Notable deaths and incidents from across the nation
The brief notes cover Alexander E. Sweet in New York City died of heart disease at 60. James Shoemaker of Mankato Minnesota killed by train cars. Skin grafting at Ashland Wisconsin shows 175 square inches grafted. Montana Supreme Court bond ruling in a major Pennsylvania case. King Otto of Bavaria in critical condition. Union Pacific seeks to list 100 million bonds. Inventor W A Morgan perfects a rotary engine. Ellis Island detainees deported to Lahn. Post Office orders Chinese postings closed. Philippines duty assigned. Flint Glass wage talks in Pittsburgh with no pay increases anticipated. Santa Fe Railway announces major track relaying near Barstow Mojave. Indiana editor P M Dunn a fugitive. Canker worm invades Jefferson County Illinois orchards. Civil service exam planned June 3 for postal positions.
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Alexander Edwin Sweet
Texas Sistings
Bill Sweet
Whangdoodle
New York City
James Shoemaker
Board of Trade
Mankato
Omaha
Minn
Shoemaker
Ile
General Sibley
Dodd's Hospital
Ashland
Wis
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Ore Purchasing
Delaware Surety Company
Pennsylvania
Munich
Otto
Union Pacific Railway
New York Stock Exchange
Southern Pacific
W. A. Morgan
Indiana
Ellis Island
Canada
Post Office Department
China
H. M. Robinson
Atlanta
Philippines
Flint Glass Bottle Manufacturers’ Association
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Pittsburg
Santa Fe
Barstow
Mojave
Abuquerque
P. M Dunn
Forest
Clinton County
Ind
Jefferson County
Ilinois
Civil Servce Commission
United States
National Bureau of Standards
Treasury Department
German Soldier Charged By U S Guard In Pekin Incident
At the U S legation in Pekin a German officer drew his sword and charged an American sentry who fired and hit a German soldier. The sentry was arrested and Major Robertson opened an investigation. Officials regard the clash as a regrettable misunderstanding amid tense foreign relations and ongoing preparations for potential evacuation.
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Penin
United States Legation Guard
Legation
Robertson
Mummy von Schwartzenstein
Count von Weldersee
Legation Guard
Forbidden City
Pekin
Tsing Tau
Emperor Kwang Hsu
Washington
War Department
Five Die In Albany Streetcar Collision At Curve
A head on crash between two electric streetcars on a single Albany line near Greenbush killed five people and injured over forty as cars crown two miles from the city. One motorman died instantly, the other minutes later, while frantic wreckage drew crowds to the post office lobby and ambulances rushed the injured to hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Greenrush
Albany & Hudson Railway
Officers Sent to Prison in Manila Commissary Scandal
In Manila the Bilibid prison gates opened to admit three former United States officers. Capt. Frederick J. Barrows receives five years, Capt. G. W. Reed three years, and Lieut. Frederick Boyer one year for crimes tied to commissary misappropriation. Boyer protests innocence and targets Burrows as allegedly sole guilty party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Bilibid
United States
Frederick J. Barrows
Department of Southern Luzon
G. W. Reed
Frederick Boyer
Calamia
Lieutenant Boyer
Burrows
Hawaiians to Have a Chance to Examine for Civil Service
Chief Examiner A. R. Servon and Civil Service Commissioner Rodenburg depart for Honolulu via New York and San Francisco to inspect Hawaii civil service. They plan examinations for U S residents in Hawaii for classified posts and Washington assignments during a two week window. Hawaii is allotted fifteen departmental posts in Washington and five in the government printing office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. R. Servon
Civil Service Commission
New York
Honolulu
Civil Service
Rodenburg
Kansas City
Hawaii
San Francisco
United States
Government
Exonerates Captain Hall in court martial ruling
The May 27 court martial finding, released in Washington, fully exonerates Captain Newt Hall United States Marine Corps of cowardice charges related to the Pekin Legations defense. The only substantial issue upheld is an error of judgment over withdrawing troops at a critical moment from the Tartar wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newt Hall
United States Marine Corps
Conger
Pekin
Remey
Hall
Tartar Wall
Mary Ellen Lease Declares Bankruptcy in New York
Mary Ellen Lease, lecturer, filed for bankruptcy in U S district court in New York. Liabilities total 3247 dollars, assets 2293 dollars. Many debts arise from acting as endorser on mortgages by her husband Dr Lease. Assets are debts owed to her from money loaned or lectures given by Mrs Lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Ellen Lease
United States District Court
Lease
Bellstedt Band to Open Omaha Musical Festival
The famous Bellstedt band of Cincinnati, famed at the Trans Mississippi exposition, will headline a month long festival in Omaha beginning June 1. The program includes both afternoon and evening performances with the core band and new skilled soloists, plus notable singers for vocal numbers.
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Omaha
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Northern Pacific stock sale turns control toward Union Pacific
In New York on May 27 the discovery shows Director Adams of the Northern Pacific sold his stock and Deutsche Bank holdings to Union Pacific, giving Union Pacific control of the Northern. J P Morgan is reported furious at the find and accuses close associates of treachery.
