Olson Confesses in Murder Plot Case in Nebraska District Court
In Nebrask a May 22 dispatch Gust Jahnke and Oliver Olson were charged with murdering Michael Sierk. Olson confessed an agreement to murder to gain life insurance and a will bequest split between them. They attempted to kill Sierk by rope, shooting, poison, and a shotgun blast. The confession drew a crowded courtroom and a tense outlook for both men.
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Neb
Nebraska
Gust
Jahnke
Michael Sierk
Oliver Olson
Olson
Sierk
Jahnké
Aged Lovers Elope After Nearly Sixty Years
Lebanon Ind May 20 Aged lovers Rev Abraham C Abbott of Chicago 77 and Mrs Eliza J Mitchell of Amity 75 eloped and married in this city after a long history. Abbott’s two prior wives died. Mitchell was widow of Jefferson Mitchell for 24 years. Their ceremony occurred at Mrs Julia Shirley’s home and they plan a brief wedding tour before returning to Amity.
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Lebanon
Ind
Dispatch Bays
Abraham C. Abbott
Chicago
Eliza J. Mitchell
Amity
Abbott
Jefferson Mitchell
Cuban President Sends Gratitude to U S War Secretary
The Cuban president T. Estrada Palma expresses heartfelt gratitude to Elihu Root, Secretary of War, for U S congratulations on Cuba's republic inauguration. He assures Cuba will maintain close friendship and gratitude for the great republic's blood and treasure support.
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United States
Cuba
Elihu “Root
Washington
Republic of Cuba
Great
Spaniards: A Factor in Cuban Politics
In Havana it is widely held that Spaniards, long annexationist and wary of Cubans, may become a decisive force in Cuba’s future. They control about 70 percent of the island’s wealth and, if treated fairly with a proper share in government, would stand as a strong bulwark for the republic under President Palma’s approach.
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Havana
Palma
Revival of Atkinson and Niobrara railroad project
Promoters announce revival of the Atkinson and Niobrara river railroad, to extend the Pacific Short line from O Neill into the Rosebud Indian Reservation area awaiting settlement. The line will be equipped and operated by the Great Northern, per Sioux City dispatch.
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Atkinson & Niobrara River
Sioux City
Dispatch
The
Pacific
O'Neill
Rosebud - Indian ‘Reservation
Great Northern
Filipino Seeks Citizenship Papers in DC Supreme Court
Antonio M Opisso y De Veaza, a Manila native, petitions the District of Columbia Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel clerk John R Young to grant citizenship papers. The case tests whether Filipinos require papers to prove citizenship and potential appeal to the U S Supreme Court if the district rules against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio M. Opisso Y de Veaza
Manila
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
John R. Young
Young
Yeaza
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
President Roosevelt Hosts French Visitors for Rochambeau Exercises
President Roosevelt welcomed distinguished French officers sent by President Loubet as part of Rochambeau events. Cabinet members and top officials attended a formal reception at the White House. The visitors observed calls with Lt. General Miles and Admiral Dewey after the ceremony, amid cordial cross nation greetings.
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Roosevelt
White House
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Allen Reed founder of Reedsville dies at Marysville Kansas
Allen Reed a farmer and founder of Reedsville died at his Marysville Kansas home from uraemic poisoning after kidney trouble years. He settled in Marshall county in 1870 and spent ten years mining and freighting in Australia and once ran a large mercantile business in Montreal. Reed was elected to the legislature in 1872 and served during the Pomeroy exposure. He also traveled around the world three times for pleasure.
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Allen Reed
Reedsville
Marysville
Kan
Marshall County
Australia
Montreal
Canada
Pomeroy
Bonfire Breaks Records At Elgin Academy Endowment Celebration
Elgin NL academy students and alumni gathered on campus to raise a 100000 endowment with a bonfire. A 200 foot heap of dry goods boxes and inflammable material was set alight under guard of the fire department. An effigy of opposition to the academy was placed atop the pyre.
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Elgin, NL
Academy
Runaway Horse Targets Chaplain Milburn Hart at Capitol
Milburn Hart chaplain of the senate was struck by a runaway horse attached to a buggy as he left the capitol after giving the opening prayer. The large toe of one foot was cut off and lacerated. Milburn's daughter pulled him clear just before the horse charged.
