Ox Tornadoes and Happenings Across Midwest Towns
A rapid digest reports tornado sightings near Holstein and Cambridge Iowa with scant details. Other notes cover a Brooklyn NL team move to Washington, a Chicago fortune loss, a suicide in New York, a racehorse death in Chicago, a fire destroying dried fruit near San Jose, Panama fire news, and various weather, academic, and disaster items. This brief roundup also notes stamps theft, a Greek-Albanian frontier clash, a Berlin high school fire, a Seattle steamship gold haul, and military service debates.
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Holstein
Cambridge
Iowa
Washington Star
Brooklyn
Washington
Harrison
Chicago
New York
Irving S Smith
Driscoll
Sir Dixon-Merry Maiden
Woodford Clay
Harlem Race Track
George N. Herbert
Sanoise
Cal
Panama
New York Herald
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Charles
Portugal
Horta
Azores Islands
Meteorological Observatory
Weather Bureau
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Seward
Oklo
George Clark
Germany
United States
Dresden
Bremen
Stettin
Hamburg
Peter Guthrie Tait
Edinburg University
Edinburg
South Africa
France
Rouillac
Agouleme
Choate
State Department
A. M.blenn
Ladysmith
Pete Bergerson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bergerson
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Vienna
London Daily Telegraph
Gussinge
Berlin
Wis
Victoria
Seattle
Skagway
Open to Settlement for Oklahoma Lands Draws July Start
President McKinley open to settlement the lands ceded by Indians in Oklahoma with reservation times set for August opening. Registration for homestead entry runs July 10 to 26 at Reno and Lawton land offices, with no mail or agent registration except for veterans through an agent. Drawing will determine order of applications and limits on early settlement.
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Washington
McKinley
Territory of
Oklahoma
United States
Reno
Lawton
Loreal
Old Fetterman Canal Defend Ditch Proposal
Governor De Forest Richards and Dr J M Wilson visited the Old Fetterman canal in Douglas Wyoming. They estimate 10000 dollars are needed for extensions and repairs to place the canal in working order benefiting over 5000 acres of fertile land. The plan aims to feed alfalfa and lambs produced locally and establish a profitable feeding business with local capital backing the project.
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Douglas
Wyo
de Forest Richards
J. M. Wilson
Etterman Canal
James E. Yeatman Dead Philanthropist of St Louis
James E. Yeatman, renowned philanthropist and respected St. Louis citizen, died yesterday at 84 from uraemia after an operation two weeks earlier. Born August 27, 1818 in Belford County Tennessee, he moved to the city in 1842 and started in iron, then commerce. In 1850 he founded Merchants Bank which later became Merchants National Bank.
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ST. Louis
James E. Yeatman
Belford County
Tenn
Merchants Bank
Merchants National Bank
Coal Transporters Combine Divides East Output
The North American will report a plan to split coal transport east of the Mississippi among railroads under Pennsylvania Vanderbilts and Morgan influence. Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt lines would handle bituminous coal while Morgan roads would control all anthracite output.
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Coal Transporters
Philadelphia
North American Today
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilts
Morgan Interests
Vanderbilt Lines
Morgan Roads
Government to Inspect and Brand Export Dairy Goods
Washington reports the agricultural appropriation act allows the secretary of agriculture to apply branding and inspection rules to dairy products for export. Secretary Wilson will set up a certification system in Boston New York Chicago and San Francisco to assure foreign buyers of purity quality and grade. Initial steps will be small with aim to protect all parties and later expand to certify export shipments meeting minimum grade standards.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Cuban constitutional convention battles over electoral law
In Havana on July 8 delegates failed to reach agreement on the electoral law as meetings drew little interest and many delegates were absent. Conservatives urge a plural vote for property holders and professionals while radicals oppose it. An objection blocks drafting laws until the U S government approves the constitution.
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Havana
United States
Washington
Pan American exposition attendance climbs toward five million
Buffalo reports 1,719,768 visitors by mid summer as of July. The May 20 opening saw incomplete features and low early turnout. June daily average exceeded 31,000 despite heat, with July and August expected to push total past five million and the year toward ten million by autumn.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Boers Accused of Atrocity Reported From Vlakfontein
London dispatch describes alleged Boer atrocity actions at Vlakfontein as sensationalized by the Daily Mail. Mail reporter cites armed Boers roaming among the dead and dying, turning bodies, shooting those still alive, and recounts a young man pleading for his wife before a rifle shot.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Vlakfontein
Indian lands opening blocked injunction sought
A special dispatch from Oklahoma City reports that an injunction suit will be filed before Judge Irwin in El Reno to restrain the land office register the receiver and surveyors from opening Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands as per the president's proclamation and applicable law.
