Nebraskans face accidents and incidents statewide
Wide ranging items report injuries from farm machinery and fires, fines for street insults, cattle vaccination efforts and large stock shifts. Burglary, fires, miscarried weddings, executions of county duties, and notable deaths anchor a broad Nebraska news roundup with towns like Grand Island, Ewing, Lincoln, Omaha, and Kimball contributing scenes.
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J. H. Walker
Adams County
Grand Island
Dodge
Nebraska
Ewing
Strayer
Martland
Geneva
Cozard
Triumph
J. A. Hunter
Box Butte County
South Omaha Live Stock Exchange
National Livestock Grower's Convention
Denver
F. N. Merwin
Nebewiska Press Association
Annouces
Lincoln
Charles Snooks
Elm Creek
Harry Hasekl
Fort Madison
Beaver City
Iowa
Moulin
Miss Pearl Richardson
Wisner
Cuming County
Omaha
Banmer County
Arapahoe
Vickrey
Ryidow
F. E. Ward
Burt County
Kimball County
John Heath
Wallace
James H. Gallfen
Gallien
Iail
Nemoha
Kansas
Henry Williams
Precept
Hitchcock County
Otis Anselen
Kanaas City
Anselen
Boe'us
Howard County
Christine Olson
Jens FP. Olson
Theamily
Pat Rooney
Norfolk
Ireland
Pat
America
Murray Dispatch
Riley Dil
Wiliams
South
Dill
Senatorial Contest Draws Attention Amid Unmatched Pledges
Sentiment shifts as offers of even dollars to win are rejected with no takers. The race shows no clear frontrunner while crowds gather and excitement grows around the senatorial bid.
Columbus Inauguration Tense As Hanna Backers Strive
In Columbus Ohio on January 10 the senatorial struggle continues with Hanna backed by a large bloc. Key figures Manuel and Griffith may shift sides, while Kurz supporters vow eight Republicans and sixty five Democrats oppose Hanna. Bets on Hanna persist with no takers. Police and volunteers prepare for mass meetings and inaugurations. Railroads schedule excursion trains to accommodate crowds.
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Columbus
Hanna
Manuel
Montgomery
Griffith
Union
Neil House
Gen
Grosvenor
Alexis Keeler
Ben
George Kk. Nash
State Republican Committee
Charg
Bushnell
The Vestal System Stealings
Auditor Castle reports irregularities in money order accounts under a new post office system. Faulty checks and inflated orders as high as 80 and 100 dollars were recorded while actual values were 1 or 2 dollars. Potential government losses depend on further examination of 100 million orders from 3 years of the old system.
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Washington
Castle
Post Office Department
Walt
Business Failures in 1807
R G Dun and Co reports in its weekly trade review that 1897 saw 13 622 failures, 11.5 percent below 1896, with total liabilities of 182 581 771. Banking failures totaled 25 249 700 and commercial failures 13 3851 with liabilities of 154 332 0tl. Average liability per failure was 11 559, the lowest since 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United Methodist Conference Calls for Unity Across Branches
Washington January 10. Clerical and lay delegates from northern and southern branches of the Methodist Episcopal church concluded a joint conference. Bishops Merrill and Cranberry alternated presiding as resolutions urged united and harmonious action.
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Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Merrill
Cranberry
Conference For United and Harmonious Action
Teller Criticizes Press and Gold Standard Policy
Senator Teller of Colorado denounces a press report as a gratuitous insult to silver supporters and reaffirms opposition to international monetary agreement. He defends the gold standard stance, cites Secretary Gage, and urges action against foreign influence while urging resistance to European plans in China.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Colorado
Friends of Silver
Eller
Gage
House Banking and Currency Committee
Chandler
New Hampshire
Allison
Europe
Jeller
United States
Spain
Istead
Republican Party
China
Russia
France
Germany
Wheat Market Slides Then Rebounds in Early Week
Chicago reports a downward start to last week with May dropping 3 cents from Monday to Thursday. Improved cash demand for milling grain and strong seaboard clearances later boosted prices, recovering most of the earlier losses and ending near 95 4/4 cents.
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Chicago
Europe
Leiter
Brewer urged for Civil Service Commission post
Ex Representative Mark S. Brewer has been tendered a Civil Service Commission seat and is weighing the offer. A personal selection of the president, Brewer was a McKinley ally in Congress and a delegate-at-large at St Louis on a McKinley and gold standard slate.
