Nebraska News Roundup Highlights Courthouse and Community Events
Fremonte oldest boot and soe Bouse failed last week. One Friend merchant bought 3,093 pounds of poultry in one day. A wave of thievery hits Pawnee City area. Fremont bans slot machines. Hartington Postmaster dispute fuels tension. Havelock water works pass test. Chadron hosts special term of court for multiple cases. Tecumseh halves sold to Omaha man. Hyannis ranches erect new buildings. Nebraska City postmaster race heats up with four candidates. Hastings Congregational church to buy a pipe organ. Ravenna anti-saloon league forms to pressure liquor dealers. Sarpy and Saunders counties plan Platte bridging at Ashland. Fairmont Creamery reports 1,400,000 pounds butter in 1857. Filley grain shipments up 20 percent from 1897. Hayes county fair plans unfold. Adams county resident returns sick from Florida. Kearney to host spring teachers meeting March 30 31. Ohiowa German Lutheran church raises 1800 for debt. North Bend farmer Patrick Kelly near fatal injuries. Bloomington insanity case Joseph Moore declared insane. Monroe ferry prep as Loup river bridge plan advances. Douglas county board rejects bondman compromise. Fremont car accident settles damages with widow. Norfolk train accident kills boy and injures horse. Chelsea physician dies after strychnine dose. Dodge county couple celebrate 55th anniversary. La Chappelle ranch expansion under Butterfields. Sugar Beet Growers at Syracuse report yields and costs per ton. Sheriff seeks $200 for deaths. $100 per case. Pig mishap turns violent incident near Lairmont.
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Tecumseh
Omaha
Hyannis
Nebraska City
Congregational Church of
Hastings
Ravenna
Sarpy
Saunders Counties
Ashland
Fairmont Creamery Company
Filley
Gage County
Hayes County Agricultural Society
Nebraska
Crake
Adams County
Florida
Central
North Bend
Jose Moore
Bloomington
Board of Insanity
Loup River
Monroe
Douglas County
Adam Snider
B. S. Hiller
Ceresco
Fremont & Elkhorn
W. H. Butterfield
Norfolk
la Chappelle Ranch
Pierce
Syracuse
Grand Island
McDonald
Claude Hoover
George Morgan
Boyd
Ed Neil
William Nichols
Lairmont
Plans for the Week Disrupted by Teller Resolution
The article notes plans for the week unsettled by the Teller resolution. It states the Senate faces a quandary on which matter to consider first as pressures mount.
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Teller
Wille
Senate
Senate Week Opens With Pettigrew Hawiian Speech
Washington Jan 31 The Senate plans a Pettigrew address on the Hawiian question Monday to start the week with no fixed agenda beyond that. The Teller bond debate has unsettled the body and lawmakers expect appropriation bills, including army and legislative, to be taken up, possibly the army bill first. The census bill and civil service bill actions loom while a possible executive session for the Hawaiian treaty hangs over proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Carter
Census Committee
Census Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Corbett
Oregon
Ton Senate
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Wheat Exports Rise While Corn Exports Hit Record Levels
The Bureau of Statistics reports 1897 wheat exports at 109,990,328 bushels and corn exports at 189,127,570 bushels, with gains over 1896 and 1893 for wheat and a record corn year. Immigration in the last six months totaled 99,175, down about 8,000 from the previous period.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Opposition to Utah land cession bill gains official critique
The General Land Office pensioner Herman submits an advance report on Representative King’s bill to cede public lands to Utah. He argues the move conflicts with citizens’ interests and notes about 200 million acres have already been ceded for various uses, often yielding revenue rather than public benefit.
