Nebraska News Highlights From Warmer County Then and Now
Various local items report rail fare changes for Omaha races, school and tax debates, and county events. Droughts, floods, and storms cause damage while multiple accidents and crimes unfold. Notable incidents include a Union Pacific train accident injuring Anna Dupnick, a grave robbing case in Omaha, and a drowning aftermath near Ashland. Public notices cover bonds, reorganizations, and Memorial Day preparations across counties.
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FrRexoxr
Omaha
Tu Stanton School Board
Sarpy County
Tur
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Tue
Nebraska City
Warrington
Anna Dupnick
Union Pacific
Otoe County
Holcomb
New York
Beatrice Rapid Transit and Power Company
Young Fowler
Ashland
Grand Army of the Republic
David City
Culver
Barry
National Guards
Alyannis County
Elmer Hardy
Lincoln area notices and crimes highlight late election aftermath
Reports from Sheridan county reveal convict Ground Newson freed by supreme court due to trial irregularities, welcomed by sister Rosa in Omaha. Lincoln asylum entertainment by the institute of the blind troupe brightens inmates’ day, while Dan Hardy dies from a gunshot at Willits Co store after a failed entry attempt. Coroner’s jurors deem the shooting justifiable.
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Newson
Sheridan County
Supreme Court
Rosa
Omaha
Annett
Praf
WW. A. Jones
Institute of the Blind
Insane Asylum
Lincoln
Dan Hardy
Willits & Co
Alma
Rush
Hardy
Ralph Mack
Q. R. McLean
Juniata
Old Glory
Stars and Stripes
Wasumatron
Hainer
Otoe
Missouri
Plattsmouth
Riley Hotel
Vie
Peru
Haden Roberts
Ifa
Govrennon Lorcoman
Nebraska
Derury
United States
Lubbard
Parker
Syracuse
George Roos
Dunbar
Mr. Wilhelm
Dias J. Jonnson
Lincoln Hospital For the
P. D. Davis
Davis
Johnson
Saunders County
Douglas County
Pav. Mraz
Linwood
Mraz
H. R. Corbett
Nebraska Club
Moscow Disaster Toll Soars in Corona Crowding Tragedy
Reports from Moscow indicate the Khodynka field stampede during coronation celebrations claimed up to 3,000 lives and left hundreds injured. Volunteers recovered bodies as crowds returned to festivities amid mourning. Czars attended a lavish French embassy ball the same night, while most victims were peasants and women and children.
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Moscow
Khodijuskoje
Czarina
France
Czst
Kremlin
Khodijinskoji
Tragic Stampede After Wall Collapse Injures and Kills
Witnesses describe hundreds of people forced through broken walls during the collapse at the event. A mounted gendarme beside the booths was crushed to death along with his horse as the crowd surged.
Ingersoll on Russia at Coronation
Col. Ingersoll publishes thoughts on the czarist regime. He contrasts pageantry with Siberian suffering, noting forced labor, imprisonments, and families torn apart for speech. He denounces divine right claims as barbaric superstition.
Silverites in Control as Chairman Resigns in Ohio
At a Hamilton county Democratic meeting in Cincinnati, a motion to appoint silverites to apportion delegates for the June 23 state convention passed 28 to 2. Chairman Linneman, a gold standard man, resigned. Keating succeeded him. The move signals Hamilton county’s shift toward free silver delegates for John R. McLean and anti administration Democrats.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hamilton County
Democratic Committee
James S. Myers
Thomas Noctor
Jueig
Henry Jansen
John Sheehan
Columbus
Linneman
Sac
Keating
John R. McLean
Reed Rebukes Tardiness as House Finds No Valid SC Seat
Mr Reed reproved tardiness as Mr Kem of Nebraska raised a point of no quorum leading to a ten minute count. The House, 130 to 125, ruled no valid election in South Carolina’s Seventh district and that Johnson and Stokes were not entitled to the seat.
