Revival meetings and county notes in Ashland area
Revival meetings at the Methodist church in Ashland draw local attendance while statewide items report a Fairbury man’s mental breakdown, theft probes in Wilber and Wahoo, a graft of pension benefits, a Burlington eight hour day shift change, and multiple local incidents. Residents discuss livestock theft charges near Gordon, a Geneva school superintendent change, and a rash of mortgages and bankruptcies in Cass and Valley counties.
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Ashland
Benegasin Grissom
Fairbury
Famens
Fremont
Vicinity
Fh, Peavey & Co
Wakefield
Derr Snow
Banner County
Nebraska Hlorticultural Society
Schuyler
Col. Ingersoll
Tunov
Beatrice
Charity Minstrels Organization
Cass Conunty
J. L. Harmon
West Point
Burlington
Havelock
Plattsmouth
Holdrege
McCook
Lemory Youna
Elk Creek
Doopy
Platte Center
Sensiox
Saline Counts
Meeting of State Dairymen at Nebraska University
Eleventh annual Nebraska Dairymen's Association meeting set for December 17 18 19 1895 in the State University chapel. Opening session features welcome by Chancellor McLean and president's address with secretary's report. Proceedings include papers on creamery visits pasteurizing butter dairy feeds and private dairying with noted speakers from Nebraska Iowa and Colorado.
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State Dairymen
Nebraska Dairymen's Association
The
State University
McLean
I. W. Culbertson
Archer
E. J. White
Brighton
Colo
Corn Butter Culture Company
Waterloo
Ta. S. Stoddard
Kearney
H. F. McIntosh
Omaha
John Bethune
Lincoln
D. P. Ashburn
Gibbon
I. L. Lyon
Report of Relief Commission Final Expenditure Details
Report by L P Ludden secretary shows the first installment of the final commission report. It lists 24 employees led by W E Jones and details office expenses 5449.82 and private donations 28999.38 transportation costs 6573.11 from donations and 23608.56 from 50000 legislative funds plus freight 4327.57. Remaining donations 148.87 and legislative balance 878.45. Printing 600 and 544 with discount, freight outside state 22299.79, other printing 675.50, travel 514.77. The recap includes receipts 3707428.09 and payments for provisions coal and cloth 2251.40 and transportation and expenses totaling 4646.62 with balance on hand but no total. Also contains a full statement of the 200000 county appropriation under house bill 525.
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L. P. Ludden
State Relief Commission
W. E. Jones
Mercer Starts His Mill in Blair and Omaha Plans
Washington dispatch reports Congressman Mercer introduced several bills. Proposals include locating a branch home for disabled soldiers near Blair Nebraska, establishing a branch U S mint in Omaha, boosting funds for Omaha building purchases by 2 million, creating an Omaha assay office, amending and repealing sections of the revised statutes relating to presidential elections, authorizing pay for customs officers after terms end, and continuing in office customs officers and assistant treasurers until successors are appointed.
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Washington Dispatch
Mercer
Blair
Neb
United States
Omaha
Nebraska
Penney Was Popular among Pine Ridge Residents
Chadron dispatch reports Capt W I L Clapp the Indian agent designated to succeed Captain Penney at Pine Ridge agency, passing through the city with his wife. Locals regret Penney’s removal, considering him safe and competent, and fear no major change in governance under Clapp, though they sigh at the departure.
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Chadron
W. IL Clapp
Captain Penney
Pine Ridge Agency
Pine Lidge
Penney
Clapp
Nebraska Delegation Backs Unity on State Interests
A Nebraska delegation meeting in Senator Allen's rooms decided to unite on state issues where party neutrality applies. Allen announced plans to introduce a resolution seeking Interior Department action to halt evictions on the Omaha and Winnebago reservations and to print delegation testimony from visits to Pender and the reservation last summer, with consent for publication since no formal investigation was authorized.
