Maine Dead at Rest: Maine Crew Buried with Full Military Honors
The Maine dead from Havana returned aboard the Texas were laid to rest at Arlington with simple religious services and national honors. President and cabinet attended, with officers from army and navy, Marines, and sailors in snow. Capts Sigsbee and Father Chidwick led rites as Chaplain Clark spoke, taps sounded, and Jeremiah Shea recalled his escape.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Maine
Havana
Texas
Army
Navy
Spain
Potomac
Capital
Old Fort McPherson
Santiago
Lee
Fort Myer
Navy, Yard
Admiral Dewey
Miles
Sigsbee
Chidwick
Havana Harbor
Wainwright
F. C. Bowers
Jeremiah Shea
Shea
Father Chidwick
North Chamberlain Townsite Dispute Heads to Court
Sioux Falls federal court served eviction papers on North Chamberlain townsite claimants under Captain H J King. Claimants have thirty days to show cause why they should not vacate. The 1885 Snow Creek opening and ongoing dispute may reach the court of last resort.
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Boancinz
Chamberlain
Sioux Falls
North Chamberlain
H. J. King
Snow Creek
Arthur
Court of Last Resort
Forgives Would Be Slayer in Missouri Shooting
Jesse Lindsay, who shot his brother Tom at their brother in law Joe Yeager's home near Maryville on November 22, faced a preliminary examination and was held for grand jury investigation on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He bore about thirty buckshot wounds, and the brothers reportedly shook hands when Lindsay was brought in.
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Maryville
Jesse ‘Lindsay
Tom
Joe
Yeager
Grand
Interior bans wild Indian exhibitions faces protests
Washington December 29 The Interior department maintains its policy against displaying wild Indians in exhibitions despite protests from Colonel W F Cody and other stakeholders who seek exemptions. Commissioner Jones says no policy change and warns exhibitions undermine Indian progress though private contracts could still sidestep formal action if consent is not obtained.
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Washington
Interior Department
W. F. Cody
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Indian Bureau
Indiana
Britain to patrol the Atlantic with war ships
A Halifax source reports Britain is preparing to patrol the Atlantic. Officials indicate the North American and West Indies squadron has orders regarding alleged violation of neutrality laws by vessels leaving American ports with contraband. Communications between Halifax and the fleet commander in the West Indies are said to have occurred with certainty.
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New York
Halifax
Great Britain
Atlantic
Navy Yard
West Indies
Talks of Compromise with Indemnity in Natal
Winston Churchill, welcomed in Durban after his escape from the Boers, reports that Transvaal leaders fear the war and Chamberlain notes talk of a settlement. The plan would cede territory held by Boer forces, pay 20 million pounds indemnity, and recognize Transvaal independence.
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Durban
Natal
Winston Churchill
Transvaal
Pretoria
Kruger
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Funston to join MacArthur in Manila passage
General Frederick Funston will join General MacArthur's command in Manila. His exact brigade is undecided but may be assigned to General Wheeler's. The order opening trade to Zamboanga Cotabato Davao and Isabela ports applies provisionally to Jolo and Siassi. General Bates to appoint customs officials. A ruling legalizes marriages by judges or clergy from any denomination, ending the Spanish regime's RC-only recognition.
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Manila
Prederick Funston
MacArthur
Wheeler
Zamboanga
Cottabato
Davao
Isabela
Jolo
Siassi
Bates
Ladysmith in sore straits reported by London dispatch
London dispatch from December twenty ninth notes Ladysmith field fortifications now withstand organized attack. Two months of food remain, forage potential rectified by rains bringing grazing within British lines. No horse sickness, casualties from shell fire rise, Boers grow nervous, frequent night sorties and heavy fusillade on an imagined attack continue.
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London
Ladysmith
Kilpatrick to Evacuate Cienfuegos Route to Galveston
The Kilpatrick will depart in a day or two from Cienfuegos to Manzanillo and Cibara to transfer a squadron of the Tenth Cavalry to Galveston Texas. The Sedgwick is en route to Cienfuegos to transport a squadron of the Fifteenth Infantry to New York.
