Neighbors feud ends in double homicide near Dayton Iowa
In Dayton Iowa a bitter feud leaves CD Guild aged 60 and his son Clarence dead from shotgun wounds. Queer Bricker is suspected of firing the fatal shots after a confrontation over property and a fence dispute. Mrs Guild, shocked and injured, tended her husband and son at the scene.
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Dayton
Guill
Clarence
Queer Bricker
Bricker
Guild and
Guild Pitt
Grivier
Bos
Guilds
George
Yarnie Guild
Tareby
Oliver Bricker
Googe Bricker
Olver Bricker
George Bricker
Cormier Oaker
Geitid
Sauth & Wesson
Cindy
Ind
Geoff
Brichker
Extra Days for Volunteers in San Francisco Camps
San Francisco June 9 reports four volunteer regiments at the Presidio staying to serve beyond the Sunday deadline. The Seventh infantry musters out on the 2nd, the 41st on the 6th, and the 39th on the 9th, extending service by two to five days. Congress will need to fund these extra months.
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San Francisco
Presidio
County Fair Dates Announced Across Nebraska
Lincoln June 28 The secretary announces county fair dates for Nebraska with events across Jefferson Mailbury Stockville Kearney Minden Madison Cedar Martington September 10 to 27 in various counties.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Farnes
Jefferson County
Mailbury
Frontier County
Stockville
Kearney County
Minden
Madison
Juanty
Madisa
Cedar County
Martington
Compers in Critical Condition After Car Ride Injury
Samel Compers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is critically ill at his Washington home with concussion and possible skull fracture after injuries suffered when alighting from a car during a family outing with his two children. Doctors expect possible recovery.
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Camuel Compers
Washington
Samel Compers
American Federation of Labor
Bong
Jessie Morrison Found Guilty of Second Degree Manslaughter
Jessie Morrison was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in Eldorado Kansas for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. The sentence ranges from three to five years in the penitentiary. An appeal was filed and Morrison was remanded to jail as the verdict concluded after a lengthy jury deliberation amid a city park concert nearby.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Miss Morrison
Court House
Olin Castie
Hayward Morrison
Jessie
Record wheat crop expected to exceed prior years
Chicago dispatch reports traffic officials from St Paul Northwestern Great Northern and Burlington anticipate the 1901 wheat harvest in the northwest will reach between 185 and 200 million bushels, vastly higher than last year’s 100 million and surpassing the 1893 peak of 175 million.
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Chicago
Northwest Territory
St. Paul
Northwestern
Great Northern
Burlington
Dakotas
Minnesota
Prize Cases Decried in Manila and Santiago Bays
Justice Bradley in equity court decides prize cases regarding vessels captured in Manila bay and Santiago bay. The ruling favors claimants on vessels captured and property taken at sea but blocks claims for property captured ashore. It holds sunk vessels later raised were captured and not destroyed, and ashore property is not subject to prize.
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Washington
Justice Bradley
Equity Court
Manila Bay
Santiago Bay
County Treasurer Slugged and Fire set in Court Room
Alfred Norlin, Minden Nebraska county treasurer, was attacked and knocked senseless while working on his books. Thieves rifled his pockets and the money drawer before setting a fire in the courtroom. Fire companies extinguished the blaze.
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Minden
Neb
Alfred Norlin
Norlin
Mrs. McKinley Takes a Drive in Carriage
Mrs. McKinley’s condition has improved enough for a morning drive with President McKinley. She was taken downstairs in her rolling chair and joined the president at the side entrance for a forty minute carriage ride.
Russia Says Manchuria Talks Not Reopened
St Petersburg reports the London Times dispatch from Pekin claiming the Russian minister Mr DeGiers notified Chinese authorities negotiations on Manchuria would reopen. Official circles deem the report entirely inaccurate and not to be pursued.
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Russia
ST. Petersburg
London Times
Pekin
M. DeGiers
Manchuria
Pope In Serious Health as Attending Doctor Stays
Paris dispatch reports the pope gravely ill with Dr Lapponni at his bedside. Vatican officials express anxiety over the pontiff's health.
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Paris
Petit Bleu
Rome
Lapponni
Vatican
Barger Sentenced to Five Years for Felonious Assault
Thomas G. Barger, convicted in Hudson county court of Jersey City last week for felonious assault on Rev. John Keller of Arlington, was sentenced today to five years in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas G. Barger
Hudson County
Jersey City
John Keller
Arlington
State Penitentiary
Gomez Goen sails for New York from Havana
General Maximo Gomez departs Havana for New York via Tampa with Governor General Wood’s private secretary aboard. The move signals a high level Cuban military leadership visit to the United States during June.
