Lincoln Nebr News Roundup and Local Incidents
In Lincoln a city council considers an arrest rule for children after hours at night. Omaha jury convicts Claude Hoover of murder and sentences him to death. News covers land sales near Alma, wild rumors of insanity near Ashland, and a brickmakers convention set for January 21 1896 at the Capital hotel. Also notes transport disputes, G A R reunion hopes, and local crimes with brief fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joax Marons
Bradshaw
Majors
Alma
McKetvry
Geneve
City of Lincoln
Capital Hotel
W. H. H. Pitresury
Nance County
Fullerton
Faruuer
Zeigenbine
Ashland
Saunders County
R Bryan
Rock Creek
Patrick Mulcahy
Harvard
Omaha
Claude Hoover
Hloover
du Boise
Art Merchants of
York
Watson Never
Frank Helvey
Jefferson County
Fairbury
Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
Commercial Club
Harwood
Sugar bounty warrants paid to Oxnards and Norfolk factory owners
Warrants totaling nearly 40000 dollars were issued from the general fund to the Oxnards at Grand Island and to owners of the Norfolk beet sugar factory. Secretary of State Piper approved the claims, Auditor Moore issued the warrants, and State Treasurer Bartley signed them. The act allows payment despite no explicit appropriation, drawing interest at 5 percent. Chicory bounty claims remain unpaid as factory representatives push the matter.
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Oxnards
Grand Island
Norfolk
Piper
Moore
Bartley
General Fund
O’ Neill
Nebraska Beet Sugar Convention Calls for Delegates
The second Nebraska Beet Sugar association convention will meet in Fremont on February 5 and 6. Delegates are to be appointed by diverse groups including the governor twenty at large, state universities and boards ten each, mayors and villages several, and numerous other organizations three to five delegates each. Editors and all Nebraska newspapers may attend with credentials. Congress members and state officials invited as delegates. A scientific and practical program will be presented. Railroads plan to make a one fare round trip for attendees.
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Illinois
Nebraska
Hunt Nifong
Nelson
Nuckolls County
George E. Talkinton
Modesta
Macoupin County
Ill
J. A. EpaEarton
Frank Eager
State Central Committee
State House
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska National
St. Louis
North Platte
North
J’latte
Ealy
United States
Hall
Avhem
Dan Clark
Linegla
Beatrick
Plattsmouth
Ed Julious
Merritt Kerr
Kerr
Nebraska Beet Sugar Association
Fremont
State University
State Board of Agriculture
State Horticultural Society
State Dairymen’s Association
State Federation of Labor
Boards of Trace and Commercial Clubs
State Normal School
Agricultural and Irrigation
Congress
A Coming Execution in Dawson County
Sheriff Hobson of Dawson county visited the governor to press on a date for Walker’s execution. The sentence is set for January 10, while a petition for commutation to imprisonment in the penitentiary due to Walker’s mental condition awaits the governor’s ruling.
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Jincoln
Hobson
Dawson County
Ifis
Walker
December School Apportionment Delayed by Reports
The December apportionment of the common school fund will be delayed as several counties lag in report submissions. The total to be distributed is $216,336.33, well below December 1894’s $309,508.78. Without county figures, per capita cannot be calculated. teachers say school population has risen, implying a lower per capita.
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Juincoln
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Western Nebraska Fair Idea Moves Ahead in Sidney
At the State Irrigation Association meeting in Sidney a Western Nebraska fair was proposed to spotlight irrigated products. W N Park of the Union Pacific leads the group with backing from the association. Colonel Cody may bring his Rough Riders congress to the fair, rivaling Omaha’s 1896 state fair. A model farm would be planted near the fair grounds to demonstrate irrigation benefits.
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North Statte Dispatch
Nebraska
State Irrigation Association
Sidney
W. N. Park
Union Pacific
W W. F. Cody
Omaha
Congress of Rough Riders of the World
Hoover found guilty of murder with death penalty
Omaha dispatch reports Claude H Hoover convicted of first degree murder for killing Councilman Sam DuBois on December 13 after a dispute over Hoover's sister's companion. Jury delivered verdict at 10:15 yesterday morning, sentencing him to death.
