Revolt Strains Colombia Nicaragua Ties Amid Ammunition Shortage
The steamship City of Para reached Panama on August 21 reporting the revolutionary gunboat Padilla at Corinto, Nicaragua seeking coal and ammo. Agua Dulce rebels face scarce ammunition after heavy fighting as Panama eyes a Washington led entente to curb Nicaragua’s support for Herrera. General Salazar in Panama says Colombia has sent 3,000 troops to reinforce forces on the isthmus.
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Para
Panama
Padilla
Corinto
Nicaragua
Agua Dulce
Washington
Colombia
Senor Concha
Senor Corea
Herrera
Salazar
Bogota
Colon
Colombia and Nicaragua Seek Neutrality in Tense Border Talk
Colombia accuses Nicaragua of fomenting trouble on the Isthmus of Panama and shaping revolutionary expeditions. The two nations’ ministers, meeting in Washington, aim to honor neutrality laws and hold prospects for peaceful settlement through diplomacy.
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Colombia
Nicaragua
Panama
Washington
Spirited Bride and Groom Wed Despite Interference
E Perkins and Miss Clara Schermer of Deadwood South Dakota married after plans for a Tuesday ceremony failed when the bride was detained by several women who objected to the match. She was released and later married Perkins in a quiet ceremony this morning.
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ePrkins
Fair Heirs Offer Estate To Mrs Fair Relatives
The will of Mrs Charles Fair, valued around 300000, provides a life annuity of 2500 to her mother, 10000 to four brothers and two sisters, and legacies to her sisters’ children. The remainder goes to her husband. To avoid litigation the Fair heirs offer relatives the entire estate in exchange for dropping any claims on Charles Fair’s estate.
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Charles Fair
San Francisco Dispatch
Fair
German meat inspection fees outlined by Berlin envoy
The state department has received from United States Ambassador White at Berlin copies of the official German proclamation on fees for inspecting meats imported into Germany. Fees cover sample removal and transport, notifications, registering inspection books, certicate drafting and travel by inspectors as needed.
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State Department
United States
White
Berlin
Germany
General Franz Sigel Dies in New York Home
Franz Sigel died at his New York residence Thursday morning after a two year decline due to age and general breakdown. Born in Boston on November 18 1824 he came to the United States in 1852 and served with distinction in the Civil War. He was famed as the hero of the wartime poem I Fights Mit Sigel.
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Franz Sigel
New-York
Boston
United States
Mit Sigel
Bessie Bonehill Dead As Cablegram Announces Death
Portsmouth England cablegram reports the death of the famous vaudeville actress Bessie Bonehill. The obituary notes her prominence on vaudeville stages and her London ties as part of her long career.
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Bessie—Bonehill
Portsmouth
Eng
Land
Bessie Bonehill
King Alfonso’s erratic conduct alarms Madrid reports
A dispatch from Madrid details King Alfonso’s troubling provincial tour with repeated signs of mental imbalance. He mocked relics, photographed arches, interrupted processions, and teased officials, prompting fears he may be demented.
Grain Dealers Plan to Prevent Corn Shortfalls in Illinois
Illinois grain dealers leaders met in Chicago to devise a plan to prevent corn and oats shortages. They urged the board of trade to help by setting a uniform price difference for grain grading below contract, while condemning current Illinois grain inspection methods.
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Chicago
Dispatch
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Board of Trade
Ilinois
Township to Run Road With Receivers on Board's Plan
The Kansas and Southern railway between Blaine and Westmoreland, a ten mile line, is placed in receivership after the Rock Creek township board sued to keep operations going. The owners, Kansas City capitalists, discharged workers and signaled suspension of operations. The township board, which invested $31 500 in bonds for the road, now proposes to operate the line. Both sides guard the property.
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Kansas & Southern Railway
Blaine
Westmoreland
Kan
Rock Creek
Kansas City Capitalists
Parachute Jump Ends in Fatal Fall for Sartell
L A Sartell of Fairwell Michigan probably died in Danville NL when a parachute failed to open after a balloon leap from 1200 feet. He landed feet first, suffering compound fractures in both legs. His wife was recently killed in Cairo in a similar manner.
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L. A. Sartell
Fairwell
Mich
Danville
Sartell
Cairo
Aguinaldo Plans Farming Move in Cavite Province
Aguinaldo vows to pursue agriculture in Cavite and declines political debate. He avoids letting others legislate for Filipinos and says he would rather die than compromise his conscience. Mabini is mentioned with interest in future movements.