Munsham Named Chief After Four Decades in Chicago Fire Dept
William H. Munsham ascends to the role of chief after a forty year career with the Chicago Fire Department. He succeeds the former chief and plans to implement new safety initiatives and training protocols.
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Chicago Fire Department
William H. Munsham
St Joseph Elevators Empty After Export Rush
Bush orders from Chicago grain men cleaned out every bushel of wheat corn and barley in St Joseph elevators. More than 500600 bushels left the city in the last week for export at 76 cents a bushel. About 400000 bushels from St Joseph & Grand Island at Elwood Kansas were shipped to Chicago during the same week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Chicago
St. Joseph & Grand Island Company
Elwood
Kan
Yale Wins Thrilling Four Mile Race on Thames
Yale varsity crew edged Harvard by about two lengths in the great collegiate rowing event along the Thames in New London Conn. Yale freshman also triumphed while Harvard’s varsity four defeated Yale's quartet. Coxswain Chittenden praised for cautious timing as both shells battled a southwest wind and tough pace.
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New London
Conn
Thames
Yale
Harvard
Varsity
Cambridge
Chittenden
Goodell
Harvard Shell
Cameron
More Money for China Remittance Sent to Shan Si Relief
The Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang reports a second remittance of 20000 dollars from the Christian Turks ald to the relief committee at Tien Tsin for famine sufferers in Shan Si and other provinces. A 32000 dollar earlier remittance was acknowledged by Li Hung Chang. The fund is distributed by a missionary committee supervising famine relief in Shan Si Shen Si and She Li. Minister Conger supports the effort and has approved committee members for distribution.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Tien ‘Tsin
Shan Si
Li Hung Chang
Shen Si
She Li
Conger
Elief
Fire at State Fair Grounds Burns 122 Stalls
A fire at the Nebraska state fair grounds destroyed horse and cattle sheds containing 122 stalls. Loss about 1200 dollars covered by insurance. Officials suspect a spark from a passing locomotive caused the blaze along the south end of the enclosure near the railroad track.
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Lincoln
Neb
Union Pacific Shops Close in Laramie
Seventy five workers at the Union Pacific shops in Laramie will transfer to Cheyenne on July 1, and the Laramie shops will close. The pooling of passenger and freight engines and trains running through to Rawlins make local repair work unprofitable, moved to Cheyenne for cheaper service.
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Laramie
Wyo
Tnion Pacific
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Live Stock Market Report at South Omaha
The South Omaha live stock market opened with buyers bidding lower across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle receipts neared ninety carloads with prices mostly steady to slightly lower, hogs weak to 1 cent lower on opening, and sheep trading lightly with most stock out of first hands by morning.
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South Omaha
Sieh
Cattle Market Report Shows Steady Steers and Sluggish Mixed Grades
Market notes cattle buyers steady on beef steers and heavy feeders with weaker demand for other classes. Prices feature hot dressed beef steers around 5.00 to 5.50, feeders near 3.2 to 4.0, cows around 2.0 to 3.0, calves about 3.0, and mixed packers fluctuating. sheep and lambs mixed with western lambs and yearlings listed among varied quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Brass
Boers Arrive in Bermuda Prisoner Transport
The British ship Armenian reached Darrel and Tucker Islands with the first shipload of Boers prisoners. The mixed group from St Vincent island came after an eleven day voyage, in good spirits though ragged, with scarce water supply and no contagious disease aboard.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrels
Tuckers Island
St. Vincent
Krupp Seeks New Armor Plate Test
Krupp works in Washington applied to the Navy Department for a test of another group of their new armor plate for warships after a prior group failed to pass a test at the Indian Head proving ground.
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Washington, D.C
Krupp Works
Navy Department
Indian Head Proving Ground
Wellesley Praises U S Army in Commons Debate
Lord Wellesley declared in the house of commons that the United States army is the finest of its size in the world. He attributed its superiority to good wages during the army reorganization bill debate.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Wellesley
United States
Omaha Road Builder Dead in Hudson Hotel Room
H L Preston a master builder on the Omaha road was found dead in his room in Hudson Wisconsin today. He expired while dressing and was one of the best known railway men in this part of the country.
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Omaha Road
Bruilder
Hudson
Wis
H. Ll. Preston
Preston
Arrests for Illegal Fishing in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa watchers and the Fish Protective Association members, aided by officers, resulted in three arrests for illegal fishing on June 29.
