Hazy Nebraska notes mix crime and civic plans
A mix of local actions and incidents fills the column: Hays area interest in irrigation and a new league club. York County fair dates set for September. a murderer's appeal and acquittal in other counties. bank struggles and a planned water system vote. multiple arrests, accidents, and poverty relief efforts across Cass, Dodge, Webster, and Saunders counties.
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Bieen Édito
Hays Gn
UassiRe
Tir
Estern
Dodge County
Litghfield
Ely
York County
EMR
Jers Linn
Seven & Schiles
Gaetot Emerson
W. Crowe
Wilber
Seaver
Omaha
Denver
Fremont
Shave
Alliance
Henta
Beatrice
Tyre
Webster County
A. P. Vinson
Wymore
Pagren
Blue Springs
Laus
Arga Waycotia Busines House
Wis
Cass County
Waxken
Holcomb
Fin
Bering
Yousa
North Bend
California
Saunders County
Thomas
Chase County
Frenchman River
Hayes
Hog Thieves and Farm Stand-Off Reported in County
Police say William Hazard and Albert Musselt, recent Bassett arrivals, were tracked from Butterfield stockyards to a Stanton county farm where hogs were loaded. One fled, one captured. they face Stanton county trial. Residents discuss beet sugar experiments and looming crop prospects amid heavy rains and snows.
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Norfolk
William’ Hazard
Albert” Musselt
Bassett
Butterfield
Stanton County
Ex-Senator Saunders Honored Before Legislature
Des Moines dispatch reports ex senator Saunders received cordial receptions from the senate and house. He spoke briefly to both chambers as the AR OE trans Mississippi committee met lawmakers to plan action for tomorrow. Governor Drake named Speaker Byers and Lt Governor Parrott to manage the joint resolution and present it in both houses.
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Des Moines Dispatch
Nebraska
Saunders
Senate
House
Desis
Drake
Ways and
Speaker Byers
Parrott
Ces
No Report From State Normal School Overseer
The governor has not received any report on affairs at the State Normal School at eru. The governor’s secretary requested a report, Prof A W Norton said Superintendent Corbett should provide it, but Corbett says his duties are limited to minutes and financial records. The situation remains unchanged.
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State Normal School
Eru
Muret
A. W. Norton
Norton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Corbett
Educational Board
Appraising Military Reservations Near Chadron
Lon Edward Merritt of Springfield Illinois, government appraiser, has completed the Ft Sidney valuation and is now appraising the old Sheridan reservation about sixteen miles from Chadron. The six mile square strip will likely be opened for settlement once the appraisal is finished in a couple of weeks. Merritt is a former Nebraska newspaperman with ties to Omaha World-Herald.
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Chadron
Edward Merritt
Springfield
Itil
Sidney
Old Fe
Merritt
Orsaha World Werald
Nansen Search Sparked By Chicago Syndicate
Chicago reporters note a new expedition led by Evelyn Baldwin to reach the Lena river to verify Nansen reports and aid possible returnees. Baldwin plans a rapid 50 day transit Chicago to Irkutsk via San Francisco and Vladivostok, with 22 days across Asia and Siberia.
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Chicago
Nansen
North Pole
Lena River
Yakutsk
Irkutsk
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Peary
North Greenland
Baldwin
San Francisco
Viadivostock
Pacific Coast
St. Petersburg
Dr. Nansen
Lena
Yena
Sthe
Andree
North America
Europe
Asia
Orusk
Pojtats
United States
Siberia
Japan
Chita
Wey
Jones Wins Pulitzer Mint Control of Post-Dispatch
Judge grants Charles Jones permanent control of the Post-Dispatch for five years, barring interference by Pulitzer Publishing Company directors. The ruling gives Jones full business and editorial authority during the contract life, with the court reserving power to appoint a receiver at any time.
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Pulitzer Mint
St. Lovins
Charles
Pulitzer Publishing
Post-Dispatch
Valiant
Jones
Novel McKinley Boomers Train In Kansas Rally
Sgt Dixon, the grain king of Southern Kansas, stores corn in Wichita to launch forty car parade bound for St Louis. The train will carry a brass band and forty McKinley boomers and orators, each stop featuring a McKinley speech representing Kansas counties amid the Republican convention buildup.