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Washington
Nebraska
Senator Allen
Allen
Secretary of the Interior
Omaha
Winnebago
Pender
Gas Reforms Press Association Meets in Kan
Lawrexer Kan December meeting of the Gas Reforms Press Association drew a large turnout of Populist editors from across the state, with prominent advocates of the People's party views in attendance. In Torena, a Pawnee Edwards delegation toured the capital declaring a Western Kansas boom for Judge S W Vandivert as U.S. Senator candidate.
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Lawrexer
Kan
Kangas Reforms’ress Association
Torena
Pawnee
Edwards County
Kansas
W. Vandivert
United States
Cities vie for next Republican convention in Chicago era
Washington report from December ten notes Chicago St Louis Pittsburg and San Francisco sending strong delegations to win the next Republican convention. St Louis officials including Mayor Walbridge and Richard C Sevenes arrive to press their case while San Francisco argues for a larger showing and a second choice. National committee members meet to hear advocates as the panel backs behind closed doors deliberations after an early session to “work off the steam.”
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Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Washington
National Committee
Chalms
Wasutynatrox
San Franciseco
Richard C. Sevens
Walbridge
Frank
S. M. Kennard
Willian Warner
Kansas City
Citu
de Young
Detective Frans Shot by 12 Year Old in Pawnshop Fight
City Detective William N. Frans was injured in St. Joseph when Abe Lebowitz, 12, and his father attacked him during a pawnshop raid for a stolen watch. The boy fired three times, hitting Frans in the neck and side. the detective is reported to die. The assailants were arrested.
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St. Joseph
William N. Frans
Lebowitz
Abe Lebowitz
Frans
Postoffice Clerks Displeased Over New Rules
At Chicago, postal clerks protest Postmaster General Wilson's orders restricting activism. They planned a Central Music Hall fundraiser to fund a Washington trip to lobby for salary classification reform. Wilson's directive threatens job loss for those who participate, stalling the clerks' plans.
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CutcaGo
Chicago
Three Years for Pat Crowe Desperado Pleads Guilty
St Joseph Mo December 10 Pat Crowe the notorious desperado pleaded guilty in Criminal court to grand larceny and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary He was indicted for train robbery but to avoid Denver where he is Wanted for a diamond robbery pleaded guilty to the lesser charge and accepted the sentence He was charged with leading the gang of bandits who held up a Burlington express train near this city January 15 1894
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Pat Crowe
St Josefi
Desperado
Ile
Denver
Burlington
Fugitive Farmer Discovers True Identity at Oro Revival
At a Methodist revival in Oro Iowa on December 10 Daniel McLaughlin a top county farmer admitted he is really McKenna and a fugitive who deserted the U S Army twelve years ago He said he would confess despite the potential cost to himself and others and planned to flee accountability thereafter.
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Oro
Iowa
Daniel McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McKenna
United States Army
Nitin
Strike Leader Goodwin Set Free
In Kalispell Montana a jury acquitted Roy Goodwin A R U leader after an eighteen hour trial. The verdict found he ordered the strike and helped to kill engines, a conclusion that surprised most observers after an evenly divided first ballot.
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Goodwin
St. Pat
Minn
Kalispell
Mont
Roy Goodwin
Zine Found at Mexico Davis Mines
A zine was found at the Davis coal mines in the eastern suburbs of Mexico, Missouri. Arrangements will be made to develop it.
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Mexico
Davis
Mae
Struck a Bonanza Mary Thurman’s Westward Rise
San Francisco dispatch reports Mary Thurman daughter of Ohio Judge Thurman as striking it rich in Picacho California near Yuma. Her turbulent marriages include Lieutenant Cowles of the U S Navy, then Thomas Gifford and later baseball player Bug Monday. She is known across Southern California mining camps.
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Mary Thurman
The
Ohio Statesman
San Francisco
New
Lonesome Desert
Picacho
Colorado Desert
Yuma
Judge Thurman
Ohio
Washington
Lieutenant Cowles
United States
London
Miss Roosevelt
Cowles
San Diego
Tin Juan
Thomas Gifford
Harrison to Wed Dimmock Niece of President Harrison
Dec 10 reports say Mrs Dimmock, the popular niece of Mrs Harrison, will marry the ex president. Those close to the ex president express surprise yet insist the engagement is real and the wedding could occur soon. Her White House presence added social charm to the Harrison era.
