Many Nebraska items mark state notes and local events
Pierce corn sells for 10 cents a bushel. Hyannis builds a second hotel. Tecumseh banks report profits. Butter county fair planned after state fair. Gage county clerks’ salaries cut. Morgan seeks new trial for death sentence in Omaha. Beet sugar factory deal offers cash land and lots. North Bend farmer injured by machine. Johnstown fire damages and revival loss. Decatur man shoots himself. death feared. Osage and Sutton figures record land office receipts. Grand Island bank founder dies. Poultry association elects officers. Davey man commits suicide. County fair plans advance. Randolph resident declared insane.
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Pierce
Hyannis
Tus Tecumseh
Butter County
Tare Masonic Fraternity
Wilber
State Board of Transportation
Omaha
St. Joseph
G. A
Morgan
Ida Gaskill
Clapton
Fred A. Howl
North Bend
Frep Tayton
Johnstown
James Williams
Decatur
Nebraska
Luther Frencho
Sutton
Ohio
School Creek
Brapsian
George W. Copeland
Copeland
Mary E. Reeves
J. A. Ditlon
Tecumseh
Dillon
United States Land Office
O'Neill
W. H. Havens
Fremont
A. Gasier
I. I. Lynan
Lincoln
E. Greer
Leatrice
E O. Spencer
F. F. Goodson
Gamaha
J. W. Seybrook
Gemeva
E. C. Worden
Aubuck
W. A. Irwin
J. A. Burwens
Davey
Lancaster County
W. L. Jackson
Gage County
Omaha Fire Insurance Company
Tily
Elmewood
Park” Aid, Agricultural Association
Srvuow
Carren
Randolph
Cedar County
Gore
Nebraska In Verse and Flagrant Bank Violations
A Beatrice dispatch reports Bank Examiner McGrew finding Blue Springs bank insolvent and unsafe. It notes false statements to the banking board and in publications, with a receiver appointment petition from the attorney general. Totals: notes and bills discounted 32863, overdrafts 3290, shortage 6580.90, deposits 29319.51. Loans about 4405. cashier unable to account for them.
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Beatrice Dispatch
McGrew
Blue Springs Bank
Attorney General's Office
J. C. Williams
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture Annual Meeting Report
The Nebraska State Board of Agriculture held its annual Lincoln meeting with Chancellor McLean delivering the welcome and reports from President Barnes, Treasurer McIntyre, and Secretary Furnas. Receipts for 1895 totaled 5,159.01, with net year receipts 1,495, and total wages and allocations listed, including premiums, printing, salaries, and fair grounds improvements. The fair reported 46,674 admissions by 6 pm over five days, 64,034 pay tickets, 3,501 check passes, and stock coupons and complements totaling 78,391 on grounds with 14,145 in the amphitheater. consolidated on-ground totals from 1886–1895 reach 526,113.
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State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Lincoln
McLean
Barnes
McIntyre
Robert W. Furnas
Furnas
Booth Department
Parnas
Lherewith
Nebraskatate Board of Agriculture
Elesel
Bila
Iris
de Ustag
Bmck
Omaha Falr and Speed Association
Climate and soil praised to attract settlers in Hastings
Hastings Democrat extols climate and soil benefits claiming rich grasses, high fat production, good water, abundant balmy days, dry falls, mild winters and favorable harvests. It urges settlers to understand new conditions and to avoid agent recruitment, arguing success requires informed farming practices.
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Hastings Democrat
Rockies
Englishman Killed by Robber Over Gold Coins
A man was killed last week by an assailant named Acht ning after the victim’s pocket held several gold coins. The incident underscores how poverty can bring peril and crime.
Discouraged Man's Death by Hanging at Santee Barn
John C. Santee of Niobrara reportedly hanged himself in his barn after recent discharge from Norfolk Beet Sugar where he served as weigh master. A longtime habitual drinker, his act followed disappointment while under the influence. He was not a pioneer settler but was known in state political circles. a wife and five children survive.
