Republican platform denounces embezzlement and calls Bartley parole recall
The Nebraska Republican platform denounces public embezzlement and calls for the immediate recall of Joseph S. Bartley's parole. Governor Savage orders Bartley’s return to prison, and Bartley is escorted to the penitentiary. Samuel H. Sedewick is nominated for judge with Carl J. Ernst and H. C. Goolds as regents.
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Nebraska
CABG
Joseph S. Bartley
S. Bartley
Savace
Bartley
Branson
Corry Atien
Covernor Savage
Tie Fav
Eley Tattee
Mr. Bartley
Ley
Lindell
Savage
Samuel H. Sedewick
York
Ier
Carl J. Ernst
Lincoln
UH. C. Goolds
Ogalalla
Indications of Murder Near South Omaha
A man believed to be William Miller was found dead near Gilmore station on the Union Pacific south of South Omaha. Coroner Betz took charge as a jury ruled murder by unknown hands, noting concussion and paralysis as the cause. The body, 35 years old with blue eyes and light complexion, was buried in Springfield after a letter dated January 3 1901 was found on him. Sheriff McAmoy seeks three suspicious companions who were seen with Miller the previous night.
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Omaha
Nan
Gilmore
Union Pacific
South Omaha
Betz
Sarpy County
Ab Randes
Denmark
McAmoy
Will Scarcly
Avith Miller
Springfield
Sultan not afraid to wage war over France demands
Vienna Tageblatt cites Constantinople correspondence stating the Sultan favors war over yielding to France. He studies defense plans and has ordered 500 guns from Germany. The French flag remains at half mast after Ambassador Constantin’s departure and will not be raised until relations are restored. Embassies blame trade interference and Turkish obstacles for the dispute.
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Vienna
Tageblatt
Constantinople
France
Germany
M. Constans
Trenel
Turkey
M. ‘Constans
Cattle Deal Frauds Mentioned in Oklahoma Telegram Tale
A rough report describes Benjamin Cooper from Abilene contacting fellow townspeople about a cattle plunder scheme. Cooper says he spoke with a man named Grant Nett, later identified as someone else, and that Gillett was present just before a deal opened.
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Tochbions
Kae
Anardake
Benjamin Cooper
Anadarko
Grant iNett
Cooper
Abilene
Woodbine
Gillett
Wooldbine
Kas
Grant
Kansas Immigration Bureau Organized to Attract Homeseekers
The Kansas Immigration Bureau is formed to promote Kansas as a wheat growing state to homeseekers and investors. Topeka leaders are involved with Arthur Capper as president, W A Thomson as secretary and manager, and T O McCray as irrigation commissioner. State officers and railroad officials back the effort to attract settlers and capital to Kansas.
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Kansas Immigration Bureau
Kansas
Topeka
Arthur Capper
W. A. Thomson
T. O. McCray
May reorganize Sevent h National Bank of New York City
William Nelson Cromwell, representing officers seeking to reorganize the Seventh National Bank of New York City, reports plans for a resumed bank with capital of at least 2 million dollars. He says subscriptions exceed three quarters of the increased capital and that the list should be complete soon, with submission to the comptroller of the currency expected within a week.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
Seventh National Bank of
New York City
Cromwell
Murderous attack at Glacier Creek stirs Nome dispatches
A Nome report describes an armed mob of seventy attacking a camp at Glacier Creek after mining claim disputes. Richard O Connor was among the victims and was dying from wounds when a steamer departed Nome. Warrants were issued for the attackers and deputies awaited word on O Connor before arrests.
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San Franciscds
Nomé
Glacier Creek
Richard O'Connor
Awas
State Militia Receives $1,000,000 Allocation
The secretary of war has allotted one million dollars to the militia of the several states territories and the District of Columbia. Distribution follows each state's representation in Congress with the rest at the secretary's discretion for territories and DC. Funds depend on the militia organizations each maintains and must meet the secretary's circular criteria before release.