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Washington
Herman
General Land Office
King
Utah
Pegram Resigns as Union Pacific Chief Engineer
George H. Pegram leaves the Union Pacific after six years to become consulting engineer for the Manhattan Elevated Railroad in New York. The Pegram truss inventor will rank above the chief engineer there and is expected to earn more than double his former pay. He departs for New York that evening, with plans to maintain a home there for now.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Burt
George H. Pegram
New York
Pegram
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
United States
George H. Pegran
Clark
Western Railroad
Grand Union Depot
St. Louis
Wyoming
Idaho
Kansas
Calef
East
Dickinson
House aims to defeat Teller resolution on silver bonds
Washington lawmakers plan to kill the Teller resolution opposing silver payments on government bonds as soon as possible. The House leadership expects a decisive majority against it, with a quick debate after a Ways and Means report and a rush of appropriation bills so an early adjournment can occur.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Filver
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
District of Columbia
Aerial Rail Link Over Chilkoot Pass Opens New Klondike Route
Hugh C. Wallace announces completion of the Chilkoot Railroad and Transportation aerial railway over the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Linderman. The route shortens travel from tides to Yukon headwaters from a month to one day, reducing peril and hardship for Klondike travel.
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Chilcoot
Tacoma
Wash
Hugh C. Wallace
Chilkoot Railroad and Transportation Company
Chilkoot Pass
Lake Linderman
Yukon River
End of Debate Opens with Stewart Jones and Burrows
Senator Stewart leads in favor of the resolution with Mr. Jones of Arkansas following. The first opponent speech comes from Mr. Burrows of Michigan as the debate concludes.
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Stewart
Mr. Jones
Arkansas
Burrows
Michigan
Close of the Silver Debate Opens Senate to Teller Vote
The Senate opened the final day of discussion on the Teller resolution with Mr. Stewart of Nebraska leading the defense, arguing that money is a creature of law and citing judicial precedent. He attacked President McKinley's recent speech and faulted Secretary Gage, while others argued the gold standard and warned the measure could unsettle markets and public creditors.
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Washington
Senate
Stewart
Ney
Fie
McKcintey
New York
United States
Gage
Treasury Department
Jones
Ark
Alligon
Burrows
Republican Party
Wolcott
Ife
Indianapolis
New York Clearing Hogousea Association
Senate pension rules set standards for claims and eligibility
Washington Jan 29 The Senate committee on pensions adopts rules guiding eligibility for pensions. Rules require bureau adjudication first, restrict duplicative or late claims, limit increases, deny payments for arrears, constrain child pensions, and set conditions for widows and non soldiers. The committee emphasizes timing, duty, and destitution thresholds.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Pension Bureau
Mfth
Bureau
Beig
Senate
Fight Over Book Concern Bill in House
In Washington on January 29 the House debated the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Mgr Grout sought to substitute the book publishing company of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for the bill. Opponents led by Mr Cooper blocked the motion, 72 to 129, as Dalzell pressed for time with yeas and nays.
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Washington
Mgr. Grout
Rep. Vt
District of Columbia
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Friends
Cooper
Dem
Tex
Dalzell
Bill Passes for War Damages to Methodist Church South
The House approved 188 to 67 a bill granting the Methodist Episcopal Church South $288,009 for war damages. Texas Rep Cooner steered the measure after a lengthy fili buster delayed private bill days. The measure won broad support as opponents yielded.
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Washington, D. C
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Cooner
Texas
Corbett Not Considered For Final Challenge
Detroit January report states Corbett was not considered for a final challenge. The city undertook to stage a $25,000 purse bout between Fitzsimmons and Corbett, but Fitzsimmons said Corbett is no longer in his class and will not fight until he defeats Maher.
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Corbett
Detroit
Mich
Fizsimons
Julian
Considine
Fitzsimmons
Maher
President McKinley Opens San Francisco Jubilee by Telegraph
In a ceremony at the White House, President McKinley pressed a telegraph key at 11 08 PM Sunday, witnessed by the California congressional delegation Judge McKenna and Mrs Leland Stanford and other women, to open the jubilee in San Francisco.