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Niobrara
John C. Santee
Norfolk Beet Sugar Company
Armenian Resolution Sparks House Floor Clash
The House debated the Senate Armenian resolution with Mr. Quigg urging stronger action. He condemned Turkish atrocities in Asia Minor, argued for American pressure, and criticized diplomatic ties with Turkey while calling for accountability from European powers.
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Quigg
Great Britain
Hier
Wasu Indion
Towne
Minnesota
Secretary of the Interior
Hepburn
Iowa
Turkey
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Qugg
New York
House
House Committee
Congress
Asia Minor
State Department
Europe
Ottoman Empire
United States
Mahomet
Mr. Quigg
Pension Bills Move in House for Kansas and Missouri Veterans
Bills introduced by Curtis and Long of Kansas and Dockery of Missouri seek pensions for veterans and relatives. Actions include removing records, paying accrued pensions to Mrs. Andrew Franklin and Beverly J. Wurst, and honoring discharge for John Duncan with a pension for Allen Place.
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Curtis, Long and Dockery
Washington
Curtis
Kansas
John W. Stevens
Andrew Franklin
Burlington
Kan
Beverly J. Wurst
Osage City
Anna C. Walquist
Osage County
Jonas Walquist
Mr. Long
John G. Bright
Mary L. .Junker
John J. Ryan
Rebecca Debotal
Abe Curtis
Mr. Dockery
Missouri
John Duncan
Twenty-fifth
Missouri Infantry
Allen
Oklahoma Rail Route Bills Face White House Veto Clash
The Oklahoma railway right of way bills face a deadlock as the White House and House clash over Indian consent. A subcommittee, Curtis Little and Flynn, recommends dropping the consent clause. Yet some bills, including routes to Fort Smith and a Supulpa to Oklahoma City line, appear likely to be favorably reported, with Flynn presenting several petitions supporting the latter measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WastuncTox
Oklahoma
House
Curtis
Little
Flynn
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf
Fort Smith
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Supulpa
Oklahomas City
Chandler
A PASTRY COOKS LUCK AND MOODY MOTHER DIES
Katie Slartnick a Sioux City pastry cook received an $18,000 certified check from a young man she dated in Colorado last summer and plans to marry him in Cripple Creek. Betsy Moody, Dwight L. Moody’s mother, died at East Northfield Mass aged nearly 91, with her children at her bedside.
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Stoux City
Iowa
Janus
Katie Slartnick
Ute Park
Colo
Cripple Creek
Miss Hartnick
Sioux City
Evangelist Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Betsy Moody
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L
Dwight
Chicago
Oklahoma robbery nets arrests after Dolagah store heist
Priry Oklahoma January 26. At Dolagah east of here the store of Sunday and Sons was robbed. The proprietors were forced to raise their hands and cash was taken. Officers pursued the robbers into the Osage country and arrested Ed Dash Will Wishard and Perkins. They found stolen property and two dozen watches and learned the men had robbed several stores at Tulsa days earlier.
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Priry
Okla
Dolagah
Here
Sunday & Sons
Osage
Ed Dash
Will Wishard
Perkins
Tusla
Benson's Wife Drops Dead in Leavenworth
Mrs. Johannah Benson, 47, died at her daughter Mrs. Rose Hurdle's home in Leavenworth from a heart attack. She was the widow of Charles A. Benson, who murdered Theresa Mettman in March 1889 and hanged himself in jail three years ago to avoid execution.
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Benson
Leavenworth
Kan
Johannah Benson
Rose Hurdle
John Hurdle
The
Santa Fe
He Saved His Game
In St Louis a figure intervened during a tense confrontation, halting a mob. The quick actions and courage of the individual protected two men from violence as bullets flew, though the outcome of the incident remains contested.