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New York
Director Adams
Northern Pacific
Deutsche Bank
Union Pacific
Northern
J. P. Morgans
Central Labor Plan Aimed at Chicago Unions
Under President Samuel Gompers guidance a plan to unite Chicago unions into one central body is proposed to officially represent about 100,000 workers. The absorption would bring in the Chicago Federation of Labor and other smaller trade groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Gomperg
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation of Labor
Railroads offer cheap fares to Bellstedt festival in Omaha
Nebraska railroads announce reduced rates for June to Omaha for the Bellstedt musical festival. Two entertainments daily, afternoon and evening, will be available all month to allow broad attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Slain in His Pulpit at Harmony Baptist Church Avon dale
Rev. J. R. McEwen, a Black preacher, was shot from a church window and killed during a sermon at Harmony Baptist Church in Avon dale. Police investigation ongoing. no motive yet disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Harmony Baptist Church
Avondale
J. R. McEwen
Spanish Senate Elections Favor Ministerialists Amid Opposition
Madrid May 27 The senate elections yield about 120 ministerialists and 30 opposition members. The result signals strong government support and a constrained opposition presence in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Must Pay For County Fairs Says Supreme Court Ruling
The Nebraska Supreme Court holds county boards have only ministerial duty to pay agricultural society grants. Based on 3 cents per county inhabitant, boards must issue funds once statutes and requirements are met. The decision allows mandamus to compel payment without legislative delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Butler County
Supreme Court
County Agricultural Society
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Crop Prospects in Nebraska Favorable
The May 27 weather bulletin notes a warm dry week with normal sunshine and a mean temperature about 6 degrees above normal. Rainfall was below average, with southern counties seeing around half an inch and northern areas under a tenth of an inch. crops including wheat oats and grass remain in good shape though moisture shortfalls slow growth. Chinch bugs damage some central and western wheat fields while corn planting progresses and fruit crops show good potential.
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Lincoln
Unidentified man found in Missouri River at Rocky Point
Fred Black and Elias Valdon spotted a floater while fishing at Rocky Point. They brought the body to shore and notified Coroner Gass. The deceased appeared to be about 40 years old and had been in the water for a long time. identity is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Neb
Fred Black
Elias Valdon
Missouri
Rocky Point
Gass
Child Fatally Scalded in Nebraska Incident
Edith Shafer about four years old died from scalding injuries after tipping a pail of hot water onto herself eight days earlier in Fairbury Nebraska. Benjamin F. Zeigler, who lost his legs when a train backed over him May 11, is recovering and expected to return to Oakley Kansas soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Neb
Edith Shafer
Benjamin F. Zeigler
Oakley
Kan
First Spring Wheat Shipment Reaches Black Hills
Oberfelder & Co of Sidney Neb shipped a fine car of spring wheat to T. Andrews at Spearfish S C. This marks the first shipment to the Black Hills region and promises better prices for local farmers by reducing shipping costs to eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Sidney, Neb
Oberfelder & Co
T. Andrews
Spearfish
S. C
Smallpox quarantine raised in Humboldt Neb
Humboldt Neb May 27 The smallpox quarantine has been raised with only one case found. Public gatherings will again be permitted.
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Humboldt
Neb
Farmer Thomas Alderson trampled by horse near Madison
Thomas Alderson, a farmer southeast of Madison Nebraska, was severely hurt when a horse trampled him. The incident occurred May 27 as he worked on his farm. Medical treatment followed and his condition was reported serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlorse
Madison
Neb
Thomas Alderson
Town
No Enlistments Reported At York Recruiting Station
I G Berry, first lieutenant of US infantry, opened a recruiting station in York Nebraska May 27 to recruit for two regiments bound for the Philippines. He sought volunteers for the Twenty eighth Infantry at Vancouver Barracks Washington and the Eighteenth Cavalry at Fort Meade South Carolina. No recruits were obtained despite a period of presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York, Neb
I. G. Berry
United States Infantry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Eighteenth Cavalry
Fort Meade
S. C
Philippines
Berry
Was Miliday a looter amid Forbidden City looting incident
A Pekin dispatch reports diplomats at a final diplomatic corps meeting describe an American wife, with a curio dealer, attempting to open cupboards in the empress’s palace. They claim Lady McDonald stayed with no plunder aside from a yellow rose, while the American wife allegedly helped pry cupboards open with a bayonet. The American envoy and other diplomats offered no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Pekin
Lady McDonald
Chaffee
Forbidden City
Empress
Minority report defeated in Cuban Constitutional Convention
The minority report of the committee on relations was defeated 19 to 9. The majority report will be read tomorrow and discussed with a final vote likely Monday. Senor Zayas criticized the minority as too conservative and may win two more supporters. Havana merchants fund relief for Jacksonville orphans. social leaders plan a benefit with proceeds aiding Jacksonville. produce exchanges subscribed $500 for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Committee On Relations
Senor Zayas
Jacksonville
Hay on indemnity plan rejected by foreign powers
Secretary Hay says in a Bulletin interview that foreign powers rejected modified indemnity demands. He notes the U S may propose another plan to reduce indemnities, which would need acceptance by other powers and the next U S government action is undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
The
Bulletin
Hay
United States
Lumber inspection bureau reports mixed on New York Boston markets
Chicago May 25 reports of the lumber inspection bureau and other committees of the National Hardwood Lumber associations were presented at today's session. The bureau said New York and Boston markets had not endorsed its work and urged steps to uniform the inspection system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lumber Inspection Bureau
National Hardwood Lumber Associations
Inspection Bureau
New York
Boston
Cadets to Plead for Reinstatement at West Point
Three of five West Point cadets expelled for insubordination B O Mahaffy Raymond A Linton and John A Cleveland refused lucrative posts offered by General Francis Kinton Greene president of the New York and Bermudas Asphalt company and will plead for reinstatement to General Greene and General Avery Andres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Point
B. O. Mahaffy
Raymond A. Linton
John A. Cleveland
Francis Kinton Greene
New York and Bermudas Asphalt Company
Greene
Avery Andres
State Receives Final Dividend From Alma Bank Failure
The state treasury received 925 by mail as the final dividend on its 25,000 claim against the defunct First National Bank of Alma. The Alma bank closed in January 1897 after years near failure. A. L. Burr chaired the bank. Lincoln and St. Joseph banks were major creditors.
