Miscellaneous 1902 News Briefs Range Wide
A digest of short items noting counts of U S counties Texas with 246 and Delaware with 3. Topics include a European pipe trust, Reid railroad claims arbitrator, Salvation Army solicitor blind but active, New Jersey canal plan, troop death notices to be cable reported biweekly, Rose Coghlan seeking Montana citizenship via cattle ranch, floods in Kw ang province 1000 dead, no extra Cuba treaty session, locust damage 1874 Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa, Northern Pacific river bridges, Roosevelt Milwaukee visit, Perry Kansas murder over alleged family blackmail, royal printing ties, Kansas railroad miles, Cuba sugar exports, India famine, Bogota army, Japanese naval activity near Korea, Louisiana Purchase exposition souvenir coins, Columbia river salmon, and Westminster abbey coronation viewing plans.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Congress
New Jersey
Delaware River
Raritan River
Philippines
Rose Coghlan
Montana
Hong Kong
London Daily Express
Kwang Province
Senate
Cuba
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Mellen
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Willamette River
Portland
Roosevelt
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Milwaukee
J. W. Colley
Perry
Kan
L. P. Simmons
Colley
Simmons
Edward
England
Alfred Borcker
Mayence
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Company
Rock Island
India
Bombay Presidency
Bogota
Atlantic
Republic
Gonzales Valencia
St. Petersburg
London Globe
Kothnesan
Francis
Shaw
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
Westminster Abbey
London
Final tariff pact with China signed by Sherretts
Dispatch from T. S. Sherretts, treasury expert, says a tariff treaty with China was signed on the 16th and he will sail home on the first steamer. The agreement, part of post Boxer peace terms, aims to open China's interior markets and abolish the Likin tax for American goods in transit. Sherretts' report is dated Shanghai and omits treaty details.
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Washington
State Department
T. S. Sherretts
Treasury
United States
China
Sherretts
Hay
Congress
New York
Shanghai
Gala Reception Planned for Taft in Manila
Governor Taft is due in Manila next Wednesday aboard the US gunboat General Alava after departing Singapore. A grand reception is planned with decorated harbor ships, a procession of small craft, arches along his march route, a launch disembarkation at the captain of the port, and a palace banquet that evening.
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Manila
Taft
Singapore
Straits Settlements
United States
General Alava
Alava
Valacanan Palace
American plan to move on Bacolod amid Moro threat
Aug 18 report says Moro activity in Mindanao is critical with American forces expected to strike Bacolod where two Twenty-seventh regiment members were killed recently. An August 7 Moros attack at Camp Vickers left two Americans dead and one wounded. General Chaffee argued for decisive action to keep Moros allied amid rising opposition in Bacolod.
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Manila
Minandazo
Bacolod
Twenty-seventh
Camp Vickers
Cacolod
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Lanao
Chaffee
Mindanao
Two Outlaws Strung Up in Cordell Oklahoma Mob
A mob of several hundred men abducted Levi Reed and Bud Wingo from the county jail and hanged them from trees near Cordell to extract information about the Casey Cravens gang. Reed nearly died from strangulation before revival. The case aimed to disrupt the gang’s crimes in southern Oklahoma.
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Cordell
Okla
Levi Reed
Bud Wingo
Casey-Cravens
Reed
Oklahoma
Governor Savage Considers Troop Aid in Nebraska
Governor Savage and Union Pacific officials met with Mayor Walker and county leaders at North Platte to discuss sending state troops to quell strikers accused of trespassing on Union Pacific property and threatening new employees. No major violence yet, with the sheriff confident in maintaining order. Savage plans a further investigation and decision before departing to Lincoln tomorrow. Leaders of the strikers pledge to aid in preventing violence.
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North Platte
Neb
Savage
Union Pacific
Walker
Lincoln
Vaughan Forms First New Political Party of 20th Century
W Ra Vaughan formerly of Nebraska is in New York at the Astor house to organize Vaughan s justice party the first new party of the twentieth century. He says the party promises liberty for all Americans and opposes trusts and monopolies and he plans a New York convention at an early date.
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New York
W. Ra Vaughan
Nebraska
Astor House
Party of Justice
Pope Receives Long Telegram From Catania Catholics
The pope in Rome received a 20 000 word telegram of congratulations from Catholics of Catania Sicily. The note amused him since Vatican telegraphs are accepted and delivered free under the Italian government settlement. He urged the building of a chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
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Rome
Catania
Sicily
Vatican
Heiress to Fair Estate Heads to San Francisco
Plainview New Jersey August 18 Mrs Nelson and her son Abram the mother and half brother of the late Mrs Charles Fair left Newmarket for San Francisco to oversee their interests in the Fair estate division.
