Nebraska items report fires murders and civic plans
Fire in Colgar destroyed three buildings. Fairfield marshal died of heart disease. Reverend C Jones becomes pastor at Gering. Samuel Goldgrabber stores closed on chattel mortgages. Two hog thieves sentenced to one year in prison. Crawford seeks state normal school. Pierce county bonds for a county poor farm circulate. I A McDuffee yields fifty bushels per acre of white corn. Arrapaho National Bank to reorganize as state bank with 20000 capital. North Nebraska Teachers Association meets in Norfolk in April. Robbery and thefts noted in Bradshaw and other towns. Carlson loses foot jumping a train. Cholera losses hit hog raisers. Baker of Battle Creek distributes beef to the needy. Various court cases and industrial plans listed.
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Colgar
Fairfield
C. Jones
North Platte
Gering
Samuel Goldgrabber
Lincoln
Fremont
Wahoo
Pierce County
I. A. McDuffee
Valley
First National Bank of
Arrapahoe
1St National
North Nebraska Teachers’ Association
Norfolk
Bradshaw
John Sandall
Dell Stanfield
Tramps Veter Carlson
Burlington
Nebraska City
Red Oak
Iowa
L. I. Davis
L. B. Baker
Battle Creek
Mr. Baker
Ifarrell & Co
Morse-Coe
American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co
Omaha
C, OH. van Wyck
W. E. Thomas
Courland
Kan
Pawnee City
Alice Irvine
Hastings
Rohrer
Nebraska
Vremont
State Alliance
Kearney
WW. F. Dale
Wow Porter
J. M. Snyder
James Cameron
W. I. Wright
George Roose
M. Warmbeey
W 0. Duncan
Ulysses Dispatch
Butler County
Missouri River Commission
Mercer
John I. Wobleman
Fulton
Beatrice
Wobelman
E.mott
National and Local News Highlights From Fremont Region
Senator-elect Akers from Scotts Bluff county injures knee falling from a hotel porch and travels on crutches for weeks. Fremont Congregationalists raise a carload of clothing and $25 for drought destitute. ladies and veterans donate supplies. A theft and recovery tale in Gage county ends with culprits paying for corn. A Tobias Lumber safe robbery yields little money. one man suspected. Valley ladies and Edna Van Seyoe report severe poverty in Spencer area. immediate relief urged. State officials discuss bank dividend processes and residue payments to depositors. Elopement case in Rule ends with arrest in Red Oak. Chadron reports cattle thief threat and looming lynching near Beaver Valley. Lincoln county cattle theft arrests rise. four men held in North Platte jail. Dairyman F. H. Vaughan touts efficient dairy practices. State Dairymen's convention closes with leadership slate and papers on packing butter and farm dairying.
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Akers
Scotts Bluff County
Gerug
Fremont
Iidies
Presbyterian Church
Drouth
Moses
Sicily Creel
Gage County
Tobias Lumber Company
John Kris
Valley
Edna van Seyoe
Lucas of
Spencer
Clucas
Bartley
J W Thomas
American Savings Bank of Omaha
State Banking Board
Supreme Court
Thomas
Lundy
Prader
Wards Hotel
Glenwood
Red Oak
Chadron
Beaver Valley
Lie
Lincoln County
William and
Charles Schick
James Bailey
Jersey
Vaughan
State Dairymen’s Association
Lincoln
Gartur
Town Agricultural College
Stoeuffer
Bellevue
F. F E. Howe
Fairmont
S. C Bassett
Gibbon
WA. Carpenter
York
Manderson Bill Would Grant U S Lands to Nebraska for Irrigation
Washington dispatch reports Senator Manderson introduced a bill to transfer all public domain in Nebraska to the state for irrigation and reclamation. It requires creation of irrigation districts, water distribution, and sale of lands to settlers under specified limits and prices.
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Manderson
Washineton
Nebraska
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Japan Sees Peace Talks Looming After War
Reports from Japan discuss terms Japan will seek from China as observers assume the war is nearly over. Debates center on Formosa's annexation and gains to fund northern China protection, with ministers eyeing expanded export facilities and lessons from U S Civil War and Franco Prussian War.
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Washineron
Japan
China
Formosa
Corea
Lapins
Wanekow
United States
Germany
Fung Wang Chang
Kin Chan
Talienwan
Port Arthur
Fort Arthur
Horrible Tragedy in Vascarven Leads to Deadly Shootings
In Vascarven S C yesterday morning George Irederick Ashford a laborer with the Canadian Pacific railroad shot his wife and two children Violet 2 Mildred 9 and wounded three others before fleeing toward Westminster. He attempted to throw himself before an approaching streetcar but was stopped by the motorman and handed to police.
