Congress This Week Senate set to take up appropriation bill
Washington dispatch outlines a busy week in Congress with the Senate to begin debate on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, possible delays over the ship subsidy bill, and consideration of a war revenue reduction measure led by Senator Aldrich. House plans focus on multiple appropriation bills and the army reorganization bill faces a likely clash in conference.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Morgan
England
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Fortification
Naval
Post Office
Agriculture
Committee On
Richardson
Tennessee
Revenue Cutter Service
Senator Gear
Woman leaps from train window at St Paul station
Mrs Mamie Drungould of Joliet Illinois arrived from Seattle and headed to the second floor of the St Paul union depot. She opened a window and threw herself onto the tracks, fracturing her skull and sustaining injuries deemed fatal by physicians. Fellow passengers noted she acted peculiarly during the journey.
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St, Paul
Minn
Mamie Drungould
Joliet
Union Depot
Seattle
Though Dead He Still Lives
Ogallala Nebraska January 21 John Kirkuskie a German farmer five miles north of Ogallala was thrown from a wagon when his horse ran away. He landed on his head breaking his neck. He is alive and conscious but the doctor says his injuries are fatal and he will not live more than two or three days. He has a wife and ten children three of whom are married.
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Ogallala
Neb
John Kirkuskie
Actor Recovers Sanity in South Dakota Visit
Sioux Falls, Jan 21. Judge W A Wilkes, former county judge of Minnehaha County, returned from a trip to Yankton asylum where his son Ernest, a noted actor, had been briefly insane with a theater troupe in Des Moines, Iowa. The father says the son has fully recovered mentally, though doctors advise remaining in the asylum a couple more weeks to regain strength.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. A. Wilkes
Ernest
Yankton Asylum
Des Mones
Queen Near Death Collapse At Osborne House
Queen succumbed to a severe sinking spell with paralysis in the face and rising fears of brain involvement. Prince of Wales and Emperor William were summoned. the prince, ailing in London, hopes to travel to Osborne at dawn while nurses and doctors tend the royal patient.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Associated Press
Prince of Wales
London
Emperor William
Osborne House
New clew in the Cudahy case links outlaw to kidnaping
Omaha detectives gain a possible lead in the Edward Cudahy Jr kidnapping tying Frank Shercleff alias Ed Burke and Kid McCoy to Pat Crowe. Police believe Shercleff may have aided Crowe and expect to locate him soon, though no details are disclosed.
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Omaha
Cudahy
Frank Shercleff
Ed Burke
Kid McCoy
William G. Pollock
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Crowe
Chief Donaille
Shercleff
Worries Grow Over Prince of Wales as Queen Nears End
London reports reveal the Prince of Wales, exhausted and unable to respond to Osborne House summons, may depart London at eight this morning if feasible. Newspapers avoid mentioning the Queen's paralytic stroke while telegraphs from colonies and foreign lands express deep sympathy. Emperor William, calling himself the queen's grandson, hopes to visit Osborne House, noting his mother cannot travel.
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London
Queen Victoria
Prince
Wales
Osborne House
Daily Telegraph
William
Havana Money Order Clerk Arrested Over $1300 Theft
Havana January 2 John Sheridan money order clerk at Havana post office arrested and formally accused of stealing 1300 dollars from Guan tanamo postmasters on December 15. He has confessed and offered to refund the money. Sheridan was appointed from the Boston post office.
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Havana
John Sheridan
Guantanamo
Sheridan
Boston
Mr. Neville Slightly Improved
Washington January 21 Congress man Burton recovering from grip and rheumatism has improved enough to leave hospital today Congressman Neville of Nebraska remains very ill but slightly better despite his prolonged illness
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Neville
Washington
Congressman Burton
Congressman Neville
Nebraska
Emperor Joseph Distressed Over Queen Victoria Illness
Vienna reports distress over Queen Victoria's dangerous illness. Emperor Francis Joseph sent many messages to the British embassy for updates. The upcoming great court ball likely to be canceled as events unfold. He broke up a post banquet circle at the Hofburg after the London telegram.
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Vienna
Victoria
Francis Joseph
London
Hoftburg
Livestock Protection Fund Sought by Nebraska Breeders
Lincoln January 21 Nebraska live stock breeders association called for a state livestock law with a funded state veterinarian to combat infectious diseases and regulate quarantines under official control to protect Nebraska farms and ranges. The meeting also featured William Ernst of Tecumseh discussing eastern Nebraska pasture practices and grass varieties.
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Nebraska
William Ernst
Tecumseh
Ernst
Johnson County
Blue
Timothy
Prof
T. J. Lyon
W.A. Apperson
Hog Plague Devastates Platte County Hogfarming Losses
In Omaha on January 21 Colonel J E Worth of Columbus cited a hog disease that killed many in Platte County. He estimated farmer losses at about 500000 over the past three or four months. Large droves shrank to single digits as hogs died, adding to broader farmer losses beyond the hog tally.