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McHinley
Wichita
Kan
Sgt
Dixon
Kansas
St. Louis
McKinley
Bevy of Deputies Arrest Zephtha Kite Near Perry Oklahoma
Zephtha Kite was arrested a few miles south of Perry Oklahoma yesterday on charges of counterfeiting with more than twenty indictments in the Territory. He had been away over two years, slipped back last night and was seized. an accomplice escaped by jumping through a window.
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Nebraska Horticultural Society
Schuyler
Marshal
Yiliggton
Dunlapp
Dwight
Smith
Perry, Ok
Zephtha Kite
Kite
French political crisis stretches cabinet and parliament
Reports from Paris describe a deepening conflict between the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate over a railway scandal inquiry and a vote of confidence. Observers warn of a constitutional crisis and possible dissolution, with no clear path favored by all sides.
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Paris
Pel
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Wheelmen Debating Insurance Auction Risk Classification
New York on February 18 reports Loveal wheel men debating the auction of insurance underwriters to treat bicycle riding as a hazardous risk. Sterling Elliot, president of the League of American Wheelmen, argues statistics do not prove bicycles are more dangerous than horses. He proposes wheelmen refuse accident insurance in retaliation.
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New York
Loveal
Sterling Elliot
League of American Wheelmen
Nansen Coming Back From Polar Expedition
London reports confirm Dr Nansen returning from the North Pole voyage though not yet reached the pole. Mrs Nansen has heard no word, and General Greeley doubts success. Arctic experts speculate Fram drift and possible landfall near the pole before sledging home.
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Nansen
North Pole
London
Archangel
Dr. Nanson
Pole
Dr. Nansen
Kouchnareff
Lena River
New
Siberia
Fram
Kara Sea
Siberian Islands
Chicago's Bible for Public Schools a Non Denominational Text
The Chicago Board of Education will review a new non sectarian Bible compiled for public schools. Initiated after protests over readings ended in 1874 the book was created by a committee from Protestant Catholic Jewish and other denominations. It is graded for grammar school to mature readers and cites endorsements from Huxley to the Pope.
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Ciicaco
Board of Education
Chicago
Davis Swing
Ible
Professor Huxley
German Salvation Army Leader Ohmies Dies in Perry
Gottlieb Ohmies a German Salvation Army leader in town for months was found dead in his bed. Coroner's jury rules death from heart disease. Ohmies hailed from a noted Wansen, Germany family but no money or further heirs are found.
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Perry
Oklo
Gottlieb Ohmsies
Salvation Army
Wansen
Germany
Ohmies
Secretary Morton proposes director in chief for agriculture
In Washington on February 15 Secretary Morton urged an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill to create a director in chief of the department's scientific divisions. The official would supervise the department’s growing, important work with a salary of 6000 dollars per year.
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Washington
Morton
Department of Agriculture
Irish American prisoners in Portland convict prison
James F. Eagan, just released and visiting New York, says three Irish American prisoners in Portland convict prison are stark mad when he spoke of five others who are almost crazy as part of a movement to secure their release.
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New York
Portland
England
James F. Eagan
Sugar Bounty Inquiry Dominates House Session
Washington, Feb 17. The House adopted Senate amendments to several bills and concurred on others. Mr Bay of New York moved a Bowler sugar bounty inquiry, seeking report on executive powers to refuse enforcement of laws, and the measure passed after a lengthy parliamentary wrangle over investigation of the McKinley act reciprocity clause.
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Washincron
the House
Senate
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Yankton
Ways and Means
Cuba's Sugar Crop Greatly Reduced
Consul General Williams reports Cuba's sugar imports through January 23,800 tons at Havana, far below 145,357 tons for the same date last year. The figure reflects a severe decline in Cuba's sugar crop.