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Plainview
N. J
Nelson
Abram
Charles Fair
Newmarket
San Francisco
Imperial troops crush rebel HQ in India n an August clash
Viceroy of Sze Chuan reports Imperial troops attacked the rebel stronghold at Indianan on August 12. About one thousand rebels were killed. Their leader Tong You Hung was captured and executed.
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Pekin
Sze Chuan
Indianan
Tong You Hung
Killing of Charles Osterman Reported in Wyoming Conflicts
Fremont Nebraska learns of the death of Charles Osterman a 30 year old sheep rancher born in Fremont and married three months ago to Bessie Havens. The telegram from Nickerson says he was likely shot amid Wyoming cattlemen and sheepmen clashes near Rock Springs. His father Charles Osterman Sr. resides in Central City and the couple moved west to live on the groom's ranch.
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Fremont, Neb
Charles Osterman
Fremont
Rock Springs
Wyo
Nickerson
Wyoming
Osterman
Central City
Neb
Bessie Havens
Platte
M. Havens
Cattleman Clyde Ingram Shot Over Stock Feud
Clyde Ingram of the Maud Ingram family, known as the western cattle queen lineage, was seriously wounded in Bayard Nebraska amid a stock trespass dispute. He tried to demolish a neighbor’s corral to free stock, the neighbor fired, wounding Ingram in the neck.
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Bayard, Neb
Clyde Ingram
Ingram
Maud Ingram
Drowned Girl in Nemaha River Near Sterling
Hattie Webber, 15, daughter of Ind Webber, a farmer near Sterling Nebraska, drowned in the Nemaha river while fishing. Her brother and others nearby tried to help after she went under. she died before medical aid arrived. She had recently suffered fainting spells, which is thought to have caused the accident.
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Sterling
Neb
Gladson Receives Tar and Feathers in Seward
In Seward Nebraska on August 18 a man named Gladson visiting his son in jail for stealing a team was detained after drinking Seward liquor and insulting a woman. He was tarred and feathered by a party of men who then released him.
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Seward
Neb
Gladson
Aurora
Nebraska National Guard Mobilization Awaited
Governor Savage and Adjutant General Colby await war department guidance before issuing orders to mobilize the Nebraska National Guard at Fort Riley Kansas. It is certain two regiments will be ordered into camp but timing remains unsettled.
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Lincoln, Neb
Savage
Colby
War Department
Nebraska National Guard
Fort Riley
Kan
Frontier County Fair Set for September 23 to 26
Frontier County Agricultural Society Secretary Cheney announces extensive arrangements for the Frontier County Fair in Stockville Nebraska from September 23 to 26. The speed program lists purses exceeding 500 dollars for the speed events.
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Stockville
Neb
Cheney
Frontier County Agricultural Society
Child Scarred by Accident Dies in Nebraska
The ten months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Levi Shultz near Palmer, Nebraska, died from injuries after an accidental scalding. The incident occurred near St. Paul on August 18.
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ST. Paul, Neb
Levi Shultz
Palmer
Prince Chen Sails from Vancouver on Empress of Japan
Prince Chen arrived in Vancouver on August 18 and sails today aboard the Empress of Japan. Mme. Melba also reached the city en route to Australia.
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Vancouver
B.C
Prince Chen
Mme
Melba
Australia
Hemphill, Former Atlanta Mayor Founder of Constitution Dies
Colonel William A. Hemphill, notable Atlanta figure and founder of the Atlanta Constitution, died suddenly in Atlanta tonight. He previously served as mayor and led major city projects during his tenure.
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Atlanta
William A. Hemphill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Four police officers killed in Kansas City shooting
Kansas City MO Aug 18 Officer Frank L. Stone died of a bullet wound after attempting to arrest four suspects at Riverview. He named Pete Nugent as the shooter. Nugent and brothers James Nugent Charles Ross and John Warrington were arrested and held for Stone's murder.
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Kansas City
Frank L. Stone
Riverview
Kansas
Stone
Pete Nugent
James Nugent
Charles Ross
John Warrington
Wheat Crop Yields Surprise Farmers in Ravenna Nebraska
In Buffalo County near Ravenna on August 18, farmers report winter wheat yields ranging from twenty five to fifty five bushels per acre. Most fields average around thirty five bushels. Corn also looks good as threshing begins.
