Nebraska News Highlights From Te Cumseh To Duncan
A thief stole a good buggy from Grant Bright’s barn in Te Cumseh. Dodge county reports a rain saving the corn crop while wheat yields hold with larger acreage. A stranger who helped with threshing near Juniata disappeared with a Brown team and wagon. Omaha Elevator Co prepares a 26 000 bushel facility at Gothenburg. Farmer Mike Munson dies after an Elkhorn freight train incident near Howells. July mortgage activity in Polk county shows net debt rise of 533.32. Noy Taney of Avoca suffers a severe leg injury at a corn sheller. U S Civil Service exam announced for Omaha between Oct 1 and 15 1898. Souvenir from Trans Miss Exposition expected. Spanish flag to be displayed. Rail rate promos cut fare for Labor Day and other events. Local officers shift as Sergeant Gerecke replaces Lt Allen and Fire at Neligh threatens business district. A World War era shell found near Duncan adds to local curios.
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Tecumseh
Grant Bright
Dawson County
Juniata
Hartess
T. Brown
Brown
Omaha Elevator Company
Gothenburg
Mike Munson
Dodge
Howells
Fremont
Polk County
Noy Taney
Avoca
United States Civil Service Commission
Postal, Customs and Internal Revenue Service
Omaha
Secretary of the Board of Examiners
Board
Gordon W. Wattles
Omaha Bee
Meiklejohn
Quartermaster’s Department
War Exhibit Department
Western Passenger Association
National Dental Association
George A. Thomas
Holcomb
Alfred Gerecke
I. Company
Henry Allen
Second Immune Infantry
Covington
Gerecke
S. B. Lookabaugh
Neligh
Weir
William Ernst
Duncan
California
Madrid Accepts Again and Swift Peace Talks Advance
A Madrid dispatch reports Spain accepts American peace terms. The formal reply has been completed and presented to the queen regent before this afternoon’s cabinet meeting. The regent met with Conservative leader Silvera and other officials, with Romero y Robledo and General Weyler to be received later.
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General Weyler
Senor Sagasta
Canalejas
Senor Barrios
Madrid
Rear Admiral Sampson to command Eastern squadron for Spain coast
The text reports Rear Admiral Sampson ordered to lead the Eastern squadron assembled at Guantanamo Bay. The fleet includes battleships Iowa Indiana Massachusetts Oregon armored cruisers New York Brooklyn and other ships. Commodore Schley shifts to Newark while remaining active in Cuban waters.
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Wasminotox
Sampson
Spain
Madrid
Guantanamo Bay
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Oregon
New York
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Dixie
Yankee
Yosemite
Mayflower
Schley
Newark
Long
Watson
Cuban
Roosevelt to challenge Santiago campaign via court martial
Friends say Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will accept the challenge to the Santiago campaign by Secretary Alger. He plans to press charges of mismanagement and inefficiency once notified of the facts and demand a court martial to expose alleged mistakes by the War Department.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Alger
Santiago
Want Their Discharge
Camp Alger Falls Church Va Aug 8 soldiers speculate on discharge chances. Some want Cuba or Porto Rico assignments, but the majority prefer discharge to return home where wives and dependents await. They feel their duty is done with no further fighting in sight.
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Alger
Falls Church
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hobson Honored With Sword At Long Beach Mobilizes Support
Long Deacu New York reports Lieutenant Hobson described as a hero in Long Beach. Hotel guests gathered to honor him as a popular subscription raised 300 dollars. A committee bought a sword for 275 dollars to present him upon arrival in New York.
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Mobson
Long Deacu
N. Y
Hobson
Long Beach
New York
Minister Angell Farewell Audience With the Sultan
Dr. James RB Angell who resigned in May and was succeeded by Oscar S Strauss of New York had a farewell audience with the sultan in Constantinople. Angell departs his post on August 13.
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Minister Angell
Constantinople
James RB. Angell
United States
Oscar 8
Strauss
New York
Angell
Starving to Newfoundland and Labrador
Halifax August 8 The schooner Cambridge reports extreme starvation along the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. Dozens found dying by the shore. Relief is needed for about 1,600 people.
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Hallifax
Cambridge
Peaceful American occupation deepens in eastern Puerto Rico
Aug. 5 Porto Rico. General Miles advances without regard to peace talks. Wisconsin units move toward the Sixteenth Pennsylvania as Brooke’s landing at Arroyo succeeds. American marines light Cape San Juan lighthouses and secure small island positions with no resistance.
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San Juan DE Porto Rico
Cape San Juan
Montgomery
Annapolis
Puritan
Amphitrite
United States
Whitney
Florida
Raleigh
Ponce
Miles
Porto Rico
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Stulings
Brooke
Arroyo
Indiana
Missouri
Ilinois
Morgan
Cervera Visits Comrades at Navy Hospital
Admiral Cervera and his son Lt Cervera arrived from Baltimore to visit Spanish sick and wounded at the navy hospital in Nortong Virginia. He met Captain Concha and embraced former crew as he toured wards and dined with Medical Director Cleborne. The reunion follows the Santiago harbor dash.