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Alma Bank
Lincoln
Neb
Dawes
First National Bank of
Alma
A. L. Burr
St. Joseph
Bartley
State school fund apportionment announced for Nebraska counties
Nebraska State Treasurer Stuefer announced the semi annual school fund available for apportionment as 350 853 30 dollars. The allocation to counties will be determined by the state superintendent and released later this week. Historical May apportionments show fluctuations around three to four hundred thousand dollars.
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Lincoln
Neb
Stuefer
Remains of Denver Shooting Victim Arrive in Seward
The body of James H. Devore who was shot by his mother-in-law Mrs. Perry in Denver arrived in Seward Nebraska and was buried in Ruby Cemetery near his boyhood home. Devore had wed Mrs. Perry’s daughter last March after alleged threats by the Denver prosecuting attorney. The wife gave birth the night of the shooting.
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Seward
Neb
James H. Devore
Perry
Denver
Ruby
Devore
Wing for Hastings Asylum Contract Awarded
The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings awarded a $41,400 contract to Robert Burke of Omaha for the new wing and its materials. Plumbing work goes to Frank Barclay of Beatrice for $4,900. Electrical bids were rejected. Total appropriation was $50,000.
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Hastings Asylum
Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Ac Hastings
Robert Burke
Omaha
Frank Barclay
Beatrice
Supreme Court Adjourns After Delivering Fifty Opinions
Lincoln Neb May 25 The supreme court adjourned unexpectedly and issued opinions in fifty cases. The court announced that only Nebraska reports opinions would be provided to Northwestern Reporter or other legal publications, but attorneys and interested persons may examine any opinions delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Reports
Northwestern Reporter
Supreme court commission schedules June bar exam in Lincoln
In Lincoln on May 26 the supreme court examining commission met at the state house to set the timetable and procedures for the upcoming June bar admission exam. The commission members are E. C. Kretsinger Beatrice John Stevens Hastings J H McComber Omaha Fred Shephard Lincoln and Matt Miller David City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court Examining Commission
State House
E. C. Kretsinger
Beatrice
John Stevens
Hastings
J. H McComber
Omaha
Fred Shepherd
Matt Miller
David City
Greenhouse for Capitol Lawn Delayed Until Spring
Lincoln May 25 announced that the proposed greenhouse for the capitol lawn will not be constructed until spring next year. Funds are available but heating the house in winter is not provided, necessitating the postponement after next winter.
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Capitol
Lincoln
Neb
Capitol Lawn
Calf With Six Legs Born Near Concord Nebraska
A farmer near Concord Nebraska reports a cow gave birth Sunday night to a calf with six well developed legs. Four legs are in the normal position while two additional legs protrude from the back upward. The calf is not expected to survive.
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Concord
Neb
Here
Physicians named as delegates to Military Surgeons meeting
Governor Savage of Nebraska names delegates to the Association of Military Surgeons meeting in St. Paul Minnesota starting May 30. Delegates include R. E. Giffen Lincoln C. D. Evans Columbus G. M. Reider Grand Island G. L. Pritchett Fairbury Arthur P. Ginn Nebraska City Willis E. B. Talbott Broken Bow Co. G. Burns Albion Charles J. Mullens Broken Bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Savage
Association of Military Surgeons
St. Paul
Minn
R. E. Giffen
C. D. Evans
Columbus
G. M. Reider
Grand Island
G. L. Pritchett
Fairbury
Arthur P. Ginn
Nebraska City
Willis EB. Talbott
Broken Bow
Co. G. Burns
Albion
Charles J. Mullens
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Kaiser
Yankee
Hill
Wings
Captain Hall
Mary Ellen
Miliday
Minority Report
Uniform U Lumber Inspection
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