Mail Sack Robbed At Valentine Depot
A mail sack containing letters and large parcels was found with a wide slit at the Valentine Nebraska depot. The register parcel plus letters were missing and partial letters were recovered from a water closet as investigators probe whether the cut occurred before or after storage. The depot night operator was intoxicated and unable to explain the robbery.
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Valentine
Neb
Fr. Niehrers
Resebed
Register
Nebraska State Briefs Mixed With Crime And Weather
Aurora dispatch reports robbers halted a circus party led by Tom Smith. a mistaken halt led to a nonfatal wound during a pursuit. Other items note a second corn crop experiment in Otoe county, fines for keeping a saloon open on Sunday, and multiple jailings and burglaries. Additional notes cover a brick plant, guardsmen disputes, stolen horses, a fractured storm in Hickman, and a hail belt survey affecting Keith county.
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Aurora
Tom Smith
Whiteside
Cramer
Smith
Otoe County
Gad
Ohn Geneve
Lincoln
Johm
George Maulding
Tecumech
Wholesale Letter Robbery Uncovered in Chicago
Police and U S post office inspectors disclose a two year wholesale letter theft scheme in Chicago. Frederick Oberkampf and Travis Mack are held on federal charges after forged checks and stolen mail worth nearly one hundred thousand dollars were traced to a trunk and hotel room full of letters. More arrests anticipated as investigators seek how key letters and railway box keys fell into the suspects’ possession.
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Boston
Cuicaee
Dette
Chicago
Nervica
United States Post Office
Frederick Ven Oberkamp
Tivaas J. Mack
Veo Oberkampf
Mack
United States
Vom Oberkampf
Ahs
North Market Street
von Oferkawupf
Wuco U6
Aneuther Room
Chinexgo
Cout.n
National Bank
Lem
von Oberkampf
Hoyne
Macx
von Overkampf
Federal Grand Jury
Blaine Tours Augusta After Welcoming Maine Delegation
Boston reports describe a late morning start for the Blaine party with limited access for some visitors. A Home Market club delegation joined a conference, then the train moved to Augusta where 8,000 welcomed Blaine with cheers and a lengthy reception.
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Boston
Bissine
Home Market Club
Blaine
Augusta
Pestland
W. J. Whitehouse
Blaine Jn
Hove
Maine
Europe
United States
Weetem Packing and Crop Prospects Noted in Cincinnati Special
The Cincinnati special shows western packing at 100,000 hogs for the past week, equal to last week and 40,000 less than the same week last year. March 1 total packing stands at 3,550,000 versus 3,740,000 a year ago. Corn remains promising, oats suffer from storms and straw, winter wheat steady, spring wheat moderately worse, implying perhaps a larger overall production than last year.
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Cincinnati
Tragedy at Shenandoah Leaves Town in Mourning
Private B A Rice of Company E Fifth Iowa National Guard was buried with full military and Odd Fellows honors after being shot by Frank Gallup in a family feud. The mass funeral drew hundreds to Rose Hill cemetery as investigators piece together the brutal two night attack and a deputy’s death, with Gallup killed by Private Fletcher during a siege. The Gallup family quarrel and alleged liquor-fueled violence marked the case as one of the region’s most deadly in years.
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Hartington
Richardson County
Dan McNally
Omaha
Stuart
Iowa
Ogallala
J A. Radcliff
Brule
Crete
Bales
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missoun Valley
Arlington
Lions City & Pacific Railway
No. 1
Wabaah
Ind
Meweney
Neuisska City
Norden
Cherry County
Soutia Imne
Niobrara
Union Pacific
Lincoln
Frank Kaberly, Jr
Exeter
Nebraski Oly
Sinas
Mary EB. Shew
Slémonia
Otoe County
Fremont Masonic Temple
Presbyterian Church
York
Balcombe
Hastings
Shenandoah
Frank Gallup
Fletcher
Maee Hill
Vaan
Tragedy Strikes as Mae Haas is Shot Dead
A woman named Mae Haas was fatally shot on a Saturday in a case described as tragic. The report notes her young daughter recently faced a reprisal and life was marked by danger and sorrow surrounding the event.
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Mae Haas
Bloodshed at Shenandoah Iowa Ends in Executions
A late night melee in Shenandoah Iowa leaves Frank Gallup dead after he shoots at citizens and kills F K Pine. Gallup is then killed by Mor ney Fletcher in a house shootout as the mob drags Gallup’s body through the streets. Old man Gallup and his wife are jailed and Pine and Rice are dead. Campbell and Winfrey are gravely wounded.
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Bird O. Rice
T. H. Winfrey
Gallup
Dakota Petition to President for State Admission
A formal address from Baketa Forward to President Cleveland urges immediate admission of North and South Dakota as states. The letter cites 1 000 000 residents, vast agricultural output, banking, railroads, schools, and taxes as justification for statehood and appeals for enfranchisement.
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Baketa
Huron
North
South
Dakwan
Cleveland
Commonwealth
Hia
Grover Cleve
The
United
Dakota
North South Dakota
Congress
House of Representatives
Cango Apeak
Uni Btates
W. OC
Ausyonn
N and
South Dakota
Husox, Dak
President opposes river bill over commissioners power
Washington dispatch reports the president objects to the river and harbor bill citing how the Mississippi and Missouri river commissioners are treated. The act appropriates about 4 million for the Mississippi river and 1.1 million for the Missouri river with precise spendings. The president argues Congress should abolish or defer to the commissioners rather than binding expenditures to local sites.
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Washington Dispatch
Capitol
Missouri River
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
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Nebraska National Guards
Cole
William Robinson
Geneva
Starkz
Farey
Chadron
J. J. Mellick
Neligh
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Jagdaa Perry Hicks
Frank Kirk
Denver
John Doe
Frank Wilson
Mueter
Lee
Taylor
Jack Sheehan
District Court
Gen~ Am
BR Scott
Falls
Prohibition
A. M. Walling
Colfax
Ogaltala
Keith
Washington
House
Gillegal Tribunals
Executive Departments
Omsha
Harry Ruse
Jack Walker
Hastings Assembly
Knights of Labor
Brotherhood
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Cherokee
Gallupe
Frank
Charles
Hank
Poe
Bert
Rese Hill
Desperade
Frank Pine
Joe Hallard
Pamei Patterson
Pine
Anawer
Patterson
Campbel
Campbell
Company E
Winfrey
Bird Rice
Cutlaw
Galiaproaver
de Doeen
Merrew
Vimo
Frank Yallupa
Vine
Oniaso
Til
Times
Young Gallup
F. K. Pine
Thienbe
Gallip
Rice
Pe Ehanes
Galesburg
Fred Phillips
Ine
Shenandoas
Gallep
Odd Fellows Hall
Mr. Pine
Wheat Street
Havok
Charley
Sherif Skinner
Mount
Hanes
Company
Bassed Marine Fletcher
Jay
Eherif
Abbie
Rane
Gatesburg
Movet
Amouitet
Casss
Grenier
David Huntington
Nemaha County
Ninot
Omamia
Sriixa Brann
Ibeecsoes
Povaturns
New York
Poer Linehel
Kanbas
Spra
Nelo
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