Embarking for Home from Santiago Transports Load Troops
Washington reports the American army in Santiago is being loaded onto transports at high speed. The plan is to sail the bulk of the force to Montauk Point within days, with five immunes regiments due at Santiago to replace worn troops. General Miles commands a Puerto Rico force likely equal to campaign needs.
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Washington
Santiago
Montauk Point
L. I
Miles
Porto Rico
Wildman to Aguinaldo appeals to Philippine insurgents
London Aug 8 Hong Kong Daily Mail dispatch reports panic over possible U S withdrawal from the Philippines. It notes insurgent leaders’ dissatisfaction with Americans and Britain and quotes U S Consul Wildman urging Aguinaldo to trust the United States and resist interference as they seek to throw off Spanish rule.
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London
Hong Kong
The
Daily Mail
America
Philippines
Wildman
United States
Aguinaldo
Captain Clark Sails Home from Cuban Waters
Captain Charles E. Clark, commander of the battleship Oregon in Cuban waters near Santiago, is invalided home. Navy officials believe he suffers a climatic illness likely caused by months of tremendous strain.
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Washington
Charles E. Clark
Oregon
Cuban
Santiago
Navy Department
Clark
Infanta Maria Teresa Floated and Heads to Norfolk
The Infanta Maria Teresa has been floated and found in fair condition structurally and mechanically. The vessel will soon begin its voyage north to Norfolk under her own steam, per advices from Santiago reported by the Merritt Wrecking Company.
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Admiral Cervera
Leom
NowFaux
Merritt Wrecking Company
Santiago
Infanta Maria Teresa
Norfolk
Jeffries Battles Armstrong Then Shatters Wrist
Californian Jim Jeffries fought Bob Armstrong for ten rounds at Lenox Athletic Club last night. He defeated Armstrong in the tenth round but shattered his left wrist, leaving him unable to face Steve O'Donnell as planned.
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Armstrong
New York
Jim Jeffries
California
Bob Armstrong
Steve O'Donnell
Lenox Athletic Club
O’donnall
Looting and Peace Return in Santiago After Invasion
Santiago residents report a quiet, surrogate conquest with American merchants handling most transactions. Shops reopen gradually, American money favored, and Cuban labor visible at the docks while General Wood governs from the plaza amid Red Cross flags.
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New York
Santiago
Cafe Venus
Sam
Humphrey
Weston
Siboney
Iorses
General Wood
Toledo
Seville
Calderon
George Washington
Expectador Publishes McKinley Proclamation in Santiago
Santiago notes the July 23 debut of the Expectador after a hiatus since July 1. The issue prints President McKinley’s Cuban proclamation and previews series on New York City. A Central Park obelisk inscription feature appears, with plans for Declaration of Independence printing forthcoming. Company F of the 33rd Michigan Army volunteer infantry releases Company F Enterprise in Santiago.
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Santiago
Expectador
McKinley
Cuba
New York City
Central Park
United States
Island
Company F
Thirty-Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Company F Enterprise
Sternberg may be forced to relinquish army medical head
Washington reports a sensational story from the war department claiming Surgeon General Sternberg will be removed from his position as head of the Army medical department.
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New York
Washington
New York Evening Post
War Department
Sternberg
Army
Fire on Oswald quay wipes out over a million in goods
A blaze at Oswald quay in Hamburg on Aug 8 caused by spontaneous combustion in cotton destroyed merchandise valued at more than $1,000,000. Local authorities investigated the event as a major industrial fire with extensive losses.
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Hamburg
Hanpare
Oswald Quay
Majority for peace favor a continuation of the war
London reports a Madrid debate on peace with Sagasta. Nocedal pushes war citing global conflagration benefits. Romero y Robledo says the US demand includes Manila and Subig Bay with a word swap for possession. Castelar warns to recall Virginius and preserve sovereignty over Porto Rico. Silvera opposes policy change.
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London
Madrid
Daily
Senor Sagasta
Manila
Subig Bay
M. Cambon
McKinley
Philippines
Americana
Splendid
Senor Castelar
Virginius
Spain
United States
Porto Rico
Senor Silvera
Annexation sentiment grows among Cuban-born Americans
In Santiago de Cuba on July 23 American citizens born in Cuba debate annexation. Garcia advocates Cuba joining the United States as essential to Cuba’s welfare, and many officers align with his view, reflecting factional shifts within the Cuban forces.