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Aguinaldo
Manila
Mabini
Cavite
General Torrance Selects Blakeman Chief Marshal for Veterans Parade
Chief of Staff Gen Eli Torrance names Col A Noel Blakeman as chief marshal for the veterans parade during the national encampment on October 8. The move follows long standing precedent that the commander in chief's chief of staff leads the encampment parade.
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Eli Torrance
Col
A. Noel. Blakeman
Torrance
S . Chief. of Staff
Messenger Boys Strike Disrupts Telegraphic Service
The second strike by messenger boys forced merchants and brokers to perform messenger duties and halted much business reliant on telegraphic service. Western Union attempted to hire substitute messengers but could not fully restore the work.
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Western Union
Mind Unbalanced Clerk Shoots Self in Omaha
William W. Hately, a Kilpatrick company clerk in Omaha, shot himself at his Harney Street boarding house after family troubles and loss of finances. He left letters to relations, including his mother in England and his ex wife who recently remarried. His life savings were lost in Montana, and a $2000 life policy remains with his former wife.
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William W. Hately
Thomas Kilpatrick Company
Omaha
Harney Street
Hately
N. P. Sass
Thomas Hately
Cross Row
Gateshead
England
Ed F
Deright
North Pe Street
Charles Stierle
Newton
Mont
Montana
State Fair Week Charts Magnitude and Training Demos
State fair at Lincoln runs August 29 to September 5. Master of Transportation O M Druse expects carloads of exhibits to exceed five hundred, with last year near four hundred fifty. University faculty will conduct practical demonstrations in agriculture in a large tent west of the cattle barns, with multiple sessions daily on Tuesday through Thursday.
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Lincoln
O. M. Druse
Druse
State University
Burglary Suspects Held After Crawford Fires
On Sunday August 17 two fires were found in Crawford Nebraska as fire crews responded two men were found in McDowell and Smith hardware store pilfering merchandise. They were arrested and taken to Chadron. A special term of court presided by Judge Westover sentenced Thomas C Burns and John Saunders to two years in the state penitentiary for burglary. They appeared as practiced criminals and were thought to operate with a gang.
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Crawford
Nebraska
McDowell & Smith’s. Hardware
Chadron
Westover
State Penitentiary
Thomas C. Burns
John Saunders
Detrick Sells York County Farm for Record Price
H M Detrick sold his 160 acre York county farm for 12000 dollars, the highest price for a quarter section there. Homesteaded in 1870, this first transfer sits one and a half miles north of the courthouse with no permanent improvements.
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H. M. Detrick
York
York County
Peter Carr Burned in Barn Fire at Lead South Dakota
Dispatch from Lead South Dakota reports Peter Carr, a construction worker for the Burlington pad, sleeping in a barn loft when a Friday fire destroyed the barn and burned four horses. The casualty is listed as burned to death and the dispatch notes Peter may be a brother of Tom Carr of Lincoln.
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Peter Carr
Lead
S.D
Burlington Pad
Tom Carr
Lincoln
Fastest Ship of the Navy Maine Claims Speed Record
Boston dispatch reports the battleship Maine achieving 18.9 knots on a trial course off Cape Ann, with an average speed of 18.3 knots across four hours, beating Illinois which previously held the record at 17.84 knots. Builders declare Maine the fastest in the American fleet, though official figures are not yet finalized.
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Boston
Dispatch
Cape
United States
Maine
Illinois
Cattle Exports Surge From Belle Fourche Amid Rail Freight Boom
Within a five mile radius of Belle Fourche South Dakota beef cattle are ready for shipment. Four hundred seventy carloads, about 10 500 head, were sent out Saturday and Sunday for eastern markets from Franklin Cattle Company Western ranches Conners Bros Driskill Bros and J H Carey Cattle Company. Most head go to South Omaha with a few to Chicago as demand exceeds supply.
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Belle Fourche
Franklin Cattle Company
Western Ranches
Conners Bros
Driskill Bros
J. H. Carey Cattle Company
South Omaha
Chigaco
Union Pacific Oil Sparks Dust Reduction on Kansas Colorado Line
The Union Pacific reports successful dust suppression on its Kansas Colorado division using California asphalt oil. Superintendent Duel says the oil, spread from a tank, eliminates dust across covered districts and will be reapplied annually to allow oil to soak beneath ties.