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Cuba
Wasamoton
Williams
Department of State
Havans
York Duke and Duchess Baptize Second Son
The baptism of the second son of the Duke and Duchess of York occurred at Sandringham church today. The event was declared a general holiday for locals and surrounding residents.
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York
Loxnes
Duchess of York
Sandringham
Heavy Fire Loss in Grand Haplds at Houseman Block
Fire swept the Houseman block at Pearl and Ottawa streets in Grand Haven Michigan this morning. Losses are estimated at 200000 with partial insurance coverage. The blaze caused extensive damage to neighboring properties and prompted early evacuation of nearby storefronts. Local fire crews battled the flames for hours before containment.
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Grand Barins
Mich
Houseman
Pearl and
Ottawa Streets
Brief News Snips From Across Towns and Times
Summary of scattered items: Mia Inigo Von Elsner, mother of Litta, died in Chicago. Alabama coal and coke production in 1895 was the state’s greatest. Two highwaymen captured at Rich Hill Missouri after robbing three men and wounding one. An aldermanic candidate and a Danville Indiana policeman arrested for extortion. Louis Jlopper, a farmer near Dexter Missouri, killed himself. Henry Gray, a colored youth, jailed for alleged murder and robbery in Cleveland Alabama. Medical men claim germ diseases might be killed by cathode rays. Mrs Nansen has not heard from her husband. Christian scientists discuss his success. Eight lives lost in a fire with at least one impaled. The Samba revolution is exploded. German influence blocks eyeforms.
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Mia
Inigo von Elsner
Litta
Chicago
Alabama
Rich Hill
Danville
Louis Jlopper
Dexter
Henry Gray
Aand
John Lindburg
Cleveland
Ala
Na‘nsen
Christiana
Kansas Populists Call Two State Conventions
The Kansas State central committee of the People's party calls for a Hutchinson convention on March 18 to choose national delegates and an Abilene meeting on August 5 to nominate state officers. Representation for Hutchinson is one delegate per county plus one per 300 Lewelling votes. Abilene uses one per county plus one per 250 Lewelling votes. Delegates total about 500 at Hutchinson and 600 at Abilene.
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Torrxa
Kan
The
People’s Party
Hutchinson
Abilene
Lewelling
Thia
Intervison
Dryhe Bays
CiFr
Sete
Greeley and Scheutee Doubt Nansen Return Report
General Greely and Lt Scheutee question the Archangel dispatch confirming Nansens return from the North pole. They note the distance between Archangel and Irkutsk, lack of detail, and see no scientific basis for a current carrying Nansen, keeping disbelief in the return.
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Nansen
Wasins Gron
Archangel
North Pole
General Greeley
Scheutee
Commodore Melville
Washington
North Siberian
Jeanette
Portland
Sandy Hook
Greely
Irkutsk
Napsen
Lena Delta
Dr. Nansen
General Greely
Vic
Polar
Siberian
Pole
Bennett Island
Iowa Inventors Win Seven U S Patents Last Week
Des Moines February 10 report lists seven Iowa discoverers granted U S patents: E F Greene Fort Dodge music case, G D Leary West Grove screen, Hl Long Palo shock compressor, William Peterson Clinton clothes lifter, G C Poling Harlan overshoe fastener, A F Reiste Panther fence-stay, Rachel W Spring mire Tiffin dish cleaner. Patent office offers free guidance and 25 cent copies of drawings and specs.
Candidate Glark Eyes Ninth District Run
Champ Glark states he will likely seek a congressional seat in the Ninth district. Doctors plan to use Roentgen rays to locate a bullet in a Louisville man's skull.
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Champ Glark
Louisville
Chicago Republicans Back Machine in County Convention Drive
Primary elections in Cook County Illinois showed broad support for the "machine" plan as delegates to the Republican county convention were chosen across Chicago wards and county towns. In Oklahoma, Miss Steta Zorne of Cooper was found dead with an empty morphine bottle, the death attributed to love disappointment.
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Cook County
Republicae
Civicago
Imall
Chicago
Terns
Okla
Steta Zorne
Cooper
Tove
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