Nebraska items recount strange events and civic notes
The Nebraska region reports a mix of incidents and local progress. Converts from Evangelist Redding active at Fullerton. Gibbon sees notable religious revival. An American eagle shot near Biella. library funds sought by Holdrege teachers. Lushton G A R post completes a new cince hall for exclusive use. Osceola church clears a $300 debt. McCandless switch area safe blown with no gain. Pierce county potato harvest and Jackson store fire noted. A broken lens of misdeeds and a missing money case in Benedic, and other local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Redding
Fullerton
Gibbon
Tip
Biella
Holdrege
C. W. Hays
Lushton
Cnnce
Osceola
McCandless Switch
Stella
J. R Riddle
Pierce‘county
J. Welch
Jackson
Pat Barry
Frank Davey
CG. A. Pyle
Benedict
William Schwab
Plattsmouth
DBR
Fike
Missouri Pacific
West Side
John L. Clark
Johnson County
Lin‘coln
Ogallala
Wood
Burland
Edward
V. Bells
Bartley
Ward
Nelson & Co
Ceresco
Buffalo County
F.Y. Robertson
County
First National Bank
Sullivan
Robertson
News in Brief Condenses Foreign and Domestic Notes
Condensed foreign and domestic brief notes cover a range of subjects in concise form. This compact roundup presents quick facts, names, places, and dates drawn from across the news spectrum, preserving the period tone and urgency of a busy newsroom.
Winter tolls rise as Klondike snow deepens to three feet
Monday reports detail deepening Klondike snow three feet thick while other items note Lt Alfred B Jackson death for Nebraska university battalion commander and various political and criminal updates including a Paducah hanging and a Newport outraging case.
Latest from ladstone reports him in good health
A digest of scattered items notes ladstone in good health while other brief items report yellow fever cases in Pensacola and on the Norwegian bark Imperator, a failed Andree expedition tidings, and various legal and political developments including tobacco laws, a murder sentence, a Richmond newspaper receiver, and Henry George's will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladstone
Pensacola
Santa Fe
New York Herald
Melbourne
Australia
Federal
Omaha
Kansas Town
Prof
Andree
Monetary Commission
Imperator
San Francisco
Acapulco
Georgia
Greenfield
Mass
John O'Neill, Jr
Hattie E. McCloud
Richmond
Henry George
Fort Hamilton
South Dakota
Brookings
Missouri River
Horace Voz
Westerly
R. I
H. B. Anthony
Rhode Island
Notable Obituaries and Delayed Reports Across Nations
A Wednesday dispatch notes Chilean government cashier Walker missing with 500000 pesos. Boston capitalist H Wiswall dies in Atlanta from injuries week-old fall. Judge Cecil Scott, longtime St. Louis bar figure, passes away. Dr Julius A Skilton dies at 64 in Brooklyn after wartime surgical service. Senator Burrows foresees protracted currency debates in next Congress. Boxer Dick O’Brien signs for 1550 pounds to fight Dick Burge in London December 21. Rev Dr Luke Dorland founder of Dorland University dies aged 83 in Hot Springs NC. son Charles J Dorland remains in Springfield. Melbourne fire devastates block. insurers face 3650000 pounds losses, British firms bearing about 500000 pounds. Australian firms incur remaining losses.
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H. Wiswall
Boston
Atlanta
Cecil Scott
St. Louis
Julius A. Skilton
Brooklyn
Burrows
Michigan
Dick O'Brien
Dick Burge
London
Luke Dorland
Hot Springs
N. C
Dorland
unl+ Versley
Charles J. .Dorland
Springfield
Melbourne
Australia
Bryan in Mexico and other late November notes
Thursday November 25 items report Mr. Bryans Mexico visit for silver studies Governor Tanner of Illinois may call an extra session of the legislature New York coffee prices decline to new lows The Mona steamship carries 275000 in gold from Sydney to San Francisco Countess of Latham killed in a trap accident Ferry Hall at Pullman burned Governor Jones Arkansas offers 500 reward for J M Claytons killer Explosion at Schoenhauser Allee Germany kills one man and two girls Treasury Secretary Gage attends New York Chamber dinner Timber cutters on government land near Calhoun under arrest at Omaha Democratic Committee warns gold supporters after election Jack MacClelland vs Joe Bernstein ends in a draw Arbuckle Havemeyer sugar and coffee price rumors denied Panhandle Tex Methodist Rev Morison in Topeka on murder suspicions.