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Milburn Hart
Milburn
Senate
Capitol
Wyoming Snowstorm Destroys Sheep Population in Evanston Area
A heavy snowstorm that began near Evanston Wyoming Saturday night continues with ten to fourteen inches of wet snow. Thousands of sheep and lambs are dying, with a prominent sheep owner estimating Utah county losses at two hundred thousand head, worth over one million dollars in market value.
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Evanston
Wyo
Uintah
Westminster Creed Revision Adopted by Presbytery Assembly
After fifty years of discussion a revised Westminster Creed was adopted by the Presbyterian general assembly in New York with near unanimous support. The report goes to presbyteries for ratification as a large audience anticipated more controversy than occurred.
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New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Unveiling Rochambeau Statue in Washington
A May dispatch reports the unveiling of the bronze statue of Count de Rochambeau in Lafayette Square Washington opposite the White House. President Roosevelt addressed the gathering as French and American dignitaries and military officers joined in the salute. The ceremony closed with a pledge of Franco American friendship and remarks by General Brugere and Jules Boeuf ve.
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Washington
la Fayette Square
White House
United States
United States Supreme Court
France
I.oubet
Brugere
Fournier
Count Chalendar
Rochambeau
la Fayette
M. Cambon
Roosevelt
Countess de ‘Rochambeau
Sprugere
M. Jules Boéufve
Child Hurt By Window Stick At Fremont Farm
Gertie Booker aged two years six months daughter of Mrs A Booker of Fred Lee's farm northeast of Fremont Nebraska sustained a broken finger and crushed digits when a stick pulled from the sash fell on her hand as she stood at a window. The mother heard her scream and found her faint hanging by the injured hand.
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Gertie Booker
A. Booker
Fred Lee
Fremont
Neb
Man Dies While Caring for Son's Grave in Saline County
Bartholomew Zoubek and his wife visited a country graveyard near their home twelve miles northwest of Wilber Nebraska to tend their son's grave. While kneeling he fell forward onto the grave and died instantly of heart disease. He was seventy two and had lived in Saline County about twenty seven years.
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Bartholomew Zoubek
Wilber, Néb
Zoubek
Saline County
Tornado Death List and Brooklyn Factory Fire Reported
News in brief reports a death list tied to a Goliad Texas tornado number 125 and a Brooklyn New York factory fire causing about 500000 dollars in losses.
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Goliad
Tex
Bradbury: Piano
Brooklyn, N.Y
Severe Chicago Thunderstorm Drenches City
A marked severity thunderstorm swept Chicago Saturday night with about one inch of rain in under forty minutes. Downtown sewers could not clear the water quickly, flooding basements. suburbs and parks saw many trees blown down.
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Chicago
Twister Hits Hooper Area Damages Farm and Homes
Four funnel shaped clouds moved northeast near Hooper Nebraska on May 24. The last twister wrecked a barn and damaged a nearby house while telegraph crews watched from five miles north. Several trees were twisted and wagon boxes carried long distances. No injuries reported.
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Hooper
Neb
Here
George Jangamei
West Point
Family tragedy ends in suicide near Wymore Neb
Elizabeth Roberts twenty three, daughter of Edward and Mrs Roberts, missing from home south of Wymore and later found dead in a field. Coroner and note reveal she took poison after saying a faithless lover ruined her life. The man involved is said to live in Wymore but is now in Iowa.
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Filizabeth Roberts
Edward Roberts
Wymore
Neb
Beatrice
Iowa
Pauncefote Dies at British Embassy in Washington
Lord Pauncefote British ambassador to the United States died at the embassy Saturday morning at 5 30 o clock. Beside him were Mrs Pauncefote Maude Paunce fote Sibyl Audrey and Dr Jung with Mr Radford a clerk attached to the embassy. No funeral arrangements have been made and flags over embassies and legations were half mast once the death became public.
