Nebraska News Roundup Highlights Foxed Crops and Finance
Forty acres near Gretna sold at 40 dollars an acre. G I Brown of Crawford leads local sheep holdings. St Johns day commemorated by Decatur Masons. McMonies Styles in Lyons robbed of two hundred dollars. Southeastern Nebraska editors met at Auburn for a profitable gathering. Logan County farmers travel to North Platte to market livestock and grain. Burglary surges in Hastings and Omaha-South, with annexation talk revived for Omaha.
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Gretna
G. I Brown
Crawford
Northwest
Masonic Fraternity
Decatur
McMonies & Styles of
Lyons
Nebraska
Auburn
Logan County
North Platte
Omaha
South Omaha
South Omaha Tribune
Elgin
Pierce County
Leander Jones
A. R
Board of Education of
Nebraska City
Omaha Commercial Club
Norfolk & Yankton Railroad
Cook
Norfolk News
Lacy
Frank Yocum
Norfolk
Cr. Shurtz
Winside
George Kelly
Alex Stuart
Wymore
Lincoln
Stuart
Blue Springs
Fremont
Fremont Ieet Sugar Company
Dodge County
W.C Chapman
Freemont
Chapman
Conard
Holdrege
Fremont Neb
Sutton Register
State Banking Board
Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank of Beatrice
W. P. Norcross
Eugene Wheelock
Mason County
G. A. Kiotye
Tadmola
Slason
Thorrel
Union
Missouri River
Lana
Independence
Gorn husking nears finish in Dodge county
A long list of local notes covers Dodge county events. Beav er Crossing churches display Christmas trees, while Lincoln federal court adjourns to January 4. Two murder cases, farming losses, fires, drownings, and accidents feature among town reports and court actions across the region.
Was Hammond a Outside Involved in Bank Collapse
Evanston police found the body of A. W. Hammond, former second vice president of the National Bank of Illinois, after he vanished from his Evanston home. He faced charges of irregularities tied to large loans and outside speculation that led to the bank's closure, with investigations dating back years.
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Cuicaoo
W. A. Hammond
National Bank of Illinois
Percy Palmer
Palmer
Evanston
Dempster Street
Hammond
Lehneider
Cabinet Flecetrie Company
A‘kiter
Ife
Calumet
Tue
Otto Wasmansdorff
Wasmansdorff
National Bank of
Ilinois
Wasmansdorff & Seinnemann
A Cold Wave Hits Perry Oklahoma Weather Downgrade
A sleet storm blew through Perry Oklahoma at 9 this morning with gusts up to twenty five miles per hour and the temperature dropped about forty degrees. In London Abbeys Widow features a theater redecorating for new lessee John Sleeper Clark who has Florence Gerard as leading lady in The Prodigal Father and Home Sweet Home.
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Oklahoma
Perry
Okla
Fionpon
Strand Theater
John Sleeper Clark
Florence Gerard
Henry I’. Abbey
New York
Ilome
McKinley Grated by Crowds on Cleveland Stop
President elect McKinley faced a warm reception in Cleveland and at Bedford Newburg and other stations today as crowds of workingmen cheered during his morning journey.
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Cleveland
Ohio
McKinley
Bedford
Newburg
Bag Makers Protest Jefferey Tariff Proposals Before House Committee
William Rutherford of Oakland urged raise of jute yarns to 35 percent ad valorem and reclassify burlap grain sacks and gunny bag materials under tariff. He blamed the Wilson bill for industrial collapse on the Pacific coast and cited 300 idle Oakland rooms and shuttered mills in New York and Massachusetts. He argued free entry for horse blankets and tarpaulins under other materials harms American dyeing and textiles.
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Wastmseros
House Wars and Means Committee
William Rutherford
Oakland
Cal
Ite
Wilson Inn
Pacific Coast
New York
Massachusetts
Wrong men lynched in Missouri case declared innocent
Prosecuting Attorney Auil states last night that evidence shows Nelson and Winner were innocent of the murder of Mrs Winner and her children. He declines to discuss any ties to mob members, saying the courts must first investigate.
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Winner
Lexborox
Dan
Auil
Hangel Nelson
Coroner's jury rules fall from window caused by gas escape
In St Louis Missouri a coroner's jury concluded that Mr McCullagh died by falling from a window while attempting to escape the effects of gas in what is ruled an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lows
Dan
McCullagh
Ex Governor Vennoyer Donates Half Salary as Mayor
Pont ano Ore January 4 ex Governor Vennoyer started as mayor pledging to take only half his salary. He has turned into the city treasury one half of the legal pay and ordered another half split to Secretary Walpole for the needy. Dubois seeks Democratic aid to regain Senate seat. Walton Walsh aims to rally six or seven Democrats. In Nevada Mo George H Walser denies Presbyterian church report. attacks churches and story authors.
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Pont.ano
Ore
Vennoyer
Gambell
Walpole
City Board of Charities
Dubois
Boisk
Idaho
Walsh
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Nevada
George H. Walser
Liberal
Western Spiritual Association
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Neb
Montana Official Dies By Own Action
A Silver Bow county Montana official, Niedenhofen, aged clerk of the district court, died after falling from a hotel roof in Salur Lake City Utah where he had been staying for health. He had been visiting friends before the theater outing when he plunged forty feet to the ground. He died shortly after.