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Omaha
Claude H. Hoover
Sam DuBois
Claude I. Hoover
Sam DuLois
Dufois
Hoover
Katie Brophy
Hex
Bond call leaves senators noncommittal across parties
Debates over Secretary Carlisle’s bond call reveal cautious Senate and House reactions. Democrats show reluctance to commit while Republicans stay largely reticent. Analysts expect the syndicate to win the entire $100 million issue, with private subscriptions unlikely to be sizable.
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Csil
Wasmixeton
Carlisle
Uarris
West
Finance Committee
Gorman
Capitol
Morgan
Teller
House
New York
Senate
Dropped Ingalls Unanimously for Ouster in Loyal Legion
Leavenworth Kansas January 7 A member present says at the Loyal Legion of Kansas monthly meeting last Thursday Ingalls ex US Senator John J Ingalls of Atchison was dropped from the rolls by a nearly unanimous vote of about forty to fifty members He had been a third class member and sought first class status He reportedly received no dissenting vote in the removal action
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Leavenworth
Kan
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of Kansas
United States
John J. Ingalls
Atchison
Loyal Legion
Ingalls
Senate
The
A New Premier for Cape Colony
Cape Town January 7 The Son reports Cecil Rhodes has resigned as premier of Cape Colony. Governor Sir Hercules Robinson accepted the resignation and Sir G Gordon Sprigg KCMG treasurer succeeds him as premier. Sprigg previously served as colonial secretary and premier in earlier years and has held treasurer roles since 1890. He was born in 1320.
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Cape Colony
Cape Towy
Cecil Rhodes
Hercules Robinson
G. Gordon Sprigg
Jefferson Shoe Company Quits the Penitentiary
The Jefferson Shoe Company, working inside a Chicago owned penitentiary, will move its machinery and plant this week to Dixon where Henderson also owns other shoe factories. The factory employed 290 prisoners at fifty cents a day each, with the state receiving the wage payments.
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Jepeerson City
Jefferson Shoe Company
C. M. Henderson
Chicago
Dixon
Deal Brothers Make Assignment in Carthage
CanTnaGE Mo Jan 7 Deal Brothers long time druggists here assigned to C B Stickney for creditors. Reported liabilities about 2500 dollars and assets about the same.
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Cantnage
Korb Found Dead. Defaulter to Large Sum
New York, Jan. 7. It is disclosed that Arno E. Korb, found dead December 4 in his home after a self-inflicted death, was a defaulter to the sum of three thousand dollars. His wife lay unconscious beside him.
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Korb
New You
Arno E. Korb
Government seeks bids for $100 million four percent bonds
Secretary Carlisle announces sealed proposals for 100 million dollars of United States four percent bonds due thirty years from February 1896. Bids due February 5, 1895, with payment options and eligibility at various Treasury offices. Additional bond forms may be offered to maintain the gold reserve.
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Washincrox
Carlisle
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Washington
da, C
United States
Treasury of the
Washington, D. C
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
J. G. Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
Why Jameson Failed Rail Raid in Transvaal
Londox Jan 7 The belief arises that Jameson’s expedition relied on an Uitlander uprising in Johannesburg to succeed and that Jameson would have won with expected help from the city. Cablegrams claim Kruger promised to lift food duties and subsidize languages, a move hoped to quell Uitlander unrest and provoke imperial intervention. Cecil Rhodes’s resignation rumors circulate as Chamberlain seeks confirmation. Kruger says prisoners will be punished by law.
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Londox
Dr Jameson
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
Krugersdorph
Jameson
Kruger
Uitlanders
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Hercules Robinson
Chamberlain
Mr. Rhodes
Kulawayo
Bartholomew Shea Gets Four-Week Reprieve in Murder Case
Amany New York January 7 A dramatic criminal incident ends with John Methrough confessing to the murder just forty eight hours before Bartholomew Shea’s scheduled execution, prompting a four week respite as the electric chair odds shift. Methrough, from Ivoy, is serving nineteen years and six months for shooting William Joss, brother to the presumed victim.
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Amany
N. Y
Bartholomew Shea
Shea
Danenora
John Methrough
Lvoy
Boundary line commission forms Venezuelan inquiry leadership chosen
The Venezuelan commission met at the State Department with Secretary Olney as they received commissions and guidance on inquiry methods. Justice Brewer was elected president, Walker Blanford named clerk, and preparations for quarters and maps were approved as the group adjourned to reconvene Saturday.