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Wasmnorton
Kem
Nebraska
South Carolina
Johnson
Stokes
Kentucky Gold Mon Pew from Cincinnati
The Enquirer reports complete returns from 115 of Kentucky’s 119 counties. Delegates to the Democratic state convention at Lexington next Wednesday will largely back Silver and Gold tickets, with 60 reported as gold, 783 for silver, 53undecided, and 13 counties not heard from.
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Kentucky
Ciscinnati
Ohio
the Enquirer
Lexington
Wolfe
Kennett
Spencer
Casey
Pastor Hermanas Said to Me Located on Train
M Nolan, employee of the California Wine Company, testifies he met Pastor Hermanus, the alleged murderer, on a train recently and was with him two days. Nolan places Hermanus in Idaho, seventy miles from rail or telegraph, and says he left for the location with five officers Saturday night.
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Pastor Hermanas
Sat Lake City
Utah
M. Nolan
California Wine Company
Pastor Hermanus
Nolan
Hermanus
Idaho
Audrain County Judges Begin Tornado Relief Effort
Audrain county judges started three day investigation of the tornado stricken district in Mexico Missouri to determine relief funds. President Yancey arranged a concert at Harding College tonight with proceeds to aid the victims.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Yancy
Lardin College
Family killed by lightning near Tonganoxie Kansas
James Winn and his six year old son died when a bolt struck their home basement in Leavenworth County while the Winn family sought shelter from a storm. The others in the family were shocked but survived. The family had moved from Edwardsville to a county home near Tonganoxie.
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Tonganoxie
Kan Leavenworth
Kan
James Winn
Edwardsville
Yonganoxie
Winn
James Clarkson Seriously Ill at Fifth Avenue Hotel
James Clarkson, son of Town, is seriously ill in his rooms at the Fifth Avenue hotel New York. He has suffered for several days but was not considered dangerous until last night when his condition became critical. He is afflicted with heart trouble.
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Waener
Columbus
Wieging & Jewis
Omaha
Ife
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Medical College
Ates Moines
Mantin Gooner
Omaha Oy
Mika Lananon
Union Pacific
Platte Center
Tanta Rock
George Shaffer
Odell
Dovatas County
Florence
Barney Lewis
Mec- Cook
Edward
Suenwr Enwarns
Dodge County
Scribner
Carl Behrendt
Fred Behrendt
Tak Beet Sugar Company of
York
Piper
Montgomery
Pilger
Thant Nince
Ganeeh
Joan CG Pereksox
Minden
Wausa
Nels Linquest
Faunce
Nebraska City
Lancaster County
Sutton
Ma P. Guricn
Hall County
Friends
Grand Island
Cass
Lancaster
Otoe
Sarpy
Saunders
Weeping Water
James Clarkson
New York
James
Clarkson
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Two Bodies Found in Mississippi River Near Memphis
Two women and a child were found floating in the Mississippi River opposite Memphis this morning. Their identities are unknown, and authorities suspect they may be victims of the ferryboat Katherine at Cairo Illinois or the St. Louis tornado.
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Memphis
Mumphis
Tean
Mississippi River
Katherines
Cairo
St. Louis
Acts of Heroism in River Storm Save Passengers
May 29 St Louis report details rescue efforts as Monroe steamboat broke from Anchor line wharf. Passengers and crew battled capsizing danger. women and men climbed to safety amid wreckage. Captain Seaman and a brave negro saved a child. others reached Washington avenue station after the vessel sank.
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St. Louis
Monroe
New Orleans
Wiegler
Illinois
Washington Avenue
Jennie Miller
Emma H. Nolan
Chen
Dragon
Jennie Mitchell
Emma Nolan
Seaman
John McDowell
Reliance
Ilinois
Mayor Walbridge Card Overestimates Tornado Loss
City officials issue a statement thanking supporters and clarifying that reported losses have been greatly overestimated. Mayor Walbridge notes the city will care for all sufferers and that accurate figures cannot yet be given.
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St. Louis
Walbridge
Foe of Rum Calls for Total Abstinence in Methodist Conference
In Cleveland May 8 the Methodist temperance report passed urging every member to be a total abstainer. It condemns licenses and claims government partners with liquor traffic, insisting the church must oppose it and strive for its extermination.