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Salur Lake City
Utah
Dan
N. A
Niedenhofen
District Court
Silver Low County
Montana
Wey Hotel
Sugar Interest in House Ways and Means debated
Importers and cane growers along with refiners and financiers expressed their views to the House Ways and Means Committee. Experts highlighted several points regarding tariffs, production costs, and market impacts influencing policy proposals.
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House
Ways and Means
Sugar Schedule Sparks House Debate on Duties and Bounties
The House Ways and Means Committee examined the sugar schedule with four interests represented importers cane growers beet raisers and refiners. John Farr urged specific duties to test sugar water content and to deter refiners while granting the president authority to adjust duties with bounties. Speakers cited revenue projections and criticisms of ad valorem tariffs, urging a specific duty system aligned with bounty levels and a re-enactment of 1263 provisions to stabilize domestic sugar prices.
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Ways and Means
John Farr
New York
Dingley
Farr
Trindad
Henry A Brown
Massachusetts
London
Germany
Jalon Humphreys
Tl. J. Smith
J. D. Hill
New Orleans
Cane Growers’ Association of
Louisiana
Civil Service Extension Expands Penitentiary Rules
The president extends civil service rules to all officers and employees in federal penitentiaries subject to classification, chiefly affecting Fort Leavenworth and other institutions as created. Attorney General Harmon will scrutinize the justice department’s civil service schedule, with further amendments expected. Indians Robbed and Poisoned in Sac and Fox Nation. Two Indians dead and others sick from a poisonous whisky scam. Trust companies fail in Iowa and Kansas with bank runs and closures.
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Wastuxcrox
Civil Service
Federal Penitentiary Service
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Tut
Harmon
Department of Justice
Railroad Shops Closed in Zanrsville Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops in Zanrsville Ohio were ordered closed until further notice. Four hundred men are out of work with no reason given. In New York a Progressive Democratic club pledges support for Bryan for president in 1900 and invites northern Democratic organizations to a January convention.
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Zanrsville
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Phace
Bryan
New York
Dan
Progressive Democratic Club
William Bryan
North
Prominent Chicago figure James C McMullen dies
James C McMullen a longtime Chicago financier and vice president of the Chicago and Mion railroad died yesterday after three years of invalidism. His estate suffered heavy losses before death with holdings in Athis National Bank and properties tied to Norton Lies valued at about 112000 dollars. The item also contains scattered letters on Nebraska farming prospects and patent queries.
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James C. McMullen
Chicago
Chicago & Mion Railroad
Athis National Bank
Norton
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Nebraska News
Gorn Husking
Beaver Crossing
People’s Independent Church
Schuyler
Wim Lambrecht
West Point
Bar Association of Ord
A. M. Robbins
Norman Westover
Rushville
Plenty Bird
Redhorse
John Wright
Tilden
Vender
C Goodmanson
Green ‘Tracy
Hickman
JL. P Boyd
W. Bb. Harmen
Stromsburg
Wille Schoen
James Campbell
Valley
Schoen
L'Ref
Taylor
Russia
Missouri Pacific
Netmaha
Godof Buthner
Lincoln Hospital
Syracuse
Miles Davis
Taylor Hickman
Leatrice
J. W. Bridenbaugh
Dakota County
Elmwood
A. Bickert
Yount Bros
Hrock
Bickert
Blake
Hickert
Omaha, Minneapolis & Buffalo Railroad Company
James L. Brown
Peter I. Brown
Frederick A. Brown
Joseph C
Wm. Mann
Beatrice
Burlington
Otto Neimeyer
Farmers’ Institute
J. W. Eaton
David Brown
Otto Jessen
Job Cassel
Rock Island
Railroad Company
George Washington Davis
George Saxon
Fred !Onsdale
Gans Bryan
Detective Malone
Ed Craighead
Henry Cowing
Oakdale
Steve Anderson
Eagle
M. D. Bailey
Hammond A Ouiside
Illinois National Bank
Bevanston
Hank
Omaha Bank
Omaha, Neb
Omaha Savings Bank
Abbey's
Mr. McKinley
California
Aull
Nelson
Dury
Molter MccCullagh
Penpoycer
Walser
Porthasp
Fitzpatrick
George Ketts
Bingham
C. F. Moore
San Francisco
Cook County Grand Jury
Gus Collander
Wichits
Wicarra
Kan
Kansas City
Max Shiits
Boyle
Torrka
George Rh. Snelling
Anthony
Harper County
Seventh
Chester J. Long
O'Malley Guton
CnicaGco
Thomas J. O'Malley
Gus Collinder
Civil Service Extension
Guruum
Trust Company
Sioux
City
Iowa
Farmers’ Trust Company
W. T. Mousinger
Vas
Commercial National Bank
Dwines C.o McMullen
G. AL. Hiotye
Belmond
U.S
U. S
Tomas G. & J. Rabe Orwig
Solicitors of Patents
Les Moines
Livestour Asd
Ae & S York
Liam
Thee Multons
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