Stock Man Killed in Suspected Duel Near Pierce Nebraska
George Fetterly was shot and killed by Christian Duer seven miles south of Pierce Nebraska after an evening of drinking and a confrontation at Duer's barn. Duer fired twice after approaching the barn and missing, killing Fetterly with a shot above the eyes.
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George Fetterly
Pierce
Néb
Norfolk
Christian Duer
Hadar
Fetterly
Duer
Buer
Petterly
Duer Beixig
Explosion injures officers and privates testing new Colt gun
Captain Charles T. Menoher and five privates of the Twenty-eighth mounted artillery were hurt at Leavenworth Kansas when a new Colt automatic gun exploded during a test at the rifle range. The weapon heated and fired prematurely injuring the crew. none died.
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Charles T. Menoher
Twenty-eighth Mounted Artillery
Vort
Leavenworth
Kan
Menoher
Race War in the South at Balltown La Bloodshed
A camp meeting sparked a race clash along Pearl River valley Balltown Louisiana leaving numerous fatalities and injuries. One white man dead another dying from a stomach wound, a third severely wounded. Nine blacks killed and many wounded with escapees seeking safety. Authorities fear more deaths due to lack of medical care.
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Balltown
Pearl River Valley
Cattle Drive Vast Change on Black Hills Range
In Edgemont vicinity cattle and sheep herds have surged, with about 150000 head moved through Edgemont this season toward western ranges. Sheepmen retreat westward as cattle dominate, sourced from Moorcroft Gillette Merino and Burlington line stations. Wool shipments reach around 500000 pounds as cattle trade accelerates and stock stays in fine condition.
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Crowden
Edgemont
Moorcroft
Gildette
Merino
Burlington Road
British Forces Repulsed Near Great Marico
Dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria October 28 reports fighting on October 24 near Great Marico. Delary and Kemp attacked British forces, were repulsed after severe combat leaving forty dead on the field. British losses sixty nine killed and wounded. Boers captured eight wagons and thirty seven gunners and drivers were killed or wounded.
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Mitchener
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Great Marico
Still Has Chance to Live Hang Gets New Trial
Joseph Shaffer, twice convicted of first degree murder in Butte, Montana, is granted a new trial by the Montana Supreme Court. Four years ago he killed Hawkins after a first trial and death sentence on the second. the high court cites a lower court instruction error as the basis for relief.
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Joseph Shaffer
Helena
Mont
Supreme Court
Shaffer
Hawkins
Butte
Weakh
Man shoots superintendent at Pittsburg brick job
John McArdelle, a discharged worker on the Pittsburg brick building, shot and killed Charles E. Youngberg, superintendent of electrical construction for George A. Fuller company, as men were leaving the scene. Police faced heavy resistance in guarding the victim.
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John McArdelle
Pittsburg
Charles E. Youngberg
George A. Fuller
Denmark invites participation in St. Louis exposition
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Minister Swenson presenting an official invitation to Denmark to join the St. Louis exposition. The Danish government reiterates strong interest in the event and supports manufacturers seeking strong Danish representation.
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Copenhagen
Swenson
Denmark
St. Louis Exposition
British offer to pay deportation claims to US in Transvaal
The British government proposes a lump sum of 30000 dollars to the United States department to distribute among American citizens deported from South Africa and the Transvaal as a military necessity. The plan has not yet been acted upon but is likely to be accepted.
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South Africa
Transvaal
United States Department
Duel Ends in Virginia City Tragedy
Ethel Plumb age two lies dead at grandmother Mrs H Parkes home in Virginia City Mont from a revolver duel with her parents Mr and Mrs Plumb. Mrs Plumb wounded in hip and Mrs Parke shot in shoulder while Plumb bears powder burn on face. The couple had not lived together happily for some time.
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Wight Dael
Ethel Plumb
H. Parke
Virginia City
Mont
Tragic Home Accident Ends in Suicide and Shooting
Henry Schroeder a St Louis Home Comfort Range employee shot his seven year old stepdaughter Katie Kirst through the heart and fired at his eleven year old stepson Henry Kirst missing him. He then swallowed carbolic acid and shot himself, dying moments later.
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Himsif
Henry Schroeder -of
Boy Kits Self-Harm Accident In West Point Lake
Sixteen year old Frank Boyer Jr. son of City Engineer Frank Boyer of West Point dies after a hunting accident on McKirahan's Lake. The boat party landed a mun in the boat that discharged and pierced the youth’s heart.