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Santiago DE Cuna
Thos
United States
Garcia
Cuba
Guatemala Revolt Report Reaches San Francisco
A transmission from a Morales ally in Tampachula describes Prospero Morales at San Marcos Quetzaltenango backing the revolution. Morales reportedly commands 700 men with 5000 Remington rifles as telegraph lines hamper details of the revolt.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
General Morales
Tampachula
Prospero Morales
San Marcos Quetzaltenango
Ocon
Miguelin
Morales
Victims of Yellow Fever Scourge Report
Sanitary report from Santiaco on August 4 shows 3354 sick, 2548 fever cases, 502 new fever cases, 649 sent back to duty, and 16 deaths for August 4. Four Michigan troops died of yellow fever, as reported by Shafter.
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Santiaco
Michigan
Shafter
Dirigo Arrives at Sxatrie with Klondike Dust Returnees
The steam er Dirigo reached Sxatrie from St Michael's with 100 passengers, about forty Klondikers among them, carrying $200000 in dust and nuggets. Many failed to reach up the river and must winter at St Michael's or go back to the States.
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Sxatrie
Wash
Dirigo
St. Michael's
Dirige
St Michael's
States
Lipton gift to princess funds London dining rooms
Ten days ago Sir Thomas Lipton visited Marlborough House and presented the Princess of Wales with a 500000 dollar check to establish dining rooms in London. Working people may secure substantial meals at from two to eight cents.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Narlboroughhouse
Princess of Wales
Tanner's Offer Accepted to Furnish Illinois Colored Troops
Washington August 8 The war department accepted Governor Tanner of Illinois offer to furnish a regiment of Illinois colored troops to relieve the First Illinois at Santiago.
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Tanner
Washington
Ilinois
Santiago
War Department
State Poll Tax Law Upheld by Judge Simons
Fort Scott Kansas August 8 Judge Simons sustains state poll tax law by ruling against C R Ashby on all three points raised in the test case.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Simons
C. R. Ashby
To Be Made Floating Hospitals
Dr W Corbusier medical surveyor for Philippine expedition reports that the transports Arizona and Scandia will be converted into floating hospitals upon arrival at Manila.
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San Francisco
W. Corbusier
Philippines
Arizona
Scandia
Manila
Shells Keep Rolling At Carpenter Steel Works
Despite ongoing peace talks, the Carpenter Steel Works in Arapina Pa continues shell and projectile production under heavy government demand since the war began.
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Arapina
Carpenter Steel Works
Rain Favors Harvest as Nebraska Crops Benefit Nationwide
A statewide weather update notes beneficial soaking rains across Nebraska Colorado and Iowa improving crop prospects. Rain totals varied by location with values from .05 to 1.36 inches, boosting corn oats and wheat while harvest haymaking and threshing proceed.
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Sava
Nebraska
Inet
Colorado
Iowa
Gulf
Lincoln
Omaha
Valentine
North Platte
Ashland
Columbus
Fairbury
Fairmont
Hartington
O'Neill
Tecumseh
Holdrege
Curtis
Red Cloud
Republican
Wilsonille
Arapahoe
McCook
Ben
Union Pacific Awards First Outside Locomotive Contracts Since 1890
The Union Pacific announces ten new heavy freight locomotives for the Wyoming division. Eight to be built at Brook Locomotive in Dunkirk New York and two at Schenectady Locomotive Works New York. Delivery expected by October 1 with plans by Omaha motive power department.
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Union Pacific
Department of Motive Power
Anys
Omaha Bee
Wyoming Division
Brook Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
Schenectady Locomotive Works
Schenectady
N. Y
Department of Motive Power and Machinery
Burt
Omaha
Brooks
Cooke
Rogers
Baldwin Locomotive Works
New York
Schenectady Works
Soldier in a Bad Box
Jack Liebee a Kearney boy and member of Company A Nebraska volunteer infantry now at Chickamauga returned home without leave to see his parents. He faced possible desertion charges and was arrested in Kearney by Major Hoover and held for transfer to Fort Omaha after formal notice to Chickamauga authorities. Local sentiment presumes no intent to desert.
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Kearney
Jack Liebee
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Chickamauga
St. Louis
Nebraska
Hoover
Liebee
Fort Omaha
Thousands of Children Hope for Excursion Run
Secretary Ford of the Board of Women Managers for the Trans Mississippi Exposition reports preliminary estimates for a boys and girls excursion series. The first trip from Hooper and Norfolk areas could draw at least 1,000 children if railroad rates are favorable.
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Ford
Board of Women Managers
Hooper
Norfolk
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Sidney, Webraska
Nebraska News
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Roosevelt
Samo
Cervera
Justice of America
Captain Clark
Maria Teresa
Jeffries
Daily Expectador
Majority For
Sagnata
Sched
Sir Thomas Lipton
Jupiter Pluvius
Cern
Union Pacific Progress
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