Broad afternoon of vote and world headlines
The House passed the pure food bill by a 72 to 21 vote. Nord named President of Hayti seizes port in Port au Prince. Bishop Hare injured in runaway. Fort Leavenworth desertions rise. over forty last month. Nash elected Omaha Auditorium board president. project to finish soon. Paris death of Mrs. Gore deemed accidental. case dropped against De Rydzewski. Earthquake near Andijan kills nearly 10,000 Turcomans. Cattle disease condemnation spreading in New England. widespread slaughter. Holiday railroad travel heavy, signaling prosperity. Treasury cash balances total 209.79 million. gold reserve 120.80 million. Boers reportedly moving to US. 9,000 to Colorado New Mexico Texas. Wage increases worth 600k annually for locomotive engineers and firemen. new scale from Jan 1. Farmington IA violence leaves two officials fatally wounded. deputy sheriff stillwell killed. Rodey appeals for fair treatment of territories seeking statehood. Medal for Captain Schuetze sent to widow. Eli Hyman dies. hidden scrip found. net worth estimated 100k. Atwater named to study respiration calorimeter. O Haire sues for 3 million in mine interests. Sixteen football fatalities.Commerce department proposed. Russell Sage returns to office after absence. Michigan bans McGovern Corbett fight in Detroit.
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Nord
Hayti
National Palace
Port Au Prince
W. H. Hare
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
F. A. Nash
Omaha Auditorium
Ellen Gore
Paris
M. de Rydzewski
St. Petersburg
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
R. W. Coulter
A. E. Musgrave
Farmington
Geo. Stillwell
Stillwell
Rodey
New Mexico
United States
Schuetze
Whittemore Place
St. Louis
Santiago
Iowa
Eli Hyman
General Hospital
Toronto
A. B. Atwater
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Carnegie Institute At
Washington
J. D. O'Haire
Porland
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
James
Bills
Michigan
Detroit
Competition of railways consolidation harms public welfare
Washington report from the Interstate Commerce Commission warns that railways increasingly consolidated under few owners will curb competition, raise rates, and require new regulation. It criticizes lack of convictions in grain-shipping cases and calls for amending the Interstate Commerce Act to enforce fair published tariffs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dewey Cables Fleet Orders for Christmas Itinerary
Navy officials report Admiral Dewey sent a cablegram from San Juan on December 14 outlining a proposed fleet itinerary during the Christmas holidays. Ships listed include Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts Iowa Scorpion Trinidad Illinois Indiana in routes to St Thomas and Port-au-Prince, Curacao, Mayaquez, Antigua and Porto Rican waters, among others.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
San Juan
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Iowa
Scorpion
Trinidad
Ilinois
Indiana
St. Thomas
Texas
Point-a-Petrie
Chicago
New York
Eagle
Curacoa
San Francisco
Albany
Wasp
Mayaguez
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Prairie
Culgoa
Olympia
Nashville
Maching
St. Kitts
Detroit
Antigua
Mayflower
Vixen
Porto Rican
Dolphin
Deserting Husbands Bill Moves to Legislature
Omaha Chief Donahue outlined a proposed bill to imprison husbands who desert their wives and families and said the measure is in the hands of a state legislator. He added the state board of corrections and charities will review it. Frank W. Bryant of North Platte urged support for the proposal, reporting local agreement.
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Donahue
Omaha
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Frank W. Bryant
North Platte
Vanderbilt Improves as Temperature Drops at Night
Cornelius Vanderbilt shows notable progress with a one degree drop in temperature Sunday evening. He rested well during the day and continues to improve according to medical reports.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Canada Seeks Fresh Lessons From Great Republic
New York hosts sixth annual Canadian Society of New York dinner at Delmonico's. Dr. James Douglas presides. guests include Sir Frederick W. Borden Sir Percy Sanderson Colgate Hoyt W. A. Higginbotham and the British consul general. Toasts honor Canada and the United States. Borden praises U S self reliance and Monroe doctrine as a shield for Canadian integrity.
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New York
Canadian Society of New York
Delmonico
James Douglas
Frederick W. Borden
Canada
Caracas Impregnable Says Ex-French Envoy
M Thiesse former French minister to Venezuela described Caracas as impregnable citing its mountain barriers and difficult terrain. He noted Venezuela could mobilize 400000 men but regular army is only 10000 and a line from La Guayra to Caracas could be cut by destroying one bridge. If taken Venezuelans would wage guerrilla warfare as against Spain.
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Paris
Caracas
la Guayra
Spain
Beef Trust Case Revived in U S Circuit Court
Chicago report on arguments before Judge Grosscup reviving the beef trust case. Packers’ demurrer contends the injunction bill is multifarious and lacks specificity. John Miller argues the bill fails to allege restraint of interstate or foreign commerce and that shipments to agents in any state further trade, not restraint.