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Marshalltown
Marshalltown Fish Protective Association
World's Fair Site for Forest Park Approved
ST. LOUIS, June 29. The World's Fair National commission approved the Forest Park site at its session and adjourned.
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ST. Louis
Forest Park
Peyton's First Wife Ended in Favor of Defendant
Spokane July 29 The divorce suit of Helen M. Peyton of Denver against Colonel Isaac N. Peyton of Spokane ended with Judge Richardson ruling for the defendant on all issues. The plaintiff sought 500000 dollars or half the mining man’s property claiming the divorce was invalid and should be set aside.
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Peyton
Spokane
Wash
Helen M. Peyton
Denver
Isaac N. Peyton
Richardson
Trade relations with Spain show hopeful under tariff barriers
Consul General Lay reports Spain will seek mutually satisfactory trade with the United States despite discriminatory duties after the old treaty cancelled. Minister Storer’s efforts expected to bear fruit. American goods sell in Spain as prices rise. Consul Brown notes Spaniards seek to settle in Cuba, while Spain moves toward renewed prosperity with rising wages and taxes.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Lay
Barcelona
Bureau of Foreign Relations
State Department
Storer
Consul Brown
Carthagena
Cuba
Wabash Limited Wreck Near Peru Kills Thirteen
Thirteen people die and about fifty are seriously hurt when train No. 3 of the Wabash line derails nine miles west of Peru Indiana after the culvert near a stream gives way. Most victims are Italian emigrants bound for Colorado. The disaster follows heavy rains weakening the embankment and causes multiple car pileups. Engineer Butler and Fireman Adams escape injury.
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Uvoder
St. Louis
William Cotter
Iron Mountain Railway
Butler
Adams
Insane 19-Year-Old From Ottumwa to Mount Pleasant
Thomas Collingwood aged 19 was adjudged insane today in Ottumwa and ordered sent to Mount Pleasant. He had worked at the Dain Manufacturing plant and reportedly quit his job due to heavy cigarette use.
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Ottumwa
Thomas Collingwood
Mount Pleasant
Collingwood
Dain Manufacturing Company
Henderson Chats With King Edward in London
United States House Speaker David B. Henderson said in London that his half-hour interview with King Edward VII was the most enjoyable and frank of his career. He noted plans for closer Anglo American ties and called the king a firm friend of America.
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Henderson
King
London
David B. Henderson
United States
House of Representatives
Associated Press
King Edward
America
Flood Devastates Keystone Elkhorn Valley Town
Eyewitness recounts Keystone West Virginia flood as torrents swept houses barns bridges and livestock into the Elkhorn River. The storm lasted six hours turning the valley into a raging torrent with hundreds stranded and lives saved or lost at the town on one narrow street.
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Keystone
W Va
Elkhorn
Iveystone
Recall of Custer Massacre at Little Bighorn Anniversary
Omaha Neb June 26 Yesterday marked the twenty fifth anniversary of General George A Custer and 447 troopers slain at the Little Big Horn Montana. The news reached telegraph lines days later and many officers killed were known in the Department of the Platte. Custer was campaigning against the Sioux with fewer than 590 troopers when he attacked an assumedly small village and was annihilated. their bodies were later found by General Reno.
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Rai
Omaha
Neb
George A. Custer
Little Big Nfarn
Montana
Custer
Department of the Platte
Reno
Norfolk & Western Reports West Virginia Flood Fatalities
Word from General Manager L F E Johnson to Henry Fink says West Virginia floods would cause about sixty deaths. Mines suffered damage but key mines will load coal today. Ennis saw a six foot rise in thirty minutes as floodwaters rushed in. Norfolk & Western’s Norfolk branch nearly washed away, repair expected to take time.
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President Fink
New York
Henry Fink
Norfolk & Western Railroad
L. F E. Johnson
West Virginia
Ennis
Johnson
Norfolk
Norfolk & Western
Secretary Hay rallies after night of strain in New Haven
Mrs Hay, after a restful night, shows improvement at Seth H Mosely home where the body of his son lies. Plans for funeral await arrival of Mrs Hay and her daughter from Newbury New Hampshire. Arrangements move forward for departure with the body later today.
Consolidation of Railroad Offices Reported Nationwide
The Chronicle reports that railroad offices in major cities will consolidate across all principal lines. The Morgan Hill syndicate is connected to the revival of this report, with joint offices to be created by Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington systems.
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Chicago
the Chronicle Today
Morgan-Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
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