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Tanner
Illinois
New York
Mona
Sydney
San Francisco
Countess of Latham
England
Ferry Hall
Washington State Agriculture College
Pullman
Jones
Arkansas
J. M. Clayton
Schoenhauser-Allee
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
New York Chamber of Commerce
Calhoun
Neb
Omaha
W. D. Bynum
National Democratic Committee
Jack MacCleland
Pittsburg
Joe Bernstein
Arbuckles
Havemeyers
Topeka
Kansas
Rev
E. Morison
Methodist
Panhandle
Tex
Notable 19th Century Briefs From A Midwest Ledger
James C Scott tortured by tramps near Carthersville Mo with possible death risk. James S Page named watchman fireman in Des Moines at 720 yearly. Frank Kueton Chicago shoemaker fatally shot wife then himself over jealousy. Thomas McKean Philadelphia donates 100000 to UPenn law school. R H Willets missing cashier at English Ind offers to return if not prosecuted. Canadian Pacific week earnings 554000 vs 424000 prior year. Buenos Ayres frost crops yield 1,000,000 tons wheat for export. Russian papers urge China points for trio to counter Germany at Kiao-Chou and Shantung. Mrs Margaret Delvin 90 at Lambertville N J dies reportedly old age. body exhumed finds shot. George A Taylor Argentine bank cashier moved to state pen for two-year wrecking sentence. Secretary of State notes Captain Henry B Jackson named naval attaché at British embassy replacing Lewis Wintz. Interior confirms 8,182.41 acres in Evanston Wyoming for charitable and reform purposes. Consul Stephan at Annaberg cites British reports Germans expanding trade with Nicaragua due to German residents abroad.
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James C. Scott
Carthersville
James S. Page
Des Moines
Frank Kueton
Chicago
Thomas McKean
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
R. H. Willets
English
Ind
Canadian Pacific Railway
Buenos Ayres
Russia
France
Great Britain
China
Kiao-Chou Bay
Shan Ung Peninsula
Margaret Delvin
Lambertville
N. J
George A. Taylor
Qgaptain
Henry B. Jackson
Royal Navy
Lewis Wintz
Hag An
Evanston Land
Wyoming
Stephan
Annaberg
Germany
State Department
Nicaragua
Unsteady 19th Century Notices From a Toronto Chronicle
Saturday, Sov. 27 Inheritance to Cawthra Mulock of Toronto by his aunt s will. the president s message likely to stress Alaska. Dr Minor Raymond cofounder of Northwestern University Evanston dies at 40 in Chicago. Captain Herring to prepare Corwin for sea. Marshall E Cook in custody at Evansville. German-Americans urged to oppose immigration bill. Francois Mons Paris playwright commits suicide with mistress by coal fumes. Joseph Kohier, Peoria hotel inmate, to hospital after thousands in gold found in ash barrel.
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Cawthra Mulock
Toronto
Eea
Alaska
Minor Raymond
Northwestern University
Evanston
Chicago
Herring
Corwin
San Diego
Cal
Marshall E. Cook
Evansville
Ind
Congress
Francois Mons
Paris
United States
Mons
Joseph Kohier
Peoria
Fate of Americans in Congo Free State Murder and Mutilation
A Washington letter reports the killings of two American volunteers in Congo Free State during 1894–95. Burke was mutilated after ambush as his detachment fought rebels. Windeey recovered Burke’s remains. Mellin was killed in March 1897 near KabHarre when Baron Dhanis’s troops revolted. Thornton is reported in danger at Bas ka with a relief expedition sent. Gage is ill with fever at Nyangine. Burke’s body had an arm carried off by a rebel.
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Washington
Congo Free State
Leo Harmon
Ninth Street N. W
Edward Thornton
National Iencibles
War Department
Lindsayg. Burke
Frank Batchelor
Harry R. Andrews
Barry Sparlin
Mr. Mellin
United States Army
Thornton
Mellin
National Guard
Harmons
Burke
Windeey
Michau
Hites
Baska
Gage
Nyangine
Hawaiians Face Annexation Debate as Senators Leave
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota and ex Senator Dubois of Idaho plan to travel to Washington to oppose annexation. Pettigrew says Native Hawaiians largely oppose annexation and favor their own government. Four native Hawaiians, including a Wilcox change of plans, will depart for Washington to argue against annexation. Wilcox calls the trip a waste of time.
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Honolulu
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Dubois
Idaho
San Francisco
Senate
L. A. Thurston
Washington
Hilo
Hawaii
Pettigraw
United States
Robert Wilcox
Sunday School Army Aims for 1.6 Million Members
Rev Dr James A Worden, head of Presbyterian Sunday school work in New York, launches a drive to enlarge the Sunday school army from 1 million to 1.6 million. He plans enlisting 500,000 reinforcements by April 1, 1901 and urges a vigorous four year campaign across the church union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Worden
Presbyterian Church
Union
Alaler Denies Report On Miles Dispatch
Secretary Alger said he had not received any letter from General Miles and denied the dispatch claim. Port Townsend is a frontier site under consideration for fortifications and surveys by engineers may have led to the impression that troops would be placed there.
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Alaler
Washington
D.C
Alger
Miles
Port Townsend
Alaska Governor backs a commission to study needs
In Seattle Governor Brady urges Congress to authorize a three resident Alaska commission plus a senator and representative. He calls for land law extensions, fish industry regulation, native naturalization, appeal rights, game preservation, and action on smuggling. He says Alaska may become a major agricultural and mining area.
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Seattle
Wash
John G. Brady
Alaska
Congress
Brady
Washington
Fool Short at Dawson City
Seattle dispatch reports twenty five men arrived aboard from Dawson City including Thomas Magee Jr and Swift Water Bill Gales. They bring an estimated twenty thousand dollars in gold dust amid a Dawson food shortage described as a near famine. A prior shipment on the Bella carried whisky and billiard balls and left October 12 with two hundred men. the Canadian police granted free passes to the Yukon.