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Chicago
Grosscup
United States
John
Miller
Plan to Make Workers Stockholders at Republic Iron
Notice from Republic Iron and Steel to Amalgamated Association workers outlines a stockholders plan to be presented at the Columbus convention. Puddlers and finishers may gain stock ownership with possible board representation if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Columbus
France Seeks Payment From Peru Over Dreyfus Claim
The French legation in Lima presented to the Peruvian government on November a claim for 16 671 940 dollars for the Dreyfus brothers of Paris per the Lausanne court of arbitration decision. No reply has been received and the legation likely to press the demand with stronger language tomorrow.
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France
Lima
Peru
Dreyfus Brothers
Paris
Lausanne Court of Arbitration
Nebraska Teachers Meet Promises Record Attendance
Superintendent Fowler says the Nebraska state teachers association will draw larger numbers than ever with a stronger program. Many will take life certificates Monday and Tuesday, attend exhibits, and stay through several meetings.
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Fowler
Nebraska
State
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Representative Hall
Educational Council
Auxiliary Association
O Street
Lindell
Lincoln
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul's Church
The
Oliver
Thayer Grain Car Shortage Sparks Farmer Protests
Farmers around Thayer Nebraska protest the Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley railroad for supplying empty cars to Elkhorn trust elevators, halting threshing as bins fill. Company officers head to Omaha to seek fair treatment from the railroad. Elevator operators on the Kansas City Omaha line report harder car access since Burlington control, with grain-filled elevators in York County and drives blocked by piled grain.
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Thayer, Neb
Thayer
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad
Elkhorn
Omaha
Benedict
Neb
Kansas City & Omaha
Burlington
York County
Free Delivery Sought for Plattsmouth by Congress Member
Representative Burkett urged the post office department to establish free mail delivery in Plattsmouth with three daily business area routes and two residence routes. He and Mercer filed House resolutions from the George A. Custer post Omaha opposing changes to public land leasing laws in Nebraska. Frank I Teeter received a salary raise from 900 to 1000 dollars a year.
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Washington
Burkett
Post Office Department
Plattsmouth
Mercer
George A. Custer
Grand Army of the Republic
Omaha
Nebraska
Frank I. Teeter
Nebras 1
Pension Bureau
Miracle Save on Icy Roof Edge at Beatrice
Gus Schmidt of Beatrice Nebraska narrowly escaped a fatal fall while shoveling snow from a brick roof. He slipped from the edge hidden by drifts and caught a 2x4 projecting from the firewall, hanging forty feet above ground before hauling himself back to safety.
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Beatrice, Neb
Gus Schmidt
Found Hanging in Barn Near Bloomfield Neb
William Hilkemeier, a well to do German farmer living south of Bloomfield Nebraska, was found dead by hanging from a beam in his barn. The body had been dead for several hours. Hilkemeier was a widower with several small children. Grief over his wife’s death is thought to have caused the act.
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Bloomfield
William Filkemeier
Hfe
Hilkemeier
Hamburg Breast Tea and Drops Promoted for Lung Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr August Koenig Hamburg Breast Tea and Hamburg Drops as remedies for discouragement and mild lung ailments. It claims quick improvement for non severe cases with nightly tea, throat rubbing with St Jacobs Oil, fresh air, diet, and daily sponge baths, pricing all three items at $1.25.
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August Koents
Tien
August Koenig
Hamburg
St Jacobs
Beecher’s Indianapolis Reception Sparks Prayer Meeting Mix-Up
Henry Ward Beecher returned to Indianapolis after a Brook lyn visit and a reception was held on Wednesday evening prayer meeting night. An elderly man rebuked him claiming he sought to meet the Lord Jesus and Beecher at several Presbyterian meetings, to which Beecher quipped that neither had been found.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Indianapolis
Brooklyn
Mr. Beecher
Lord Jesus
Multilingual Typewriter By Syrian Inventor Unveiled
Selim Haddad, educated at the American College at Beirut, has perfected a typewriter for Turkish Arabic and Persian with fifty three keys. The machines are being produced in the United States and samples have been shown to the Sultan of Turkey and the Khedive of Egypt.
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Selim Haddad
American College
Beirut
Syria
Turkey
Egypt
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Kidney Trouble
The piece from Cabbel Kansas proclaims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble and related diseases. It cites J B Cunningham who had long kidney trouble and relief only after using the pills. He testifies they did him more good than anything he used. A closing remark notes marriages failing due to hypocrisy in courtship.
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Cabbel
Kans
Kansas
Bright
Dodd
J. B. Cunningham
Mr. Cunningham
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Mickey
State Industrial School
Kearney
Boghtol
Fremont
Waldo Wintersteen
Hello Bill
Beatrice
Mildred Claire
Frank T. Glenn
Kellogg
Anderson Mercantile Company
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Flora City
F. H. Chickering
C. N. Folsom
BE. A. Wiggenhorn
Nebraska Association of Osteopathic Physicians
Milligan
Grand Island
Moss
Grace Beetinn
Mead Morrell
Burlington Railroad
Table Rock
Morrell
Nebraska City
Institute For the Blind
Morey
State Teachers’ Association
Iowler
Mayden Bros
Eljther
Crescent Chemical
Nob
Allan
Ourlarce General Catalogue
Montgomery Ward & CO
Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam ST
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