Nebraska news in brief from Lincoln to Holdrege
A wide range of local items from Lincoln to Holdrege includes a new commercial club in Lincoln and water works contract let at Wilbur. Secretary Morton and Gov. Crounse spoke on the Fourth. Arrests for bastardy and murder, drownings in Nebraska City, and a plan for a 10 000 seat Lincoln auditorium feature alongside school census shifts and flood of local accidents. The Rock Island strike affects workers. a fatal ladder incident near Beaver Crossing and a Swedish elder killed on the Platte are noted. A canal funding push in Columbus, a reform school term for a 14 year old Fremont girl, and various civic concerns round out the page.
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Lincoln
Wilbur
Morton
Arbor Lodge
Public Schools of
Columbus
Kerman Baker
Dodge County
Omaha
Martena Jensen
Fremont
Reform School
Ed Gates
South Omaha
Crounse
Drummond
Holdrege
Nebraska City
D. M. Stiles
Harvard
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Fsvo
Guide Rock
EE Drummond
Bloomfield
Moody
Wakefield
William Willer
David Longnecker
Simon 2
Roundtree
Amanda
Old Fort Kearney
Harry
T. B. Stevenson
Hay Springs
Theodore Thorne
Rock Island Bridge
Pawnee City
Cereus .of
If. W. Murphy
Alexander Ruge
Rock Island
Eatrice
G W. Linmark
Prom
Itolt County
Platte River
Lincoln Fourth brings multiple injuries and crimes reported
The Fourth of July in Lincoln reports accidents including a girl injured by a skyrocket a man losing a hand from a gas pipe explosion and a burglary in a room. assaults in Ulysses and David City result in knife wounds and a long dance feud.
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United States
Lawrence Bruner
U. S
Johan L. Hodgman
Billy Parrish
Edward Gates
South Omaha
Gates
Jo H. Kyler
Omaha
Clinton
Rushville
Joe Klinkacek
Dawson County
Harry Wolfe
Ulysses
John Todd
David City
State Board of Health
B. L. Wanzer
Dixon County
Wanzer
Samuel J. Elkins
Elkins
Little Rock
Ark
Briggs
Elk Creek
Roger Knowles
Thomas Knowles
Knowles
Frank L. Hull
Pacific
Norfolk
Hull
George W Box
Elkhorn River
Elmer Gibson
Gibson
Thomas County
Gilson
George Veeder
Grand Island
Veeder
Murdock
Governors Assert State Forces Control Chicago Strike
Springfield July 11 The governor says the state has six infantry regiments two cavalry troops and two artillery battalions with Gatling guns in Chicago plus hundreds of deputies and thousands of extra police. He warns a broader strike would delay resolution by about a week and notes railroads have received prompt protection with troops at several points statewide.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Gilbert
Ex President Harrison on Cleveland and Army Power
Ex President Benjamin Harrison states he did not claim the president lacks power to send troops and that federal force may be used to enforce laws where civil officers cannot. He suggests posse comitatus limits are unclear and a proclamation may precede deployment.
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Harrison
Cleveland
InpLaxarous
Ind
Benjamin Harrison
United States
July Crop Report Shows Higher Corn Area This Year
The July report from the agricultural department lists corn area at 106 percent of last year with a 95 percent condition. Area totals about 76 million acres, up from 72 million, with state averages including Ohio 101 and Iowa 105. Winter wheat stands at 85.9, spring wheat 68.4, oats 77.7, and potatoes 92.3, reflecting June to July shifts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Nebraska
Tennessee
Texas
Kentucky
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Oregon
Union Pacific to Restores Strikers in Western Districts
Federated board of Union Pacific employees met General Manager Dickinson at OmanaA Neb. and secured pledge to rehire all Wyoming Utah Montana strikers except ringleaders. Orders issued to restart all shops. Smelters at Omaha and Denver resume operation. Troops at Fort Omaha kept on standby unless needed elsewhere.