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Washington
War Department
Kilpatrick
Cienfuegos
Manzanilla
Cibara
Tenth Cavalry
Galveston
Tex
Sedgwick
Fifteenth Infantry
New York
Navy appeals for Guam garrison reading materiel
In response to the appeal for books and papers for the Guam garrison the navy department reports receiving 928 books 3217 magazines 2148 illustrated weekly papers 72 sets of dominoes 72 sets of checkers and 72 sets of alphabet blocks intended to aid native children learning.
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Guan
Washington
Guam
Navy Department
Live Stock Men Fight It Out In Emporia Meeting
About 200 Kansas Live Stock association members gather in Emporia to resist railroad freight rate hikes from carload to hundredweight. They plan to use honorable means and have secured nearly 50,000 dollars for lobbying to combat the advance.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas Live Stock Association
Death of W C Poynter Father of Nebraska Governor
Elder W C Poynter died at his Albion home after a lingering illness. Born in 1821 in Kentucky, he moved to Illinois in 1835 and later settled in Woodford County. He leaves wife Huldah Watkins and two sons, including Governor W A Poynter and D J Poynter. he aided Eureka College and mentored public figures like Lincoln and David Davis.
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Albion, Neb
W. C. Poynter
Poynter
Albion
Kentucky
Illnois
D. J. Poynter
W. A
Eureka College
Woodford County
Minois
Lincoln
David Davis
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Paul
Barren County
Illinois
Huldah J. Watkins
Nebraska
Albion Argus
Nebraska State Historical Society Meet Promises Insightful Program
Lincoln January 9 and 10 will host a Nebraska State Historical Society gathering with papers by Clement Chase on Champion S. Chase, David Anderson on early Nebraska settlement, L J Abbott on the 1870 campaign and Governor Butler, R W Furnas on Ex-Senator Thomas W. Tipton, and John Turner on pioneer days in Boone County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraskan Historical Society
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln
Clement Chase
Omaha
Champion S. Chase
David Anderson
South Omaha
Nebraska
L. J. Abbott
Butler
R. W. Furnas
Brownville
Thomas W. Tipton
John Turner
Indianola
Boone County
They Start out for Cuba
Paul Van Der Voort plans a Cuba voyage from New York December 30 with a 350 person party. The Omaha group accompanying him includes W. E. Wood nephew of Union Pacific official, William Carson, J. L. Ratekin, B. Seibert, Rev. Father Hovara, W. L. Ballard, Mr. Olsen, W. H. Robinson, J. F. Earley and Frank Jancoch from Wilber and nearby areas.
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Cuba
Omaha
Neb
Paul van der Voort
New York
la Gloria
W. E. Wood
Wood
Union Pacific Railway
William Carson
J. L. Ratekin
Third
Nebraska Volunteers
B. ¥. Seibert
Father Hovara
Saunders County
W. L. Ballard
Mr. Olsen
Oakland
W. H. Robinson
Norfolk
J. F. Earley
Frank Jancoch
Wilber
Bloodhounds Track Suspect in Franklin Barn Fire
Franklin Nebraska December 27 Saturday night Charles Scott lost his barn outbuildings livestock grain and hay in a fire deemed incendiary. Bloodhounds from Beatrice tracked mule tracks to a nearby farmer's barn where a son suspected of riding the mule is linked to the arson.
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Franklin, Neb
Charles Scott
Franklin
Beatrice
Scott
Drowned While Hunting River Skates Away in Nebraskas
Louis Jacobs, 33, a single man and member of Wilber fire department and militia, disappeared Thursday while skating and hunting along the river. A search party traced his body three miles north of town and recovered it.