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WasatyeTos
Dimmock
Harrison
White House
Harrinson
Lumber Firm Fails in Kansas City
The E. P. Cowen Lumber Company assigned today with O. G. Young, a lawyer in the New York Life Building, named as trustee. Liabilities and assets are not specified in the assignment but are said to be about equal, with commercial agencies placing them around $30,000.
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Kansas City, Mo
E. P. Cowen Lumber Company
O. G. Young
New York Life
Death of longtime St Louis resident George J Laker
George J Laker aged about 91 died quietly in St George's Episcopal Church yesterday morning just before services. He had suffered heart disease since his wife’s death last August and, born in Maryland in 1819, was long a prominent local businessman.
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St. Louis
George J. Laker
St. George's Episcopal Church
Maryland
Congress of Indian Tribes Carnival Delegations Planned in Ariz
In Propnix Arizona on December 10 a carnival will host a congress with delegations from over twenty Indian tribes. Chiefs and principal men will form the visiting parties to represent their tribes in the event.
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Ariz
Arizona
Overcrowded Missouri Kansas & Texas Shops Boost Blacksmith Hours
Good for Workingmen. Separia, Mo. Dec 10. The Missouri Kansas & Texas railway shops here are crowded with work. This morning the coach department force was largely increased and the hours of the black smiths raised from eight to nine per day.
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Separia
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Son Avenges Father in Delta County Shooting
Paris Texas December 10 Eleven years after a Delta county farmer Aimos Wright killed Kennedy in a quarrel Kennedy's son Walter then aged six swore vengeance now grown shot Wright dead at his home and surrendered to authorities in a family feud turned fatal.
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Paris
Texas
Aimos Wright
Delta County
Kennedy
Walter
Wright
Old Kansas mill burned near Wamego
The Louisville roller mills, three miles north of Wamego Kansas, burned Thursday night. Loss about 12000 dollars with 2000 dollars in stock. No insurance. The mill stood about thirty years old.
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Wameco
Kan
Louisville
Here
Man Dies In Accident Cleaning Winchester At Dora
George Fischer of West Prarris Missouri was accidentally killed at Dora Ozark County when his Winchester discharged while he cleaned it. He was married and a man of business.
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West Prarris
Dora
Ozark County
George Fischer
Winchester
Fischer
Missouri on Wheels No 8 arrives in Atlanta
News in brief reports the Charleston overland expedition arriving in Atlanta. Other items note Oliver Torbet, son of a former Brazil mayor, mangled in a gas explosion. Harlem switch engine wreck kills three, injures two. Various crimes and deaths across states are sketched, including hangings and murders. An inland waterway project from Galveston to the Rio Grande is proposed by the Axis Coast Canal Company.
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Charleston
Missouri
Atlanta
Oliver Torbet
Brazil
Ind
Harlem
N. Y
John Ford
Athens
Ill
Springfield
Grant Hibbs
Dexter
Moth
Delta County
Texas
Walter Kennedy
Amos Wright
Kennedy
William Ward
Illinois
George Morgan
Ida Gaskill
Omaha
E. Wf. Cress
Rushville
Nebraska
Axis Coast Canal Company
Just Incorporated
Galveston
Rio Grande
War Over Seeds Sparks Congressional Clash
Washington scene and New York note mix as Morton’s seed policy and fiscal action trigger a fight over seed gratuities. Pickler charges illegal paternalism and demands enforcement while Morton defends abolition and seeks to limit distributions amid looming appropriations. The AFL plans its fifteenth convention at Madison Square Garden with about 200,000 members represented and focus on the eight hour day.
