Nebraska News Roundup From Kearney To Beatrice
Anti saloon league organized in Kearney and grain movement boosts merchants in Cereaco. Examiner Wilson reports to the state banking board and transfers Holstein bank assets to Receiver Mullady. Deputies arrest counterfeiters in Fairbury. Farm accidents injure a Shelton man and a Clay Center farmer falls from a windmill. Beemer fund drive for Trans Miss exposition schools gains traction. Young Men’s Christian Association of Nebraska closes with officers named. Norfolk reports a juvenile sore epidemic while Wayneside gang terrorizes local businesses. North Platte restuarant thief identified. Brady arrest follows. Beatrice man Harris dies of heart failure after dry goods stint. West Point merchant Sejda assigns to creditors. State school space applications for Trans Miss Exposition due by Feb 1.
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Kearney
Cereaco
Examiner Wilson
State Banking Board
State Bank of Holstein
Thomas Mullady
District Court of
Adams County
Clay Center
F. C. Thomas
Pleasantdale
George Tindall
Beatrice
Lincoln Journal
N. H. Olmstead
Julia Barton
Young Men’s Christian Association of Nebraska
Jfastings
A. EK. Weir
Chadron
H. B. Ward
Lincoln
H. B. Hollingsworth
North Platte
E. W. Willis
Crefe
Charles J. Allen
R. W. Childs
Ceresco
Norfolk
Wayneside
Turner & Breener
Bud Smith
Brady
Ray Schaffer
B. K Helen
Helen
Smith
North Piette
J.K. Eliott
North Pinttle
G. H. Harris
Randall House
Clarinda
C. E. Smith & Son
St. Joe
Brittain Dry Goods Company
Beatries
Frank Sejda
West Point
Jackson
P. Arnott
Harvard
B. G. Moulton
York
News in Brief Condenses Foreign and Domestic Notes
A compact digest of recent foreign and domestic news items, offering concise updates across numerous subjects. The feature presents brief notes on politics, economics, society, and world events in a quick, readable format.
Prominent Figures Headline Daily Dispatch Notes
On Monday December 13 United States Minister Tay and his wife dined with the queen and lodged at the Castle. Dr Charles Kuechler, a Springfield Illinois homeopathic physician, died at his home. Fitzsimmons released a telegram claiming his wife would release him from his promise to fight Corbett. W J Bryan of Nebraska visits Monterey Mexico amid honors. Joe Reed, Tangipahoa lawyer, assassinated at the Franklinton courthouse. E H Winslow of Metropolitan Plate Glass signals imminent insurance rate cuts. Harry Allends hanged at San Quentin for murder. execution aided by scaffolding support. Senator Allen of Nebraska suggests an Indian exhibit for Omaha exposition. Secretary of the Interior considering the idea.
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United States
Tay
Charlea
Kuechler
Springfield
Illinois
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Monterey
Mex
Joe Reed
Tangipahoa
Florida
Franklinton
E. H. Winslow
Metropolitan Plate Glass Company
Harry Allends
San Quentin
Cal
Miss Wellberga Fielner
Vinanzi Crozetti
Allen
Secretary of the Interior
Omaha Exposition
Buss
City foreman arrested for embezzling $25000 in Nebraska case
Eugene A. Cashman a New York City street cleaning foreman was arrested on embezzlement charges totaling $25000 involving Nebraska victims. Post Office officials say the scope of loss from missing registered shipments between New York and Philadelphia is not yet known. Secretaries and governors are named in related political and defense notes from the period including licensing for Omaha parade grounds and shifts in party alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Cashman
New York City
Nebraska
Post Office Department
New York
Philadelphia
Alger
Northwestern Cricket Association
Art
Colorado
Alva Adams
Diverse 1900s headlines mix business, labor and diplomacy
December reports include St Louis hotel project valued at 2 million dollars New York printers threaten nine hour day George W Vanderbilt carries one million dollar life policy The Bridegrooms draft Elmer Horton Falls River mills cut wages Five cabinet members attend Mrs McKinney funeral in Canton Illinois winter wheat area remains small World events include Butler death McKee surgery delay McKee posthumous rail sale delay Perry Draper Logan monument casting Gary bond reform Croly school inspector appointment and Armour Packing boycott indemnity demand across unions
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St. Louis
New York
George W. Vanderbilt
Elmer Horton
Syracuse Club
Falls River
Mass
McKinney
Canton
Ohio
Illinois State Board of Agricultural
War Department
Butler
J. C. McKee
Sanborn
Court of Appeals
Kansas Pacific
Alexander McDonald
Persia
Jennie June Croly
Strong
Various 1900s political and business notes compiled
On Thursday December 16 reports note the Kansas Pacific sale set for February 15, Bryan’s address to Mexican congress, civil service debates in the House, Liggitt estate valued at four million in St. Louis, a temporary printers strike in New York, a canceled celebration for old New York, Flieschmann’s Cincinnati death with two million to wife and three children, Moran Brothers in Seattle preparing sixteen Yukon steamers, a bill to remove desertion from Joseph McGraw’s Lincoln military record, a national drive to raise twenty five thousand for a George Washington memorial at a proposed National University in Washington, Alaska land legislation draft by a Senate subcommittee, Senator Hanna’s health rumors dismissed, Booth-Tucker outlining Arkansas valley colonization plan from Chicago with ten thousand dollars pledged, and other brief notes.
