeill was nominated for Congress by the Sixth district at the congressional convention. The selection required 177 ballots to complete the choice.
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Kinkaid
Moses P. Kinkaid
O'Neill
Congress
Surrenders Rise to Over Twelve Thousand
The News In Brief reports 864 surrenders since the last update, bringing the total to a little over 12,000.
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the News
Kitchener
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