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Buffalo County
Ravenna
Neb
G A R Affairs General Order Announces Hastings Reunion
A GAR general order signed by Commander Steele and Adjutant General Howe notes the Nebraska department encampment to be held in Hastings from September 1 for six days. The notice urges attendance, lists speakers from Iowa and Illinois, and outlines tents, concessions, and travel incentives with one fare round trip available September 7–11 from Nebraska points and September 8–10 from elsewhere, good for return September 15, 1902.
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C. F. Steele
Matt Howe
G A. R
Nebraska
Paul Vandervoort
Hastings
Neb
Jesse Cole
the Hammer
Iowa
Hutchins
Des Moines
Lindt
John W. January
Illinois
Andersonville
T. J. Creeth
Savage
Iith
Deceived Woman Anxious to Return
Mrs. Sarah Tippin alias Sarah Carr, known for traveling to Sioux City to marry, was detained before meeting the man. She was housed at Mothers' Jewels home, then visited friends in St. Joseph, Missouri. A message requesting her return arrived but another took her place.
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York
Neb
Sarah Tippin
Sarah Carr
Sioux City
Foreman killed by train near Edison Nebraska
Max Anton foreman of the paint gang at the McCook Burlington shops was struck by the second section of train No 2 about a mile east of Edison and instantly killed. His body was mangled and not found until the next morning. He had been visiting a daughter in Des Moines and was returning home.
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M'Cook
Max Anton
McCook
Burlington
Edison
Des Moines
Nebraskan Dies in New Mexico
Clarence Cameron, longtime Elkhorn agent and operator for Bee, died in Las Vegas New Mexico after a consumption illness. He was a member of the MWA carrying 3000 life insurance for his wife and 900 with the Ben-Hurs for his mother. He was a popular figure on the road.
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New Mexico
Seward
Neb
Clarence Cameron
Elkhorn
Bee
Las Vegas
N. M
M. W. A. Order
Tie
Mad Dog Shot After Hydrophobia Symptoms in Fremont
Fremont Neb Aug 16 a dog displaying hydrophobia symptoms was shot in the city. It is not known that the animal had bitten anyone.
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Fremont, Neb
Dewey and Anderson clash over Manila siege
General Thoms M. Anderson, recently retired, recalls meeting Admiral Dewey after Manila. Anderson offered to take the town, Dewey declined, citing May 1 events. Anderson retorted that Dewey only smashed a few pewter ships, and the pair have not been friends since. An officer from the Second Oregon regiment recounts the tale.
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Dewey-Anderson
Thoms M. Anderson
Ist
Dewey
Manila
Anderson
Oregon Regiment
Defiance Starch Claims Superior Results Over Competitors
A promotional claim states Defiance starch yields better results than all other brands and offers about a third more product for the same money.
Wise Woman Chooses Friends Over Lovers In Citing Starch Deal
A witty ad notes a wise woman favors friends to lovers and promotes Defiance Starch offering higher quality with one third more starch for the same price, contrasting with other brands.
Be Sure You’re Right Then Be Sure You’re Sure
A concise admonition stresses accuracy and caution before action. The saying urges double checking decisions and information to prevent errors.
Defiance Starch Offered In 16 Ounce Pack
Some grocers do not carry Defiance Starch citing stock of 12 ounce brands. Defiance provides 16 ounces for the same price and requires no cooking, making it the better value for consumers.
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Defiance
Peter's Peace Collection in Rome Falls Short
In Rome on August 18 Assumption day church collections for Peter's Peace totaled 5000 dollars, far below expectations. The report notes the lower than anticipated sum across all Roman churches.
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Rome
Peter's
Grand Army Reunion in Cambridge Nebraska
Great preparations for the southwestern district Grand Army of the Republic reunion in Cambridge August 25 to 30 with noted attractions and speakers. Concessions are selling briskly at Lavonta park, praised as one of the region’s finest parks in southwestern Nebraska.
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Cambridge
Neb
Grand Army of the Republic
Lavonta Park
Nebraska
Young Lady Adjudged Insane in Waahoo Nebraska
The examining board has declared Frances Polorney a twenty one year old young lady insane. She will be taken to the asylum at Lincoln.
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Waahoo
Neb
Frances Polorney
Lincoln
Youthful Desperadoes Held
Sheriff Smiley returns from Oak Neb with Nicholas Mattingly aged 17 and Edward Gladsean 12 in custody for stealing a team and buggy in Seward. The pair traded the buggy for a spring wagon and tried raiding Oak and other local property. They claim to reside in Aurora.
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Seward, Neb
Sheriff Smiley
Oak
Neb
Nicholas Mattingly
Edward Gladson
Mattingly
Gladsean
Aurora
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