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Vascarven
S. C
Dee
George Irederick Ashford
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Violet
Mildred
Westminster
Hyself
Wrong Man Shot in Olpe Robbery Night Shoot
In Olpe Kan on December 26 a deputy shot Julius Brew after he attempted to flee from a posse追追 pursuing a depot robbery. Brew, a blacksmith, claimed he mistook a lurker for a thief and was guarding his fences as a lookout.
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Welogatts
Esvonta
Kan
Olpe
S. A. Pearsall
Charles Kirch
Kirch
Julius Brew
Brew
Czar Freezes to Release Prisoners at Kroca Incident
From Warsaw reports say the czar orders immediate release of prisoners tied to disturbances over the church closure at Kroca. Cossack excesses followed the protest and the incident drew wide attention. Lord Randolph Churchill is reported to have worsened since arrival, with locomotor ataxia symptoms emerging.
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Benin
Warsaw
Kroca
Lord Randolph Churchill
Jb Manssziles
Behring Sea Awards Debate Over Seizure Payments
Congressman Hitt questions the 425000 payment for Behring Sea seizures and argues the lump sum may be excessive. He highlights original claims near 130090 with much of the total for prospective damages and urges reliance on precedents from prior awards that limit recovery for ships not seized.
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Hitt
Vaucesalva
Washington
Gresham
Congress
Illinois
United States
Litt
Alabama Awards Commission
Sone
Britain
Amrean
Sas
Great
Haitwin
Destitution Report Flags Nebraska Rural Hardship
The Nebraska state commission released a report detailing destitution in multiple counties with figures per unit, noting 250 failures in Custer and similar counts in Perkins, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, and others. Contributions come in slowly. only the deserving will be aided as committees continue fieldwork.
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Owama
Neb
Nebras
T State
Custer Ce
Perkins
Fon Cuests
Dundy
Witeheuek Lou
Reawa Low
Hayes Wun Frontier
Furnas
Lincoln
Pawson
Keith
Deul
Cherry
Mpherson
Blaine
Hove Va Holt
Antelope
Kesa Paha F
Conmnittes
Chang in Jionan Named Imperial Peace Commissioner
Chang in Jionan, a Tsung Li Yamen and Shaoyoolien member formerly ruling Formosa, was appointed imperial commissioner to pursue peace talks with Japan.
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Tiex ‘Tsix
Chang
Jionan
Tsung Li Yamen
Srovernor
Formosa
Japan
Ex Congrssman Marquett Dead in Illinois
Ex Congressm an I M Marquett of Lincoln died of rheumatism of the heart at Wampa Illinois where he had gone two weeks ago for health. The report notes his public service and funeral details remain sparse.
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Marquett
Lixsioux
Neb
I. M. Marquett of
Lincoln
Wampa
Ilc
Secret Societies Decree Shocks U S Catholic Circles
Washington reports on Pope Leo XIII condemning the Oda Fellows Knights of Pythias and Sons of Temperance, prompting bishops to notify priests to inform parishioners and threatening excommunication for members. The action follows a 1893 Chicago archbishop council and papal sanction. In Jamestown New York a murder-identity clue via retinal impression is reported. Senator Quay proposes land purchase for a presidential residence in Columbus Heights with cap of 3 per foot and 1 million total. Council Bluffs attorney Frank Trumbull suffers insanity after recent bank shooting incident.
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Washington
Leo
Oda Fellows
Knights of Pythias and
Sons of Temperance
Rome
Mgr
Satolli
United States
Chicago
Mgr. Satolli
Wasutsoton
Quay
Columbus Heights
Quincy
Frank Trumbull
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Bank
Huntington
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quotation Roundup
Market notes from New York Chicago and Omaha detail live stock prices and produce quotes. Demand shifts for cattle hogs and grains are noted with price ranges from major trading hubs. Reports flag seasonal movements and regional supply factors affecting prices.
Portugal Plans Navy Funding Buttoned For Twenty Years
The Portuguese government will build a navy with 600000 dollars yearly for twenty years and will invite lenders from U S and other countries. A second item reports Lamar's annual rabbit hunt drawing about 100 hunters arriving by night train and departing at dawn to the jack rabbit haunts with about 1000 wolves? rifles? not specified.
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Portugal
Lennon
Portugese
United States
LAMAR
Dee
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GM Glenn
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