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Indiana
Kansas City
the Times
Oklahoma City
Q. T
Irwin
el Reno
Register of the Land Office
Congress
Plague Rumor Denied in Rio de Janeiro
The city reports no bubonic plague outbreak. Four cases have been documented but were all contracted in Oporto, not locally.
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Janeiro
Rio Janeiro
United States
Oporto
George Kennan Arrives in St Petersburg After Finland Stay
Noted traveler and writer George K Kennan has reached St Petersburg following a brief sojourn in Finland. The arrival was recorded in the Banate due to local reporting.
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George K. Kennan
Banate
ST. Petersburg
George Kk. Kennan
Finland
Special Train Planned for Grand Army Encampment Trip
Nebraska announces a $21.60 rail rate from Omaha for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Cleveland September 9 to 14. A special train for department officers delegates and related groups runs Omaha September 7 to Chicago then to Cleveland with invitations to neighboring states Colorado Utah Idaho Montana and Wyoming.
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Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
Ohio
Nebraska Department
Omaha
Northwestern
Chicago
Lake Shore
Department of Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Meeting of Socialists in Nebraska Fails to Nominate
In Lincoln on July 8 the Socialist mass convention at Washington Hall drew fewer than fifty delegates from two counties, failing to meet Nebraska law requiring 200 delegates and two-thirds county representation for a legal state ticket nomination. Despite this, officials were elected, a platform adopted, and several speeches delivered with Geo. B. Beard as chairman and A. W. Adair as secretary.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Washington Hall
Supreme Judge
State University
Nebraska G A R Invites Western Departments for Cleveland Encampment
Major R S Wilcox Nebraska department commander extends invitation to Colorado Utah Idaho Montana and Wyoming to join the Nebraska delegation for the national encampment in Cleveland Ohio September 9 to 14 A special train departs Omaha September 5 at 5 pm travels to Chicago by 7 40 am and reaches Cleveland by 7 30 pm September 6
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Omaha
R. S., Wilcox
Grand Army of the Republic
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Cleveland
Chicago
Drowns In Missouri River Near Florence Pumping Station
Arthur Sullivan age 15 the oldest son of James Sullivan drowned about half a mile north of the Florence pumping station in the Missouri River while bathing with three other boys. It is believed he exhausted from long time in water and sank before reaching shore. the depth is reported as fourteen feet and the body had not been recovered.
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Arthur Sullivan
Florence
Neb
Arthur Sulivan
James Sullivan
Missouri
Sullivan
Wheat Surprises Farmers In Nuckolls County Market
In Superior Nebraska the first wheat of the new crop sold to a Mount Clare dealer. Farmers were surprised by the threshing results as fields looked poor. yields reached sixteen to eighteen bushels per acre with straw light and grain weighing sixty to sixty one pounds.
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Superior
Neb
Nuckolls
Mount Clare
Cowe Killed by Engine on Westbound Train
Six cows owned by Owen Hoffstott were struck and killed by a westbound passenger train near Stuart Nebraska between Stuart and Newport on Saturday night. The incident involved livestock losses for the local farmer.
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Stuart
Neb
Owen Hoffstott
Newport
Forty-Four Join Church After Meetings
In WYMORE Neb on July 8 the union gospel meetings brought forty four accessions to the church Sunday marking a strong turnout and renewed commitment in the community.
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Neb
Live Stock Market In South Omaha Feeds Steady Trade
In South Omaha cattle yard activity was light with buyers for better grades pushing steady to strong prices while common stock held about. hog numbers reached near 200 cars and prices fell about 7 to 10 cents from yesterday with bulk at 5.30 to 5.40 and best loads around 5.55 to 5.77. sheep runs were light with western grass wethers selling steady and feeders offered with generally steady demand.
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South Omaha
Fnally
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report Cattle Pigs and Sheep
Cattle: choice steers 1.3505.80, fair to good 1. Lar 5.90, Texas grass steers 3007400, cows 2.80404.25, heifers 33 007199, canners 2.99 280, dolls 2.05 4450, cables 31040.25. Hogs: market 5 10¢ lower, top .9272, heavy 33.8005.9212. Sheep and lambs: most common quality, best steady, inferior 19% lower, lambs 24 3.10, yearlings 3.2573.99, ewes 8.000375, Texas grass sheep .2505.75, culls 200673.00.
