Fire damages farms and towns across the region
A string of Nebraska fires destroys the Solworden farm near Petersburg and the Biles block in Fremont. A woman in Fremont dies in a carbolic acid suicide. The southern hotel in Talmage burns with unknown origin. Other notes mention teachers’ meetings in Fremont, factory work shifts in Omaha, pawned post office burglaries at Palmer, and a county land ownership dispute in Nemaha and Atchison counties.
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Solworden
Petersburg
William Huse
Ponca Journal
Dixon County
Fremont
Fucus
Talmage
ArrTen
Union Pacific
Omaha
Palmer
Nebraska
GA. R
Falls City
Kansas
Joan Hawley
North Platte
Sutherland
Hawley
Ancient Order United Workman
Nemaha County
Atchison County
Missouri
Cyrist Buckelman
Elmwood
William Swan
Charles Burnett
George Coles
South
Venezuela
New Orleans
Wakefield
St Louis
St. Louis
D. S&s Kerr
Broken Bow
Greeley Center
Greeley County
G. W. Jonxson
Hospital For the Insane
Hastings
Joplin
Lincoln
Johnson
Utah
H. H. Witney
Bertrand
A. M. Hill
Willey
Clayton
Jessy Lupy
Alliance
Reform School
Kearney
D. L. Goodwin
Miller
Johnson County
H. G. Crissey
Frank Rothell
Alaska
Hearthe
New Mexico Legislature Meeting Time Debate Sparks Heated Exchange
The New Yorker condemns a proposed change in the New Mexico Legislature meeting time. A brisk exchange follows as supporters and opponents argue policy and access. The same period sees passage of a federal fees bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
New Mexico
Senate Heated Over Fees to Salaries Clause
March 28 news from Wasumatox reports the Senate debating an appropriation bill clause shifting U S district attorneys and marshals from fees to salaries. Sherman and Vilas amendments failed 18 to 20 and Hill denounced the move as a political trick amid cross chatter from Elkins Cullom and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumatox
Senate
Sherman
United States
Allison
Tloar
Legislative Assembly of
New Mexico
Mr. Elkins
Mr. Hill
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Mr. Cullom
Reed Against McKinley at Oklahoma City Rtdg Convention
Oklahoma City braces for a heated Republican territorial convention with Reed and McKinley factions each claiming a majority. A move to oust Henry E Asp and a plan to elect a national committeeman are anticipated, pitting Reed against McKinley forces and country delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauw Goutube
Okla
Oklahoma City
Reed
McKinley
Henry £. Asp
Guthrie
Hare
Rich Hill Policeman Claims Heir to 60 Million Estate
Policeman James L. McCarthy is notified as heir to a 60 million dollar estate left by Mordecai Price. The property lies in Baltimore and was held under a ninety nine year lease that has now expired. Claims of McCarthy and other heirs will be pursued in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Hill
Rich Hunt
James L. McCarthy
Mordecai Price
Altimore
McCarthy
Missing Missouri probate judge feared murdered in Jako incident
Dexter Missouri March 28. R W Thompson probate judge of Stoddard county is missing and feared foul play occurred in Jako where he traveled last Friday to cash a $1200 check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neen
Dexter
R. W. Thompson
Stoddard County
Jako
Jil
Judge appoints receiver for National Linseed Oil Co
Chicago March 28 Judge Gibbons ordered a receiver appointed for the National Linseed Oil Company and dismissed Louis A. Quocard’s bill for a receiver for lack of equity. The ruling ends the immediate legal bid to seize assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons
National Linseed Oil Company
Louis A. Coquard
Reed's Boom Launched For Republican Nomination
Boston March 28 delegates at the Republican State convention declared their clear preference for Thomas B Reed of Maine as the presidential nominee. Speaker Reed was hailed with repeated cheers as Massachusetts pledged unwavering support and elected four delegates at large to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thomas Crackett Reed
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Reed
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
W. T. Murray Crane
Dalton
Eben S. Draper
Hopedale
Curtis Guild, Jr
Private bills take precedence as House stalls appropriations work
In Washington on March 28 the House divided over private claims as Mr. Hepburn opposed the sundry civil appropriation bill. A rising vote defeated Mr. Cannon's motion to shift to private claims, with 88 to 65. After further divisions and a roll call 47 to 77, supporters of private bills celebrated. The body then moved to the committee of the whole to consider private calendar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
Cannon
House
Grout
Vermont
Millions for Defense Passes Navy Bill in House