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Frank Boyer
West Point
McKirahan’s
Boyer
Sealing Vessels From Bering Sea Arrive In Victoria
Captains of sealing schooners report that ships flying the Japanese flag hunted seals in the season from the Bering Sea. Since Japan is not a party to the sealing agreement, their vessels are not molested while keeping three miles from the islands.
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Victoria
B. C
Bering Sea
Japan
Accused Husband Detained in Kansas Murder Case
C. C. Calhoun was brought to dinate from Mound Valley and jailed on a murder charge involving his eighteen year old wife. The woman died suddenly last Saturday night and a post mortem found a criminal operation. Her life was insured for several thousand dollars.
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C. C. Calhoun
Dinate
Kan
Mound Valley
Largest glass plate completed at Kokomo plant
The Pittsburg Plate Glagg company finished the world’s largest glass plate at its Kokomo Indiana plant. It weighs 2,500 pounds before grinding and polishing will reduce to 1,300 pounds. The plate measures eighteen feet one inch long and thirteen feet one inch wide.
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Kokomo
Ind
Pittsburg Plate
Glagg Company
Officer Shot at Vandalia Rail Yard Ambush
Special Officer JW Brown of East St Louis Illinois was killed by a mob suspected of rail brass theft at Forest Shawk Illinois. One shooter was killed by Brown before the assailants fled.
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JW. Brown
St. Louis
Vandalia
Porest“Shawk
Ill
Brown
Army Pay and Costs Rise in Paymaster Bates Report
In the annual report by Paymaster-General Bates the army’s pay for the year is stated as 53,215,345 dollars, an increase of 1,301,364 dollars from the previous year, highlighting higher maintenance costs.
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Bates
British Reverse Boers Strike In South Africa War Report
Dispatches say Botha personally led an attack against Colonel Henson's column in Transvaal with a combined commando force. Lord Kitchener reports three more officers killed and two wounded during a rear guard engagement near Brackenlaagte as the conflict continues in eastern Transvaal.
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Louis Botha
Porser
Henson
Botha
Bethel
Lord Kitchener
Benson
Brakenlaagte
Transvaal
Boers and Hollanders Plan Colony in Wyoming
Dutch bankers and wealthy Hollanders move to form a Boer and Holland settlement in Sweetwater County Wyoming. They secured 300000 acres along the Green River and plan a massive canal and irrigation system. Prospective settlers are being brought over to work, with tests showing soil suited to beet sugar and a large beet sugar factory planned in the colony.
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Wyoming
Green River
Sweetwater
Convicts Escape in Arizona Train Chase
In Atanuma on November 3 Thomas Hart under sentence for murder and a Mexican named Leibas rob a deputy sheriff, seize a switch engine, and speed four miles into the countryside. Foreman Martin fires, blood on a cushion suggests Leibas was hit, the locomotive runs seven more miles until stop. A posse pursues the fugitives. near Fortuna a fierce clash leaves Hart dead and Leibas captured.
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Fortuna
Hart
Leibas
Hired Man Shoots Employer In Rural Nebraska
Eight miles northeast of Hastings Nebraska farmer Will Shay was shot in the abdomen by his hired man. The man fired at a chicken in the yard as Shay emerged from the barn, the bullet striking Shay center abdomen. Dr Artz of Hastings treated him. the ball was not located and surgery not performed. Shay remains in critical condition with hopes of recovery.
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Will Shay
Shay
Artz
Hastings
Two Machinists Shot in Columbia After Midnight
Walter Binder and William Seaver, machinists in Southern shops at Columbia G. S., were fired upon in their homes shortly after midnight on November 2. Seaver died. Binder wounded. Arrests of Harry Jones and Arthur McCraney reported. McCraney claims self defense.
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Columbia
Walter Binder
Wm. Seaver
Seaver
Binder
Harry
Jones
Arthur McCraney
McCraney
Fractured Girl Fells From Tree Near Plattsmouth
An eight year old girl, Lind. Gladys daughter of William Sheller a farmer living south of Plattsmouth, fell from a tree while playing in the orchard in November and sustained a painful fracture of a lower limb. She was found unconscious and remained in that condition for some time.
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Gladys
William’ Sheller
Plattsmouth
Kansas Oats Supplant For South Africa Orders Placed
A purchasing agent reports orders for one million bushels of oats from two New York houses for England to supply South Africa. He says Kansas oats proved superior to others there and, over time, cheapest.