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Gias
District of Columbine
District of Columbia
Former Lawrence men form $60,000 barb wire firm
Former employees and officers of the Consolidated Barbed Wire Co of Lawrence Kansas form a $60,000 stock company to establish a wire fence plant. They own patents for fence making and barb wire machines and plan to start in the old barb wire plant quarters. The company has not been paid up.
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Consolidated Barbed Wire Company
Lawrence
Kas
Pa Buen
Carey
Chicago Machinists Evade Injunction In Picketing Shutdown
Striking machinists at Chicago ignore an injunction prohibiting picketing their plant by turning to photography. Pickets now take pictures of departing non union janitors and workers to circulate among unions as a visual record of the protest.
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Chicago
Cemers. Company
Jan Epters
Cloudburst Strikes Overnight Amid Citywide Loss
A night time cloudburst caused extensive damage across the city with rapid street closures and widespread property losses. Emergency crews assessed debris at several blocks as residents organized temporary shelters and aid efforts.
Devastating Cleveland Flood Right Across East End
Dawn reveal shows Cleveland inundated by floodwaters tearing through East Side streets from Woodland to East Prospect. Damage estimated at 1 million dollars. homes undermined, bridges torn, hundreds stranded as life-saving crews raced in from seven miles away to aid families.
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Cleveland
Miles
Governament Weather Baresdu
Dean and
Qiddings Brooks
Quincy Street
Vienna Street
Kidnappers Demand Ransom From Local Father
A poorly written note received by AY and Gainer of this city threatens to abduct the writer's ten year old son unless $850 is placed in a cave west of town by Sunday. The note warns the father to pay and to ignore any attempts to contact authorities.
Kunkel Murder Trial Ends Without Conviction
German merchant Kunkel, principal in a sensational Lawrence Kansas murder trial, faced poisoning charges for his second wife. The case alleged he caused the deaths of his first wife and the second wife’s daughter. Kunkel fell ill suddenly in the street and died before verdict.
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Kunkel
Lawrence
Tit Asso
Teed
Manodér
Child Rover Takes Poison Death Near Geneva
A fourteen year old boy, son of Mrs Van Cleve and pupil at the Geneva school, committed suicide at his aunt’s home by swallowing carbolic acid. He left letters the day before revealing the plan and died before help arrived. He was described as bright but unaware of his act’s horror.
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Rover
An Cleve
van Cleve
Seerdaattiat School
Geneva
Neh
Gapen
Prairie Chickens Abundant Across Western Kansas This Year
Reports from SaVing to western Kansas indicate a higher population of prairie chickens than in many years. The dry summer weather is blamed for boosting breeding, with hunting parties common in the region.
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Kansas
Sa- Ving
Kan
Ranchers to Resist Eviction on Bouguillas Grant
Forty three ranchers and all Fairbanks Arizona residents have been notified to vacate homes on the Bouguillas Spanish land grant in the San Pedro Valley. The land has been acquired by a large cattle company and will be fenced off once settlers are removed. One rancher has built a fort to deter company cowboys clearing the land and improvements.
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Fairbanks
Atiz
San Pedro
Madden's Yankee Wins Madden's Futurity at Sheepshead Bay
Madden's Yankee, at four to one, won the classic Futurity at Sheepshead Bay by a length and a half driving. Lyx Casto was second and Barry third in a stellar, record crowd of 80 000 cheering the winner. The event drew high praise for its fast track and favorable conditions.
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John KE. Madden
Yankee
Sheepshead Bay
Lyx Casto
Barry
Constitution Beaten Narrowly At Newport First Trial Race
The Constitution, freshly from the Herreshoff shipyard, was decisively defeated by the Columbi over fifteen miles windward and back in four minutes nineteen seconds as the first trial to select the cup defender. Admirers scramble for excuses for the defeat.
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Constitution
Newport
Columbi
Tine
Wal
Rng
Herreshoft
Three Lynchers Convicted in Alabama Prison Case
In a southern court, three men were convicted for the lynching of Robert White, a Black man. The judge imposed ten years for two, while Gea Hownd received life imprisonment after sentencing in the same case. The proceedings reflect the era's harsh treatment and legal responses to mob violence.