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Washngton
Olney
Morton
Congress
Baker
New Hampshire
Secretary of Agriculture
Attorney Generals
Pickler
South Dakota
Pinkler
American Federation of Labor
New York
Assembly Hall
Madison Square Garden
Order
Strong
J. W. Sullivan
Felix Adler
Pingree
Detroit
John Swinton
James R. Buchanan
England
J. Cowey
Miners’ Union
James Mawdsley
Textile Workers
Gompers
Cigar Makers’ Union
Family farmer dies after 40 foot fall in well
Oak Grove Missouri December 9 Richard Davis known as Davi Davis was pulled from a farm well just beneath the top when he grew dizzy and fell forty feet. He survived the ascent only three hours. A bachelor farmer about 46 and raised near Sun Mills he was a well known local figure.
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Oak Grove
Richard Davis
Davi” Davis
Ife
Sun Mills
Ile
Goulds Tax Exemption Granted for Nonresident Property
Justice Russell in the special term of the Supreme court exempted from taxation the property of George J Gould and three others in the county on the basis of non residency. George J Gould resides at Lakewood New Jersey while Howard Edwin and Hielen M Gould live in Irvington New Jersey.
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New Yon
Justice Russell
Supreme Court
George J., Howard, Edwin
Hielen M. Gould
George J. Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Irvington
N. 4
London waitress suit reveals harsh working hours
Dee Lonnon reports a 13 year old girl sued a coffee tavern proprietor for wrongful dismissal after being fired for rising at 5 am instead of 4 30 am. The workers endured over twenty hours daily, slept by 1 am, and earned twelve shillings per month while many others vied for any vacancy.
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Lonnon
Dee
London
Excessive Buying Slows Business Review Amid Holiday Expectations
R G Dun reports sluggish trade as stocks unsold hold back new orders. Despite festive hopes, prices fall on excess buying earlier, with limited spring demand. Wheat rises about a cent weekly as Western stocks surge. corn exports fall short of last year amid weak farm movement. US failures total 324, Canada 52, against prior figures.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Congress
United States
Canada
Merriwether Remarrica Marries Jessie Gair in Brooklyn
Labor Commissioner Lee Merriwether of Missouri wed Miss Jessie Gair of Brooklyn formerly of St Louis in a hush hush ceremony at the bride’s parents home. The couple’s prior marriage ended in separation and divorce requests after five years and their six year old daughter remains with the mother.
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St. Louis
Lee Merriwether
Jessie Gair
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Merriwether
Berkley
Cal
Massachusetts senator proposes aviation navigation prize
Senacor Lode of Massachusetts introduced a Senate bill offering $100,000 to any person who builds an apparatus capable of safely navigating the air at not less than thirty miles per hour, carrying passengers and freight, weighing at least 400 pounds, with verification by three secretary of war appointees and demonstrated near Washington before January 1, 1991.
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WasmauLton
Wec
Senacor Lode
Massachusetts
Senate
Secretary of War
Washington
Judge Rules In Favor Of General Electric On Trolley Patents
Judge W K Townsend of the U S district court ruled for Thompson Houston Electric against Winchester Avenue Street Railway, an issue between General Electric and Westinghouse, affirming Vanderpool patents covering the under running trolley and granting GE the exclusive right to manufacture and sell it. The decision may go to the Supreme Court.
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New
Iwaven
Conn
W. K. Townsend
United States District Court Today
Thompson-Houston Electric Company
Winchester Avenue Street Railway Company
General Electric Company
Wrestinghouse Company
Vanderpool
Supreme Court of the United States
Savings Monks In Schools
New York December 9 The board of education will in the next session provide for opening penny provident fund branches in public schools There are now twenty stations of the fund in the public schools and they have met with surprising success.
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New York
Board of Education
Penny Provident Fund
Cardinal Ignazio Perisco Dies in Rome at 100
Romy December 9 Cardinal Ignazio Perisco prefect of the congregation of indulgences and sacred relics is dead He was born in Italy in 1823 and was created a cardinal during his long service as a church official.
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Ignazio Perisco
Romy
Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics
Italy
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