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St. Louis
Lynching mob menaces captured thieves after Atwater murder
Bertram Atwater, a Chicago artist visiting Webster Groves, was slain in a Thursday night hold up. The two gang members John Schmidt and Sam Foster were captured after a mob attempted lynching. Constable Fieldson escorted them to safety through a 65 man mob, arriving at Four Courts jail after a long pursuit.
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St. Louis
Webster Grove
Bertram BE. Atwater
Chicago
John Schmidt
Sam Foster
Peter Schmidt
Mr. Atwater
Cooler Heads
Schmidts
Veter
Atwater
Brannon
Foster
Suys
Orton
Schmidt
Fieldson
Clayton
Constable Fieldson
Kirkwood
Four Courts
Boxers Donovan O'Donnell Pick Fitzsimmons Over Maher
Professor Mike Donovan of the New York Athletic club and Steve O'Donnell now at the Manhattan Athletic club predict Fitzsimmons will win the February 14 bout in Mexico against Maher.
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Tip Fitzsimmons
New York
Mike Donovan
New York Athletic Club
Steve O'Donnell
New Manhattan Athletic Club
Maher
Mexico
Springfield Clothing Firm Poage & Co Fails in Missouri
Springfield Mo January 28 announcement of the failure of W K Poage and Co clothing houses in Springfield and West Plains with liabilities 20200 dollars and assets 25000 dollars.
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Springfield
W. K. Poage & Co
West Plains
Judge Caldwell Nominated by Populists for Presidency
Arkansas Populists report Western and Southern leaders have centered on Judge Henry C. Cauldwell of Little Rock as the likely Presidential nominee at the St. Louis convention on July 22. A strong boom for Caldwell is said to be developing.
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Littne Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Henry C. Cauldwell
Little Rock
Formation of the Ice Trust Emerges in New York
New York on January 8 reports that the ice trust is rapidly forming. Managers are said to have secured an option on nearly all ice cut in the United States this winter.
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Su Ice Trust
New York
Ice Trust
Postmaster Subdues Stranger With Pistol And Rawhide
In NrEvapa Missouri on January 27 Postmaster D C Kemper of Deerfield Vernon county learned a man insulted his daughter on the street He pursued the man with a revolver and rawhide striking him over the head with the pistol and flogging him with the rawhide before ordering him to leave town within five minutes The stranger departed at once
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NrEvapa
D. C. Kemper
Deerfield
Vernon County
Sullivan to quit Boston for Chicago saloon project
Sullivan will quit Boston and the stage for good. A Milwaukee brewer plans a magnificent Chicago saloon project for Sullivan.
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Sullivan
Boston
John J. Sullivan
Milwaukee
Chicago
Woman Accused of Killing Sweetheart in Decatur Neb
John Williams, shot by his fiancée Rose Pettie, died today after being engaged to marry. Pettie says the wound was accidental and she cared for him as he lingered. Friends fear she may attempt suicide as her mind remains unsettled.
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Decatur, Neb
John Williams
Rose Pettie
Notable Deaths and International Updates in Brief
Mrs Amelia Layton of Centralia Missouri dies at breakfast. Betsy Moody mother of evangelist dies in East Northfield Vermont. Victoria health worsened by Prince Henry Battenberg's death. Generals Pando and Marin quarrel may see Marin return to Spain. Jose Maceo advances into Matanzas Province heading to reinforce Gomez. Kentucky women raise funds for silver service for the battleship Kentucky. Marshal Nix removal expected to trigger a broader territorial investigation.
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Amelia Layton
Centralia
Pando
Marin
Spain
Jose Maceo
Matanzas
Gomez
Betsy Moody
East Northfield
Kentucky
Marshal Nix
Victoria
Prince Henry of
Battenberg
Boyle and Otto in postal laws case over umbrella theft
Charles T. Boyd of Macoy with suspected Walter Otto of Kirksville arranged to recover his umbrella by postal card. Otto was arrested and brought before a U S commissioner for a violation of postal laws with bond set at $200.