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Cleveland
Ohio
M. E
Temperance Committee
Congressm Robert Hitt Stricken With Illness Again
Washington June 1 Congress man Robert Hitt of Illinois chairman of the House foreign affairs committee is confined to bed for three days with a bout of illness described as a bed cold though his friends fear the weakened condition from a near fatal attack last summer may render this illness more serious than normal.
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Congreewans
Robert Hitt
Washington
Illinois
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Tariff Bill Advances on Alcohol Repeal Plan
The House, voting 165 to 39, passed the bill to repeal section 61 of the tariff law, authorizing a duty exemption for alcohol used in the arts or medicinal compounds. An amendment creates a joint commission to study and report on free alcohol at the next session.
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Washington
House
Fourth State Musical Jubilee Opens in Hutchinson
The fourth annual State musical jubilee began in Hurcutxton with Hutchinson and musicians from across the state. Judges are Professor Seabrook and Professor Root of Chicago. The event opened yesterday afternoon with vocal duets and violin contests.
Mississippi delegate Money Denies Varrity Exclusion Talk
Nenittor-elect Money of Mississippi writes to Mr Varrity urging a frank reply to reports that he planned to bar free silver delegates at the Chicago convention. Harrity replies with explicit denial of the accusation.
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Wassimotoy
Nenittor-elect Money
Mississippi
Chicago
Varrity
Pennsylvania
Democratic Executive Committee
Verrity
Money
Warrity
X. Harrity
Democrats and Fusion in Kansas Won't Seek State Ticket
Assistant U S Attorney Rankin Mason said Populists and Democrats may fuse on presidential electors but not on a state ticket unless Democrats gain strong representation. He suggested Democrats would not demand the governorship if the Populist nominee was acceptable to fusion supporters.
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Kansas
Democrats
Fusion
Wichita
Kan
United States
Rankin Mason
Oneka
Ife
Fardo
American Missionary Injured in Cairo Riots
Dispatch from Cairo reports serious cholera riots with police dispersal. An American missionary and his wife were injured during the disturbance, as described by The Evening News on May 28.
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Cairo
Loxpon
The
Evening News
Murder at Pittsburg Kan Clergyman shoots in Wright case
Pittsnene Martin pastor of a colored church in Pittsburg Kansas went to the Wright home seeking clothes he claimed were stolen. He found his wife locked in a room, fired three times with a revolver killing Wright instantly and surrendered to authorities. He is jailed.
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Pittsnene
Kan
Cannaday Martin
Pittsburg
W. A. Wright
Wright
Martin
Des Moines Patent Office Report of 1895 Patents
The Des Moines report notes heightened activity in cotton baling straw packers excavators and other devices. It lists granted copyrights to Will Porter and several allowed patents from Des Moines Casey Manilla Webster City and Seymour Indiana with details on bicycle stand cultivator two horse evener and a typewriter patent.
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Des Moines
Will Porter
Polk County
Iowa
Harvey N.sivams
Mr. Timms
Seymour
Ind
Wic. H. Foote
Casey
J. Hook, Jr
Manilla
Smiser Brothers
Webster City
Towa
United States
Thomas G
J. Barry Orvie
Patents
Pyramid of Cheops Height Altered by Lost Tip
The Cheops pyramid stood at 543 feet with about thirty feet of its tip removed long ago. The altered stature reflects historic changes to the ancient structure observed in records.
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Cheops
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quotation Roundup
Quotations from New York Chicago St Louis Omaha and other markets feature price movements in cattle hogs and grain. The report notes trends across major exchanges with notable gains in hogs and mixed results for cattle and grain futures.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
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Charles Callahan
Czar
Ingersoll
Russia
Siberian
Siberia
Silverites
Mr. Reed
Methodist Conference
Temperanc
Harrity
Ver Dolezsztes
OWA Patent Office Report
Tee Wenner
Atic
Ain
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