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Wilber
Neb
Louis Jacobs
Hungarian brome grass bulletin for Nebraska
The Nebraska Experiment Station issued Bulletin No. 61 on Hungarian brome grass a dry weather grass from Russia suited to semi arid regions. It covers tests at the station farm tests by various people statewide and sowing and care directions. The bulletin is available free by writing to the Agricultural Experiment Station Lincoln Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Experiment Station
Russia
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lincoln
Nebraska State Historical Society Holds 1900 Meetings
The Nebraska State Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at the state university chapel in Lincoln on January 9 and 14. President J. Sterling Morton will give the address, with Dr. L. J. Abbott discussing the 1870 State Republican Convention and Gov. Butler. Other speakers include Robert W. Furnas, Clement C. Chase, David Anderson, and John Turner. and January 11 is set as Old Freighters’ Evening with reminiscences from Eugene Munn and William Fulton and brief talks by old freighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska State Historical Society
the State University
J. Sterling Morton
L. J. Abbott
South Omaha
Butler
Robert W. Furnas
Brownyville
Clement C Chase
Omaha
David Anderson
Jonh ‘Urner
Indianola
Eugene Munn
University Place
William Fulton
Kansas City
Governor Receives Pro War Card From English Resident
A Birmingham England resident writes a strong denouncement of the South African War to Governor Poynter. The private secretary declines to release the writer’s name. The state house closed for a day due to the governor’s father’s death. the funeral took place in Albion. A supreme court brief concerns sureties on a bastardy bond in a case involving George Howell of Seward county. Howell was convicted for 750 and absconded on bail. Minnie Baughman seeks 600 for failure of bondsmen to bring him to court.
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Poynter
Birmingham
England
State House
Albion
Supreme Court
George Howell
Seward County
Minnie Baughman
Howell
Miss Baughman
Justice of the Peace
Rock Island Expands Feeder Lines in Indian Territory
The Rock Island Railroad accelerates feeder construction in Indian Territory and Oklahoma with lines from Chickasha to Pauls Valley N T and west to Mountain View Oklahoma. A western extension to Eddy New Mexico is planned and a direct Centerville Ta to Kansas City route may be built to enter Kansas City on its own tracks.
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Ite
Lincoln
Neb
Rock Island
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Chickasha
City
Paul's Valley
N. T
Mountain View
Okl
Eddy
N. M
Centerville
Kansas City
H. & St. Joe
Nebraska cattle industry drew national writer to Omaha
Earl W. Mayo of McClure's Magazine arrived in Omaha to study Nebraska cattle for an exhaustive feature. He will tour the state gathering data and will stay with Charles Young of the Burlington passenger department.
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Nebraska
Omaha
New York
Earl W. Mayo
McClure’s
Mayo
Charles Young
Burlington Passenger Department
Will Test State Hights
U S district attorney to pursue the case of two Fort Crook soldiers Corporal Fair and Private Jenkins who shot and killed a fellow soldier Morgan after Morgan fled the guard house. The acquittal by a military court martial prompts federal review despite Morgan's escape from confinement.
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Omaha
Neb
Office of
United States District Attorney
Fort Crook
Morgan
la Platte
Corporal Fair
Jenkins
Missouri River Closes at Niobrara After Mild Fall
The Missouri River at Niobrara Nebraska is closing earlier than usual after a season kept navigable. Heavy cold arrived with the first snow on December 23 and a record low of zero sealed the shut for winter.
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Missouri River
Niobrara
Neb
Nebraska
State Bank of Dette Receives Charter in Butte County
State Bank of Dette in Lincoln reports the state bank of Butte in Butte county is chartered to do business. Owned by M. P. Meholin who will serve as president with N. E. Gardiner as cashier. Capital stock set at 10,000 dollars.
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State Bank of
Dette
Lincoln
Neb
Butte
Butte County
M. P. Meholin
N. E. Gardiner
Albion Man Killed In Wagon Train Runaway
In Albion Nebraska a wagon laden with shelled corn was frightened by a passing train. Chauncey Shafer tried to restrain the runaway horses, was knocked down and crushed when the train passed, dying from his injuries. His young son held the reins during the fright.