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Macoy, Mo
Charles T. Boyd
Walter Otto
Kirksville
Otto
Boyd
United States
Fire sets German ship Arcturus afire in port at Iquique
Reports from San Francisco say the German bark Arago arriving forty five days from Junin Chile with nitrate describes the destruction by fire at Iquique two weeks earlier of the German ship Arcturus. The fire was set by Arcturus’s cook in revenge against the captain.
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San Francraco
Junin
Iquique
Arcturuas
Colonel Crofton Denies Retirement Letter Request
Colonel Crofton commandant of the fifteenth United States infantry at Fort Sheridan denies receiving a letter from Secretary Lamont asking him to apply for retirement. The denial is reported from January 27 in the Curiao section.
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Crofton
Curiaco
Fifteenth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Lamont
Statehood and Silver
Nathan O. Murphy former Arizona governor says Arizona supports self government and notes new opposition to admitting more Western states due to a monetary dispute. He warns against letting money row and sectional motives block justice for loyal Arizona and other territories.
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New York
Nathan
Murphy
Arizona
Noted Woman Dead in Fresno Missionary and Abolitionist
Mrs. Angéline J. Knox, formerly a Massachusetts abolitionist, died in Fresno at 76. A longtime missionary among Michigan Indians, she served as private secretary to Judge James G. Bierney, funded Civil War soldiers, investigated freed slaves in Canada, and helped establish a Boston home for aged colored women before moving to California twenty years ago. She had been living in Fresno recently.
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Fresno
Cal
Angélina J. Knox
Massachusetts
Michigan
James G. Bierney
United States
Canada
Boston
California
Senator Baker Talks on Silver Coinage Amendment
Kansas Senator Baker addressed the Senate after the Armenian debate endorsing his amendment to confine silver coinage to American product. He split money worshippers into gold monometallists silver monometallists and bimetallists. He argued tariff and finance would be settled by Republicans and that American silver coinage would create jobs and broaden the money supply.
Insurgent Forces Reported Skirmish Near Conto River Cuba
Captain General Marin reports from Havana that Jose Maceo's insurgent band may be east of the Conto river in Santiago de Cuba, with Rabi wounded. The gain would strain Gomez's defense as Maceo's force would need about thirty days to reach him. The dispatch also notes the death of Garza, once active in burning plantations.
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Gomez
Rabi
Garza
Texas
Maher Fitzsimmons Bout Moves Near El Paso
Report says the Maher vs Fitzsimmons fight will occur near El Paso Texas just over the New Mexican line three miles from the city rather than Juarez Mexico. The venue lies beyond the Rio Grande and is accessible via the Southern Pacific from El Paso.
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Fort Went
Tex
Maher-Fitzsimmons
Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande
el Paso
Southern Pacific
Oklahoma Marshal Nix is Removed in Oklahoma Case
The charges against United States Marshal Nix of Oklahoma led to the appointment of Patrick S. Nagle, a Kingfisher lawyer, to replace him. The attorney general said Oklahoma officials caused more trouble for the department than any other district in the past year.
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Ewashington
United States
Marshal Nix
Oklahoma
Patrick S. Nagle
Nix
Nagle
Kingfisher
Brutal Assault Hits Former New Orleans Judge in New York
William Houston ex judge of the Supreme Court of New Orleans was assaulted and robbed on Lafayette Place Wednesday night. His left leg was broken and several left ribs fractured. He cannot identify the two assailants and no police report was filed. The robbers fled with 50 dollars.
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New York
William ‘. Houston
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Lafayette Place
Gomez p Victim of Consumption
Havana reports that General Gomez is diagnosed with advanced consumption and fever complications. Doctors say he may live only about two months, causing alarm among insurgents and allies despite possible exaggeration of his condition.
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Gomez P
Havana
Gomez
Itris
Gomex
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Sidney Telegraph
Charles Callahan
Bidney
Kearney
New
MR. Hepburn
Judge Caldwell
Senator Baker
Kansas Statesman
New Mexico
Pita
Marshal Nix Removeu
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