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Union Pacific
Kansas-Colorado
California
Duel
Santa Fe Telegraph Changes Appoint Topeka Officials
C H one superintendent of telegraphs of the Santa Fe announces changes in Topeka Kansas with L M Jones named assistant superintendent remaining in Topeka Jones has served as chief clerk for about seven years Walter N Knowd promoted to chief clerk succeeding Jones G D Hood formerly wire chief for the Northern Pacific at Helena Montana is made wire chief and manager of the Topeka office The assistant superintendent post is created by Superintendent Gaunt adding one more staffer in Topeka
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Santa Fe
C. H
L. M. Jones
Topeka
Kan
Jones
Walter N. Knowd
Northern Pacific
Helena
Mont
Gaunt
Wellington drug tax ruling sparks license dispute
The Wellington Kansas police judge voided a city license tax of 100 dollars a year on druggists for liquor sales and 300 dollars if beer was included. One druggist paid six months under protest while another had paid earlier, prompting ongoing questions of validity and enforcement.
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Wellington
Kan
Shearman
Hl. F. Sith
Fleeing From Water In Kansas Farmland Deluged
An Emporia dispatch reports hundreds of farmers fleeing rising waters of the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers. Flooding leaves deluged farms and flooded homes with crops damaged after days of rising river levels. The Neosho overflows below its junction with the Cottonwood.
Willis Ray Declared Not Insane by Board
Insane Willis Ray, a blind man, was brought to Falls City by his brother Elmer Ray. The board of insanity heard testimony and ruled that Willis was not insane and ordered his transfer to the Nebraska City institute.
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Willis Ray
Falls City
Elmer
Board of Insanity
Elmer Ray
Nebraska City
Farmer hotel owner Bushboom commits suicide in jail
George Bushboom proprietor of the Farmers hotel in Fairbury Nebraska strangled himself in his jail cell using bed clothing as a rope after a spree and abuse toward his wife. He was found by fellow prisoners and left a wife and five children.
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George Bushboom
Farmers’ Hotel
Fairbury
Neb
Bushboom
Young Woman Rescued From Platte River Near Fremont
Miss Anna Johansen about 21 was pulled from the Platte River east of the Fremont bridge by William Shocknesse and T. L. Woodworth, employed by H. H. Brown in Saunders county. Authorities think it may be an attempted suicide. she previously attempted self harm in Omaha. Her father is Peter Johansen, a Cedar Bluffs area farmer.
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Anna Johansen
Platte
Fremont
William Shocknesse
T. L. Woodworth
H. H. Brown
Saunders County
Miss Johansen
Omaha
Peter Johansen
Cedar Bluffs
Runaway Cable Car Crashes at Union Station Kansas City
A crowded cable car on the Ninth street incline at Union Station sped from the grip and slammed into a train stalled at the junction. The grip car and the rear coach were demolished. One gripman sheriff was killed and at least twenty people injured, six seriously.
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Ninth Street
Union Station
Kansas City
Topeka Sought Requisition for Nebraska Theft Suspect
Webster county Nebraska county attorney E E Overman traveled to Topeka Kansas to obtain requisition papers for L C Fitch wanted in Nebraska on stealing nine head of three year old steers from Gus Roats. Fitch allegedly drove the cattle to Jewell county Kansas and was ready to ship them when captured. Fitch sits in Mankato jail charged with bringing stolen goods into Kansas and his lawyer seeks trial there, opposing requisition.
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Kansas
E. E. Overman
Webster County
Nebraska
Topeka
Kan
L. C. Fitch
Gus Roats
Fitch
Jewell County
Mankato
Mont Pelee Eruption Halts Dahome Near Martinique
Officers aboard the steamer Dahome report a severe Mont Pelee eruption on Martinique at noon Friday. Darkness followed five miles from the volcano, lasting twenty minutes until light returned as volcanic dust covered the ship's deck and forced a course change.
Man Found Hanged in Kentucky Barn After Murder Accusation
Hugh Marshall, accused of killing Miss Zoda Vick near Russellville, Ky., was found hanging in a barn about a mile from the crime site. Decomposition indicates he had been dead a day or two. whether suicide or mob execution remains uncertain, but most believe he took his own life.
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Hugh Marshall
Zoda Vick
Russelville
Fatal Roundup Shooting in Grand Junction Dispute
Charles Sieber, a wealthy Grand Junction cattleman, was shot dead by Joseph Harris of Westwater during a roundup on the Little Dolores river. The men were entangled in a dispute over ownership of unbranded cattle.
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Charles Sieber
Grand Junction
Colo
Joseph Harris-of
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