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New York
England
Kansas
South Africa
Census reveals nation wide schooling militia and voting ages
The census reports for the country show school age persons five to twenty totaling 26 110 788 with 2 897 130 native born and 22 490 211 White. Militia age sixteen million three hundred sixty thousand three hundred sixty three with 13 132 280 native born and 14 495 illiterate. voting age eighteen million nine hundred sixteen thousand five hundred twenty seven with 16 227 284 native born and 19 086 143 White. Illiterate males twenty one and over total 2 326 255 among native born. foreign born 620 002 illiterate. Foreign parentage raises native white male share. colored males voting age rise across the north and west. About 8 percent of aliens are illiterate. Voter ratio ranges 2 to 3.6 in north central states and 4.0 to 4.1 in western states.
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Volling É
North Central
Smallpox Toll at Winnebago Reservation Surges
Reports from the Winnebago Indian reservation say 22 died the first week and 22 the second week, with 15 more to date. About 10,000 Indians live on 1,196 acres, making individual care impossible as illness spreads. Residents ignore medical advice and use tribal remedies, while guards try to keep them out of nearby towns. Emerson and Homer schools report closures due to the outbreak.
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Winnebago Indian Reservation
Emerson
Neb
Homer
Chinese Minister Recalled From Washington Post
A Pekin dispatch reports the recall of Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister at Washington. He is to be offered a subordinate post in the foreign office which he is expected to decline. Li Hung Chang's interpreter Tsing a candidate for the Washington mission is thirty and educated in England.
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A. Pekin
China
Ting Fang
Washington
Foreign Office
Li Hung Chang
Tsing
Song
England
Indian Governor Durbin Refuses Goebel Murder Requisition
Governor Durban declines Kentucky’s requisition to return ex Governor Taylor and Charles W. Finley for complicity in Governor Goebel’s murder. He outlines lengthy reasons mirroring the stance of former Governor Mount, and cites jurisdictional and legal grounds for not honoring the request.
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Durban
Kentucky
Taylor
Charles W. Finley
Kentuck Courts
William Goebel
Mount
Argentina and Chile clash over disputed cordillera road plan
Argentina demands Chile desist from road building in the cordilleras and seeks an official declaration that the road now under construction does not imply Chilean territorial claims. If not assured, Argentina may withdraw its minister from Santiago de Chile.
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Chile
Cordilleras
London Daily Mail
Buenos Avery
Argentina
Santiago de Chile
McKinley National Arch Association Plans 1.5 Million Fund Drive
The executive committee in Washington, led by Secretary Gage as treasurer, moved to raise 1.5 million dollars for the proposed area. The committee reported material progress in preparations to solicit subscriptions.
Forest Fire Threatens Cattle South of Poplar Bluff
A fierce Missouri forest fire burns three days near Poplar Bluff endangering thousands of cattle and horses. Farmers and stockmen fight the flames with limited progress as drought drives potential winter feed famine and crop losses.
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Poplar Bluff
Ark
Vause T
Fire destroys two residences at National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth
A November 1 blaze at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery destroyed two residences and most furnishings of cemetery superintendent Max Retter. The fire, caused by a defective value, prevented water connections and caused about 2000 dollars in losses.
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National” Cemetery
Fort Leavenworth
Minister Departs Not for Vacation Funds Raised to Gift
The story notes a church plan to fund a vacation for Rev. Mr. Blank, but expenses exceeded the raised amount. A gala luncheon music and decorations were arranged, yet debt of about 2 to 3 dollars remained, while the congregation blamed the minister’s own interests.
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Cation
Brown
Blank
Detroit Free Press
Knott Rabbit Story Used In Sampson Schley Debate
Ex Gov Proctor Knott and John Yerkes discuss credit for the Santiago victory. Knott tells a tale about a boy and a rabbit to illustrate his stance that both Sampson and Schley deserve credit, ending with a conscience restored. The anecdote appears in the Kentucky Journal from Frankfort.
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Schley
Sampson-Schley
Proctor Knott
Rabbit
Santiago
John Yerkes
Sampson
Yerkes
Admiral Sampson
Commodore Schley
Mr. Yerkes
Kentucky Journal
Frankfort
Bread Made of Moss Across World Regions
A Chicago Journal note explains how various cultures form bread from unconventional ingredients. It cites Lapland using oats and pine bark, Kamchatka using pine or birch bark, Iceland moss ground into flour, Italian chestnuts, and millet in India, Egypt, Arabia, and Asia Minor for bread dishes.
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Lapland
Kamchatka
Russia
Italy
India
Egypt
Arabia
Asia Minor
Chicago Journal
Lord Morris Counter Thrust History Note
A London letter recalls Lord Morris as a sharp counter thrust figure. An English official, then under-secretary to the lord lieutenant, loudly quipped at a Dublin dinner about Ireland’s lower salary compared with the chief justice. Morris replied with a defiant remark about a “brain of thought” that often occurs to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Morris
Morris
London
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