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Omanaa
Neb
Federated Board of Union Pacific
Dickinson
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Omaha
Grant
Denver
Fort Omaha
Chicago
Fort Stobinson
Open air meetings stir Pullman amid crowd ban proclamation
The town of Pullman reacts to the president’s proclamation against crowds and mobs claiming federal authorities collude with local interests to break up gatherings. A Rock Island freight train derailed near LaSarry with 19 cars off the rails but limited damage. Mines near Cherokee, Kansas shut down due to railroad strikes, leaving only Fleming’s shafts active until freight traffic resumes.
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Curcaco
Pullman
Rock Island
LaSarry, Sr
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Here
Utica
Cherokee
Cuxnorth
Kan
Fleming
Memphis
Debs and Union Leaders Indicted for Mail Service Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts Eugene W Debs George W Howard Sylvester Keleher and L W Rogers for conspiring to halt U S mail delivery. James S Murwin linked to Blue Island derailment. Bail set at 10000 each with large sureties. Union records seized and locked in court clerk’s safe.
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Cmeaco
Eugene W Debs
American Railway Union
George W. Howard
Sylvester Keleher
L. W. Rogers
United States
The
Railway Union
James S. Murwin
Rockland
Blue Island
Debs
Howard
Keleher
Rogers
Milchrist
Grosscup
Alderman Fizgerald
William Skakel
Federal Grand Jury
Walker
Ashland
Judge Grosscup Urges Federal Grand Jury On Law Supremacy
Judge Grosscup warned the Federal grand jury that the United States laws must be vindicated and government by law protected. He described obstruction of mail and interstate commerce as offenses and explained criminal conspiracy in resisting federal authority, noting labor rights but stressing lawful conduct and consequences for violators. The charge emphasized the supremacy of federal law and the need to guard national authority against insurrection or illegal restraint.
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Grosscup
Circaco
United States
Republic
Uin
Euch
Trustees and Leaders Questioned Over Labor Tensions
A speaker urges citizens to distinguish between pure strangers and alleged trustees in labor disruptions. He warns against conspirators using authority to coerce workers, stresses law and order, and calls for swift punishment of offenders while urging calm discussion to address grievances. He cautions against vandalism or legal violations and champions restoring peace first.
MORE KRIOFERS KILLED AT SPRING VALLEY RIOT
At Spring Valle, July 12, Company C of the Fifth Regiment under Captain Conrad exchanged volleys with a mob of Poles Lithuanians and Huns at the depot after stones were thrown as a Rock Island train arrived. Two rioters died and several deputies and soldiers were wounded in the ensuing gunfire.
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Spring Vansry
Conrad
Walter Gregory
Lush Kolp
S T Powell
Lala
Powell
Hani
Rocke Island
Captain Conrad
Chicago
Prince
Springvalley
T. Powell
Ife
Lawrence Kansas Republicans resume ballot for congress
The Second Kansas congressional convention met in Lawrence to resume balloting after earlier adjournment at Olathe. Ballot 881 and then 1000 showed little change among Funston Buchan Parker Howard and Smart. Chairman Anthony urged speedy nomination to avoid harming the party's fall chances.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Congress
Olathe
Funston
Buchan
Howard
Smart
Parker
Buehan
George ‘I. Anthony
Kansas City Grain and Livestock Markets Report
Quotations for carrots and corn at Kansas City show mixed prices with No 2 hard $0.47, No 4 hard etc. Cattle include dressed beef and export steers with varied prices, hogs shipped yesterday at 9,143 head and 4,323 unsold as of close, market opening higher but closing 15 to 2 cents lower.
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Kansas City
Texas
Scluwar
Torch Terror Ravages Chicago Rail Yards Amid Riots
Rioters set fires across Chicago rail yards destroying hundreds of cars and merchandise. Losses run into millions with Panhandle and Grand Trunk yards hit. Fire Marshal Fitzpatrick assaulted. authorities mobilize 3000 police and two militia brigades to quell the violence.
Quotations From New York Chicago and Other Hubs
A compact digest of quotations from New York Chicago 6 Louls Omaha and other cities. The items capture contrasting voices and notable remarks across journalism politics and culture.
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Chicago
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Altgeld
Fullman
Decs
Minera
Spring Valley
Hille
Joun Salol
Kansas City Grain
Kensington
Panhandle
Fitzpatrick
Crofton
Hopkins
Livestock and Peroduce Markets
Louls
Florida
Navy
Laoibt
York
Louis F
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