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Albion
Neb
Chauncey Shafer
South Omaha Live Stock Prices Report
CATTLE trends weaker with Chicago declines. ranges shown for specific classes: steers, cows, stockers, feeders, calves and bulls. HOGS steady to lower as bears push bids. early sales at 4.12 to 4.15 with market easing toward close. SHEEP and lambs mixed from good to fair feeding values across yearlings, wethers, ewes, and native Western lambs with varied feeder prices.
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South Omaha
Jan L
Chicago
Texas
Chicago Live Stock Market Makes Mostly Steady Moves
Cattle markets show steadier trade with good to choice cattle ranging 3.60 to 6.50 and weak to medium stockers around 4.00 to 5.20. Hogs rise 5 to 10 cents with tops near 4.40 and heavy hogs 4.20 to 4.40, while sheep and lambs stay steady with lambs at 4.00 to 5.90 and western lambs 5.40 to 5.89.
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Chicago
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report
Kansas City market summary shows cattle activity steady for desirable stock with some softness in plain lots. Heavies, light weights, stockers and feeders cited with price ranges. hogs demand strong with higher quotes. sheep and lambs overall active with some plain lots lower.
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Kansas City
Stocis
New York Produce Wheat and Corn Market Summary
Wheat closed steady with a slight net decline across March to December contracts. March at 1 ige, May at 74 3 4c, July 1 43 1 4c, December 72 4c. Corn spot prices eased with No. 2 at 6 to 7c, options opened dull and easy amid large receipts and heavy selling west. Oats dull with No. 2 at 38 to 38 1/2c, December 38 1/2c.
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New York
Tage
We. Oats
Ogine
Derrick White
Chicago produce market prices on grains and meats
New Orleans market report lists Wheat No 3 spring at 67 1/4 68 1/2 cents, Corn No 2 at 63 1/2 31 1/4 cents, No 2 yellow 33 1/2 cents. Barley No 2 4 1/2 cents. Seeds flaxseed 149 1/4, timothy 2.26. Provisions pork mess 5.00 75.69 per 100 lbs, short ribs 4.95 6.54, salted shoulders 3.37 5.50, short clear 5.00 75.60.
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Chicago
Lieutenant Edward R. Taylor Dies After Train Accident in Philippines
First Lieutenant Edward R. Taylor of the Twelfth Infantry was killed when run over by a train while crossing the Agno River near Bautista on December 26. Born in Illinois, he entered the army from Idaho in 1889 after graduating from the Military Academy. He served in South Dakota, Nebraska, Cuba during the Spanish American War, then Kansas and Missouri before sailing to the Philippines in 1899.
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Philippines
Washington
Otis
Manila
War Department
Edward R. Taylor
Twelfth Infantry
Agno River
Bautista
Taylor
Ihinoly
Idaho
Military Academy
South Dakota
Nebraska
Santiago
Cuba
Kansas
Missouri
Anti-Trust Campaign Opens for New York Travelers and Hotels
New York headquarters of the Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust league opened today. William Hoge, secretary and treasurer, announced a vigorous campaign to organize commercial travelers associations and hotel men against trusts. The league began in August with 12 000 members enrolled.
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New York
Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men’s Anti-Trust League
William Hoge
Hoge
Train Hits Team. Driver William Lippincott Killed
The Union Pacific eastbound fast mail struck a crossing team at Shelton Neb at 11:30 this morning. Driver William Lippincott died along with both horses as wheat and wagon parts scattered. Lippincott was a farmer living south of Shelton. The train did not stop at Shelton and was moving near full speed. Engineer Austin and Conductor Dunbar were in charge. After the wreck the train stopped and backed up to assess the damage.
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Sloraea
Kearney
Neb
Union Pacific
Shelton
Wiliam Lippincote
Iappincott
Austin
Dunbar
Kansas Editor Sent to Jail
Paul Grinstead editor of the Wathena Star was sentenced in Troy Kansas to eleven months imprisonment in the county jail on a criminal libel conviction arising from his accusation that State Senator John Fulton of Brown County took a bribe over the location of a new state insane asylum. Grinstead will edit his paper from jail.