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Kansas Pacific Railroad
Mr. Bryan
John E. Liggitt
St. Louis
New York
Charles Flieschmann
Cincinnati
Yukon River
Moran Broa
Seattle
Wash
Senator Allen
Joseph McGraw
Lincoln
George Washington Memorial
National University At
Washington
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Carter, McBride
McInerney
Alaska
Mark A. Hanna
Europe
Booth-Tucker
Arkansas Valley
Salvation Army
Chicago
Durrants execution set for January seventh
Durrants execution fixed for January seventh. Spain reported a decisive victory as troops surprised insurgents. Durrant and his mother are despondent, sensing the end nears. A 5 percent advance in rubber goods is planned. Populists in Congress caucus to outline policies on pending questions. Southern Railway declares a preferred stock dividend payable January thirtieth. The steamer Paragood sank on the Mississippi near the Red River. Joseph Ladue, Klondike pioneer, wed Miss Kittle Mason of Schuyter Falls New York on the fifteenth. Joseph Banigan says U S Rubber will not join larger corporate interests. Governor Lee of South Dakota opposes a $40,000 special legislative session. Dingley lumber duty approved by Mississippi and Louisiana pine manufacturers association. Sir William Maxwell died at sea near Grand Canary en route to England. The President plans to omit White House social functions for thirty days following his mother’s death. Indianapolis convention of businessmen reconvenes to review the monetary commission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durrant
Spain
Congress
Southern Railway
Paragood
Mississippi River
Red River
Joseph Ladue
Klondike
Kittle Mason
Schuyter Falls
N. Y
Joseph Banigan
United States Rubber Comany
Lee
South Dakota
Mississippi
Louisiana
Yellow Pine Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Wiliam Edward Maxwell
Gold Coast
Grand Canary Island
England
White House
Indijanapolis
Monetary Commission
Treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece ratified by King George
Interior department notes no destitution at Dawson presently. Unclear if Durrant will end his life rather than face gallows. Union Pacific shops in Omaha cut hours to seven per day five days a week. Perry Bank burglars blew the lid with dynamite and stole $1,000,000. Alfred Harmsworth presented the Windward to Lieutenant Peary. St Louis grand jury indicts ex-pugilist Daly for first degree murder. Alphonse Daudet is dead after sudden syncope. National encampment of Grand Army of the Republic set for September 6 week. Former Vice President A. E. Stevenson and wife arrive in Seattle on Kaiser Wilhelm II. Yost Writing Machine Co sues Williams Typewriter Co for patent infringement. Buffalo grain receipts to reach about 200,000,000 bushels for year, up from prior years. Louis Altman arrested in Nashville for embezzling from Rosenheim & Co. Federation of Labor adopts a revolution of sympathy for textile workers in the South.
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Turkey
Greece
George
Interior Department
Dawson
Durrant
Union Pacific
Omaha
Bank of
Alfred Harmsworth
Daily
London Mail
Peary
St. Louis
Daly
Alphonse Daudet
Grand Army of the Republic
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Geona
A. E. Stevenson
Bloomington
Ill
Yost Writing Machine Company
United States
Boston
Williams Typewriter Company
Buffalo
Louis Altman
Nashville
Charles Rosenheim & Co
North
Federation of Labor
Sounding an Alarm Predicts GOP Disasters Over Legislation
A party figure warns Republican leaders that pushing proposed bills could trigger a cascade of disasters and pitfalls for the GOP, urging caution and strategic opposition to the measures. He frames the stakes as high for party fortunes and national stability.
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Vparty
Senator Chandler Warns on Gold Standard Fury
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire writes to the Washington Post warning that continued push for gold standard measures by Secretary Gage could split the Republican Party, trigger a stock collapse and 1898 losses, and leave McKinley to decide whether to act for the people or plutocrats. He urges awaiting international bimetallism progress and tariff effects before rushing policy.