The naval appropriation bill was approved by the House with four battleships and fifteen torpedo boats authorized. An attempt to raise battleship total to six failed by a 32 to 334 vote. The bill carries 31,611,034 dollars, with total project costs near 35.6 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Messrs
Hanley
Cummings and Johnson
California
Boutelle
Hulick
Robinson
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Reed
McKinley
Allison
Republicans select two delegates in Third district meeting
The Third congressional district Republicans met in Cuarnxstox West Virginia on March 24 and chose two delegates to attend the national convention in St Louis. The delegates favor McKinley protection and sound money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Cuarnxstox
W. Va
St. Louis
Free Coinage Resolution Introduced in Congress
Washington March 28 Senator Allen introduced a resolution urging Congress to not adjourn without restoring free coinage of silver and to strip from the Treasury Secretary the authority to issue bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washneton
Allen
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Clarkson Fault Targets McKinley Strategy in Republican Race
James Clarkson, Allison campaign manager and RNC secretary, returns from the west with a critique of McKinley’s delegate prospects. He argues most states have not yet chosen, warns that overstatement by McKinley backers alienates Republicans, and predicts three of four remaining states will back other candidates, with no majority on the first ballot at St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
South
Mississippi Valley
New York
Connecticut
New England
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Iowa
McKintey
St. Louis
McKinley Strength Reported by General Grosvenor
General Grosvenor released the McKinley delegate strength through Saturday night. He emphasized accuracy and declined to claim delegates not absolutely for McKinley while noting state votes from Alabama to New Mexico and the ongoing endorsements in Ohio and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grosvenor
McKinley
Alabama
New York
Arkansas
Ohio
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Illinois
South Dakota
Indiana
West Virginia
Kansas Indian Territory
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Mexico
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska Republicans near convention with McKinley lead
Omana Neb March 31 delegates to the Nebraska Republican convention are not yet chosen in two weeks. Most counties have delegates for McKinley with some instructed for Manderson. Manderson avoids trouble. Conventions favor direct election of U S Senators and sound money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Sare
Nebraska
Omana
Neb
McKinley
Manderson
United States
First Democratic Caucus in Iowa Adopts Boies Endorsement
In Webster City Hamilton county on Saturday the first Iowa Democratic convention to pick delegates for Ottumwa met. It adopted resolutions endorsing ex Governor Horace Boies of Iowa for president calling him the great commoner the Gladstone of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
Iowa
Ottumwa
Webster City
Hamilton County
Horace Boies
Reprieve Granted in Pashon Case in Missouri
Jorrenson City Missouri March 31 The governor granted a reprieve to Thomas Pashon until May 6. He was sentenced to be hanged in St Joseph next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marterer Pashon
Jorrenson City
Thomas Pashon
St. Joseph
Interstate Commerce long and short haul case decided
The U.S. Supreme Court in Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway et al affirmed the lower court. The ruling upheld the anti discrimination provision of the act prohibiting higher short haul charges and addressed the ICC's power to fix maximum rates. Justice Shiras delivered the opinion.
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Ant
Wasninctex
Unite States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Act
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati, New Orleans &Texas Pacific Railway Company
Western & Atlanta Railway Company
The
Georgia Railway Company
Shiras
Pacific Coast Easter Occurs After Spring Moon
In Tacoma March 31, astronomers note the first full moon after the spring equinox appeared just after 10 p.m. Saturday. Because of Pacific time, Easter would fall on Sunday for this coast, while the East and other regions see the date shift to next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Slope
New York
London
East
Sherif Slain at a Funeral in Cedar County
At Cedar church ten miles east of here Isaac Reuben shot and killed Sheriff Campion Battiest of Cedar County during a funeral. Reuben says Battiest fired first and he then killed the officer with a Winchester and later fired more rounds. Reuben claims to have fired twenty seven bullets and has not yet been arrested.