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Lord Pauncefote
United States
Pauncefote
Maude, Pauncefote
Sibyl
Audrey
Jung
Radford
Morgan ties proposed to merge German lines in Berlin rumour
Several Berlin papers reassert that J Pierpont Morgan during negotiations with the navigation syndicate sought to merge the German lines and offered Herr Ballin of the Hamburg American Line a million dollar annual salary to be president. Ballin reportedly refused on any terms. The rumors circulated in Hamburg shipping circles a month ago.
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Berlin
J. Pierpont Morgan
Navigation Syndicate
Herr Ballin
Combine
Hamburg
Wage Increase At Roebling Wire Plant In Trenton
The John A Roebling's Sons Wire company of Trenton New Jersey announced a voluntary average wage rise of ten percent for about four thousand employees. The increase was explained by Charles G Roebling as a response to higher diving costs impact on the workforce.
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John A. Roebling
Tragic Nebrask a child dies from fire
Three year old Milton Peterson, son of farmer Peter Peterson, near Valley Nebraska, died this morning from burns received Saturday when he found matches and his night clothes caught fire.
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Milton Peterson
Peter Peterson
Valley, Neb
Children Poisoned by Paris Breen Incident in Nebraska
The two youngest children of DF Luenig of West Point Nebraska were accidentally poisoned by Paris Breen left on the floor. Their mother noticed the green color on their lips as they ran around ill and called medical aid. The children currently appear out of danger.
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Luenig
West
Point, Neb
Paris Breen
Pittsburg jockey shot by wife amid dramatic confrontation
Joseph Pearson a jockey from Pittsburg was shot and killed by his wife Louise as he allegedly raised an axe for an attack. The Buffalo transfer house of the New York Central Railroad burned later, causing an estimated loss around 600000 dollars.
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Joseph Pearson
Pittsburg
Louise
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Peace Likely in South Africa as Boer Leaders Hold Key
Reports from London indicate a likely end to the war with peace terms essentially agreed though timing rests with Boer leadership. Cabinet deliberations are described as minor. experts say the result hinges on Boer ability to enforce terms under Generals Botha and De Wet.
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London
Associated Press
South Africa
Trondon
Botha
de Wet
Quezaltenango Devastated by Guatemala Earthquake
A Hamburg dispatch reports Quezaltenango in Guatemala was wholly destroyed by a quake lasting about 45 seconds. Two hundred dead, many injured, and major damage to the town and coffee crop. Earlier shocks on April 18 19 and 20 affected Amatitlan Nahuala Santa Lucia and San Juan.
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Hamburg
Hamburg Boersenhalle
Guatemala
Quezaltenango
Guatemala City
Amatitlan
Solola
Nahuala
Santa Lucia
San Juan
Quezaltenanzo
Love Lives Half Century as Topeka Pair Weds in Rutland
Thomas J. Crouch, seventy four, of Topeka Kansas, and Miss Mary J. Lane, sixty eight, of Buell New York, were married in Rutland Vermont after a half century apart. They had been engaged before but quarrels ended the match until fate reunited them recently.
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Thomas—J
Rouch
Topeka
Kan
Mary J. Lane
Buel
N. Y
Rutland
Crouch
Missane
Toveka
Kansan Pleads for Release in Murder Case
George W. Dull of Rawlins County Kansas asks the Kansas Supreme Court for release on a writ of habeas corpus claiming no evidence supports murder charges. Dull is jailed after the discovery of Dr Rowland dead on the floor with two pistol shots heard in the room. the men were not on friendly terms.
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Kansan
George
Dull
Rawlins
Kansas
Supreme Court
Rowland
Cloudburst drenches Alma Nebraska causing cellar floods
A cloudburst hit Alma Nebraska on Thursday with water rain running down streets too deep for sewers. Residents worked to save basements as many cellars filled and damage occurred. The storm was described as the hardest rain witnessed in the area with about five inches previously recorded this month in Harlan county.
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Alma
Neb
Harlan
County
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T. Estrada Palma
Damus
Roosevelt, Mites and Dewey
Around World
Marysville, Kan
Celebrate Endowment Fund
Wyoming
Rochabeau
Ambassa
Son
Twister
Dodge
Deaa
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