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Washington
Chandler
New Hampshire
Washington Post
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Hawaii
Cuba
Treasury
House
Gage
United States
Gold Standard League of New York
National Monetary Conference
Republican Party
McKinley
Good for the Soldier's Widow
In a December decision Assistant Secretary Davis of the Interior announces there is no time limit to how long a widow may file an appeal in a husband's pension claim. He states the secretary may decide the case even if the pension bureau has ruled otherwise, and the widow may prosecute to final adjudication. The ruling overrules several prior department opinions.
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Washington, D. C
Davis
The
Interior Department
Pension Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Archbishop Bruchos Cuts Short Canadian Visit
Montreal dispatch reports Archbishop Bruchos ended his overseas trip early and departed Harve for America. He had planned to reach the Holy Land but returns at the Holy See’s request to prepare for a papal nuncio appointment in Canada and to oversee the Manitoba school question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Bruchos
Harve
America
Holy Land
Holy See
Canada
Manitoba
Seven Years for Fales Entry
Salt Lake City reports banker J K Bacon was sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Marshall after a jury found him guilty of making false entries in a report to the comptroller of the currency while president of the Bank of Salt Lake. The bank failed last year, and Bacon had been released on $20,000 bond pending appeal and stay of execution.
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Fales
Salt Lake
J. K. Bacon
Marshall
United States Court
Bacon
Bank of Salt Lake
Civil Service Reform League reelects Carl Schurz president
The National Civil Service Reform League re elected Carl Schurz as president by acclamation at the seventh annual meeting in Cincinnati. Treasurers report shows receipts of 4478.82 and a balance of 376.13. The resolutions praise the merit system, oppose its repeal, and urge steadfast support from President McKinley and Congress to extend civil service reforms nationwide. Washington Notes follow with promotions, nominations, and legislation affecting federal offices, pensions, and Alaska land questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
National Civil Service Reform League
Carl Schurz
A. S. Friessel
New York
Committee On
Charles G. Bonaparte
Baltimore
League
House
Congress
McKinley
House of Congress
The
Census Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Monetary Commission Adjourns After Long Deliberations
Washington December 20 the monetary commission has concluded its deliberations and adjourned without delay chaired by Senator Edmunds. The final report will be published after secretaries finalize the draft and executive committees incorporate changes. A bill to carry out the commission’s recommendations is being prepared for presentation in Congress after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monetary Commission
Edmunds
Executive Committee
Congress
The Boy Is Innocent in Akron Murder Case
Akron lawyers for Romio Cotell declare the boy wrongfully convicted for life for killing Alvin Stone his wife and hired man. They say detectives coerced a false confession and that the real murderer will be arrested soon with new evidence.
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Akron, O
Romio Cotell
Alvin Stone
Working Time Reduced in Union Pacific Shops
Cheyenne Wyoming December 20 notices posted in Union Pacific shops in Cheyenne and Laramie reduce the workweek from five to four days and the daily hours from eight to seven with immediate effect. Workers receive a ten day holiday layoff, totaling about a thirty percent wage cut. Officials cite a forty percent drop in summer business as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chnhyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Laramie
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quotations
Market summaries from New York Chicago St Louis and Omaha and other centers provide quotations for live stock and produce. Prices and trends are reported for cattle hogs sheep and various crops with notes on demand and market activity.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
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Nebraska News
Fitzsimmons
Denning
Milwaukee
Ght Corbett
Adolph L. Luetgert
Dayton, O
Michael Dyer
John J. Laughlin
Soldiers’ Home
Stephens
Missouri
William Williams
Kansas City
Bryan
Navy
Long
J. B. Adams
Navy Department
McCormick
Gen. von. Buclow
Artillery
Service Reform League
Treasury Department
C. M. C. Spooner
Iowa
Heath
Alvin Dentin
Representative Strode
American Sugar Growers’ Society
Maxwell
Missouri River
South
Sioux City
Neb
Senate
Mexico
Committee On Foreign Relations
Commissioner of Pensions
J. W. Hinkle
G. McCulloch
E. J. Dickinson
Corydon
A. J. Chamberlain
David City
WW. H. Britt
Creighton
George Roberts
Elkins
Annette’ Island
Indianapolis
Boards of Trades
Pacific
McKenna
California
Supreme Court
B McKenna
Joseph McKenna
Charles G. Dawes
Supreme Court of the United States
Interior
John W. Nesbit
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Court of Private Land Claims
Joseph R. Reed
William W. Murray
Tennessee
Thomas C. Fuller
North Carolina
Henry C. Strauss
Kansas
Wilbur F. Stone
Lewis Myles
Robert V. Cozier
District of Idaho
Henry C. Dockery
District of
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Northolina
Omatia
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Ceenersreerenace
Weston Stoc
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Auras Rees
Auvonsenen
Fortress
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