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Cedar Church
Here
Isaac Reuben
Campion Battiest
Cedar County
Reuben
Battiest
New Southern Concerns in First Quarter
The Tradesman reports 497 new industries organized or incorporated in Southern states in Q1, 1896, vs 576 in Q1 1895 and 317 in Q1 1894. Ninety two new cotton mills started, down from 103. Georgia adds 27 mills, South Carolina 24, North Carolina 19, other states share the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CaHarranooga
Tenn
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Nassau Junction Robbers Brought Back
Detectives brought William Rogers William Bruce Morris and Warry Harold Vaughn from Evansville Indiana to Nassau Junction Nevada Missouri to answer charges of robbing a freight crew and shooting Conductor Trickett The case is set for trial before Judge Davis next Monday A $200 reward for each robber will be paid on conviction
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Nassau Junction
Nevada
William Rogers
William Bruce Morris
Warry Harold Vaughn
Evansville
Ind
Trickett
Payment Planned for Cherokee Freedmen in CofFeYville
J Milton Turner of St Louis says arrangements are complete for government payment to Cherokee Freedmen. Revisions to the roll will take about thirty days, with about 250 dollars per person to be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
J. Milton Turner
St. Louis
Pilgrims Blessed by the Pope Blessing Granted to Lourdes Pilgrimage
Cardinal Satolli informed Father William Smith of St Vincent de Paul in New York that the pope has extended his blessing to the Brooklyn pilgrims departing July 8 for Lourdes and other sanctuaries. The Throops, organizers, are specially named in the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cardinal Satolli
William Smith
St. Vincent de Paul's Church
Brooklyn
Lourdes
Throop
Yaqui Indians Defeated in Mexican Mountain Fight
Officials report a clash between government troops led by Captain Ayala and Yaqui forces near an Indian village in Tisroosin, Coahuila Mexico. Twenty Yaquis killed and several wounded as authorities plan to concentrate a large troop force in the territory.
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Tisroosin,Co
Mexico
Ayala
Widow sues ex-postmaster for breach of promise
Mrs. Ella Fiero of Pittsburg Kansas sues A J Georgia former postmaster of Fort Scott for breach of promise claiming he promised to marry her but then switched to another wife and offered 700 to settle. She alleges he later married another woman and refuses to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fort Scott
Kan
Ella Fiero
Pittsburg
A. J. Georia
The Texas Delegation's Division
Webster Wilson states Cuney authorized the Texas delegation to the St Louis convention with fourteen votes for Allison, ten for Reed and six for McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Webster Wilson
Cuney
St. Louis
Allison
Reed
McKinley
Rosebery assails Liberal foreign policy in speech
The Earl of Rosebery, Liberal leader, charged the government with a lack of continuity in foreign policy. He warned of near wars with the United States and Germany, criticized Armenia’s history, and condemned the Nile expedition and the Siam pact. He urged clearer national confidence and opposed desert distractions in the Soudan. The speech largely shifted to domestic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox
Maren
Earl of Roseberry
Liberal Party
National Liberal Federation
United States
Germany
Armenia
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
France
Siam
Soudan
Lord Rosebery
Egypt
Texas Fusion Scheme Endangers Democratic Wins in Texas
A report from Austin says Republicans and Populists may fuse. Republicans would back Populist state officers and Populists would place Republican electors on their ballots. If true, this could endanger the Democratic hold this year. In 1894 Culberson led Democrats with 207,167 votes. Populists 152,731. black and tan Republicans 54,520. lily white Republicans 5,096. combined opposition exceeded 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Culberson
Illinois Pastors Indicted For Flag Law Violations
The Champaign county grand jury indicted Governor Altgeld and the Illinois University board for non compliance with the flag law. It also indicted Rev. Father Wagner of St Mary’s and Rev. red Verehahan of St Peter’s German Lutheran for failing to maintain the US flag over their parochial schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nlinois
Cuyaammpai Ign
Ill
Champaign County
Burden for Christ Lightens the Weight of Murders
A reflective remark on bearing a burden for Christ diminishing the weight of murder in the heart, asserting moral strength through sacrifice rather than physical weaponry. It emphasizes inner resolve over violence and frames burden as spiritual purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Manderson McKinley Pact Fails to Spark Delegates Hope
In Omaha on March 33 the Republican primaries to select county convention delegates yielded no contest. The event marks the first clear signal that the Manderson McKinley compromise has little impact on delegate selections.
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Manderson
Omaha
Neb
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Charles Callahan
Bidney, Nebraska
Hill
Elkins
Oklahoma
Asida
Clarkson
M'Kinley
Sime
General Grosvenors
Boies
Supreme Court
Pacific Coast
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