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Kansas
Troy
Kan
Paul Grinstead
Wathena Star
John Fulton
Brown County
Fulton
Grinstead
Queen Victoria chocolate set for South Africa design
Seven railways vie to carry Queen Victoria's chocolate to Southampton for shipment. The ETAC ship bears a red background and blue border, with a crown topped monogram and a bust of the queen flanked by the words South Africa. The queen's facsimile handwriting wishes a Happy New Year.
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South Africa
Southampton
ETAC
V. RH. L
Victoria, R. I
Boston Man Recovers From Rheumatism After Long Trip
A prominent Boston man recounts suffering from rheumatism and nerv ousness. Following advice from a friend he traveled over 2000 miles to Hot Springs South Dakota for baths and climate. He reports being revived and returning home ready to meet business demands, praising the health resort and urging others to consider it. For details contact J. R. Buchanan, G P A, E and M V R R, Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
South Dakota
America
North-Western Line
J. R. Buchanan
Omaha
Neb
Inventions Patent Purchases Rise Among U S Firms
Last week 459 patents were issued to United States inventors and 37 percent were sold before issuance. Notable buyers include Dempster Manufacturing Co Des Moines Fitzgerald Meat Tree Co Chicago Gathmann Torpedo Gun Co Chicago Gatea Iron Works Chicago Oakman Motor Vehicle Co Chicago United Coke and Gas Co Philadelphia Page Woven Wire Fence Co Adrian Nordlinger Fire Works Co New York Vaughen Machine Co Portland Union Cash Register Mfg Co Trenton Inventors seek information from Sues & Co Patent Lawyers and Solicitors Bee Bldg Omaha Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dempster Manufacturing Co
Des Moines
Fitzgerald Meat Tree Co
Chicago
Ill
Gathmann Torpedo Gun Co
Iil
Gatea Iron Works
Oakman Motor Vehicle Co
United Coke and Gas Co
Philadelphia
Page Woven Wire Fence Co
Adrian
Mich
Nordlinger Fire Works Co
New York City
Vaughen Machine Co
Portland
Union Cash Register Mfg. Co
Trenton
N. J
Sues & Co
Patent Lawyers and Solicitors
Bee Bldg
Omaha
Neb
Winter travel sales on Omaha and St Louis routes
On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month home seekers can buy tickets to southern points for one fare plus $2.00 round trip. Winter rates to Hot Springs Arkansas and other winter resorts are greatly reduced. Contact the Quincy Route Office at 1415 Farnam St or Harry E Moores for rates and sleeping car information.
Patents Granted for Air Heater and Planting Machine
Thomas G. Orwig & Co. announces patent approvals for C W Cross Grinnell an auxiliary air heater connected to a stove to warm and circulate air. W S More holds half. J Morgan Atlantic patent for a horse drawn plant planting machine placing cabbage and tobacco plants in furrows with automatic placement and soil covering. RE Whitney Chicago holds half. Des Moines Iowa December 27 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Cross
Grinnell
W. S
J. Morgan
Atlantic
RE. Whitney
Chicago
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Des Moines
Iowa
Winter Excursions by Southern Pacific to West and Mexico
The Southern Pacific Company offers first and second class service to California Arizona Texas and Mexico with Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers from eastern cities. Personally conducted Tourist Excursions available from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Des Moines Omaha Kansas City and more. For details contact W G Nelmyer in Chicago W H Connor in Cincinnati or W J Berg in Buffalo.
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Southern Pacific Company
California
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
W. G. Nelmyer
Clark St
W. H. Connor
Chamber Commerce Bldg
Ohio
W. J. Berg
Ellicott Sq
Buffalo
N. Y
Spectacles Save Eye of Frankland on Ludgate Hill
Dr. Frankland, walking on Ludgate Hill, narrowly escaped being pushed by a porter. The passerby mocked his spectacles, but Frankland replied that they had saved his eyes, a remark noted with a calm smile.
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Frankland
Ludgate Hill
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W.C. Poynter
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Nebraska Miatorical Society
State Historical Society
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Ecola
State House Notes
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Travelers and Hotel Men's League Open
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