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Washington
California
McKenna
Supreme Court
Leland Stanford
McKinley
White House
San Francisco
Denver Men Secure 800 Acres of Rich Placer Ground
Colonel J P Snow announces Denver mining men have closed a deal to obtain deed to 800 acres on the Middle Fork of the Little Laramie river in Cheyenne Wyoming. They plan to start work when spring opens.
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Cheyenne, Wvyo
J%. P. Snow
Denver
Middle Fork
Little Laramie River
German Sailor Schultz Murdered At Tsimo Post
Shanghai dispatch reports German sailor Schultz of the Kaiser killed at Tsimo post in Whafo Chow bay. Chinese assailants slain during the ensuing clash with the relieving guard, twelve natives killed, sparking German demands on China.
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Shanghai
Che Foo
Mercury of
Schultz
Kaiser
Tsimo
Whafo Chow Bay
Kalo Chou
Kato Chou
China
Canadian bicycle makers seek nine dollar import duty
The bicycle manufacturers of Canada request a specific import duty of 9 dollars on each bicycle imported from the United States.
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Bicycle Manufacturers of
Canada
United
Denver Exhibit Plans Domeed Maltese Cross Building
The Denver exhibit committee outlined a $5,000 display building for the Omaha exposition. Plans include moving the structure to Denver after the fair and placing it in the city park. The Maltese cross shaped building will feature a dome and glass panoramas of Denver and Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Veteran French Actor Paul Feix Talllade Dies in Paris
Reports confirm the death of Paul Feix Talllade, a veteran French film and stage actor, in Paris. The cause and exact date of death were not disclosed.
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Paul Feix Talllade
Paris
Visit of War Ships Improves Ties Between Nations
A Madrid note on the Maine visit to Cuba says Captain General Blanco will send a battleship and the Vizcaya cruiser to visit American ports. The visit will host Spanish sailors and naval commanders will exchange visits, seen as a pacific demonstration pleasing to both the United States and Spain.
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Madrid
United States
Maine
Cuba
Blanco
Vizcaya
Horn
Washinton
Alger in Better After Illness Delays
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn reported Secretary Alger is "doing nicely" but still very sick with malaria and grippe. He has not been seen in ten days and will be moved to the mountains of South Carolina to speed recovery.
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Alger
Washington
Meiklejohn
South Carolina
Election Frauds Report Seats Aldrich Over Plowman
United States House committee on elections reports in the Aldrich vs Plowman case from Alabama 4th district that a recount grants seat to Aldrich a republican and populist. The document describes unusually severe arraignments of alleged frauds.
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Ashington
House Committee On Elections No. 1
William F. Aldrich
Thomas S. Plowman
Alabama
Plowman
Aldrich
Union Pacific Not Turned Over Until March 1
The Salt Lake Herald predicts the Union Pacific will not be turned over until March 1.
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The
Salt Lake Herald
Union Pacific
Baking Powder Essential for Alaska Outfits
The article stresses bread and biscuits are vital in Alaska and only Royal Baking Powder withstands cold damp climates. It cites miners and expedition leaders like McQuesten and Peary endorsing Royal for reliability, flavor, and keeping quality, warning against cheaper brands that may cake or fail during transit or use.
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Royal Baking Powder Company
Alaska
Yukon
McQuesten
Arctic
United States
Peary
Shoul Miner
Ing
Peddlers in Mexico and a Honey Vendor Tale
While traveling in Mexico years ago BE, F. Guig of St. Louis recalls a funny encounter with a honey seller. An old woman with limited stock refused to sell all her honey to the interpreter, saying she would have nothing left for others and for the day.
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Mexico
F. Guignon
St. Louis
Fads in Flowers Across London Shops
Florists abroad display funeral wreaths with prices in windows and use grisly emblems. Crosses, gates, and broken columns dominate, while flowers lose natural grace. The author condemns over arranged boutonnieres and urges simple, single blooms as proper memorials.
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London
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