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Washington
Mark S. Brewer
Civil Service Commission
Brewer
Major McKinley
House
McKinley
Michigan
St. Louis
Leo
Mer. Shareli
Zsgr
Martinelli
Clark
Iowa
National Bank
Treasury
Executed On Time Governor and Court Refuse Intervention
The condemned man is executed as scheduled after judicial and gubernatorial refusals to intervene. A father witnesses the execution while protesting his son’s innocence. The case draws attention to potential clemency delays and official procedures in the death penalty process.
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Supreme Court
Durrant Executed at San Quentin After Prolonged Wait
Theodore Durrant was executed at 10 37 AM in the San Quentin State Prison. He maintained calm throughout the procedure, proclaimed innocence, forgave his persecutors, and declared he would die like a Durrant. The event drew medical observers and family grief as his body was prepared for burial.
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San Quentin
Theodore Durrant
State Penitentiary
Father Logan
Durrant
Hale
San Francisco
California
Smythe
Duprey
Congressman Grosvenor Returns From Washington
Congressman Grosvenor returned from Washington yesterday and denied reports he planned to meet Judge Day about running for senator. He said he could win by more than 1,000 votes if Ohio’s districts were redrawn to place him in a Democratic-leaning district.
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Columbus
Grosvenor
Washington
Judge Day
Hanna
Ohio
Currency Reform Bill Introduced in House
Representative Overstreet introduces a comprehensive currency reform bill mirroring the Monetary Commission plan. It sets a bank note guaranty fund via 6 percent gold deposits, with redemption from the fund and a strict priority on bank assets to cover failed banks.
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Washington, D.C
Overstreet
Ind
Monetary Commission
Reed
Committee On Banking
Walker
Edmunds
Bureau of Issue and Redemption
Guaranty Fund
National Banking Association
United States
Bank Note Guaranty Fund
Vandelip
Treasury
Union Pacific
Indiana
Indianapolis Monetary Commission
Committee On Banking and Currency
Gage
Sensational Senatorial Move Rumored in Ohio
In Columbus on January 8, the Democratic managers at the Great Southern hedge for a dramatic shift to counter a Republican mass meeting. The Kurtz faction aims to name a senatorial candidate by tomorrow night, but a short deadlock is possible. Cincinnati fusion Republicans reportedly back Hanna if their silver choice fails to win.
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Columbus
Kurtz Democratic
Great Southern
Kurtz
Cincinnati
Hanna
Embezzlers Whitney and Mills Lose Appeal in Nebraska
The Nebraska supreme court affirms a lower court judgment sentencing Ezra Whitney former Harlan county treasurer and J. B. Mills for embezzling public funds. Mills received part of the misused money and both men were custody of officers. The ruling holds that a borrower of public funds, knowing them to be public, can be guilty of embezzlement along with the official.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Ezra Whitney
Harlan County
J. B. Mills
Mills
Whitney
Nebraska
Mystery death of man believed to be Charles Dayton
In St Louis a body found under a railroad trestle is linked to a New York man named Charles Dayton. Initial suspicions pointed to a robber thrown from a train the night before, but no evidence supported that claim and the coroner's jury found nothing definite about him.
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ST. Louis
Charlies Dayton
New York
Sherry Estate Faces Asset Shortfall in Creditors Meeting
Sherry Short and Henry Sherry assets total about 1.26 million with liabilities nearly matched, leaving net assets under 400 thousand. A creditors committee was named to review claims, appraise asset value, and advise on disposal strategy.
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Sherry
Qshkosh
Wis
Henry Sherry
The
Assiznea
Dawes Appoints Cun ningham Bank Examiner for Kansas District
Washington notes report that John B Cunningham is named bank examiner for the Kansas district by Comptroller Dawes. The item also covers reforms in currency policy, civil service bill changes, and tobacco export rules from Cuba with dates and key officials named.
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Mr. Dawes
John B. Cunningham
District of Kansas
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Nebraska News
Vestal
Uniting the Methodist Church
Senator Teller
Fle
Vince
Young Durrant
Laat
Plains of the Monetary Commission
Washington Notes
Supreme Court of the United States
William R. Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bando
Picardura Fresof
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
House of Representatives
AIF
Civil Service
Loz
Navy
Westen
Southomatia
York
Eveeeres
Kansas City
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