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Dawson City
Seattle
Wash
Thomas Magee, Jr
San Francisco
Swift
Bill’ Gales
Jos Boyle
William Huskin
F. Eckert
Robertson
H. Raymond
Dert Nason
John W. Brauer
W. H. Chambers
E. W. Pond
J. Ash
J. Gillish
Thomas Wilson
P. McGraw
Jack Dalton
William Leak
Arthur Celine
Jospeh Fairburn
J. Smith
T. Warren
Dalton Trail
Dawson
Alice
Bella
Canadian Mounted Police
Yukon
General Forgemol de Bostquenard Dead at 75
Paris reports General Forgemol de Bostquenard has died aged 75. Born September 17, 1821 at Azernables, he completed Saint Cyr and entered Algerian service in 1839 rising through ranks to colonel in 1870. He served in the Franco Prussian War, became general of brigade and, on September 16, 1871, commanded the Aisne subdivision with rank of secretary of the superior council of war.
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Paris
Forgemol de Bostquenard
Azernables
Ecol de
Aisne
Council of War
Germany to explain Len ders case to United States
The U S State Department asked Ambassador White to ascertain Germany's intentions regarding Herr Lenders after his Haytian imprisonment. If annexation or punitive displays are planned, Washington would not tolerate either course, but would accept Germany seeking satisfaction if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hartt Berlin
State Department
Washington
White
Germany
Herr Lenders
Hayti
Haytien
Hunters Kill a Desperado in Self Defense
Buffalo dispatch reports Samuel Tongue and William Dow of Mattawa Ontario killed James McConnell, a long-time desperado who terrorized Nipissing settlers, when McConnell attacked them during a crossing of Lake Teillen. Tongue shot McConnell through the stomach in self defense. the outlaw died minutes later. Settlers express relief at McConnell's death.
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Buffalo
Mattawn
Ont
Samuel Tongue
William Dow
Lake Teillen
James McConnell
Nippissing
McConnell
Chiptec Mar Die Severely Ill In Washington Visit
Colonel Chipley of Florida, after surgery for carbinels several days ago, remains in critical condition in Washington. Mrs Chipley and the colonel's son and daughter have arrived in the city. The protest overruled. The interior secretary affirmed the timber culture case against John Lawrence Jr Gruner dismissing his allegations of non compliance and Gruner's entry will pass to patent. The national Republican headquarters in Washington will remain one.
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Chiptec
Washington,d. C
W. .D. ‘Chipley
Florida
Chipley
Washington
Gruner
National Republican
Constantinople notes on Turkish plans and Krupp ironclads
The Constantinople correspondent of the London Standard reports Turkey’s minister of marine Hassen Pasha may contract with Herr Krupp to build four new ironclads, with no guidance on repairs for old vessels. The piece hints Germany’s sway over Russia and cites McKinley’s likely inclusion of Spanish notes in an annual message. Josiah L. Pearch, longtime U S consul at Colon, transfers duties and departs for New York, praised for firm, courteous service. The departure draws broad regret and sets a fine example for foreign representatives.
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Constantinople
London Standard
Turkey
Hassen Pasha
Herr Krupp
Germany
Russia
United States
Colon
Colombia
New York
Steamship Alliance
Wrat
Cify
Loved Looted Flowse Catalog Offer for Jewelry
Public notice presents a 244 page illustrated catalogue for fine jewelry watches and silverwares. It promotes solid silver ladies hat pins for 25 cents, with order details and the Mermod and Jaccard Jewelry Co. contact in St Louis.
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Anterice
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Broadway
Cor
Locust
ST. Louis
Iowa Patent Office Report Opens Delayed Patent Actions
At month end November 11 1951 the U S Patent Office reported 11151 applications awaiting action. Examiners showed arrears up to six months. Inventors and attorneys urged patience as reports on merits may be delayed. A patent was allowed to E Edwards Webster City Iowa for an arm egg separator and lamp aided egg sorting device. Des Moines solicitors Thomas G and J Ralph Orwig offered free patent information. November 24 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States Patent Office
E. Edwards
Webster City
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Cracket Jac Telegraph Invented by Counce Bluffs Inventor
A Counce Bluffs inventor obtained a patent via Sues & Co of Omaha for a simple sounding toy. A circular stamped metal disk placed in the hand vibrates to emit a telegraph like tone. The inventor is rushing to fill orders, being 2,000 gross behind. Free samples are offered by Sues & Co at Bee Building Omaha.
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Sues & Co
Omaha
Bee Building
Neb
Live Stock and Produce Markets Report Quotation Roundup
Quotations from New York Chicago Louis Omaha and etherworld summarize live stock and produce market movements. Prices for cattle hogs and grain shift amid New York and Chicago trades with regional notes from Louis and Omaha. Market analysis highlights demand supply and seasonal factors affecting prices today.
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New York
Chicago
Lu Louis
Omaha
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