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Easis
Tumphal Ala
Robert
White
Gea Hownd
Chinese Minister Shuffle Sends Wu Ting Fang Abroad
Dispatches indicate Wu Ting Fang must leave Washington and Li Ching Pang will succeed him in London while Sir Cher Lo Feng Lu, the Chinese minister in London, is appointed to St. Petersburg. Wu Ping Kang is reassigned from Washington to London.
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London
Li Ching Pang
Ti Hung Chang
Vite
Petersburg
Stt Sa
London Times
Pekin
China
Cher Lo Feng
St. Petersburg
Wu Ping’ Kang
Washington
Secretary Root Ill at Home in New York Plans Short Rest
Secretary of War Root is at his residence in New York with an illness. His physicians say there is no danger and no operation is needed. Mrs. Root says he needs rest and that they will sail to Southampton for a few days.
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Root
New York
Navy department uses press in learning Gustaf Claeson case
A telephone tip from a Washington resident led to a claimed address for Gustaf Claeson connected with the Battle of Santiago and the Semley court inquiry. The message was not made public.
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Navy Department
Gustaf
Claeson
Santiago
Lemley
Semley Court of i
Washington
United States
Record High Hog Price Over Seven Years Reported
The Sioux City market records show hogs commanding an average price of 6.25 dollars over the past seven years, a peak figure highlighted in the report.
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Sioux City
Howison Denies Being An Enemy Of Schley
Acting Secretary Hackett released a letter from Rear Admiral Howison denying he is an enemy of Schley and that he never spoke the remarks attributed by Boston papers. Hackett said the department is still split and Howison may remain on the court if Schley’s counsel objects. Schley and his counsel discussed the letter and criticized Howison’s stance. Lawyers plan to file objections in a note to the Navy’s chief.
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Awe Hackett
J Lowison
Lttter
Schley
Boston
Hackett Hhas
Jlowison Wold
Howison
Targeof
Navy
Wife abandons husband after family of six
A Burlington fireman finds his wife gone with their four children after she left a note and boarded a train to Council Bluffs. Police assist in locating her while the husband hopes she has not harmed herself or lost her mind. The couple married six years with children aged eleven months to six.
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Thomas Harsh
Burlington
Nebraska
Mikiss
Loui
Comune i Bluffs
Ife
Nun
Ola
Robbed of Ten Dollar Bills After Night in Beatrice
James Snyder, a laborer from Beatrice Neb, visited Linen in Nebraska with Coney Schmidt. They toured several brothels and visited Kizzie Campbell's home. Snyder discovered six ten dollar bills and one five dollar bill missing from his pocketbook after they left. Schmidt claimed to have lost his pocketbook but showed only five cents. Police were dispatched to arrest Campbell.
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James Snyder
Beatrice
Neb
Coney Schmidt
Taree Uadertook
Kizzie Campbell
Snyder
Schmidt
Mancharged With Attempted Murder After Shooting Wife Near Peoria Wis
George Potts of Pottsdim is jailed on charges of trying to murder his wife. The couple’s dispute led to her fleeing on a horse to her brother’s home. Potts allegedly swore out a warrant for horse stealing and opened fire as officers returned to serve it, grazing her neck and injuring her.
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George Potts
Potts Dim
Peoria
Wis
Potts
Jene
Tiene Tiftition
Unknown man killed in Omaha by oncoming train
An unidentified man attempting to fight a westbound train in Columbus Nebraska was killed instantly. His head was crushed and one arm severed. He carried no papers for identification. Reports suggest he was traveling from Schuyler toward Kearney. An inquest will be held.
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Colombus
Neb
Schuyler
Kearney
Bank Building Blown Up In Kinde Michigan Burglaries
A burglary at White's Bank in Kinde Michigan Wednesday night resulted in the destruction of the bank building and its contents after an explosion. Thieves secured only about $1,000, but detonated explosives that wrecked mortgages notes and the vault.
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Tames If I Tall’s
Kinde, Mich
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Géneva
Arizona
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Goen
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