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Omaha
J. E., Worth
Columbus
Platte County
Smallpox outbreak near Minden with seventy cases reported
Doctors and visitors report about seventy smallpox cases around the farm of Mr. Bader ten miles northwest of Minden Neb in the county. Only one case described as severe involves Mr. Bader who attended a Christmas exercise at a schoolhouse exposing nearly one hundred people to the disease.
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Minden, Neb
Young man sent back to Industrial School in Kearney
Jan 21 report from Kearney states Frank Waugh second cook at the Midway hotel was returned from Republican City where he had stayed a month after being charged with stealing an overcome from the hotel chef. He was on parole from the industrial school and is being sent back to serve out his time.
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Kearney
Web
Frank Waugh
Midway Hotel
Republican City
Young Waugh
Industrial School
Fire destroys Coxsee residence in Callaway
In Callaway Nebraska on January 21 a house belonging to H L Coxsee burned completely within thirty minutes despite efforts to save it. The occupants were quarantined for smallpox yet all escaped unharmed.
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Callaway
Neb
H. L. Coxsee
J D Bullock Agent Connected to Alabama Build
J D Bullock died in Liverpool during the rebellion period. He acted as a Confederate agent in that port and negotiated for the construction of the rebel cruiser Alabama.
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J. D. Bullock
Liverpool
Kingland
Alabama
Woman is Run Down by Train in Fremont Neb
Mrs. George Gauger was seriously injured after being struck by an outbound passenger train inside Fremont city limits. She was walking along the track in the train’s path. after the engineer blew the whistle she stepped off but could not avoid the engine. Her left arm was crushed and later amputated.
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Fremont
Neb
George Gauger
City
Lamits
Funny but With Limitations at Lotus Club Dinner
Senator Depew recounted a rural friend who attended a Mark Twain lecture in Boston. The friend recalled Twain as funny, but not d d funny, later realizing he had actually heard Reverend Joseph Cook at Music Hall. The joke highlighted misidentification and memory humor from the Lotus Club event.
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Mark Twain
Senator Depew
Boston
Mark
Music Hall
Joseph Cook
Cat Fur Plot Drives German War Gear Demand
Report notes widespread orders for fur lined coats gloves and gaiters for troops in China. It claims fourteen cat skins per great coat two skins per gaiters and one skin per pair of gloves, causing rising cat skin prices and fears for domestic supply.
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Germany
China
Electric coal cutting transforms mining in Britain and US
Electric coal cutting machinery is rapidly displacing hand work and other mining devices in Great Britain and the United States. The coal mined this way is cleaner and produces less waste, while improving mine ventilation and temperature compared with other methods.
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Great Britain
United States
Valuable Almanac Free From Royal Baking Powder Co
A 1901 almanac from the Royal Baking Powder Co is offered free to readers. It features an artistic, useful format with a daily weather forecast by Prof. DeVoe, who correctly predicted major meteoric events. To obtain a copy at no cost, send a request to 100 William St New York.
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Royal Baking Powder Co
DeVoe
Galveston
William St
New York
Entitled to a Good Dean and the Outdoor Vendor
General Corbin on Pennsylvania Avenue pauses to buy pencils from an elderly curb vendor. He notes the woman may be wealthier than he is. His reply cites General Sherman, saying anyone forced to earn a living outdoors is entitled to more money than he has.
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Corbin
Pennsylvania Avenue
War Department
Sherman
The Uncomfortable Doctors Ban Celery and Oysters
The piece notes doctors discourage oysters as a disease risk and now also forbid celery, saying both can transmit typhoid germs. It highlights concerns about popular seasonal foods spreading illness and the caution urged by physicians.
Special Hero Iam Remembered
Twenty five Victoria crosses have been awarded so far in the South African war. Eight have been given to captains, three to lieutenants, including the one given to Lady Roberts by proxy for her dead son, four to sergeants, four to corporals, two to masters and one each to a gunner, a driver, a trooper and a private infantryman.
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Leutenants
Lady Roberts
Police Officer Rescued Ends Kidney and Liver Illness
Council Bluffs Iowa January nineteenth nineteen hundred one special report highlights Officer Swan son of the local police force as a popular, long serving community member. He suffered chronic kidney and liver trouble but recovered after using Dodd s Kidney Pills, praising their effectiveness and noting broad local sales and belief in the remedy. The article also mentions his Danish society ties and social leadership roles within Dannebrog, the Danish secret society.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Swanson
Dannebrog” Brotherhood
America
Hoe
Dodd
Sugar Factory Closes at Fremont After Short Beet Run
The Standard Beet Sugar company weighs in its last beets of the season at Fremont Nebraska and will shut down until fall. About 60 000 tons gross 39 000 net were produced with 5 000 000 pounds of granulated sugar. An average of 460 workers were employed, wages ranged from 15 to 20 cents per hour, and most beets were delivered in good condition. Next year a flat rate of 4 dollars with freight on all beets under 14 percent and 25 cents per cent over will be paid, aiming to resume full operation. A few men will repair and maintain the plant over winter.