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Kansas City
Choice Dresser
Hecht
Santa Fe Cuts Deep in Freight Rate War
Chicago July 6 A rate fight erupts among trunk lines from Chicago to Missouri river centers as the Santa Fe becomes first to cut tariffs effective July 16. The new scales slash rates on all classes by 30 to 40 percent and up to 50 percent in some cases, signaling a push to end secret reductions and press other lines to join the pool.
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Chicago
Missouri River
Santa Fe
War department to supply mosquito destroyers oil for larvae
The War department issued an order that the quartermaster department will furnish mineral oil or an equally effective cheap agent upon the usual special requisition to destroy mosquitoes and larvae.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Department
Temporary Cuban Command to be Held by Col Whitside
War department states that if General Wood’s illness persists, Colonel Samuel W. Whitside of the Tenth Cavalry based in Santiago will assume executive duties of commander of the Department of Cuba.
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Department of Cuba
Washington
War Department
Wood
Samuel W. Whitside
Tenth Cavalry
Santiago
Saler Waives Hearing in Missouri Murder Case
Shenandoah Iowa July 6 J W Saler charged with the murder of Tom Richardson of Maryville Missouri waived preliminary hearing and was sent to the county jail under a $1000 bond.
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Shenandoah
J. W. Saler
Tom Richardson
Maryville
Nebraska Grand Army reunion set for Hastings in August
The state reunion of Nebraska Grand Army men will be held at Hastings from August 26 to 31. Spanish-American War soldiers, Women’s Relief corps and Sons and Daughters of Veterans join the Hastings gathering on game days. Major J. S. Wilcox names Hus Neubarner of Sidney as chief mustering officer of the Grand Army in Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Grand Army
Hastings
Women's Relief Corps
Sons and Daughters of
Wilcox
Ju- Hus Neubarner
Sidney
Grand Army of the Republic
Russia Seeks More Time On Retaliatory Tariffs
Washington July 6 Mr De Wollant chargé d affaires of the Russian embassy acknowledged receipt of Secretary Hay's note on Russia’s retaliatory tariff duties. The Russian reply is understood to be indefinite, aiming to maintain the existing stalemate between the two powers.
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Rusaia
Washington, D. C
de Wollant
State Department
Hay
Russia
Plan for Vast Canal Would Irrigate 60000 Acres North Platte
Lincoln July 6 A proposed colossal irrigation plan north of the Platte in Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne counties seeks capital to back a district owned canal. Voters authorized 400000 in bonds to finish a 20 mile canal begun earlier, with a project of about 50 to 60 miles total length following the river and then eastward.
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Lincoln
Platte River
Scotts Bluffs
Cheyenne
Dobson
Scotts Bluff
Colorado Line
New Game Law Enforced With Confidence at State House
Deputy Warden George B. Simpkins said the new game law, effective July 2, will face few violations. Railroad and transport companies pledged compliance while the office opened at the state house with Simpkins directing under deputies in the field and at the capital.
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Tancoln
George B. Simpkins
Railroad
Express
Mr. Simpkins
State House
Simpkins
Farmer killed by exploding beer bottle in Elk Creek Nebraska
Otto Mueler, 23, near Elk Creek Nebraska, died after an attempted beer bottle cork explosion. A three cornered glass shard pierced his limb, severing an artery, and he bled for about thirty minutes before Dr Roh arrived.
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Elk Creek
Neb
Otto Mueler
Dr. Roh
Disease Among Stork
A peculiar fatal disease is striking horses and cattle in the DeWitt Nebraska area. Animals appear healthy until twenty or thirty minutes before death, then sudden symptoms lead to collapse and rapid death after hard struggles, baffling veterinary surgeons.
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Dewitt
Neb
Treasury balances report shows cash and gold
The Treasury in Washington on July 5 releases the general fund balance excluding the $150 million gold reserve. Available cash totals $172,605,544 and gold reserves amount to $98,314,002 in the division of redemption.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Nebraska to Exhibit Best Duroc Hogs at Kansas City Show
Lincoln July 6 Nebraska swine breeders vote to send a selected lot of premier Duroc Jersey hogs to the National Stock Show in Kansas City in October. The plan aims for the hogs to represent the finest among cattle shown at the state fair. Twenty five stock owners attended the meeting.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas City
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Old Fetterman Canal
St Louis
Uncle Sam
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Cuba
Buffalo Exposition
Hattie
Meeting of Socialists
Saler Walrea
Spotts Bluffs
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