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Washington
White
State Department
Olney
Crandford
Justice Brewer
Walker Blanford
Coudert
Brewer
Alvey
Gilman
Gil Toan
White House
Trade record of 1895 reflects rising liabilities and market shifts
G H G Dun & Co reports 1895 commercial failures totaling 13 197, up from 13 885 in 1894, with total liabilities $173 196 000 vs $172 997 306. Per-failure average climbs to $13 134 from $12 458. First quarter bright, last quarter strong rise. deferred liabilities to payment via clearing houses increase. Produce markets show sharp changes. cotton acreage trimmed to improve returns, but speculation and false information hurt exports. Wheat suffers similarly as exports fall and farmers hoard grain, keeping prices down amid abundant corn and meats.
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New York
Jan
Atlantic
Circular of A P A President Traynor Attacks Cleveland Politics
The American Protective Association chief Traynor issues an 8000 word circular to state councils reviewing the organization and current politics. He claims many Congress members belong to the APA and endorses bills to public inspect private or state controlled institutions, ban official recognition of church dignitaries, and restrict armed drill to military and certain groups. He denounces Cleveland, suggests a new party if Republicans appease Rome, and criticizes party leaders as papists while warning of Catholic mobilization by Irish nationalists.
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Dernorr
Mich
Jan G.W J. N. Traynor
American Protective Association
Mr.Traynor
Congress
United States
United States Army
Wraynor
President Cleveland
Cleveland
Colonel Coppinger
Rome
Papal
Allison
Reed
Traynor
Ife
WV. S. Linton
Michigan
John If Gear
Town
W. O. Bradley
Kentucky
Uerrison
Republican Party
Carter
Republican National Committee
Marrity
Democratic National Committee
Vraynor
Republic
Internal Revenue Collections in District Sees Drop
Leavenworth Kan January 0 The internal revenue collections for this district covering Kansas Oklahoma and the Indian Territory for December totaled 18854 a sharp decline from December 1894 The only steady item is revenue from mermararine stamps averaging about 11000 a month in this district
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Internal Revenue
Leavenworth
Kan
Explosion Kills Engineer and Fireman in Ohio Train Incident
An engine on the Columbus Sandusky and trocking railway between Fultonham and Mount Perry exploded at 2 o'clock this morning in Zanvaviney Ohio. Engineer Bert Meed and Fireman Frank Wesse were instantly killed in the blast.
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Zanvaviney
Ohio
Columbus, Sandusky and Trocking
Fultonham
Mount Perry
Bert Meed
Frank Wesse
Governor declines to stay Bartholomew Shea's execution
At Any, January 6 Governor Morton refused to intervene in the sentence of death for Bartholomew Shea who was convicted of fatally shooting Robert Ross in Troy in March 1891.
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Atany
N. Y
Morton
Bartholomew Shea
Robert Ross
Troy
Utah Admitted As State In Ceremony On Inauguration Day
Salt Lake City and Wasumerox report President signed the Utah statehood proclamation at 10 am. A 20 gun salute marked the event on Capitol Hill, with flags displayed and public business closed. Governor Wells welcomed congratulations as inaugural ceremonies loom Monday. The proclamation assures religious liberty while banning polygamy and upholding the act's conditions.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Brown
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Capitol Hill
Wells
Wasumerox
United States
Subcommittee Advances 140 Million Pension Bill
The appropriations subcommittee completed review of the pension bill proposing 140 million dollars, roughly 82 million less than the commissioner’s early estimates. The bill shapes the program and sets funding for veterans and related pensions.
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WasuinGr Toy
Subcommittee of Appropriations
Siittle
Missouri Glee Club Tour Ends In Financial Shortfall
The Missouri University Glee Club returned from a Missouri and Kansas tour. Two members walked to Columbia from Rochenort. The trip yielded small houses and meager receipts, marking the venture as a financial failure.
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Glee Club
Conumura
Missouri University Glee Club
Missouri
Kansas
Columbia
Rochenort
Ohio House Nominates Slooper for Speaker
Corvmsucgs O Jan 6 The House Republican caucus nominated David J. Slooper of Athens for speaker as the Republican majority stands at sixty two.
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Ohio House
Corvmsucgs, O
House Republican Caucus
David J. Slooper
Athens
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Sidney Telegraph
Charles Callahan
A Sidney
Leavenworth Loyal Legion
Carthage
Terialize
Bat Shea
Justice Brewer of
Mr. White
A. P
Harrison
Supreme
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