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New York
International Union
Elijah W. Blaisdell
Rockford
W. P. Fishback
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Indianapolis
Senate
W. H.L. Brennan
Harrison Tone
Denison
Tex
Texas
Lima
Chicago
Scofield
Utah
Buenos Ayres
John Mulholland
Kruger
United States
Merchant Milling Company
Waverly
McCorkle
West Virginia
Senator Baker
Kansas
Oklahoma
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
John W. Griggs
Trust Company of America
Highland
Prince
Shield’s Harbor
England
River Platte
BE. W. Carmack
Tennessee
Memphis
John D Richardson
The
Biscuit Trust
Frank Richardson
Savannah
Berlin
Boutelle
Davis
State Department
Orinoco Steamship and Trading Company
Lakewood
Ill
American Tin Plate Company
Hitchcock
Interior Department
McKinley
EB. W. Hoyt
Ponca City
W. H. Osborne
Kansas City
Caldehead
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pedang
Sumatra
Fremont, Neb
Fremont
Elkhorn
State Board of Agriculture elects officers at Lincoln meeting
The State Board of Agriculture in Lincoln elected officers including President E J L Vance and first vice president J R Candy. W E Ewing was named second vice president with E McIntyre as treasurer and R W Furnas as secretary. The board re elected Furnas and McIntyre and endorsed a state fair appropriation bill. New members include J C Seacrest to fill an unexpired term and Dinsmore Furnas Rudge Stetson Searles Fletcher Llewellyn Filley for full terms.
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J. C. Seacrest
Lincoln
J. D. Macfarland
J. B. Dinsmore
Clay County
R. W. Furnas
Nemaha County
C. H. Rudge
Lancaster County
L. D. Stetson
York County
E. M. Searles
Keith County
L. L. Fletcher
Ocuming County
C. M. Llewellyn
Furnas County
E. Filley
Gage County
Nebraska to seek 50000 for Pan American exhibit funds
Lincoln January 19 the Nebraska legislature will be asked to appropriate 50000 for a state building and exhibit at the Pan American exposition I W Taylor former Nebraska University faculty member and concessions chief has been lobbying lawmakers about the proposal and a bill to provide the appropriation will be introduced All Transmississippi states and some western states will be asked to fund state exhibits
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
IF. W. Taylor
University of Nebraska
Transmississippi
State Horticultural Society Elects Officers at Lincoln
The State Horticultural society closed its annual meeting electing President G. A. Marshall Arlington first vice president L. M. Russell Wymore second vice president G. S. Christy Johnson secretary C. H. Barnard Table Rock treasurer Peter Youngers Jr Geneva and a board of directors Lewis Henderson Omaha E F Stephens Crete W J Hesser Plattsmouth All members favor an exhibit at Buffalo E S Welch Shenandoah named an honorary member
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Lincoln
Neb
State Horticultural Society
G. A. Marshall
Arlington
L. M. Russell
Wymore
G. S. Christy
Johnson
C. H. Barnard
Table Rock
Peter Youngers, Jr
Geneva
Lewis Henderson
Omaha
E. F. Stephens
Crete
W. J. Hesser
Plattsmouth
DeWet Infuriated Over Boer to Boer Publication
Kroonstad reports General DeWet swears to shoot author Paul Botha at the first opportunity after the burgher peace committee distributes his book. Refugee camp at 2,000 occupants. A new camp formed at Rhenoster. Supplies in towns growing short daily.
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Kroonstad
Orange River Colony
Burgher Peace Committee
Paul Botha
DeWet
Rhenoster
Vaccine Push Faces Congress Omission Move
Washington date line reports vaccine producers seek to strike from the incoming agricultural appropriation bill the government vaccination and distribution program claiming it interferes with private enterprise and is no longer necessary.
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Washington
Agricultural Committees of
Congress
Nebraska National Banks Reserve and Loans Report
Abstract of the condition of Nebraska national banks excluding Omaha and Lincoln shows the average reserve at 35.51 percent as of December 13, down from 40.93 percent on September 5. Loans and discounts rose to 18,708,883 while gold coin fell to 719,382 and total specie edged to 986,151. Lawful money reserve dropped to 1,442,681 and individual deposits decreased to 19,456,686 from 20,057,025.
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Washington
National Banks of
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
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Emperor Joseph
Improved Live Stock Breeders’ Association
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Iam
Icer
A. C. Swanson
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Ing Story
Kate
Agricultural and Hartie
State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska Banka
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